—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. August 12.1967
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From Where We Stand...
Outdated Study To Update
Meat inspection Laws
A five-year old study by the U.S.
Department of Agriculture has been
“dusted off recently and may be used
as a basis fer decisions on tougher meat
inspection laws.
While meat inspection laws may
need improving, an out-of-date study can
hardly be expected to furnish facts of
sufficient relevancy for formulating an
improved program.
In Pennsylvania, for example, Sec
retary of Agriculture Leland H. Bull
said this week that the 25 meat plants
reportedly investigated in the state rep
resent less than 1.5 percent of Pennsyl
vania’s total operating plants. He noted
several of these, condemned for certain
practices in the report, which are no
longer even in business.
Bull maintains that better meat in
spection laws are needed, and he believes
that compliance should be mandatory,
not voluntar3 r as now. He also favors a
federal-state inspection program, but
notes that this would require federal
funds to match those provided by the
state if such a plan is to be effectively
operated.
The question is: how badly is such
a law needed how many offenders are
there that can’t be minimized or even
eliminated through normal state super
vision, especially if such inspection by
state agriculture departments is made
mandatory? Reportedly, 26 states already
have mandatory animal inspection laws.
According to Secretary Bull, 530,000 ani
mals were slaughtered in plants operat
ing under the Pennsylvania inspection
program last year. Of these, 539 animals
were condemned.
It would seem that with constant
vigilance in all states the number of
-Brandow Sees U.S. Food Supplies
Adequate By ’B5; Technology Is Key
UNIVERSITY PARK The American agriculture has
U S farmer is capable of pro- produced below its capacity in
ducing more than enough food recent years with land taken
for the 266 million persons ex- out of production by govern
peeted to populate the nation ment programs, he observed
by 1985, says George E Bran- About 33 million acres of U S
dow. agncultuial economist at farmland were in such. pro-
Penn State University And he grams in 1966
expects that supplies available ,
for expoit will be at least as 60 million tons of sur
large as at present P a ; s stocks of feed grains were
One possible assumption is fiom 1961 to 1967, he
that the rate of mciease in saia 15 consideiabiy less
crop yields per acre will be an 12 *6O million tons that
the same in the next 20 years have been produced on
as it has been in the past 10 - withheld under govern
or 20 yeais, Biandow stated progiems.
in a recent issue of Faini Eco- The economist pointed to a
nomics, a monthly CoopeiaU'-e need for substantial changes
Extension Seivice publication m llvestock production by 1985
Tins should mean average U (- 0 maintain food consumption
S yields, for example of 137 a j- p 1 levels Slaughter of
bushels of sheded coin psi ca ttle and calves should be
acre and 34 bushels of wheat nearly double the hvewdtght
per acie by 1985 Even if corn tm a l f Ol 1955 Milk production
yields rise to 103 bushels per per cow ma> g 0 from the 1966
acre instead of 137, adequate i ev el of about 8,500 pounds to
supplies will be available, he 15,500 pounds
said
“Either increase means
that continued progress must
be made in developing im
proved technology and put
ting it to practice. There is
no real alternative to im
proved technology, either in
this country or abroad, as a
means of meeting future
food requirements,” he stat
ed.
The problem is that it does not
go far enough. Luke tells us thai
Apollos had begun "to speak
boldly in the synagogue, but
when Priscilla and Acquila heard
him, they took him and cv
Assistance takes, two fprms, pounded to him the way of God
food donations and technical more accurately " Obviously,
Lancaster PAHicsG . assistance Brandow wonders to , there was something lacking,
Lancaster Runty's own ranp w hat extent the U S Will be ' ‘ something more to be added to
, iyrteff y • Wl i lma t 0 ue t x monev or The cool is expected to his already fine list of attributes.
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Lima f.'2fi-2i f a ouun average somewhat hplnw the he makes it clear when he says;
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Director poultry specialist at Penn grees. John was nXnonnt .omXni
comfty State Umversify, urges egg pro- Precipitation should hold , more than repentance and clSns®
Established November 4, is 75. ducers to gather eggs often off till about Wednesday with 3ng from sin are needed. But
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unfit animals slipping past the state
inspectors would be so small that spend
ing millions of dollars annually for
federal-state inspection would be im
practical and uneconomical.
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Promote Your Own Product
Once again there is local evidence of
an organized farmer group putting their
efforts where their income comes from.
The Lancaster County Poultry Asso
ciation is moving toward completion of a
program for getting in a plug for poultry
products where it counts at the point
of sale.
The Eli Lilly Co. has donated color
ful posters to the association. These will
be printed locally with home-grown slo
gans and displayed in the markets, hop
ing to appeal to the shoppers’ proneness
toward impulse buying. Whether or not
it promotes eggs and poultry effectively
remains to be seen. The important thing
is that the effort is being made. As the old
maxim states: ‘'Nothing ventured, no
thing gained.”
And the impulse buying factor is
an important one. According to a Du-
Pont Co. shopping specialist, almost 70
percent of all purchase decisions are
made by the shopper while she is there
in the store. Even more significant,
most of these store decisions are com
pletely unplanned purchases that is
the shopper had no plans whatsoever
to buy those particular items before
she entered the store.
A survey, reported by the same
specialist, also showed that more than
60 percent of shoppers do not carry a
list, relying on the store to suggest the
items to buy.
So, congratulations, Poultry Asso
ciation! We think your self-help program
is a move in the right direction.
