—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 15, 1966
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From Where We Stand.,.
Cities To “Export" Problems?
Two, high - level Administration
spokesmen in as many weeks have liter
ally defined the problem of the cities
as simply too many people. Both have
suggested solving the problem by shipp
ing the cities to the country. This may
solve some of the city problems, but
then who’ll solve the resulting “country
problem”?
Last week Secretary of Agricul
ture Orville L. Freeman told a soil
and water conservation group in Wash
ington that the “staggering problems of
our metropolitan centers smog -
water pollution - slums - ghettoes -
crime - delinquency - and crowded
housing, streets, and sidewalks” result
from 70 percent of our people being
crowded onto one percent of our land.
He said that by the year 2000, “four out
of every five Americans will live in
metropolitan areas, at the present rate
of growth.”
This week, Vice President Hubert
H. Humphrey told members of the State
Agricultural Stabilization & Conserva
tion Service at their annual convention
at York much the same thing.
Both speakers see the solution as
industrializing rural America so that
country people will stop migrating to
the cities for jobs, and city people will
be able to find jobs in the country.
This would seem to make sense on
the surface But the ugly thought occurs,
when you “citify” the country, is it
country any longer? True, the popula
tion density could never overtake that
of the cities, but what becomes of agri
culture during this reverse-migration?
Without the farmer there is no agricul
ture; without his land, there is no farm
er.
And, as we well know in this
area, when industry and building de
velopers move in at random, land prices
have a way of soaring beyond the farm
er’s limited reach.
If farming as we know it today
is to survive m the northeast, it will be,
in isolated little pockets And even,
these may cease to exist unless organiz
ed communities, at least county-sized,
act now to protect farming’s future
and thereby their own Prime agricul
tural land, as found in Lancaster and
surrounding counties, cannot withstand
further people punishment without legal
reinforcing. Zoning agricultural areas is
the only solution we can see for this
fatal disease of creeping urbanization
is underway idents were out of service for
Farmers in the Mt Joy area 24 hours.
(Continued fiom Page 1) ieport that ditching has begun The regular meeting of the
tor Hugh Scott who icpoited- on the farms m that area, but LanChester Association will,be
ly expressed his concern to the that no pipe has yet been laid held Tuesday, October 18 at
Federal Powei Commission and It was also lepoited that tele- 730 p m at the Paul Z Mar
urged a public hearing to be phone lines were bioken by ' tm Sales Stable All fainaeis
held before the consti notion ML&H workmen, and that ies- d f, d I , an , clo^ neil s ade invlte d to
„ ; attend to keep abreast of de
velopments of the pipeline
association spokes
men said
• Landowners
Statement of Ownership, Management, Circulation
Required b> the Act of Congress of October 23, 1962
(Section 4369, Title 39, United States Code)
Of the Lancastei Faimmg published weekly at Lititz, Penna
for Octobei 1, 1966
'The name and address ot the publisher is Robeit G
Campbell, Lititz, Penna Editoi, Donald P Timmons, Lancaster.
Pa
The ownei is
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holdeis owning or holding 1 peicent or moie of total amount
of bonds, moitgages, or other secuuties are None
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G Total 5336 5349
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and complete. Robert G. Campbell
Publisher
Too many of the people in charge
of planning ‘in the northeast seem in
terested only in planning for the recrea
tion of the too many people being
spawned by our cities. Meanwhile, rural
areas in the northeast stands to inherit
the smog pollution crime vio
lence and crowded everything that
the cities wish to export.
Farmers in Lancaster County have
a real stake in protecting their future.
It is our understanding that the county
has been thoroughly surveyed and
mapped for soil types, present farm
sites, slopes, and most other factors
concerned with farming. It is also our
understanding that the major obstacle
to agricultural zoning is the lack of
authority to act.
The local farm organization clos
est to this problem is the Soil &
Water Conservation District, since
conservation of farms would seem a
natural extension of conservation of
soil and water. We think it’s more
than time for individual farmers and
farmer associations to rally around
the conservationists and help get a
positive agricultural zoning program
going for Lancaster County.
There is no logical reason why in
dustry, suburbia, and agriculture can
not exist side by side. However, it is
illogical to suppose they can exist stack
ed one on top of the other
Economists say “land will seek its
highest and best use”, meaning that if
it’s worth more for factories and homes
than for farms, it will not stay in agri
culture. Therefore, if Lancaster County
farmers are to defy that basic principle,
they will have to do so with deliberate
and drastic action, and they will have
to do it-soon And, worst of all, they will
have to do it with the realization that
they are only postponing the inevitable;
but who is to say how far into the
future the inevitable may be pushed
by such determined action 9 It should
be worth the effort even for its im
mediate advantages
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The First 1 Democrat
We were reminded of an aged
joke this week that is annually revived
by Republicans in honor of Columbus
Day.
