—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 3, 1966
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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
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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
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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'
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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>o<lui2o 16 luvltlcuil* 15 * Small part of OUt IIVCS and
q? 2 ,* Mal ! h * w 12 33 37, soon find that we have learned
D«.h«^>Lw»;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