4—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 27, 1965
From Where We Stand,..
The First Major Mifesfone
Ten years ago this month, a dream
became a reality, Following months of
discussion, hatching ideas, discarding
some and polishing others, talking with
farmers, with advertisers and agricul
tural specialists, and other seemingly
endless preparations Lancaster
Farming was born.
It was not an effortless birth, and
the proud parents that had conceived
the idea of giving Lancaster County
its first real farm newspaper in this
century tended the new iniant with
determined vigilance.
Lancaster Farming was pledged to
serve the interests of farmers in Lan
caster County with emphasis on meet
ings. markets, crops, legislation, rural
youth activities, and anything else of
.interest and importance to farmers.
We sincerely believe that pledge has
been kept. Your continuing warm re
ception of Lancaster Farming in'your
homes over the years reassures us that
we are living up to your expectations.
The first few issues of your farm
paper were mailed out to 28,000 rural
boxholders in the county with an offer
of special consideration to charter sub
scribers. The subscriptions poured in
so fast and furiously the staff was
snowed-under for several weeks in pro
cessing them. Thousands of countians
became charter subscribers, and most
of these are still faithful readers of
Lancaster Farming. We’d like to take
this occasion to thank you each and
every one and to renew our pledge
of service to you for the next ten years
or for as long as you will permit us
to enter your homes each week. We
are very proud of that privilege, and
will strive to remain worthy of your
trust.
Here’s What They Wrote
That Lancaster Farming was an
immediate hit is evident from the let
ters that poured in from all parts of
the county. Here’s a few examples:
HOLTWOOD “Lancaster Farming
cannot help but be successful. It has
been long overdue. Best Wishes.” NAR
VON “I have just received by second
copy of your paper. Congratulations
on a fine paper. Wish you success. It is
the kind of paper we need in Lancas-
Herr Holstein
Repeats V2-TOll
Butterfat Level
Another official production
record exceeding a hall ton
of butterfat has been com
pleted by Maple Lawn Ro
burke Rosette, a registeied
Holstein cow owned bv John
J. Heir, Mount Joy. This is
the second time that Maple
Lawn Roburke Rosette has
achieved the 1 000 lb butter
fat production le\el in a sin
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Lancaster Forming
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
Robeit G Campbell, Adver
tismg Diiector
Established November 4,
1955. Published eveiy Satm
day by Lancaster Fanning, Lit
itz, Pa.
ter County. I am a Lancaster County
farmer and Granger.”
STRASBURG Please put my
name on your list of charter subscrib
ers. I looked through the first issue
and it looks very good. I was pleased
to see no liquor or tobacco ads, as I
hate to have them laying around my
home. I certainly wish you success.”
COCHRANVILLE “You are giving
our part of the country a new light
on its operations that the next-door
neighbor didn’t even know about. I feel
that it is a long overdue service to the
people of this part of the country. Keep
up the good work. It is sure to be a
success.”
LITITZ “Please find money
enclosed for my charter subscription
to Lancaster Farming. I sure do enjoy
reading the paper from cover to cover.
It’s honest-to-goodness, clean, worth
while reading; no foolish, nonsensical
trash like many publications are these
days. Wish you success.” SALUNGA
“We enjoy your friendly paper
coming into our home.” MOUNT JOY
“Enclosed is check for one year’s
subscription to Lancaster Farming. En
joy reading up-to-the-mmute news on
farming.”
And the welcome praises went on
and on. Your enthusiastic reception
right from the start, and your support
along the way, has enabled Lancaster
Farming to become a Lancaster County
tradition.
Features of Lancaster Farming that
originated with those first few issues
and are still to be found in your farm
paper because you indicated you want
ed them are: Dr. Foreman’s column,
“The Bible Speaks”; Women’s pages
including recipes and household
hints; Farm Calendar; the latest mar
ket reports; picture and news coverage
of local farm activities and personali
ties.
Since this is your paper, we rely
heavily on you to tell us what you
want to read. If you don’t see what
you’re looking for in Lancaster Farm
ing, it is only because you haven’t ask
ed for it. Ask and you shall receive.
Thanks again for helping us to
serve you!
Letters To The Editor
Editor,
Lancaster Fanning:
The other day I was looking
at a framed copy of the front
page of Lancaster Farming
that hangs on a wall in my
home It is Volume 1, Num
bei 1 The date lemmded me
that it will soon be 10 years
since that fust issue.
As the one who conceived
Lancaster Fanning and who
helped nuise it through that
fust piecanous yeai, I can’t
help but feel a twinge of sat
isfaction that LF not only
suivived, but since then has
piospeied
Congiatulations to all on
completing Lancaster Farm
ing’s first decade, and my
best wishes foi many more
jeais of seivice to agncultuie
Weather Forecast
Temperatures for the five
day period, Saturday through
Wednesday, are expected to
average above the normal
range of 46 to 29 degrees.
It will be mild at the beginn
ing of the period, change to
colder Monday, and continue
cold for remainder.
Precipitation may total li
inch, occurring as rain on
Saturday and possibly scatt
ered showers later.
Lancaster Farming Features
in Lancaster County and
Pennsylvania.
Wallace Abel
(Note- Wallace Abel was busi
ness manager for Lancaster
Fanning in those eaily days.)
Editor,
Lancaster Farming
My congratulations as Lan
caster Farming approaches its
10th bnthday. More than 500
issues, moie than 8,000 pages
a mountain of paper and
lake of ink have kept up
the philosophies established
November 1955.
Since leaving Lancaster
Fanning, I’ve roamed the com
munications field well, cover
ing aguculture from all ap
pi caches feed and pharma
ceuticals, farm equipment and
chemicals, public relations and
adveitismg I still love Lan
caster County.
