—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 22,1966
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From Whore We Stand.. .
County Study Spotlights
Water Problems •
A massive study of Lancaster
. County water resources was released to
v the public this week by the county
planning commission. From conception
to birth, the study took six years and
cost $47,100. The final publication
measures some 600 pages and weighs
three pounds and one ounce.
Water resources have played a
vital role in the past growth and de
velopment of Lancaster County. This
study shows that water will continue to
be vitally important in future growth
Off the county.
It is impossible to summarize such
a broad and important study in a few
■words. We will attempt to tell you here
what the study did, and in the coming
1 weeks we will try to digest the high
lights of the report, bringing to you
those phases of the program which will
have a particular bearing on the farm
and rural communities in the county.
" For example, the study inventoried
the county’s water resources through
investigation of the seven principal
watersheds Oonewago, Conoy, .
. Chickies, Conestoga, Pequea, Conoiyin
go, and Octoraro. It also classified the
county by areas for potential yields of
underlying ground water. It the
county’s thirty water supplyj sys
tems for present and future usage,
i Two time horizons, 1985 and 2010,
' were used m estimating future, popular,
tion and water needs.
By the year 2010, almost aH. pom-'
munities in the county are expected to
join in a project to utilize water from'-'
the Susquehanna River. This source will
I furnish 90 percent of the county’s water _
I needs by that time.
Also studied was the water quality
of the major streams. This showed that
at periods of low-flow most of these
surface water sources were unreliable,
and pointer! up the immediately press
ing problem of improving stream water
quality Only three of the 12 streams
studied were found to be presently in
satisfactory condition!
It was pointed out that the short
run solution to our water problems lies
in greater development of ground water
sources. But after 1985, only the Sus
quehanna River will adequately meet
the county’s growing water needs.
The study also showed that pollu
tion in some streams is presently a
greater problem than was generally
thought, and wall become increasingly
important as time goes on. In other
.njnDDA« than one percent attain “Ex-
ITSSrSfSSS. Zimmerman Cow *«-
'Robert S Heilbion, Lancas
ter, has recently been elected
president of the Pennsylvania Paul B Zimmerman, Ephra-
Livestock and Allied Industues ta, has been notified by the r P _ ¥_l _a. Amo
Association, cosponsor and op- Holstem-Fnesian Association of ® IIOSI nfca .
eratmg agency for the Penn- America that a registered Hoi- , c , , “terize Water Pipes
svlvania Livestock Fxnosution stem cow in his herd has re The Waiwick High School Since the first cold weather of the sea-
V k „ " wJ . FFA will be host to the 22nd son has been experienced in most areas, we
Member of a commission reived an E designation foi j Leadership Traimng should be giving attention-*to zero weather
firm on Lancaster s Union body type confoimation _ . f n, „ , *
Stock Yards, Heilbi on succeeds On the basis of her pievi- on e f “ ine / and the wa ' ter systems to the heavier ,cattle are usually dis-
Dr Dean L Snyder, Kansas ous classification of “Excel- 01 AiaeMCa tor the various buildings on the farm counted on price because of
City, Mo, formerly of Annville lent”, Maxhill Pathfinder Beu- , 01 p, ancas Aiea 011 lftUFS ' K they cannot be buried at the excess weight. The gamble
The exposition, now in its lah has been awarded 2E des- , a ’ arnocm an evening, Oc- least 24 to 30 inches below on higher prices might pay off
tenth year, will be held Nov ignalxon . the surface of ithe ground, and once in a while, but usually
5-12 in the State Farm Show This new phase of the Hal- , i D m not heated bmld - it; 15 a losl ' P ractlce to kee P
Building, with the State De- st em Association’s long-time f v ,ta ceremonies conducted bv eS ° lt - ' th€m aft^r they ieaCh this
parent of Agriculture and bree d improvement program SriouS Ste pi event trouble weight,
