4—Lancaster Farming. Saturday, December 24. 1966 From Where We Stand ... The Wonderful Worth Of A Form Wife Every so often, someone comes up with some statistics describing the dol lar and cents value of a farm wife. Per haps the constant pressure of inflation makes it necessary to periodically re evaluate the farm wife's contribution to the family operation. The latest calculation, based on a study conducted by FARM JOURN AL, finds that a fanner’s wife is worth $l5O a week. Who says so? Well, as part of the study, a group of farm wives kept time study records on their work. Hourly rates were assigned by the magazine to the different types of work. The result showed a 75-hour work week, with no overtime pay, for a total of $153 92. On the break-down, the average wife spent 15.4 hours a week cooking, at $2 50 an hour, 10 9 hours as a governess, at $2 30, she spent 8 4 hours as a farm worker at $1 60. The rest of the work week was spent as housekeeper, dish washer, laundress, buyer, seamstress, bookkeeper, and chauffeur. So, Mr. Farmer, if you are not now paying your wife $l5O a week for her countless contributions to the operation of the family farm, perhaps this season v. ould be an especially appropriate time to wish her continued good health, happiness, love, and a very Merry Christmas' Is There A Santa Claus? WE TAKE PLEASURE in answering at once and thus prominently the com munication below, expressing at the same time our great gratification that its faithful author is numbered among the friends of The Sun: Dear Editor; 1 am eight years old. Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. Papa says “If you see it in The Sun, it’s so.” Please tell me the truth; is there a Santa Claus? Virginia O’Hanlon 115 West Ninety-Fifth St. VIRGINIA, YOUR LITTLE friends are wrong They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age They do not believe except they see. They think that nothing can be which is not com prehensible by their little minds All minds, Virginia, whether they be men’s or children’s, are little In this great universe of ours, man is a mere insect, an ant, in his intellect, as compared with York County FFA Member Named Region II Star Farmer For 1967 A Yoik County Futuie Faim ei Geoige Snydei a 1966 giad uate of Red Lion High School, moved in to what had hadi tionally been Lancaster Coun ty temtoiy this week when he was named 1967 Star Faimei ot the 12 county southeastern legion of Pennsylvania Foi at least the past four yeais, this honoi has gone to a Lancastei County lad, and in thiee of those years the Region II candidate has gone on to be come State Slai Faimei This laltei distinction went Snydei is the 19 year-old son of Mi and Mrs Charles W Snydei Red Lion R 1 With the lesponsibility for the dairy heid and a 25 percent paitnei ship m the operation of a sec ond faim George owns 65 dau\ ctmmaL his piogram in cludes 75 acres of coin, 55 of has 30 ol wheat, and 20 of Hancastei County’s Own Far a bailee “What kind of a boss ai e you 9” Wallace A Mitcheltiee asked faimeis during the Faim Labor Conference at the Del awaie Ciop Show, Nov Dovei Mitcheltiee a Ru'g“i University community 1 ! e The five icgional outstanding specialist, stiessed the .'n-■» jj i Mun si, bors toi 1907 will be lecog- tance of building good 1 >u• ■ 'u i r'li-iii? or ni7C ‘ ( l dining the FFA Faim lelations in getting and !l i nit/ i,ei.-2i'n ‘ ‘ Shov convention at Hauisbuig mg competent ?g icult' r ' :i i i imiiioiK i-ditoi on Jmuaiy 11 icgional woikem t i , VfhcuiMMs; Wlllneis weie so designated be- lie pointed out that vt ' si I'-' I'MK.n in i<e pn mi in cause they outscoied all othei wages are vital in getting h.