—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 30, 1965
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From Where We Stand...
You Gotta See 'em To Hit 'em
Game, that is. But one hunter may
easily hit another without seeing him
at all. Since the hunting season opened
today, it may already be too late for
some. But a concern for the safety of
hunters, and innocent bystanders, has
prompted the Pennsylvania Chapter of
the Vision Conservation Institute to off
er a free vision screening service to
Pennsylvania’s 1800 hunting clubs.
According to Dr. Eugene Bogage,
president of the VCI, statistics have
shown that defective vision is often the
cause of hunting accidents. A recent
study revealed that 77 percent of hunt
ers causing accidents had defecuve
vision.
In Pennsylvania last year 17 per
sons were killed in hunting accidents
and 412 were wounded. Dr. Bogage
pointed out that in 38 percent of these
cases, the victim was in the line of fne
when shot, or was shot in mistake for
game Most of tne accidents occurred on
clear days
The vision screening program will
be strictly voluntary, Bogage stated. If
the tests turn up any deficiencies, the
hunter will be advised to consult his
own eye doctor for assistance. Any
hunting club desiring this service should
contact VCI headquarters in Harrisburg.
We wonder, if this program is suc
cessful in reducing error through better
vision, might it also someday be extend
ed to include those stalwarts who with
stand the abuse of all the eyesight
jokes baseball umpires?
An Hour Gained
Remember that hour you lost last
Spring when Daylight Saving Time
started? Well, unless you forget to
change your clock before retiring this
Saturday night, you’re about to get that
hour back.
• Agr. Committee
(Continued trom rage 1)
■was unable to attend, sug
gested problem aieas in the
state’s agriculture and in the
agricultural industry tor its
consideration.
One proposal by the Gov
ernor urged development o£
“an economic, political and
sociological environment" tor
piomotion o£ a “stionger ag
ribusiness in Pennsylvania”
He expressed a hope that im
pediments to such giovvth
might be eliminated.
Othei suggestions by the
state’s chief executive toi
possible lecommendatioiis in
cluded studies in these aieas
Capital and ciedit, competi
tion foi use ot imal lesome
es, paiticularly in land and
water, pi eduction and mai
keung of laim commodities;
adequate lesearch and exten
sion piogiams tax lelief on
open space la rat lands pi od
uct slandauls and i emulations;
piomotion and incentives lor
pioeessing and maikeling
firms, 'conelatioiis ol maiket-
Lancaster Farming
Lancaster County’s Own Farm
Weekly
P O Box 266 - Lititz, Pa,
17543
Offices:
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Lititz, Pa 17543
Phone - Lancaster
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Don Timmons, Editor
Robeit G Campbell, Adver
tising Duector
Established November 4,
1955 Published every Satur
day by Lancaster Farming, Lit
iU, Pa.
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Every year someone moves the
clock hands in the wrong direction
either going ihto or coming out of Day
light Saving Time. Having been the
victims of this error ourselves occa
sionally, we finally managed to find a
rule that is absolutely infallible
usually. Just remember, “Spring ahead;
Fall behind”. That's all there is to it.
We used to make the mistake of
trying to reason it out each year, but
found it is possible to follow reasoning
to an absolutely wrong conclusion.
So there it is; our secret revealed
to the world. On the night of October
30th set your clock back one hour. We
hope you will enjoy that extra hour
of sleep as much as we intend to. Been
looking for it ever since last Spring.
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A Cold, White Winter?
These fabulous Fall days encour
age all of us not to think about the
chill days that inevitably lie ahead,
but when the golden leaves begin to
fall, can snow be far behind? Unfor
tunately, it can not.
According to Baer’s Agricultural
Almanac, we have a real old-fashioned
winter lurking just around the corner
of December. The prediction is for
cold, wet weather, with January and
February each getting more than its
normal share of the white stuff
Other prognosticators seem to con
cur with the almanac verdict. Such
seers as the wooly bear watchers and
those who study the migratory flights
of birds all agree at least we have
not heard an opinion to the contrary.
