4—:LancastQr ( Saturjia^ n ( 23', J. 963 From Where We Stand... WE COUNT OUR BLESSINGS In spite of the two years of drought we have lived through here in Lancaster County, there are still many things we have to be thankful for. Farmers of this county have con tributed toward making this the best fed, best housed, and best clothed nation in history, and we ought to be thankful that we have had a part in supplying the feast for this holiday. Thanksgiving Day is a purely -American feast, begun traditionally by the Pilgrims, and continued through the centuries as a national day of religious and gastronomic significance. Even today when all the foods of the world are available to enrich our daily diet, the Thanksgiving menu of the average household is'still predominantly American in origin and production. A, sumptuous feast can' be spread with'' only the kinds of food that the pre- Columbian Indians knew and taught the' white men how to raise and use. An all-American Thanksgiving menu is tempting to a gourmet’s taste and, satis fying to a hungry, growing boy. - Turkey, cranberries, both 'white and sweet potatoes, numerous sorts of beans, squash, pumpkin, tapioca, corn, including sweet com and popcorn, pepp ers, avocado, cocoa and chocolate, oys ters, pineapple, chestnuts, peanuts, bra zil nuts, cashew nuts, and while not strictly a food, the tobacco of the after dinner cigaret, cigar or pipe. All of these are of strictly American origin. Even without excluding non-Ameri can dishes, the usual Thanksgiving din ner, with roast turkey, cranberry sauce, string beans, com bread, pumpkin pie bn the menu, is American enough. Those who wish can easily build in their kitchens a strictly made-in-Amenca 'Thanksgiving bill of fare. -The turkey that is the center of the •usual- Thanksgiving ’ feast has a dual claim to the 100 per cent citizenship. It is as native to the American continent as the Indians. Yet the turkey also has a record of early, immigration from Europe. Cranberry sauce is as American as the roast turkey that it accompanies to the relish of the feast. Cranberries are found only on the American continent. The cranberry bogs of New Jersey are famous the world over. “Fixin’s” are indispensable to the tmkey, and sweet potatoes are indispen sable to the “fixin’s.” Sweet potatoes, as well as the white potatoes, misnamed Irish, are American in origin. The sweet potatoes, “taters” south of the Mason and Dixon line, are pro bably of tropical origin. At any rate, they thrive best now in the warmer parts of the country. The white potato is not Irish but. Peruvian in origin. It got its misnomer because it was so widely grown there and Irish immigrants in the early 1700’s brought large quantities of them to the United States. For the salad course, there may be avocadoes; also called alligator pears, for these are native to this hemisphere. The bread should be com bread, of course. Wildlife Club Sees Hunt Films Films of a game hunt in British Columbia by Marshall Stoner were shown to a meet ing of the Lancaster County 4-H Wildlife Club Wednesday night. fleeting at the home of Rob ert Ulrich, Penryn, the club made plans to supply its tur- Phone . kes feeder m Potter sCountj. 394-3047 \ y *» 4 -I ._ Thfe'ciub will hold a Lititz 626-219l f4l iI??x mas party Dec. 18. ** ii i« i» ***4 •< i ii»i( Mils 'in#'in« tit mi iy i i tin 4 t % } t9 tt , fl God, udH-hopK«ll»tft o| the judgment of thi n- conecfence—thesef were ortant to Paul. He menS m in the same breath in 11. Not that he though! of the approval of men aa the approval of God; but Corn is the greatest of the agricul- a . g * r h * v * *>.oth tnrfll piftc nf America to the world , lnk of y° u ls important, rural guts or America to ine worxa. and above all it is God's approval When the first settlers from England that comes first. found this grain being cultivated by the lilßGr POWCP For Him Indians they called it Indian com to • Good as this is, it Is not ton* distinguish it from the use of the word Wesson * or November 24,1963 flight Christian living. The desire corn to mean in British usage all kinds ” I to keep one’s record clean wiU go of gram, wheat, barley, rye and all the E throUßh 7 orinthmm S Other^modVM^^’oS rest ftopatt e r.?°t£ e cS?s“taM? Corn probably originated in the the dedicated life, is not mainly J South American highlands but by .the ‘C'VERY ONE who observes peo- pattern of orders-and-obedienc#3 time the white men came its cultivation P* e even * little pene- For some people this is all the;* had =nrpad oo far nnrfh rm thi? con- tration of insight, knows the is to Christianity. “God tells me +L difference between lives that have what to do and Ido It.” But there tinent as the climate permitted. inner power and lives that crum- is a higher motive than simple In the fields of Indian corn lound pi e and may even shatter like a blind obedience to the word of by the early colonists, there were misfired rocket, for lack of some command. It is the motive of love, orange - yellow pumpkins growing much innerpowerwhich Paul does not use the word “lovef as thev are srown todav more effective in his letters very often, yet it Pumokin me is as Thanksgiving as Uves possess. To comes out at crucial points. Paul rfESsats i-£ij-a* s“• •* the American pumpkin had been so people are like lo- Paul puts this another way witi^ adopted in Europe that it was being comotives, run- out using the word “love" at «lk called the Turkish cucumber, ning on their own He speaks of Christian believers aa Beans of many varieties deserve a power, power gen- Imng no longer for themselv* place in the American Thanksgiving Sftfc SUMS' VSg table, for they were extensively culti- people are like for one we admire and love, thaq vated by all the native populations of freight cars—they will move, but we will for orders, no matter whaf the New World. only if pushed. penalty may be attached. Christla.’ Nuts give Thanksgiving a double What is the secret of inner life, in short, is not at its best who rtecsAT-i- power? the driving motive is that of pas * First-level motivas mg the inspection of the all-seei' America is a land of rich and The time-honored name for God. It is at its best when it is varied food supplies, capable of sharing what drives men, gently or storm- Uved by r ote or by rule, but w its bounty with other areas of the ily as it may be, into action, is the rote and the rule, when world and willing to aid other countries Mo « ve - Some persons are without “““ ° e ; , c „°“ e ™ ho to raise larger crons of food often of motlve « ntirel y- They see no rea- | ove “ u * * ong - Christian to raise larger crops oi lood, oiten oi son lor thelr existence they do in short, is at its beat when western hemisphere origin. We are not march, they dawdie they drift motivated by gratitude to the thankful for this at this Thanksgiving They are suggestible, they have no who died for all. as it may help bring peace to the future inner consistency. They follow the The ministry of rcoencillaflen of a less hungry world. crowd, they never lead it. Other God is not man’s enemy. God persons are strong in a wrong- f° r us. (This does not mean Si! a 8 headed way, wrong-hearted too. smiles on every bit of foolish - Si<ms of the Times Nervous ? Tfae y 33:6 set into action by wrong or sin we can think of) If Then *.y not invest in a ™gat Gjdget. It s a spring device marketed by a Above such men in the scale of Paul discovered it. Many ‘ou Boston firm that is supposed to relieve character are others moved by the church and inside too nee nervous tension when pressed between what we can call Christian mo- discover it afresh. The feeling, the thumb and forefinger. We still think lives at the first level, a level not conviction, that God is for a day on a tractor might do just as too difficult to reach. Putting sev- that’He nbr 11 & j eral factors together, we can see me down or let me off,” the weii> that some good people, Christians, covery that His intentions for 12 I® ® are motivated by the simple wish go beyond my awn imagin’ ■vr i _ ~ . ~ to be thought well of. “How’m I this can be the most powerf Nowadays the poor enjoy the same doing?” is a fair question, one that ner drive known to man. luxuries as the rich. The only difference ought to be asked Only let’s make person who accepts the fo. is that they need more time to pay for sure we ask it of the right people, mercy of God has a right to them. , Saint Paul, who holds high place fidence in the support of God 4®, on the roster of world-Christians, this assurance is unfailing po HE SSt Se certainly wanted both God and (B»«d on outlines copyrighted by That’s Progress Leisure, a maga- ®en to think well of him “What zine distributed free to barbershops, is We 816 (fifi-meant what I am) is A' B,u *** d by Community r printed in large type to accomodate weak-eyed persons when they take off their glasses to have their hair cut. H H 5 n Pesticide Mystery Government officials puzzle over catches of sharks, tuna and other ocean fish containing high doses of DDT and other pest kill ers. The cause isn’t known. Fatty tis sues of some fish caught far off shore contained pesticide concentrations of up to 200 parts per million. Government limits for most edible meats are about 10 parts per million or less. Benefit of A Newspaper The j>ri mary purpose of a newspaper is to bring you the news and enable you to keep that news with you as long as you wish. Lancaster Farming Lancaster Count}’s Own Farm Weekly P. O. Box-15 24 Lancaster, Penna. P. O. Box 266 - Lititz, Pa. Offices: 22 E. Main St, Lititz, Pa. ' •* v * o it/vi •gr r BIC nti Jack Owen, Editor On too many occasions the Culling- unprofitable cows fire department out in the rur- good business anytime,! s a al areas is limited in fighting a Btep hen B . Spencer, extern fire because of the lack of wa- Established Xovember 4, ter, or the truck cannot get < * alry specialist, and Xo. 1955. Published every Satur- close to the -water supply. Far- '^ >er 13 * n excellent time day by Lancaster-Farming, Lit- 111 ers ar€ urged -to consult give those milk product itz, Pa. with the local fire chief to be and -profit-per-cow records sure that all possible facili- ser Scrutiny. Even though Robert G. Campbell, Advertising: Director Entered as 2nd class matter *"! S J underst<H>d ore the eMer-prices for cull cows . T , ... emergency arrives. The water not he high, anyone kea; at Litltz, Pa. under Act of i a a farm pond is useless un- 'imrlk cows is in the dairy, March 8, 1879. dess the fire truck can get 'beef, ‘business, and should close to the edge of the wa- animals on the 'basis Jof : _ .. , _ ter. Plans in advance may pre- ductaon and profit matiny “ ' vent greater: josses. - idity.-’ ij V 1» 1 "i 'jy'/f. Now Is The Time . , . MAX SMITH tect new-born animals from cold wea and drafts For the first several days these young animals not endure much cold and should be kept from chilling lamps or brooders in the corner o£ the stall or pen have w< ed successfully for many livestock produceis Special effort first few dajs of the life of a pig or lamb will pay divide To Help Your Pire Department Slaughter Xo-Proflt Cov BY MAX SMITH To Utilize Short Courses Many educational courses are offered Penn State University that do not reqi the student to be on the campus A If number of correspondence courses are oi ed at all times during the year, these ci all phases of agriculture and home ec( mies. Other short couises are offered on campus that range from a few days to i eral weeks in duration. Additional infor tion is available. Local farmers and I owners are urged to take advantage of t practical educational courses. To Protect Pigs and Lambs 'Swine and sheep producers should-
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