—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 6, 1965
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From Where We Stand...
(Top Half Washed down the Conestoga . . .
Minerals Gone With Top Soil)
All Fields Suitable to Wash.
37 Gullies, 4 feet to 9 feet deep (due to grow larger).
1 Empty House, doors and windows missing, lean-to, 2 rooms and a path.
1 Leaning Barn, to be moved on account of lack of storage for manure.
50 Bales of Mixed Grasses, mostly broom sedge.
4 Mineral deficient Cows. They are gentle, used to being tailed up in the
winter. Guaranteed to have rickets and no calves
% mile of fence with plenty of baling wire for repairs.
1 Sow and 2 Pigs; would eat anything.
17 Hens, used: to roosting in trees,
43 Acres of Overcut Timber, been burned recently.
Other articles too worthless to mention.
Reason for Selling: Owner going to work for a CONSERVATION
FARMER who has taken care of his soil.
WILL YOUR FARM EVER BE IN THE SAME CONDITION AS THE
ONE DESCRIBED ABOVE? WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO SOMETHING
TO STOP THIS DESTRUCTIVE WASTE OF OUR MOST PRECIOUS
NATURAL RESOURCE ... The SOIL?
CONSERVATION DOES NOT COST ... IT PAYS!
The Directors of The Lancaster County Soil Conservation District are
Amos H, Funk, Chairman, Millersville Rl, Pa.
Henry H. Hackman, Vice Chairman, Manheim R 2, Pa.
Elmer Good, Lititz RI, Pa.
Aaron Stauffer, Ephrata Rl, Pa.
Arthur Campbell, Jr., Commissioner Member, Court House,
Lancaster, Pa.
Henry E. Givler, Ronks Rl, Secretary Treasurer,
Lampeter, Pa.
Legislators Represent PEOPLE!
In justifying the Supreme Court’s
“one-man, one-vote” edict, Chief Justice
Earl Warren wrote; “ . . . Legislators
represent people, not trees or acres . .
And that is the whole point, Mr.
Chief Justice, the people would like to
continue to be represented by legisla
tors, not by city power machines!
It is true that many of the states
themselves brought about this momen
tous decision because they ignored nor
mal reapportionment in their state legis
latures As populations shifted and cities
grew, 1 vote in country districts often
was equal to several hundred city votes
"Thus small population areas were able
to dictate state policies in many cases.
This is wrong, but Why try to correct a
wrong by tilting the country 180 de
grees in the other direction?
And that is essentially what the
Court’s decision will do. In its hasty ef
fort to assure all the people of fair re
presentation, the Court is in effect real
ly assuring that many people will not be
represented because they will have no
legislator speaking for them or interest
ed in their problems. In the words of
Justice Harlan: “Legislators can re
jpresent their electors only by speaking
for their interests economic, social,
political many of which da reflect
where the electors live.” Farmers in
Lancaster County, for example, are not
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 623-2191
FOR SALE
LANCASTER CO.
FARM
JOIN HANDS WITH YOUR DISTRICT
(Lancaster County Soil Conservation District)
Don Timmons, Editor
Robert G. Campbell, Adver
tising Director
Established November 4,
1955. Published every Satur- 61
day by Lancaster-Farming, Lit
, Pa 'ln a special 'appeal to or-
Ul ‘ „ . ganazations of the county, Era-
L Second Class Postage paid baker said. “The Campaign
■at Lititz, Pa. and at additional Steeung Comlmittee is grate-
going to be very well represented by
legislators from Pittsburgh or Philadel
phia their interests are different and
the pressure from their immediate dis
tricts would take precedent.
It would appear that the Court has
not only over-stepped its area of au
thority in issuing the order making it
mandatory for all states to reapportion
their state legislatures on a population
only basis It also has set up a situation
that can be countermanded only by the
American people through their Con
gressmen. Circumstances demand a Con
stitutional amendment that would guar
antee that one house of each state legis
lature can reflect factors other than pop
ulation.
There is a lot of momentum build
ing up for such an amendment, but it
• will require massive support by voters
throughout the country. If you would
preserve our representative form of
government contact your representa
tives now on both the state and federal
level, and let them know how you feel.
Oklahoma Senator, Mike Monroney
summed up the situation very well
when he said, “. . . Good local self
government cannot be imposed from
above. It must be generated by the
people themselves.”
After all, that’s what democracy
is really all about, isn’t it?
What Do YOU Think?
