4—Lancaster Farming, Satar'daJ, March 25.1967
From Where We Stand...
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So What Is The Question?
In this topsy-turvey world-'we con
stantly seek answers be it in farming,
politics, or economics. In fact, often
get so wrapped up in our ans
wers that we perhaps lose track of the
questions. :I
The current milk ci isis is a' case in
point. We start with the precise that
farmers are not getting a sufficient re
turn on either their investment'br their
labor, and that they must stay in busi
ness to feed a hungry world. From there
on. emotions seem to take over, ’but let’s
remember there are still at least two
schools of thought on this question.
Should fanners be subsidized like
some of the public transportation indus
tries? Or. should they stand or fall on
the strength of their economic ability to
compete in the open market
• That last phrase is the hooker
for the past thirty years there has ac
tually been no open market, as such. The
federal government has circumvented
free trade of many vital farm products.
They have done this, supposedly to help
the farmer stay in business by providing
a price floor for his products The only
problem was that that floor too 6ften be
came a ceiling, serving to hold prices at
marginal levels The government was al
so motivated to support farm prices and
stockpile grains so the American people
would be guaranteed a food supply
An ulterior motive to support prices
and stockpiling has been shown to be a
federal -effort to control farm prices by
controlling supply This approach ap
pears to be on the way out, and measures
have recently been introduced in Con
gi ess to speed its departure
But back to the basic question
you see how quickly one can lose track
of it 9
If we reject federal subsidies we
may still not reject the idea If we say
the price of milk to farmers must be
raised, right across the board, we may be
simply saying “let the consumer do the
subsidizing”
Even though many farmers continue
to go the subsidy route, they may rest as
sured that industries pi educing food sub
stitutes will not If the price of milk, or
any product, goes too high, the door
opens wide to the ersatz for lunch bunch
And as it has been shown with oleomar
garine it doesn't take long for youngsters
growing up with substitutes to accept
them unquestionably
But the other alternative let the
Letters To The Editor sociated with this action, lame the most efficient group in our „ To Shear Sheep
do sympathize with those men economy the haidest working, m ~~a i +,f“ orn ewes WJ U make much better
Most of os farmeis have been «» f »‘“ «“"*■» !?“,
You, e h'oi.ai about the May tl,e P?l« »< ,n'„ P ‘“.%o, ™„tT S£ Wl ii, * »“™- ond
6th College ot Agi leoltui eom count,; s so-called Gic.it 'JL at She feed ato'e wdl t . he, ;', wo ?i mto hot " ,eath »r
Open House gave us, who aie Societv }°° now Even Z e _ at the teed store Ij h° f Wlth , more chances of
woikma or the mom am a yOUi § entlr old P et do S will I don t Know what will come dllty , and becoming lower quality A
boost in smut This is the limit turn on ,; ° u if you back him ot this withholding action, but f'Jf tba * 13 cll PPed early will be more sensi
« ‘e S to Se |«» - to. J Oo know this Most ot the br ‘" 1 '
the p.oB,an, succeed Local le- lon ° v ' h t ° ™ ant to T lll * have To KUI Rats P y
sponsible leadeis have to be- 1 tost letuined fiom attend- eady dl l x „ he ones wbo ai ® The rat nnnuhtmn u
come aware ot the need, and mg a policy committee meeting left want ,o farm, and we want ! iat “ on be mcvmg
then take the initiative m see- of our milk produceis co-op I a f andard oi llvl t n S equal with conditions improve For ench
ing that then communities aie came aw*y real disappointed natlon We want lowed t get awav from your builriinlstmi cihttiv
j epi esented The mos- articulate men a t vacations and days to spend m spri ay *“v d g thlS SMITH
Foi youi inioi mation, I have this meeting were satisfied that want* ou? 1 children more return thls fall We urge dication work to help reduct
S for Pl-s, go to a ballgame, go P attenticn^o^h^era.
