—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 4, 1967
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From Where We Stand...
Educote The Educators
With the unfortunate School Board-
Vocational Agriculture department con
flict at Warwick High School still fresh
in mind, we were pleased this week by
an announcement from Penn State Uni
versity.
It was noted that an Open House
entitled “Agiiculture Where the Ac
tion Is” wdll be held for high school
guidance counselors on the main campus
on May 6. Don't know whether this is
the first time the College of Agriculture
has attempted this informative approach
to educating the educators, but-it’s cer
tainly due.
It lias been our experience that
wherever a concentrated effort has
been made to inform guidance per
sonnel of the oppoitunities in the vast
agribusiness field, agriculture enroll
ment has responded favorably.
OPPORTUNITY FOR ACTION ,
We think promotion of this open
house is an opportunity that should not
be overlooked by any of us concerned
with the future of agriculture in Lan
caster County. With that thought, we
have alerted the County Superintendent
of Schools to the event and received
Dr Harry Geriach's assurance that
guidance counselors in county high
schools would be encouraged to attend
the informative session
In addition, we intend to contact
Dean Russell E Larson at the College of
Agriculture requesting that the invita
tion which he will send out to guidance
people in the state next week be ex
tended to counselors in the junior high
schools as well It is at the 7th and Bth
grade levels, particularly, that we need
to make non-farm youngsters aware of
the opportunities in agriculture or,
specifically, AGRIBUSINESS.
As an aid in getting important
agribusiness information to guidance
personnel, Lancaster Farming plans to
send each office a copy of this edi
torial, and will follow up with any
pertinent editions in the future.
We urge vo-ag teachers in the coun
ty to each launch a personal drive to be
sure counselors in their respective
schools are aware of the importance of
gaining a better understanding of the
job opportunities available in agricul
ture This needs to be a continuing edu
cational eilort, and we re sure many
county agriculture teachers are already
doing this as a matter of course
But even so now is a good time
for a stepped-up effort to get those
counselois thinking agriculture
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ponds 7 glassed wateiways,
217 aues pastille & havland
jenoiatioii 22 aues pastiue &
hay land planting, 83 acies,
stnpuoppmg 1789 acres open
chains 1390 ieet
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feet tile chains, 11,710 feet
t. ee planting 62 dues wildlife
habitat 36 ft acies. land ade
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In a sense, farmers already have a
tax break under the ACP agricultural
conservation program which pays 50
percent, or more, of the costs of apply
ing approved conservation practices.
The result? Largely negative. Only
about one-third are taking advantage of
this bonanza
Maybe it will take something as
dramatic as a tax reduction to convince iwj rrvi rp*
farmers they should give conservation ii OW IS J. IIG JL 11X16 • • •
a try If so, we’re for it It is one of
those rare things on which you, can’t • '
lose The farmer benefits from increas
ed production, Ins children benefit by in- M nm „, L f ice ,
i . iMumeious lepoits indicate a very heavy
hentmg a farm that still has productive cattle lice infestation this spring, this is es
topsoil on it, and the whole population pecially tiue among beet cattle fattening
present and future stays in busi- J* 1 ® P lo hlem of making piofit horn
ness bv havine enouoli food to eat and seeding is big enough at this time
£ ,oy naming enou to n rooa xo eat ana without pei nutting paiasites to ieduce gains
by keeping the fields out of the roads, and feed efficiency Foi each dollai spent on
rru ~ , . hce tieatment, many dollais will be retuin-
The possibility is worth examm- ed Feedeis aie mged to inspect then cattle
closely and treat at once, two tieatments will
he necessaiy about two weeks apait Mater
acies othei land to ciopland, The SCS staff consisted of ials to use may include malathion, ciodnn
28 acies wateished meetings, Oival A Bass, woik unit con- methoxychloi, vonnel, oi pyiethnn Spiavs’
C servatiomst Abnei J House- J? 11 ®* 5 ’ cabie tieateis may be used success-
knecht and Clement W Ihe important thing is to tieat the cat-
Countv Swiru* Accn Squues conseivation techm- tle Cill oe to get batten gaums
_ pi . . ,* _ mans, and Puben C Keesee, h' om the feed g'Aes you the most fertilizer
Carcass Show March 13 soil conseiv.'txomst p. irn pounds foi the dollar A com-
The Lancauei County Swine Smm* ninw'tvo°w,' pj£l ‘ 13 sod lest will ie veal the
Pioduceis Association lemind- m P arm CnlenAnr stairfted °and' pounds of actual plunlt food
ed swinemen this week- th-ii " rorm Calendar siaiaea nnj a i owers aire ie- (half is needed l , A starter lier
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swine pioduceis, and anyone & Home Ec Extension di- ™ thalt Possible I refer to
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The on foot evaluation, Which -6 30 pm, Ln-nca-sta Conn- Mm eh 10-6 30 pm. Warwick will -f “IS?
