4—Lancaster Farming,, Saturday, April 4, 1964)
From Where We Stand...
Bulls Vs Steers For Beef
We think it is ridiculous to run the
risk of castrating bull calves.
Let us show what we mean. On
Monday prime steers at Lancaster topp
ed at 23.50, but choice and prime sold
down to 22 cents a pound. Standard to
low choice steers brought 19 to 22.50
cents a pound. This is just four and a
half cents a pound difference between
standard and top prime steers.
But what is even more significant,
on the same market bulls topped at 22.50
with very few kinds going below 21
cents. While the roughest kinds of fed
steers went as low as 17 cents, southern
bulls and light cutter bulls reached bot
tom at 18.50.
But when you look at the feeder
sales, the picture comes into even sharp
er focus. Feeder steers showing any
quality at all brought from 20 cents
up to 22 50 while desirable type beef
bulls sold from 1.9.50 to 21.50. On the
plainer steers, prices dropped as low as
17 cents, but this kind certainly would
never bring top dollar as finished beef.
It is an estimated fact that bulls
will gain faster than steers of compar
able grade. True, they can not be pushed
to the high finish that the steers will
take, but the late gains are the most ex
pensive to put on, and the market does
not warrant the high cost of putting on
high finishes.
Of course bulls are somewhat hard
er to fence and they must be kept se
parate from heifers, but with the bam*
lot feeding oi Lancaster County, this
should not pose any serious problem.
Now we know the market is not
always so close on steers and bulls, but
the spread is very often close enough to
make one wonder why we go to the
trouble and stand the risk of castrating
bull calves at all.
If, as the meat packers say, Mrs.
America wants more bull and cow beef,
and the prices appear to bear this out,
why can’t we give it to her without hav
ing to import it from other countries.
At least that’s how it looks from
where we stand
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THREE STEPS TO PLENTY
It is unlikely that any other nation
in the history of the world, large or
small, has ever enjoyed a level of abun
dance such as now exists in the United
States Leading in this abundance is the
major item of food Since biblical times
man has had to scratch the earth for
sustenance If he foraged and grew
enough to meet his own needs, he was
fortunate When he failed, which was
often, there was famine In spite of this,
populations grew and as they grew the
demands on agriculture were propor
tionately increased.
It has been said that agriculture has
developed through three ages First, the
blood, sweat and tears period centur
ies of grinding toil.-Second was the me
chanical age, beginning with the inven
tion of the reaper by Cyrus McCormick
Farm productivity shot up. One hundred
years ago one food producer could sup
port five people by 1940 one farm-
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The growers pointed out IJiat
the costs of imports remained
lower even when account is
taken of the fact that non-
Cuban and non-Philipine im
ports pay a duty of 3 5 cents a
pound higher than the pie
embargo imports from Cuba.
The biief said there is “every
leason to believe that the anti
cipated gradual increase in pro
duction of cigars can be easily
accomplisnect ov mci eased im
pel ts at piesent tanff levels”
er could produce enough for 11 people.
Now comes the chemical age with wide
spread use of chemical fertilksejfs and
pesticides. Already farm productivity
has reached new heights. Today one
farmer can produce enough food and fib
er for himself and 25 other people.
Each age in the agricultural evolu
tionary process arrived just in the nick
of time to stave off disaster. The mech
anical age was one answer to the popu
lation explosion. With population grow
th and the migratory movement of peo
ple all over the world came a frighten
ing upsurge in the ravages of insects
and other pests. Again, human ingenuity
found an answer. This time in the re
search laboratories. Agricultural chemi
cals have not only proved their value on
the farm and in public health programs,
they have proved themselves for the
vast majority of doctors, consumers and
the U. S. Congress. Today they are be
coming accepted for what they really
are modem effective tools that con
trol hostile pests.
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The Onion Snow
After the middle of March we
couldn’t blame the weather on the
groundhog, but winter continued.
When we had a small snow a
friend said, “Just the onion snow,” and
we hoped he was right.
It began snowing again and another
friend said, “Onion snow,” but when
we began to shovel the 14 inches off our
walks next morning we began to
wonder.
Well, this week it began to snow
again, and again we heard the phrase.
If the self styled weather prognos
ticators know anything about what they
are trying to tell us, this should be a
vintage year for onions.
Oh well, that’s one way to keep
America strong.
At least that’s how it looks from
where we stand.
A water specialist reports that we
are in the age of secondhand water.
“When the Ohio River flows less than 13
thousand cubic feet per second past Cin
cinnati as it often does one cup of
water out of every twenty dfawn from a
faucet has already been through a sewer.
When the river is in pool stage, one
quart out of every gallon of water in the
river has been put to some previous use
by people.”
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Belgium Looks To U. S. For Meat
A shortage of hogs in Belgium and
high domestic prices has impelled Bel
gian firms to import pork from the U. S.
Last year’s severe winter caused serious
losses in Belgium’s pig crop so that the
number of hogs now offered on the Bel
gian market covers only 65-70 percent
of demand.
Though there is seldom time enough
to do a job right, it seems there is al
ways enough time to do it over.
Lancoster Farming j aC k Owen, Editor
Lancaster County's Own Farm Robert O. Campbell,
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Unpleasant Thought
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Time Study
The pasture season is rapidly
approaching; some dairymen
with winter rye or ryegrass
-that has been topdressed with
nitrogen will soon be turning
Out for the'first time. The herd
should be allowed to graze
only 15 to 20 minutes for the
Established November 4, ftrst few and gradually
1955. Published every Satur- extend the time. Feeding of
day by Lancaster-Farniing, Lit- hay and silage before grazing
itz p. is recommended. The milking
' ' herd should not be allowed to
_ . , graze on succulant pasture for
Entered as 2nd class matter at least four hours * rior t 0 the
at Lititz, Pa. under Act of milking hour. The barn should
March 8, 1879. be well ventilated at all times.
