. ai b«feafeiown just as we have arrived
(Continued from Page,4) . t *t t pur. present situation by too many
able orgknizations' can bk' linked to,t it, lo .negative stands on the same small issu
jjo doubt the conscience of the official- , es. You, and I, and the man next door
dom connected with legalized betting on' are the- people who must make these
races in Pennsylvania would be eased decisions and -take these stands, We are
by such a tie-up and it would be a nice the people who can control the destiny
thing at which to .point as justification of our country.
of pari-mutual betting. It would also A concession to accept tax money
he a nice move if a few churches could secured from gamblers and from gambl
he encouraged to take a part of the loot! ing even for 'the most worthy pur-
No! Let’s have no part o£ this pro- poses is just one more step in the"
posed program! If this country of ours' lowering ,of our standards. If is just
is to remain a first class nation, some- another negative stand on another (not
where sometime somehow —' too) small issue.- The Future Farmers
somebody has to put on the brakes and ■ of America has always been an organl
bring to a screenching halt this matter zation-whose activities have merited re
of moral disintegration. And it will not ’ spect: Let’s keep it that way. Then we,
be done by a senate committee investi- as FFA advisers, may truthfully say'
gating crime, or the FBI, or a “youth along with our FFA members “I
squad” of the state police, or more believe that rural America can and will
modem jails and houses of correction, hold true to the. best traditions in our
These things are merely ways of dealing national life and that I can exert an
with situations that have already occurr- influence in my home and community
ed. They do not correct the conditions that will stand solid for my part in that
that were responsible for the moral inspiring task.”
breakdown that led to the crime of
delinquency. This moral disintegration
(study the statistics on crime if you
don’t think there is such a thing) will
be stopped in only one way. That way is
by the sum total of a lot of positive
Food Costs Today, we spend only 10 per- extension home manage-
If the ipnce of 4ood at the cent of our income on food In n?ent specialist A thin film har
farm had increased as much most other countries, tood costs <}^ ns more quickly and gives
during the last 10 years as the range from 30 to SO peicem of better protection This is bc
cost of other goods and seivi- family income. cause the moisture in the .wax
ces, we would he paying $4 to ~' can evaporate. Thick coatings
$6 billion more a year for food, Apply leave sulbsurface wax soft and
the U. S Department of Agn- One common mistake in wax- thls makes the floor more sus
culture reports Ten years ago, mg smooth surface floor cover- cep tible to denting and surface
the food we bought took 23 mgs is to apply too much wax, scratches
percent of the family income, points out Helen Bell, Penn
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Sidney B Hutton (left) stands with County Agent
Robert A. Powers on contours of roses where once
land was washing away Contours now catch and hold
rain water for plants, eliminate soil runoff.
Roses On The Contour Saves
Soil, Makes Better Blossoms
For the first time in Penn
sylvania, and piobably in the
nation, a nurseiv is glowing
roses on contomed land, ae
coid'ing to Robert A Powers,
County Extension Agent of
Chester County, Pa
Conard-Pyle Company, West
Grove, Pa, reports that con
touring on their 400 aues ot
rose plantings has ihci easeE
the numiber of top-grade plants
per acre by about 20 percent
though planted at the same
rate used before contouring.
This success stoiy had its be
ginning in 1948 when the nur
sery was considering quitting
its low-yielding fields and mov
ing its operation to land it
Owns in California The man
agement happened, around this
tame, to attend an Extension
Service meeting in the county
and heard Robert Powers talk
on soil erosion and soil im
provement problems They as
ked Powers to recommend soil
improvement practices foi their
land.
In cooperation with agion
omy Sec'tion Chairman Janies
H Eakin, Jr, Coo-pei ative Ex
tension Service, The Pennsyl
vania State University, Poweis
laid out a progiam ot land
management and a six-yeai bis
tein of ciop lotation which in
cluded oicliardgi ass and siulan
grass foi soil mipioi einent.
Twenty Six County 4-H Steers
Selected To Go To Farm Show
Twenty-six county 4-H’eis
brought steers to the Lancas
ter Stockyard l -; Tuesday but
took them home again Tuesday
night to await their tij at state
honors m Januaiy
A total of 12 aligns, 12 Heie
fords and two shorthorns were
selected at the Red Rose Babv
Beef club roundup to be shown
at the Famn Show The other
steers in the duib weie sifted
and penned fdr the d’istiic.
show on Wednesday
The ‘comity showmanship
contest and a .purebred Heie
ford feeder steer, presented by
the Lancaster Intelligence!
Journal, -were won by Weslej
Mast, Elverson R 2
Following are the names and
addresses of those selected to
show steei s in the 4-H classes
at the Pennsylvania Farm
Show in Januai\.
ANGUS
Judy Floiy, Lititz R 2, Jav
Ranch, Quanjville R 2, Donald
Snyder, Lititz .R 3, Linda ,Obei,
532 Stiasbu.rg Road, Lancas
ter, Kenneth Hess, Strasbuig
Rl, Robeit CJrolf, Peach BoL
to-ni, Mae Mast, Elverson Itl,
V Cllxl
“Cost reduction in globing
top market loses is largely due
to control of erosion,” Poweis
said. “These i eductions make
the conduct ot business possi
ble in the lace ot rising costs
of oChei supplies and semces ”
One of the chief side benefits
of this pioject, Powers points
out, is that it N selves a gia
phic ■demonstiation of the m
ci eased efficiency in id ni pio
duction with contouring a n d
crop rotation Contouring enec
tnely mcieases the amount ot
good soil and water aiailab'e
to plants and rotation nnpioics
the soil quality oiei the \eais.
Demonstrations of this k nd
aftect Pennsylramans tw o
ways hist, hj cieating a new
profit level on the faun on
which the inipiol enient was
made, second, by piovid'ii 0 , in
formation that can be g.\ en
other tainiei'S of the sta'e
thioug'h the Extension Semce.
Umt demonstration laims
thioughout the state also sei\c
as yeai-iound pi owing giounds
loi the i ecommen-ddtio'ia Ex
tension otteis fannevi in us
educational piognam Hen tetb
nologv arising fiom ie-,eaiih
goes to work on these taims
showing larmeis best manage
ment foi ci ops and soils, n
sect and disease contiol L'e
stock and taim inachuieij.
Judv Longeneckei, Holtwood
Rl, Pat Zaibman, Eplnata Rl;
Mvion Landis Strasburg Rl,
and Eugene Hoslei, Manheini
R 3.
HEREFORD
Bertha Boose, 2258 Old
Philadelphia Pike, Lancaster;
Thomas Housei, Lampetei ;
Kenneth Weatei, Quail vville
R 2, Pat Bollin'gei, Lititz R 4,
Lany IVeaiei, Xew Holland
Rl, Carol Hess, Strashuig Rl,
Judv Diager, Marietta Rl;
Fneda Landis, Strasbuig Rl:
Dallas IVolgemuth, Mount Joy
Rl, Mike Longeneckei. Litnz
R 2, Debbie Denlingei, 2814
Yellow Goose Road Lancastei ,
and Maiy Jane Heir, Retton.
SHORTHORN
Dand Heisej Sheiidan Rl,
and Donna Hess, Stiaa'huig Rl.
Cr.iiiln*! i j Crop
Anothei 'bumper uanbeiir
oop is in sight neaiU on; and
one-third million barrels^*ac-/
coidmg to De'ifkV-t-;
meat ot Agi
slightU below "last
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