—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 25, 1965
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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
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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
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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.
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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?
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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
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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.)
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MAX SMITH