One big question, he said, is
the couise the United States
will follow in assisting under
developed nations Such coun
tiies will need more food tnan
they themselves can produce
This does not mean, however,
that a commercial export mar
ket will exist for U £ foods
in these countries
Cows And Calves On
Improved Pastures
Everyone knows that cows
and calves both do better on
good spring pastures, but just
how much was brought out in
■a three-year test conducted by
U S Department of Agricul
ture researchers on Montana
ranges Results of the tests
were reported at the 59th An
nual Meeting of the American
Society of Animal Science at
the University of Nevada,
Reno, bv USD A scientists fiom
Miles City, Montana.
Nearly equal numbeis of
Heieford cows and calves were
assigned to native lange pas
tuies as the conti ols while the
experimental gioupioamed im
proved pastures of crested
wneatgiass and alfalfa, and
Riiss.an wildiye and alfalfa for
six weeks
Calves on improved pasture
had higher average daily gams,
higher ' weaning weights, and
higher 1 * weaning grades Also
cows on the improved pasture
showed significantly higher
gams during the summer and
all-year long
While this expenment in
volved only 55 cows, the calf
ci op weaned increased by 10
pei cent on improved pasture.
A chip on the shoulder usu
ally indicates wood higher up
To Aid Tobacco Curing . . .
Some early crops of tobacco
are ready for harvest and many
more growers are making plans
to start cutting in the near fu
ture. If the weather conditions
of recent weeks continues, cur
ing of the present crop will be
a problem on many farms. The
crop is high in moisture and
will require different weather
conditions if it is to cure with
out supplemental air or heat
It might be timely to be plan
ning for some forced ventila
tion through the shed and the
use of extra heat.
To Plan for Bumper Corn Crop
Many local corn growers aie
expecting one of the best corn
crops in recent years; -with
continued favorable weather
conditions and without any
serious storms or adverse cli
matic conditions, most silos
and cribs will be burdened to
provide sufficient storage. For
silage we recommend bunker
Beyond Mercy
Lesson for August 13, 196 T
Background Scripture* Acts 18 1 through 19 20.
Devotional Reading I Cor nthians 35 9
Apollos, it seemed, lacked
something vital! He possessed ele
quence, he was "well versed in the
scriptures," he had been instructed
in Christian drscipleship, he had
a fervent spirit, and he taught
accurately what he had learned
of Christ. How
such a well
ssT ,cil| equipped man be
3j||| said to be lacking
lll anything 9
* S J Luke says it
tlns wa y " he
knew only the
f* %. baptism of John."
M -Tne Baptist, you
„ ... will remember,
Rev. Alihouse baptised people
with v,a'er as a cleansing from
s’ i foi ennance into the kingdom.
Viiiat could be wiong witn tnat?
T.meimsss Of Sin
Nothing was wrong with it It
served a \erv n.ecessaiy purpose
and today we sti’l baptise people
for the remission of their sms. Re
pentance of sin and forgiveness
are no less needed today than
thev were tnen. The meaning ot
baptism is by no means obsolete
in our nuclear age, for sin, guilt,
and the sense of guilt are still
very much with us No, theie is
nothing wrong with it, as fax as it
goes.
NOW IS
THE TIME...
By Max Smith
Lancaster County Agent
or trench silos for temporary
storage. Growers needing to
store ear corn in excess of nor
mal crib capacity should be
giving some attention to forced
air drying with or without sup
plemental heat. Large piles on
the floors of farm, buildings
will need more than normal
air movement.
To Manage Alfalfa Carefully
One of the later cuttings of
alfalfa should be permitted to
reach the 75% bloom stage if
the stand is to remain another
year; this practice will help
strengthen the root system and
give greater yields next year.
Fall fertilization after the re
moval of the final cutting is
also a good practice to im
prove the following cuttings.
New seedings made early in
August without any chemical
weed control used should be
sprayed with 2,4-D, B when the
weeds are 1 to 2 inches high
to prevent crowding out later
this fall.
A Thousand Pardons!
A man came to his pastor for
counselling and admitted that he
was seriously contemplating the
act of suicide. Overwhelmed with
guilt and a feeling of helplessness
about himself, he was at the very
brink of this act. "I'm so glad
you came," said the pastor, "for
what you need is the assurance of
God's forgiveness." As if the pas
tor had not really comprehended
his feelings, the man shouted:
"Forgiveness! Don't you under
stand that I've received his for
giveness thousands of times
but it hasn't changed a thing!^
This man knew that forgive
ness is not enough. Important as
it is, we must move beyond God's
mercy. Certainly we need to be
forgiven and know it, yet if, like
this man, we are forgiven again
and again, still committing over
and over again the same sins and
feeling the same remorse, then life
becomes a deadly treadmill. We
sin, we repent, we are forgiven,
we sin again, etc. What point is
there to that? In time the forgive
ness seems a cheap thing, worth
less. The baptism of John takes
one that far, but no more.
More than water
In the Church, therefore, there
was another baptism that was
related to the baptism of John. It
.’as known as the "baptism of the
loly Spirit." This bestowal of
God's power was the "way more
accurately" that Priscilla and Ac
quila expounded to Apollos. We
can repent of our sins again and
again, but only when we have
received God's power in our lives
a? well as his forgiveness, can we
experience the victory over sin
Christ promised. We need to go
beyond mercy, to receive his pow
er to transform our lives
The condition of Apollo before
his meeting with Priscilla and
Acquila was like that of many
people today. Such a Christianity
is but a set of attractive ideals
that is never realized in their lives.
They become increasingly frus
trated as it becomes apparent that
they do not grow, but remain for
ever the same. Without the gift of
God's Spirit to change us, our
Christianity becomes a disap
pointment too hard to bear.
God's grace brings us not only
forgiveness. It takes us beyond
his mercy and gives us the power
to be victorious.
(Based en outlines copyrighted by the Division
of Christian Education Notional Council of the
Churches a( Christ m the U S A Releasee! by
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