—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. March 18,1967 4 From Where We Stand... Milk-Dumping Philosophy The milk withholding action present ly going on in the midwest is like money down the drain' The National Farmers Organization (NFOi is cncoutaging its members, and ether dairy men, to keep their milk off the market by dumping it. The goal of this maneuver is to secure favorable con tacts with m;IK processors. In our opin ion these dairymen arc being badly mis led There's nothing wrong with bar gaining for a contract, in fact, we feel certain that more and more farm pro ducts will bo sold in this way in the future for one thing, it takes the un certainty out of the market price, and enables a farmer to plan more realisti cally when he knows the selling price of his product in advance. But NFO, if it is truly to represent farmers, must be able to do so with common sense and a velvet glove not with a club. And the timing is all wrong. In a surplus situation, such desper ate measures as dumping and withhold ing may be justified. But right now, time is on the side of the dairyman. Milk is well on its way to becoming a deficit product in this country, and Congres sional sentiment on restricting milk pro duct imports is favorable It seems to us that NFO is doing the same thing it did with hogs a couple of years ago It analyzes a shortage situa tion. urges its members to further ex pand that shortage by withholding their products, then when the price goes up via the supply-demand route, NFO steps in, saying, ‘‘Hey, boys, see what we did for you’" Nuts' About the only thing we can see they’re doing is further damaging the farmers’ image in the eyes of the Ameri can consumer as she watches, horrified, on her television screen while farmers dump milk down the drain. Certainly farmers need better prices for their products, but we don’t feel the NFO approach will lead to the solution. And in the case of milk, we can’t see farmers throwing away the great advan tage of TIME, which, for probably the first time in history, is now on their side There has to be a lot of opinions on both sides of this basic withholding philo sophy We invite you to make this page a sounding board for your opinion Let us hear from you on this important issue To be published, all letters must be pro perly signed, but names will be withheld if you wish Letter To The Editor . . Public Insliuction, notices will real help in our efforts to build be sent a fiee and independant agu (Note -\s piomised in oui In the meantime, may we ad- culture with a higher net in editoual or Maich 4, we con- vise that announcements have come tacted Doc"i Russell Lai son at gone to school principals, su the PSU College of Agncul- peivisois and other admimstia tuie uiging Ik extend the Col- tois to encourage attendance at lege’s Agncultuial Open House the College of Agriculture Open invitation to funioi high school House on May 6 We are stuv guidance counselois as well as mg to inform all interested senioi high peisonnel His an- teacheis, parents, administra swer follows ) tors, students, and the public in 9 Allied AcauireS „, general to become aware of ag- Editoi, ncultural businesses and sci- (Continued from Page 1) Lancascei Farming, enc e s ard the opportunities Health Products are distributed Many thanks loi youi letter, they offer m the Lancaster County area your editoual, and your sug- Very truly yours, from the company’s three-veai gestion of contacting counselors r e. Larson old plant located west of Lan in iumoi high schools It is an R ean caster city excellent recommendation and, assuming that we can obtain the lists of names and addiess- Editor, es from the Depart ment of Lancaster Farming Lancaster parming We appieciate your editonal Lancaster County’s Own Farm of March 11 congratulating US _ „ weekly on becomm? the first county in nff Jo \r f ; c ' Ijltlt/ ’ Pa i7 ’ 41 Pennsylvania to leach a mem °ff,tK beiship of 1000 Lam astrr Vii-iiiy; or Undoubtedly the fine co-op- Don T.mmons V'daor' eiation you have given us ovei Eoiinrt a c impbeii, the P ast lew yeai s has helped f""ior us to obtain this goal We want Sul.scnption price $2 per uar in l 0 thank von tor nnhlicLimr Lancaster Count}, Sj elsewhere Lu 111 all K i ou 10 > PUDllsnmg Established vo\ember 4, uoj Odt meeting notices, and for Publi-lnd erv Saturdai bi the impaitial 16p 0 1 ting VOU have done on these meetings Litiu, pa iT34« We feel you have been a Phone It was called to our attention this week that several farmers have been, scalped by “timber wolves" in Lancaster * We understand this is not a particu fl Glorious Beginning : 19 ' 1967 to believe everyone is honest. _____________________ The way the gimmick is often work- 23, ed, we are told, is that a buyer will come Dead at thirty-three! in and buy a few select trees from a farm- Why did Jesus die so tragic er. Often he'll pay cash, or pay with a a death? Some people have g°od check Uter .he buyer w.ll come back and offer to buy a larger stand of was the goal of his mission. For timber. He’ll cut it, haul it away, and what other reason would he con then pay with a bad check, or not at all. dnue J°. P} ace There are reputable timber buyers ardy colTstindy around, plenty of them. But farmers courting danger should be well aware that there are also and even death? a few of the other kind. Yet, though CAUTION URGED When a farmer is approached by a sought martyr buyer whom he doesn’t know, a call to d°m, Jesus did his local banker might be his best first Rev. Althouse "°as move. Any bank where the farmer is goal for which he was striving, doing business will more than likely run This becomes quite evident when a credit check on a prospective buyer for we observe him in the garden of him. Some may make a slight charge for (,et hsemane following the last .1 • i , ~ 6 ~ ® supper in the upper room. It is this service, but it may save the farmer evident that his decision has not a serious cash loss. yet