4—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 15, 1966
From Where We Stand...
New Woter Costs More
Than Old Woter
An article appearing in a major,
nationally circulated magazine recently
suggested the so-called “water shortage
is a phony”. The author says that no
matter what the population problems,
we will not run out of water in the
next one hundred year. Perhaps we
won’t. But in light of the general public
ignorance regarding the need for con
servation of our natural resources, we
seriously question the wisdom of an
article which might create greater pub
lic apathy on this vital subject.
In all fairness to the author, he
differentiates between the general uses
of water. He says that irrigation water
is the critical use, while city water is no
major problem. His point is that we can
afford to “manufacture” water for our
cities at a reasonable cost, hut distilled
water for crop irrigation would increase
the retail price of vegetables fourfold.
He also points out that city water can
be reclaimed and reprocessed after it
is used, but irrigation water is used
up through evaporation.
There is no question but that we
will handle water entirely differently in
the future. It will be extensively re
processed; it will be distilled from the
sea in quantity; and it will be somehow
transported from areas of plenty to
areas of need. But it WILL also be the
cause of major concern and the cause of
many critical problems.
The nation right now is spending
nearly $lOO million a year on water
research; approximately $75 million of
this comes from federal funds. Rather
than glibly look at the water situation
from agricultural and non-agricultural
points of view, it makes more sense to
talk about quantity and quality of our
water supply. As a further breakdown,
how much, and what kind of water does
a population of 200 million need? Not
want, but NEED These figures can be
computed with a fair degree of ac
curacy. But like the new school that’s
already inadequate by the time it is com
pleted, the totals will have to be steadi
ly recalculated to keep pace with a
thirsty, growing population.
It is a problem which we will solve
because the continuance of life in
America, and in the rest of the world,
demands that we solve it We do not in
tend to be alarmists on this question,
but it is equally frightening, and intoler
able, to hear the subject treated with
complacency by those in a position to
influence an already water-logged pub
lic opinion
The advertising wizards say that
one slogan is worth a thousand words.
May we suggest the motto “Don’t be a
drip' Conserve Water. ’’
Res. Champion
Belgian Shown
By Elmer Lapp
HARRISBURG Elmei t)
Lapp Kinzei Rl, a \eteian
of 20 j ears in exhib'ting
Lancaster Farming
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
Robert G Campbell, Adver
tising Dnector
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year in L.inca-ner Coun:>,
$3 elsewhere
Established November 4,
1955 Published eveiy Satur
day by Lancaster Fanning, Lit
itz, Pa.
Farm Show's A Record Breaker!
At least that’s the way it looks at
press time with only 35,000 more people
needed for Friday’s attendance to break
the whopping 690,000 total attendance
record set in 1963.
With the exception of Thursday’s
feeble moisture effort, fair skies pre
vailed all week and the Farm Show
Weather failed to live up to its formid
able reputation.
The white stuff on Thursday, plus
the weatherman’s freezing rain predic
tion, did cut crowds that day down to
140,000, smallest of the first four days.
But some of those who would ordinarily
have attended on Thursday are expect
ed on Friday, thus the prediction of a
record breaking total attendance figure.
And it is very fitting that the 50th anni
versary of the Farm Show should be so
well received by the public.
Secretary of Agriculture Leland H.
Bull said this year’s booming attendance
of the Farm Show “indicates a growing
public interest in agriculture, and (an
awareness of) its importance to our ex
panding population.”
Select Chicks That Will Keep Poult
try House Dry Researchers at Texas
A & M are conducting studies to see
which strains of birds will produce drier
droppings and maintain present egg
production levels. They have found that
water consumption and moisture are
genetically related to different strains
of birds; but they now need to find the
relationship between water excretion
levels and the economic performance of
the birds.
Motor vehicle death totals vary
sharply for different days of the week
and different months of the year, ac
cording to the National Safety Council.
