—Lancaster Forming, Saturday, January 29, 1966
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From Where We Stand,..
It's For The Birds
As someone remarked recently
upon emerging from a Washington
conference on the Viet Nam problem,
“You couldn’t tell the Dawks from the
Hoves.’’ The tendency today seems to
be more than ever to label anyone
who demands instant peace as a “dove”,
and anyone else as a “hawk”. No matter
how you look at the question of our
being in Viet Nam, it is a situation that
is “strictly for the birds”.
There are probably few individuals
in the country who could be neatly
filed in either “bird” category. We’re
all, as the man said, dawks or hoves
- - - cross-breeds of the two extremes.
Certainly the doviest among us would
rather see this fight waged in Viet
Nam today than in Lancaster tomorrow.
And certainly the hawkiest among us
would have no objection to a worth
while peace arrangement which would
stalemate recent .communist offensive
gains in southeast Asia.
The clamor for peace talks have
come from all corners of the globe
recently, with the notable exception of
southeast Asia. The pressure on the
Administration for some sort of a
peaceful settlement has been intense.
The President has walked the' tight
rope very skillfully. He has opened
the door for negotiations, convincing at
least most of the free world of our
willingness to talk with the enemy,
while maintaining our military position
in Viet Nam.
Hanoi’s refusal to talk may well
contain the seeds of its own destruc
tion. The future course of the war will
have to change at this point. We can’t
get out now; the stakes are too high.
Several choices are open. We can con
tinue the troop buildup, and continue
the “limited” war which sacrifices our
troops one man at a time to the enemy;
or we can resume bombing North Viet
Nam, but this time hit their cities and
ports, eliminating them one by one, and
move toward a military conculsion of
this war. The main feai over the latter
course is intervention from China. Gen
eral MacArthur offered us the answer
to that problem at the time of the
Korean War, but we foolishly rejected
it. Each time we further reject it, it will
come back stronger and uglier, and the
cost of the ultimate solution will “escal
ate”, to use a currently overworked ex
pression.
Diplomacy can sometimes head off
small conflicts; more often on the big
problems it merely postpones the in
evitable. From somewhere back in the
more vigorous days of our history echo
the words, “Is peace so sweet that we
would buy it with out freedom?” Un
fortunately, there are some among us
who would have us make such a bad
bargain.
If China will be satisfied with
nothing less than our ultimate ruin,
why should we give them the advan
tage of time? We assumed the imtia-
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tive when we moved into southeast
Asia in force. If we really want peace
for future generations we will have to
pursue that initiative to a definite con
clusion, or live foreveremore under
the shadow of fear and uncertainty.
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Too High On The Hog?
There are some who feel the un
realistically high hog prices which haVe
prevailed in recent months, and which
give every indication of continuing
through much of this year, will speed
up the trend toward market contracts.
Some of this contract production is
reportedly being done in the nation’s
hog belt now. The theory is that many
packers have been badly hurt by the
long run of high prices, and will move
faster toward marketing contracts to
protect themselves in the future.
By integrating, raising their own
hogs on contract at a guaranteed price
and quality, they can take some of the
extreme high and low fluctuations out
of the hog market.
An increase in this practice seems a
certainty in the big hog areas. Who will
actually do the final integrating remains
to be seen. Some of the farm organiza
tions, notably the National Farmers Or
ganization (NFO), are pushing very hard
over a 25-state area for new members.
Their aim is to control livestock produc
tion so the packers and processors will
have to negotiate on contracts with NFO
if they want to do business. What price
they will extract from the grower for
this service, we don’t know. A farmer
who commits his future production to
such an organization may gain a little
monetarily, but will it offset the loss of
one more freedom of personal decision?
Each individual must answer that ques
tion to his own satisfaction.
Another alternative would Le for
local farmers to organize their own mar
keting arrangements with local packers.
This would seem more desirable from
our viewpoint; NFO would undoubtedly
label such a move too insignificant to be
effective. It would largely depend on the
integrity of all parties, and upon the
ability of all to compete satisfactorily
under the terms of the agreement.
The situation in our area has not
yet reached quite the critical propor
tions of the midwestern farmers. Here
we have many small hog growers and
many buyers, large and small. All are
free to buy and sell on the open market,
with supply and demand setting the
price However, while there is no ques
tion that Lancaster County farmers with
hogs to sell during the past six months
or so have done well, our packers have
been hurt just as badly by the high
prices as have packers in the midwest.
Changes in the methods of produc
ing and marketing hogs in the hog belt
will sooner or later effect us here in
Lancaster County. Good sense dictates
that we watch these changes with con
siderable interest as they progress.
Weather Forecast
The five-day outlook, Sat
urday through Wednesday,
calls for temperatures to
average much below the nor
mal range of 38 to 23 de
grees. The cold temperatures
will persist throughout the
period with little day-to-day
change.
While the frigid tempera
tures are a certainty, the
amount of precipitation is
uncertain. Another coastal
storm is expected about Sun
day, but amounts are un
certain. Show depth will vary
according to how far inland
the storm comes. Best advice
is be prepared for the worst.
4-H Club News
15ROKKX JUT CLUB
RKORGAXIZES
The Bioken Bit 4-H Club
held its reoi gamzation meet
ing at the home of Debbie
Giegoiy, Clay, on January 21
The mam item of the eve
ning was the election of new
officeis. They are president,
Chvck Risser, vice president,
Steve Enck, secretaiy. Barb
JUllei, treasuiei, Debbie
Haitman, and the news le
poiteis toi Manheim and Eph
uxta aie Call Mease and Lois
Enck, i espeotively.
