4—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 22, 1966
From Where We Stand...
Laws Are For The Losers
Settlement of the recent public
transportation strike in New York City
has shown once again that too many
of our man-made laws apply only to the
weak and to the losers. If you’re big
enough, strong enough, or have the
right “connections” in high places you
can flaunt the law at will.
Labor leader Michael Quill has just
proved that point again. He publicly
defied an, injunction against the strike.
He even went so far as to tear up the
court order in front of the TV cameras,
stating that “The Judge can drop dead
in his black robes. . . .” Oh, he sur
rendered to authorities, all right, but
never saw the jail. He suffered a heart
attack and was hauled off to the hospi
tal.
And he won. The final settlement
included dropping of all contempt
chafes against Quill and his private
union. The actions of one irresponsible
man were able to stand the nation’s
mightiest city on its ear, directly affect
10 million Americans who live or work
in the City, cause economic losses rang
ing into the hundreds of millions of dol
lars and reaching to all corners of the
land. And he is above the law because
he won
The days when America can toler
ate this misuse of power can, in fact,
tolerate even such a concentration of
power in the hands of one man or group
of men has passed. Where the wel
fare of the general public is at stake,
the “strike” beconies an obsolete labor
tool. This fact was even confirmed by
another aggressive labor leader this
week Walter Reuther. We sincerely
hope that he believes his own words.
And we hope that in the future the
authorities will have the fortitude and
the integrity to apply the law to the
• Poultry Meeting
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ens in too small an area The
problems, or rather the chal
lenges, often increase at a
faster late than the solutions
far many of these operations,
he bi'nted
His illustrated talk covered
ni'any of the latest factors in
good housing and manage
ment sbch as ventilation, bas
ic housing, construction, In
sulation, cage population,
manure handling, egg gather
ing, etc He said that the
Letters To The Editor
Editor,
Lancastei Fainting
Dear Sri
Yom good column in last
issue on watei impells me to
mail you the -enclosed (bul
letin on Natmal Fanning)
Trying to inipiove on your
slogan last li'ne I came up
•with this “isaie a drip
and \ou save all ’’
John W Heishey
Downmgtown, Pa
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Poultry Future Of The Northeost
For quite some time the indica
tions and predictions have been that
poultry and egg production would die
in the northeast, and that it would, in*
fact, move, to the areas of lowest pro-*
duction costs.
Poultrymen in the northeast ap
parently haven’t been convinced. Ac
cording to the January 1966 issue of
NEPPCO News, the northeastern .poul
try industry seems to have stabilized.
They report that “the decline in; all
products (eggs, broilers and turkeys), as
well as gross income from poultry, has
just about leveled off since 1961”.
NEPPCO spokesmen go even furth
er in saying that some increase in north
eastern poultry production can be anti
cipated in the future, resulting in the
reversal of the long-term' downward
trend.
We feel this is a reasonable esti
mate; it will certainly be true at least
in the short run. Economists disagree on
most things, and one of these is the loca,-
tion of future agricultural production.
One school of thought is that it will
gravitate to the areas of least cost. The
other major school says it will concen
trate around the large centers of con
sumption. Both may be proved right in
the long run. But from here it looks as
though there will be a future for the
poultry industry in the populated east
for some time to come. Production
methods are changing, and will con
tinue to change, and it is largely be
cause of the change that we feel so cer
tain there will be a good future in the
northeast for the poultryman.
hyidi auto; method of handling
manure had definite advan
tages at a total cost of ap
prox Imately 20 'cents per bird
for installation and operatfbn
of equipment
In response to a question
from the floor regarding com
parative egg production costs
between the south and our
area, he said that on the. av
erage they were comparable.
They may have a net advan
tage of about 1 (cent per doz
en, Claybauglh said, but they
don’t match our rate of pro
ductivity As they approach
omr level from that respect,
they null also narrow the cost
gap.
