—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 21, : 196^
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From Where We Stand...
Get The Government Out - Completely?
Just what do you mean when you
say, “Get the government out of agri
culture?”
During the past year we have
heard this phrase from a few farmers
and many others in related occupations,
but we have come to the conclusion
that not everyone means the same thing
' when they say, “Get the government
out of agriculture.”
Philip M. Click, general counsel of
the National Association of Soil Con
servation Districts, in a speech last year
said, “I used to repeat when I was
young, that ‘That government is best
which governs least,’ but notice: It
would mean less government if the Con
gress were to reduce appropriations to
the Soil Conservation Service, or abolish
the Service altogether. It would mean
less government if the states were to
reduce their appropriations to the State
Soil Conservation Committees, or abo
lish the committees altogether. It would
mean still less government if the states
were to abolish the Districts altogether!
But it would mean not more freedom
but less freedom for the American peo
ple, not more abundance and wealth but
less more danger rather than more
safety.”
Getting the government out of
agriculture would mean elimination of
the Extension Service along with the
experiment stations which keep exten
sion agents up to date with new de
velopments. It would mean the aboli
tion of the Market News Service It
would be the death knell of the meat
and milk inspection programs. And it
would bring to an end a whole host of
other programs about which very little
is ever said, but without which this
country could not continue to be the
best fed and best clothed nation, in the
world <
We do not propose that the Feder
al Government go on adding rules and
regulations programs and policies
ad-infinitum, but neither do we believe
that we should, “Get the government
out of agriculture.”
All too often, those advocating such
a program have a selfish motive in
mind They mean, “Get the government
out of agriculture AS LONG AS YOU
DON’T TAKE AWAY ANY OF MY
PET PROJECTS.”
Perhaps many people who have
uttered the cry did not consciously feel
selfish. Perhaps they did not even stop
to consider what the wholesale removal
of all government programs would have
meant to their own livelyhood We do
not urge you to advocate more govern
ment control, but we do believe you
should consider just what you mean
Enrollment Time
For Beef Club
AI. AC Smith
The Baby Beef pioiect con
tinues to be one ol the most
populai club piojects thiough
out Lancastei Count}, this re
tlects the gieat interest ol the
cattle feeding industiy in this
M ea
The baby beef pioiect le
tiuues that a bo> 01 gul sn
loll during Septembei 01 eaily
Octobei with the idea ol feed
ing out a steer calf, the club
menibei has choice ol hieeds
and all tlie cahes are purchas
ed through a Club Leaders
Committee with the assistance
ol the Extension Agent
Objectives of the project in
clude feeding experience, learn
ing how to fit and show a beef
animal, how to Keep feed re
cords, the training of getting
along with others, and the abil- Armed tvith newest weapons
ir\ to take part in meetings and new detection methods,
and demonstrations the “new,'” Naxy can move tas-
Lovs and gnla should be tei, stay at sea longer, hit
from 10 to 20 \eais of age, be harder, and reach out farther
inteiesled in leading and oai- than ever before.
If Sis has a sort of a vacant lopk , T'HE story of Joseph is strik
in her eye these days, and if you have . “Sly modern. It is up-dated
f p aI L EUtC n th T t im V° r 7th!s strange h£
fore he will quit brushing his heifer, tory-this success story to end
don t' worry,— it’s fair season. all success stories never repeat
Every year about this time we themselves, for no two lives are
can’t help being thankful (even though • ,ust allk , e - J ° s eph
it means long hours for a newspaper- thf chanced his
man) for the good, clean agricultural lifetime, but to
expositions in the county. the big chance of
We have .attended several county
fairs ‘around the state in past years that
could not approach any .of our local
fairs.
