4—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 11, 1967
From Where We Stand...
More Money For County Extension
We applaud the action taken this
week by State Representative Sherman
L. Hill in introducing a bill to eliminate
the unrealistic ceiling on the amount of
money counties can appropriate for ag
ricultural extension work.
Ihe extension service is a joint
venture of the U. S. Department of Agri
culture, Penn State University, and the
counties. Hill’s bill would relieve county
commissioners of the $20,000 limit
which they can now appropriate for
agricultural extension, and would re
word the law to permit it to cover home
economics extension also.
It is unrealistic to suppose that the
extension needs of all counties are the
same. As the law now operates, a prime
agricultural county such as Lancaster
has the same appropriation limit as any
non-agncultural or small population
county
We urge your support for Rep.
Hill’s proposal give it to him in
writing. Our county commissioners
should have the right to meet this ap
propriation need as they see it, and
home economics extension should be as
one with agricultural extension.
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Futures Market Report Added
On your way to the editorial page
this week you may have noticed some
thing new on page 2. In view of the in
creasing local interest in futures tradmg,
particularly cattle, we plan to carry the
latest available Chicago closing futures
prices as a weekly feature on the Mar
ket Report page.
Thursday closing prices on hog
futures, and on Maine potatoes at New
York, will also be reported regularly.
The addition of this report is part
of our continuing effort to supply Lan
caster County farmers with, information
of value. To best serve you, we would
Pa. Landrace
Breeders Plan
Show and Sale
The Pennsylvania Landiace
Swine Bieedeis Association an
nounced plans this week foi a
show and sale of 50 head of
bred and open gilts, and boais,
foi Satmday, Maich 18 The
statewide event will be held at
Mai tin’s Sale Bain, Blue Ball
The show, which will begin
at 10 a m will be judged by
livestock extension specialist
Dwight Younkin Auctioneei
loi the sale beginning at 1
p in , will be Paul Z Mai tin
Also on the piogiam will be
Eugene Benedict fiom Culveit,
Indiana, lepiesentative of the
American Landrace Assn
Serving on the state boaid
of duectois fiom Lancastei
County aie Raymond H Wea
vei, New Holland Rl, and
James Z Martin, Christiana
Rl Mai tin is also secietaiy
tieasuiei ol the state associa
tion
Some Gave Up and
Cried
Others Tried A
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Meat-Buying Habits Studied
The meat-buying habits of the
American consumer is the subject of an
all-out industry survey which is being
made on a nationwide basis on behalf
of the meat industry
The survey is being conducted by a
private market research firm and fi
nanced jointly by the USDA and the
National Live Stock and Meat Board.
Through interviews, at least 3000
housewives will be quizzed on frequen
cy of serving various meats and the rea
sons; purchase practices; patterns of
preparation and use; reactions 1o frozen
meat; “images” of meat; and back
ground information on the respondents.
The purpose of the study is to learn
why the consumer buys what she does,
and why she doesn’t buy something else.
It will also examine the consumer's
knowledge of meat quality, her attitudes
toward service and self-service types of
meat merchandising, and her awareness
of proper meat cookery procedures.
In addition, the study will question
consumers on use of new recipes, and
new ideas in menu planning, and will
consider the effects of outdoor cookery
on consumer attitudes.
The findings of these, and many
other factors will be categorized by
backgrounds of respondents, by family
size, education, occupation, community
size, parental eating patterns, and in
come. It should yield a lot of valuable
information to the meat industry, and
may dictate changes in meat handling
that will, in time, filter down to the
farmer himself.
