—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 25, 1965 4 From Where We Stand... Tomorrow's Leaders In most agricultural pursuits, Lan caster County leads the state, and ranks near the top nationally. But at least as important as its agricultural production, is the county’s prominence in training the youth who will help America to lead the world tomorrow. Local 4-H work is such a training ground. Too often, in the flurry of local competition and activity, this broad, over-all goal is lost from sight; it should not be! This point was summed up beauti fully by Miss Marie Bushong of Colum bia R 2 as she competed last summer in the Senior 4-H Queen contest. Each contestant was asked to discuss briefly “What 4-H Means To Me”. We’d like to repeat a few of Miss Bushong’s words here as we remember them. “America’s greatest need today is the development of youth Into leaders. 4-H is more than, as some people think, simply farm children gaining identity by raising a steer or cultivating a straw berry patch. Youth develops by learning to carry responsibilities, and there is something in the very nature of 4-H work that demands the cultivation of experience and responsibility.” And the key word is RESPONSIBILITY! As we celebrate National 4-H Club Week, September 25 - October 2, that vital point should be emphasized and reemphasized. As a people, Americans would seem to be following a trend away from acceptance of personal and civic responsibility. We seem more will ing than at any time in our history to let others make our decisions, and this seems evident on all'levels from local to international. We hear a great deal these days about the irresponsible and insane be havior of youth in our big cities. Yet we hear comparatively little of the dedi cated and responsible actions of the “good kids” This is not to suggest that “all city kids are bad and all country kids are good”; it is, of course, not that simple But it is encouraging to note that even though farm numbers are shrinking, 4-H continues to grow. Figures show that 4-H now extends far beyond rural areas with 46 percent of members coming from farm homes, 32 percent from rural non-farm homes, and 22 percent from urban homes. The influence of the 4-H philosophy on our • Random Sample (Continued from Page 1) mortality, feed conversion, body weight at housing time and a,I the end of teat peri od, number of dais required to reach 50 percent pi educ tion; net income ovei feed and chick coat, egg weight distribution Extra Laige to Peewee, and mtei ioi egg qual ity as calculated .by albumen height, percentage meat and blood spots, and shell thick ness Self-Help Ideas for Young Children’s Clothing Select ehildien’s garments that have some self-help fea tuies and a limited numbei of fasteners Lancaster Farming Lancaster County’s Own Farm Weekly P. 0 Box 266 - Lititz, Pa. 17543 Offices; 22 E Main St Lititz, Pa 17543 Phone - Lancaster 394 3047 or Lititz 626 2191 Don Timmons, Editor Robert G Campbell, Adver tising Director ' ''' Established November 4, Published every Satur day by Lancaster-Farming, Lit itz, Pa. urban areas is probably one of the bast medications that could be applied. We hope this trend continues, and we are proud that Lancaster County is in the forefront on 4-H membership enroll ment with over 1400 youngsters out of a state total of 42,000. ★ ★ ★ ★ Old Committees Never Die The closest man may ever come to perpetual motion is a government com mittee, Once established to investigate a specific problem, it proliferates its activities unto eternity. We originally felt the National Commission on Food Marketing had some worthwhile work to do and we still think so, but are beginning to question the validity of some of its objectives. The latest case in point is a recent ly declared intention of the Commission to determine “how well the U. S food industry satisfies the needs of the nation’s consumers”. Contrast that ob jective, if you will, with the point continually being hammered home by the U. S. Department of Agriculture that the average American spends less than 19 percent of his take-home pay for food Does that sound to you like an area that needs investigation? Fifteen years ago the average con sumer spent 26 percent of his income on food. Two things have happened during that period: the consumer’s take home pay has increased; farmers are producing food more efficiently, and it is being processed and marketed more efficiently and more competitively. There are many outmoded and inequitable practices which the Com mission could properly examine with the objective of upgrading and updat ing, but we fail to see that the one stat ed above is any more than another grandstand play to the almighty con sumer. It is understandable that . the political importance of the consumer far overshadows that of the farmer, but we don’t enjoy seeing the farmers’ own department agriculture relying so heavily on the consumer for justi fication of its future proliferation. One might even wonder before long just where the farmer will be able to turn for his representation. Chances are he will have to either (switch to being a consumer, or fight! What Do YOU Think? • 4-H Congress (Continued from Page 1> teen-yeai old daughter of Mi an d Mrs Clyde Wivell, Colum bia Rl. s 'ate (wanner in home economics Wo'.gemutih and Mvss Fiey (earned up to w n the state lives’ock conseivation demon s'. at on bast month alt Penn sy /an;a 4iH Days (with them demonstration, entitled “Shape Up and Sih p Out ” Tire pan also won the coun ty beef demonstiation in 1964 Boh aie menibers of the Red Rose 4iH Ba.by Beef and Lamb V Nancy Frey Cluib, of which Miss Fiey is secietaiy A 4-H Club member for six years, Wolgemuth is a junior at Donegal High SiJhool, Mount Joy Mss Frey, a jun.or lead er with seven years of 4-H work, is a lunior at Dane'aster Mennomte 'School. 'Miss Wivell, a 4-H Club member of 10 yeais and a past piesid'ent of Lancaster County 4-H Council, is a grad uate of Donegal High School Sue is piesently in student pi acGoal nurse training at Lancaster General Ho spatial M '.r. a ' !