—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 27, 1966
4
answer is probably,* resounding:
"YESf” Good going thera but
From Where We Stand * • • a “ 1
through the substitution of capital for Perhaps where ydu work? "No
labor that is. investing in labor-sav- thieves there,” you say. Ah but
ing devices that will en.Lt him to in- ‘°.£ SeTMI
crease the effectiveness of his present thief Is still a thief. For example,
source of labor. there’s the thief who pilfers petty
There has been a steady decline in amounts of his employer’s pro
the size of Pennsylvania’s farm work S ‘°.°A S , ° r raw ™ ateria l«-
force. This has accompanied a corres- test, your face rTddenLg^The^e’s
ponding decline in the number of farms also the subtle thief‘who cheats
in the state, and has in turn been ac- on his lunch time, his coffee
companied by a continued substitution ••Sieved sen.*,,. &odu«2ois Amo. 5 21- breaks, and clean-up time at the
of machinery for labor, says Penn State *" m Tm ".™ ”wTyof ’
agricultural economist James S. Holt. D.v.n.n.i «..dm f e P h.>ian S 4 25 32 say with a trace of belligerence in
To compete in the labor market, m S£ T th *v 7° our voice - There there’s the thief
farmers have had to, make gnpteyment
more attractive, Holt said. Enlightened must also be able to identify a appear to be eight hours’ worth,
farmers are attempting to eliminate thief
some of the less desirable features of , Eas Y> P° u sa P- A thief is one Call It Business?
farm work and add other attractions who steas Whafof the man who pads his
Thev arc incrsasinff nsv ratP • L j account a little or inflates
rrj'l* V 1 lncr ® a . sin § P a y rates ’ shorten- in my house and h i S deductions on his income tax^
ing hours, and improving working con- steals my silver, re p o rt form? How about the
ditions,” the economist noted, adding or holds up the person who "lifts” little souvenirs
.that “they are improving supervisory corner gas sta- when he travels, hotel towels, ash
practices and offering fringe benefits identifv ShfeM? trays ’ etc? "9 om f ”° n V y° u
such as life insurance or hospitaliza- * y ° U r * takmg thi *
Ion ‘ dit - > This was also the charge that
He concludes that most of these We can carry was leveled at the Prophet Amos,
measures will increase the farmer’s cost Rev. Althouse and anolv the in his - day ’ felt he was
per hour of hired labor. Unless labor word Walsoto
productivity is improved proportionally, who comes to my door and takes eighth commandment, they said,
the consumer can surely expect-to pay m y orae J- a nd payment for a "you shall not steal,” identified a
more in the market place for those farm. deuSertni 1 * tJracklteM wh 0 f as one took somwmer
products with high labor requirements; gets a "klk-back” on the sale of SlLth? SwS
or, an alternative, she may continue to parking meters to our city govern- obvious that tb ’ were other
seek substitutes for the high-labor-cost to the "wheeler-dealer” who forms of more subt iebut
products. crr^;?, 0 r e c^ ent 5, lx v nd no less sinful. He condemned the
f hei f es tilat re ‘merchants who made additional
suit in federal contracts. profits with rigged scales, de-
S||bt|e Thief ceptive merchandise, or inflated
the eighth commandment; ® s . s ’ his enemies retorted.
shall not steal.” (Exodus 20.15, He c^ derst ° od / t an ? jt was be- -
RSV). But don’t close the door tS
on vour 5 5 ’ fnn will of God, that ha
others who qualify for that S called sin. Would
dubious distinction. sa y anthmg less of what some
What about the merchant who?* call "making a
sells defective or inferior products "getting ahead,” "playing
as "quality merchandise”? Is he 11 c ? 2 1: s„,, , _ .
a thief? What of the salesman or Who s a thief? Ma y fee y° u ? ,
manufacturer who knowingly #r» •yfJma* c«pyn§hlaJ by Division
•nisadvertises his product? Is he c kns»i«n Education, N«hon«i Council «f th» » •
x thief? What about the used-car shurch«5 hurch « ofchmj m th. u. s. a. h Y
salesman who turns back the c —£
.peedometers of his cars or the V
orporation executive who con
.pires with other firms to fix
prices’Are they thieves? ' • '
If you are a consumer, your
Form Competition For Labor
Labor is one of the most important
“inputs" in farm production. A man may
have unlimited land and capital, but to
got the job done requires labor. That
labor must be furnished by the farm
owner and his wife, their children, or it
must be hired.
According to a recent Penn State
University farm economics publication,
only about one-sixth of Pennsylvania’s
farm work is done with hired labor. In
Lancaster County this figure is probably
even lower.
But. as farms continue to become
larger and more mechanized; and as
scientific advances in agriculture accu
mulate, the once routine farm jobs will
more and more require skilled workers.
Then (and that moment is really fast
approaching), farmers will have to com
pete with industries for skilled people.
