4—Lancaster Farmigg^ftt^
From Where We Stand...
The Same Set Of Rules For Everyone
We do not believe in discrimination
against any group because of race, creed
or national origin.
But on the other hand, we do not
believe that any. group can be given
special privileges solely on the basis of
race, creed or national origin.
We do not believe a society can set
up one set of rules for one segment of
its people and another set for the rest.
We do not believe it is discrimination to
ask all the peoples of a society to obey
the same rules. It is not discrimination
when a minority group is expected to
abide by the same rules that govern the
majority. If special rules are made to
satisfy the wishes of a minority group,
then it is the majority that is being dis
criminated against.
We respect the right of others to
hold views and beliefs different than
our own, but when those views are
used to demand special treatment, they
effect not only the one holding the
views but others who can not demand
the special treatment.
We respect the Amish farmers’
right to refuse to install electricity in
their barns and milk houses, but when
they expect equal treatment with the
farmers that have gone to the expense
of modernizing their barns, we believe
they are asking for special favors.
We believe that the Amish farmers
should have the right to refuse to put
electricity in their barns, but we believe
they should then expect to accept a dif
ferent price structure for their product.
.If they expect to sell their milk, m a
given - municipality, then we believe,
they should expect to abide by the same
set of rules which binds every other
farmer selling milk in that municipality.
We are not in accord with all the
rules and regulations that have been
formulated to govern our society, but as
long as they are the law, and as long as
they bind the majority, they must'also
bind the minority. , ;
We realize that religion is not" a’*"
logical thing. It can not be equated with
law or government, and we are not
asking that this be done. We are not
asking that anyone give up a single
religious belief. We simply believe that
no creed entitles a person to expect
special favors m any orgahized society.
When anyone is in the business of
selling a product, he has two alterna
tives. He can meet the specifications of
the buyer or he can go out of busi
ness. That is brutal, but it is the cold
fact.
We would not like to see a single
farmer lose his market, but on the other
hand, we would not like to see con
scientious farmers penalized because
another group does not have to abide by
the same rules.
This is the whole crux of the rhatt-
Calf Scramble
Will Award
5 Feeder Calves
HAIRiRI'SIBURG Five 400-
pound Hereford feeder steers,
each, worth $lOO, this week
were donated as prizes for as
many young livestock enthus
iasts who win cal'f scrambles at
the Nov. Pennsylvania
Livestock Exposition
Tom King, assistant general
superintendent, said 65 4-H
and PPA boys, to 18 years old,
will compete in five different
groups the first four nights and
Friday afternoon.
In each meet, the boy who is
first to halter a ealf and bring
it to the center of the ring will
get one of the prize feeder phone - Lancaster
steers Winners will be re- Express 4-3047 or
qmred to fatten their animals T itit* a oiai
and exhibit them at the ti~ mi*!.,! 1 ? i’M t j *>'***$
■' : • Mini. -slj.ui'i', nut
' d ay. ,Pfftpber; £6,-, 19,63
er.
At least that’s how it looks from
where we stand.
Farmers are asking more and more
frequently why it is so hard to get con
gressional action on a program that will
really benefit farmers.
be counted on to act quickly and have
' every reason to expect success when
their rural constituents needed help.
But, we might as well wake up and
face the fact that agriculture is rapidly
losing its political power. The lack of
action in Congress on new farm legis
lation for wheat (This was promised by
a large farm organization last May) cot
ton and milk is a good sign that law-
makers are not very concerned about
the political influence of farmers or
farm groups. Many Congressmen now
shun membership on the Senate and
House Agriculture Committees. In the
last year alone five Senators left the
agriculture committee for other assign
ments. Other committees seem more
politically potent.
“It is just that agriculture does not
have the political mfluence it did”, de
clares Senator Aiken of Vermont, rank
ing Republican on the Senate Agricul
ture committee.
And, the waning interest in agri
culture is likely to continue as farm
population declines and Congressional
districts are shifted to give the growing
■ non-farm population greater representa
tion.
The impact will be this; the change
in attitude of lawmakers is likely to
shift the direction of farm legislation.
Farmers can expect to see more
emphasis on 1. ways to reduce the
cost of government support to agricul
ture (this is where economy moves gain
a lot of political support from Congress
men “in urban: areas) 2. programs with
major benefits for consumers (there is
likely to be more talk of how a program
will affect food prices and food quality)
3. the effect the program will have
on the total economy, (there will be less
talk of how a farm policy will preserve
the family farm and more about how it
will reduce unemployment.
But the economic power of agricul
ture continues to be strong.
Agriculture continues to be impor
tant to industry, and the well being of
the agricultural community is essential
to the well being of the industrial com
munity.
This is the strength of agriculture,
and we should not let industrial leaders
forget that the strength of agriculture is
the strength of the nation.
At least that’s how it looks from
where we stand.
exposition.
Calves just arrived from the
Western Range, all untamed
and crafty, will be loaned by
Lancaster Stockyard® for use in
the scrambles These 'will be
part of the exposition enter
tainment program that will in
clude also indoor polo, 4,-dl
horse show, two horse demon
Lancaster Forming Jac * owe Bdltor
Lancaster County’s Own Farm
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P. O, Box 1524
Lancaster, Penna. 1955 - Published every Satur-
P. O. Box 266 - Lititz, Pa. iay by Lancaster-Farmlng, Lit
itz. Fa.
Offices:
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Political Influence '
Time was when congressmen could
strations and parades of cham
pion livestock.
All activity will be in the
State Farm Show Building.
Both the entertainment and
mam show, featuring over 3,
300 head of beef cattle, siwme
and sheep, will be open to the
public without charge.