■viU inecede the actual caicass ty Sod .V Watcn Conaeava- FFA Pa cut Son Banquet at and Xve Sds 2
anali sis, is open to anyone (onD A, A car.ual bmi net Wai-wick H S ° y B ™ QS
who would like to test his skill A HoslcUci s Bdiquot Hall —6 30 p Gra-c’and FFA etaTfv 3 Amu l '* n WiS ai Tfita
a judging caicass factois, Mai- Mount Joy PcJiemtSrn Banquet at Gan- the will deciildise^meims.
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Farming on a particular Saturday.
Unfortunately, we generally learn
about it quite some time after the delay
has happened, and it becomes more
difficult to determine and correct the
cause.
We are guaranteed Saturday de
livery of Lancaster Farming anywhere
in the county; anytime we’re not getting
it we have a legitimate complaint
against the Post Office. I
It would be very helpful to us. and
would correct any delivery problem you paul Toumleri the Swiss pliy .
may have at anytime, if you would ad- s ; c i an> once determined that he
vise us promptly if you ever encounter would spend a whole hour in
a late delivery. meditation to see if it could be
■ J i i done. It was an hour of utter
* * * * humiliation, for after a few min
n . -r n _ utes, it became apparent that he.
Reduce Taxes To Raise a „ avid church-
Conservation Interest? man, did not
know- the first
At a meeting this week, a leading thins about com
conservationist recommended a tax ™ o^ nin ° ' Vlth
break for those farmers who would When the hour
apply sound conservation practices. Is * had ended, it did
this the incentive needed to get con- not seem that
servation into high gear? We wish we ( -' od !iad said
, a o am thing to him
Knew Rev. Alfhouse ' .Ne\ ertheless,
In this case, it is far easier to define he writes, 'at the end a thought
the problem than to come up with a came to me: 'Continue .. . Con
clear-cut answer. In a nutshell, the hj u!e • • I,d * told mvself,
~ ~ , „ i . u ait a minute 1 Perhaps that idea
problem is this: we are not using what comes fi om Cod.”
we know; because we are not, the
chances for establishing or achieving, With Persistence
a good world tomorrow are diminished. J 50 ’ although his first attempt
° „ met with crushing Jailuie he tried
The prcjlem state- that we are agam an( j again, and. in time.
throwing away the precious resource he began to find that he was
of land at a far faster rate than we. or slowly but surely learning the ait
our descendents, can afford. What can of meaningful praj ei and medi
, , , . ? tation. It meant perseverance,
we do about it. continuing, continuing, even
Well, we have the knowledge at though the results often seemed
our fingertips to control the loss of soil utterly fruitless.
and to utilize the available water sup- IS . die meaning of the
, T T, , i 10 „ i paiable of the widow and the re
ply. In Pennsylvania, only 12 percent luctant judge. It was onh through
ol the total land area is signed up for the persistence ot the widow that
conservation utilization And this the judge was annoyed enough
is an even more shocking figure only and mov Jf d § rant her request.
~ , f ~ £ J It w'as her "continual coming”
slightly more - than one-third of these that wore down the judge > s
land owners are actually practicing con- sistance. Therefore, said Jesus, if
servation. a reluctant judge will give in to
pei sistence, how much more we
can expect fiom a loving heav
enly father' \\ e must pi av with
pei sistence, however, refusing to
oe easily discouraged if God does
not answer as quickly as we
desue.
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Continue, Continue
lesson for March 5,1967
By Max Smith, Lancaster County Agent
To Wear a Groove
I too have found that persist
ence is vital in learning to pray,
it is not that we must persuade
God to bend to our desires, but
that it may require considerable
lime until we can place our lives
in harmony with his power. A
string rubbing on a stone makes
no immediate impression, but in
time the string will begin to wear
a groove if we continue. The prac
tice of the prayer life is a matter
of wearing a groove through,
which the abundant waters of
God’s power will first seep, then
trickle, and finally flow.
We all would like to experi
ence God in mystical encounteis.
To hear a voice, to see a vision,
would confirm the reality of God.
The living Christ, however, may
also be encountered in the life of
cultivated companionship. Bjr
this I mean that God my reveal
himselt to us over a period of
years, a life time, as we open our
selves to him in meditation amf
prayer. The cultivated com
panionship is not a snapshot,
but a time-exposure.
In The Long Run
So it has been in my own life.
In the years of disciplining my*
self to seek him, there have been
many days of absolute failure.
Many times I have done little bul 1
go through the motions of medi
tation and my prayers have been
hollow words. Some days thft
light of Christ that filtered
through was barely discernible.
Yet, when I view the total
stream of experience in this daily
seeking, when I take the long-run
look at this life of cultivated com
pamonship, I lealize that in it 1
have experienced the reality o!
the living God. Somehow,
through all my failures, despite
all my days of spiritual bon®
dryness, he managed to speak t<»
me and place his mark upon m®
This life of cultivated com*
pamonship teaches us humility,
To wait for God’s answer in hl»
own good time is destructive tq
our pride. As Dr. Tourmer di»
covered, then, the answer to thos<
who experience failure in theil
attempts to pray is this: "Com,
tmue, continue , . i
(BeseW an auHinas by Hi* Divistaiv
•f Christian Educahan, National Cauncil af th*
Churches #f Christ in tha U* S. A. Released by
Cammumty Press Service) _ y
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