4-^£'A J c!a^e^rA^gl J^ura^;i^^4f^3 I From Where You Two pieces of literature came to our attention this week about the same sribject, but it almost appeared that they might have been talking about two en tirely different things. They were both talking about the wheat referendum which comes up later this month, but the writers must cer tainly have been looking at different sides of the coin. The first one said, “Eastern farm ers have but one course to follow in this referendum vote, that is, to get out and vote no.” The second one said, “The 1964 Wheat Program can certainly be said to be a tremendously important program with numerous advantages.” As in most cases that deal with farm legislation, we believe that the picture is not all black or all white. We believe it is a very complicated picture with whites, blacks, and a large number of all shades of gray. We would not presume to try to tell any farmer how to vote on such an important program, but we would en courage every eligible farmer to vote. But a vote without knowledge is almost as bad as no vote at all. We would encourage every farmer to learn as much about the program as he can learn, and then BECOME ELIGIBLE and vote. ' It appears that many farmers in the county do not realize they must re turn their wheat allotment cards (form number MQ-24) signed, on the reverse side, in order to be able to vote. Every wheat farmer must do this whether he plans to vote yes or no. The county ASCS committee in the county has scheduled a series of meetings to explain the provisions of the program, and information can be had lor the asking at the Lancaster office. On other pages in this paper are several articles dealing with the pro gram Information is being distributed by several farm organizations and many commercial firms. With all the informa tion available, it is not necessary that any farmer should be ignorant of the provisions of the referendum. Again, we would remind you that you will not be able to vote on May 21 unless the wheat alloment notice is returned to the county ASCS office, signed, before May 13. The procedure for farmers should be become eligible to vote; find out as many of the pros and cons as possible; vote your conscience on May 21. At least that’s how it looks from where we stand. ★ ★ ★ ★ County Tourists A brochure crossed our desk this week introducing a new tourist attrac tion in Lancaster County. A dairyman plans to take tourists on a wagon tour around his farm. The visitors will ride in a Conestoga wagon pulled by a team of Belgian horses and will be able to see, on the half hour tour, seven beautiful Lancaster County farm steads with wide pastures, streams and farm ponds, as well as a historic spot in the county. The tours will be conducted on PRUNE TREES Suckers should be removed LonCOStCr Fanning li om trees every spring. Suck- Lancaster County’s Own Farm eis sprout at the base of some Weekly trees and from the limbs of P* O. Box 1524 others They are dominant in test before planting time. the wilting method- rather than maples and fruit trees By re- nftl Growers are reminded of this n 7 n Ste <ar'vn J Ofllces: .. down to 50- to 70 per cent will .moving suckers before -they 22 E. Main St. new rullng s » that fertilizer reduee the amount of water ta form big branches, the tree’s Lititz, Pa. Entered as 2nd class matter recommen dations may be fol- handle and make higher quali conopy is better aerated and its Phone - Lancaster at Lititz, Pa. under Act of Mar lowed - Deadline for entering ty forage. No preservative hr health improved. ’ IU; - We Stand... Must Register To Vote Lancaster, Penna, P. O. Box 266 - Lititz, Pa. Saturdays and holidays throughout the summer with week-day tours available by appointment. The dairyman plans no curtailment of his dairy program, but he does have a married son who has assumed much of the responsibility of running the farm. Here is a farmer who has siezed on an opportunity to supplement his income without taking, on more land or invest ing in a lot of expensive equipment. Living in the hurly-burly of modern day urban centers are many people will ing and eager to pay for the privilege of' relaxing for a few minutes in the quiet serenity of the country side. In fact, a resident of the suburban area of Maryland just outside Washing ton, D.C. told us recently that many people who live in Washington are will ing to pay farmers to let them and their sons come out to the farm and help with the haying and chores. It hasn’t come to that in Lancas- Dr-Foreman ter County yet, but there are hundreds of tourists coming through the county each year who are willing to pay for ness is not something peculiar to the privilege of observing farming first o ur own religion. All religions de hand. sire a forgiving God; the difference A newspaperman from North Caro- between these and Christianity is lina said recently at a convention in that people in other religions Washington, “DoL, Home we figure a 5* Yankee tourist is worth more than understand, as followers of Christ a bale of cotton, and a whole lot easier know, what kind of God it is who to pick.” ‘ forgives, and why He forgives at We believe there is room in Lan- *u caster County for more attractions of Two misunderstandings this kind. We do not have to turn the The forgiveness of God can be misunderstood in many ways. Let county into a raucous midway or side us glance at two of them. One is show to make it attractive to city people. to SU pp oSe that He is a sort of We have here what can be found in very vast forgiving machine. This is few other places in the world beauti- the age of automation, when ev ful, well kept farmsteads, a prosperous erything works by push-buttons, farming economy, and the peaceful coun- When the electric power goes off, . . ® v, ~,v , . , ~ a switch untouched by human trysxde, all within a short distance from j, an( j s w m put your house on an large cities. other power hue. When the plane Lancaster County farmers would in which you are flying starts to