4 —Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 2, 1965
From Where We Stand...
Agr. Research A Deserf Island?
Not yet, but at least one authority
suggests the possibility that unless the
agricultural experiment stations can
effectively compete with other research
centers, they have no valid future.
Speaking before the American So
ciety of Animal Science at that or
ganization’s 57th Annual Meeting, Fred
erick N. Andrews, vice-president for
research at Purdue University, said
that “those of us in the agriculturally
related sciences are competing for the
best minds with the basic sciences, the
humanities, engineering, law, business,
and other professions ”
He suggests that the day of the
never-ending supply of bright, rural
youth automatically selecting agricul
ture as a career is no more. “Our agri
cultural programs, at both the under
graduate and graduate levels, have suff
ered from overspecialization,” Andrews
stated. He predicted that graduates who
pursue such programs will find them
selves technically obsolete by middle
age.
Andrews’ concern for the future
of agricultural research is primarily a
concern over agriculture’s inability to
attract the really brilliant minds, the
innovators, as he refers to them those
that create, rather than those who
simply apply And, rightfully, he points
out two supporting facts
1 We can not afford to tram
a dairy or poultry nutritionist who
cannot compete professionally with all
nutritionists, nor a rice breeder or
poultry geneticist who cannot compete
with all geneticists
2 The future scientists are at
tracted to the “glamour” institutions
MIT, Harvard, Yale, Cal Tech, etc
where the lion's share of federal
funds are going tor basic research
efforts
The funds for agucultural research
have dwindled alarmingly since 1940, in
relation to other research funds In
1964, according to Andrews, 14 3 bil
lion dollars in federal funds were spent
for research and development, the total
federal support for agriculture, as such,
v,as 5174 million.
These are discouraging words
spoken by the gentleman from Purdue,
and though they may not be well-re
ceived by many agricultural educators,
they are words that must be said, and
more importantly, acted upon If those
at the top levels of agricultural research
cannot hold their own with scientists
in all other fields both intellectually
and educationally then agricultural
research has a very limited future The
experiment stations must increase their
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ilz. Pa.
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age mop 3 such as alfaha
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DDT f om the soil in which
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ics ,JC3 lenainmg m the
soil i on pievious yens of
?i- lying may be absoibed
n. o 1c age plants thiough
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dues become quite stubborn
]y bound in the pVant, per
haps physically or chemical
ly The scientists believe thus
may account foi some lepoit
cd peA.c.de resicues in milk
f'om cows fed on umpired
lounge a canyovei fiom
pieuous yeais of spiay.ng
The team included Willis average below normal. Nor-
B Wheclei matiucioi in nial high and low foi the
cremicdl - pesticides, R 0 period is 71 and 49 degrees.
Mu.r’na ass.slant piofe 'mi, of jt be cool over the vveek
b ccheir.stiy and Dor ild ‘ E!" 1 " milder Holiday and
H Fieai piofessor of Tuesday, and cool again
cal pesticides Wednesday.
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tes is for pesticides p'timaiily l ± inch, occurring as rain or
analyze the surface of the shovveis about Tuesday.
efforts to attract the very host, creative
minds if these institutions are to suc
cessfully compete for the funds which
are the blood and bone of research.
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The Right- To Be DIFFERENT
In a sense, the right to bo different
is guaranteed in the Constitution of
the U. S. Not in so many words, of
course, but those basic political, social
and religious freedoms stipulated in
that document provide the basis of
acceptability for much of the so-called
nonconformity in this country.
For example, the civil rights dem
onstrators, the anti-Vietnam war pick-:
ets, and even the beatniks, are all
representatives of social and political
protest. Whether or not they measure
up to any individual’s personal defini
tion of nonconformity is another matter.
Over the years, the American noncon
formist has perhaps occupied a more
positive position the rugged indivi
dualist image, for example than that
reflected by most of the negative, petty
nonconformities in vogue today
A recently published survey by
pollster Louis Harris sampled public
opinion on the question of whether
certain types of nonconformists were
harmful to American life Some of the
conclusions were very interesting
It was found that those with the
higher educational levels and higher
incomes were both more tolerant of the
nonconfoi mists than were those with
less education and lower incomes The
least toleiant area of the country was
the South, rural and suburban areas
registeied tolerance than city areas,
farmers, as a gioup, were less inclined
towaid toleunng the nonconformist
than any other broad occupational
group
A general conclusion by Harris was
that no matter how the answers were
analyzed, American beliefs in the right
to be different are not as fnm as some
have believed
We don't happen to think that
sensationalism, publicity-seeking, or
deliberate flaunting of social customs
solely for attention-getting purposes are
woitny of the name nonconformity
Gianted, all the items listed in the Harris
poll fit the definition in that they repre
sent departures from normally accepted
behavior But v e still like the old, heroic
image of the nonconformist as one
wno with positive purpose and deep
seated beliefs will refuse to be driven
along with the sheep, one who is not
afraid to walk alone if his judgment so
dictates Hopefully, there is at least a
little of this mag,c ingredient in every
one of us'
What Do YOU Think?
part Conseqaen 1 y a poison
of the pesPcides with.n the
p -at tissues often as much
as 50 peicent of tihe total in
the p ant lemlnns undetect
ed The leseaich team devel
oped a new evh action method
\v Wo gc l s the ieirunmg 20
to 50 pei cent of the pesti
cde fiom the p.mt
The authois theonzed that
ch 01 nated such
as d eL’ in and DDT, difficult
to exiact may be tied up
vv th sMucliual fats of
p uni, ticcjes
Temperatures for the five
cla> period, Saturday through
Wednesday,* are expected to
Weather Forecast
Man for the Time
Lesspn for October 3, 1965
Sackgrauad Scriptural GtnetU 30 24,
371-21; 39 through SO.
