—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 22, 1964 4 From Where We Stand... Motorists Wont' Money / s Worth An old thing the taxpayer gets awfully tired of hearing is the one that goes: “If you want good roads, you have to pay for them.” This is no news to the motorists of America. They have paid for just about every foot of highway in exis tence, and for a lot more that never will be built because the money has been spent on other things. In the past eight years the Federal government has collected $34 billion in special highway user taxes, but only $20.6 billion of that went into the Highway Trust Fund. The other $13.4 billion was spent on projects having no connection with roads. During the next eight years, motor ists will pay $52.4 billion more in Feder al highway user taxes, but only $32.7 billion will go to build highways. The other $19.7 billion will go into the gen eral fund and from there who knows? Some States also use large amounts of highway user taxes for non-highway purposes, the total State diversion amounting to around $4OO million every year. It would be extremely difficult to convince most motorists that they should pay more gasoline taxes or any other highway user taxes until all the money they now pay at both the State and Federal levels is put to work building highways. At least that’s how it looks from where we stand. ★ ★ ★ Drugs And Risks The safety of prescription drugs has become a subject of controversy and of regulatory action. Like all matters which are beyond the comprehension of the layman, a result may be widely held and unfounded fears in some in stances may reach a degree of hysteria. The fact is that every possible step is taken by the pharmaceutical industry and other interested organizations to as sure any drug’s safety. The techniques for detecting possible toxicity in every known body system have been tremen dously improved in late years. Testing is far more thorough than is generally realized. For instance, the Pharmaceuti cal Manufacturers Association estimates that, in a recent typical year, its mem ber firms made use of nearly 9 million animals in order to determine whether or not various new drugs were suit able for trial in man. But the animal tests are not enough. At a certain stage testing on • Relation Of Milk (Continued from Page 1) stncted feeding of grain with (Continued from Page 2) only a small amount of forage * oa “ s High Choice and Prime acids present. made the milk considerably 1550 lbs - 24 50 - Choice 110 °- Exploratory experiments riC h er m unsaturated acids 1450 lbs 24 75-25.75, scattered have indicated that the com- lower in total fat con t e nt, and loads 1200-1350 lbs. 26.00, few position of milk fat can be mod eratelv higher in nrotein loads Cboice 1600-1650 lbs. 23.- significantly changed by vana- intent 75 . load 1825 lbs - 22 50. Choice tions in the cow’s feed. The Maryland scientists will 000-1150 lbs. 24 00-25 25, Mixed These earlier studies showed determine whether the results Good and Choice 22.50-23.75, that unrestricted feeding of q£ these exploratory expert- Good 22.00-23 25, Standard and corn silage resulted in milk uients are borne out in long- Low Good 19 50-22 00. extraordinarily high in satur- term feeding studies Slaughter heifers: High ated fatty acids and correspond- 'p he research is under the Choice and Prime 900-1050 lbs mgly low in unsaturated acids, supervision of Professor J. H. 24 50 -24 - 75 > load High Choice, Vandersall of the University mostly Prime 1025 lbs. 24.85, o' Maryland’s Department of l° ad Prime 1025 lbs. 24,75, Dairy Science USDA’s techni- Choice 900-1075 lbs 23 00-24 - cal representative is Dr. George ew loads a * 2425 carn ® d C Nutting, who heads milk f« d “ f^ ho l ce * o °f oo property investigations at the lbs - 2275 ' 23 SO’ Good and Choi- Eastern utilization research ™§ bts 22 00 ' 2275 ’ laboratory. Philadelphia. and Commer . w. cial closed at 12 00-1400, Can • vintage ner an( j cutter 1125-12.75, (Continued from Page 2) shelly canner 10. 50-11 00. At the August 15 hog sale, Bulls - Cutter to Commercial Lancaster Farming Lancaster County’s Own Farm Weekly P. O. Box 1524 Lancaster, Penna. P. O. Box 266 - Lititz, Pa. Offices: 22 E. Main St. Lititz, Pa. Phone - Lancaster 394-3047 or Lititz 625-219 1 Established November 4, 1955. Published every Satur day by Lancaster-Parming. Lu lls, Pa. Entered as 2nd class matter and 240 lb and up 13 25. Ofie 75, lca<f jGood s ssQ lbs. 2100, the leaf will be lowered. could, s Jig- 1 suppleme: at Latitz, Pa. under ’Act of 'lot of feeder pigs weighing 28 few Good 400450 lb. heifers To Secure Needed Bedding sawdust or wood si March 8, 1879. i.< < lb. brought 30.00 18 75-19 50. Many livestock producers dairy barns or bo: humans must be carried out under the direction of responsible physicians. The number of humans thus involved must be steadily increased until a large enough sample is obtained to determine the safety and utility of the drug in actual clinical practice. During these tests, great numbers of compounds are eliminated. Actually, only one out of an estimated 3,000 compounds originally synthesized by the pharmaceutical manufacturers survives as a drug. Even so, all risk cannot be eli minated a truism which applies to all ventures into the unknown. But, measured against the benefits, the risk in drugs produced by reputable manu facturers and prescribed by physicians is seen for the minuscular thing it is. And legislative or regulatory efforts to eliminate all risk, no matter how sin cerely meant, can only act as a brake on progress in this most vital of fields. At least that’s how it looks from where we stand. ★ ★ ★ Guarantor Of A Free Press Something recently said by the Boonville, Indiana, Standard should be remembered. “One of the most important by-pro ducts of advertising is the American concept of freedom of the press. “Freedom of the press as it is con ceived in the English-speaking world derives financial support from advertis ing “From the time of the American revolution until approximately 1830 American journalism was represented by a profusion of small highly biased political sheets .... However, when expanding business firms recognized the need for reaching a new public through advertising, publishers found a neutral and varigated source of support which made them independent. “Indeed, advertising made it im perative that the newspapers should think in terms of serving the whole public .... “As government has become more complex, as law and rule by bureaus and agencies have burgeoned, there is more than ever a need for a press free from control of political interests. “Such a press exists only where advertising support has made it pos sible for a publication to serve the whole public without fear or favor.” Whatever shortcomings advertis ing may occasionally be guilty of, its virtues as a supporter of a free press overwhelmingly outweigh them. At least that’s how it looks from where we stand. They also showed that unre- 206 hogs were on offer. Hogs i 6 0 0-17 00, Fat Commercial 14.