4—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 20,1967
From Where We Stand...
New Words For Old Problems?
Talking to some 250 midwest farm
wives earlier this month, agriculture sec
retary Orville Freeman tried out a new
name for the Administration's farm pro
grams. Three times in his prepared
speech he referred to them as “New Era”
farm programs.
Was he sounding out the name for
palatability, or was he registering its in
troduction into the Washington lingo?
Or, was its use merely coincidental?
We don’t know, but since we hadn’t
heard the name used before or since
the thought occurred that perhaps the
Administration planned to dump some
old names associated with unsuccessful
programs
But no matter what you call it, a
rose is still a rose and a thorn still a
thorn, and there have sure been more
thorns than roses .in big government
farm programs since their introduction
during the 1930’s as temporary emer
gency measures.
According to American Farm
Bureau Federation president Charles
Shuman, the current annual cost of fed
eral farm programs is more than the total
bill for running the entire federal
government back in 1933 He cited the
total government cost of price support
and related farm programs from 1933
through 1966 as amounting to more than
$5l billion
The stated purpose of the federal
farm programs. Shuman noted, has been
to control production and improve farm
prices. Neither goal has been achieved,
he sard
AFBF wants to start its own “New
Era” farm program an era without
farm programs is the Farm Bureau’s
stated goal.
In spite of a consistent record, of
failure in the federal farm programs,
Secretary Freeman has expressed a stub
born determination to make controls and
subsidies a permanent part of his “New
Era” in agriculture.
We agree with Shuman that the Ad
ministration’s plans to keep agriculture
chained to a federal control and subsidy
program geared to the depression years,
while the rest of society enjoys prosperi
ty, is an injustice to American farmers
★ ★ ★ ★
Mail Bugs Carefully
Farmers and homeowners were ad
vised by the State Department of Agri
culture this week that, when mailing
bugs to the state entomologists for iden
tification, care in packaging should be
used
Don’t pack them in ordinary en
velopes, when they go through the Post
Office’s cancellation machines they often
get cancelled beyond recognition' And
a cancelled caterpillar is the worst kind,
we’d bet
SIS WeafAer
Would you believe the five
day outlook is for tempera
tures to continue on the sub
normal side? That’s what the
wcatheiman tells us. It may
warm up a bit Monday, but
then Tuesday and W'edncs
day will he cool again. Noi
mal for the period ranges
from a high of 76 to a low of
53 degrees.
Here’s good news though
for farmers—the only prccip
Station in sight calls foi
showers Monday or Tuesday
with totals amounting to
only tg-inch. So, fields should
be in good shape in most
areas and work proceed nor
mally.
All arguments have two
sides, but most of them have
na end
The current judicial obsession with
net violating the criminals’ civil rights,
completely ignores the civil rights of the
other 98 percent, or so, comprising the
non-criminal population.
JUVENILE DELINQUENCY
The average age of the American
citizen today is steadily dropping, and
will continue to do so as our citizens un
der the age of 25 increase proportionally
While the courts and the law must
deal with criminals eventually, the only
way crime is going to be brought to a
controllable point is through education.
And we don’t mean formal schooling
We’re talking about the old-fashioned
brand that began in the home Sure, cri
tics can say: “It was easier then. Kids
had respect for parental authority. And
they weren’t as mobile they didn’t
have cars and motor bikes; you knew
where they were all the time. Today,
who knows where they are?”
