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4 —Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, July 25, 1964
From Where We Stand.
Figures Don’t Tell
The Story!
At a recent press conference Secre
tary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman
said that we won’t tell the farmer that
the last four years have never been
better and the next four years will be
better yet.
But he said he was proud that gross
farm income over the last three years
had been higher. He gave credit to
this increase in farm income to the
change in farm programs made by the
present administration
The reason for this public state
ment was because, “Some people want
the farmer to believe he was better off
in 1959.” And he goes on to give
figures to prove that the 1963 net farm
income averaged $677 more in 1963
than in 1959.
For those who must balance the
farm account book we believe this comes
as quite a shock. With the sagging
wheat, milk, egg and beef prices we
can’t help wonder where the good
Secretary got his figures. All to often
numbers and the actual situation just
don’t seem to agree.
At least that’s how it looks from
where we stand.
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Ay! Ay! Ay!
Yes sir, we heard it also. With our
own ears. From the man who is to buy
the stuff.
We’re talking about wheat. It’s
only $1.35 a bushel minus garlic, haul
ing and drying. You might even end
up with $1.20. Ay! Ay! Ay! It’s nice
redcoat too.
What? You say the price of bread
is coming down? I’m sorry Miss We
didn’t hear anything about that!
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Milk Is A Real Bargain!
Americans drank more milk last
year. For the first time since 1956, per
capita sales of fluid whole milk in
creased. Sales rose from 125 quarts per
person in 1962 to 126 quarts during
1963.
The reversal of this downward
sales trend reflects the results that can
be achieved through industry-wide ef
forts in nutrition education and re
search. Long-range promotion programs
are also credited with helping to set
the new trend.
Fluid milk was not the only dairy
food to register an increase in per capita
sales last year. Consumption of ice
cream and other frozen dairy foods
climbed to a record level of 21 1 quarts
per person in 1963 Present consump
tion rates of ice cream are more than
double the per capita rates that existed
less than 25 years ago.
Cheese consumption also set a
new record last year. Per capita con-
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Society 12 Holds
Poolside Party
Society of Farm Women 12
held a poolside party at the
Owens pool, Mt. Nebo, Tues
day. A covered dish supper
for husbands and children of
members was served. Mrs.
Howard Jones was hostess.
At a business meeting, the
society voted a donation to
County Society’s project for
the Child Development Center
and a contribution to “Meals
for Millions.”
The groups next meeting
will be Sept. 19 at the home
of Mrs. Henry Elson, Cone
stoga R 2.
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sumption of cheese has been rising
almost continuously over the last two'
decades. During 1963, consumption rose
to an all-time high of 9.4 pounds per
person. In fact, since the end of World
War 11, per capita consumption of
cheese has risen by more than one
third.
Sales of fluid nonfat and low fat
milk totaled 13.5 quarts per person last
year, representing the highest level of
sales ever recorded. -
Per capita consumption of several
dairy foods, such as nonfat dry milk,
cottage cheese, and condensed milk re
mained fairly constant between 1962
and 1963. However, all these foods are
being consumed at rates considerably
higher than a -decade ago. For a few
dairy foods butter and fluid cream,
in particular per capita levels of
consumption continued to drift down
ward.
On the production side, America’s
dairy farmers set two new records last
year. The quantity of milk produced
per cow was at an all time high of
7,545 pounds. Also, the number of cows
in the nation’s dairy herd was at an
all time low of 16.5 million head.
These developments took place
while farmers produced less milk than
during any of the last three years.
Production for the year totaled slightly
less than 125 billion or about one bil
lion pounds less than in 1962.
The farm price of milk averaged
$4.12 per hundredweight last year,
representing a slight increase over the
$4.10 price for 1962. Cash receipts for
dairy farmers totaled 4.8 billion dol
lars in 1963, practically unchanged from
1962 Thus on balance it appears that
the slight increase in the farm price
last year tended to offset the decline in
production so that cash receipts to
farmers from marketing of milk remain
ed about the same as in 1962.
Retail prices during 1963 of many
dairy foods moved downward despite
an increase in the price index for all
food. The all food index which
measures the price movement of all
foods including dairy, meat, fruits and
vegetables, breads and cereals rose
more than one per cent between 1962
and 1963. But retail prices of fluid
milk, ice cream, and butter, for ex
ample, were lower is 1963 than during
1962. The retail price of cheese on the
other hand, was 2 of a cent higher
per pound last year than in 1962.
As for the price of milk, when
this is related to nutritional values, milk
is a bargain. The real price of a product,
in contrast to the money price, indicates
the amount of labor required to earn
wages equal in value to the retail price.
The real price reflects changes in both
product prices and wage rates and is
a better index of the real cost of a pro
duct than is the money.
At least that’s how it looks from
where we stand.
