—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 14, 1964 4 From Where We Stand. Some Win, Some Lose It occurred to us the other day ■while watching the 4-H and FFA young sters eagerly competing with one an other at the Pa. Livestock Exposition for recognition of their particular ani mals that there are considerably more losers than there are winners. Now that’s not a particularly pro found statement, but it’s worth a few minutes thought. Our society is built upon the idea of open competition Com petition is at the heart of everything we do. As children we compete for attention. As students we compete for grades and scholastic standing. As work ing adults we compete for markets for our products, or we compete for jobs. We are surrounded by an aura of competition from the cradle to the grave. However, the trend today on both the social and economic level seems to be away from this competitive spirit and toward what has been called a “cradle to grave security program" Op ponents of such a protective philosophy have gone as far as to label it “socia lism”. In the light of this atmosphere of total security that surrounds us today it becomes as natural as breathing that our children should grow up with the idea that the world owes them a living. Money is relatively plentiful, we are literally drowning in modern convenien ces that have replaced what was once honest sweat; and all our problems are solved for us either by the psychia trists or by the politicians. This is why it strikes us as quite wonderful that our youngsters are will ing to spend hours struggling to care for and train an animal, and then have the guts to get out there in the show ring with it and compete knowing that the odds against their winning are high. Certainly there’s no glory m being a loser, and we aren’t recommending losing as a goal. But before one can win or lose, he must compete. He must be willing to struggle against the odds; to learn by his past mistakes, and to come back the following year older, wiser, and more-qualified to be a winner both in the show ring and in life. We congratulate the boys and girls who have displayed this spirit valiantly all season. We thank them for making the effort, and we assure them that the real rewards will still be coming in long after the bright ribbons have faded. We also congratulate their parents, their teachers and club leaders, and beseech them to keep up the good fight no matter how discouraging it may sometimes seem; the rewards are worthy of the effort! • Frey Shows (Continued from Page 1) Angus entiy, two of which weie owned by Wesley Mast, and one each owned by John Frey, Larry Weaver, and Eugene Hoslei Wesley Mast, the red-headed son of Jacob K and Ada Mast, Elveison R D 2, brought seven animals to the Exposition and seemed to be in the show ring moie than he was out of it With this stung he accumu lated 3 fust, 1 second, and 2 third-place wins for the eoun - ty. He also had the champion Hereford and champion Short horn of the lumor division, and the leserve champion Shorthorn of the show His summei yeailmg, “Diamond”, was the meaty animal that won him the Hereford title. Mast plans to take both ani mals, Hereford and Shoit horn, to the Eastern show at Tiraonium next week It seems likely that between Mast and Frey the county will be well represented at that show. Lancaster County placings • • The Ag Colleges Are Changing Too "Within ten years after college graduation most students will be work ing on problems not yet identified and with tools not yet invented.” These were the dramatic opening remarks of Dr. Charles E. Kellogg, USDA soil scientist as he addressed the 78th annual convention of the As sociation of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges. This prediction may be slightly overstated, but in view of the techno logical changes that we have seen since World War II we firmly believe that nothing is impossible. Knowledge might be likened to a large snowball. As it is being assembled it grows slowly with each addition patted into place labor iously; then the larger it becomes the faster it seems to grow; suddenly it’s over the crest of the hill and traveling a mile-a-minute, picking up speed all the way as its momentum builds. As agriculture itself has been rapid ly changing to incorporate this new knowledge, so has the old concept of the agricultural college been changing. Once its job was to tram