True, perhaps it was somewhat
easier to control the kids without
“wheels” But the important difference
was that say, up until about 20 years
ago most parents regarded the where
abouts and the public behavior of their
children as THEIR responsibility Most
didn’t leave the disciplining of their chil
dien to the public school system and to
society THAT part of a kid’s education
began at home
And that’s where at has to begin Un
til parents reclaim their rightful respon
sibilities in child-rearing, and until they
reestablish parental authority in their
own homes - and insist the courts pro
perly penalize those who do not until
that Great Bay all efforts to combat
crime in this country will be crippled
launched some time this sum
• Fa HU & Home mei This will be followed by
(Continued fiom rage 1) a general campaign Duectois
• ock have caused delays in con- % tt £^ u " ddtlo l l "if 1 l ° tmU
st.uet.on A .lanuaiy Ist date lee ol Sbt"y A
has now been set to. opemne tl me thc bi ldm° , SCO m h« , As^ oon dfa ? asture -passes shoot seed
ol the building fn hl urt ° heacis ’ lhe ,uea should be mowed Tins will
Because ol the sinkholes pi ea ’ sam not only encourage the growth
Kui tz noted, the v'hole founda- oi new glass, but contiol weeds P u * into th e soil, we do
lion had to be made heaviei ® Farm Calendar and improve the appeaiance ol think they should be used
than anticipated (Continued fiom v>a n e 1) the field In many cases the any Clop or 80)1 msect con
SCHOLARSHIPS Lancastei County SWCD di- cdl PP in § s Wlll be consumed by The use of chlordane is
The ciwaiding ol six, $3OO rectois at Fatm Cieditßldg, ine llvest ° cß icadily aflei be- ommended lor the control
Faim & Home scholai ships is Lancastei ° ’ ing m 0^ e(1 Good pastiue man- soil insects this year
piesenlly undei consideration -Bpm, Red Rose DHI\ cii- a “ ement ie Qnnes seveial clip-
by the scholaiship committee rectors quaiteily meeting, at CUllng the Stowing sea
headed by M M Smith It was Penn Dames Plant oil Route 801 „ maximum yields and
undei stood that names ol the 230 Bypass »iazin M capacity
winneis would be announced May 23-8 pm, Ephiata Adult To Stop Using Dieldrin
in the neai futuie Faimei Class—‘ Milk Market- And Heptachlor ...
The scholaiship fund was es- mg” meeting at Ephiata HS The use oi these two msecti
tablished b\ Elmei L Esbfen agucultuie loom cides is not lecommended on
shade as a sepai ate iund, F&H -8 pm, Lancastei County <my food or teed crop oi on
piesident B Snavely Garbei Agr & Home Econ Extern the giound giowmg same These
noted, and it in no way effects sion Assn duectois meeting mateuals have a good histon
the Centers building fund ■ at Farm Ciedit Bldg, Lane cal record on the control of
In commenting further on May 25-7 30 pm, Northern many crop and sod insects,
the building lund, Garber said Lancaster County 4-H Hoi- Since there is great danger of
that a campaign for further stein Club at Heniy Ketter- plants picking up the residue
farm contubutions will the mg farm, Lititz R 3 from these chemicals that are
So pack your bugs beetles, ter
mites. and such in a box lined w.th
tissue paper, or in a vial with enough
tissue paper to keep them from being
badly buffeted about.
★ ★
Crime and Education
Crime in America today whether
outright, or bearing the meaningless la
bel of “civil disobedience” is growing
out of all proportion for a so-called civi
lized society.
Yes, even in pastoral Lancaster
County. Recent reports for the area
showed that crime is more and more
frequently reaching its long arm of
corruption into this heartland of east
ern agricultural and industrial pros
perity.
The federal government is in the
process of appropriating huge sums to
fight organized crime This will help,
providing the courts especially at the
top levels back the effort, and start
administering justice as it was designed
to be administered
★ ★
This is why the story of Ste
phen is so important to us. No
one can question his humanity
He was not e\ en one of the twelve
apostles; in fact, his job in the
eaih church was waiting upon
tables at their common meals.
Yet this man demonstrated so
dramatically that men like us,
human as we are, can also pass
the exam of death w’ith flying
colors. Christ’s victory over
death was intended to be a vic
tory-available to all of us.
The death of Stephen reminds
us of the death of Christ. There
is in both of them the spirit of
victory over death. We remember
Christ’s final cry recorded in
Luke 23:46, "Father, into thy
hands I commit my spirit'” We
find it echoed even as Stephen is
stoned: ' Lord Jesus, receive my
spirit.” (Acts 7:59 RSV)
Both men knew' that they were
firmly in the hands of God and
therefore did not fear death Was
it because they assumed that God
would rescue them from their
peril? Were they confident that
Now Is The Time . . .
