—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 19,1967
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From Where We Stand...
Action Farmers
For thC'most paTt, farmers and farm
organizations have traditionally gone
atoout their business quietly, with most
progress made slowly and often behind
the scenes.
Not so the National Farmers Organi
zation. They customarily shoot for the
spotlight, as clearly evidenced during the
milk-holding action of last winter.
Now their leaders are at it again,
and it looks like another storm brew
ing on the farm front. Whether or not
you agree with the NFO militant philo
sophy and we assuredly do not
you have to hand it to any organiza
tion that can get some 35,000 farmers
out for a mass meeting.
This is what happened this week at
Des Moines, lowa. Although no action
was initiated, the farmers indicated by
their response that they were fed up with
being the “poor relations” of the
rest of the economy. It has been, suggest
ed that a general holding action, follow
ing a period of preparation, could be
forthcoming. This could mean a holding
back on marketing of corn, soybeans,
livestock, poultry, milk, and other farm
products.
We can’t see how the farmer can
secure any long-term gains from the NFO
approach, unless of course the organiza
tion accomplishes complete victory and
wins the marketing contracts it seeks
even then, aren’t the farmers just getting
themselves one more boss to take a cut
out of their income?
But we repeat a statement we made
earlier; the farm organizations which
axe going to get the support of farmers
in the future will be those actively work
ing on the marketing angle. That is the
area in which farmers need help. Again,
agree or not with NFO, they’re sure go
ing to keep getting public attention, al
though they may have to continue to
Compete with the city rioters for prime
TV time.
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4-H Supports Form & Home
Many of the more than 1200 youngs
ters working in 4-H activities have risen
to the occasion in support of THEIR
Lancaster County Farm & Home Center.
Their contributions won’t signifi
cantly dent the substantial sum of $lOO,-
000 needed to pay off the building, but
their efforts have helped as does every
little drop help fill a bucket.
Several clubs have donated lump
sums of $25 to the campaign, and these
donations didn’t all come out of the clubs’
treasuries. In some cases, special projects
were conducted to raise the money. One
Cool weather is forecast
for the weekend with tem
peratures for the next five
days expected to average be
low normal. A gradual rising
trend toward the latter part
of the period will bring con
ditions back to about normal.
Precipitation in the form
of showers and thunder
showers over the weekend
may total greater than %•
inch.
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Ephesus, particularly the sale of
little statues and other pagan arti
cles, was tremendous, employing
and providing a living for thou
sands. Thus, gathering together
other artisans and-craftsmen like
himself, Demetrius gets right to
the point: "Men, you know that
from this business-we have our
wealth." This Christianity that
■was growing in their midst was a
threat to their vested financial in
terests. The success of Paul and
his associates had become per
sonal because it was ' touching
their pocketbooks.
T Bad for Business
. , .... -Had Paul avoided fill* Issue
“ S ' and concentrated on theology of
.. ~ a speculative nature, he might
The most sensitive part of the very well have-had a peaceful
human anatomy, it often seems, time in Ephesus. People did not
is the pocketbook or wallet. A jmnd one more religion so long
person may seem impervious to as 4t did not hurt their business in
all kinds of bodily pain and dis- an y way. But his gospel was bad
comfort, but put your hand on for business and the reaction of
his money and you will find you the merchants and craftsmen was.
have touched the violent: "When they heard this
nerve. they were enraged, and cried out,
Paul discov- 'Great is Artemis of the Ephe
ered this quitefre- sians!' So the city was filled with
quently. For ex- confusion." (Acts 19:28,29 RSV)
ample, he wars This has always been a corn
getting along ition reaction to the gospel when
without any ap- the teaching of Jesus Christ lays
parent _ difficulty heavy hands upon people's mon
at Philippi until ey and touches that mostsensitive
Alfhm.ee I* 16 . day when spot. Paul and others like him
, v . Kev. ou he turned and could not help but come into con-1
Chester County Youth _ healed the demented slave girl fl ic t with certain vested interests.!
Ton Anniic Showman „ wbo was b , e * n ® exploited as a, Ike gospeh-always opposes jhu
top Angus snowman (Continued from Page 1) soothsayer by her owners. T?hat man exploitation, regardles4 of
,c am wvhp Tr of Noth no- . , . 0 . , , , did it:". . . when her owASrs'ikw how profitable it may be.
ham wyiie, Jr or Netting- work out of the Superintendent that their hope of gain was gone, ?
ham, was named winner of the 0 f Schools’ office in Lancaster, they seised Paul and Silas and From “They” to “Us”
National Junior Angus Show- jjis work will he primarily su- dragged them into the market Thi-s is no mere historical
manship contest held recently pervising and guiding the ef- place before the rulers" (Acts 16: problem but a vital concert in
at Lexington, Kentucky. The forts of area agriculture teach- T® RSV), Having given back the our world today. The teachings
twenty-year-old Wylie beat out e rs, with his time to he divided sanity, Paul thus de- of Christ still come into conflict
79 other youngsters from all between the two counties. stroyedher owners’ hope for qOn- -with Vested inTereSts, hurting hjjisi
over the United States and The Givler familv includ- ? T nu , profitable exploitation, ness enterprise, that is dishoftest
Canada to win this first na- ing two boys and two girls rang- He had struck vital nerve! and dependent upon fexploitatfin.
tional honor. mg in age from fifteen to five. Their Bread and Butter qui^harmhss 6 - fw
Among the judges for_the reside at Ronks Rl. Later, in Ephesus, Paul got when it touches their nrohts tifeir
event was Herman Purdy, Penn " himself into difficulty once again wealth, their financial gain, &en
State animal husbandry pro- when he struck the vital nerve, been touched at
fessor. • 4-H Dairy Snow Demetrius, a silversmith who the vital nerve, they respond as
Wylie is the son of the man- made little statues of Artemis at the Ephesians did long ago.