and educate men to be farmers. Now, because of increased producing ability, we learn we have too many farmers, but not enough people trained to handle all this new technical knowledge and to keep the snowball growing. As Dr. Kellogg added, “Skills of knowing how to learn are more im portant in life today than skills with current methods of doing things.” Although the Ag Colleges still train future farmers in animal and poultry science, soil technology, fores try, conservation practices, etc., much of their present and future activities lie in the area of research. Another speaker at the convention put it this way: “Colleges of agriculture today . . . are losing their old functional unity and are in the process of chang ing from single-purpose, single-function institutions devoted to production tech nology into agencies which also work with the problems of economic and social change.” Each bit of technological know ledge that we add brings about social and economic problems because it gen erally disturbs the precarious balance, or status quo. Therefore, not only do we need trained people in agricul ture to use present know-how and to increase our fund of knowldge, but we need them to understand the prob lems that new knowledge itself creates so that the transition from the old to the new can be accomplished more smoothly and equitably. by breeds and classes in the 4-H, FFA Steer Division were; ANGUS Junior Yeailmg 1-John Fiey; 3-Wesley Mast, 8-David Zimmeiman, RD 1, Reinholds; 10-Robert Donough, R D 2, Mount Joy. 12-Jay Bixler, R.D. 1 Mauetta, 13-David Heisey, R D 1, Sheridan Summer Yearling—2 Wesley Mast, 3-Lany Weaver, RD 1, New Holland, 6-Eugene Hosier, R D 3, Manheim, 7-Fred Lin ton, R D 2, Quan yville, 9-J Rodney Harmsh, Refton; 11- Bauy Longenecker, RD 2, Lititz Senior Calf—l-John Fiey; 3 Wesley Mast, 6-Ken Hess, RD 1, Stiasburg, 8- Michael Hosier, RD. 3, Man heim. HEREFORD Junior Yearling 1-Wesley Mast; 2 Dallas Wolgemuth, R D 1, Mount Joy, 3-Donald Snyder, RD. 3, Lititz, 4-Wil ham Fisher R D 1, East Earl, 6 Thomas Zartman, RD. 1, Ephrata. Summer Yearling—l - Hosier, 2-Michael Longenecker, R_D. 2, Lititz; 6- David Heisey, 7-Nancy Frey, R D. 1, Marietta, 9-Jay Bixler, What Do YOU Think? 10-Fred Linton, Jr. SHORTHORN Junior Yearling—l-Donald Snyder, 4 Thomas Zartman, Summer Yearling 4-Ada Heistand, R D 4, Manheim. Senior Calf—l-Wesley Mast; Robert Hosier, RD. 4, Man heim, 3-Donna Hess, R.D. 1, Strasburg COUNTY GROUPS 1-Lancaster (Wesley Mast, 2 JIAX SMITH berry plants; the application of an adequate steei s, Eugene Hosier, John mulch made during early De- and not put into sewers or Frey, Lany Weaver. cember is one way of attempt- septic tanks. '"s 10 I > etler C ;»P To Bemove Asporosus Tops Lancaster Farming STof SwtTaw Am ’ the “P*™*”*. tws Lancaster County’s Own Farm ven (; miuiy from alternate are com P letel y dead Weekly ?reezm ” and thawrn" and will aM Jt may be ulltil they aie P. O. Box 266 - Lititz. Pa. help a * t c ] ea ner fruit yellow in color before they Offices: P ° c anei tum - are dead, they should be cut 22 E Mam St. To Store Chemicals Carefully and either removed or left on Lititz, Pa. Phone - Lancaster 394-3047 or Lititz 623-219’ Don Timmons, Editor good time to carefully label all Robert G. Campbell, Adver- left-over chemicals and store tising Director them away carefully. Be sure Established November 4, they are out of leach of chil -1955. Published every Satur- dren and all livestock. Herbi day by Lancaster-Farmmg, Lit- cides should not be stored t Pa. near any seeds that are to Second Class Postage paid be planted next year. Unwant- ground until spring and -then at Lititz, Pa. and at additional ed chemicals should be buried either burn them or disc Them mailing offices. in a deep hole in the ground into the topsoil. If HE M Ulornt'iottl Uniitin Sunder School louom .Workman Lesson for November IS, 1964 B»ck(ronn< ScrlDluni II Timothy 3.1 through 3 S, 14-17, J>t\otlonal Reading; IsMah 40 6-11* A SOLDIER, an athlete, a farmer: what do they have in common? They are all mas culine, for one thing. They are strong and active; they do often what is unpleasant or even dan mt the time. And they all ' are valuable to the society in which they live. It is interest ing that the au thor of II Tim othy does not liken Christian men to angels, students, m e um bers of an au dience, or women no matter how good. He sees in the soldier, the