4 —Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 24, 1964
From Where We Stand...
What Ever Became Of
Premier Krushchev?
We don’t know where our chubby,
pig-eyed little playmate has gone, but
we'd bet that one thought uppermost
in his mind the past week or so was
“where did I go wrong?”
We think that one obvious place he
went wrong was that he couldn’t re
solve the agricultural dilemma in a
centralized, bureaucratic framework,
(our leaders are having the same pro
blem, but in a democracy, it takes long
er to throw them out!).
Albert A. Thombrough, President
of Massey-Ferguson Limited, suggested
in a current events letter which he sent
out Just a few weeks ago that unless
Krushchev could solve his agricultural
dilemma “he would become increasing
ly vulnerable to political embarrassment
at home.” The embarrassment is now
history, and so is Mr. K.
Krushchev undoubtedly realized
what steps he would have to take if
he was ever to see Russian agriculture
feed its people adequately. It takes a lot
of empty stomachs and unrest to permit
a dictator to seize power, but it takes a
lot of satisfied stomachs to keep him
there. He knew he would have to ease
up on the tight rein that the Kremlin
held on agriculture, and probably insti
tute some of the western “free enter
prise” methods.
Whether his successors will have the
foresight to do what Krushchev failed
to do is anybody’s guess. The Soviet
people have since de-Stalinization
enjoyed a somewhat higher standard
of living, but they won’t be kept happy
too long on short rations. Reasoning
that the more unrest in the Communist
countries the better, perhaps it would
be more to our advantage if the Soviets,
and their Chinese neighbors, never
solve their agricultural problems.
What Do YOU Think?
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Nature's Way
With the recent pesticide scares
that have plagued Agriculture, scien
tists are making strenuous efforts to
learn to control pests biologically rather
than just chemically. Obviously, this
can not replace pesticides, but it may
ease our almost-constant need for them.
Among the genetic and biological
tools of nature, scientists are studying
the bat as a possible use of sound to
control insects. The bat played an im
portant part in man’s adaptation of
radar some years ago. Now the lowly
creature is being tapped again for his
deepest secrets.
When the bat goes out for dinner,
or, considering the fact that he has just
awakened, perhaps it’s breakfast he’s
after, he admits a soundless cry that
works like radar. It helps him to locate
the night-flying insects that are his
favorite dehcasies. One of these insects
is the bollworm (in its moth stage,
naturally). The bollworm, alias the
corn earworm, and the tomato fruit
worm, is a very destructive pest of
cotton.
This struggle in nature is not exact
ly a one-way proposition. The bollworm
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moth has a built-in receiver that is tun
ed to this radar ray of her enemy. When
she picks up these vibrations she takes,
evasive action much like a fighter
pilot with an enemy plane pursuing
him. The moth dives, spirals, and twists
as though her life depended on the out
come, which surely it does.
The scientists are working on the
theory that if they can simulate this
“sound” of the bat they can scare the
moth away from the cotton fields, and
prevent others from invading the area
and laying eggs.
In laboratory tests, the moth’s
response to the man-made bat sounds
was similar to her response to the
natural bat sounds.
In field tests a rotating loud speak
er was placed in a cotton field to send
out the bat-like sound waves. The data
from these tests has not yet been
analyzed, but the scientists involved
feel hopeful that this procedure will
be successful and economically feazible.
This wedding of scientific imma
gination and nature’s ways holds con
siderable promise for future pest con
trol. Well bring you more of these
reports as they come along.
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What Other’s Think
ABILENE, KAN., REFLECTOR
CHRONICLE: “A news dispatch says
the government has brought mono
poly charges against the bubble gum
manufacturers. They are accused of
cornering the market on pictures of
baseball stars to put in bubble gum
wrappers. One’s first reaction to this
is that if our people in government don’t
have more to do than fret about bubble
gum wrappers we have too many people
in government.”
GILLESPIE, ILL., NEWS: “The
history of the United States was written
upon ‘Extremism’, from the Boston Tea
Party, down through World War 11.
These extremists were frantically patrio
tic. They gave their lives to keep Old
Glory flying, proclaiming that this
nation would kneel to no foreign pow
er. These men were never called Extre
mists, they were patriots, and history
books were filled with their deeds that
kept us free, respected and proud.”
# # &
AZTEC, N. M., INDEPENDENT
REVIEW: “It is to be hoped that no
one ever requests an opinion on the
Ten Commandments from the U. S.
Supreme Court.”
FORT PIERRE, S. D., TIMES;
“This is no time to uproot our esta
blished, fair and effective immigration
policies, and let down the barriers in a
noble gesture to all dissatisfied humani
ty In view of the nation’s preoccupation
with unemployment, the related and
continuing advance of automation and
the ’war on poverty’; and in the light
of the multiple Federal programs with
budgets as high as a billion dollars (for
the poverty war), we can think of no
greater disservice than to invite an in
discriminate and vastly expanded global
influx of all kinds and conditions of
humanity.”
• Crew Leader
(Continued liom Page 1)
faims in Lancastei County to
collect official census ques
tionnaires from farm opeiators
Enumeration of all farms will
take place in November and
eaily Decembei
Shortly after November 5
the Bureau of the Census will
mail questionnaires to all rural
boxholders Those required to
fill out the forms should do so
and hold them until the enum
eiatoi calls.
The crew leaders are key
people in this task It is their
job to recruit and tram the
enumerators, schedule their
work, review the accuracy of
completed foims, and assist
the enumeiatois when difficul-
ties ause,
The Census of Agnculluie is
taken eveiy five years, in yeais
ending in “4” and “9”. Infor
mation is thus gathered on the
nation’s agncultuial resources
and production Such data is
vital in making decisions af
fecting many segments of the
national economy Data gather
ed include the number and
size of faims, acreage and har
vest of ci ops, livestock mven
tones, and information on
farm equipment, improve
ments, income, and production
expenditui es.