Saritiaaal lltadingi Frovarbi 410-18.
He was a man long associated
with big government. His
friends were among the aristo
cracy of the world’s greatest em
pire of the time. He lived cen
turies ago, and yet he is so mod
em that he could soon fit into
any executive po
sition you care to
name. He lived
in a time and
place when
people easily be
lieved in mira
cles, yet no mira-
cles were ever at
tached to his
Dr. Foreman name or story.
His name was Joseph, and if he
had not lived and done what he
did, the history of the world
would have been quite different
What became of the welter of
half barbaric little tribes that
swarmed along the Mediterranean
Sea In those times? Gone with
the wind; and the little family
of sheepherders headed by Jacob
would have vanished too if it had
not been for Joseph. No Joseph,
no Moses. No Moses, no Jesus.
No Jesus ... 1
Turning points
We can pick out three crises
in the life of Joseph after he
found himself in Egypt, though
we know of others and can guess
at still more. One was the time
when the wife of his master (for
Joseph was a slave, though in
a very important position), begg
ed him: “Lie with me!” Joseph
said No, and she took her re
ivenge by accusing him of at
tempted rape, a capital crime
then and in many places still.
Notable is Joseph’s reply to Poti
phar’s wife: “How can I do this
and sin against God?” Joseph
Iknew (where had he learned it?)
that sin is not only against others
and against one’s own true self,
but most deeply against God.
Living by this assurance, Joseph
took the right turning even
though the wrong road looked
beautiful,
Now Is The Time .. .
To Wonn Southern Cattle
Cattle feedos who die impoitmg cattle
into the countj tiom any of the southern
states should be sine that the animals aie
not cai lying a hea\y woim infection Due
to the waim humid climate of our southern
states, and since moie cattle aie being pio
duced in the south, this factoi becomes
moie impoitant Yom local veteunarian can
check fecal samples to deteimme the pie
sence of internal paiasites
To Have Fire Protection
The wintei season is appi caching when
there will be a concentiation of livestock,
machmei.v and feed supplies in 01 neai the
laim buildings The need of one 01 more
fue extinguishes cannot be ovei-emphasised All farmeis
should be sine the extinguishes are m good woiking order,
and also, that eveiyone aiound the faun and home knows
how to opeiate them This is veiy impoitant for good fhe
piotection
Not to Cut New Alfalfa hand and befoie this article
'Several fairies have been pllblvshed no doubt s , ome .
leceued about Che possibility * lose a fi , ngei . or a
of ea ting a ciop ham an hand m y a p;icker me ma .
A 's’— t seeding of alfalfa this cbines were mdde t 0 p , iak Co : lin
pasi simmei Dae to the good and nQt h , dim the apenatolj
I’ninfa.i nanv ci ops have (hls oan be don / the
made co. iideuinle giowh We , ator ye M
wou.J not i ecomimend tnat a aM shieiLds and
cop be i emioved this fall luce and do not olean or ad .
the covei on tire giound will t , he m , acih , ine wttule it is
give good winter protection please bfi Safe;
„ , „ picker leads the list of farm
Cam Picker Carefully mactomery ac ,events.
Com picking season is at
Incident In prison
Potiphar, Joseph’s master, evi
dcntly did not believe his wile,
or he would have hilled his slave
outright. Instead, ho put Joseph
into a prison used mostly fox
.political prisoners. Here Joseph
rose to the top. The warden took
an extended holiday and Joseph
was virtually warden himself. The
story is too long to tell again
here. But the next turning point
in the young man’s life came
with a message from the palace.
It is interesting to see what
Joseph did when the messenger
came. The story says simply:
"and he shaved ..He did not
debate whether he should go.
Joseph’s praying was done. He
had known for two years what he
would do if and when he got
this chance. So when the mo
ment came, without warning, he
just shaved, and went.
He could read men
A third turning, point came at
a time when he must have been
weighing in his mind whether or
not to invite all the Jacob-clan
down to Egypt. Yes, they were
his brothers , . . but no, what
brotheis’! They had sold him—
sold rather than killed him only
because they stood to make a
little money on the deal, while
murder would not get them any
thing. Now they stood before
him in his own great house, not
suspecting for a moment that he!
was anything but an Egyptian
official of high rank. He had
just threatened to keep as a slave 1
their brother Benjamin, and Ju
dah, who once had taken the'
lead in selling Joseph, now made,
a plea for Benjamin that brought l
Joseph to uncontrollable tears.
Was Judah sincere 9 He had been'
a liar, once. Was he lying now 9l
Joseph could read men; he’
read Judah, and knew that this l
w r as a changed man It was after |
this that Joseph gave his invita-.
tion to the whole clan to come live
in Egypt It was one of the turn-,
ing points of history and it,
hinged on a man’s belief in a |
brother’s sincerity.
(Based on outlines copyrighted by the
Bivision oi Christian Education National
Council of the Churches of Christ in the
U. S. A. Released by Community Press
Service.)
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