- weighing 160-180 lb brought 00-15 00. 16 60-17 25; 180-200 lb. were Feeders - Good and Choice 17 60-18 50; 200-220 lb. 17.85 650-900 lb. steers 20 25-21?$ 18 50, 220-240 lb. 17.75-18 50; two loads Choice 550 lbs. 22.- ™Mmm/ \ SPEAKS \\ \ ' 5 latetaaUeaal Uikilam I / \\ I Sunday Seheel Lessema [ a Dependable Lesson for August 23,1964 Background Sc rip tare I Deuteronomy 1; t through It. Devotional Beading: realm 7Sil-7. A STUDENT w»iter in the school dining ball was complaining about another waiter. “He just took off without saying anything I about it, and the rest of us had to carry his job. There wasn’t time to get a substitute.” Now the student who walked off the job leaving the others 1 < with extra work, and all without » letting any one ft know he was leav ing, may have been a very good waiter. But be ■HIMJH won’t stand a Dr. Foreman good chance of being recommended for the job ,next year, if he keeps up this sort of thing. No matter how good he is at waiting on table, if he can’t be depended on, he’s not a good prospect. Dependability is what makes all good qualities strong, God at tha canfar The heart of the matter, as usual, is to be found in the Bible. Deuteronomy 6:4-17 is as good a place as any to find dependability —not the word but the thing it self—described plainly. What are the qualities of a dependable life? First of all, it is one that has God, the true God, at the center. It is life oriented to God, taking or ders from him. Centrally it is a life filled with love for God. This means devotion, admiration and not mere adoration, it means loy alty through thick and thin. Now there were few if any atheists in those days. Belief in God, some kind of God, was to be <found everywhere. Constantly, through all their prophets, the Hebrews were reminded of what kind of Goi the true and only God is. Insitfa and out The heart—to modern ears— means the emotions. But when the prophet said love God with Now Is The Time ... To Clip Sudan and Sorghum Hybrids After livestock have grazed down th growth of sudan grass or the soighum ® bnds, the old growth should be clipped a 3” to 4” height; this will eliminate the w stalks and will encourage new, umfoim grow th After clipping, the new growth should e allowed to reach the recommended gro" 1 of the first crop before being glazed aga» (18” for sudan grass and 24” foi the sw ghum hybrids. To Kill Old Sods Old lawns or old pastures that ai< , be renovated and re-seeded this fall shou have the old growth of grass and thoroughly killed; this may be done W MAX SMITH peated cultivations. When preparing the seedbed thi fertilizer should be applied as recommended by soil test. Repeated working and rolling of the area v ate low places and get a firm seedbed. To Use MH-30 Cautiously need to buy addi Growers who are using the ding material each chemical method of prevent- many kinds of bei mg suckers on tobacco should a wide range for be careful that it is used feeder or the dairyi properly. The plants should many farmers ha’ be allowed to reach 75% crop of straw in bloom before topping and then this fall, it might h the proper amount of material for those in the should be applied (4 to 6 make their purcha; pints per acre). If an over- next spring or suran dose is applied, or if the plant and barley straw is immature, the quality of high on the beddm all your heart, he did not m eaßl love him with all your emotion. Loving God with emotions o n|» turns worship into a kind ,« binge. The Hebrew word could 1 almost be translated “Stand —stand by your God with all y 01 1! loyalty and all your dedication The “heart” meant the spring? 0 j life, the motives at the very con. ter of a man’s life. The point m that in the character of a good man or woman there is an inner and outer side. The outer side « his actions, habits, what we ses of him. The inside is what h really is; and if what he is, „ not right, then what he does mu he all wrong. Nobody likes to in called a hollow person, yet that’s just what any of us is it tha strength is not there, the God* created strength, on the inside, Waakdays and Sundays We don’t know whether Mows meant to be taken literally or not when he ordered the Israelites to write the laws on their heads and hands and on the doorposts«{ their houses. They took it liter, ally, anyway, and tied on then foreheads and on their wrists tmj boxes containing quotationi from the Law. Jesus rather made fun of this practice, because it had It come a substitute for actual!; keeping the Law. Anyhow, om point is clear. The conduct, the habit-patterns, the ambitions, the purposeful actions of a man be. long in his head and hands and home. What he thinks, what he does, where he goes,— his home life and his work life,—should be all of one piece. You can't live selfishly six days in ever; week and then break out into un selfishness on Sundays, You can’t he dependable as a man and a Christian on one day devoted to goodness. The six bad days will vote the one good day down. People have often tried to divide their lives into compartments, in some of which they could do u they pleased and in others the; would conform to what they took to be the will of God. Isn't tint in fact what most of us do? How often in the course of an ordinary weekday do we ask ourselves, “What will people think?” and how often do we ask, “What does God think?” What society expects of me may he good; what God expects and demands is good, And he expects it seven days i week. E w (Based on outlines copyrighted by ti< Division of Christian Education, Nations Council of ths Churches of Christ in tbi XJ. S. A. Released by Community Prw* Service.) BY MAX SMITH
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