4=7-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 13,1963 From Where We Stand... You Can Sell Anything For A Price , It has been said that you can sell anything if the price is low enough. But let’s suppose this unlikely situation: You have taken your wife out to the best restaurant in town and said to the waitress, “Price is no object. Bring us the. best meal \n the house.” She brings on the food, cooked and seasoned to a turn. The meal contains all your favorite dishes done just the way you like them. Ybu eat until you think you can’t hold another bite when she brings out your favorite kind of pie with a dip of your favorite kind of ice cream. You know you shouldn’t, but you force it down and wonder if you will be able to make your way to the car. The waitress presents you with a bill for $lO.OO. You wince a little bit, but-you figure it was worth it to eat like that just once. Now just as you get ready to rise from the table, the waitress comes over and says, “Wouldn’t you like another dinner just like the first one at half price?” Of course you say no. Then she asks if you wouldn’t take one for one dollar. Again you say no. The price keeps dom ing down until she tries to sell you the five dollar dinner for ten cents. You don’t want that meal at any price. Economists call this the “inelastic demand” for farm products. There are those who will argue that this is simple supply and demand, but supply and demand runs much deeper than this. Two of the factors that determine the demand for a product are its avail ability and its selling price, but even more important, perhaps, is the number of good substitutes that are available. If there are lots of good substitutes, de mand will shift from one product to an other as prices change. If there are few or no substitutes, however, demand for many products is affected very little by changes in price. Most farm products fit into this lat ter category. There are no good substi tutes for food, hence consumers have very little choice but to pay the going rate. It has been determined often that consumption of food products changes very little with price changes. We still buy about the same amount of potatoes, bread, milk, flour, sugar and meat, re gardless of price. . For those of you who can remem ber how uncomfortable it was to do without sugar during the war years, we think you will agree that people would have bought it, if it had been available even at much higher prices than nor mal. This means that if farm prices de cline there will be very little increase ih'total sales, and a rise in prices will cause;very little decline fn total sales. There 'are those who believe that this Country enjoys good diets because food is an inexpensive commodity, but we believe it is simply because food is available in such quantities. We believe this is the reason for the bargains in food.. Consumers have been enjoying relatively low food prices for the past two- decades. It has been the increased efficiency of the American farmer that has made this possible. •“Buying Frozen Pish liittle' J trfhm odor is one sign of good-quality frozen fish, re minds Louise Hamilton, Penn State extension nutrition spe cialist. Fish should be solidly fiozen and there should |be no brownish tinge or other discoloration in the flesh. If buying fillets and steaks, choose those that are wrapped m a moisture-i aipor-proof ma terial. At home, keep frozen fish solidly frozen until ready for use Do not refreeze fish once it has thawed. Consumers are now experiencing what happens when a food item gets into short supply. We are really fortu nate that this situation happened with sugar since it accounts for a relatively small percentage of the food dollar. We shudder to think what problems would be caused by a short crop of meat or milk. But perhaps it would make con- image, in His own likeness. j o bn Calvin, a famous theolo® sumers realize what a bargain they have 2 ian wh ° c . ould be very plam wheii! been gettihs at the food market T Y ei 7 clia P ter * he he tried, gave us a helpful hint ' “een getting at the tpoa marKei. Bible. K is such an astonishing about the image of God; It means , , At lfeaat t " at s now xt - IooKS ~ om statement that many, even Chris- all those qualities in man, he said.’ where we