While the number of local fairs has seph’s life, never
declined in the past few years, those .. an ° t . h ® r rt , u '
~ , . J mty like his. The thing that links
that remain are primarily agriculture in Joseph with aIL o£ way
nature. his life-history illustrates what
Most of the fairs that have gone every man’s life also pictures,
by the wayside became more and more namely what Christians call the
like carnivals until they had only “Providence” of God
enough agricultural exhibits to have an Ev JI *„ . „
excuse for heinP and when thev lost , Christian doctrine of Provi
excuse tor oemg, ana when they lost d ence; W hhh is believed in every
their agricultural nature, they lost their church in Christendom, is a name
reason for continuance. for the belief that God is in con-
We commejnd the officials of the stant touch with this world, and
West Lampeter and Solanco Community ® e . 80 controls and guides
Fairs and the Manheim Farm Show for P? of ° ot only P la “ et
refusing to bow to the pressure of the puUis The
carnival operators. universe is vast and complicated
Farmers appreciate having a place beyond our understanding; but
where they can exhibit the products of God is in charge. That is the heart
their toil, look over the new and im- what “providence” means. It
proved machines, materials arid methods « 18 mor »
j i- a -ii. i , , than taking care of His own.”
and chat with their neighbors about It is more God>s occasionally
their business and their way of life with- reaching a hand into the machin
out competition from a side show bark- ery of the world to give it a little
er. shove. The thing that makes this
At least that’s how it looks from £ ot tbe ea ? ie ® t Christian doctrine
whPt-P wp stand . b , elieve « that there is so much
wiiere we stand in the world which, so far as we
T* rC "fC can see, doesn’t fit in with God
PUpp.p prmcnmntinn cpfs npw rP- , at aIL There ls a lot o£ antl ' God
Cheese consumption sets new_ re loose on ea rth.. How can we square
cords almost every year. In 1962, U. S. that with the idea that God is in
per capita consumption hit an all-time control? One way of solving the
high of 9.1 pounds. In addition, the .6 difficulty is to deny that there is
of a pound increase in per capita con- an Y e Y u - won’t wash . . .
sumption from 1961 to 1962 represents or a ° oth ® r . and
~ r , , . r , specially sm, is too tall and tern
the largest annual increase ever record- ble to be la ’ ghed off or ignored
ed in peace time. Talk about God being hard to be
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Americans like American cheese.
This type of cheese accounts for about
three-fourths of the total U.S. consump-
tion of cheese Other than American
cheese, the leading varieties are Italian,
Swiss and cream
mg loi a „steer, and ha\e a
good place to keep the steei
The enrollment period includes
the month ol September and
until Octobei 10th Paients
are urged to discuss this 4-H
Club Pioyect with their chil
dien and emoll them by the
deadline date*
Tw'o clubs aie active in the
county toi the past seveial
yeais The Red Rose Club,
which coveis the entire coun
ty, teed then steers for the
Penna State Faun Show and
the Penna Livestock Exposi
tion The New Holland Club is
confined to the eastern pait
of the county and feeds then
steers to be showed and sold
in connection with the New
Holland Farm Show
Additional information may
be obtained from any 4-H Club
Leader, or by contacting the
Extension Ottice. 202 P O
Bldg , Lancaster
before you join the hue and cry to
“Get the government out of Agricul-
ture.”
- At least that’s how it looks from
where we stand.
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Fair Time
Lancaster Fanning
Lancaster 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
Express 4-3047 or
Lititz MA 6-2191
Jack Owen, Editor
Robert G. Campbell,
Advertising Director
.Established November 4,
1955. Published every Satur
lay by Lancaster-Farmlng, Lit-
Itz, Pa.
Entered as 2nd class matter
at Lititz Pa. under Act ol Mar.
8, 1879,
God in History
Lesson for September 22, 1963
Bible Genesis 37 through
00.
Devotional Beading: Psalm 47.
all time. There
never was an
other historic mo
ment just like any
moment in Jo-
Now Is
tention in ordei to obtain a good air seal;
the plastic cover is one of the most popular
materials in lecent yeais, however, the plastic must be held
down tight at all places, the placing ot a tew old tires or
weights on the area is not enough We suggest that growers
apply from 4 to G inches of sawdust, 01 chopped weeds or
other gieen materials to weight it down at all points.