Saturday is the worst day and Tuesday
is the best. Deaths are at their lowest
level in January and February, then in
crease steadily to a summer peak.
★ ★ ★ ★
FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover says:
“We seem to be witnessing a moral de
terioration in our population. It is seen
in those who are willing to compromise
their ideals if an easy dollar can be
made, and it can be seen at work in
everyday life where a citizen will obey
the law himself, but will also passively
tolerate immorality and disrespect for
authority within his own community. . .
People have got to realize that if they
deal with illegal gamblers, smut peddl
ers, and other merchants of the under
world, they are helping to support the
organized crime complex ”
Belgian hoises at Pennsx Ivan
la Faim Shows, won his sec
ond lesene chaiinpionship
Lapps set en-vear-old was
the le'.ene semoi champion
stallion The hoise, Tnpsee’s
Bill also won the same title
heie thiee years ago
In addition to the leserve
championship, Lapp entries
won second place in get of
s,ie and thiee toiuth places,
in o-jeai-old maie, stallion,
and two mares, and in two
males nidging
Boih the grand champion
Mallioii and <mare weie en
tered by Chailes B Oindorlt
and =on, Wajnesbuig.
Weother Forecast
The five-day outlook for
our area calls for tempera
tures to average within the
normal range of 39 to 24
degrees, with overnight lows
getting down only to the
upper teens. It will be mild
during the first part of the
period, turning colder about
Monday.
Precipitation is estimated
Pa. Yorkshire Breeders
Elect* Officers For '66
HARRISBURG Pennsyl
vania Yoiksluie bieedeis
haie changed the name ot
their state organization fioan
Yorkshne Club to the Penn
sviUama Yoikshire Coopera
tive Association.
Officers elected at a meet
ing at the 50th State Faim
Show weie: President, Reno
H Thomas, Beavertown, Sny
der County; vice-president,
John Henkel, Strasburg Rl;
secietary, Wellington A.
Hiester, Fleetwood R 3; Berks
County; dnectors, Donald
States, Homer City 82, In
d>ana County; Cuitis Roth,
Kempton Rl, Berks County,
Clair Fhnchbaugh, Felton
Rl Yoik County, Herbert
E Mveis, Hatfield Rl, Bucks
Countv, Paik Thomas, Bea
veitown, Leon Arnold, Leb
anon
at ] ,2- 3 4 inch melted occurr
ing Sunday night or Monday,
as the colder weather moves
God Is Holy
Lesson for January 16, 1966
■eckgreuad'Scripture: Leviticus 19 2,2;
I Chronicles 29 10-13' Psalm 29, Isaiah
40 21-31; 55 8 9 Acts 17 22-31;
Romans II: 33-36, Revelation 4 6b-11.
Devotional Reeding: Psalm 97.
TF YOU STOP a dozen Christians
oh the street or on the way
home from church, and ask them:
Do you believe God is holy? They
will all give you an odd look that
means What a silly question!
Of course he is holy. But then
if you asked these
people just what
exactly does
‘holy’ mean’ You
vould run into a
blank wall. If or
dinary believers
are confused by
this word, no
wonder, for pro-
fessional theolo
gians themselves are not agreed
about the e\act meaning of it.
Probably the best suggestion is
that holiness in the Bible has
two meanings: for one thing, it
stands for the highest degree of
goodness, the closest following of
the will of God. The other mean
ing is lofty even if obscure: it
stands for those qualities in God
which a man can never under
stand and cannot fully share. It
stands for God’s apartness, his
indescribable greatness, for all
the mystery and majesty of his
sublime Being. God’s holiness in
his “otherness,” what is techni
cally called his “transcendence.”
God alone creates
The Saturday Evening Post a
few jears ago earned an article
by a famed theologian of our
time in which he said that God
does not exist- This shocked a
gieat many readers, who did not
read on to see what the writer
meant. Just look at any object
in sight a window-plant, your
own hand, a glass of milk, the
mercury in a thermometer ....
