—Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, August 20, 1966
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From Where We Stand...
Form Prices And Costs UP
With favorable weather factors on
the decline again this year and an in
creased consumer demand for farm pro
ducts at home and abroad prices
will have only one way to go between
now and next year. UP!
Any consumer or government
bureaucrat who expects American farm
ers to shed any tears over that situation
is bound to be disappointed.
For the first time in perhaps a de
cade and a half, the farmer is in the
driver’s seat. It’s unfortunate that many
won’t have the quantity of products to
sell that they would have had without
the widespread drought.
Of course, you can raise dairy, live
stock, and poultry, drought or not, but
your production costs are naturally in
creased through higher feed costs at
such times. And, once again, Lancas
ter County farmers who are able to
raise a good part of their feed supply
will be in a little better shape than
most eastern farmers, especially the
big boys who have to buy everything
they feed in some cases.
• Harold Brubaker
(Continued from Page 1)
trying to do farm work and
get a college education at the
same time Eventually he’d
like to become a veterinarian,
but that goal is still about six
years away, he said This sum
mer he is taking a six-week
course sechdule at Delaware
Valley College of Science &
Agriculture at Doylestown He
is also studying animal hus
bandry there during the regu
lar school year.
Meanwhile, back at the farm,
he is raising some 5000 broil
ers and 8000 meat pullets in
rented buildings, and faims 8
acres of tobacco and 15 of
corn
In addition to being a can
didate for the Ameucan Fann
er Degree, Harold will also at
tend the FFA Convention as
a nominee foi national office
If he is foitunate enough to be
elected, particularly to a high
office, he feels the experience
would more than justify his
dropping out of school for a
year oi so to meet the heavy
travel requirements of a high
national FFA office
Brubaker was very active
and successful during his high
school FFA days He was
State Star Farmer and, later,
-North Atlantic Stai Farmer in
1964 In the same year he was
state FFA secietaiy
Temperatures for the next
five days will average some
where near the normal range
of 85 to 63 degrees. The
weatherman looks for it to
he warm Sunday, a little
cooler Monday, and then
warm toward mid-week.
One-half to one inch of
precipitation is expected in
the form of showers Sunday
and again about mid-week.
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It has been predicted that govern
ment actions will desperately try to off
set the effects of reduced feed grain
and food production. There may well
be a move to recall 30 million, or so,
acres from reserve cropland to active
production. But it will still take the
better part of a year to get a crop off
the reserve land once it is called up.
Some observers believe we could
wipe out our entire corn reserve next
year since latest 1966 crop estimates
nationally are about 4 billion bushels,
with demand estimated at 4Vi billion
bushels for 1967. Carryover, in reserve,
is less than 1 billion bushels, and only
about half of this would'be available.
Other feed grain situations are
similar oat crop, off 10 percent; bar
ley, down 7 percent; grain sorghum esti
mated at 12 percent less than last year.
With increased demand, prices on these
grains and therefore feeding costs
have to rise.
Looks like a good year not to sell
any grain in the field. Store it if you
can do so economically. It’s bound to
increase in value, both as a cash crop
and as a livestock “input”.
• Larry Weaver
(Continued from Page 1)
it from his father. He also
rents an eight-acre piece of
neighboring land
His farming enterprise is
built around steers and hogs.
He generally buys 50 calves
at a time and feeds them out
to 1100 pounds, or so From
200-250 hogs are also pur
chased during -the year, and
these are fattened along- with
the steers. Ip*,addition he.has
2200 layers and raises his own
replacements
Larry has held many high
offices in the county and in
the Grassland FFA Chapter
,He was a charter member of
that chapter and served as
vice president in his fieshman
year, and president for the re
maining three years He
elected vice-president for
FFA Region II -nr 1963, repre
senting the 12-county south
eastern Pennsylvania FFA
chapters at the state level He
has been active in 4-H Club
work, and was elected piesi
dent of the 4-H County Coun
cil agriculture division in
1964
Weaver was also outstanding
in non-agncultural activities at
Garden Spot High School,
wheie in his junior yeai he
was class piesiderit and a Na
tional Honor Society member
In his senior year, he became
chan man of Student Council,
and was Commencement speak
er
But perhaps equally as im
portant as all of his high of
fices, is Lany’s outstanding
ability in the show iing For
the last few years of his ac
tive 4-H career, Lany Weaver
was usually the boy to beat
foi anyone going after the
showmanship title He left lit
tle doubt about his ability to
‘show steers at the 1965 State
Faim Show when he won the
highly competitive Angus
showman title, then went on
to become Champion Showman
of the whole show.
