4—Lancaster Fanning. Saturday, September 9,1967
From Where We Stand ...
We’re Interested Too
With the change of editorial guard
os announced last week, “From Where
We Stand" is in new hands. But the prin
ciples of “Lancaster County’s Otvn Farm
Weekly" are not changed. We again de
dicate ourselves to inform, protect and
speak for our farm neighbors and asso
ciated friends. And never before have we
been in a better position to do it. For now
Lancaster Farming has nearly twelve
years experience. We know first-hand the
joys and sorrows of farming. f
And along with the new editor we
know what it’s like to plow along smooth
ly when suddenly a hidden stone meets
the shear with a snap-bang-broKe-in-the
middle thud. We’ve looked across the
meadow on a dusky morning to see a
favorite cow stretched out dead af
ter having done all possible the night
before to be sure she was OK. Yes, we
understand.
But we’ve also stood on top of the
gentle rise in the calm of a summer even
ing and looked over the rich fruit of our
toil. We have smelled the new cut hay,
listened to the crickets and watched the
harvest moon rise over the barn. We’ve
thrilled to the report from the maternity
stall, “It’s a heifer”.
Yes, if you're interested in pigs and
chickens or vegetables or cows or horses
or corn or hay or sheep or cash crops or
a special farm organization, we are inter
ested too.
No question about it. We stand
where the farmer stands because we are
farmers at heart.
May we count on you to keep our
farm weekly informed of the joys and
sorrows on your farm.
In The Top Of The
Farm News This Week
Breeders Told To Give Up Individual
Independence
Frey’s Dairy Hosts National
Breeders
Poultry Directors Have State President
As Guest At Meeting
Black and White Three-Year Old Class
To Feature Five Champions
Shooting Hours Newly Revised
liv Pennsylvania
Weather Forecast
Temperatures during the next five
days, Saturday thru Wednesday, are ex
pected to average below normal with
daily highs in the upper 60’s North, to
mid-60’s South, Over night lows will be
in the low 50’s North to upper 50’s South.
It will be normal at the beginning of the
period, cooler at the beginning of the
week and normal again at the end of the
period.
Rain may total more than one-half
inch during the first part of next week.
The normal temperature range for
this period is high 79 to low 58.
LANCASTER FARMING
Lancaster County’s Own Farm Weekly
P 0 Box 266 - Lititz, Pa 17543
Office 22 E Mam St, Lititz Pa 17543
Phone Lancaster 394-3047 or Lititz 626-2191
Eveiettß Newswangei, Editor
Robert G Campbell, Advei Using Director
Subscription pi ice $2 per yeai in Lancastei
County. $3 elsewhere
Established Novembei 4, 1955
Published every Saturday by Lancastei
Fanning, Lititz Pa
Second Class Postage paid at Lititz, Pa
17543
Member of Newspaper Farm Editors Assn,
Someone Is Doing
Something Right
The following letter was read to
the directors of the Red Rose DHIA last
week at the regular board meeting held
in the Production Credit Building. We
asked permission to publish it because—.
Well, you read it and see for yourself.
Lampeter, Pa.
Directors of Red Rose DHIA
Gentlemen,
At the June 2nd testers meeting I
was instructed, without dissenting vote,
to write a note of appreciation for the
$l.OO per herd increase in wages you had
provided for us in your action at the May
board meeting. Your alertness to the fact
of increasing costs of living and automo
bile upkeep; and your courage to act
upon it is to be commended.
Your awareness of our needs and
your willingness to do something about
it without our asking is deeply appreciat
ed. I trust that your confidence in us will
be rewarded by our added devotion to our
work.
Thank you again.
Sincerely yours,
J. Wilbur Houser
For Red Hose DHIA supervisors
To us, this letter is a wonderful
example of the way employer-employee
relations can be if each has a genuine
concern for the other. In this case the
employer is the DHIA. The farmer direc
tors have in their hands the livelihood of
the 16 association milk testers. Approxi
mately $B,OOO per month must be budget
ed for salaries.-And when you consider
all the other expenses that must be duti
fully and properly distributed out of .the
total 12 to 13 thousand dollars monthly
income, truly the DHIA director has a
sizable responsibility.
The-tester (in this case thpemployeej
has the responsibility of honestly record
ing and reporting records of 1000 cows in
maybe 25 different herds each month. He
may have many more on the Owner-
Sampler Program. The irregular milking
time and routine from herd to herd keeps
the tester hopping, not to mention the
different personality of each owner that
must be appeased each time around.
But with all the problems and res
ponsibilities of both the employer and
the employee, we believe Lancaster
County has the best DHIA relationships
in Pennsylvania. Not only do we con
clude this from the above letter but also
from the fact that we now have nine
testers that have been with us ten years
or more and one that has served between
five and ten years .Someone must be
doing something right. At least that’s the
way it looks from Where we stand.
Across The Fence Row
“Uncle Zeke,” a young man once
■asked, “How does it come you’re so
wise?”
“Because,” said the old man, “I’ve
got good judgment. Good judgment
comes from experience, and experience
well, that comes from poor judg
ment!” Quote
* -t i
Today is the tomorrow you worried
about yesterday.
Too many fellows think they can
push themselves forward by patting
themselves on the back.