stand, ; *' 1 unable to be- which mar k us off from other ani. it.i Jve *t. There is ma i s _ Now one of these qualities x X X « > . space here w hat we call Conscience’. This • A rj-ri it • i I°f ways is a word for‘the ability which hui Kam Un Ine Unjust a which this man beings have, to look at thing* •iat declaration an d actions not only as pleasan| “You must be living right,” a farm- * s been t 0 or unpleasant, legal or illegal, ap» +be> ntbpr Hav aq hp InokeH at his to say p ro ved or _ disapproved, but as er said tne otner day as ne looitea ar nis mething else r IGH t or WRONG. Nature-birdS dry, browned lawn and we described it what it does and bees and tigers and buzzards our green, lush one. We happen to live y, namely,.that _,j oes not know anything sbou* in one of the “spots” in the county that and man have right and wrong. Nature-creature^ have had more main than most of the * ore * com ™°? Mke- do what comes naturally, the* ness, a resemblance. This does know nothing else, because they Of ronrqe we would like to take not T 3? that t “ ar * is an exact do not bear the image of God. But Ot course, we would HKe to taKe reproduction of God on a small man . s ability to be aware of right credit for our green lawn, but we are scale. It does mean, taken at face and wrong,—and not only that, but told that, “The rain falls on the just and value, that man resembles God t 0 stand for the-right even if he’ the unjust alike.” in ways that no other creatures su ff ers and dies for it—this is part We can’t help being struck by the . . of what his likeness to God means, great differences in the lawns around "5 a ‘ " a PP ene ® *° ® oa * , ima | e - Ths love of beauty ‘ the county. In some areas around Lititz, abo °® e anything * Again, one thing that sets us off Quarryville, and Millersville, the lawns left 0 f the image of God afte? rresembTanTe^Tod"is some, are as brown as they were in January, mankind fell into sin? Here Chris- thing often forgotten: namely th« while in the Willow Street area, lawns tians, and even churches, have j oy we have in what is beautiful, are quite green, and in the Kirkwood long differed. Some say; The im- Animals are sensitive to simpl« area, the grass is as fresh and green as a f® lB aiB eve *- othe *; s beauties such as color; but yoa it ever was in the soring ® ay \7 h ® !“ a Se (resemblance to never sa w a dog that would leave it ever was m ine spring. - God) has been totally destroyed bis bone to look at‘a sunset, nor As we said, we wouldn t mind- tak- by sin. There is a third view in a cat tb at wou id e at .more happily mg credit for our green lawn, but then between these, which is held by jf a bowl of violets wer’e put down of course, we would have to take the many churches, and which seems by her cat-food. It is only human blame for all the brown ones, and we to this writer to be closest to the beings who want flowers,, on fhi surely don’t want that hanging over our s?™?. f nf X table > or rise - , That is; the image of God has jatdl to look at a Sunset. God nea . , , . been marred and defaced, but it : ma d# audit At least that’s how it looks from is still there. This the mat- “asbeautiful long’ where we stand. ' ter is expressedin an fold gospel ' b ve( j this planet.- But now . . .. songr “Down in the human heart, whenever beauty touches our ★ TT VT W crushed by the tempter, Feelings hearts, whenever we On-ill to Down to Earth Thinking From ** Gr * Ce ®“ "* beauty in nature orin .-i r\ i •» -», r t t n ‘>tore. sharing the joy of God. The reader the Opportunity,-Wash. Spokane Valley Ljke God in mind is invitod tothinlc this out farther; Herald: I was raised on a farm where One way in which we are a kind these that have been mentioned you have the advantage of seeing my of likeness of God is in our minds, are not the only ways in which we basic philosophy working. Sometimes I & .great scientist of apast century .bear’ the image of God. We'can feel I did my three sons a disservice by come to Him, not as to a stranger! , * « i_t _ • i j* *. t mg-God S thoughts dftcr him. (Bused on outlines copyilchicd by not making their home on 3, fsrrn. In b. pjjg -xnind of" God planned this uni- 1 th* Division ot Christian- Education modern push-button home its not hard perse; and if our minds were ah to