May your next ten years be
as successful as the first de
cade
Best legalds.
Note: Ernie Neill was the
fust editor of Lancaster Fann
ing)
Ready-to-cook demand im
pioved slightly, ranging slow
to fairlj good in instances.
Deliveied prices continue
veiy competitive.
THE /
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\ SPEAXi
Lesson for November E 3, 1C "5
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D«TcU#n*l lUatiag Laiah '
IT TAKES *ll .kinds of Cm
* tuns to make a church,
takes all kinds of sc.vants
carry out the v.ork of God i
four greatest p*ophcts of t
Eth century bcfoic Chiist w
\eiy different men. One of t’ c
Isaiah, by no:
was an ainctoc
friend cf roya
a nan cf vp"
and hign ecu*
tion. Ano..i>
Kosea, was
man
trouble in i
never far a - ,
from a heartache. A third, I
cah, was a small-town uiimoi.
and punster. The foaith, nam-
Amos, was right from the bctt r
of the pile, a \sry poor ma
a migrant farm-hand, a sha
cropper we might call him. Tr.
Amos was not a profession
prophet. As far as we know I
did not join any prophetic f
sociation; he had no frier,
among other prophets. He w
a “loner,” with only God for c
intimate friend.
God’s plain man
Amos could well be callr
God's plain man He had i
advantages of what we call “bac
ground.” His college was G
“university of hard knock'
Such a man often knows mo
about what's really going on 1
the world than those who la
more sheltered lives If you ha (laa , d 0> , u tu n .. co PT ri ? M.d
gone to Samai la Israel’s cat Dmssom ol Christian Education. National
a j.i,Council of ths Church*! of Christ i* tho
tul city, wnere Amos delivers u. s. A. siitmd by Coawunity p tm*
his fieiy messages—and aske Seme*.)
almost anybody vvnat conditions
were like in Israel, you would
have got a glowing report. The
country was at the peak of pros
penty, all was at peace, every
body was making good money
people in plenty could a fibre
two houses, one for winter anc
one for summer, in ported silk!
mated -with i\oiy, everjtlrnj
weie common, homti were dec
pointed to coatmuec prosperity
for a long time to come. Int(
Cordially,
Now Is The Time ...
By Max Smith, Lancaster County Agent
To Protect Evergreens
Winter weather is often very hard on
evergreens resulting in the winter kill of
some shmbs. Duung the fall and early
winter before the ground freezes it is ad
visable to soak the ground thoioughly
aiound the roots of the plants; this will
prevent drying out and killing. Also, in ex
posed areas to the north and to the west it
is best to put up some kind of a windbreak
made out of wood or builap; this will break
the stiong foices of prevailing winds.
TO TEST ROUGHAGE
Daiiymen are uiged to give some at
tention to the testing of their hay and silage.
Through the Penn State Forage Testing Ser
vice, at a cost of $5 00 per sample, the nutritional value of both
hay and silage may be learned. With this information the grain
lation can be developed to meet the needs of the dan y herd.
Daiiymen can get a feed recommendation without additional
charges when both hay and silage are tested.
To Get Agronomy Guide months. AW obstacles Should
The 1966 Agionomy Guide be lemoved trom the t)arn
is just off the pi ess and yard or exeicise lot that may
ieady for distnbution, this cause injury. In the ‘bain.
Extension publication coveis proper ventilation is needed
all major crops in Pennsyl- to pi event drafts on the ud
vania and is a very useful der When lying down on con
handboolt for all Lancaster Crete floors every effort
County farmers. should be made to maintain
Ei nest J. Neill
To Project Dairy Udders SO me bedding between the
The milking uddei is very and tfae , con , cretfr . lu .
sensitive to injuiy and cold,
da.r>Tr , <'ii are urged to pre- i ur - or c hiWmg of the deli
vent their milking herd from cate udder tissues may bring
l.jng down on cold giound on serious udder inflamma-
the fall and winter j lon
God end I-
'*.?
own no.ne, a r
'this complacent optindim Amos
'throw his bombshells. As ho saw
it or as God had shown him
through his personal experience
—things were not well with the
country. The fact was, the citi
zens of the country had made
comfort and money and luxury
into gods. Amos (coming as he
did - from the submerged classes)
knew what it was to bo poor,
underpaid, ignored, robbed by
the* wealthy land-owners. The
prosperity of the country had
been gained at the expense o£
underpaying the workers.
Justice is people
Justice does not go around by
itself, fighting with injustice also
going around by itself. Justice
and injustice are in the hearts
and lives of men. We often speak
of unjust conditions and unjust
laws; but back of every law
and condition, good or bad, are
the people who make it so. Jus
tice means more than anything
else equality not equality of
ability and character, for hardly
any two persons are equal in
this way. But justice means
equality ofopportunity. It means
(as far as it is within power)
that no human being shall find
the road to his highest achieve
ment artificially blocked off by
conditions which can be changed.
Justice is religious
Is America a country where
justice reigns? Yes and no. Ev
erybody (especially politicians)
is in favor of justice; but history
shows that there have been
whole classes of persons who
have not had a square deal. Amos
would be on their side. Indians
first, then Negroes, Orientals, im
migrants, children, the mentally
ill, sharecroppers, people who
cannot find jobs, these have
always found the underside of
life in America rough indeed.
Lately the church has begun to
sit up and take notice. So long
as religion has to do with the
way we deal with our fellow
men, all problems of man are the
Christian’s problems. Religion is
many things, but not least of
them is Justice.
To Church
Go
Sunday
SMITH