Bob Scott, administrative
aissi stant fi ora the DeKalh of
fice in Illinois, showed the
small gains needed in vari
ous -fa'ctois shell and in
tend quality, livability, feed
efficiency, longevity, and pio
dufctivuty to make decid
ed gams m pioflts on a 10,-
000-hnd operation “Profits
in the poultiy business aie
made one egg at a time,”
Scott said “and good rec
oi ds will show \ou the way
to do it ”
Alien discussing the sub
ject ol record value was El
vi'n Hen. DeKalb area sales
representative He showed
slides depicting the quantity
of records being kept by his
customers, and pointed out
the quality of the job illus
trated by these records
“Rip” Waugh, DeKalb dis
trict nranagei and master of
ceremonies tor the meeting,
said that records are going
to be an incieasingly impor
tant part ot the poultry bus
mens ol the future.
Llovd Comer aiea sen ice
man tor the Yoik-DeKalib
Hatcheij, pointed out some
basics ot good management
that help to make the firm’s
extensive pullet-gi owing op
eration successful.
• Form Calendar
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School.
8 p m , Fulton •Grange
#66, at Oakryn Grange
Hall
January 25 9 am, Penn
State Bedding 'Plant Clinic
alt 'lxmg'wood Gardens, Ken
nett Square.
6 - 4»5 p.m., jL/ancaster
'County Farm & Home
Foundation Annual , Meet
ing at Hostetter’si Banquet
Hall, Mount Joy.
-f- 7 - 30 p.m., Farm Arc
Welding class a,t Penn
Manor High School; sub
ject, “Hard Surfacing.”
January 27 1 pm, Ches
ter County Dairy Clinic at
Coatesville YWCA; “Repro
duction in dairy cattle ”
7 30 pm., Bphrata Ad
mit Farmer ’class at Eph
rata High School; subject,
“Income Taxes Sample
Fai m Problem ”
Farmer's Tax Guide
Is Now Available
The 19 66 edition of the
Farmer’® Tax Guide is now
available, and is reported to
be a great improvement over
past editions For the first
ti'me, it includes filled-in
sample forms most used by
farmers Each sample entry
is nu'mhered for ease in find
ing the right sec Won for an
explanation of how to com
pute individual entries. The
new guide also contains sug
gestions of ways to keep rec
ords in the future.
A free copy of this tax
guide may be obtained from
the county agent’s office, or
from the Internal Revenue
office Both are in the Post
Office Building in Lancaster.
A Social Security Tax
Guide for farmers is also
available,- from the Internal
Revenue office, called Circu
lar A. It lists the important
changes in the medicare law
and in the increase in social
security rates.
Many truths are bound up
in. the basic truth that God
is Father. For one thing, He
is Father hy choice, not by
aOcfidenit or necessity. Down
south there is a city where a
survey was made of the
homes around one of .the ia
ner-oity churches >th«re. It
w*ts discovered thilt 40% of
the ‘homes” in the are* have
no adult male in them. You
can see wfhttt that meacs in
, crime and laiwtbreatokn* and
—1 alt the evils that result from
icckgMuna Bcri*tu»: Hone: ii-1-4; , Hatheriiessmess in a grito -en
» Vironment. Now
D*v*tional Reading; Ephesians 3-M-19. yiaunig “deJinquenltS had IB
MUCH BETTER than reading d*** 'othe^e
this column about the Bible nbt exist, hut father mily in
is reading the Bible itself. So it a biodjagiteat sense. More than
will do the reader good to take a half 'the natural fathers ua
Bible and a red pencil and every thlat area dttdnft want i» be
day this week read one of the fathers. It wals too muatt
six Bible passages, mark it in his trouble, so they slopped out
Bible and soon as they couM. (In
take time to sit it does no good to
still and think those -deadend 1 boys that
about the mean- is Father. Can you won
ing of what he God is rdott a runaway
has just read. (If f a thier. He does noit have fa
this means-read- therhiood pushed on Mm. He
mg the passage . in two ways; (by
severa times and anj( j by grace. We
not £ n * y all his ,children hy orea
„ „ r , “ u< *£ eb !2*S ) .ion and if any - or' most
Out of many lines of thought th? 10,1 > -vii
tnree following may be selected T <* “ ** “I
as showing what a wealth andil-*} - ® 11 ’ thialt is ou >
variety of meaning fuends of nis - r ™ l: aiwlai y ttn »
Christ have found in the “simple” never he from us. He walls,
statement: God is Father. he chooses, to be what h* is,
father of ealch of -us whether
No grandfather we acknowledge him or not.