understand why young people some- tolutely unlike His, we could no community y««* s.ryic.) times miss the point of life. On a farm, wore appreciate this universe, "w« they would learn that if they wanted to eat they would have to plant the seed and then labor mightily until their muscles ached to see that seed bear fruit for their use. In more primitives times they would have learned that failure to labor thus would have resulted in a hungry winter. ★ ★ ★ ★ - Watch Common Market! If Euro pean Common market in order to gain self sufficiency continues to ex- pand measures to protect its area again st outside competition, the resulting con tagion would to the whole world.” the Senate Commerce Comi , ■’ To Prepare For August Seeding t e e was told recently. Possibility of MAi M. SMITH. - Many grassland farmers may want t* future declines in U.S. agricultural 'ex- make an August seeding -of alfalfa or clover. ports to the common market, point out If tWs l>« J the case, it is important-to. get'the ground, prepared, the need for expanding markets in Asia" s ® v ® ral weeks prior to sowing the seed. Since it is recommend-' anA the Southwest Paeifie mvc Foreicrri , seed , the ' alfalfa by the nuddle of August, the aground, ana tne ooutnwest Jracilic says r oreign. should be plowed or disced in the near future. In dry weather- Agriculture Service. The chief obstacle -it.might b© bfe'tter to' disc- several tinies. instead of plowing.^, is the low income of the potential custo- f irrrr - well-prepared seedbed is very important. mers ' . , "Cows. Best Period Lancaster Farming Jack Owen, Editor. Lancaster County’s Own Farm Ro J*® rt G ; Campbel ?’. Weekly AdTertismg Director as good herd management and P. O Box 1524 , .Established November 4, should (be given to each cow. Lancaster, Penna. 19515. Published every Satur- This enables the cow to gain P. O. Box 266 - Lititz, Pa. flaj by Lancaster-Farming, Lit- weight and health before the Itz, Pa. next lactation. Offices: 22 E. Main St. Lititz, Pa. Phone - Lancaster EXpress 4-3047 or Lititz MA G-2191 ■r ' r' Entered as 2nd class matter at Lititz Pa. under Act of Mar. 8, 1879. - T 1 *J I - *V 1 > nM noO . mld.too 'more dl*cove| , IU~l«l'i ,n a 'turtle can; &>’Mb' a* Ira >w how the world is made, ad as,we discover thepropertiei new elements and materials are thinking after God th( \ughts He had in creation. Ha< ever stopped to think what 4 . world this would be if we hac to look at it from a eyei and a turtle’s brain? If you’havt any sense you would notexOhanga places with the most Intelligent horse or dog that ever lived, bea cause in doing so you would los« your most precious possession Sible Material; Genesis 1 and 3. _„„i * n itself- vour human Devotional Heading: Psalm 8. next TO 1116 J ,uur mind. {"J 0D created man in His own The vo ice of consclonc# r - Lesson for July 14, 1963 Now Is Many local dairymen Trill hare ■«, _ large . number bit fresh coirs ' during the late summer and Jail months. Tie importance of a 6 to 8-ireek dry period is still recognized To Start Compost Pile Summer is a good time to This well-rotted organic mat start a cmpost pile in order to ter -will he nelft haye extra humus, and organic year. , , . , „ , r ■ •ii • i ’ii'l i t i • ° r < • 'tjiu— f , Image of God The BY MAX SMITH Many kinds of fruit and shade trees are damaged by borers -working in the trunk near the -soil -level; on many fruit trees yolt' can spot borer holes-by looking for gum or’ sap oozing from, the injured area.. &, good method of prevention and control is to sprsTy’ the tree trunk with DDT about July ISth and repeat about August 10th. Use 6 tabid spoons of 50 % DDT powder per gallon ot water. Cover the trunk from the lowfer ''branches to the ground and apply some to the soil and grass around the tree. Time . • . To Control Tree Borers ~ „ J matter lor'next sprint’s plant* ing. Leaves, grasses,- weedk, sod, soil, and discarded vegli* -tilde - and - flower .plants maV be used in the compost. ‘Plies alternate layers of these mi*, terials with soil and keep tlfe pile flat and welt wetted doir a during the summer. Spread 1 9 thin layer of complete garden fertilizer on the pile from time to time and keep turning it during the summer and -fall,, i
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