So locate your snow shovels, mark
your lane with stakes, be sure the snow
plow is in good shape, and most im
portant, stay on good terms with your
fuel man!
ing progiams, training of per
sonnel to meet met easing
needs for technical help, serv-
ices and supplies for com
mercial agriculture, and the
level of farm income.
“Our major concern,” the
Goiemor stated, “is to de
nse mays tor directing and
inspuing the gieat productive
torce ot agncultuie and agri
business so that they can best
sene the interests of our
people as the v> orld becomes
more complex ”
Secietaiy Bull said that by
defining maioi pioblems and
chai ting guidelines tor ac
tion the committee can be of
gieat semce to his depart
ment and to the -whole Com*
mourn ealth All sixteen mem
beis ot the committee weie
in attendance at its fiist meet
ing in the Agncultuie Build
a JLM
mg
• Former - Consumer
(Continued fiom Page 1)
stoies and tin ee-lom tlis o£
total sales
Anothei niaioi de\elopment
m iood jet.uling, accoiding to
the lepoit has been the rapid
giowth since 1947 of affiliat
ed independent stole chains
in temis of shaie ot total
lood sales, uhile the tiend
has been in the opposite di
lection tor nnaftiliated inde
pendent stores. For the same
peilod the share of the large
coipoiate chain stoies has re
mained about the same.
• ACP Funds
(Continued from Page 1)
cost-shaie assistance will aver
age about one-half of the cost
of cailying out such conserva
tion practices as establishing
and improving vegatative cov
er, planting trees, improving
existing stands of timber, and
jnactices aimed at the conser-
vation and more efficient use
of water.
Other approved practices
available are contour stripp
ing, diversions and terraces,
drainage systems, and sod
waterways
Seldomndge emphasizes it is
impoitant that farmers file
now to get necessary approval
and take care of other program
details before it is time to
actually begin work.
• Livestock Exp.
(Continued from Page 1)
position manager, said judg
ing will stait at 9 am, Mon
day, Xov. 8, and continue
thiough most of the week.
Fom beet cattle classes, best
ten head in Angus, Heiefoid
and Shoi thorn, and best six
ol Polled Herefoid, will be
nidged in the large arena as
pait ot the eieinng entertain
ment piograms.
Moie than 100 feeder
calies will sell at auction, 10
a m , Thin sday, Xov 11. Mar
ket animals steeis, wetheis
and banows will be sold
the same atteruoon, stalling
at 2 o’clock.
Howard Harris, 111, will
pieseut his Championship
Rodeo from Cowtown, N. J.,
four nights, starting Wednes
day, and at a Satin day
matinee Other evening fea
tuies \sill include seven calt
scrambles, Arabian and Ap
paloosa hoises in peiform
ance competition, and live
stock caialcades.
Cash piennunis •ft ill total
W 5.000 The mam show and
parking are free. The exposi
tion is sponsored hy the State
Department of Agriculture,
its Farm Show Commission,
and the Pennsylvania Live
stock and Allied Industries
\ssociation v
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‘ Being A Fool
lesson for October 31,1985
leclrgreuad Scriptures Judges 13.2
through 16 31.
B«v«U«a«l Xecdiogi Psalm 1.
TTow to 1)a « fool in six Easy
■“■Lessons. This might well be
the title for the story of the life
and adventures of Samson. In
rough times, he was more than
a match for the roughest men.
Ar il had foretold his birth,
~ he had religious
parents who
loved him. God
had intended him
for a deliverer of
Israel. Israel
needed deliver
ing; their hostile
neighbors the
Philistines were
Dr. Foreman a year-round
menace. The Israelites could
never he free unless they could
solve the Philistine problem.
Samson was to be the man; but
instead, he turned out to be what
a modern writer calls a “nega
tive religious hero,” the opposite
at every point of what God’s
chosen leader ought to be. Bom
to be a hero, he ended by being
a stunt-man, a clown.
One for one
A trio of adventures (crea
tures of their author) lived hy
the motto. All for One and One
for All. If Samson had had a
motto it might have been One
for One. He never worked with
a team, he was strictly Samson
for Samson. He killed Philistines
by the thousands, but always for
personal revenge. He could kill
a lion with his bare hands, {-He
was a young'lign and didiftlttfew
who he was ;toarfng_ at”), he
could kill a small, regtftjjnty-of
Philistines all by himseSf, _,he
could pick up a city gate, ht mid
night and walk with it forty miles
uphill before sunrise. His
strength was fabulous. To this
day .if a manufacturer wants to
name a product with a name sug
gesting strength, he is likely to
give Samson’s name to it. £ut
Now Is The Time ...
