—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 27,1967
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From Where We Stand...
He Needs Help Least Who
Helps Himself
Except by controlling grain price
and supply, the federal government has
never managed to really get its hooks in
to livestock farming. Perhaps one reason
they never will is demonstrated by the
swine industry’s effort to run its own
show, as reported on Page 1 of this issue.
A National Pork Council was form
ed recently and state and regional affi
liates were established. Many leaders
of the swine industry felt that this self
help approach might be the best answer
to solving some of pork’s perplexing
problems.
As conceived, the entire project will
be supported through a voluntary pro
ducer checkoff program. Funds gathered
in thus way will be used largely to gamer
a somewhat larger chunk of the consum
ers’ food dollar, and for research pro
grams aimed toward improved efficiency
of production.
As an industry, the hog business
has been having a tough time in competi
tion for its fair share of the great
American stomach. While per capita pork
consumption has been drifting along at
about 60 pounds, beef consumption has
doubled to over 100 pounds, and poultry
has tripled. The National Pork Producers
Council hopes to restore the industry to
a steadier status of substantial growth.
We are proud to note that this spirit
of self-help extends all the way down to
our own Lancaster County pork produc
ers Several of these men are now active
in the Pennsylvania Pork Producers
Council, with one serving as its vice
chairman.
We predict that in the years ahead
any agricultural industry that wants to
mn its own business, instead of living off
of Uncle Sam’s many-stringed dole, will
follow this self-help course of action.
Some other farm industries are already
pointing in this direction.
However, the only way an industry
can truly handle a job of such financial
proportions is through the cooperation of
every participating producer. A contribu
tion of five cents a hcg marketed would
cost producers about one-tenth of one
percent on a $5O hog Feeder pig pro
ducers are being asked to kick-in two
cents a pig sold
The way we see it, if pork con
tinues to run a losing race in the mar
ketplace because of under-consump
tion, those who refuse to contribute
• Original Charter
(Continued from Page I)
was still in the original paper
covered cloth envelope in which
it was mailed to Fiank McGiann
in 1916
The eldei McGiann was pio
pnetoi of WhatgLen Faim,
which was located between the
Giolftown Road and w'hat is
now the Ldiicastei Countiy Club
on New Holland Pike The pi e
sent Route 230 By-pass wont
light thiough the McGiann
farm Fiank McGiann was wide
ly known as a bieedei of Single
Combed Black Minorca chick
ens, and exhibited these fancy
birds at shows all ovei the East
ern Heinispheie
Also on hand toi the occa
sion Monday weie John H Hess
and Don Timmons, piesident
and publicity chan man, lespec
tively of the Lancastei County
Poultry Association Hess had
contacted state piesident Mvei,
and helped anange details of
the chaitei tianslei fiom Mc-
Giann to the Pennsvhania
Poultiy Fedeiation
June 1 ~ 8 p m . Lancastei Co
unty Poi'Uiy Assn clirectois
meet at Farm Ciedit Bldg,
Lancastei
* June 3 Bpm, District Po-
Pineapple Is neither a pijife mona Grange meeting at
nor ap gppiet-it ,15-ia beiry , ' Kimberton Grange Hall
When somebody thinks by
the inch and talks by the yard,
he needs to be moved by
the foot
•acbgrwnd Scriptor** Act* I 2 JO
D«v«h*na| (turfing John 4 19 26.
