—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. June 17. 1967
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From Where We Stand...
Oleo, Coleo, and Away We Galea!
According to the '64 agricultural
census, there are 2000 farm families in
Lancaster County who derive fifty per
cent. or more, ot their total farm incomes
from producing milk. Think of that' No
county in Pennsylvania comes close to
matching that figure.
Sitting in the Host Town Motel with
some 125 dairy folks assembled Tuesday
night for the" Lancaster County Dairy
Princess Pageant, we couldn’t help won
dering how some of the rest of our stal
wart dairymen were spending the even
ing.
Were they sitting at home watch
ing some stale rerun on TV as they
washed down oleomargarine sand
wiches with soft drinks and sipped cof
fee flavored with so-called “non-dairy
creamers”?
Of course, the travel problem would
prevent some from attending, a weather
delayed work schedule might account for
others who were missing But we’d bet
everything on the fact that the bulk of
the absences were due primarily to DIS
INTEREST
You might ask 'How can anyone
not be interested in the promotion and
well-being of his own industry 0 ' We
continually ask ourselves this question
as we see activity after activity attended
and supported by the same small number
of individuals Where are the rest’’ Too
busy 0 Too many more important things
to do? Or. just not interested 0 No. every
one is interested in the product that rep
resents their livelihood Perhaps they
truly don't understand the problem
Lancaster County’s tremendous
milk business has grown over many gen
erations of farm families. It ceased grow
ing a few years back as milk and milk
products began to lose ground to substi
tutes and to competitive products. It has
been out-promoted at every turn. The
industry will continue to shrink in direct
proportion to the disinterest of its mem
bers. If you are a disinterested member,
you can be assured the weight of your
disinterest will be felt by those persons
gamely trying to carry the ball while
nine-tenths of their team warms the
bench.
Maybe some dairymen are not con
vinced a lull-scale Princess Program is
the best way to promote their product
Perhaps it’s not. however, it's one way ot
communicating which the consuming
public understands But promotion of
milk products goes lar beyond that done
through princess pageants It is a very
large job and one that has to be continu
ed with diligence and imagination
For those who missed Tuesday's
event we can report that the affair was
successful m every way. It was successful
because a lew determined people thought
it was worth doing. The girls who com
peted to represent YOUR industry wexe
all fine examples of American young
womanhood. Any industry could be
proud to be represented by any one of the
three contestants What influence the
Princess, Anna Mae Donough, may have
on the milk-consuming habits of other
county youngsters in the coming year is.
Farm Calendar lIAKRISISUKG Pennsylva-
T u , nia’s stiawbeu> ciop is expect
June 19 19 &. _0 1 ennsylva- e(t lo told) gg mi n l(m pounds
n ia onL ’ ,| l ess d the State Crop Reporting Seiv
Penn State Umvei silv me has announced Wai ni
Ju c n f. I 0 •'?./'!" V d, "P et r: weathe. at the end ol May
Stiasbuig 4-H Hub. at I.S c<ius(ic i d goo (jOO pound ciop
Kigh Schoo! estimate mciease
—l3O pm Penns\ Ivama
Small Glams Field l)a\ at
Field Reseai eh Fai m neai
Landisville
June 21—9 ain FF \ Poulin
judging woik-diop at Wea
ver’s Poulliv \'ew Holland
June 22—7 30 am Ephiala
Adult Farmer Tour, lea%es
from Ephrala High School
y}\ mail A
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oi cour.se. unknown. But you can be cer
tain of one thing; her efforts will be dir- ---- -~W/m
ected along positive lines toward a single w." ‘s.*"»i J C.','Z,
goal promoting milk. Can you truth- WflESlEJßßCßiniffiißjl
fully say the same for your efforts? -,
An American What?
“FLAG You know, that piece ol
doth with all the stars and stripes on it.
That symbol of our country.”
