—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 1, 1966 4 From Where We Stand,.. (We reprint the following editorial with which we opened the new year in 1965, not by popular request but 1 be cause it also conveys our hope for the new year 1966, and because there is no better way we can say the words Happy New Year). A Time For Realignment Do you still make New Year’s resolutions, or have you discontinued that perennial practice because you found that you never kept them any way? The start of a new year is an ideal time for taking a good look at ourselves, and deciding how we can improve. Many people think of New Year’s re solutions as a complete rebuilding pro gram, and consequently they set goals for themselves that are not only un realistic, but overwhelming. Then they become discouraged when they find at tainment of these goal impossible. Perhaps in this space age in which we live it might be helpful to compare the realignment of our lives in the new year with the way that scientists can make slight changes in the orbit of a space vehicle by triggering built-in cor rection rockets at pre-determined time?. The firing of these rockets cause the space ship to change its direction slight ly one way or the other so as to more perfectly attain its goal. Isn’t this really what we hope to accomplish with our lives by our resolutions? Granted, minor corrections should have been made all during the year as their need was indicated, but psycholo gically, starting a new year has tradi tionally been the time when most at tention was focused on this operation. If you are one who has some minor cor rections to be made, as who is not, then we remind you that the time is now. To assure a certain amount of suc cess in this venture we pass on a couple of suggestions from the psychologists those mysterious students of human be havior. They suggest that, most impor tant, our resolutions must be realistic, within our power to accomplish. Se condly, they say that the resolutions should be specific rather than general. That way we can better measure our progress and know whether we are really accomplishing anything Finally, they suggest that we start slowly with projects that are not overly difficult. In this way we are more likely to be suc cessful, and this sense of accomplish ment will provide a base of success uoon which we can readily build great er accomplishments. So that’s the formula: an honest analysis of ourselves; a reexamination of our goals; a realistic set of resolu- ® Agr. Research ("Continued fiom Page 1) ■would make the Clearest to tal conti ihution to the states agi icultui e Secietan Bull said paitic uhii (onsideiation was gnen to studies ‘hat hate a po tential foi bunging new in- Lancaster Farming Lancaster County’s Own Farm Weekly P. O 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 tisxng Director Subscription price—s 2 per year in Lancaster County; $). J . elsewhere Established November 4, 1955. Published every Satur day.by Lancaster Farming, Lit itZy Pa. tions; and a step-by-step program to ward becoming the sort of person we each really want to be. We wish you a year of happiness and accomplishment. A year in which the fruits of your labors will be truly bountiful. And a year that will move us all closer to a complete understanding of ourselves and each other. Effects of 1965 State Legislation Pennsylvania State Senator Richard A. Snyder, of the 13th District, recently reported on the implications for farm ers of some of this year’s legislation.- He cites the new feed and fertilizer laws which “cut through red tape and reflects the tendency to bulk sales in these fields”. Under the new laws, mill ers and fertilizer dealers will need few er permits for bulk handling, and Sen. Snyder suggests their reduced,costs will be reflected in costs to the farmers. A tightening of the milk control laws, he says, will help protect farmers from being “down-priced by purchasers who buy from outside the state to evade prices established by the Milk Commis sion”. While the Commission was not actually given an overwhelming vote of confidence, the efforts to abolish it were at least temporarily defeated. Now that its inadequacies have been thoroughly aired as they surely have been in the past year we hope every effort will be made to bring the authori ty and activity of the Commission up to date, rather than expect our economy to either wait for the Commission to catch up, or to move backwards in time to join it. The new dog law, Sen. Snyder says, will also benefit farmers. Tt pro vides for prompt payment by the state of the appraised value of animals which have been harmed by dogs. It is then the Commonwealth’s responsibility to collect from the dog’s owner. Sometimes, as the Senator points out, legislation which is defeated can be more important than that which is passed He cites some of the defeated bills which would have permitted easier condemnation of land. Perhaps the plight of the Middle Creek area farmers has already helped some legislators and state agencies to realize the importance of individual property rights The