Robert 6. Campbell,
Advertising Director
Established November 4,
Bntere<| as 2nd class matter
at Lititz Pa. under Ac £ of Mar.
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Two Kinds of Love
Lesson for October 27, 1963
Bible Material: I Corinthians 11*2
through 13 13.
Devotional Beading: John 15.9-17*
WHEN THE religion of Christ
began to spread through the
world, it was so new and totally
different from everything that had
been called by the name of religion
before that Christians almost had
to'find new words to express it.
One example is
the familiar Eng
lish word “Love.”
We all know the
13th chapter of I
Corinthians by
heart (or if we
don’t, now is the
time to learn it!)
and we have said
all our lives that
Dr. Foreman love is the great
est thing in the world. What’s new
about that? Unfortunately, the
newness of the idea of “love” can
not be expressed in our English
language, but it can in Greek,
which is the language of nil the
New Testament books. For the
Greeks often had several words for
(almost) the same thing, and they
used these words to express the
different varieties of whatever it
was they were talking about. For
example, there were four different
words in Greek which can all be
translated “love,” and two in par
ticular, “eros” (rhymes with mo
rose) and “agape”, (pronounced
a-GAH-pay).
Selfish love is shellfish love
By far the more familiar one of
these two words was eros; the
other one is hardly ever found be
fore the Christians got hold of it
and began using it. Eros is some
thing everybody knows about; and
no pagan Greek could have seen
the point if Saint Paul had told
him eros is the “greatest thing in
the world. JBiit it isn’t, .and Paul
'didn’t say it was. Eros can be a
kind of mental sickness, it can be
frustrating, it can injure the cne
who has it, for it is what is otten
called “possessive” love. It is t\ie
love a domineering mother has for
a child she keeps tied to her apron
strings. It is the love of a jealous
lover who can’t bear to see his
sweetheart smile at another man.
Now
Is The Time . . .
BY MAX SMITH
To Attend Forage Conference
The Southeastern Quality Forage Ci
Terence and Hay Show will be hold i
Tuesday, 'October 29th, at the Guernst
Sale Pavilion, just east of Lancastei Thi
all-day event (10 A.M. to 3 PM wit
lunch available) is an affair well worth .
tending Low moisture grass silage, qualit
hay, and a balanced forage program will
discussed and demonstrated We urge loci
farmers to take advantage of this event.
To Chech GraVi Bins
Several species of grain beetles ai
moth larvae attack stored grains in the £»"
this may be noticed by extra insect actual
or the heating of the gram If infestation:
MAX SMITH
found, the grain should be fumigated while temperatuies ai
still high enough to he effective. Mixtures of carbon
and carbon tetrachloride may be used. Remove -all animal
from the building during the fumigation period and be careft
of combustion.
To Ventilate Ear Com
(Some corn may be picked To Be Alert For Bedding
that is too high in moisture
content to keep; the moisture Many dairy and livesto< k i
should be in the low 20’s un- ducera are going to be short’
less forced ventilation is to be bedding again this fall,
applied. Corn containing from .might be profitable to attwM
26 to 30% moisture may be to secure your needs baft
dried with forced air systems, arrives. The use of <*>'
Hay drying fans may be used stalks should ibe consul
successfully; the amount of 10 the crop was not
cubic feet of air per min.utA.for mto the silo. Shredded 1
each bushel of ear a fodder makes excellent bedt
good' guide. Cnbs more _ thal& ? nd an effort should be maf«
5 to 6 feet wide may' not’per- ’narvest and store the ni»t»r
mit sufficient air circulation to before snowfall comes.
The song of eros is "1 want y (
for mine.” This can be very' s ,
and ther'e is room for it in t\
ried experiences of life. But It
, bc;frustr*ting and painful, f or
never fulfilled. The eros-lo w
, never satisfied, always anxiou
his possession be swept ft
him. And at the worst, eiosl
!. destroys personality, for the t(
ency of eros to seize and to hoi
like the action of a clam caruu
a minnow’s worth for any ere;
around it, opening its shell on)
take in, never to give. (Who i
heard of a generous clam?)
God-like love
The love of which Paul so
quently and beautifully writes
not eros, it is agape. Wherevei
the New Testament the i ow
God for his children is spokf
it is always agape, not eros
the special glory of agape is
its desire is not to be served hi
serve. Eros is love that stops bei
love when it finds its affection
not returned. Eros is fastidious 1
loves only what is lovable and 1
ble. Eros demands that whjt
loved come up to a certain star
ard. Agape loves others as tt
are, where they are. But agap
never content to leave the 1(
ones where they are. Agape to
transforming love. If God’s
were eros, he would be waitmj
—and he might wait forever
man was good enough to desi
to be loved. But God loved
“while we were yet sinnei
Agape transforms the unworl
Eros vanishes when the loved
ject fades; Agape, itself unfadi
creates a never-fading beauty
the object of love.
Where love is needed
Now it needs no argument
persuade us that agape-love
needed in this distraught v;oi
Persons and nations perish fori
lack of it. Is there any place whi
we can find enough agape-lovt
go around? Is there any compi
of pilgrims on this earth who fc
fed on this bread of heaven
they want no more? One ansv
comes straight to mind. r
church, of course the church'
no doubt indeed the one com;
out of all mankind which nu
love its aim; it is the .one com;
which has no excuse'fbr its ei
ence if it does not make love
aim. But the church has nt
achieved this love, or has nei
achieved it in such measure ths
can say, we need no more
speaks of the need for love, to,
and women who had many gift
the spirit; he speaks of it to'
who worshipped with joyful.
But even at the very throne
grace, who can say that he
loved enough?
(Based on outline* copyrighted b)
Division of Christian Education, Nil:
Council of the Churches of Christ in
E. S. A. Released by Community Pi
Ben ice.)