We didn’t have to explain m quite The reports that came back
that much detail, actually, when we went to the little community of disci
looking for an American flag this week, P les in Jerusalem were qu*v en
but the exaggeration is not too extreme. the
Have you had occasion to try to buy followers of Christ could not wipe
a flag lately’’ If you ever should have, out the Church- many of the disci
don’t expect it to be a five-minute shopp- escapTfrorn
mg stop. We canvassed store after store usalem to Plioe
in an effort to locate an American flag. nicia, Cyprus,
This fact is particularly shaking since it and Antioch. Let
is supposed to be National Flag Week.
highlighted by Flag Day itself. Not only had
Most products have their national many disciples
“weeks’' Manufacturers and distributors escaped from
of these favored products plan promo- Altliouse SwciToreJch
tional campaigns around these weeks , ng the Gospel m these f lt ' r -fiung
with extensive advertising, banners and daces. Let all the congrequtiun
posters are usually displayed at all retail ay “Arnett*’
points of sale But not so with the Amen- fro^ n^ c f e mam
can flag Greeks (Gentiles) there were hear-
Atter our initial shock in finding mg the Gospel and responding
this important product in such shoit sup- d* forming a considerable com
ply. we began to get a little mad And we ™ untty °. f ( Gen ‘ llc . foll^'; rs °*
} J & , c hnst in Antioch, all the con
began to consider some of the implica - (J , eg at,on say: "WHAT'S THIS?”
With American prestige on the run Another Change!
throughout the world, with American
embassies and libraries being sacked, tianb "Another change' What is
with American tourists and foreign em- the Church coming to 9 What will
ployees threatened and spat upon, with become of it if 'they’ keep
American servicemen dying in Vietnam asked to
tor a cause few Americans continue to overcome their considerable
believe in is it not sufficient that the feelings about Samaritans and
rest of the world should run us down accept these despised people into
Without our rushing to help them do the
dirty deed. that a few Gentiles had even be-
There was a time when Americans
had a national pride that was the envy
of the world. If we think so little of
ourselves now, can we expect outsid
ers to do otherwise?
Super-nationalism can be a danger
ous thing, but that is no reason we should
hasten to the other extreme. There is an
old saying to the effect that “Pride goet’h
before a fall ’ We always took that to
mean that he who is too overwhelmingly
pioud ot himself is about to step off the
edge of the earth. But this week we see
that old saying in another light
An individual, or a nation, that loses the
ingredient of pride has nowhere to go
but down
Our flag is just a symbol, ot course,
but inherent in our respect for that sym-
bol is everything that made America the
greatest nation in the history of civiliza-
tion It is not necessary that we wave it
tauntingly before our adversaries in the
bulbing but we must respect it and we
must demand that others m the world do
also
But perhaps before we can rightful
ly demand respect from others, we must
reestablish respect for ourselves as
Americans. Can you think ot a better
way to begin than by having pride in our
symbol of freedom of democracy
of AMERICA?
STRAWBERRIES LOOK GOOD
loi New Bolton C’entei and
Bullc and Doe Fauns
—9 ani FF \ Land Judging
woikshop at (iaidcn Spot
High School
-7 30 pin 4 H Holstein Club
at Eai 1 Smoker rai in Stev
ens Rl, loi fitting and show
ing deinonsti ations
!j§i WesfAer
HOT! That’s the way the
weatherman sees the ne\t
five days with temperatures
expected to average much
above the normal range of 84
to 61 degrees. The hottest
pait of the period will occur
over the weekend, with some
what cooler temperatures ex
pected by midweek.
Precipitation in the foim
of general thunder showers
in the latter half of the pe
riod should total more than
Vi inch.
jte Committed
Leuon for June 18,1967
lacfcfrvunJ Scnptur* Acts 1 I K' i 0
0«v«li*nfll Reading fphosum 2 11 72,
come followers. Now, however,
word came to them saving that a
whole Gentile community of
followers had been established in
Antioch and was continuing to
grow. They were being asked to
think, not of a Jewish Christian
Church with some Gentile Chris
tians m it, but a Church which i
every bit as much Gentile a
Jewish.'”
