—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 3, 1966 4 From Where We Stand♦.. "Shoot-Out" On Form Labor Front It has long been said that farmers •re “tough nuts to organize”. You get any three of them together in a discus sion and chances are you’ve got three independent opinions on your hands. Worst of all, they may all three be right, but looking at things with different points of view. No single farm organiza tion has ever been able to represent any where near 100 percent of the American farmers although American Farm Bureau Federation undoubtedly comes closest to representing the majority. But farm workers, particularly the migratory variety, seem to be a different proposition. At least, two giant labor unions squared off in a show-down this week in California, each firmly believ ing they were about to get into the farm-labor-organization business. As of press time we hadn’t heard whether the Teamsters or the AFL-CIO had won the “draw”. Both were-bidd ing for the union dues of 700 field work ers, who were to choose this week whether to cast their lot with the frying pan or the fire. It’s sort of a “heads I win, tails you lose” proposition with the unions tossing the coin. Seven hundred militant grape pick ers joining a labor union in California is not earth-shattering news on the east ern farm front. But it does represent a breakthrough toward organization of all GENERAL MANAGER John Snader, Plain & Fancy Egg Ranch Inc, poinls out the oversized feed troughs being used by the firm The Hy-Lme caged pullets were housed early in August. The ranch insists growers dub and debeak all birds. L. F. Photo • Egg Ranch (Continued from Page 1) mately the past five yeais Three yeais ago he was rec ognized as the top poultiyman of the yeai m the Penn State Univeisity poultiy analysis system He will oveisee the general egg pi eduction phase of the new opeiation The thud member is John Snader, tieasurei and geneial managei Snadei worked as plant managei of Hess Bioth eis Faims, Inc, seven yeais, and as egg buyer foi that film LANCASTER FARMING Lancaster County'* Own Fans Weekly PO 80-\ 20G - L'tit/, Pa 17743 Offices 22 1: Mam St, , Litit/, ,Pa 1714," Phone Lancaster 1') 1-1047 ‘or Li lit/ (.2(1-2181 Don: Timmons, Pclitor , Itobei t CJ Campbell, Ad\Crtisang Director Subsci iption price $2 per e ear in Lancaster Counte , $2 elsewhere Established lso\ember 4 1811 Published eieiy Satuidav b> Lancaster Farming, Litit/, iPa, Second" Class Postage jiaid at Lititz, Pa, 17543 , farm workers in "the U.S.; a dream of labor czars since Depression Days. Ima gine the added power labor bosses could wield if they could shut off the nation’s food supply as readily as they can cripple the transportation and cbmmuni cations industries. Results in California’s farm labor situation may be worth watching. It’s 3000 miles away if you’re walking, but it’s as near as tomorrow if the idea catches on. ★ Hottest- Summer On Record? That title would depend on where the summer temperatures were record ed and on how far back the record goes. But for our area, this has been the hottest summer since 1944, as measured in terms of number of days during which temperatures reached 90 degrees or more. The old record stood at 48 days of the year when temperatures reached the magic figure of nine-o. Sometime in August we passed the 55-day mark, and we’re not too sure at the moment where the figure now stands. But one thing for fairly certain, we’ve probably got a few more ninety degree readings hanging up there somewhere for this month. Would you believe a new record of 60 days before the sweat-season re treats? More records such as this we don’t need, right? for the past four yeais He is piesently living on the egg lanch with his family, wheie he is gaming considerable ex penence in egg pioduotion piohlems, and supei vising building operations The Plain & Fancy Egg Ranch Inc owns 116 acres of choice farmland between Man heim and Elizabethtown, land should definitely not be a lim iting factoi in futuie expan sion plans Most of the coi poiation’s land is piesently in ci ops, and will probably con tinue to be farmed until need ed foi buildings Manure fiom the poultiy houses will be spread on the fields as it is pioduced. * < BUILDINGS The first building that con fionts a to the egg lanch houses 5 tire Combination egg processing plant and of fices This will be the nerve center v of ;the operation. Buying, selling, and “company planning will piobabiy all be geneiated from this- “hub” All of the farm’s production will collect here, be processed, and shipped from 'this central point At present, the build ing is still under construc tion, tout is expected to be in operation soon, the officers said House No 1 was filled with 15,000 pullets in early August, and it will serve as a model for successive buildings It measuies 40x340 feet An in teresting featuie pointed out by Claude Hess was the full stair-step cage construction, and the rigid suspension of cages from the ceiling, which eliminates any necessity for clutteied support wiring It also eliminates the nped for diopping boards between ‘the top and bottom lows, Hess ob served This feature allows more uniform distribution of light from the 25-watt bulbs spaced at 12-foot intervals, • lie added MANAGEMENT Birds are housed ini' double rows, two to an Bxl6*inch cage. They are watered | al cups, with one cup for each’ two cages The 37-inch -aisles' (Continued on Page 8) their statuep with Ac word* sine cere, meaning "without wait."