athlete, and the farmer symbols of what the Christian is intended to be, Christian life is a battle; it is a game (played seriously, as games should be); it is making a crop. Hence the Christian is said to be soldier, athlete and farmer. The Christian life in short is a doing life, a working life. The Christian knows what not everyone knows; he thinks and says what most people do not either think of, or say. But above all and with it all the the Christian is a doer. For every good work This little letter to Timothy was written to a preacher by a preacher. Then why read it if I’m not a preacher? Well, it’s more than a matter of looking over Paul’s or Timothy’s shoulder to see what preachers talk about when they are by themselves. Paul speaks of the man of God. (And if you, layman or not, don’t think you are God’s man, then whose man are you?) Paul speaks of equipping the Christian for every good work. Now the work of a preacher is not the work of the housewife, not the w r ork of the scientist or the business man. But if the church had thought that Paul was writing for one preacher and for no one else, Now Is The Time . .. To Dehorn Heifer Calves A cow’s horns aie a liability to dairy men; they reduce protits by causing injuries and unrest in the heid. Many times ihey contribute to “boss” cows and the under feeding of other cows in the herd. Horns may be removed at an early age by use of an electric dehorner or caustic paste; after several months they may be removed by special dehorning tools that make a “polled” head Dairymen should give attention to this practice when the animals are young. To Mulch Strawberries Freezing weather will soon arrive and a seveie winter can be haid on the straw- The gardening season is over for another year and on the faim most spraying will soon be finished. Now is a they never would have preferred the letter and eventually put it into the Bible; “Every food work” means EVERY good work what we do for a living and what we do for others in our off hours whatever any man does that is good. ¥,,/■ 'A The wall-equipped workman There never yet was a work man, professional or do-it-your self type, who couldn't improve his work by using better tools. Now the tool or tool* for the* Christian’s good work is nothing less than the Bible. The better a man learns to use his Bible, to understand it and to live by it, the better his workmanship will * e * , . . Don t and do How the Bible operates Is shown in one of the best-known and often quoted sentences in the letters to Timothy. First of all Paul says it is inspired. That is, the Bible’s power does not lie in its hteiaiy polish nor in any of the qualities that go to make what we call a strong book. The pow er of the Bible is the power of God who speaks through it. Paul says further that it is a teaching hook, he does not call it mainly a preaching book. As a teaching book, it works in two ways. First is “reproof.” A. sincere reader of the Bible will come to thoughts in parables, poems, stories, letters which pierce his armor of self-satisfac tion and bring him up short. For the Bible brings in many ways the judgment of God on many of man’s cherished ways and cher ished delusions. It is like a red light above a highway that says STOP! But the Bible does much more than show us what is wrong with us; it shows what the right way is. The Bible was not written by or for people on a tropical island who can live ideal lives without running into resistance. Th* Bible was written by men who knew what it is to try to live a good life in a bad world. If ths Bible did nothing else for u*. it would be priceless for the luldo stories of men “of-like passions with ourselves,” who in the midst of an uncertain and sin-infested world, were able to live above and through it all as sons and daughters of the Most High, For God’s book brings God’s life to God’s men. (Based on outline* eoDTriehieS hr ill* Division of Christian Education, National Council of the Churches of Christ in th* V. s. A. Released by Community Rtu Service.) BY MAX SMITH the giound for extra cover and organic matter. The trans fer of plant food materials from the tops to the storage roots goes on practically as long as any life remains m the tops, if the tops are re moved before completely dead, next year’s crop yields will be reduced. Some grow- ers will leave them on the
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