Secretary of Agriculture Orville Following a particularly ex
. i-j pensive victory during the
Freeman seems to be out to set some kind F r4n co-Prussian War. a German
of an Olympic -record for fence jumping general is reported to have re
these days marked: "If we have any more
Depending upnn which way the
political wind blows at any given time, are av ; jre 0 f t h o
Freeman’s boss has him talking farm truth behind tins
prices either up or down. The policy the apparently con-
Administration is trying to make work- men} o*The 0 *The price
able is one of supply-demand food we pay to win a
balance. battle may some-
Although Freeman has repeatedly times cost us the
denied the Administration is following h &C 'iVc
a “cheap food policy”, the fact remains see ds oi defeat
that, in comparison with the rest of the ® ev - Althouse ma v be planted
economy, prices to farmers are of a De- m the midst of our \ictoiu,s ilotn
nreqcmn nature In Vue recent flvinff vlctor >’ and defeat may be mere
pr ss on nature, in nis recent nying iii usio ns m the short run. Learn To Capitalize
jumps around the country holding so
called “shirt-sleeve” sessions, Freeman Beyond “Final" Defeat m Jerusalem learned that \ ictory
himself points out that: “No American Thl f was certaial y ’ m thc is not alwa\s victory, nor is de
should be complacent when the dairy iwi “
farmer in this country receives an aver- h is defeat, they had Jesus put to successes we must learn to let
age wage for his labor that is less than death. In time, however, they him capitalize our disabilities, to
the minimum wage set by Congress.” found that death had not stopped bring good out of evil.
And to give him his due, he has iton” 0 *emore H W , eUs had *• P h e " p a
taken action lately to close the loop- they tried the strategy of force on d his P °pooV P heTfth° b 'lhus! U he
holes to some evasions of the dairy im- his chief apostles, Peter and John. sta y ec i home, wrote successful
port quotas. “But, Mr. Secretary, what Assuming the threat of violence books, and became a world
took you so long to recognize these eva- a *d wheSa/ had no effSt ?T US au *°F- ] ; :dlSO " used , hls
sions of the law which you yourself have put ’them into jail. Yet each of upon
described as ‘transparent ?” these victories” turned out to be go it is when we turn o\er our
Dairymen and their organizations subd * defaats - liabilities and our defeats to
have been explaining for acme time Sf „ f Ch,,.. ...
about the way in which dairy import tempted to win with violence. The sust aining many defeats in the
quotas were being ignored, but appar- death of Stephen touched off a world today. As always, how
ently only now does the Administration violent persecution, aga ms t the ever> jr we W iii seek both-God’s
find it expedient to take action followers of Christ. Surely;now ai id power, these defeats
iina it expedient co caxe dcuon. the defeat of the Nazarene would ran h f> transformed into victories
Should food prices to the farmer be final. Stephen dead, the little for the kingdom ° -
make a sudden recovery, you can bet the fellowship attacked, disciples ’ 1 >-
Administration will hop back over that dragged off’ to jail, others scat
fence and try to jawbone prices back to ” ’ A
levels more palatable to consumers. This the defeat of this strange group
will be increasingly true the nearer we and silence them once and for all'
get to the elections next year. President Their reasoning seemed sound
Johnson will have enough problems to have^umed^to
try to explain away, if he decides to run to destroy their opposition, re
fer reelection, without having consumers gardmg it as "the final solution ”
blaming him for food prices which they
think are too high.
• Dairy Princess
(Continued fiom Page 1)
who had not previously con
sideied enteung the contest
mav wish to do so now
PAGEANT
Tickets toi the annual Lan
castei County Dany Pnncess
Pageant will go on sale June
Ist Mis Royer said The dinnei
and pageant will be held at the
Host Town Motel, Lancaster on
June 13 at 7 pm, with tickets
selling foi $3 50 All members
ol the county’s dairy industry
aie uiged to support this eifort
and. in doing so, help piomote
then own pioducts. Mis Royei
added
Tickets will be available
liom any membei ol the dany
pi mccss pageant commtitee, At
lantic Bieedeis Coopeiative, oi
liom the county extension
office
In addition to Mis Royei,
Farm Calendar
Way 29 3-5 p m . 4-H Capon
Club membeis gut buds at
Meivin Peiler lai m Manheini
R 1
their nickels and pennies to promote
their product will be the real losers.
While seme segments of the food
production chain are busy crying “Help”
into the wilderness of Washington, the
pork industry seems to have found its
own HELP, and the only brand that’s
really any good in the long run the
kind that comes from within!