been made. The issue is still Another way to assure payment ln doubt. Uncertain, he seeks would be to insist that the buyer present od s guldance and counsel. a certified check before the timber leaves What He Wanted the original property. Not on! v does he seek divine KNOW YOUR TREE VALUES guidance, but he also clearlv ex- Many property owners may not JSSe.te know the value of their trees. To avoid terrible ordeal before him A man being taken advantage of, the owner seeking martyrdom would not should check with a knowledgable per- P ra v for the removal of his dan son before taking one buyer’s word for the trees value The area forester, or a Not Jesus ''Father, if thou ail local sawmill operator, or some other willing, remove this cup from qualified person would orobably be able me ,' T , . , , , to halo in this case ~ ]f Jesus does not seek death as xo nup in mis case. a marts r, then what does he want ★ ★ ★ ★ What is his goal’' There was only _ . . . , _ , one controlling desire to be Robins And Baseball obedient to God’s will He had Look at the calendar' It s'ays Spring will be arriving in Lancaster County early next week We haven’t yet heard the five-day weather forecast as this is being, written, but it'll probably be a beaut But the robins are back in force now, and baseball games and scores are back on the airwaves, so no matter what anyone tells you to the contrary, or how deep that late-winter snow may get, don’t you believe it' Spring's cornin’, for sure’ think Deai Sn Timber Wolves In Lancaster County Spring will have to fight its way into Lancaster Coun ty next week with tenipeia hires expected to average much below the seasonal range of 31 to 32 degrees. Accompanying the coldei weather, snow showers will persist thiough most of the next five days. Precipitation is not expected to total more than 1/10 inch, melted, how ever. Smceicly yours, Isoah W Wenger, president Lancaster County Farmei s Assn. felt fiee to say wh it he wanted, but lus deepest desire was de pendent upon what God wanted ' -Nevertheless, not mv will, bul thine be done He woi d not seek suffering 01 death, but he would accept eithei if hisde\ otior to God’s w ill required it It v as a tunble pnet to paj, foi loyalty, Now Is The Time ... By Max Smith, Lancaster County Agent we To Control Garlic The famihai horsetail-like whips of wild gaihc can ah eddy be seen glowing in perman ent meadows pastui e fields and lawns This weed pest lesponds to control early in the spring ahead oi the grazing season Use a low ivolalile estei 2,4-D, apply according to label directions, Allow 2 to 3 weeks before pastur ing It should Do pointed out that gaihc re quires thiee successive spring tieatments to completely eradicate the pest. To Save Wasted Feed Grains With feed costs at a high level, more emphasis needs to be placed on reducing losses from wasted feed Feed grains are the most expensive part of the ration Pigs, steers and SMITH chickens will waste feed if the self-feedina equipment is not m good adjustment, or if the operator is careless. If there is feed on the floor, it is being wasted Keep in mind that ani* mals and chickens do not ob* ject to working a little in there eating habits To Improve Permanent Pastures RAINCOAT LOST At the recent Soil & Wa tc Conservation banquet at P -tter’s Banquet Hall, > 't Joy. someone appar f left with Reverend -'d W. Bernhard’s rain instead of his own. W - trying to help him lo it. *s a London Fog brand •s highly valued. It is • ohabl> a couple sizes tor the one who mis '% for his own, judging ' one Reverend Bern ■ •>'ed up with. •* concerned is urg ’l ‘he pastor at «>, 653 1351. He’ll !o heai from you. but he was willing to pay It Why, then, did Jesus die so tragic a death? Wis it because Christ meekly submitted to God's plan that he die on the cross? No, we must not make the mistake of assuming that God desired the death of Jesus. He did desire (hat Icsus be faithful to his mission. Man supplied the cross. Thus it was man who made him a martyr, not Jesus nor God. God was responsible for Christ's tragic death only to the degree that he gave him a mission which was on a "collision course” with the willful desires of men. Jesus was responsible for his martyr dom only in that he remained loyal to his mission, rather than give it up to sa\ e himself. Hut why didn’t Jesus compro mise a little? A compromise would have kept him alive and he could have resumed his mis sion later. Didn’t he realbe that 'he who fights and runs awa\, lives to fight another day ? Jesus treasured file, but not so much that he would exchange his soul for if. Not Tragic Ending Why did Jesus die so tragic a death? Was it because he was too weak to resist God’s enemies? Once more the answer is "No,” for he did resist God’s enemies. His_ whole life was given to re sisting evil. What we must not overlook is that his was an en tirely different approach in re sisting evil Whereas the Hebrew law called for retaliation, Jesus resisted evil with the power of love. Once more’ why did Jesus dia so tragic a death? His death was not really a tragedy, for he re mained faithful even in the face of death and proved that one can both resist and conquer e\ il with the power of love A death like that is not a tragic ending, but a glorious beginning. (••sod on outlines copyrighted by the Division of Christian Education National Council ef thn Churches o( Christ m the U 5 A Released kf Community Press Service) Go To Church Sunday A good many permanent pas tures aie now ready to show a big response to lime and fer tilizer, if these are supplied. Wheie larger herds and limit ed acres aie a definite situa tion on the farm, the more in tensive ma n a gement of pas tui es has good possibilities. The cairymg capacity of pas tuie lands can most easily ba inci eased by topdressing with fertilizer. Pasture remains as one of the least expensive sour ces of feed nutrients.
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