< * i Balias Wolgemutli Background Scriptut*: I John A 7 '’l X>*Y*ti«n«l lUading: Ephesians 3 14-21. <»f ove," said St. Paul once, “is the link of the perfect life.” (Qolossians 3:14 Moffat.) In his time there were no buttons nor button-holes. Safety pins had been invented, but few common people owned them. What held a man’s flowing gaiments up and held them together was the girdle or sash. With this large “cummerbund” as we would call such a thing to- day, a man could be neatly dicss- Dr. Foreman e<l. Without it, he rapidly became undressed, a mess of flapping robe and tunic and what not. We can put on all the virtues, but unless we put love on also, the virtues we have will be blown away. Love unites all the virtues, love fulfills all the commandments. Paul and our Lord alike emphasized the fact that the “great Commandment” is not any of the famous ten. They are each one a different way of expressing the great command ment of Love. How can we love God? “Thou shalt love thy God” is glibly said in Sunday school by children who are memorizing pas sages in the Bible. But when we grow old enough to think" about such things, this seems like an impossible commandment to obey. For one thing, is love something that can bfe turned on or off at will? Can even God say to us, at the count of three, start loving one, two, three, LOVE! Well, of couise if vve really thought that this is what God means, we 'should be thinking him a fool. What is meant by “Thou shalt” is more like “This is the way God wants us to think about him.” But then another diffi culty rises to the mind. Can we love God as we love a human being? The answer is No, it goes without saying. We have to use the same word for it whether we are thinking of loving God or men. Stlil it is not meaningless Now Is The Time ... To Sow Quality Seeds Growers of winter barley and winter wheat are urged to be sure of the quality of their seed grain for next year’s crop In many cases the seed is carrying too many weed seeds and some gram diseases. If home grown grain is being used, it should be treated foi disease control and a weed seed count made on it One of the best ways to guard against poor seed is to buy and plant Certified seed The needed maximum yield per acie is too important to take chances on poor quality seed To Harvest Corn Fodder With the shoitage of bedding on many livestock and dairy farms, it is suggested that the corn stalks be harvested, after the corn is picked,'and used for bedding purposes This material is rated as a very good bedding and absorbs large quantities of liquids After' the stalks are dry, they can be shredded or chopped and then brought to the bam in bales or as loose material. To Be Careful with plants, this 'condition itDay Frosted Crops cause acute (bloating; alter (the In spile of recent weather frost as melted and ithe (plant cond.tions. killing frosts are 13 do, ithe alfalfa may fee soon to come and will demand safely grazed s careful management of some To Check Electric Wiring of onr forage crops Sudan Befoie tihe winter season, ap gnass sorghum hybrids, and iproaohes and all livestock are alfalfa require special feeding boused, it is suggested fhat care after killing frosts. The every farmer be certain thlat sudan grass and the sorghum tihe wiring rn the barn is I Safe hybrids should not be used in and that all insulation is! in a fresh state after a billing place. In some cases, tifctra frost, however, they can be electric equipment adldedlt in made into silage and permit- recent yeais might be '-'•too ted to ferment for several much of a load for the -size weeks Livestock should not of wires A close inspection be allowed to graze alfalfa and correction of danger ipots iwiien. (tihe frost as on (the might* prevent a seiiouS fire. to apeak of loving God. It If iho opposite of hating him. To love Is to draw closer; to hato Is to withdraw, to avoid. To lovo is to unburden the heart; to hate is to bar the heart’s door tight. To lovo is to share, to hato i* refusing to share. A man in love with a girl or the other way around wants to do what the beloved wants done. So with the lover of God. One way to love Him is to become absorbed in his service, to love what he loves and hate what he hates. In to* day’s jargon, by identifying with. God’s purposes we come to love Him. If we love another . . . Another way to arrive at the joyful state of love to God (which is more than believing or merely obeying or praising or “explain ing”) is to love our fellow-hu man beings. The “second great commandment” (not the second greatest) is Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. The Apostle John speaks not of neighbor but of brother. Evidently he" has learned (from God, we may be lieve) that neighbor means bro ther. Begin to think of your neighbor as your brother, and you are on the road to.loving God. If we love one another, John says, God lives in us and his love (our love of him and his love of us) is made perfect in us. We are not good enough to love God, to tell the truth; that we can love at all—God or man— is made possible by God’s grace. Our love does not waken God; his love wakens us to love him and to love the “brother” who ever he may be. Casting out fear Man as he is, man-on-the-hoof, man as sinner, is more afraid of God than in love with him. Con tracts sometimes make reference to “acts of God” meaning disas ters of great magnitude. But sun shine and spring flowers and au tumn colors .are just as much acts of God as are fires and earth quakes. Loving God is not going to cast out respect and reverence and thanksgiving; loving Go’d is not destiuctive of God’s dignity. But it does cast out fear. (Based on outlines copyrighted by the Division of Christian Council of the Churches of Christ in the U. S. A Released by Community Press Service.) Go To Church Sunday MAX SMITH
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