• Farm & Home
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Sunday Schaal Laiaana
Why We Work
Lesson for March 7,1965
Background Scripture: Matthew 19 and
Devotional Beading: Matthew 20 20-21,
SOME of the parables of Jesus
sound crazy. Let’s face it: the
“plain and simple” teachings of
Jesus are often neither clear nor
simple. Reader and listener have
to ■wrestle as best they can to
find .what Jesus really meant.
One thing the
Christian reader
is sure of: These
parables.are not
crazy. The Lord
meant something
true in each one.
One story is
K>
particularly
Dr. Foreman strange. It is
about a grape-grower at harvest
time who hired workmen in the
morning for a denarius a day.
(An average daily wage in New
Testament times. The "denarius’'
was a small silver coin.) At in*
tervals through the day he hired
more men, telling them he would
pay what was right. Finally an
hour before quitting time he
hired some more without promts*
ing them anything at all. Then,
at the end of the long twelve*
hour day, he paid off, giving each
man the same amount, whether
he had worked one hour or
twelve.
Working for the paycheck
This parable is not intended
to teach us what a day’s wages
should be in our day and time. It
is not intended to tell employers
what kind of wage scale is the
right one. (What would become
of a farmer who regularly hired
workmen as the man in the
parable did?) The point is in the
different motives men have for
working at all. The point is in*
deed a kind of double one. It
makes us think of the different
motives men have for working-
Now some people work for
God with purpose. They keep
Now Is The Time ...
To Get Quality Seeds
Spring planting time will soon be here
when the seasons ciops will be started The
use of certified seed is always insurance
against poor yields and the spread of weeds
Research work has shown that many farmers
plant weed seeds with home-grown oats and
othei grains. We urge local farmers to be
sine they are not planting weeds when they
use un-certified, unknown seeds
To Inspect Pastures
Pasture areas along public roads should
be thoroughly inspected before the herd or
flock is turned out on pasture. Many folks
are careless about throwing away bottles and
empty containers that may contain poisons MAX sums
for livestock We urge all livestock producers to clean up their
pastures before the grazing season
To Request Government ,Aid
Local farmers who are plan
ning to ask for conservation
practice assistance should! keep
in m'xnd that the formal re
quest should be m!ade with the
local A>SC office and approved
by the County Oammlittee be
fore the practice is started.
For Kme and fertilizer pay
ments, a complete soil test
through Penn State University
is required.
To Inspect New Alfalfa; fields
Local farmers are urged 1 .to
give close attention to the con-
ful to every volunteer can
vasser and every contributor
who is helping to raise the
funds needed to build the
Farm and Home Center.
his commandments, they do kind
deeds, they help worthy causes,
only because they hope there is
a book-keeping angel who will
see to it "that they get credit for
every good thing they do. Now
it is not wrong to work for a
paycheck, even God's. What ia
wrong is having this as one’s
only and sufficient reason for
working at all. .
Easy money *
On the bottom rung of the
stairway to heaven, below those
who work only for pay (here off
in heaven) stand those who hope
the stairway is an escalator that
will take them to the top floor
without their having to climb. In
terms of reward, these are the
people who live for easy money.
They are the rice-Christians.
They are the ones who, not con*
tent with getting credit for every
single good deed they do, want
credit for what they don't do.
Working In faith I
The last men hired that day
had no promises at all. No dena*
rius, not even “what la right.**
The only motive they could have
had was confidence in the man
who hired them. They trusted
him, and when be ordered them
intothe vineyard, they went, not
expecting much. Now the point
of the story (as wa said) is 4
double one. Here Jesus is tell*
ing us that what a man is worth
cannot be measured entivdy by
bis visible accomplishjfetn
Motive is a very important part,
of any action. If human being* I
could see clear into the hearts of
men, as Gqd can, they might ar*
range thair payrolls
But in real life there ia no coma >
pater yet made which will ealeu*
late what percentage of caedlti
for a good dead la dua to motives
No man can guess it
But there is a final Judge, su*
preme and infallible. It Is God
who sees the heart All that our
neighbors guess at but never sea'
Is clear to God. Only Gad pays,
off in the end. And befera hi*
judgment throne the greatest xd»
wards may come to those wha
expect them least.
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dittion of new alfalfa stands.
The dry weather of test fall
prevented good growth be
fore freezing (weather. The
open 'winter and (frequent
freezes may have caused' con
siderable heaving of fee smaU
alfalfa plants, With poor
stands it may he best to re
seed the field, with a straight
alfalfa seeding in late March
or early April. The ground
should be disced and pre
pared as for a new seeding
and the method
used. Without any nurse crop
the area should be sprayed
for weed control. These early
spring seedings without any
nurse crop have been giving
very good results in recent
years.