—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. March 18,1967
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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
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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.