*' E ,' miisiVt'u' * vlumii'r ' n''V'iVs' candidates from then respec- othei factois will affect vvbeni i iii.iivii,u f\ii\ s.itunin in tive legions foi the highest ei they stay and how well thc'i fe.'o',u l n plod ’at FFX state desiee ’ “ Kevstone produce Such things as • Luiu, Pa i T>n ° ‘ Faimei”, which will be award- (Continued on Page 7; LANCASTER TABUING Weekly run/, P i j 7" 1 . po I li\ Jl.ij O' . i P! >.ii. sured by the intelligence capable of not have seemed so incredible*! grasping the whole of truth and know- Hut a Bethlehem manger! That' ledge. was hnrdlv the place one would Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa 2 * pect to fi " d ‘ h .® - Mcsslnh - "’hen Oloiio ’ . • i . hey arrived at the manger, they Claus. He exists as certainly as love Uf|i|M ln*ili HIVI fifllll found that not only had the Mea* and generosity and devotion exist, and 1,11,11 ■ 1 ® siah been born in the wrong you know that they abound and give Lesson for December 25,1966 surroundings in the wrong town, to your life its highest beauty and joy. but he had had the misfortune of Alas! how weary would be the world if uujno. fvho^lS there were no Santa Claus. It would be '‘""sst?, lour Lrn to an upstate, as dreary as if there were no Virginias. Jt is possib]e to know the Na- backwoods carpenter and hi* There would be no childlike faith then, tivity Story so well that it may no bride-to-be? no poetry, no romance to make tolerable longer have the power to excite or e t the shepherds could not this existence. We should have no en- challenge us. it may evoke sent!- d 9J lbt what they heard and_saw. joyment, except in sense and sight. The mentality, but little awe and to°resoundfrom thifheav eternal light with which childhlod fills to tH, Tvn^oTd! the world would be extinguished. Tradition tells glorious light, it could not be « Not believe in Santa Claus! You us that the an- dr eam. a hallucination. The awa might as well not believe in fairies! You went Hebrews so and * ear mey felt was real, might get your Papa to hire men to revereda flute w ( watch in all the chimneys on Christmas seTwas sip 0 - Then, suddenly the visitor* Eve to catch Santa Claus, but even if posed to have were gone! Now the true test they did not see Santa Claus coming played during would begin. In the midst of an down, what would that prove? Nobody his days as a awesome and mysterious expen ses Santa Claus, but that is no sign shephnd in Mid- cncewecannot help but respond. ,i . d x mi < ° i ian that thevdec- *'hcn it is over, however, the con,** there is no Santa Claus. The most real Rev. Althouse orated it 'with dihons are different. If we can go things in the world are those that mucb g O - ld and p reC ious stones. back to our work and shrug it off neither children nor men can see. Did Their decorative zeal, however," ? s lf nothing had happened, that you ever see fairies dancing on the was the undoing of the flute, for * s ° ne thing. But if we respond by lawn? Of course not, but that’s no proof they clogged-up and covered-over actin g[upon the experience, thati* that they are not there. Nobody can ™ tb curTwliln thf ange's hLflon* conceive or imagine all the wonders it was beautiful to behold, but it away. n n there are unseen and unseeable m the wouldn’t plav! What the shepherds had seen wor ] ( j * and heard was fantastic, vet Luk« You can tear apart the baby’s rat- Too Beautiful tie and see what makes the noise inside This happens also with the a ' vay tbe shepherds decided, tie ana see wnat manes tne noise insiae, N t . messa ,, e centuries of us so over to Bethlehem, but there is a veil covering the unseen ornament s atlon a nd'embellish- and ® ee tbin S that has hap world which not the strongest man, nor ment _ to say no thm°- of com- pened ’ whlck me Lord has mad« the united strength of all the strongest mercialuationhave "enhanced known t 0 P°| men that ever lived, could tear apart, its beauty, but covered-over thef ala c ta im b ? s .T' Onlv faitVi fanrv nnptrv Invp rnmanfp essential meaning. It too is beau- nare was . s ° met . ??» umy laitn, xancy, poetry, love, romance, . behold but the mess-ao-e is modern scientific spirit in them: can push aside that curtain and view b buued beneath the lavers somethin g has happened let’sl the picture an the supernal beauty and 5 1 !