its Faian Show Commission as provides additional recognition and an a rjri re ss bv Glenn Web weatbe ' r 18 had
joint sponsors - for “Excellent” cows that are er state FfT mestaent heBt,BB cable J s
reclassified “Excellent” beyond V f F ~ ?ie f! dent able to wrap around the water
■ the aop Of mainri+v A mw Each of the officeis from ppes. Special installation sug- - , . , , w
LANCASTER parking may be designated 230 r 4E ' the 18 chapters m the area ge'sitions should be followed to •j- l "* or£ J Weaver
Lancaster Count.-. Own Parnr HCCOrdinf to° hef h.stoS Oi !?""“* *° (C ° ntmUed 16>
we * w y previous “Excellent” classifies- / ™ a e !P° ? he local el or power and paid a portion of the ex
po Box 2Go - Litit/, Pa 17543 tions within specified age brae- ? teS Th s . w 11 b( r foll °wed fompany official should be pe , n , ses no t covered by the
ott.ee ill, Iran. .t. ke ts - solasaltei$ 01asaltei - Penna. State FFA Association
Phone I.aiiL.i'sU. 191-3047 or
Among the 75,000 Registered and Sell Cattle When Finished Award for has placing first at
n t ' JI ' JHblstems scoied for body type, , , , p 1 This is easier said than done Penn State
Roberto™ cfclpjtbeu? 1 Advertising eacb X ea ' r . only Slightly mbre f A banquet will be served in |yhen prices aie on the soft Approximately 200 contes-
Directqr -1 i t ; r: — 1 —— j 4-? the high school cafeteria, fol- lade, however, in most cases tents, State Officers, delegates,
Sl LMcS,ta colmt} ! 2 sfeK'eirhe™ Tbe food industry is protad-'fowed *by a' session in the au- it does not pay to feed cattle chapiter representatives, Amer-
Estabi.shed xo\embfr 4, lain IH S somewhere in the neighbor- datonum featurmg the four above 1200-pounds because lean Farmers, advisers and
Li^-4t ed f' clv v* h °° d ° f 210 bllllon meals Per American Farmers from the gain efficiency decreases. It guests represented Penna. at
Second Ciiu4 r p«" use’ p.-u’d at year „ an average- cost of less, area and a panel discussion by takes more feed to put on aK C. for .the full week of PFA
Xatitz, Pa. 17.143. than 40 cents per meal. the ‘Chapter Sweethearts.” jocund of weight and. these convention activities
ris&f&ftsmert&jrt. f-J'i ."i * 3 r^fT
words, we’re putting pollutants into our
streams at a faster rate than they can
be handled, especially with the low-flow
condition of most streams. This led
planning director Ellis Harned to ob
serve that “Dilution is not the solution
to pollution”.
The study also showed the pressing
need for a forthcoming sewage study,
and suggests sqme of the methods of dis
posal that must be considered. Accord
ing to county planner Jack Gibson,
sources of aid for such a sewage study
are now being examined, but no time
table has yet been set.
Whot Price Gomes?
Housewives in several sections of
the U. S. have been ganging up on their
local supermarkets recently, protesting
the rising cost of the weekly food bas
ket. Whether or not this will bring
down the cost of feeding up your fami
ly remains to be seen. We doubt that it
‘will have any long-run effect.
One supermarket official comment
ed this week that prices could be reduc
-ed in the markets, but that it would
mean cutting out trading stamps, games,
contests, and many of the “services”
How being offered. To this we can only
WONDERFUL. Perhaps shoppers
will come to realize that they alone
are paying for all these gimmicks, not
the stores. And on top of that, the
.checkout process would certainly be
speeded up.
' u .»': ’The National Commission on Food
Marketing reported in its Technical
' Study No. 7,that an analysis of super
market operating costs showed “an in
crease in sales volume of about 40 per
‘ ceht c lowers "costs about 2 percentage
points the approximate cost of trad
ing stamps. While there may be many
other justifications for the adoption of
trading stamps,” the report goes on,
“this analysis suggests the opportunity
to pay for stamps by increased volume
is somewhat exaggerated.”
The study notes that in the early
expansion of chains, competition center
ed bh price. Now competition has shift
ed to nqnpnce promotion including
games, trading stamps, and more ela
borate stores.