Sools^hSr e ha^ m SidS SS JW?S?w£! to spend 1 in feL S
™ Nuts! USet ! m yom e< " to ' lo ' S’J, llilTs,'Z short ta ' ' , ’’ rkl " B me “- . Ac
Thanks tor your continued People will hardly miss an a cue ,pensoln is Ahey”are eatuffaww a!
Sincerely, tour quarts of milk a day that’s JJ? “ lf ” e T 5 * ' ~ To Get Fertiliser Balance ■
William L Bair only eight cents, or about two J % ” with This sub- x . * AITCASTE » «“»<> Of the three major fertilizer
Chan man, minutes work To us dairy- t now tt but these men who county-, own i- 4ftn dements, nitrogen, phosphorus?,
Op-n House Comm.llee '' ““ ld •"« a" “Ad thlt S fo 8,, p, ™A?°! aSh ’ ‘f 18 to » ss “> le *•
ence between continuing ordis- work froin wav befo „ dav ii„hi oftuv 5; 175>41 say that one 18 more importaril
eonun.„„ 5 the dairy bus.- Sf wc7i,S S anTirfk ” .P"* T*
Z their wive' children, and hired Ph ° ne ’ , 3 1^- , ° 47 or S?L Y P l°Sf r
Last week you invited us to These aiticulate men who men like so many cattle, sure Don Timmons JMitor 1 plant andthe la< *
use youi paper as a sounding die all aid of disaster are the don’t help matteis any Robert g Campbell, Adiernsms sumcient amounts of any on*
board about the milk with- most highli efficient men in t i r . , O „, liector them can cause a decrease ilk
holding action of the NFO the dany business today But our natim/has* suidc^ y^ elds The approach is by
While I believe in the due and 1,8 aveiage Joes could use a where it* necessitate violent E p“hi No ' #mb ? r 4 - 19c >5 ,„ ay ° £ f a complete «qiTi;est tH
o.deHy process of law, and htOe better price- 2SJ £ JSSff £ teST?
cant condone the violence as- We farriers are told we are (Continued on Page 12) pwd ** the shortage * *
Ediloi Lancastci Fanning
Ediloi, Lancaster Farming
Miaf first gutter morpitngr&.nunM
ber of aorrowlng wbuietr went M
the garden tomb, their hearta lm<
meraed in grief, and aomethlng >
wonderful happened there. Kiral .
of all, they found an empty tomb!
, . , . „ , , The great alone that had covered
farmer stand or fall on the strength of the entrance to the tomb had beecd
his ability to compete is a hard-route. moved to one aide. Going wlthinJ
It is a hard thing to say. or to accept, that V’ ey discover ® d that the body off
... . 6 . J ... ,r ’ , Jesua waa no longer there. 4
people who have gtven their lives to There was alao a aecond reaj
larming will have to gel out of it; that ion: they received a mentage ol
there is only room for so many food pro- „ - r "good news,” Two strange m«J<
ducers. and'these must be only the most Thfi ElSlir rSlfll f* the jT b r ® mind ® d u , them ‘I I "**
J Jesus had spoken of his coming!
1 * , , . „ T c \t loa taar death and resurrection. The#
And this process of attrition Will lesson lor March -io, "they remembered his words*
probably continue as even the efficient ‘ - ——■ The women had come expecting!
find others out-doing them in competition a«itr.ii~iseri*iur,- w, to shed their tears o%’er a lifelera
for the market. One thing that has always *-*"► 1 Cor ' """ an ‘ ls 12 were assured,ha «
happened has been a constant passing When the Duke of Wellington
along to the consumer of all the gains a £ d h b^ 0 a /« s y a XterK the am
efficiency has brought the fanner. The news of the outcome of the \Jf h u " d J
only way to eliminate that that we can battle was relayed to London, was ah« wain ns he
see is to set certain “fair” prices on each J™ 4 a an f *of had promised them g These are
product, and have either the government tbannel a d I ® a ‘ A ~ J important factors, but it must be)
or the consumer subsidize the farmer. the news was & dnhtted that they, by themselves,,
We think there are more farmers wig-wagged to st er evidence fortic
in Lancaster County who would rather liL® This brings us to the third an*
take their chances in the open market beinsr transmit- lrio . st im P ortant reason for their
than be kept as pets bv either the con- ted to Winchester. bebef . in * he resurrection: they.
