4—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. July 1, 1967
From Where We Stand...
Sewings Account- For Food?
Is it likely that consumers will one
day have savings accounts for food as
they now have for boats, education, vaca
tions. etc.? One authority sees this as a
good possibility.
Speaking at the recent annual meet
ing of the National Live Stock and Meat
Board, board secretary and general
manager Carl F. Neumann suggests
there are two factors that could break
the usual procedure of buying food from
current income.
One. there’s a strong prospect for
increased food costs; secondly, consum
ers will want to assure availability of
money to buy this basic necessity.
Although we can’t agree with
Neumann that regular food purchases
will ever be paid for on a planned
savings basis, we heartily agree with
his contention that food prices will
have to rise if food producers are to
continue to feed this affluent nation.
As Neumann points out, in the seven
years prior to 1966, personal income in
the U.S. jumped 39 percent while food
expenditures moved up only 22 percent.
And, as he notes, a large share of the 22
percent increase was for convenience
factors such as special packaging and
prior preparation to cut down on home
cooking. Most of the increase never fil
tered down into the farmers’ pockets.
Many authorities in the area of
food economics feel that the era of abun
dant food supplies at prices below the
level of other consumer goods is drawing
to a close, Neumann notes. To that we can
only say “It’s about time.”!
Food has been taken for granted for
much too long. The government philoso
phy of keeping it ’always at the lowest
possible price so consumers will have
more money available for more expen
sive goods 'and services which return a
better margin of profit to their indus-
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SO MUCH SILT ran off this corn
field in the Penryn area in a recent
rain that when the road scr aper pushed
it away it nearly buried this mailbox.
The field has about a five or six degree
slope toward the road, 'and there was
no evidence of any applied conserva
tion effort. According to SCS coun
ty conservationist Orval A. Bass, even
a minimum of conservation such as
contour strips could have prevented
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(Continued from Page 1) month in the Nationa i Grange Believe it or not, there are
Lancaster Co Community Fair Centennial ce i e bration and Miss m ° re t han 150 different para-
Septemher 20. Agnes Spence, Lecturer, told sites that infect horses These
Little Bntam-Fulton 4-H Sew- , ° * c arr i„ a Hall wa« include internal parasites such
in? Chib will hold meet- f esponsible for having women as worms and hots, and exter
iors at the Grange Hall this in he Grange f ra ternity Mrs nal Parasites such as mange
summer. Eichard Nye read <. Evo i ut ion and lice. Foals and young hors-
The Youth Committee spnn- of "the Home Economics Com- e ®> and those under unusual
sored a hayride June 17 and a m : ttee •• M rs Stanley Stauffer stressare ™ ost susceptible to
doggie roast at the Hollwood , . ® ’ P ara9ltes ' Consult your veter-
Athletic Field Park. J-.read a poem Mothers Do- inanan for advice on parasite
The Peapickers team won in nuts> ’ . _ control
the membership contest and The next meeting will be picnic will be held July 24 at
the Cornhuskers will entertain held July 10 and the annual the Grange Hall.
tries and thus stimulate the nation’s
economy has dam near wrecked our
farm economy.
Savings accounts for food? Not like
ly, we think, but increased food prices
a must if farmers are to continue in
business.
Fourth Of July
On Independence Day, 1967, it
might be well for us to remind ourselves
that the freedom which we commemorate
is not self-perpetuating. It is something
we must work for, conscientiously and
continuously, even as did our forefathers.
They were ready to die for freedom; can
we do less than strive to nurture and pro
tect it?
Of the fifty-six who signed the De
claration of Independence, five were cap
tured by the British and executed as
traitors; nine others died from wounds or
the hardships of the Revolutionary War.
Still others saw their homes and planta
tions destroyed. For those wh!o lived, the
reward was poverty their possessions
commandeered, their lands laid waste.
These were the men who gave us
an independent America one hundred
and ninety-one years ago. They are the
men who pledged; “For the support of
this declaration, with a firm reliance on
the protection of the Divine Providence,
we mutually pledge to each other, our
lives, our fortunes, and our sacred hon
or.”
Through their sacrifice we do have
freedom. We do have our unalienable
rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of
happiness.
Let us not take these sacred rights
and our freedom for granted. There are
those who would chip away, little by
little, these things we cherish most. It’s
up to each of us to prove that we will
not be deprived of our heritage.
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extensive damage to this field. Terraces
would have been even better though,
he adds. Not only was soil lost and corn
damaged here because of the three-inch
plus rainfall in the area, but much of
the valuable water itself will never be
available to this crop. Strips or terraces
could have slowed the flow of water
sufficiently to permit its absorption into
the ground for later use.
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HORSE PROBLEMS
No loitering!
