—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 14, 1963
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From Where We Stand.
What Does The
The woollybears are back!
Lancaster is about to lose its weath
er station, but we will still have the
woollybear.
As you drive along almost any
country road at this time of year you
are apt to see several fuzzy caterpillars
scurrying along.
Some of these will be the band
ed woollybears the caterpillar you
can. use to predict the severity of the
coming winter; at least that’s what they
say.
We have never found out who
“they” are, but they go right on predict
ing the weather as revealed by the wool
lybear.
This caterpillar is black on each
end with a band of orange-red in the
middle. If you should pick one of them
up it will curl into a tight ball of
orange and black fuzz.
According to the legend (believers
will please excuse the use of the word),
if black covers most of the caterpillar,
the winter will be severe, but if there
is more orange, a mild winter is in store.
A good way to remember which color
predicts mildness is to think of orange
as the column of red “mercury” in a
thermometer A wide band of red means
a high reading on the thermometer, or
a mild temperature A narrow band of
red means a low thermometer and a
more severe winter.
No one has yet proven that the
banded woollybear can be depended on
as an accurate weather prophet. It
seems likely that this can not be proven,
but a few studies bv the American
Museum of Natural History indicate that
theie might be some correlation.
If you want to try your hand at
prophesying the winter, we suggest you
don’t base vour prediction on one cater
pillar Find as many as you can and take
the average of all of them.
It has been found that some wool
lybears are more reliable than others,
and you might ju«t he unluckv enough
to come across a lying woollybear, and
then where would you be 9
According to others fwe are just
not sure whol some other insects are
useful in predicting winter weather If
hornet nests are placed high in trees
(some say low in trees), it signifies a
mild winter Frost is supposedly six
weeks awav when you hear the first
katydid, and if mud dauber wasps build
close to the ground, the summer is sup
posed to be drv.
But still the black and orange cat
erpillar is most widely accepted as a
prognosticator of winter weather, just
as the groundhog is the haibinger of
spring
In anv event, don’t burn your red
flannels and cancel the fuel dehvery no
matter what the woollybear tells you.
At least that’s how it looks from
where we stand.
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Poultry Optimists
“We’re coming back stronger than
ever.”
This is the view expressed by the
planners of the annual Northeastern
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the “Father of the Con&titu- Lancaster Farming
tion.” Madison’s ideas were *
embodied in the Virginia plan, Lancaster County's Own Farm
which became the basis for Weekly
the Constitution, and his spee
ches and attempts at compro
mise often kept the constitu
tional comcntion fiom break
ing up
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Poultry Producers Council (NEPPCO)
convention.
They say that the northeastern
poultry producer has been taking a
pessimistic viewpoint for several years,
but is now developing a sort of enthu
siasm which has not been seen for a
long time.
For several years now, they say,
the eyes of the industry have been look
ing back over increasingly stooped
shoulders at the mushrooming growth
of the Dixie egg producer. The subse
quent overflow of. egg production from
the southeast left a permanent scar on
the previously well-entrenched north
eastern grower.
Now, say several df the veteran
observers of the scene, the southern
mushroom has reached maturity and the
egg producer in the Northeast has not
only adjusted to the tumuit from the
Deep South but is staging a comeback
that will be remarkable to watch in the
months and years ahead.
We all know that egg production
in the Northeast has undergone a re
volution in the past year or so, and it
appears that the revolution has not yet
run its course.
There are processors who are in the
market for more eggs produced in this
area. Many of these processors are will
ing to pay a premium for high quality
local eggs if they can get them in a large
and uniform volume. Processors have
found that shipped eggs, no matter how
high in quality when packed, will not
retain their quality for very long.
We believe there is a good reason
for optimism in the Northeast egg pro
ducing community. We believe there is
still room for egg producers in this rich
market area. While the Southeastern
boys might have got the jump on us and
may be able to cut costs of production,
we still have the markets to our advan
tage.
At least that’s how it looks from
where we stand.
Dairy farmers demonstrated the
efficiency of American agriculture in
1962. From the smallest cow population
on record, dairy producers obtained an
all-time high milk output 125 8 bil
lion pounds. Unfavorable weather condi
tions during 1962, in several of the lead
ing dairy regions of the nation, made
this production record all the more re
markable
Measure of Greatness From the
Howard, SD, Miner Co. Pioneer:
“When you meet a really great man, he
seems so simple and modest you gam a
new faith in your own possibilities.”
See ¥our Country From the
Jackson, Mo. Pioneer; “A general show
of pride in our country would do us no
harm right now. And the best way to
generate such honest enthusiasm . . .
is to see some of it.
No more jokes about Limburger
cheese, please! Cheese makers tell us
that there’s a fast developing taste for
this product. Limburger cheese produc
tion in 1962 was up 25% over the year
before.
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Forgiveness
Lesson for September 15, 1963
Bible Material; Genesis 37 through
Devotional Reading: Matthew 5.38-
(4.
THE whole story of Joseph in
Egypt makes one of the most
fascinating tales in the world.
There is not a miracle in it and
yet it is more wonderful than
many a story of magic, white or
black. It is the story of a slave
boy who rose to
a throne all his
own. He came
just as close to
being king as a
man could be, and
certainly wielded
power not second
even to that of
the Pharaoh.
