4—lianfcaster* Farming, 'Saturday, l August 17, 1963 From Where We Stand... The fat is in the fire! This old saying pretty well sums iip the situation with at least one dairy in the state. Sunnydale Farms, Inc. of Elizabeth ville has put a maximum that’s right, maximum butterfat limit on the milk coming into the plant. One county dairyman said recently, “We have been culling our heard for years and following a rigid breeding program to try to get our cows to pro duce higher testing milk, and now it looks like ah that effort was in vain.” He went on to explain that his milk had to have a certain “minimum” but terfat content before the dairy would pay a bonus There was never any talk about a maximum test. In fact many dairies suggested that farmers put on a few cows of the color breeds in order to bring the test up. While this appears to be a purely local situation with only one dairy thus far, we believe it does point up a trend toward lower fats in food, which is a current fad throughout the country. At least two dairies in the county said this week they have no maximum limits on butterfat test at present and have no plans to impose any such limits in the forseeable future Spokesman for both the local milk plants indicated that there is still a market for high quality milk, and it appears that the demand for this type of milk will continue. In fact there is some feeling among dairymen that the demand for high test ing milk may increase if and when the use of total solids testing becomes wide spread. We do not believe the fa'ct that one dairy set arbitrary butterfat limitations on its producers is any cause for great alarm ki the dairy industry, but we do believe it is another indicator of the trend toward blander and more mild flavored foods of all kinds. We also are quick to point out that the diet habits of the American consumer are regulated greatly by fads and notions, and the fickle public taste may very soon be demanding a richer, more satisfying sub stance in that glass of milk at the dinner table. While we do not advocate a com plete scrambling of our present method of evaluating milk and dairy animals, we do believe that the record keepers, dairy herd improvement associations, Two Dairymen Are Honored By Group Two Lancaster County Hol stein breeders have qualified for the Progressive Breeders’ Award the highest recogni tion attainable by a breeder of Registered Holstein cattle Arthur K and Mary D Wen ger, Manheim R 2, and John E. Kreider, 523 Willow Road, Lan caster, have been notified of the awards The Holstexn-Fnesian Asso ciation of America has accor ded thus honor to only 542 Hol stein breeding establishments, including 59 in Pennsylvania. This is the second time that both breeders have been so re cognised. To qualify for the Progres sive Breeders’ Award, a Hol stein breeder must meet strict requirements in all phases of dairy cattle breeding and man agement, including production, type improvement, herd health and the development of home bied animals. The Wenger herd completed its latest Dairy Herd Impiove ment Registry testing year with a lactation average on, milkings The Fat’s In The Fire a day, 305 day mature equiva lent basis on 28 individual records of 14,338 lbs of milk and 567 lbs of butteriat. The heid has been officially classified for type with a breed age average, of 1012 percent obtained by dividing the classification score of each cow by the average score of all Re gistered Holstein cows, of the same age The Kreider herd completed its latest Herd Improvement Registry testing year with -a lactation average calculated on a two milkings a day, 305 day mature equivalent basis on 26 individual records of 14, 534 lbs. of milk and 550 lbs. of butterfat The herd has also been offi cially classified for type with a bread age average of 101.0 percent obtained by divi ding the classification score of Begin With Books Books can help a child ex pand his world and offer him .established November 4, tihe challenge of discovery, be- 1955. Published every Satur lieves Mrs. Marguerite Duvall, -jay by Lancaater-Farmlng, Llt- Penn State extension special- jj. z p 4 ist in child development. As he investigates books, he opens up Entered as 2nd class matter ene way to learn about him- n„ „„ j . . ~, ~ „ at Dititz. Pa. under Act of Mar. self, other people, and the world A Child’s first formal 18 '*• education can begin with books. i, and breeders would do well to put less emphasis on the butterfat produced and more emphasis on the total nutrients produced. We believe little good can come from striving to produce more of a product that is in excess supply and in a declining demand situation. While we realize that butterfat and total nutrients in milk are very closely related, we believe more good would come-to the dairy industry if more em phasis were placed on some criteria other than butterfat.- The trend toward less fat in foods does exist. Burying our heads in the sand and pretending that it does not exist will not make the trend go away. We might as well admit that the trend does exist and then try to do something to meet the demand. At least that’s how it looks from where we stand. ★ ★ * ★ The Garden Spot We came back to the Garden Spot after a week of camping in the Pennsyl vania mountains with a new apprecia tion of the advantages of farming in Lancaster County. ' When we looked at the little moun tainside patches of corn and oats, and the hillside pastures with great rock ledges outcropping over most of the surface, we couldn’t help thinking how much easier the jobs of plowing, plant ing and harvesting are in this beautiful area. But the thing that brought the pro blem to us most vividly was the number of little vegetable patches near the hous es. Even though the gardens were in very close range of the houses, each one had a high fence around it. By “high” we mean something over eight feet. Not only do the farmers in the mountain areas have to fight a hostile topography and climate, they have to protect their crops from the deer which are, so, abundant- in much of the- state. They are beautiful creatures, but we hope Lancaster County farmers never find out how destructive a large deer herd can be in a field of carefully tended crop. At least that’s how it looks from where we stand. each cow by the average score of all Registered Holstein