>« li 111 it >•< il *t—LvttilCdSier I'*UIIHIIg, O^CUI From Where We Stand... More Hogs In '65? Could 1965 be the year in which you will give serious thought to raising hogs? Maybe it should be. because the hog market looks good, for at least the first half of the year. There are hogs being raised in the county, of course. In fact Lancaster and York Counties lead the state in number of hogs produced. But there are few, if any, really specialized hog producers in our county. Most of the hogs are kept on steers, and others are a little like the old backyard chicken flocks that used to be in evidence every where. Perhaps running hogs behind the steers is a sound way to approach the problem certainly it has been an ac cepted way in Lancaster County. But that which is accepted is not necessarily the most profitable way. There have been •tremendous gains in feeding and breeding swine in recent years. Is this new knowledge being fully used? Obvi ously we feel it is not, or we wouldn’t be talking about it. There are feeds and feeding pro grams, and crossbred hogs available in this area that will enable a grower to put a 200-poUnd hog on the market at 140-days of age, or less. True, the steer hog feeder will say he can’t do it that fast but it doesn’t cost him as much per pound either It could be that it doesn’t cost him as much in “out-of pocket” costs, but how about the income he lost by marketing only half or two thirds as many hogs during the year’s time? And what about the fact that after a hog reaches a certain stage of maturity it puts on more fat than meat ? What we’re really saying is that it seems th f ere is room for both kinds of pork raisers in the county, the hog steer man and feeder who “specializes” in hog production. But the future in the hog business will probably belong to the man who keeps his own breeding herd, using crossbred sows and gilts and purebred boars, and marketing his hogs on some kind of an orderly basis which includes payment based on quality. Or, he may choose to buy his feeder pigs from someone specializing in that field :• John Frey (Continued fiom Page 1) John’s elder brother, Fred, took over the management of the farm Fred had been win ning beef shows before John was bom and his tutelage was probably the key factor in preparing John for the suc cess that was to come to him in the show ring in the years ahead This success fust be came evident when John showed the giand champion at the Gaiden Spot Baby Beef Club Show at the Lancaster Stockyaids at the age of eight yeais Fiom this close farm-family backgiound, a boy has devel oped with a bit more than the ordinary shaie of talent and good bleaks The successful family histoiy of steer show manship perhaps gave him a head start over most other lads his age But the fact that he was able to take advantage Lancaster Farming Lancaster County’s Own Farm Weekly P. O. Box 266 - Lititz, Pa. Offices: 22 E. Mam St. Lititz, Pa. Phone - Lancaster 394-3047 or Lititz 626-210' Don Timmons, Editor Robert G. Campbell, Adver tising Director Established November 4, 1955. Published every Satur day by Lancaster-Farming, Li fr it Pa. Second Class Postage paid at Lititz, Pa and at additional , om i*TynJuVT Either way, he’s going to bo interested in handling quantity and quality, and he’s probably going to employ automatic equipment rather than labor to do this job. The economists tell ws- that the long-range outlook favors beef. They say that as family incomes increase, and the price of beet remains competitive, peo ple wiT buy beef at the expense of pork. Since economists and statisticians can usually snow us under with the sheer weight of their facts and figures, we seldom argue with them. We would point out, however, that while we should be mindful of the long-run,*we still have to get there one day at a time. There is still going to be -a good many billion pounds of pork and ham consumed annually in this country, and we’re sitting right along side of a fair share of that consumption. Why do we insist on giving that business away to farmers from other parts of the country while we remain a hog-deficit area? What Do YOU Think? Millions upon millions of words have been written and spoken this week in commemoration of the Great Man. The praises and the memory will live on, but The Man is gone. As one report er said, there are few people living to day whose lives were not touched by the fact of his existence. Churchill was one of those rare individuals who, as