• Talks & Exhibits
(Continued from Page 1)
Seivice, described the four
featuies his firm considers of
pume importance in its “Com
plete Cow” bleeding piogiam
1 Pioduction, 2 Type
(stiength) good legs, stiong
lear uddei attachment, depth
of body, and width between
fiont legs to name a few
type chaiactenstics. 3—Long
evity, 4—Reproduction
Kelly said that Cuitiss bulls
aie nationwide “There
is a better than two ton dif
feience in milk pioduction be
tween high and low states By
pioving our bulls in only the
high pioduction states we
could make them look bettei,
but that wouldn’t give you a
tiue pictuie”
Kelly showed slides of out
standing Curtiss bulls, then
dams and daughteis, descnbmg
the meats of each
SYSTEMS APPROACH
Dick Hathaway, Alhs-Chal
meis, explained his company’s
complete systems appioach to
faiming, that is, a combination
of equipment to best fit any
pai titular mopping operation
at a minimum capital invest
ment
MILK FEVER AND KETOSIS
The final speakei foi the ses
sion was Di E I Robertson
of John W Eshelman & Sons
He discussed the nututional
aspects of milk fevei and ke
tosis in daily cattle, and cited
pieventive measuies a faimer
can take through a well-de
signed feeding piogram
Robertson said the piobable
cause of milk fevei is often a
lack of adequate phosphoius
intake dunng the diy period,
oi a wide calcium to phosphe
us ratio which makes phos-
phorus largely unavailable.
When a mineral-starved cow
approaches the onset of milk
production, calcium is drained
from the blood system faster
than it can be leplaced Milk
fever often results, the nutri
tionist said
As a preventive measure, he
recommended feeding grain at
'/2 -\ c ’o of body weight during
the diy period, increasing the
amount as calving time ap
pioaches He also advised
dauymen to provide fiee
choice minerals, containing a
high level of phosphoius, in
a piopei mineral feeder
Ketosis, on the other hand,
is a disoidei involving eneigy
utilization, Robertson said It
occuis most frequently follow
ing calving and duung peuods
of high milk pioduction
To help pi event ketosis, he
lecommended adpisting grain
feeding upwards before and
after calving, i educing iough
age if necessaiy to inciease ap
petite foi grain He also lec
ommended feeding a Ketosis
Conti ol Ration befoie and af
ter calving
Jeny Shaffer of Pennsylvan
ia Power & Light Co opened
the day’s program with pic
tuies illustrating uses of elec
tiicity on the faun.
Master of Ceiemomes foi
the affan was Robeit Hill of
the Keenco Poultiy Equip
ment Co
• Egg Marketing
(Continued from Page 1)
Bios Farms, Inc, Ephrata,
Melvin Mitchell and Aithur
Lehman, both from Victoi F
Weaver, Inc, New Holland
The meeting is slated foi
7:45 pm, Esbenshade said, and
will be followed with door
prizes and icfreshments
Beyond Being Sorry
Lesson for February 12, 1967
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"What have I done to deserve
this? - ’ How often pastors hear
that erv from people in hospital
beds. Despite the teaching of
Christ, manv people still assume
that suffering and sickness are
hment from God.
Kliphai, sup
posedly a fuend,
said to calamity
stricken Job:
"Who ever per
ished being in
nocent ' r ' Job's
misfortunes, he
uas sure, were
the result of
some sin he had
Rev. Althouse committed. If
■lob were innocent. Khpha/
thought, he would not be suf
fering. It was not so strange a
concept, for most people m those
days reasoned in that manner.
Innocent Suffer Too
So too in the first century A 1).
it was generally assumed that all
suffering was sent by God as
punishment for sin. "Who sinned,'
they had asked Jesus of the mar
born blind, "this man or his par
ents, that he was born blind'’'
The answer he gave them was
surprising: neither! Throughout
his ministry Jesus attacked the
idea that suffering was neces
sanly punishment sent by God
The 'righteous and the ninocen
also may suffer. The crucifixion
of Christ, the sinless suflerer, is
history’s prime case-in-point.