sumer or the government. While that the signaler on * x P^ lie o ced, beiivmg J.ordthem
,, , , ° ,L. selves! As thev were saving this,
would also be our decision, we are not ‘ b ® t° r p . hi™ .lesus himself stood among them.-
farmers tQ g u( . Though the absence of a corpse
Farmers wall have to decide this Rcv.Althouse w-E-L-L-I-X-G- ar ‘ d the assuranca of the two
question; we urge them to carefully con- T-o-X D-K-K-E-A-T-E-D.,. Sud- f u ngehc , stra ngcrs had prepared
sider their goals, and not to lose sight of de^ d e ed and hld wnh ’the\njg“h°ns” “oil
the basic question m their search for im- pTrnal message tdem < he "-’onderful truth about
mediate answers. reac hed London, the whole citv S hr i st %.r ctorY °" er Sln
★ ir it if was thrown into despair. After k d ® a *- f lb ‘ s lS lh ® babis of th »
Easter Time while, howevei, the fog lifted and . ,
the signaler resumed the un- news - ihit if isalsosome-
Easter Sunday is regarded by un- th«
told millions around the earth as the K-X-E-M-Y' Soon, the message " omen went straight to the dis-
Vvorld’s most important religious holi- was spreading joyouslv through !! IJ j|f s *i, and sbared tbis revelation
r , *? ~ ~ 7 n.rianri " ° with them. Latei. when Jesus ap
day One Or the most joyous days of the Inland* peared (0 the Twehe he charged
year, it symbolizing the reawakening of My Victory Too thenv '’ You are witnesses of these
life that is universally associated with That’s the wav it is with the tbin g s -',’ So dis also for us. Iti*
springtime. Easter faith. On Good Friday the a w ° nderftd thing to stand m the
« I he^TT' paraties tha l mart S knowVa' Je s u“ PP h. r ,”o™
the day had their beginning in the on- the | ne “ 8 has been Ini quered death and sin > but w «
ginal Easter walk of Europe, when de- tonous. But on Easter Sunday ™ S f not , stand there and savor
vout men, and women congregated and the fog lifts and the message is tb£ jt moment for out
walked in an orderly manner through competed- Helives —deathand This thT'is the^ssence^fthe
. , . , * ° sin arf defea-twil PVnic if hpromp? j.ina, uivj is ine CSScuCC ot tnQ
town and into the open country, stopp- the not of defeat faster faith; To discover for opr
ing along the way to recite prayers and victoiy* ’ ’ selves that "He is risen!” To g»
sing Easter hymns. Furthermore, what makes it aad others that gloriou*
Today in many American communi- f° od , news 1S tbat xt 13 not on, y lv
ties elaborate Easter nsrades find wo- 1 busts victor\, but ouis I find on *ui!in« c»pyrtahf«JbyihftO;vt»,n
Ties, eiaooraxe easier paraaes xma wo- Jt not so am£l/lng that he the .i cbn,i.an E4uc a) ,.„, m m.
men and children in their new finery Son of God, whould be victorious- ? orch *‘ * f Ch " , ‘ mH " u -$• a. h*
the husbands and fathers going along for but that I, with all mv weak- ff,! ’ s *e««l
the walk And one of the most charming nesses > mj temptations, ru fail
of all customs is the Easter egg hunt for I” gs ' m ' shou l d be . V lC '
~ && , j. tonous with Him is almost too
the children renewing the custom far good to be hue.
older than Christianity. It began simply enough. On
Easter combines a rich mixture of
laughter and solemnity Both are good
both are needed by the soul of man. »-r _ f .
Yes, Easter Sunday is one of the INOW lS Xll6 lilH6
great days of the year, a day of joy for * * *
you and your family
By Max Smith, Lancaster County Agent