someone once said (was it Abraham Lincoln?), had “great ness thrust upon him”. He has been called “The man of the century”. It almost seems as though he had been born to fulfill one brief moment in history. Britain’s “finest hour” was his greatest triumph. With it he and his brave people bought the time needed for the rest of the free world to assure freedom to its descen dants. Winston Churchill was half Ameri can, half English, and all Man. We are thankful that he chanced to pass this way in our lifetime. of those breaks indicates a great amount of natural abil ity and determination It is usually impossible to trace the full impact that a student’s teachers have had on his development; one can only guess at this John’s vo ag teachers William Fredd, Ralph Layman, and J Rich aids Wood—each undoubtedly have contiibuted, tangibly or intangibly, to that develop ment They regard John as an excellent student, and one whose potential was evident from the beginning of their association with him Wheie does a youth who has come so far, so fast, go from here’ Only time can completely answer that ques tion, of course, but a good guess might be that from here on John will achieve just about anything on which he sets his mind • Dean Larson (Continued from Page 1) Melvin R Stoltzfus, presiding Advance reservations for the fried chicken dinner’ ($2 50) are needed and tickets may be purchased at the Extension Office or from any membei of the Executive Committee given below (Reservation deadline is Monday, Feb. 8 ) Northwest District 'Samuel A Dum, 2191 Gray stone Road, East Petersburg, Mrs Hany S Mumma, Man heim Rl, Clayton Sangrey, Lititz R 2, John J Herr, Mount Joy Rl Southeast District Melvin R Stoltzfus, Ronks, To The Last Hedgerow" SCS Honors Hackman At Consv. Workshop At a 2-day conservation workshop meeting at Lebanon this week, the U S Soil and Water Conseivation Service cited Henry H Hackman, Man heim R 2, for his many con tubutions to soil and water conservation in Pennsylvania. The award was piesented by Ivan McKeevei, state SCS conservationist SCS personnel attending the meeting fiom the county were Wayne Mareseh, Abner Houseknecht, and Harry Kordes At the annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Soil and Wa ter Conservation District Di rectors last Fall, Hackman was also cited for his out standing conservation efforts. Hackman, a 'Lancaster County SiCD director, has previously served two terms as president of the state group Rl, Robert C Groff, Quarry ville R 3, Mrs. J Robert Hess, Strasburg Rl Northeast District C Warren Leininger, Den ver R 2; Mrs. Allen K Risser, Leola Rl; Willis Z Esben shade, 1631 Esbenshade Road, Lane Southern District Mrs Charles G MeSparran, Peach Bottom; John H Myer, Quarry vrlle Rl, Richard Maule, Quarryville R 2 Southwest District John W Sangrey, Conestoga R 2, Richaid B Lefever, Quar ryville Rl. Mrs Kenneth Mus ser, Columbia Sbsas, $ ... speA iimd>r !*>••! Uhim Accept? Reject? lesson for January 31, 1965 Background Scripture: Matthew 11 and 13. Dctallonal Beading: liaiah 95 Ml In the Middle Ages, it was the annual custom in some places to force a few Jews to be bap tized at certain festivals during the year. It didn’t make any dif ference how much the victims objected. They would be dumped into a tub of water and a few Latin words said over them and then the Jews would be counted to the credit of the church that year as "con- ir* HiJßverts.” Bias- Dr. Foreman phemy? Yes, of course: the church was trying to do the impossible. No one, Catho lic or Protestant, can be found today, who would suppose for a minute that you c4n make con verts by force. No one is or can be a true Christian (or for that matter, a true republican or trombone player or anything else) by force. Religion begins in the heart, and unless your heart is in it, you are not in it. Jesus of Nazareth knew this very well. He suggested, urged, even commanded people to follow him. (Notice, he always would say Follow me, never Follow me, pleasel) He wanted followers, needed them and they-of course needed him. But he-wanted free men, not driven victims. Accept or else It is true some Christians would tell you they had been al most driven to become Chris tians. Hut in that case, what drives them? Not the fear of tor ture and. death, as in the case of those Jewish “converts.” There is something more sensible, something infinitely higher than physical force. There is (among other “drives”) the reflection on the