With the large number of industries in
Lancaster County, and the current
‘‘zero” practical rate of unemployment,
where does a farmer look when he
wants to increase his labor supply and
his productive capacity?
If he's looking for full-time help,
he may have a real problem. During
periods of high industrial employment,
most capable people are working; they
have money, and they-are clamoring for
the farmer's products. If he wants to
produce more, it is often possible only
LADY IVANHOE JOAN-TWIN, six-year-old Ivanhoe daughter finished in - mi rr^.
an + d^ eser J e H ols tein Champion spots at the Southeast NOW IS Til© TIIHC ....
Jxegionai tM Dairy Show at Hershey tor her 20-year-old owner David D. Zim
merman of Reinholds HI. L E Photo By Max Smith, Lancaster County Agent
• Firearm Restrictions
(Continued trom Page 1)
tiol, mainly because of the
gieat amount of publicity giv
en to the assmation of Presi
dent Kennedy and the mass
muider in Texas And
WHEREAS, No legislation
01 conti ol set up by our gov
ernment could keep the crim
inal element of our nation
from owning or using fire
arms And
WHEREAS, The use of fire
arms for hunting, competitive
IANCASrE* FARMING
Lancaster County’s Own Pam
Weekly
P 0 Box 260 - Ijititz
Officet, 22 JC Mam &t,
Lititz, Pa 17743
Phone: Lancaster 304-3047 or
LUiU 626-2191
Don Timmons, Editoi
Robert G Campbell, AGs ertismg
Director
Subscription price per sear in
Lancaster Comm; 1:S elsewhere
Established A'os ember 4, 1915
Published e\erv Saturdaj bt
Lancastei Farming, Lititz, pa
Second Class Postage paid at
Lititz, Pa 17543
• FFA Dairy
(Continued from Page 1)
Shown by Raymond K Bmk
holder, Jr, was Swampy Hol
low Monogiam Snow The
and non-competitive shooting
is a sport enjoyed by millions
And
WHEREAS, The knowledge
of and u.se of fireaims is es
sential to rural people to pio
tect their herds, flocks and
machinery from predators of
all kinds And
WHEREAS, Knowledge of
ithe use of firearms is one of
the things .that has made this
nation strong A nation in
which almost every home owns
one or more guns and the
knowledge of how to use them
is a nation hard to invade or
overthrow Therefore be it
RESOLVED, That Lancas
ter County Pomona Grange
#7l meeting in regular ses
sion opposed any and all
legislation to control the sale
of firearms or ammunition,
three title winners were mem
hens of the Cloister Chapter
Pa 17543'
Grand champion Holstein To Allow Corn To Mature
was shown by York Countian Dairy and livestock producers who are
Charles A Rauhauser. Type going to make all or part of their corn crop
judge Howard Weiss a Hoi- mto silage, are reminded of the increase of
stein breeder from ’Lebanon * eed v ? lue 38 the , corn approaches the full
Countv not the York Cnrmfv del l t stag ? Due to recent rainfall in most
cou y. put me Yoik County sec tions of the county, corn is really making
two-year-old over Weaver s a fast change and in many cases will make
cow for the senior champion- more of a crop than expected several weeks
ship and then went along with ago Growers are urged to wait until the ear
the same placing for the two 18 111 fu p dent stage before making into sil
top titles a § e
At last year’s regional show, rattle limestone
county Future tamers sW p „„„ C d f>f Sn S"
ed their mam strength in the silage when filling the silo this fall. Research
colored breeds, having the
junior and grand champion a number of experiment stations show increased gains
Jersey, and the junior and I 1 ) 13 extra calcium is added to corn silage,
grand champion Brown Swiss Uowevev ’ thls P ractlce 18 not adv ised for dairy cattle.
But this year they had no en- To ® e Alert For Silo Gas
tides in either of those class- Within the next month ,
es, and managed only two red many silos will be filled wRh W « nt tu gr ? m pr ° ducers will
ribbons m the Guernsey and SJSe c?odsthat have Wo tbe , heavy lodging of
Ayrshire divisions, the former through a period of drouth- in^man barley * bis past,year
to Jesse Lee Balmer, the lat- when you make silage from In CaSeS thlS wasdue to
ter to Linford D Martin heavily fertilized corn, or SOme can Y-over fertilizer from
Blue ribbon winners in the silage crops ' follawing 1965, Since we have had **
Holstein class were LestoS Lml danem’ 1S always weather in most areas this
Gerhart, Manheim Central, in- This heavier-thl™ PrCSent growing season ’ we
termediate calf, Raymond K. deadly and can kill man or Can have 016 same ® tua tion
Burkholder, Cloister, first, in- beast The greatest dangel winter. Fertilizer for
SS'So’ “ days flUtog TT ™ d “ ■ ™‘ l
5 ; ine suo - fields should include only
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