—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 4, 1965 4 From Where We Stand... (We are pleased to words of Dr. Floyd Hicks, Poultry . Specialist, Penn, State University as a guest editorial this week.) What A Poultry Association Does Pennsylvania is a leading poultry state. Poultry is economically the second largest agricultural industry in Pennsylvania. There are still several thousand poultry farms within this state. In fact, at the last count there were more commercial poultry farms than commercial dairy farms. Thus we find members of county poultry associations asking this question: “Should we con tinue this association when we only have a few members?" The answer is usually “yes” for the following reasons: 1. A poultry association, in cooper ation with the local Extension office, provides an opportunity for its mem bers to participate in a unique educa tional effort that only poultrymen can give to poultrymen. Sharing practical experience with each other is the great est value here in stabilizing "a local in dustry for the mutual benefit of all. 2. A poultry association gives the county or area a united voice in state, national and international poultry mat ters. We are still going to be dictated to from the top more and more, so we ought to have some control over this phenomenon. 3. A poultry association makes it easy to disseminate information where everyone can hear at once about new developments, ideas and programs. Then, you can give an on-the-spot eval uation. (What you want instead of what others think you ought to have all the time.) 4. Federal gram programs, freight rafter-changes and federal control legisla tion can be discussed and evaluated by each area for that area if an association is active. A poultry association provides the framework for recreation, sociability and entertainment for poultrymen with common interests. 6. Poultry associations can put on a united effort to educate the public on the actual facts of the association, the industry, the egg, market improvement, “sympathetic” understanding, and pro motion. 7. Counties that have strong asso ciations usually have a strong poultry industry. Contrary to popular belief that associations are a place to lose cus tomers, most people who belong to an active association will tell you they receive more than they give. 8. As the number ol iarms decrease in the future, a united front will be in creasingly more important for all farm organizations if they are to obtain fair representation in Washington and Har risburg 9 Local poultry associations are more apt to be invited to give press, radio and television interviews on the activities of the industry than are in dividuals 10 For years a few devoted people have kept the few dozen poultry asso- • DHIA piesented cost figuies foi m (Continued fiom Page 1) suung the associations a-ppiox which was estabbshed at the nnately S 4 000 worth of test last meeting to study that equipment It repoited question The committee, com- the equipment posed of Victoi Plastow Sam- w0 « ld have ta covered by uel Dum and Jacob Housei, insurance not just the milk meteis which were the asso- Lancaster Farming at on ’ s mam concern and „ that this would amount to Lancaster County’s Own Farm about $BO per year Thls was _ . _ t i ™ considered too costly a means . X 286 ’ for protecting the $2,100 worth . of milk meters (12 units val pin bt ' ued at a ' bout 5175 each). The Litiu, Pa. committee is now evaluating Ph W4%n47 P nr BS ** '■ tiie possibility of insuring the T itit» R9R9IQI building in which the equip- Oon ’ , f/f 1S st ? ied a ? d <*? Bfeeit Advet- a possibility In the « * • <m€anhme, the subject was ta- Estabhshed November 4, e 1955 Published every Satur- Robert .Hess, state DHIA day by Lancaster-Famung, Lit- director, leported a program itz. Pa. loss of 76 herds in the stale • tv, • a saaa<Hii»jtg«aa * (nations alive. These far-minded people should be commended because as poul try enterprises get larger and fewer and the industry gets more complex, associations will be even more useful and vital to survival. Item number ten is the most im portant item of all. It takes devoted, interested poultrymen to make an asso ciation thrive. feature these (Ed. note: What are YOU doing to help further your local association?) ★ ★ ★ ★ The Right To Choose Politics is one of the principal occupations in a free nation. But a nation will remain tree only so long as the voters control the politicians. The people of the United States have no conception of what fear of gov ernment officials means. They have never been herded into oblivion by state police for expressing views in op position to dictators in power. As a result, U.S. citizens have never lived in fear of officialism. Under our Constitution, they have enjoyed the right to choose . . . the greatest civil right. But politics has been whittling away at that right and steadily restrict ing the individual’s right of choice in the U S. Therefore, it is well to read the words of one who remembers living in fear . . . where the individual was the plaything of officialism . . . where be had no choice. The following letter “To The Editor” appeared in a Portland, Ore., newspaper recently. It said in part: “Although my age was only eight when my father was forced to leave Russia because of persecution, my memories 'are very vivid of the tribula tions endured under government con trols. Because of these unforgettable experiences, the constitutional rights and liberties are treasures worthy of preservation regardless of cost.” When you see a candidate for pub lic office, or an elected official advocat ing policies that undermine constitu tional safeguards, states rights and individual opportunity, turn thumbs down on him while you have a vote and a choice. ★ ★ ★ Not Anymore He Isn't! (The following story comes from Daniel P. Ehlers, D.V.M. of the Pennsyl vania Dept, of Agriculture, via the Merck Serviceman’s Memo.) ‘‘A rather jazzy looking bird was brought to the lab for examination sev eral years ago The owner followed me to the necropsy room and watched while I took the bird out of the box, grapsed his wings with my right hand, and in the approved manner gave his neck a good strong outward and upward pull. The owner wanted to know how long he would sleep When I assured him his ‘sleep’ was permanent, he levitated, and said, ‘Oh, my Gosh! I just wanted you to look at him He's worth $200.’ ” Silo filling tune is at hand and many acres of corn will be made into silage. Even though most parts of the county have had decent rainfall during the past month, farm eis should always be cautious about the presence of this gas. The greater use of nitrogen fertilizer to grow our com crops mciea'es the clanger of the nitrogen dioxide gas The first week after filling the silo is considered to be the most dangerous time; the gas is heavier than air and has an odor resembling various laundiy bleaches Never entei a partly filled silo unless the blower is operated for at least 10 minutes To Handle Shipped Cattle Carefully Many barnyards and feed- that the ownei does not re lots will be filled with feeder move them fast enough Most cattle in the coming weeks, fishemen like to fish for the Plenty of fresh air. ample rest bass because they are larger; and quietness, and bulky feeds as a result the bluegill popu for the first week is strongly lation mci eases to a point i ecommended Shipped cattle wheie there is not enough should not be mixed with ac- food for any of the fish Pond climated cattle, or come into owners should encourage the contact with them at the feed fishing and removal of the trough or water trough The maximum number of bluegills danger of shipping fever each year. Where severe stunt should .be recognized for the mg and over-population exists, first two to three weeks af- it is advised to dram the pond ter arrival on the farm Pre- and start over again vention practices are much )Xo Make Cwn better and cheaper than at- Without Additives tempted treatment and cure. are aware of some ac- To Remove Thojse Bluegills tivity in using additives to Many farm pond owners face make better corn silage. In the problem of too great a the first place this should not fish population in their pond be necessary when we allow In most instances the .blue- the coin to develop to the gills reproduce so .rapidly J (Continued on Page 5) foi the mne-month period be ginning October 1, 1964 This was opposed to a 67-herd in crease during the coirespond mg period a year earlier, and was the first such loss m num ber of herds tested in many years Most of this loss was considered to be fiom the farmer victims of the cost price squeeze that has per sisted in recent years who had dispersed their herds, and not from any dissatisfaction with the testing program it self. In other‘business, President Samuel Dum appointed the following committee chairmen, tester award. John Kreider, an nual banquet location andn&n ner, Curtis Akers, annual ban quet program, Robert .A ißren eman, and Samuel Kreider, auditing. THE A m ©OSMLS/il SPEAKS -C T J" •**'' 1 I Wl -T ****** If^ or-t Lotto** .. I Growing in Faith Lesson for Sept. 5, 1965 Icckgraund Senplur#: I ulco 17 5 6, Philippian* 3 U-16, Cc.of ions 19 Hi 21 '3 Piralxnal Boding: Ephesians 4 11-16. rpHE WORD FAITH has various meanings, and each of them is important. It is used in the New Testament often, but it does not always mean the same thing. The foundation meaning is confi dence. Having faith in Christ means having confidence in him. Faith in God is likewise confi dence. A man really has faith in God when he relies on his word and his pi onuses and his Dr. Foreman power and mercy. Faith also (m the book of He biews especially) means confi dence that what God commands me to do, I can do. Faith in the great 11th chapter of Hebrew's is a going, doing, obejing faith. In the letter of James, faith is con trasted with action. But James discounts faith while the writer of Hebrews admires it. This shows that they were talking about different things. The faith low-rated by James is belief about God, not belief in God. Faith about God may make no difference in life; faith in God is a Christian’s life-foundation. Faith does not stand alone In reading the New Testament, especially-the Gospels and the letters of Paul, if the reader will understand that Paul and Jesus usually mean confidence in God when they say “faith”, the reader cannot go far wrong Mow Paul is known as the apostle of faith, but Paul would be the last person to suppose that faith is all a person-needs to have to be a full-fledged Christian. Paul wrote to the Corinthians a letter with the famous chapter on love; and he winds up that great prose poem on' love by naming faith and hope along with it as the three abiding things of life. But he makes it clear that faith by Now Is The Time ... To Be Alert for Silo Gas iUell, even If you could move a mountain with it, leaves you no belter than you were. He aaye in so many Words that love i$ greater than faith and hewe. So when we think of the place of faith in a Christian life, we must think of faith-with-love, faith* wilh-hope, and not faith-alone. Probably Paul would say, if asked, that faith without hope and love is just as dead as James says It is. Blackboard or Garden? Stranger though he was to the city and church of Colossae, Paul was glad when he heard about the Colossians. The thing he men* tions first of all was their faith. (Noticing readers of the Colos sians letter will see how he brings love and hope into the picture too!) But there are two kinds of faith. One is like an item on a blackboard. The teacher can write up there a list of sentences with the title “Christian Beliefs." Then the teacher can take pointer in hand and point to each item in turn and get the class to say of each one, “I believe that." That is a kind of faith, but it is not what interested Paul. You note that he soon was speaking of “bearing fruit.” That is the kind of faith you hear most about. It is faith with a harvest, faith that walks serenely into the face of danger, faith like a laden fruit tree. Real faith is not an item on a blackboard; it is a garden seed, an orchard tree, pleasing the eye and sustaining life. You may be sure: No fruit, no faith! Growing in Faith Paul says one thing here which might be misunderstood. He holds out a beautiful picture of what Christ has done and does for us, “provided that you continue in the faith.” You might think he means staying put, standing firm, not going nor growing. But if you study what he has just been saying about the Christian life, you can see he means some* thing quite vital and vigorous: “Be filled with the knowledge of his will . . . bearing fsuit la every good work incasing in the knowledge of God*. , . strengthened with all powers.. The Christian life is the garden in which these things come to pass. , (I«i»4 til lutlUti c*pf righted Inr Ikfi Division •£ Chrution Xducctaon, Ncuoncl Cjtunoi *i ih# Chjudiw •! 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