cows of the same age A bronze year plate will be presented to them at a meet ing of Holstein breeders from the area, to be added to t h e bronze plaque awarded when this herd first achieved the hon or. Lancaster Farming Uncuster County’s Own Farm Weekly P. O Box 1524 Lancaster, Penna. P. O. Box 266 - Lititz, Pa. Offices: 22 E. Main St. Lititz, Pa. Phone - Lancaster BXipress 4-3047 or Lititz MA 6-2191 Jack Owen, Editor Robert G. Campbell, Advertising Director Christians, when they atop to think about this, find themselves in a terrible dilemma; and so they take refuge in calling the story a kind of parable rather than literal fact.' A believing man's conviction Let us come down to a more manageable, even if still difficult problem. Let us think about the state of Abraham’s mind. This good man had a conviction that the same God who had promised him a son was now commanding him to sacrifice that son just as tin those days) a bull or a cow would have' been sacrificed, by knife and fire, a burnt offering in honor of God. The difficulty is now hot-theological but psychological. How could a good man believe such a thing? If a good man today were caught making an attack with a deadly weapon on his own son, and if he told, the police to leave him alone-, because “God ordered me to do this,” the police would turn him over to a psychia trist. For today any man who would explain a killing he was about to commit, on.the ground that this was God’s will, would ba regarded as obviously insane. The answer to that is fairly easy. if we imagine ourselves back in Abraham’s time and place. Child sacrifice, human sacrifice, was common, as the Bible and arohae slogy testify. Indeed, Abraham’s | To Control Potato Sprouting '^ ie 1186 MH-30 on green potato vines 4 to 6 weeks before digging will prevent the growth of sprouts for at least 6 months in storage. The amount of material is 3 .to 4 quart per acre along with 50 to IQQ gallon of water This spray application is strongly ,' ~ recommended for potatoes that- are to be stored for chipping purposes. Do not use MH-30 on seed pota- MAX M. SMITH Many summer seedings of al- emng ttme heifer falfa are damaged by heavy should be put. with the weed growth; these weeds not string of cows and handled only compete for soil nutrients ever y day. This will get her and moisture but crowd and ?" lted down and accustomed to .hade the amah a U .„a p.anta The use of 2,4-D,,8 at the rate vides the chance to feed her of one quart per acre when the additional grain and prepare weeds are not more than one her for the first lactation, to two inches high is a good . pradice tt is very important Life is a Jot li]fo a ind . to do this spraying when the . weeds are small and can be stone S rm ds some peo killed 'by this" small; amount* of* ? le 4 0AVI1 ’, an 4* Polishes others the chemical. Test of Faith Lesson for August 18, 1963 BIbl» Material! Genesis 21 throuch - Derotlonnl Kiadinr: Lamentations 3:55-58. /'VraTof the strangest stories is the story of Abra ham preparing to kill his only son Isaac and offer the dead body as a burnt offering to God. The deep er question is one which we shall ot pursue here: Can we believe that the God whom Christ re vealedtouswould for any reason command murder of this sort? Or if He did not really mean it, what kind of God would perpetrate such a cruel joke? Many Now Is The Farmers may apply for a refund of fed eral tax on gasoline used on a farm for farming purposes The refund will be 4 cents per gallon and the deadline for making the request is September 30th. Form No. ’2240 js available at the Internal Bevenue Office or from the County Extension Office. To Control Weeds In August Seedings ; X, \ »*• ■jT\ neighbor* might easiJ/fl*ve , ’Jeer« ed at him for having.*, cheap r«« ligion because ha had'not aacrl* flced his son. Anyhow, Abraham lived at a time when such an ideal as God’s commanding.him to sao rifice Isaac could, not be brushed off (as it would by any sane man today) as a crazy notion. He real ly believed, that was what his God wanted. A believer’s conscience - Abraham lost no time doing what he firmly believed to be God’s command. Now a great many people have conscience* they do not use, “You ought" or “You ought not” are only little buzzing static in the mind, fainter and fainter as time goes on and the person pays less and less at tention to what his conscience i* trying to say. The good man lis tens to his conscience; his con victions appear in his actions. He is not fond of saying “I know I ought to, but ...” If he know* or believes he ought to, he act* accordingly. We can call this con scientiousness, but we can call it also obedience. So far as the voice of conscience is the voice of God, following the conscience is obey ing-the voice of God. It is true, as history shows us, that a man may think an action is good which fu ture centuries will mark down a* evil. A believer's crown This strange story ends with'' God saying, “I will bless you . , ; because you have obeyed my voice.” The story brings out the point that sacrificing, his only son was the last thing Abraham wanted to do. It is easy enough to do what is right when that suits our convenience; but when what 1 want and what I ought to do are not the same thing, then it’s an* other story. Abraham has been honored around the world ever since, because he was one mt& for whom the number one ques* tion always was: Is this the will of God? • Does a believing man hava any reward except a kind of satisfac* tion in having done the right thing? Yes, he may have the-re ward Abraham had. Every ipan has even in thiaJife some pafucuj lar rewards for at least some of the good be has dona; and these rewards are not all the samey Atyaham was given die promise of a nation descended* from him, and of being a ttesting to all man* kind. This could-not come to every -one! But isn’t it likely that th# best reward he could possibly haves was that God approved of him? To be “approved imto God? is the brightest crown a servant and friend of'God can wear. , (Based on outline* oopyrlrhtod tf th* Division of ,Chelation Education, National Council ol tb* Ohnrchea of Christ In tho XI. S. A. Rtloast* hy Community Praia Serrlao.) Time . . . BY MAX SMITH To Apply For Gas Tax Refund To Aoclimafc Dairy Heifers . 'h U(P.
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