To Segregate Tobacco and Herbicides
Two of the most common chemicals to
, weec , s m coin > 2,4-D and Atiazme, aie
deadly to tobacco plants Gi owei s ai e m oed
to give special attention to keeping both 5 of
these matcuals away tiom the tobacco beds,
out ot contamei s used to grow tobacco such
as spiayeis and spunklmg cans and keep
Atiazme out ot the tobacco field the year to
bacco is to be gi own Spiayeis in which Atia
zme has been used to spray corn fields must
be washed thoioughly betoie using on tobacco
giound
Final Exam
Lesson for May 21, 1967
latiif rtwnd Scripture s 6 1 Vt I
D*v«(i«rwl Rccdinf 3' I . -
"The hardest thing of all,"
writes Dag Hammnrskjold, "
to die righth. An exam no
body is spared and how many
pass it?" (Markings: Alfred A.
Knopf).
Jesus has passed the exam
■ n imii mi u ’ ifh flwng
colors and sc
v the example foi
£23: all who would
follow Yet that’s
% the problem,
3r-' isn't it? ' Jesus
. was the bon o r
\ (>od,” wsprotest
$ ' ire °
- * LS our level o
Rev. Althouse hi m uut\ ”
Ue can deny ni 3 , ol course,
and affiru that lesus shaied om
human nchirc, but for p’any fh>-.
will not sullies 'ibev will still con
tinue to wonder if it is reallv pos
sible for any man to fol'ov him
and pass the exaxn of death as he
did.
Victory For All
By Max Smith, Lancaster County Agent
he would keep them from all min
nnd suffering? No, they had no
such assurance. They knew (hey
would suffer; almost as certain
was death Itself. They were'free
from fear of death because they
knew that, though (heir enemies
might take their lives, they could
not destroy their souls.
Death’s Deadly Weapon
Jt was this same assurance
that inspired Martin Luther to
write: '
Let goods and kindred go.
This mortal life also;
The body they may kill,
God’s truth abideth still;
His kingdom is forever.
.Jesus had not prayed for God
to vanquish his enemies Peter
and .John had requested no
special protection when they were
threatened by the Council Nor
did Stephen ask to escape or call
down the wrath of God on ins
persecutors. Thus, the power of
death was broken because Ste
phen was not afraid to die Fear
is death’s most deadly -.veipon.
Take it away and is
swiftly disarmed.
Count Moltke was of a
number of Germans arre^vd 1 by
the Gestapo following the abor
tive attempt on Hitler’s life Sud
jected to cruel torture and tried
in a ludicrous court trail, M ,Uke s
spirit remained unbroken ’n’lns
last few' weeks he felt "oier
whelmed b\ . . . the presr ce of
God" and the knowledge tbetGod
had been with him throughout
his whole life. "Now
further can happen," he w-utp to
his wife just before he ex
ecuted. (Roger Manvel and
Heinrich Fraenkel, The July Plot,
Pan Books.) There was no oifter
ness. He sharjd Christ’s , ctorv
over death.
More Than Courage
"Father, forgive them, iV thev
know not what they do, Jesus
cried on Calvary "Lord, do.not
hold this sin against ihe'm."
echoed Stephen (Acts 7-60
There was more than courageous
faith as he conquered death, there
was also Chnstlike lo \ s ind
mercy. Countless men, mamf of
them not Christians, have died
bravely, but it is love added to
courageous faith that helps! us
pass the final exam of death'as
victors with Christ. r
(Wt«d *n outlines copyrighted l>y the 3ivjn* n
•f Christian Educofien Nahonof Ceunc t •{ the
Churches ef Christ tn the U S A Rel*a»eaf ky
Community Press Service J |
Attend the Church
of your Choice Sunday
LANCASTER FARMINQ
Lancaster County’s Own Farm
Weekly •
P O Dox 2GG - Lituz, Pa mi*
OlliH 22 IG JUm St,
1-itil/, Pa 171-n
Phone Lane i-acr 391-J047
Lititz 133-2191
Don Timmons-, editor
Rob, 11 G Campbell, Advert
Ilmctor
Subsci iption price- $2 per ves
.Lancaster County, $3 elsew
Established Xovember 4, ,
' Published every Saturdaj
Lancaster Fanning, Lititz,
Second Class Postace pai|
Lititz. Pa 17u4f
not
tor
;i 01.
iec
of
sing
ir in
here
L 955.
by
Pa.
I xt