• Harold Herr
(Continued from Page 1)
since his high school days
Harold plans to take ovei the
laim himself next year
Haiold’s parents, Mr and
Mrs Aaron H Herr, recently
built a new house on the farm,
and when Haiold married Lin
da Dull in June of this year
the newly weds moved into
the farmhouse
A member of the Manor
FFA- Chapter, Harold held
Can Tell Ants From
Termites By Looking
There are several differences
in appearance 'between ante
and termites, according to Le
roy Peters, University of Mis
souri extension entomologist.
Differences to look for are:
Termites have no constric
tion between the thorax and
abdomen Ants have a narrow
constriction or “wasp-like
waist.”
Winged termites have wings
of equal size The back wings
of ants are smaller than the
forewings
The antennae of termites are
usually straight and are made
up of small beads The an
tennae of ants are elbowed
• Caution On Hay
(Continued from Page 1)
young corn, according to Hen
ry F Nixon, director of the
department’s Bureau of Plant
Industry Crop loss can run as
high as 25 to 50 percent in in
fested fields, he added The
insect was discovered in Michi
gan in 1962 and has been mov
ing eastward at a rapid pace
since then
many offices during his four
years ait high school These in
cluded vice president, secre
tary, tieasurer, and junior
treasurer He also served as
treasmer of the County FFA
Chapter in 1961, and eained
the Keystone Faimer Degree
in 1963
Dunng his senior year, he
was named Chapter Star Faim
ei, won the DeKalb Award for
excellence in agriculture, the
National FFA Foundation
award for poultry, the county
bankeis awaid, and the out
standing agriculture senior
award.
Hen’s faming operation is this range In gram that is to be seeded to clover or alfalfa
diversified, and includes 3500 next spring, it is even more important to work the lime into
la vers steers eiffVit a/ree Af the soil this fall before seeding the winter grain crop. A
tobacco, and pigs got £“|£ ete 30,1 test Wlll reveal the amount of hme and fertllizer
SWm t bu3me3S To Sow Quality Seed
with five shoats in his fresh- * .
man year m high school He Many orders for winter Th e s t ar^n g pi ace for fly
presently has 10 sows and S rain are £ ein S made and re- and mosquito control is to
feeds out all of each year’s ceiv , ed importance of jt ee p the premises veiy clean
pig ciop The steers he buys ,?f. ed Can ? ot , be , over ' and’ use good sanitation prac
about every three months looked When seed of tices a ii the time. With more
feeding only on shoil feed for P erf ° rman^ e 18 used we might ram f a n m the recent weeks it
finish be planting more weeds, might lbec omes moie necessary to
Although out of school since havf httle" assTr S ? rape the barnyard and t 0
1963, Harold recognizes the that the sISd wiH ffiw ns dean ° l A t pens and ' hoxstalls
value of a continuing educa- S vields wi t ,! more often t 0 ellmmate the
tion and is an active member S o fabor and matemls bl T dl " g of these m
of the Penn Manor Adult go ng into a crop te fS the ? 6CtS ‘ Dairyme f n sb ° Ud be
Farmer program, which gener- best practice is to Sow ceSf- a . c f n . stant attack on A«s
ally meets once each week fied aSdehmhS °^ top samtaiy condi
• — e _■ „ „ / ,i'isks. ssa6*Tuat,
The Spoiled Gift
Lesion For Auguit 21, 1966
Jesus could improve upon this.