Fust it may be necessary to If we live the life of orphanls,
clear from our minds the foggy we need not think God is to
notion that God is a sort of grand- blame
God Is Father
Lesson for January 23,1966
father. Not all grandparents are The high God
like their “stereotype,” the popu- That God is Father means
lar picture made of them, any no! t only bhalt he is the Source
more than mothers-in-law are like 0 f OUI - feeing, the One to
the creatures met with in comic we took for guidance,
strips under that title. The ster- (.omniand and control albove
eotype of a grandfather is an old o(fchei , S- Ilt means tihlalt God
man with a beard, probably re- m<r Father. That is, God
toed, with nothing t° do but pur- lay has Deity,
sue Ins hobbies Grandpa is sup- t o be the
sf s** “Sf -*• «
amuse 'him and he likes to play P°w ,er^ uil > ihiett *}* T*'
with them. He lets them do what ® lieir - a
they please, indeed he feels free twieen the ultimate Flaithier
to encourage them to dodge their Gold' _ and 1 the mlfimate amid awe
parents’ discipline and -disobey inspiring Ha|g!h God <af the
their rules. In short, a gralid- Universe. t Ht ils predfiseuy the
father is interested -only- in giv- High God, the Ruler and Ore
mg his grandchildren a good time, alter of a® that is, wihio ils our
God is definitely not such a grand- Father. The- same God to
parent at all a doddering old whom Jesus prayed, Hhe same
deity who lets ns do-as we please God etf whom our Loud Jesus
and doesn’t really care. God is always spoke with such rev*
.Father, mot Grandfather. erence, it is, He and' mo'-ottoer
and no less, who is the Ra
ther of us all. -
Now Is The Time ...
By Max Smith, Lancaster County Agent
To Wear Your Seat Belt
Seat belts are standard equipment on
modern cars but will do little good if the
driver does not have it fastened. In spite
of how some people might feel about being
fastened down to their car, records show
that it is much safer to be held in place
with a seat belt in case of an accident Many
farmers do considerable traveling-ln connec
tion with their farm business; the use of the
seat belt is one safety measure that might
help arrive back home and continue farm
ing.
To Make Animals Comfortable
Regardless of the species of livestock
animal comfort is necessary in older to ob- SMITH
tain maximum, efficient production or gams. The temperature of
the barn or pens should be such that the animals are not rest
less, and the parasite infection so low that little time and feed
is expended on trying to become comfortable At this time of
the year body hce aie at work on many animals; if not con
trolled, the animal cannot be expected to return a good profit.
To Ma.be a Will ....
Far too many folks have not
taken the time to make out
a Will and make definite
plans for the security of the
family. Any property owner,
and especially a man with a
wife and family should see
an attorney about preparing
a will In case ot death with
out a will, Pennsylvania law
would distribute the estate
and the ammediiate family
Would not benefit as well
One need not be old in yeais
in order to need a will,
prompt attention is timely if
a will is not alieady exist
ing.
Father by choice
• 4-H Council
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cil were Mrs. Ivan Eberly,
Biphrata Rl, northeast drs
tnbt, Mrs J. Witmerr Dull,
Conestoga 82, southwest dis
trict, and to a one-year term
to fill an an expired term,
Mrs Clayton Waley, Peach.
Bottom R 2, southern distract.
Elected to two-year terms
on the agricultural courted!
were Paul M. Hess, Eliza
bethtown R 3, northwest;
Maurtee Herr, Refton, south
east; and Fred Xante®, Quar
ryviille Rl, southern.