- It elimination of all that game and
stamp nonsense would result in a reduc
tion in retail food prices, we’re all for
it. One thing for sure, it would make
shopping a more businesslike and
speedy operation.
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Named Excellent
Warwick FFA
In His Hands
Lesson For October 23, 1966
His kingdom is forever!
The security of a faith in God
D.v.h.n.m..j,n, Fjoinu 9-J 12 22. Js no ‘ security from trouble, but
security in the midst of trouble.
What is security? As the hostage put it, it is the
To "Linus” in the famous knowledge that whatever hap
comic-strip, Peanuts, by Chailes pens, we are in God’s hands.
51. Schultz, security is a blanket. M . _
that is dragged with him where- HI, HOI From
hr ' T
r«und Scriphjr* In jL 36 and 37*
many so-called Christian faith, then, is not a
irity js "money guarantee of the safety of our
n the bank” or material goods. Nop is it an as
teaks in j tlie surance of the health and maier
'reezer. Fonoth-ial welfare of those whom Luther
;rs> ills a home terms our "kindred.” LFc itself
n the "rightis not assured for the body is
icighborhood, ” easily killed. Through the stu
■_ job with the pidity and the sinfulness of both
right company,” ourselves and others these are
ir marriage easily lost or taken from us. But
nto the "right the provident love of God—that’s
.amilj.” To something else. As Paul puts it,
some, security nothing "in all creation, wJI be
may be another person upon able to separage us from the love
whom we may depend to take of God in Christ Jesus our Lord”
care of us. (Romans 8:39).
What is it for you? Which of Security in danger, notfromit
the above factors or others like There is no greater example than
them is the source of your secu-in the death of Jesus. To the
rity? Or is security for you, as it world he was a failure, to his
is for some,' the conviction that disciples a disappointment; he
you are in His hands? had not been victor in escaping
Smirs Frnm What? suffering and death. His victory
secure i-rom wnat. came in midst of lt « Tatherj
It is not enough to confess that into thy hands I commit my
God is the source of our security, spirit.”
for there are many who have What is security? It is the
depended upon God who have "Mighty Fortress” we enter when
had to bear all kinds of troubles, we place ourselves in His hands,
gains, and afflictions. Howsecure
Were the Roman Christians * n ; j u " ,B r‘ c,|, r J r ! sK '*f W fc ** >iv '*“*
.. . j. .. , _ at Christian Eaucatian, Natianal Council at tha
fighting wild beasts in the arenas? church., .f chmt m ih. u. s. a. K.iaas.4 ty
How secure were the martyred c.mmuntiy pr.st s.rvic.)
missionaries in the Congo? How
Secure is the devout Christian
dying slowly in a hospital bed?
Some time ago I read in the
newspaper of a man who was
held as a hostage for h\ o weeks j
by ate. escaped was - : fv jPSI/J
wanted for murder. After’l4 days - .
of a -the ” * ,
convM%’afc'disaWffOTJjahChis f _ „
.hostage a LIfiUICSISL'GIT
reporter, the-man'iShoshad’heen.
the host£ge..said bnly
thing -that -had kepghiS~~going
through this’l)rdeal-\S£hl4;faith
in God. Did he meanSSithe was
certain that God would prevent
Now Is The Time ...
By Max Smith, Lancaster County Agent
To Utilize Lush Pastures
Livestock producers might still get a lift
from the weatherman because of the good
moisture conditions and the cooler weather.
With most species of grasses, and with good
fertility, excellent grazing may be available
until winter arrives. When using pastures
during frosty and cold weather it is best to
graze the animals only when the forage is
dry; also, it is advised to give them a feed
ing of some roughage before turning to the
pasture.
man from killing him, flit
•ortcr wanted to know? "Oh
replied the man quickly. "I
,d no asiurancc of that, I Juit
iew that whatever he did to me*
\ me or let me live, I was In
id’s hands.”
Security that finds its source in
faith in God does nut guarantee
r safety from harm. This, is
..mt is meant in Martin Luther’s
hymn, A Mighty Fortress Is Our
God:
Let goods and kindred go*
This mortal life also:
The body they may kill,
God’s truth abideth still;
Farming
SMITH