s«chirMfid Scripture Exodus 20 14 Moiih«w 527 whit more could he ask then
0 «Lr^.% J ;:.:;. 3 .5 , ir ,lipP ' On ’ 4i that people abstain from adultery
. , , , and all fornication? Yet here is
Have you ever noticed Jesus where tlesus display* his talent
talent for bursting our little bal- for bursting our balloons,
loons of pride and self-satisfac
tion? Who can honestly consider The Inner Fact
his teachings without feeling quite '" "liUt I say to you fha' e/ery
deflated? He has a knack for one wb o looks at a woma.i lust
turning our great moral victories fully has already committed
' into occasions of adultery with her in his heart*’,
doubt and suspi- (Matthew 5;2 8 RSV). Theseventh.
cion of guilt. commandment led some to con-
The rich young cen trate too much on the physical
ruler camet to ac t Q f seX ual immorality, Jesus
mm with obvi- was j ust as ho a ever,
ous self-satisfa^ wit j 1 the inner fact of lust. The
non. He l lve J}real problem, he knew, v, as with
according to all i m p ure thoughts and altitudes
the comm a n d- p rece de the immoral acts,
mnt rfiH When he defines it this way,
, , , vf who can escape his accusation?
to do to be insured of eternal life. We ay f ee j pre tty smug because
Apparenfly he expected Jesus to we ha / e neve P r vi olated the letter
«>“ d hU ? a 2 d <? SS » r n f l -" 1 of the law, but when we consider
that he was already 'in But int * f the lm the dhine
stead of the expected pal on the £ behind it, there is no
fack onSmg P left for sm^ness - is
No one c!n really take pride among us who hasnever
in his observance of the com- allowed Just Jo play v>i— our
mandments if he really under- mo iif . „ r __ ...
, j ir j, j tt*_ This is true even 11 tbs lusttul
stands them as Jesus did. never result m aR im
ex ample, _ one need not commit S , But in that case ;>
murder in order to violate the test , no one is hurt .»
purpose of the sixth however , is hurt
merit. One may destroy or pro you: Just as iiate can destroy
fane God’s gj of the hater from within> so lusfe / s
a 5S e ? an 4 bitterness .as? well as a p OlSOn j e t loose within us.’ It
physical violence. poisons our attitudes and values.
It gives us a very immature and
OUS P * ciL selfish understanding of GofJ’s
6 f S i^ me 15 * ri it ~ pu s‘ gift. It makes a curse out of w&at
pose of the sev en th Command ® intended t 0 bless . ?
Y „ou shall not 'commit j short; it ls the gift ,
adultery.” It too is given to pro- „ , ~,, n „
fo-t nno nf fin H’s nrprmn? p-,f(c (Ui.J ,n .utlin.. c,,yngh<,J ky Iha D vuion
tea one oi uoas precious gui K chnl , llln Educ ,„, ni N ,„ en .| Counu , t
to his children: mans sexua church.. ,f chmt ,n ih, u. s. a. h/
nature. Like all hIS gifts, it IS c C.mmunily Pr.n S.rvic.)
gift with a purpose.beh.ind it. He
gives it to enrich and elevate life.
He expects_/aan" to use fins gift
accordmg^to'tthaf pnrpete and
when man does, his life is enriched
and blessed. If, however, he does
not use this gift in accordance
witn God’s intention, he not on)>
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Now Is The Time ...
By Max Smith, Lancaster County Agent
To Control Weeds In Alfalfa
Eaily August seedings of alfalfa without
a nurse ciop will need some attention relat
ing to weed control If Eptam was not used
pnoi to seeding, then the use of 2,4-DB when
the weeds are 1 to 2 inches high is very im-
portant The important practice is to spray
the field at this time, regardless of the visi
ble weeds, because later in the fall when
more weeds are present it will be too late
to spiay foi weed eontiol
To Lime For Winter Grains
All of our winter giains will yield better
on well limed soils (pH of 6 4 to 70) and
farmers will get better response from fertiliz
er if the soil acidity conditions are within
displeases God, h# alto hurts
himself and others. The precious
gift then becomes the spoiled gift!
The seventh commandment
deals primarily with adultery, the
act of sexual intercourse with
someone married to another. In
Deuteronomy 22 the command*
ment is expanded to include
fornication, any act ofintercourae
outside the bonds of marriage. In
other words, the Old Testament
recognized marriage as the only
lawful context in which men and
women should employ the God
given gift of sex.
It is difficult to imagine how
To Practice Good Sanitation
SMITH