—Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, July 31, 1965
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From Where We Stand...
Foul Fowl Prices And Their
Effects On Production Costs
How much would bettor fowl prices
add to the poultryman’s profit? Prices
on lightweight hens during 1964 averag
ed 7.2 cents per pound live weight, ac
cording to the Federal-State Market
News Service. They ranged between 6
and 8 cents-per pound. Suppose a better
market could be developed; how much
would the costs per dozen eggs be re
duced?
In a recent release on this subject,
A. Kermit Birth, Penn State marketing
specialist, suggests that the long-run
effects would be negligble. Isolated bet
ter markets would undoubtedly help iso
lated poultrymen to better profits,
but Birth suggests, in effect, that there
are no isolated markets of any volume
that wouldn’t be available to countless
poultrymen. Therefore, no real profit
advantage would be gained for very
long. The consumer would probably
benefit, he suggests, because of the
slightly lower egg production costs and
the highly competitive egg price struc
ture.
Birth’s opinion agrees fundamental
ly with that expressed by other econo
mists. The poultryman today must con
sider the fowl as a completely depreciat
ed piece of equipment whose salvage
value won’t much more than cover the
cost of selling, and perhaps cleaning out
and housing the next flock Of course,
with the size flocks we’re dealing with
today a man who averages 7 cents per
pound on an average 3 5 pound bird, and
sells 10 000 at that price, will be talking
about $2500 You don’t just throw that
out with the manure, but neither can
you expect it do much for your costs
1965 PLOWING CHAMP Marvin Zimmerman of
East Earl R 1 captured the title this week at the
County Plowing Contest held at the Speedwell Forge
Farm of Gerald Darlington at Laitz R 2. LF. Photo
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per dozen eggs over a production period
of 14 months or so.
What Do YOU Think?
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Right-To-Work Going Down
For Third Time
That was what they used to say
when a person was drowning, and if
repeal of Section 14(b) of the Taft-
Hartley Act is finally accomplished by
the Political Pawns of the labor unions,
then States Rights will be that much
nearer to being drowned in the polluted
waters of federal paternalism.
The measure for repeal was forced
out of committee in the House this week
and passed by a 221-203 margin 10
votes could have scuttled the issue, and
left workers with at least a freedom of
choice.
But all is not lost yet; not by any
means. The bill has to pass the Senate
before 14(b) will be repealed. And a
considerably stiffer battle is expected
there than in the House.
So freedom may be going down
for the third time, but it has one chance
left for survival. If you believe in the
right of individual choice; if you believe
in the basic rights of the states to make
the decisions reserved to them in the
Bill of Rights; if you believe in the in
tegrity and strength of the American
workingman, then contact both of your
Senators and instruct them to vote
against repeal of Section 14(b).
This is the crucial moment in the
fate of 14(b). Let it be the last moment.
Let us take at least that one step back
toward individual freedom that could be
just the beginning of many giant steps
forward in the future
Weother Forecast
Temperatures for the five
day period, Saturday through
Wednesday, are expected to
average below normal. Nor
mal for the period would be
a high of 87 and a low of 65
degrees. It will be generally
cool over the weekend with
some moderation about mid
week.
Precipitation is expected to
total 'A - I'2 inch for the per
iod with some locally heavier
amounts Saturday night or
Sunday.
What Do YOU Think?
• Plowing Contest
(Continued nom page 1)
state title at Heishey on Au
gust 28
Second place in the contest
was captuied by John Camp
bell Sr, of New Holland HI,
by the tendei maigin of one
point His scoie of 527 was
followed by John Weilei’s 526
Wedei is a faimex in the El
vei son area Fourth place
went to the Level-land Plow
ing Champ of the past two
yeais Richaid Gioff of Litxtz
E 3 Since the county conser
vationists who sponsor this an
nual affair decided to switch
to contoui instead of a level
land contest they letned the
level-land tiophy in Gi off’s
favoi eaihei this yeai
Judges for this yeai’s event
weie M M Smith, county ag
i icultural agent, Robei t
Young Yoik County conseiva
t’onist, Ralph M Layman,
Solanco vocational agucultuie
teachei, and Fomey Long
cneckei, Lititz aiea farmer
and associate SWOD director
Elmer V Good, Lititz Rl,
SWCD dnector, seived as
chan man of the plowing con
test
FIELD DAY EVENTS
In conjunction with the
plowing contest, a Field Day
featmed seveial mtei esting
events A demonstration of
wheel hack planting was giv
en toy Jeny Snavely of Lititz
R 1 using his four-iow plant
er 'Snavely is one of the
eaihest proponents of this
technique in the county, and
the demonstration was of
gieat mtei est to area farm
eis A two-iow wheel-track
planting was also given toy
the M M Weaver Co
Probably the demonstration
generating the most enthusi
asm 'was the one put on by
the Pa Fish Commission It
is a method used by the Com
mission for studying fish_ pop
ulations in sh earns and riv
eis An alternating cm rent
is passed through the water
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Lesson for August 1, 1965
>«clt«»us4 ScriptaiMi Homans 14;
I John 1.
lUadiagt I John 2 7-14.
''THERE WAS no one in the
great world-capital city of
Rome \vho had had Christian
training in a Christian home.