^SS l lS^S^^ hat,tl8, , . glory beyond. Is it all real? Ah, Virginia, tion. , For u /> 1 “ e “ tha ? tbe sbep^ ‘ here " n ° thing Thank God he « SKS3 lives! and he lives forever. A thousand i nstance have you ever stopped 9 h a ist ’ wS* Wlt - h wo / ds » but w , ldl ! years from now Virginia, nay, ten to imagine how this tappings’ rfj times ten thousand years from now, he event must have seemed to the thi £ d b £ to fa de, what will will continue to make glad the heart shepherds' If today, while you you do ab & out the C( J min g c f of childhood are working at your usual place Christ? W,, mnn of employment, someone were to „ , . •.. .. „ .. —The New York Sun, Dec. 21, 1897 suddenly appear and announce., f' s f f that the Saviour of the world had church.i .t chrut m u. s. a. »«t«i««l hf iSa? just b een born m nearbv East c » mmu " i| y *•»» Un K *.i i The, above is probably the most Podunk and could be found lying widely reprinted editorial ever written, in an animals’ ieed tiough, "how Compared with the elegance of this would vou react.’ Would you be piece, whatever we might add would be ieveit less than the babbling of little children. May we wish for you and your fa- mily all the faith, fancy, poetry, love and romance that the coming Christmas season brings to Haiold Biubaker, Mount Joy Rl, in 1964, to John Fiey, Quan yville R 2 in 1965, and to Glenn Weber, Mohnton R 2, in 1966 Weber is currently president of the State FFA As sociation Kenneth Mvei, Eliz abethtown R 3, was Region II Stai Faimei in 1963 the boundless world about him, as mea- ed that day to 208 FFA mem beis Each FFA boy selected as Regional Star Paimei leceives an awaid of $75 fiom the Na tional FFA Foundation, Inc At the conclusion of the Janu ary 11 ceremony, one of the five will be designated as State Star Farmei, and will leceive $2OO instead of $75. Farmers Told How To Be Good Bosses Now Is The Time ... By Max Smith, Lancaster County Agent To Provide Livestock Equipment The propei handling of livestock to and from a show, sale, or market is veiy impor tant to reduce handling losses Loading chutes are a veiy worthwhile investment and may be portable or peimanent Catch gates for treating animals reduce excitement and permit safer handling Livestock producers are urged to take time this winter to provide these essential pieces of equipment to in crease net returns To Allow Outside Exercise Cattle feeders aie reminded of the need for fiesh an and outside exercise for their fattening herd Most cattle will spend more time outside than inside if given the chance, SMITH regai dless of weather To retain cattle inside of a building that is hot and poorly ventilated during the winter months is not making the best use of feed and labor. To Store Chemicals Safely To Own a Stand-by Generator The paying season is about Electnc power is almost a finished loi this yeai, most necessity on most farms at all gaideners and faimeis should times Due to the high degree be finished with all kinds of of automation in modern farm pesticides loi outside use Ac- mg. normal chores become a a .te identification of all ma- huge labor pioblem when pow .,ils is veiy mipoilant and er is missing The winter snow ■ ,in p <ontdineis are best for season is at hand with the ' "u, most mateuals. Empty daily danger of broken power • itainci" should be burned or lines A stand-by generator inert Keep all mateuals out that can furnish power with i leach of childien and live- the use of the farm tractor or l ock Attention to safe stor- motor is considered to be a "2 of chemicals may prevent very good emergency invest nous tiouble in the future, ment. Wrong Address, Perhaps? ' ' What happened to ths shep* herds In the fields outsidq Bethlehem was no loss startling"* Perhaps, had the visitors told) them to go to the house of Jcrusa* lem’s high priest or the city’s richest merchant, (he stor Id
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