By Dale Hershey
A special meeting of Lan
caster County FF A Chapter To Consider Trench Silo ment and will provide g Ol
was held July 21 at Safe Har- quality silage. Information
bor, for all officers and as- The corn crop is well on literature are available
sistants of the County Chap- its way on many farms and To Make Plans for
lei's. tons of good silage are in the Quicker Tobacco Cuiing
The work shop meeting was ™ aki f ng ; call attention to (It’s a little early in the*
opened with the regular open- b< T, ™°J e ee£ * va * ue son definitely predi
mg exercises. Donald Ranck W ! H be utilized from an acre fast-growing, open-grained'
reviewed the duties of the of corn ,_ by making lt: mto sll ‘ baceo crop; but at this time
various officers age when m the full dent appears that many crops mv
stage than by any other har- qualify for these requuem er
Stanley Graver reported on vesting method. On farms Now the problem is to
how the County Chapter is fi- where there is not any silo, cured properly; in many
nanced and the money is used, or on farms where extra stor- the sap remains in the I® 3 ''
The group was divided by age space is needed for silage too long after hanging i" 1
schools, with two schools in and funds are not available sheds. Supplemental heal e° ll
a group, and the groups dis- for an upright silo, we sug- be the very best answer
cussed" and exchanged ideas gest that a horizontal silo be this problem; grower* '
on their chapters’ program of considered. Under good m'an- urged to consider some
work.’ This was followed by a' afgeihent these‘Rind bf’ storage ! tififcial‘ meins "oi
doggie roast. facilities are a good invest- this moisture more quid™
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LANC. CO. F.F.A.
Leaders Heed Help
Lesson for July 26,1964
Bible MiterUl; Exodus 15:22 through
IS 27. ....
Dcrotional Beading: Psalm 20:1-9*
PRIMA DONNAS are hard to
get along with. It’s hard to
be in the same house with one,
hard to be on a committee or
a team with one. A real original
pnma donna is a singer (the
name means First Lady) who
does soprano
parts at the
opera. They are
notoriously tem
peramental. They
make it rather
hard for the
other members of
the cast. They
don’t like to
share a scene,
Dr. Foreman they want to doin'
inate it. Now prima donnas in
ordinary life are like that. They
have plenty of talent, perhaps
even genius. But they do not work
well on a team. They are star per*;
formers and they know it. But
there is a difference between a
superior performer and a per
former who can’t forget that he
is superior. |
Leaders Meed help 1
There is a. difference between
prima donnas and leaders. The
p.d. is admired, hut that’s the
end of it. The hoys in the school
yard may admire a boy who can
stand on one. hand. But if they
don’t all try to do the same, he’s
not a leader. A leader is fol
lowed. Now some of the greatest
mistakes in history have occurred
when leaders have tried to he
prima donnas, or vice versa. Hit
ler was a first-class prima donna;
hut he called himself a Leader.
He seldom would listen to advice.
God's loaders
You might think that God's
leaders would not need help, but
they do. Don’t they have the help
of God and isn’t that enough?
No; God’s providence calls on
other men to rally behind leaders.
Not even God’s chosen leaders
can lead without help of any Idnd.
This is true of your local minister;
Now Is The Time . . .
MAX SMITH
, any recommendations to make. We do kno'
mat dieldrm and heptachlor will not be recommended, also,"
are informed that lindane will not be included in the spif
program for alfalfa weevil or spittlebugs Custom spraveis ai
farmers are urged -to be patient, this is not an easy pioblf
to solve.
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whera-la the church that, an m
IdWthoutVwmmlttee or boM
or council or session or vestry 0(
tome group o£ leaders from th«
congregation to help tho minister?
It was true of Moses too. Then
was a man of God if ever there
was one: immortal in liuman
memory as one of the greatest
leaders in all history ... yet
even he was tempted to pi a?
prima donna. Because he could
do anything better than most
others, he tried to do everythin;,
Because he was a good judge!
none better, he made the at’
tempt to judge everything. Now
every man has his limitations,
No man, for example, can do
more than he has time - to work
in. Even if his powers were uu,
limited, which they are not, h«
cannot do in ten hours what calls
for twenty hours to do it right,
Ministers have been known to
suffer nervous breakdowns be.
cause they thought they did not
need help; and Moses was head,
ed for the same kind of trouble,
till old Jethro gave him the ad.
vice which saved the situation,
Tha humility of a loadtr
Moses was one of the best ed
ucated men of his time, and im<
mensely superior to the other
Israelites. Jethro, his old father,
in-law, was on the other hand,
one of the most ignorant of men,
He had never lived, so far as we
know, outside that rocky wilder,
ness. When he ventured to give
Moses advice on how to handle
the crowds that came before him
from dawn to dark, demanding his
decision on innumerable prob,
lems large and small, Moses did
not brush him off. Moses listened;
one of the humblest acts record,
ed of any leader in history. It
was a humble thing old Jethro
advised him to do, too. Appoint
ing subordinate judges to help
solve the people’s problems would
be, in a way, governing by com
mittee, and we can imagine Moses
had no great liking for that, hut
the mere admission of others
(none in his class, either) to the
administration of national affairs
would be admitting he could not
do it all. Well, even the greatest
have to admit it: they are not
superhuman, and though they an
God’s men, there areno mot'
hours in a day for them than for
any one else. The great man may
accept help grudgingly, hut God’s
leaders accept gratefully. The?
take helpers as God’s gift and
not as insult.
GO TO
CHURCH SUNDAY
BY MAX SMITH
To Be Alert For Potato Insects
The use of systemic insecticides
planting time have done a very good job
controlling insects in most potato fields, ho«
ever, authorities inform us that these ni?
lose their control in late July or eaily Ai
gust. Growers are urged to be on the ate
for aphids, leaf hoppers, and flea beetles
To Be Patient For Forage Insecticides
There is plenty of activity among M
tomologists who are trying to figure out'
good spray control program for legumes V
are getting questions about the conti ol i
commendations for this fall and next spun
As yet, we do not have the answeis ®