ager of Octoraro Angus Farms (Continued from Page 1) considerable profit, grew greatly Yet, let us not merely [say
of Nottingham and currently r, + concerned with reports of the "they," for the gospel often brings
worksas herdsman for thp Participants are advised mot converts to the Way (Christianity) similar indignant responses f|im
wofks as nemsman ioi tne brm , g any hay or straw t 0 by a man named Paul. He would us when it reaches into our ptjck
tarms. tie has snowed Angus Hershey as this will be provid- n °( have been concerned with the ets and calls into question mur
cattle for mne years while a e( j ) anc j has been included in growth of this religion if it had own honesty and integrity. TWe
member of'the Chester County the entry fee winners i n COU n- not become apparent that Paul are all for prophetic Christianity
Baby Beef Club and has reg- ty"dairy' 'roundups in south-' was discouraging these people until the prophecy toucheslur
ularly represented his county extern Pennsylvania will be the^ttofOke’ °wn v ,f al nerve. • |
in southeastern beef competi- + l+ i oc “i e juf l °f the worship —d
tion and won the state elimin com P etin S fDI distllct titles. 0 f Artemis, of course, was Ids (»•«•< mwffinncwrritMitfkyflwjinMm'
cion, ana won me state enmin "bread and butter" • «f ciimi*n E*«ii»n, &undi
ation contest sponsored by the Nor wa4hethe ehrut in n.. U.VA-
Pennsylvania Angus Associa- treatment during the three cerped, for the cult of Artemis c * mmunily r,, «* >rvit «4 -
tion. Wylie was presented with days they were at Lexington, was' profitable to many, many ATTEND THE CfiU&GB OF
the top prize of $l5O and a Following 'the first day’s elim- people. Tourists came from all .
trophy donated by the Ameri- ination, they were served lunch over die Mediterranean world to TOl® :(S9MIK,
can Angus Auxiliary. , an^jenj^^r^iQ^^ton.»» jjj» «* . - - *' i. ■ -
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club sold household products on a door
to-door basis to raise its donation.
Lancaster County youth is beginn
ing to realize the impact such a Farm &
Home Center can have on their future,
and they’re anxious to see the current
campaign reach a successful conclusion.
The value of the Center to youth is ap
parent. It may be slightly less apparent To L i me f or small Grains...
to the adult farmers in the county, but Small grain fields that will
nu less important. go into either clover or alfalfa
Your support is still urgently need- following th f ar Y. e^ t ,
J summer should toe limed this
fall and worked into the top
★ soil. The common material to
use is ground limestone which
ed.
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"I Smell America Burning"
requires lime to correct soil
Approximately 100 years ago a not- b? Sned'and fhe
ed poet wrote with confidence and spmt soil will be more suitable for
about the “people” of this fair land. The grow ing legumes if six months
period was the 1860’s, in the midst of to a year is allowed after ap
another great civil strife which threaten- plication and prior to seeding,
ed to split this then young nation in To Keep Cows Out of Mud...
t wo . Swamps, mud holes, and
Walt Whitman listened, and he lik- mu(Wy b^ rnyar< ? s
j u . . u j tt j •!- j x-u source of acute mastitis at
he heard. He described the songs ac jj S on dairy o ows during hot
of the mechanic, carpenter, mason, boat- summer months. Such areas
man, shoemaker, wood-cutter, and of the are sources of coliform organ
young wife, and the mother. Whitman isms which enter the teat ca
heard each singing of what belonged to
him and to no one else. Strong, friendly,
melodious songs, he called them. And he
called his poem: “I Hear America Sing-
ing”.
We wonder; would Whitman inter
pret the “songs” of today as optimisti
cally if he could walk again among his
people?
Some poets are eternally optimistic,
and maybe this helps tide the rest of us
over during our normal periods of gloom.
But somehow we think Whitman might
retitle his work: “I Smell America Burn
ing”.
And we doubt he’d find much en
couragement, or much cause for hope, in
the smell of the burning draft cards and
smoking ruins of pillaged cities, Com
pounded 'by too many backyard incinera
tors, factories, and fuming vehicles.
We wonder how he’d interpret the
songs of the city looters: “If we can’t
blow America up, we’ll bum it d'own!” Is
there cause for optimism there? Each
singing the song of what is his alone? No;
more likely each singing the song of what
he wants from someone else, and his
wanting it is sufficient justification for
taking it.
Mr. Whitman, you lived in a much
happier and less complicated time than
now.
But then we have the words of an
other great American poet, Ralph Waldo
Emerson, to remind us that: “This time,
like ail times, is a very_good one if we
but kn'ow what to do with it.”
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The Vital Nerve
Lesson for August 20,1967
NOW IS
THE TIME...
By Max Smith
Lancaster County Agent ■
nal and produce severe ‘infec
tion. Rainfall this summer has
created many such places in
pastures and holding areas.
Dairymen are urged to keep
the milking herd away from
this possible infection.
To Worm Ewe Flock...
The breeding season is at
hand for many flocks of sheep;
to get a larger number of twin
lambs next spring, it is advis
able to be certain the ewes are
not infested with internal par
asites. Worming in tbe fall
several weeks prior to the
breeding season, and again
next spring, when they, go to
pasture is good sheep manage
ment. Ewes in a healthy, gain
ing condition at breeding time
will throw a more profitable
lamb crop.
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