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Keeping Fit
Lesson for October 25, 1964
'Background Scripture: 1 Timothy 3:14
thionah 4.lff
Devotional Reeding: I Connthlnm 9.24-27.
AS USUAL, there is a great deal
more in the passages of Scrip
ture w hich have been selected for
this study than we shall get out
of it. But the reader will be re
warded for his own explorations.
The topic chosen is one out of
several that are
to be found here.
One striking
thought in these
few sentences is
that there is a
likeness betjveen
athletes such as
you see in an
Olympic contest,
and athletes of
Dr. Foreman the spirit. The
first thing an athlete in any spoi t
has to learn—and if he doesn’t
learn it he never learns anything
else—is keeping fit.
Follow directions
When a boxer goes into train
ing, or a swimmer is pointing
toward the big meet, there is al
ways a trainer. Whether it’s body
building exeicises in general or
working up a good backhand in
tennis, or whatever, if you won’t
or can’t take directions you won’t
go far. We can think of Paul as
Timothy's spiritual teacher. Tim
othy w as an unusually good man,
you would think he did not need
any one to tell him; but his
friend Paul writes to tell him
what to do to become a better
Christian, a better man, a better
minister. If you get to thinking
you know more than the coach,
you won’t stay on the squad long.
Yet a good athlete is not a mere
robot, he thinks for himself. One
of the jobs a trainer has is to
cultivate, in the men he is train
ing, independence of judgment,
ability to act quickly in new situ
ations. In the same way, growing
in the spiritual life is going to
be impossible for the person who
refuses to learn from those who
Now Is The Time . ..
Dairymen should be cpncerned about the
chilling of producing udders that might cause
udder inflammation and mastitis. Days aie
getting colder and the ground is getting too
cold to permit the milking cow to spend the
night outside. Neither should the milking
herd be allowed to he down on bare concrete
for fear of chilling the udder tissues.
To Ventilate New Com
If new corn is to be piled on the barn
floor or some other place with poor cross
ventilation, extra air ventilation should be
provided. Hay drying fans blowing air
may SMITH through ducts under the pile of corn is gett
ing the job done on many farms. When the
corn is put into the conventional corn crib, the width or thick
ness of the pile of corn is much smaller than when piled on
the floor. Heating and molding may occur if extra ventilation
is not provided.
To Exercise Milking Herd
Winter is just around the
corner, and now is a good time
for dairymen to plan ahead
for the comfort and health of
the herd This should include
daily outside exercise for the
milking cows. Cows like to
exeicise daily and it is a good
time to observe heat periods
and signs of lameness 01 ill
ness. The time and effort re
quited will be worthwhile.
To Give Special Care to
Shipped Cattle
Many steers are being
brought into the county for
feeding purposes. Shipping
fever continues to be a prob
lem among shipped cattle.
art better at it than ha if.
flood food
Another essential in physical
training is good food. You don’t
feed a football team on cokes and
maltcds all the time. You can’t
build up a strong body by eat
ing and drinking half-spoiled food
and drink. It’s the same way with
what is more important than your
body, namely your soul. Your aoul
is just your real inner self, your
soul even more than your body
is you.
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Train yourself
The old-fashioned word "godli
ness” means simply God-likeness.
There is no higher aim possible to'
any man than to become like
God. But Godlikeness does not
descend on us like sunshine and
rain. Timothy at any rate (and
no doubt you and I too) was ex
pected to train himself in God
likeness. Remember Timothy was
a good man. If anybody could
grow spiritually without trying,
surely it was he. But Paul talks
about toiling and striving—he fol
lowed his own advice! It ia not
easy to grow as a Christian. Paul
himself referred to the whole of
the Christian life as a fight, a
race. Anyone who sincerely
wishes to grow more like the
master has a fight on his hands.
There is too much in this world
,that hates goodness, for goodness
'to be had just for the wishing. .
Practice '
Watch a pitcher warming up
in the bull pen. Why does he
do it? He’s been on the mound
scores of times before. Baseball
is nothing new to him. And yet
he, this seasoned pitcher, has
to practice just as if he were a
irookic. No matter how good you
are as an athlete in any line, you
need practice to improve. One
pole vault is not enough to per
fect your form. This is just as
true in the inner life. One act of
.kindness does not make you a
kind man. On* deed of aelf-sacri
ifice does not turn you into a
Isaint. It is only the beginner in
golf who keeps thinking how to
hold his wrist. Only after year* of
{practice will he be able to hold
his wrist right without thinking.
How much more important it is
(to live rightly with God and
other menl But if you don't pita
tice you’ll nev*r leam.
(Sand on ootlfnM eoprrkrhted hr tkl
Diviiion ol Chriitmn Education,Notional
Council e( tho Churche* of ChrUfc in tho
U. S. A. K«ie»«td by CamnuiutK Frm
Servico.)
GO TO
CHURCH SUNDAY
BY MAX SMITH
To Protect Milking Cows
Upon arrival the cattle should
be handled quietly, be al
lowed to he down and rest for
several days, and be kept m
open well-ventilated quarteis
but out of cold ram or snow.
The rations should consist
mostly of grass hay or rough
ages with very little grain.
Light calves are most likely
to come down with shipping
fever because of lower resist
ance.
More than 15 million World
War II veterans on the Vet
erans Administration rolls at
the close of Fiscal Year 1964,
averaged 45 years of age.