★ ★ ★ ★
As The Wind Blows
the pageant committee in
cludes Mr and Mis John J
Herr, Mount Joy, Mr and Mrs.
Samuel Myers, Elizabethtown;
Robert Keen, Queen Dauy, Wil
liam Deisley, Mooie Dauy, Rob
eit Giegory, Millei & Bushong,
C P Biantley, ABC Mi and
Mrs Jay M Risser, Red Rose
DHIA and Miss Mai tie Foulk,
Aki on Miss Foulk was the 1964
Lancastei County Dauy Pun
cess
Mastei ot Ceiemonies for the
pageant will again be Harry
Kauffman of the Philadelphia
Dairy Council.
100 years ago, Am e i ic a n
[aims pioduced '/ of the gioss
national product, in dollai vol
ume Now, it is about l/20th
Look loi tempeiatures dur
ing the next five days to aver
age in the noimal range of 78
to 55 degrees. A mild week
end is expected to be follow
ed by coolei temperatiues
early in the week, then mild
again about midweek.
TJie piecipitation outlook is
good foi field work with the
only rainfall in sight expected
to total '4-inch.-,This will oc
cur as showers Saturday night
or Sunday.
To Transform Defeat
Leuon for May 28, 19G7
Now Is The Time . . .
By Max Smith, Lancaster County Agent
To Feed Hay On Pasture
Dairymen who aie using pastuie foi the
milking held will find it a good piactice to
continue feeding hay 01 silage in spite of lush
growth of toiage crops The extra dry matter
will help slow down the movement of the fresh
glass thiough the animal's body, and make it
possible tor the digestive luices to extract
moie feed nutrients Many animals will
nounsh some diy mattei in addition to the
fiesh foiage
To Keep Spray Records
The importance o£ all pioducers oi lood
or feed crops to keep accuiate spiay records
cannot be ovei -emphasized The date, amount,
and mateual applied to any crop or to any
livestock should be recoidcd S ii os such as poor packing, sort-
Recoid sheets aie available 1 ... , ~, "
fiom our Extension Office tor l ng °t the pieces, and even Spon
this pin pose and there is little an ®p us combustion Silage of
excuse not to use them Ac- 21®/\ um m ,°! s V' lle con tent) (60 to
cm ate records might save the 0 ’ cou , ” e mos *- practical
loss ol a maiket and laim in- 011 many f aims
come
To Wilt Glass Silage
It any of the fii st cutting of
the hay ciop is to be made into
silage, it is veiy impoitant to
do some wilting to get iid of
excess moistuie The use ot a
hay conditionei in the field im
mediately aftei mowing will
hasten the loss ol plant luices
Forage that is ensiled when be
low 50% moisture may cause
some problems in conventional
Often, however, It has been n
hollow victory that later proves
to have been a defeat, Go<l has
nn awesome ability to raise up
victories from the ashes of defeat.
From the day of Christ’s cruci
fixion, there came tue morn of
resurrection and the day of
I’entecost. From the day of Ste
phen’s martyrdom and* the en
suing wave of persecution, there
would come the beginning of the
Church’s mission to the whole
world.
Lemons Into Lemonade
The strategy had been v> kill
Stephen and scatter the little band
of Jerusalem Christians, but Luke
tells us how God turned the “ablcs:
'Now those who were scattered
went about preaching the word,"
(Acts 84 KSV) God was able to
turn the evil intentions-of his
enemies to his own advantage.
As Harry Mmcrson Fosdic % once
pul it: he turned his 'Temors into
lemonade." Defeat was trans
formed.
The ironv of it all is tha with
out the persecution, the Cnurch
might have remained cement in
Jerusalem and never gotten
started in its mission to thev orid.
It was persecution itself, upended
to kill the gospel, that actually
got the apostles out of Jerusalem
and into the areas where God
wanted the gospel cameo The
violent opposition of men may
affect the course of God = will,
but not its ultimate object!' e
Attend the Church
of your Choice Sunday
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