(Pharaoh, by the
Dr. Foreman , wa y, is not a
name, but a title, like King or
Emperor.) There is just one pomt
in that story which takes our at
tention this week; the climax of
the plot, we might call it, where
Joseph finally confronts his broth
ers face to face, has those ruth
less men in his power ... and for
gives them!
love is the basis
What might have been a story
of vengeance—evil for evil—turns
out to be a story of good ... good
that is beyond most people’s im
agination even; returning good
for evil. Joseph had never read
the New Testament, and yet he
acted just as if he had been read
ing the sermon on the mount. He
has in his power the men who
plotted against his life, and yet
he forgives them. Why? The woid
“love” is not used in this story.
Joseph himsell may have been a
sentimental man, but his biogra
pher was certainly not. Joseph
was brave, and chivalrous and
loyal, but those adjectives arc not
used by the inspired story-teller.
He doesn’t have to use the woid.
Just tiy telling the story to people
e.ho never heard it before, and
ask them. Why did Joseph forgive
his brotheis’ They will piobably
give the natural reply: He must
have loved them very much.
That’s veiy clear, isn’t it? What
jdier motive could produce such
nhole-hearted forgiveness? So-
Now Is
To Topdrcss Ail,ilia
* * ...S Stands ol a'falfa that are to lem.iiii
. X l * hay foi another jear could, be treated tlm
r| taU with an app'ication ot phosphorn° and
Potash ieitilizei, the use of 300>to 41)0 lbs
per sue ot an 0-20-20 oi 0-15-30 vi'l
i 4k*- * v strengthen the plants and mcieass Jidda
V .W-* next suaimei Th.s application made aiun
".Jail the remoial ot the last cutting is stionglv
illiP To Segregate Shipped Cattle
MB gS, JgggOT The introduction ot teeder cattle into
Ess fir jSHBH the county will be heavy in the next few
Hm H mont^s - Tlie danger of shipping fever is ;
MIY present with the movement ot any kind oi
JHiiA ck-’illil livestock When new cattle are brought to
the farm or into the barn, it is essential that these cattle do
not come in contact with acclimated animals, or aie not pel
mitted to eat or drink from the same equipment Feeders can
not be to caretul in keeping these animals separate.
To Pack Trench Silos
of the silo with plastic, lime-
Many trench silos will be stone, or sawdust within 18
filled in the coming month, hours after filling.
In preparing the old trench
for the fresh silage it is best Beware Of Silo Gas
to clean out all weeds and old Don’t 'be guilty of breatii
silage and smooth down the mg in poisonous gas from yoiif
sides, if they are of dirt fill freshly cut silage, in the moi(
Also, in order to prevent the drouthy parts of the court'
dry soil along the sides from this problem could be as scr
soaking up the juices in the mus as last fall. Be suie theit
silage and creating a mold, it is plenty of fresh air movie!
is advised to soak down the ln the silo and the silo
dirt sides just prior to filling chute before you go near o'
A heavy wheel tractor should mto the silo Run the blov»(
be used dunng the filling op- for several minutes before en
eiation to compact the foiage taring; open the windows, I s
as firm as posible. Seal the top Pa"ge 5)
caUHfci&g&oefnSsafSon/any other
basis, isn-t the, reading.
“forgive” others for show, or be.
cause it’s demanded of them by
society, or to get rid' of an un.
pleasantness , . . but the result
is coldness and aloof suspicion
not true forgiveness. 1
Repentance the condition
But'the day when Joseph for.
-gave his brothers was not the first
day he had seen them. Why didn’t
he forgive his brothers on sight?
Why the delay? Why all that husi.
ness of the state dinner, and the
cup in the sack of grain? Couldn’t
he have forgiven his brothers right
away? The reason for his waiting
lay in the fact that when the
brothers came to Egypt the first
time, Joseph had no way of know
ing what they were like now. in
more than 20 years, much can
happen. Had they changed or
were they all the same con
scienceless devils they used to
be? Joseph had to find out. The
Judah who so eagerly offered his
life for the life of his brother Ben
jamin was a different man from
the Judah who sold his brother
Joseph into slavery. Probably the
others were different too; Joseph,
a good judge of character, may
have seen in their faces that they
sympathized and agreed with Ju
dah. Something real, something
new had entered the picture. This
new thing was repentance. The
meaning of that word is trans
formation-of-the-mind, a new way
of looking at life. True repentance
is not a flash of regret, it is a con
tinuing change of heart. Without
it there can be no forgiveness.
Readiness to forgive, yes; but not
forgiveness. Not even God offers
forgiveness to those who will not
repent. .
Action is the proof
If forgiveness like repentance
is an inward thing, an attitude,
how can we tell when it is genu
ine? Well, the New Testament
speaks of the “fruits of repent
ance” and might well speak of the
“fruits of forgiveness.” We have
good reason to believe that Judah
had repented because of the way
he acted about Benjamin and Ja
cob We have equally good reason
for being sure that Joseph really
forgave his brothers, by what,he
proceeded to do for them. True
forgiveness is not an eraser to
wipe off the past and leave the
blackboard clean. It is not a dis
infectant to destroy the germs of
hate. Rather, forgiveness is posi
tive, creative. It draws a fresh
new picture of life; it brings
health The forgiven proves him
self by serving those he forgives,
You can never see a forgiving
spirit; but you can see such t
spirit in the actions it inspires
(Bused on outlines copyrighted by
the Division of Christian Education,
National Council of the Churches ot
Christ in the XT* S. A. Released by
Community Press Service.)
The Time . . ,
BY MAX SMITH