Republicans claim Columbus had to
be the first Democrat because, as the
story goes, when he set out he didn’t
know where he was going; when he ar
rived, he didn’t know where he was;
when he got back, he didn’t know
where he’d been; and he did it all
on borrowed money!
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In What Or Whom
Lesson For October 16,1966
Background Scnphira Isaioh7, 3113
Davahanai Reading Psalms 52 1 19.
Imagine, if you will, this scene.
The time is the First Century
A-. D., the days immediately fol
lowing the death and resurrection
of Christ. The place is an upper
room in the city of Jerusalem.
A • 11 of Jesus’ disciples
is gathered to
gether. The pur
pose of. their
meeting is to
plot a revolu
tion, an uprising
that will expel
the Homans
from Galilee
and Judea and
at the same time
topple the reli
gious leaders from their places of
power. They are meeting to
organize an underground mo\ e
ment that will raise a secret army
and stockpile weapons until the
day of revolt dawns.
Simon Peter speaks first: " This
-is what we should have done that
night in the Garden of Geth
semane. We should have been
armed and prepared to defend
our Master from the temple
guards. If we had, he’d still be
with us today, I shouldn’t have
stopped with cutting off the ear
of the priest’s slave; we should
have cut them all down!”
A Spiritual Revolution -
- Then Simon tKeZealof speaks
”n: "Isn’t that what 1-have been
i ell mg you all along? I’ve said it
before; this is the only language
the Homans and their puppets
understarid, the language of the
sword. You can’t reach those
people with kindness and love.”
"There’s no doubt about it,” says
Andrew, "weive got to make this
country safe for Christianity and
it looks as though there’ll have
to be some ‘bloodshed.” .“Yes,”
chimes in Thomas, "I certainly
don’t approve of killing, but our
cause makes it unavoidable.
We’ve got to protect Christ's
Church from these godless
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Now Is The Time ...
By Max Smith, Lancaster County Agent
To Test Soil
In order to take advantage of early fer
tilize! ofters for the 1967 cropping season, it
might be wise to do soil testing now With
the required amounts of lime and fertilizer
known far ahead of the planting season,
ample time for buying and planning is ob
tained
To Utilize Corn Fodder
Corn glowers that have any corn left
alter filling their silos, might want to make
use ol the fodder foi bedding purposes
Shiedded corn fodder is one of the very
best livestock beddings After the corn is
picked the fodder can be chopped or shredd-
ed, then baled and biought
into the barn With the scar
city of bedding on many farms
this matei lal should be con
sidered
To Develop Young Stock
Young dairy heifers need
not be confined to box-stalls' or
stanchions during -the winter'
months Open barns or sheds
will provide sufficient protec-
Romans.” "It’s either them orus, 1 *
sighs James.
pbviously, the above scene
never took place. Even in this
biblically Illiterate age, everyone
knows that. The revolution per
petrated by the disciples of Jesus
was a spiritual revolution, not
one of armed conflict. But why
not? Was there not m those ficti
tious arguments the same logic
with which we are olten motivated
in the world today? Do v.e not
say of our enemies that they so
not respond to love and that
might is the only language they
understand? Don't we justify war
by saying that we've got to make
the world safe for Christianity
and save the Church from extinc
tion? Don’t we condone killing oy
saying our cause is just; Don't
we justify ourselves with: ' It’s
either them or usl”?
In Whom They Trusted
Did any group ever have a
better justification to begin a
holy w T ar? Yet, these men did
not raise a secret-arraj but re
turned to Jerusalem to await, the
promised gift of the Hol\ Spmt.
Why? Because they had con
fidence in the providence ot God.
They knew' in whom the> trusted.
Our coins carry the motto.' In
God We Trust.” There are some
people today who belie' e that
motto ought to be removed from
our currency. This, they say, is
a violation of the separation of
church and state. Others of us,
however, wonder whether it
should not be removed'for
another reason: the motto, it ap-,
pears, is not true!
We don’t really trust in God
as a nation, do we? We don't
look to him for our national
security and welfare, do we? Isn’t
the ground of our confidence our
armed forces, our advanced
military technology, our diplo
matic—or in some cases, undiplo
matic-alliances? Isaiah. w r arned
the people of his nation against
putting their trust in horses and
chariots, their cavalry, andjfheir
alliances with Egypt. Kotptoo
many words would have to be
changed to make his prophecy
applicable to us too.
What really is the ground of
our trust? In what or m whom?
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■tion -where the heifers; .will
have a chance for daily' |out
side exercise; large amounts of
silage and hay should make up
most of their intake limited
amounts of gram may lie fed
depending upon 5 their physical
condition.- Don’t add more la
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bor by confining the heifers
too much.