Advertising Director
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God's Universe
lesion for April S, 1964
Badkcnnad Serbian: Jail U:M1; XwUh
40:12-2C; 42:1-12.
DeTotiooal R&diac: Psalm
THERE IS a distinctively Chris
tian way of life, and of looking
at life. The very world in which,
the Christian lives, though it may
look on the surface like the world
of the non-Christian, seen in
depth turns out to be quite differ
int.
First of all, the
Jhristian faces
the world about
him with opened
eyes. He sees lit-*
,'rally more than
meets the eye.
Much of what he
sees and knows is
not peculiar to
Dr. Foreman the Christian
view, hut he shares it with Jews
also, just as we share with them
our Bible. If it had not been for
the Jews, most of the Bible would
not have been written, but that’s
another-story.'The study for this
week is taken from the Old Testa*
meat because there we find some
.of the most striking expressions
of the truth: The universe around
us does not own itself, it is not
ours; itis Ood’s.
God’s world is plannid
"What does it involve to say,
God is Creator? That is more than
a title, though, title it is. We mean
more than that God is creative,
we mean that God created all that
exists, known to us or unknown.
No space traveler ever will dis
cover some region in unimagin
able remoteness from this earth,
so far away that God is not there.
God is not only now everywhere
in Ms universe, God is not only
infinitely more than his universe,
but there never would have been
a spark of life, of existence, of
anything whatever, visible or not,
knowable or not, if God had not
thought of it, intended it and
planned it. The universe is not an
accident, the universe has not ex-
Now Is The Time . ..
Soil moisture seems to be in excellent
condition for the present time; if favorable
moisture conditions continue, forage produc
ers should be sure that plenty of plant food
is in the soil for maximum yields. Inventories
of hay and silage are very low on most
farms, good fertility condition along with
the moisture should produce bumper yields.
Don’t neglect liberal amounts of fertilizer
on sod cxops both hay and pasture.
MAX SMITH
brood sows during the gestation period make good use of quality
pasture and need the outdoor exercise. Any good mixture
of grass and legumes that is suitable for livestock grazing ratf
be used for the breeding herd.
To Be .Careful With
Milking Herd
To Protect Barnyard Manure
Jsted through all'eternities, fti.
here because God said, Let it k
:How did God create the universe
When did he create it? Did i
look as it now does when it
new? Did he have any help? wL
was bis reason-for making fa
How is it all going to end? To oni,
one of those questions is than
any clear answer; the reader h
invited to think which question «
is. Perhaps true answers to sum,
questions could nothe understo*j
because they could not be *j.
swered in human language, Om
• tiling stands clear:'J6od is not no
prised by 'the universe he by
made, be is not frightened fcy j*
and he will, not be beaten dong
by it.. It is fair universe; it
marked, sdto his fiagvi
prints.
It is Ineomplof*
A great American ChristUg
thinker. Dr. Cosby Bell, egy
pointed out that although we caq
read the handwriting of the A 1
mighty on the universe, and whfli
it shows God’s infinitely whi
planning, it does not yet appea
in its fullness as he plans that
it shall. This earth at all events i]
an unfinished earth. This alone h
not, however, the whole story,
The universe, or the comer of i|
in which we live, the part of it we
can do something about—this-we
are invited by God to help Mm
bring toward completeness. Think,
if you will, of the innumerable
products—dyes, paints, foods, fab.
tics—made from coal tar. Thi
Creator left it to man to brk|
these into existence.
God’s mirror
From the way the Bible writer*
present God as Creator, we can
know something about God from
the things he has made: Consider
how the prophet Isaiah, speaks to
the discouraged exiles. He bid*
them remember the Creator. They
thought God had-forgotten them;
hut no, God the Creator does not
create only to forget. A chiMl
making mud pies might do that;
hut certainly not God. The people
thought that God was unable ta
help them. Isaiah-the prophet»
minds them, that nothing is toa
great for God’s power to achieve*
The people thought that blind and
cruel fate, or chance Sad torn
them from their homes and
thrown them out into the cruet
‘ ties of Babylon. The prophet a*
sures them that the Creator is sot
one who works without planfc
God who planned this univena
has a place in that plan fotcvaj
man—for you.
(Sued on outline* coprriclitol fcr
Bxfisioa of Christum Education, Nriwßj
Council of the Churches of Christ in thi
U, a, Ju JtslcMed.hr Coxanuait/ Fit*
Serric*.)
BY MAX SMITH
To Fertilize Grassland
To Provide Hog Pasture
Swine producers are reminded that tM
breeding herd can still utilize good pasture
for the summer months;- growing gills an*
Manure is still a valoabl*
by-product of any livestock e *’
terprise providing it is proper*
ly handled. With most modern
dairy herds the manure is haul’
ed daily to the fields; with thil
method there is very little
chance for the leaching of tt*
fertilizer" elements.' However*
manure that is piled oat in
open weather for-severs*
months or longer, may lo s *
most of the fertilizer value*
If manure has to be stored, «
should be under cover and M
enclosed in a tight pit to pre*
vent loss of the liquids. T* l *
use of super phosphate with
the manure is strongly recopi 1
mended to strengthen the pho»
phate condition of the soil.
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