alternative. Accept Jesus? Well, what if I don’t? I am free, you say, to reject him,—that is, step inside the circle of faith or to stay outside. But what if I decide to stay on the outside,— what happens to a man who says No to Christ? Well, he is not threatened with disease, disaster or death. That is compulsion by force, and we repeat, God does not win followers by that Now Is The Time ... To Eliminate Drafts 1 8 Dairymen operating stanchion barns f Should be on the alert for drafts on their milking cows A cold blast of winter air in any regulai amount on the working udder of a good cow may be all that’s needed to start a serious case of udder trouble. Con trolled ventilation systems where the air is brought into the barn through a large num ber of small openings is much safer than manual control of doors and windows that may bring in large volumes of cold .air. A special circular is available on dairy barn ventilation. To Beware Of “Tame’' Wild Animals MAX SMITH wild animals change their ways when they develop rabies; they may become bold, quiet, and ag gressive when in a rabid state. Poxes, skunks, raccoons, and, dogs seen about the buildings during daylight hours should be regarded as dangerous. Be extremely careful when handling wild animals; caution children not to pet strange animals. Rabies is an incurable disease so don’t take chances. To Prevent Off-Flavor in Eggs To Prune Tree* The months of February Off-flavored eggs are usually and March are very good attributed to improper stor- times to prune fruit and age conditions. Moldy condi- shade trees. The trees are tions, perfumed detergents, dormant and should be shaped and odors from onions, ap- before the new growth starts pies, cabbage, fruits, and oils m the Spring. Diseased, m can cause off-flavored eggs, jured, or dead wood should be The egg shell is porous and removed. Pruning dormant can easily absorb odors. Eggs trees when they are young are an important food and determines to a large degree should be handled and stored the shape and beauty of the carefully. tree in later years. j methc else." First of all, not to accept Christ means not to accept what he was and stood for. Take three out of many examples. First ot ail, rejecting Jesus means reject* ing his compassion, his sympathy with and for the unfortunates of this world. His sympathies were always with the victims of the cruelty of society, never with ex ploiters and oppressors, fleject him, and you yourself become « part of the problem of mankind, you have no use in whatever good solution may be found. To accept him means to share in hit sympathy for the wounds of man kind. To reject him means to tear those wounds afresh. - h I , k f I Ship without rudder Again, ignoring and refusing Christ means rejecting his com mands. There are two kinds of judgments of God, theologians tell us. One is the kind that are imposed by a magistrate’s court (for example) for speeding. Tho' fine is $25 in a certain county; but it might as well have been' $2O or less or more. Besides, not everybody who speeds gets caught, and not all who get caught are fined. Now the other type of judgment is not this police court variety; it is called "consequent" judgment. It is automatic,—no need of a court. It is universal—there are no ex emptions. It is natural, not arbi tary. If you are careless with a tractor and get run over, that is consequent judgment. If you neglect your health and get TB, that’s consequent judgment. Now if you reject Christ, you reject his commands, of course. And what does this bring on? Con sequent judgment If Christ is the true Revealer of God and of his will, then taking direction from any other source is to live against the grain of the univeise —and that’s fatal (Based on outlines copyrhthiei by thn l>irisum of Christum Xdncntioa. Natuuml' ■Connell of (he Churches of Christ in th« V. S. A. Released by Community Press Settice.) FLORY TO MANAGE ALABAMA HATCHERY Lancaster, Pa. Indian Riv er Poultry Farms, Oregon Pike, Lancaster, has appointed Clarence Flory, a native Lan caster Countian, to manage its new hatchery in- Athens, Ala Didian River is a major producer of broiler breeder cockerels and a department of Pioneer Hi-Bred Corn Com pany, Des Moines, lowa. Mr. Flory is a graduate of East Lampeter High School, class of 1957, and has been associated with Indian Rav er’s Lancaster office for the past three years He is mar ried and has one child. icre
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