Sena tor says it seems unlikely that the state will reverse its stand on this particular condemnation, but it may help others who later find themselves faced with ~ - similar condemnations by alerting state QW agencies that they should be most care ful in asserting the right of eminent domain dusiit into the Common wealth He teuned the leseatch piogiam a “bteak-'thiongh” foi Penns\hama agncultxne, and that the state soon will he able to mote ahead in aieas wheie lack of basic m foi niation has had a stymie ing eltect He commended Governor Scianton and the Legislatuie toi “tai sighted and con structs e action” in setting up the lesearch progiam Re search projects, he indicated, will be both basic and ap plied Thev will deal with im mediate problems in agricul ture and provide also for long range programs most of which will require three or more years to complete. Secietaiy Bull revealed that a number of research projects will benefit from matching funds from various sponsoring organizations This he regarded as particularly helpful in view of the long period some of them will re quire for development. ■Major studies will relate to dairy and livestock, beef cattle pioduction, poultiy, swine potatoes, foiage crops, flint, horticultuial special ties and other commodities Mone\ toi the pi ogi am will denve tiom harness racing levenue tlnough appi opnation to the Fan Fund that is ad ininisteied hv the Depaitment ol Agncultine • Welding Course (Continued from Page 1) been set for the number of m.teieated persons who may regnster for the course, if the number warrants there will be two ‘sessions each week. The five-week course will feature instruction an strik ing arcs a.nd running beads; butt and fillet welds and sol dering; weldii/ng cast iron and using arc torch, cutting met als, haid surfacing; vertical welding: overhead welding. The classes will be under the instruction of Richard Hackenherger, vocational ag riculture teacher at Penn Manor High School, and wifi be held in the agriculture shop. m "I Believe" Lesion for Jinniry t, 1966 Scckgreund SeiMutei Matthew 8 5-13; Acli 16.25-34; Hebrew* 11.1-6; James 2-1«.’26; I Peter 3:15. SeveUemel Beedtagi Acts 16.25-34. TN MOST of th« Christian **■ churches around the globe sometime during the public wor ship the people will stand and say together “I believe.. Why should this seem so important that it is repeated Sunday after , Sunday? Why do 'y say “be^ e” and not tw? In many •ts of the Id Christians ‘called Be yers and have' fact borne this ie since the •liest Christian mean to be lieve and why do Christians set so much store by believing? The word believe has more meanings than one. What we are looking for is the strong and living meaning that makes it im portant. Christians will tell you because they learned it from thf Bible and in experience they find it to be a fact, that believing oi not believing makes all the dif ferenee in the world But thi is not true with some meaning of the word Believe. That wor sometimes means “seem to re member” as “I believe you sar you would bring the salad' Sometimes it means only ‘Th preacher (or my paients or som book) says it’s so and I’m willin. to go along with him.” Murks of belief What are some marks of be lief in the 'vital sense of th word’ What kind of thing . faith’ What is it that is calk “saving” faith, something th makes the difierence between li and despair and destruction’ Fi one thing, vital belief, or fait is active The writer of the Lr ter to the Hebrews bungs up o illustration after another to she what faith means, and in eve case he mentions, the faith w, he beginning of action, Allege ■nth or belief that leaves the b< Is The By Max Smith, To Topdress Wheat With Manure Livestock pioduceis can inciease wheat yields by topdiessmg this wmtei with 6 to 8 tons per acie This extia mulch might help to prevent some winter-killing as well as fur nish extra mtiogen next spring If the man ure is tieated with supei phosphate, it will be more valuable for the wheat as well as any new grass stand that might be seeded To Pi event Drafts On Dairy Cows The milking cows should be piotected uom cold winds and diafts dm mg the winter months The chilling of the milking uddei is suie to bring on udder problems and loss of production. Extra care should be given about open doois and windows dm mg cold, windy SMITH days and any large openings that allow movement of large amounts of an The conti oiled ventilation system using elec tric exhaust fans and aegulai"inlets for cold air, will usually l do a good lob without danger of diafts. To' Ci*r<‘ tor Liun Mower To Start Aociu'a)te (Farm . . While thei e is little Records . . . The begintumg need, for the lawn mower in of the calendar year is the the next several months, t best time to adopt an accur will ,be a good time to get it ate system of 1 keeping faria serviced and t>h A i-upr,ition will inform us, but a ‘ "’son can transform us. S«ed on outlines copyrighted by th» ~ cn c£ CnnsLan Ec. ccthcn, iTci'o'wl nc«’ e Ha Churches ci C"x si :i *-# Keidasetl* by «rr«ss VirO ) Time ... Lancaster County Agent t