MAX SMITH
To Beware Of Frosted Forage weeks, the danger is elimina-
'Cooler weather has arrived te s*- - - '
and livestock producers are re- To Practice “Managed Milking”
minded of the danger of bloat- ~ . , , . ,
ing and forage poisoning from , f any f c( f S9fu dalrymek
many of the green forage crops. ' fol , ow a st " ct routlae at
With the legumes such as do- milking; “ 1S wIU t mcluda
ver and alfalfa livestock will washiag Wlth wan f wa ‘ er >
bloat quickly if allowed to eat * ng stnp cup ’ waitl “ g
the forage when the frost is down of f llk ’ TI T Strip '
on the plants. In the case of pmg > and han d-check each
Sudan grass or the Sudax hy- ? uarter ‘ Th f «“P°rtant thing
brids, there is danger of prus- I s t0 t „ pro , pe + rl / prepare tbe Co#
sic acid poisoning if animals for th ® of milk, re
consume the plant in the green “° ve ll ? ust as qu * ok as pos ‘
state after killing frost, if aible - and remov ? the machm ®
made into silage and allowed bef f. re udder irritation begins,
tb' ferment- for two to three' A ’ timed. routme; will help -do
a good milking job.
O’C A fCiC’i'Q
„ t jVi ' ‘ i t
'liev;ft ini It-is less of a strain, by,
'far, to believe in a . God mor*
powerful than evil, than to believe
that evil is no more than a kind
of illusion, something done with
mirrors so to speak. An old cou,
plet written for children says,
“The world is so full of a number
of things, I’m sure we should all
be as happy as kings.” That’s not
the doctrine of- providence. This
world is full of a number of things
that make anybody with a heart
most unhappy. We have to believe
in God through our tears, not pre
tend there’s nothing to cry about.
Freedom is real
Some people push the doctrine
of Providence too hard. They are
afraid that if God allows the tini
est bit of freedom to mankind,
something is bound to go haywire
sooner or later, and God will find
things have gone out of control.
They make the history of man
kind look like a puppet-show with
God working the strings. This
isn’t the doctrine or the truth
about Providence; it’s a kind of
caricature of it, something first
cousin to fatalism. The story of
Joseph is an illustration of what
we are driving at. Joseph’s broth
ers knew what they were doing
when they plotted against their
brother. They didn’t have to do
what they did. They were not
puppets, they were free men. This
isn’t saying they could have doiie
good just as easily as they could
have done wicked acts. It caida
a lot easier ,to do evil, but they
didn’t have to. Joseph-never pre
tended they couldn’t help it! And
neither did they.
God iho wsavcr
God may be compared, to • mat
ter weaver who stands at tha
loom of time and weaves the fab
ric of history. Not all the threads
in the loom are beautiful. Thera
is the black thread of ignorancty
and the crooked thread of pain
and the blood-red strand of sin.
The pattern might be more beau
tiful if it were not for the tangled
ugly threads of perverted humato
wills. But God does not throw any
thing away. He makes use of the
evil, He keeps the freedom within
bounds. Some will ask, How does
God do this? If we knew, wa
would know as much as God
knows,—and this is beyond us
forever. But that God does thisi
every believing heart is assured.
Here our own story blends with
that of Joseph and all the
Who cannot tell his own story of
how God’s band has been felt iifc
his own life? What Christian had
not been led to say, after soma
painful experience, God kne#
best? ' \
(Based on outline* oopyrlehled bpj
the Division of Christian Education.
National Connell of the Cborohes of
Christ In th* IT. 8. A. Released bJI
Community Press Service.)
The
Time . . .
Br MAX SMITH
To Sow Cover Crops
Soil that iemam& without any vegeta
tive cover during the wmtei months is sub
ject to both watei and wind erosion A
number of covei crops may be sowed dur
ing September 01 early October following
cash crops such as tobacco, vegetables, and
potatoes in addition, these gieen manure
ci ops will help maintain soil fertility when
plowed down next spring Open ground over
the winter months is not good land man
agement.
To Seal Trench Silos
Manv temporary silos need special at-