Few men have ever repented of
silence. Patrick Henry
Then there’s this story A farmer,
interviewing a farm hand applicant, re- com Clibs and ' regular
marKed, You ask high wages for a man storages will not hold this yeai „ s
with no experience CO rn crop The practice of piling
“Well, ’ the prospect replied. “It’s so ear corn on the floor of the barn
much harder to work when you don’t or other buildings often means
know anything about it.” poor ventilation and molding of
icy do not respond favorably,,
le failure’is theirs, not that of tfa*
’itnes*.
10 COMPULSION
God, we must remember, does
tot compel people to come to
Im and accept his gracious love,
le appeals to them, woos them,
mrsues them, but the choice is
hvays theirs. Paul’s obligation
was not to add Festus and Agrip
pa to his list of converts, but Ur
make very clear to them what It
was they were being called to
choose or reject.
So it may be with us. We too
__j are called to witness faithfully.
Our concern should not be a mat-
NcirirwiHi scn,(ur* Ad, 7513 through ?6 32. fcj. 0 f how many "scalps” we can
"-‘"V "T r ", . collect, but how clearly and faith
loll me about tins Christian we present the invitation of
faith of yours, says a young Christ. Certainly we ate deeply
man who is both a dropout and conM rned about those who da
an alcoholic. Encouraged, you no t acce pt the invitation. We want
try as simply as you can t o them to grasp it, but we need ta
speak of what Christ means to r e a ite e that we cannot force Chris
you and your life. \\ hen you t j an dis C i p le S hlp on anyone. -
have finished, Because we seem to forget this
you cannot deter-f act> our outreach too often take*
mine what effect on j ma ge of "Aw, c’monl* We
it has madeupon become accustomed to coaxing
him. He nods, people to serve Christ and some
rises from the ta- people become accustomed to
a , sa w?i in S coaxed and make a life-long
tWnTuwer » 11 ««eer out of being hard-to-get. *.
You do not OFF THE FENCE i
Rev. Althouse K'tte £’time i. l f? hy *°
•u . i. ll ttte , , e become the association of th*
you will see him. Several weeks faintly.interested. The task offh*
w y °a i ha l-l e ? a l^ en congregation become® that oi
shot and killed while breaking constantly trying to find neir
into a hquor store. Your witness, waya a nd means —in many,
it seems, has been a failure. cases, ghnmicksi of coaxing!
WHAT IS FAILURE?
' es A 7° n h-•£ bf coSing^oSt
f^, has bifinitum, we might
suffered the same sense-of failure. CO urage them'to get off thefencii
We-diave done our best, it seems, and'becoma declared atheists
but our hearer does not make the if they cant
p l nse ‘, our - efforts Perhaps, one-of the beat way*
7^?. b f a n „ i i n fu« c to discover fee reason for Chris
,Paul knew this, yan discipleshipjs to attempt ta
w Hve «■ » full-fledged athel*
fore JTestus and King Agrippa, Many, people never coma to ai^,
P reci »te fully fht power Of th*
Jj}’ , te 18 finished, Festus Christian faith because, instead ol
says, "Paul you are mad; your ejecting It and discovering wfial
greaMearnmg is turning you fcgfc, withohtStbw hang
mad,, and Agrippa responds, In on the fringe. It gives them Just
enough to escape the complete
a - P^D lstl i aT1 ’ emptiness of life without God.and(,
Changed. Paul’s witness has not l0( f Uttle to experience thefullhesa .
tw 'of Ufa with himr If you cannot
■o I bring yourself to'make a full .
Paul has been a failure. commitment to Christ perhaps
mg-up personal victories is the you ought to tty without.
measure of success, then he has fc im at -. ff canP
failed. Paul, however, was not ■ .
called to win these two men. but sttSXtSSShffi '
to witness to. them. This he did church., .t chri.t i„ ih. u, t. A. MmhSSt
and powerfully. Their response Ctmnwn!iyPr«»s«rvit«.l
to that witness is their own and if .»
BEYOND THE FRINGE
Lesson for September 10, 1967
For Full Market Reports
To Wait For Dent-Stage
Corn Silage
Corn has matured rapidly din
ing the past week but many
crops are still green and not
ready to make top quality sil
age. Growers are urged to wart
for the dent stage in order to
get maximum feed nutrients
per acre. When so many dairy
and livestock producers are
placing more emphasis on corn
silage as a means of cutting feed
costs, it is important to harvest
the crop when feed value is the
highest
To Plan For Corn Drying
Read Lancaster Farming
NOW IS
THE TIME...
By Max Smith
Lancaster County Agent
the crop. Growers are informed
of two corn drying meetings
elsewhere in this publication
and are urged to become ac
quainted with the important
practices to get good curing con
ditions.
To Top-Dress Alfalfa Stands
Early tali is one of the very
good times to fertilize establish
ed stands of alfalfa. After'the
removal of the last crop during
September or early October, ap
plications of phosphorus and
potash will be taken up by the
plants and result in increased
yields next season. A complete
soil test should be used as a
guide whether or not to use an
0-20-20 or an 0-15-30 analysis of
fertilizer. Nitrogen applications
to healthy alfalfa is question
able at any time and especially
in the fall.
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