do well to show off some of these slide down,- the automatic pilot beauties to our city neighbors. , brin § » back up again. At least that’s how it' looks from , , , forgiving automatically, some where we stand. would say even before a man re ★ ★ ★ t ★ . pents. Others think of repentance Pig Hatcheries Growing The Wall as a sort of automatic switch: the Street Journal says 15 percent of the minute a man says “I’m sorry” -nation’s hogs now start life on one out comes forgiveness from heav farm end un on another Pis? hatcheries en like candy from a machine. But larm, ena up on anotner. rag narcnenes lt I<sJl . t hke that at all Mother are growing rapidly. mistAe is to suppose that God’s ★ ★ ★ ★ How Much is $5 Billion? That’s what farmers and their cooperatives borrowed from the public through their farm credit cooperatives last year. ★ ★ ★ ★ Make Mine Music The American Dairy Association has turned to music but their still promoting milk and dairy products. The idea is to offer An album of records at reduced prices to purchas- 1 ers of butter ★ ★ ★ Big Expenditures According to Chain Store Age, housewives spend 10.45 percent of their food dollars on. butter, eggs, and milk. This works out to an annual total of $2,769 billion in the nation’s 30,632 chain stores. ★ ★ ★ . ★ What A Compulsion! “Under a socialistic system, men work not for profit, or the hope of profit, they work from compulsion,” so says Senator Curtis of Nebraska. Jack Owen, Editor Robert G. Campbell, Advertising Director Established November 4, 1955. Published every Satur 4ay by Lancaster-Parming, Lit itz, Pa. <mo-4 To Be Forgiven Lesson for May 5,1963 Bible Material: Psalms 32; 51; 103:8- 14. Devotional Reading: Psalm 130, XIT’HY is it that when a sermon ’ \or a Sunday school lesson is to be on the subject of Forgive ness, or anything connected with it, the Bible passage selected is nearly always from the Old Testa the New? The an swer is obvious: the Old Testa ment, and espe cially the book of Psalms, has the clearest and most moving account of God’s forgiveness, and especially the experience of be ing forgiven, that can be found in Now Is The Modern agriculture includes various types ot chemicals and spray materials; these can greatly contribute to the success of a crop and produce maximum amounts 'of top quality food and feed. ,The farmer, or c th« spray operator, is the person who is respon sible for the proper use of these materials. All directions and labels should be closely followed Store chemicals away from children and livestock. , 1 dangerous in the Lancaster County area after MAX M. SMITH the first of May. This herbicide will give off vapors for several days following appljca- tion that may kill near-by susceptible plants, both ester and low-volatile ester release these dangerous vapors. With so many acres of legumes, tomatoes, tobacco, and the flowers and shrubbery plants around homes so handy in many areas, it it risky to use any of the ester forms. Spray operators are urged to. use only the amine form of 2, 4-D until after the growing season. To Test Soil For Corn Contest To Ma * e PLana To Wilt Grass Silage This year it is required that Livest ock producer? who are all entries in the Pennsylvania plannlng t 0 make part or all 0 j five-acre contest have their soil their first cutting of hay into put through a complete soil grass silage are urged to usd if God said, after all, that sudier is a average," in fact. Such goodness' deserves some recognition, so I am going to reward him by forgiv ing him. It isn’t like that either. To be forgiven is a gift of God. “I did not hide” ' The poet who wrote Psalm 32 knew from experience something very important. He had tried for a time that old dodge, pretending to himself that he had not sinned at all. Nothing could be more ut terly absurd, when you think of it, than trying to hide away from God. Nothing can be more impos sible than to pretend it never hap pened. Nobody can go off and shut a door behmd him and fancy that God will get no nearer than that door. Modern psychiatry agrees with the ancient psalmist that un admitted sin, hidden guilt, is ac tually a serious menace to health. Psalm 32:3 and 4 describe a sick man. Doctors cannot cure such a case. The patient himself has the key to the cure, and this poet found it. “I acknowledged—” he says, “I did not hide;” “I will confess.” “Love surrounds Him” Forgiveness is a kind of mira cle after all. For we know that forgiveness is no good if the for giver is determined never to for get. But how can God forget? Fur ther,—and this is something that perhaps even angels may not understand—the question, Why should God forgive at all? has no final answer that leaves us without further questions. Would it not be simpler for God to start all over again with some other race, a race that could not possibly sin?, Why does God keep patching up human beings when he does not have to? The truth is, God does much better than patch people up. Ha makes them over. The forgiveness, of God has a strange quality about it. Ordinary forgiveness Jeaves of fenders about ax they were. God’» forgiveness does something won derful to the sinner. Bead over this 32nd Psalm again and again.' What sort of man is fhis who speaks with such profound- en thusiasm about being forgiven?!" He does not sound in the least like a man who rejoices that bis slate has been wiped-rclean so that he can start all over again. He is not at all thinking of God as a forgiving-machine/ He has penetrated to die secret—not that he understands it, but he knows it: God forgives because He loves. What guarantees against future sins? Nothing in me, only love in Him. (Based ou outlines copyrighted by tbe Division of Christian Education, National Council of tbe Churches of Christ in the TJ. S. A. Beieased bp Community Press Service.) Time . . . BY MAX SMITH To Be Careful With Chemicals To Be Careful With 2, 4-D Sprays The ester forms of 2, 4-D weed-killer are roanem
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