- it 1* from this practice that we have derived our term, sincere. Lit. eraliy, it means "without vtax,” or better still: without deception. Sophisticated Lies This is - exactly the kind of speech which Jesus wanted: with, out deception. But why be so hard-nozed about little decep. tions? He knew full well thatwhen ■II . , • . m one tries to distinguish between Wltnouf WAX "big” and "little” deceptions, he _ „ „ , . , „„„„ usually loses his power to* de- Lesson For September 4,1966 termlne what is "big” and: what — j s Allow deception to-enter l«ct|rwnS Scripture E>oLw»;Tr".,“26ll24,ji. the dubious art ofdecei/:n£our selves.-Falsehood becomes- a way "Sticks and stones may break of life that is made no less my bones, but names will neve dangerous by the fact that v.e hurt me.” cover it with a veneer of sophis- Don’t count on It! tication. Just as the subtle thief There are times when name 1 is still a thief, the sophisticated and words my be just as harmful ii ar is still a liar, or more than sticks and stones. This is particularly true A few words or jf your business is advertising, your high schoo public relations, promotion, or or college recoru p ropa g an^a j n these a fair can shape your amoun t of dishonesty is tolerated, vocational life even ex p ec t e d. No one takes too The words, i senous iy the amazing advertising do, spoken be- c i a i ms- The promises of the poll! * ore . ® min f ,s *u r tician are not expected to betaken or justice of th( i ltera n y> jt j S assumed that’ fed P ea p. e ,F an S P' promotor will exagerate and th* ■d . |,» a c °, n propagandist is taken with 0 Rev. Althouse mitment. Tn- ra f n of salt. The rumor, however untrue cai ® taken for wreck one’s reputation. A few ° ! words spoken hastily and in T ru *i] i n i ov6 ) anger may erect a barrier be- go> , You nj)t h&gifMst tween ourselves and another ita , says thc commandment. Words can be very powerful. And Jesus * dds; *. . . men will r>or>l>cc Word render account for ever/careless Every Careless Word word th The iirist;an It is not surprising then tha hiC) ho * ever> is not only con . ninth commandment, "You.shall “™! d ™ hat : , f „i „. ii spealc, but also with vtiat one not bear false witness . . . . ’ij _„ oL . rm,. when he says: " I tell you, on the should speak. The w ri.er of day of judgement men will render Ephesians terms it spea ting the account for every careless word they utter.” (Matthew 12:36 BSV). , lruth ’ human i—, sex. Have youever given senou^ nd Pnvate property, B-a gift thought to that warning? My mine from God ; purpose is to |elp is staggered just with fee though man > h V>rt him. Truth must of having to sit and listen to the never be used to destro/ othjers. playback of every careless word This, then, is God a intension I’ve ever spoken. Doesn’t it shake for human speech: with Ihve and you a little to hear Jesus say without wax. ~ j "For by your words •* > you (Basadanautimascapynghfadli/ths&ivistati Will be condemned” 9 Christian Education, National Cj*nc» af fha In ancient Rome, we are told “^sU n K o "** * when sculptors accidental!;, chipped their statues, they would, often fill in the chipped places v/ith wax feat was of the same ‘ color as the marble. {lonest sculptors who desirfed to .dis tinguish their works from filled-in with wax - would stamp ‘ Now Is The Time ... To Top Tobacco Crop Even though 25% of the plants in the tobacco field are not out m blossom, it is advised to top the crop now to get it ma ture before cold weather Growers are urged to top low (not more than 10 to 12 leaves) to rush the maturity of these fewer leaves If a chemical is to be used for sucker con n 01, it should not be applied for at least 2 or 3 days after topping the immature plants Use only the lecommended amount of mater ial To Grow More Barley The green light is on to grow moie wheat this coming year, at the same time we’d like to suggest that farmers consider f bailey > lf their corn for S rain be a ? Parley is a very good substitute foi coin m all livestock and dairy rations, the barley to be sowed this summer ht V 61 ’ y USeful t 0 stretch the sboit corn crop next To Sow Temporary Pasture Crops There is still time to plant cor ? has been heavlly fertll ‘ extra acreages of winter grains ized ’ ' the - danser 01 sll ° §as 13 or winter cover ciops that grea ’ ter Wlth the greater may be used for grazing lit- a ' moun,ts of nitrates that may er this fall and again “next be in the corn plant ' ' the fol ‘ sprang Many producers have !P aitlo . n of nitrogen dioxide gas had to feed pant of their win fs more Ilkely: 1S a deadly ter hay or silage due to the’ g!as " ’' The danger period is dry weather this summer from filbng time unhl 10 days Thtsfe' extra forage crops wilf £ asi 18 heavier than help relieve the shout winter ‘ au ’ and often mcludes a yel ‘ feed program. low deposit on the silo chute and the silage Maximum ven ■To Be Alert for Silo Gas tilation and good air circula- We repeat the importance, tion in the silo area are im of being very careful about*' 'portent. 'i • 1 By Max Smith, Lancaster County Agent the presence of silo gas this fall In drouth years when SMITH