Christianity was very new. And
yet it was so much the answer
to the problems of mankind that
converts were
coming into the
Christian church
from all walks of
society. What
Christianity had
to say struck
people where
they lived; it
spoke to the pro-
blems of all. So
when Saint Paul wrote to the
Romans, whom as a church he
had never seen, he could write
as a friend of long standing. He
didn’t know them, but their
trouble he knew very well.
Other People
One of the problems, probably
the most serious, about which
Paul writes to the Romans, is the
problem of fellowship. A good
deal of the problem can be put
into focus by calling it the pro
blem of other people. If you don’t
think that’s a problem, you should
try living with them a while. It
is easy to be resentful of other
persons. Somebody always seems
to get to the post office window
befoie you do, somebody else got
the job you wanted, some one else
got the praise jou deserved. A
contempoiary Ims put it sharply
“Other people aie hell.” What
he means is that even if only one
other person were living on earth,
each would be a threat to the
other. Each one would hate the
other. A theatrical critic once
put his philosophy into this one
sentence: “The world is my or
ange, and I intend to SQUEEZE
IT.” (Ine gentleman has since
become a Christian and presun
ablv has left that savage philo
sophy behind him.
Now Is The Time ...
To Feed Grain To Steers On Pasture
Cattle teedeis that aie depending upon
pastuie alone loi feed foi then steeis snould
check on the amount of foiage available In
many fields the growth of the grass is veiy
slow during the hot months of July and
August and the stems may not have enough
to eat Dady giain feeding 01 hay rack with
access to nay will be in order Heaviei cattle
that have some flesh should be lemoved from
the dued up pastuie and put on a finishing
lation of gram or of silage and giain
To Kill Weeds In Small Grain Stubble
It the small gram field is not seeded
down to clovei or alfalfa, and if theie is an
infestation of weeds such as thistles, morning
glory, 01 some other troublesome weed, we’d suggest that the
ai ea be sprayed with amine torm of 2,4-D, and then wait for
at least 10 days before plowing or discing Under present grow
ing conditions no doubt the weeds have made sufficient growth
since the cutting of the wheat or barley to provide sufficient
leaf area for good kill by the herbicide This is one way to ic
duce the weeds in next year’s small grain crop
To Use Care With Tobacco To Cointroil Weeds in New
Sucker Inhibitors Alfalfa Seeding
If chemicals or other ma
terials are to be used to con
trol suckers, other than hand
suckenng, then we’d suggest
that the growers become well
acquainted with the recom
mendations of the manufac
turer II is very important
that the crop be matured
enough 050 to 75% of the
plants with one or moie open
blossoms) before topping, and
also, be certain not to put on
too much of the mateual
Careful timing and the ap
plication of the proper amount
per acre are very essential.
Special Christian fellowship
Clubs, societies, fraternities,
stamp clubs and clubs for swap*
ping baseball cards, most ga
therings of human beings have
selfish reasons impelling persons
to join. They exist for the im
provement and comfort of the
members. The Christian impulse
goes deeper than self-interest and
self-promotion.
Breaking the Fellowship
Fellowship the thing, not
the word—is a precious gem, but
like all jewels it is easily lost.
Some of the best things in life,
the truly best, are terribly fra
gile. Christian fellowship is an
example. What trifles lead to
quarrels in the church! Paul
suggests the kind of thing that
can break down even the church
itself. One source of difficulties
(or even death) in a Christian
fellowship (‘‘church" for short)
is a habit too many people, in
cluding Christians, indulge in:
namely the habit of criticism. It
is easier to judge a person un
fairly than fairly. It comes na
turally to And fault. Paul does
not mean that one' should never
criticize others or their work. In
that case we should have to abol
ish schools and teachers, and fire
aU the supervisors in industries.
What Paul means is constant nag
ging criticizing, or maybe excel
lent criticism which has no love
in it. Constant criticism and coun
ter-criticism has killed large num
bers of churches. The other poi
son of which churches die is
breaking of fellowship by induc
ing others to go against their
conscience. Many a man has
blood on his soul tonight for
putting temptation before some
young man, some temptation that
the older can resist without try
ing but the younger man or wo
man can’t. This is the kind ol
thin,; Paul calls putting a stumbl
ing block to weak Christians. The
true fellowship in Christ often
has to pick up the pieces left by
“strong” Christians who so often
suppose the fellowship is com
posed entirely of persons who
can stand off temptation as well
as they can. So by this fellow
ship the weak Christian grows,
but also by imitation fellowships
he can break his soul.
(Based on outlines copysigV-’sd by th«
Division ox Chns*:an Zduzat -r., National
Council of the Churches o* C -si .a the
U. S. A. Released by Community Preel
Service.)
ATTEND THE CHURCH OF
YOUR CHOICE ON SUNDAY
MAX SMITH
Local groovers who are mak
ing a new seeding of alfalfa
early in August should keep
in mind the need of weed
control The use of Eptam just
prior to planting, or the use
of 2,4-D-B after the weeds
are 1 to 2 inches high, is
ver-y important Many grow
ers make the mistake' of not
doing anything to control
weeds until they are 4 .to 6
inches high and then we do
not have any spray recommen
dation for good lesults Don’t
allo l^l §&e weeds out
youf’Alfalfa later this fall.