By Max Smith, Lancaster County Agent
To Protect Water Pipes
Fieezmg weathei may appear at any
time and the prevention of frozen water
pipes is much bettei than tiying to thaw
them on a very cold morning If pipes aie
buried undergiound at least 24 to 30 inches
deep, they should be safe Pipes that are ex
posed in buildings that are not warm enough
to pi event fieezmg could be wiapped with
electuc heating cables to pi event fieezmg;
however, caie should be taken in applying
this material, impropei wrapping and cutt
ing may present a fue hazard Please con
sult with youi local electrician or power
company official
To Prepare Strawberry
■Mulch ... It will soon be
time to put the stiawbeny
patch to bed for the winter;
this refers to the mulching
ot the plants with wheat
straw or early cut hay. These
materials should be tiee of
grain seeds or weed seeds.
Plants do not need to be
mulched until the tempera
tuie drops to the 20 degree
area for a period of several
days at a time; this is usual
ly early December in south
eastern Pennsylvania. The
plants should be covered to
conceal all leaves at the rate
of about 3 tons per acre.
Mulching prevents heaving of
none of these exploits delivered
the Israelites. Even though in
bis spectacular death he killed
two thousand of hit enemies,
Israel was still years and years
from freedom. Ecvenge Samson
knew. Showing off his strength
was his great pleasure but it was
always a loner who was in action.
He never built up a following. He
did not have the organizing gifts
of David or even of Saul, He was
without the patriotism that
helped to make Samuel great, It
was always Samson for Samson.
Destiny to dustpan
If you could imagine a person
who owns a beautiful, perhaps
unique crystal vase, knocking off
that vase on purpose or out of
sheer stupidity and not bother*
ing to look at it, asking some one
to sweep it up. “Into the dustpan
with it!”, that would be utterly
foolish but very much like Sam*
son, and too much like ourselves
to be funny. He was born to a
high destiny, a Deliverer in the
line of Moses and Joseph and
Joshua; and he ended a blind
slave, by his own fault. It wasn’t
that he tried valiently to achieve
his destiny and found the way too
rough. He never tried. Even in
his crashing last moments, when
Philistines were carried down
sci earning under the rubble, he
thought of what he w'as doing
not as a victory for Israel, but
strictly as vengeance for his lost
eyesight.
They never learn
One of Samson’s ailments was
that he could not learn from ex
perience. Delilah wormed out of
him his fateful secret, with the
tearful plaint, “You don’t five
me any more ... if you did/yqu
wouldn’t keep a secret fronrntg.”
If the big clown had hadVjfiiy
sense, he would have thought.
Where have I heard that befole?
This was not the first
tune had been played. Bu frhp,
a man like Samson never learns
until too late .... Well, thlte
you are. How to become a fool,
in six easy lessons. Bu.tu.Why
did we say six? These thrffigre
enough. Live for yourself Jilffle;
throw into the dustpan youKtest
possibilities and live li!ciPf||ia
animals for pleasure alone&fild
never learn from anythingß||kt
happens to you. Listen tojgßfrt
you want and not
wants and you can become’*
fool without even trying.
(Based on outlines copyrighted by the
Division of Chnsticn Education# National
Council of the Churches of Christ in the
U* S. A. Heleesed hy Community Ptese
Service,)
plant crowns in zero weather.
To Prmidc Evercis© for
Young Stock . . . Jlany groups
of young dairy stock will be
moving to their winter quar
tets. It is advised to provide
an outside exeicise lot for
these yearling heifers rather
than to house them in a stall
or inside pen. An open shed
or pole barn provides plenty
of protection. When they are
allowed to get out, their feet
and legs will be stronger and
they will be more rugged and
healthy. Plenty of hay and.
silage with a minimum o £
grain will provide needed nu
trients for most young dairy
heifer*. ...
SMITH
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