—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 1, 1966
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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
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■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-
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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
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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<i n-rned for records With the mounting
the spring period nv pow- costs of production and mod*
er service concei i ’I ap- ein farming methods, it m
preciate the work dm mg the veiy miportant to keep the
winter months, i.iiuei than , . „
to Wave a rush , nod nett b6St poSSlble set ° f amounts.
April and manv Many record books are avail
customers Most ini,.ms will able, and we recommend our
need to he sha' ' o.lcd, Penn State Farm Account
and Wave pai’ ' <" f l Books for your consideration.
Good care eveiv winter will „ „ , . , ,
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lengthen the hie oi mi ma- J *
chine. them. ,
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ka mm, la nds wnulna MUtf #
tha Vital sort, TrualwllUfls aohJ
fident, also, m all tha illustrations;
In Habnaw 11 show. It you saf
you belleva a bridge is safe, hut
l won’t cross <tt yourself, it show*
you don’t have confidence in tha
bridge and don’t really believe in
its safety.
Above all, Christian belief Is
personal. It Is not first of all be*
lief-that, not believe about, it is
belief-in. . . But genuine faith
does not hang in the air with only
a row of dots after it. Belief-in
is nothing unless it is belief in
some one. For the genuine Chris*
tian this means belief in Jesus
Christ. Belief about him, belief
in him, belief with him ~ this
all blends together in a pulsating
threefold cord through which
power flows from him to the be*
liever.
Belief-in and belief-about
But personal faith in Christ
does not exist in a vacuum. Many
of the beliefs of Christians are
behefs-about. Central always is
personal trust and confidence in
the Lord Jesus. Around this
center gather many other beliefs,
and some of these are of immense
importance. For the next six
months the Bible lessons deal
with what Christians believe. It
is right and may be much needed
to study “doctrines” but we
cannot afford to forget that the
heart and center of Christian
faith is not a doctrine, but a
faith. The devil could write a
more learned book of theology
than you could. But it would not
be the Christian faith. A doctrine
is words, it is intellectual. Faith
concerns the whole life. It is in
evitable that doctrines should ex
ist and be studied. But much
study is still not faith. As has
often been said, Christian truth
can best be understood from with
m, not fiom the outside The
center of Christian belief is not
a proposition but a person We
'annot rate ourselves as Christ’s
non and women bj the number
■f Bible verses ue have memo
'■l'ocl, the question is whether we
m\e Jieaid Christ say “Follow
:* ” and have followed luf> A
i-upr,ition will inform us, but a
‘ "’son can transform us.
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