Nor should we assume that, 2
we escape suffering andhardship.
it is because we are righteous anc
blameless. Do not, Jesus advised,
execute judgment upon thi
Galileans martyred in the templi
by Pilate or upon the men ac
cidentally killed by the falling
tower of Siloam. See to vour owi
souls, for you are subject t<
God’s judgment every bit a
much as they.
See Our Want Ads For Bargains
Now Is The Time . ..
By Max Smith, Lancaster County Agent
To Put Agreement In Writing
There aie many forms of farm leases
and faim agreements, but no't any of them
aie bettei than the one in writing with both
pai ties possessing a copy Since about 25
pei cent of our Lancaster County farms are
opeiated by tenants, a good many people are
involved in farm leases Foi a better undei
standmg and moie pleasant iclations among
all concerned, we stress the great importance
of having the paitnership teims in wilting
To Insulate Buildings
Theie is little doubt about the value of
adequate insulation in remodeling or new
constiuction In these times of conti oiled en
vnonment, the value of insulation is return- SMITH
S l an l l V he ow ? ei tant for stiong lambs and
" old , t bllinBS thls 15 often health y ewes Free access to
niil 1 ff I nV bUt 1 1 n 4 new structures top quality legume hay (alfal
plenty of insulation should not fa prefened) will furnish
be ovei looked Less heat will many of the needed minerals
be required for winter, and and help piovide a laxative
cooler inside temperatures may diet The feeding of grain
be expected during hot, sum- daily (1 to 2 pounds per head)
mer months Sufficient insula- will get the ewes in good con
tion will also help control con- dition The ration should also
densation and ease deprecia- include some commercial pro
tion of the building tem such as linseed oilmeal or
To Care For Ewe Flock
Sheep piodueeis are m one
of the most important times
oi the year, the ewes are either
in the lambing period or soon
to lamb The income from the
lamb crop should be the major
one for shepherds. Daily out
side exercise is very impor
An clderfy woman to whom I
jscd to take Holy Communion
usually balked when I would
•ome to the "Prayer of General
ronfcsslon." "I don’t need that,’’
•he'd snap, "I haven’t done nny
hlng since you were here the
nst time.” The call to repent Is
Dften hard to accept, particularly
when things seem to be going
well. This Is no reason for com
alacency, Jesus warned: the
ludgment is surely coming. Only
ihe mercy of God, not your
righteousness, has kept it from
you so far. Just as the unfruit
ful vine will eventually be cut
down, so will the unrepentant
child of God experience his
Judgment.
God's Good News
In John Barth’s novel, Giles
Goat Boy, there is a sobering
thought; to the effect that self
knowledge is always bad news.
If we are fairly successful in
being honest with ourselves, we
know this is true. When we dig
behind the masks we wear m
public, when we peel off our own
self-deceptions, we catch a glimpse
of what we are really like. Often,
what we see is not very pleasant.
Self-knowledge is bad news.
There is also good news, how
ever, that begs to be considered:
Repent and be saved! God waits
far beyond human patience and
endurance 10 give us one more
opportunity to repent and accept
his gracious mercy. He is ever
looking for the change in us that
makes possible a new relation
ship with him.
"0.K., 0.K., I’m sorrv,” vou
say, "Let’s forget about it! - ’ Bui
that is not repentance. To repent
means far more than expressing
regret, of being sorry. Repentance
means a change of direction. As
Dwight L. Moody put it, it is
saying to one’s self: "Rightabout
face!” If we are really sorry about
our sin, we will want to give it up
permanently, not just for a while.
"Repentance,” wrote Theodor*
ledyard Cuyler, "to be of any
avail, must work a change oi
heart and conduct.”
■What the vinedresser wanted
of die vine was not an expression
of regret, but fruit. That ie aleo
what God wants from u*.
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soybean oilmeal. If legume hay
is not being fed, then 10 to 15
pounds of feeding molasses
per hundred of feed will be
helpful in getting a laxative
feed. Neglected ewes may be
come victims of a paralysis
condition just prior to lamb
ing.