The Hoise Show Commit
tee also gave their ieport.
They decided to hold the
show on either May 1 or May
8 at Mt Airy. The judge is
to be Robert Church.
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God Is Redeemer
Lesson for January 30, 1966
Jackoraund Scnaturi: Deuteronomy
7 6-11, Isaiah 431-3, Homans 3 21-26;
Ephesians 1 3-10. Hebrews ID 19-22;
Revelation 5 9-U.
Devotional Iteadmg: Deuteronomy 7 5-11.
npHERE IS probably no way to
A write about this week’s topic
without sounding like a sermon,
and these columns are not in
tended as sermons. Anyhow, ser
mon or not, brace yourself, for
we are dealing here with the
a most profound
and troubling
questions man
can ask, and the
most profound
answer that has
ever beerf found.
When we hear
bright and cheer-
jH ful talk about the
mKKmM mM love of God, his
grace and mercy, and how won
derful it is to have him for a
companion, protector and guide,
when we hear such a line, we
are sometimes troubled by a dark
suspicion. This is lovely, but is
it realistic? The truth is, man
is bad. The great barrier between
God and man between God and
me is sin. How can I be in
harmony with God? How can I
love him? Can God even pretend
to love me without seeming to
condone what is worst in me?
How can my sin ever cease to
be an iron curtain between me
and the love of God I hear about?
God the Redeemer
The answer in one word is:
Redemption. That is a short-hand
expression for whatever act'or
process it is that destioys my sm
and swings me back into the
great mainstream of God’s lov
ing will- Now in all the world’s
religions there are leally only
three answers to the question:
How is redemption possible 7 One
anwer is There’s no problem.
Sin is an illusion, man doesn’t
need to be redeemed, he is doing
all right, thank jou, This answer
is an impossible piece of opti
mism for people who know what
depths of evil man is capable of.
So there is another answer, found
in some churches though not in
the Bible: Man needs redemption,
Now Is The Time ...
To Check Milking Equipment
Winter is a good time for dairymen to
make a thorough check of their milking sys
tem equipment. No other machine in agu
cultuie gets used more often or comes into
closer contact with animals, than the milk
ing machine; theiefoie, its mechanical condi
tion is veiy important Vacuum lines and
pulsatois should be cleaned and checked,
inspect the vacuum pump for oil level, belt
tension and alignment and be sure it is
delivering the right amount of vacuum at
the teat cups Many milking machine service
men have special equipment to check these
items.
To Kill Brush With Chemicals
, Tn e winter months are timely to spiay unwanted trees
ana biush for good root kill in the next growing season The
use of the ester form of 2,4-D plus 2,4,5-T biush killer along
with fuel oil will do a good job of killing most any kind of
bush 01 tiee Duung the dormant season theie is no danger of
haimmg other ciops and good control has been accomplished
by spraying or painting the lower 24 inches of the stem or
tiunfc.
To tstretdh Your Fertilizer
Dollar . . A complete soil
test is neeessaiy tor the most
effluent crop pioduction The
most accurate fertilizer lec
oiti me" Nations 101 any farm
and lor one specific ciop,
can he made only on the basis
of a complete soil lest. Gen
eral recommendations may
hit or nnss the pioper needs.
The nrcst of the soil test
(?1'50) is very low com
pared to the increased yields
from properly fertilized crops.
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latetMUtMl Unttem
totnUy Spool Ltimt
By Max Smith, Lancaster County Agent
but ho can redeem himself by
the food things he does, That’*
like saying a drowning swimmer
needs no rescue, he can swim
for himself. A helpless man can*
not help himself, that is just the
trouble and the tragedy. So the
third answer is. Only God is the
redeemer. This is his nature, this
is in his character, this is in his
power and his alone.
Redemption in Christ
The New Testament writers, it
may be said, wrote on some phase
or part of the same subject al
ways: redemption. They have dif
ferent ways of putting it, but
they all agree that redemption
is "in Christ." ■ How can God be
Redeemer and also Christ be the
same? This question overlooks
the fact that according to the
New Testament, Christ and the
Father are One, Christ is both
God and man, as the church has
always believed. Christ identi
fied himself with the Father, and
on the other side he identified
himself with man. Jesus both
lived and died as the God-man.
Jesus identified himself with man
as he is sinning, rebellious
man. And in so doing accepted
and took on himself the conse*.
quences of man’s sins. He who
knew no sin of his own was "made
to be sin” for our sakes. He
took to himself all the misery and
sin of man and on the Cross died
not for himself, but on behalf of
every man. (.He “tasted death
for every man," one writer put*
it.)
The life outpoured
Often in the New Testament
the blood of Christ Is spoken
of, as the way or means by which
we are redeemed. This It not
a repulsive thought as some per
sons think. The Blood, in Scrip
ture, means or stands for life.
Being saved or redeemed by or
in Christ’s blood, means by his
outpoured life. Christ is pictured
in the New Testament as the
Lamb sacrificed for the world.
His shed blood is the life poured
out in service and obedience. The
church has always believed that
Christ’s life was perfect, but the
crowning perfection was hi
death for others.
Attend
Church This
Sunday
To Creep Peed Parly !Lambs
. . . The Easter market is
usually one ot the very best
for selling spring lambs, lo
cal piodu'ceis that have eai
ly lambs coming, or now on
the giound, mil be ahead to
pioMde a feed tioughAwith
tiee access to a giant mK
ture foi the small lamibs;
this aiea should be construct
ed so that the ewes cannot
enter but the lamibs may
come and go as they wish. A
(Continued on Pago 6)
SMITH