It is the same kind of proble
faced by many Christians co
Now Is The Time ...
By Max Smith, Lancaster-County Agent
To Control Algae
Many tai m pond ownei s face the pi oblem
ot unwanted algae in the water this growth is
usually gieatei in shallow watei wheie the
sunlight can get to the bottom oi the pond
One pieventctive measuie is not to have any
ivalci in the pond less than 18 niches deep
Chemical conliol mav be attained by ti eating
with copper sulphate (one pound pei million
pounds ol watei) 01 with Diqual Pond own
ei s aie urged to become acquainted with the
piopei use oi these matenals because there
aio some reslnctions
To Spiay Foi Aphids and Scale
Many ornamental tiees and shrubs are
now inlested with either scales or aphids The
scales are hatching into the
crawlci stage and may be con
ti oiled at this time with applica
tions ot malathion: eaily next
spnng a doimant spiay ot oil
will be of gi eat help All aphids
may be conti oiled by spiaymg
with malathion two oi three
limes at weekly applications
Both ot these insects suck sap
1 1 om the shi ub and will weaken
healthy plants ovei a pei lod ol
veais
To Prepale Grain Bins
Small glam harvest is ap
proaching It the ci op is to be
stoied on the faim the Inns
should be well cleaned and
spiayed to kill all insects The
use of either metho\ychloi 01
malathion at least seveial days
before the new grain is empti
gregations today when they are
challenged to welcome and even
admit as members Negroei or
Puerto Uicans. Let one
attend your Church and apply
for membership, and there may
be comparatively little difficulty
getting this past the governing
board of your church. In fact,
you may even find that some of
your people will look upon'.liim
with a sense of satisfaction as
"our Negro member." Bid, in
stead of one, let that number* be'
multiplied and let the congrega
tion be faced with the possibility
of receiving a large group’ of
Negroes as members perhaps,
in time, a majority and then we
find a different attitude.
Loss Of “Our Ways"
It wasn't that the people In
Jerusalem had anyth,ng against
the Gentile convert as oucli, you
understand, but they w *rf* rightly
afraid of the changes these new
people would bring into < the
Church. The fellowship in Jer
usalem didn t want anything to
change. The*, were acc-sttimed to
a pattern of life that i-eluded all
the major religious duh.es of the
de\ out Jew. This in', 0. , ed obey
ing the strict food la-is, going to
the Temple at the hour., of prayer,
and attending the synagogue" on
tnc Sabbath. What wo 1 happen
to their v ay of life u v* Church
took on a Gentile fla- --? This is
the same fearful ques* •>i we ask
today when the Church opens
wide its doors.
They were justif ei in tjieir
fears of change It *1 iin’t long
until the Jewish Sabba a was re
placed with a Lord's Day , ob
servance commemorating the
resurrection of Chris cr the first
da> of the week. The "lod laws
were largely ignored jy Gentile
converts. In fact, the -.-elusion ol
Gentiles seemed to c range the
whole style of life to v-nlch. they
had become accustomed.
Hand Of God
Barnabas was projiblyi no
more eager for change Iran any
one else m Jerusalem, ret. it ifiust
be said of him: "When he came
and saw the grace of God, he was
glad.” When he saw* die aanji of
God in these changes, he accented
diem. He was committed toastyle
of life, but he was even moredom
tnitted to the will of God. r
Are you? |
floseJ an anilines fho OtyTiielk
of Christian Mutation, National Ciuiicii ff tha
Churches af Christ in the U $. A, Ratamad by
Community Press Service,)
Go To Church
Sunday
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ed will reduce the insect qrob
lem later on A surface treat
ment ovei the top o± the f bin
with malathion will also help
prevent intestation |
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