Lesson for July 2,1967
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Oovohonai Roaoinfl Ps«lms96.
For too many of us, evange
lism means welcoming the new
church families that move into
our community and persuading
them to transfer their member
ship to our church instead of
another. This concern, of course,
is legitimate,
but it is some
thing consider
ably less than
the proper re
sponse to: "Go
therefore and
make disciples
of all nations.."
The great ma
.... , jority of people
Kev. Althouse who join our
churches today youth coniir
mands the exception are per
sons who already are church
members.
But what of the great num
bers who are not committed to
Jesus Christ? The command was
not to seek letters of transfer, but
to win people to Christ. We are
to seek, not a change of member
ship, but a change of life. Never
theless, our evangelism, if we
have any at all, seems directed to
the "nice” people, the "solid
citizens,” the people whose lives
do not seem to need much in the
way of radical change.
Mere Than Welcome i
In our city there is a coffe,. •
house sponsored by various
churches in the area. Its purpose
is to minister to the rootless young
adults of the area. As I was
speaking of this ministry with
someone, they wanted to know:
"Are there likely to be any hoods
or beatniks coming- there?” The
words were spoken with distaste.
My answer: "I sincerely hope so.”
God is concerned about these peo
ple too: the alcoholic, the dope
addict, the "dropout,” the "hip
ster,” the delinquent, the homo
sexual, the bearded and the un
washed.
Too often today we Christians
pat ourselves on the back if our
hurdr makes an attempt towel-
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enough to have a supply of wa- to control weeds the nraetiee
ter for irrigation should use the of sowing JgJJ
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stunted fhl m v plants are control both water and wind
siumea tney may never give erosion.
normal growth or yields. ‘
To Graze Sorghum
Hybrids Cautiously Lancaster county* own Form
Many livestock producers use Weekly
either Sudan grass or the Sudan- p °- Box 206 - Lititz, Pa. 1754*
sorghum hybrids for temporary ofLce: 22 e Mam st.,
summer pasture, or green- D . f jiutz ’ p *- 17543
chopping. To eliminate the dan- ° r
ger of prussic acid poisoning, Don Timmons, Editor
the Sudan grass should be at Robert G. Campbell, Adventism*
least 18 inches high, and the Director
sorghum hybrids at least 24 Subscription price: J 2 per year In
inches tall, before using m a Lancaster County; s3‘elsewhere
According to Established November 4, , 1955.
research, the hybrids contain Published every * by
higher .amounts of prussic acid Lancaster - Farming, xauu, P*.*
than the sudan grasses. *
come anyone who happens to;
cross its threshhold. Yet, necc*-
ssry as it is for churches to re
ceive ali who come, our tnirsioiv
is not one of sitting and waiting.
We are called to reach out, to gu
"where the action is,” to theplacci
where we will find those who need
the Gospel of Christ. We arc too
often content to be found when
our mission is to go and find.
Not Content To Wait
This is the strategy we find in
Acts 13. The church at Antioch
was not waiting for someone to
come in; it was willing to be sent
forth. When the guidance they
sought was given, they set apart
two of their own number, com
missioned them, and sent them
out to find those who needed the.
Gospel of Christ They were a
congregation that reached out.
Once before, when the Mother
Church in Jerusalem had come
upon hard times, the people at
Antioch took up a relief collection
for them. Now they were reaching
out again.
Barnabas and Paul went forth
as preachers, for theirs was an
era when people still listened
eagerly to the spoken word. To
day this is no longer true. Ac
customed to television, radio, and
ever-present loud speakers, peo
ple today turn a deaf ear to street
comer preaching and even close
their eyes to tracts, Bibles, and
other media. Word* seem to havei
become cheap.
Deeds So Loud
The most effective commumca*
tion today is witness, deeds that
speak so loudly that they cannov
he ignored, deeds that make peo
ple want to know what is behind
them. Those who need our mes
sage today, for the most part,,
will not come to our churches.!
Nor will they even attend evangel
lism crusades in tents or publio
stadiums. We have made it quit*
clear that before they are accept
able, they must first shave their
beards, cut their hair, change
their clothes, and stop doing
whatever it is they do and w*
would not.
The "No Loitering” sign
should be posted, not for the
stranger outside our churches,
but the believer within- The “out
sider” will not come, so-we must)
go. That is how it was for Paul
and Barnabas. 1 It it no less true!
for us.
(Based air atrilinaa capyrifHladby (he DJvWai*
al Christian Educatian, NaHanaf Council af >h#
Churches af Christ in the (/. $• A* Released By
Community frail Sarvica.)
Go To Church
Sunday
NOW IS
THE TIME...
By Max Smith
Lancaster County Agent
LANCASTER E ARMING