These things and uncounted mil
lions more exist. God is as real
as they am, and much more so
indeed. But God “exists” in such
a diffeient v.ay that some theol
ogians (including the author of
the article) do not like to use
the same word for it. The fact
Now Is The Time ...
By Max Smith, Lancaster Comity Agent
To Apply Brush and Stump Sprays
Winter is a good time to use chemicals
on brush and stumps When used during the
doimant season on tiees and shiubs that
aie to be eliminated, we lemove ‘most of
the dangex of damaging growing ciops A
mixtme of the esthei foim of 2,4-D and 2,4,5-
T will cfo a good job of killing most any
tiee or stump, one pound of this chemical
to eight pounds of fuel oil will make a
good mixture to be used dunng cold weath
er.
To Cull Low Producers
Production costs are at the point wheie
dairjmen cannot afford to keep low pro
ducing cows; the overhead on most herds SMITH,
lequire the keeping of cows that more than pay their expenses.
The enrolling in a production testing association or service
is the best way to learn what cows in the herd aie not paying
a good retain on the investment.
To Provide Minerals
For Ewe Flock
Winter care ot the ewes is
veiy important tor both a
good wool clip and a good
lamo crop The supply of cal
cium and phosphorus is over
looked many times when
gia=s hay is fed to the flock.
When we feed good quality
alfalfa haj, since it is high
in minerals, the need is sat
isfied. However, with poor
quality hay or with glass hay
we suggest the feeding of a
mineral mixture in addition
to free 'choice of salt. The
mineral mixture may be
It, we believe in God first tf all
as Creator. You would
not have to raarranga tha uni
verse' much to wipa out tha an*
tire human race; but evan if you
wiped out tha universe down to
the last atom, God would bo just
as great as ever, and just as able
to create all over again.
Words that point at God
One way in which men have
tried to speak of God is to use
the noblest and strongest words
imaginable glorious, just, mer>
ciful, wise, victorious and many
others, and say that God is aU
these things PLUS. God is greater
than the greatest we can imagine,
more powerful than any power
dreamed by man, good to a de
gree we can never appreciate.
Language about God is (so to
speak) thrown at him rather than
fitted around him. God’s holiness
is this beyondness, this more-ness,
this most sublime, this all-highest
ness which our human languages
can only suggest and never de
scribe.
Stand in awe
The -writers of the Bible dare
rot to be too familiar with this
majestic and holy lord of all. A.
common word used in the Bible
to describe the attitude toward
God that is the basis of religion
itself is the word “fear. 1 ' We
read of God-fearing men. The
fear of the Lord is the beginning
of wisdom, and so on. This does
not mean terror. God is not a
big Scare. It does mean the most
profound reverence. Another
word for what is in the heart of
a man who sincerely wishes to
worship this one true God, a
better word than fear, is *we.
Awe has been described as a
mingling of desire and dread.
The true worshipper never for
gets the overwhelming greatness
of the Almighty, and so never
treats God like an equal. But
unhke those African tribes who
know of the High God, but have
no desire to meet him, the Chris
tian feels in the midst of his
embarrassment and even fear in
the presence of the Eternal Sftjte
tery, the drawing power of the
Divine Love,
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Division of Chnstion Education# national
Council of tho Church#* of Christ in tho
Seme*) Community Pr«i«
• Manheim Farmers
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Revenue Service spoke to the
gioiip about income tax pro
cedmes for reporting farm
earnings.
equal parts of .ground lime
stone and steamed bonemeal,
or the purchase of di-calcmm
phosphate. Either of these
mixtures contain both cal
cium and phosphoius, -which
are needed for the ewes.
To Order Vegetable
And Flower Seeds
V
The weather hasn’t en'fcopr
aged us to think about'gar
dening hut in order to- get
the quantity and quality of
seeds desired, we suggest
that the order be placed
soon. The preference for cer-
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