•Lancaster Farming. Saturday. September 23,1967
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From
A Meeting Of
International Neighbors
We spent about 45 minutes looking
In on a bit of heart warming interna
tional relationship last week, when we
visited with Wilbur Kraybill and his
Australian IFYE guest, Maxwell Correy.
Our report of the visit is on page 1 of
this issue.
Obviously. Wilbur and Max had
developed in a few days a mutual res
pect and friendship that went deeper
than, a casual acquaintance Though their
farming methods and. practices were as
far apart as their farms, yet the inter
change of ideas and cultural background
created a deeper understanding of
peoples beyond the oceanic fence rows.
We left with a warm feeling of
friendship for the foreign visitor. Yet we
could not help but wish we had even
more of this personal type international
interchange. If all people could learn to
know individual neighbors from around
the world as Wilbur and Max learned to
known each ether, it would be impossible
for nation to rise up against nation as we
now have it
At least that's the way it looks from
where we stand
★ ★ ★
Like Mother,
Like Daughter?
As reported last week, Susan Kauff
man’s 4-H junior yearling, Penn Springs
Bill Topper is doing well at the shows.
She won district honors at Hershey, and
then went on to Harrisburg to win in the
Junior Dairy Show, The State Black and
White Show and the Pennsylvania All
American.
Of special interest is that show
winning runs in Topper’s family. Her
gr and dam won enough credits to be pick
ed All Pennsylvania Junior Yearling
(same age as Topper) m 1958 The dam
had Reserve All Pennsylvania in 1964 as
a -junior calf
Now with all of Topper’s winnings
it could be a case of like grandmother,
like mother, like daughter
At least that s the way it looks from
where we stand
In The Top Of The
Farm News This Week
Swinehart, Thompson and Weaver
Win At Beef Sho w— Page 1
Poullrymen Invited To Attend
NEPPCO-Lancaster Banquet Page 12
Queameade General Farm and Home
Calf To Be Sold Page 13
Thirty 4-H. Horsemen Going. To
District Show Today Page 1
Ronald Ranck Has Best
Swine At Fair Page 10
Preston LcFever Wins Tractor
Driving Contest Page 1
LANCASTER FARMING
Lancastei County’s Own Farm Weekly
P O Box 266 - Lititz, Pa 17543
Office 22 E Mam St Lititz, Pa. 17543
Phone Lancaster 394-3047 or Lititz 626 2191
Everett R Newswanger, Editor
Robert G Campbell, Adveitising Diiector
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Where We
Stand ...
The Hidden
Profit-Maker
Agricultural limestone is an inex
pensive yet a basic mineral which is a
foundation for productive farmlands.
Fields that are low in pH have a poor"
foundation for producing high yields.
Lime is an investment to increase pro
lit through greater production and should
be applied whenever soil test indicate a
need. This should be in each crop rota
tion.
The Nation’s farmers are using only
about one-third of the 80 million tons of
liming material soil specialists and agri
cultural leaders say they should each
year. One of the reasons many attribute
this to is the fact that the crop response to
liming is not readily apparent as it is
with such fertilizers as nitrogen. After
the initial application of lame and it
must be enough to meet that field’s par
ticular need it costs no more to keep
the pH at any desired level 6 5 or 7.0
than it does to keep them at a lower pH
such as 6.0 And for most crops the more
nearly neutral field (pH 7.0) are, the
most productive Many fields have a pH
below 5 9 and should be raised to at
least 6 5 If this is done the fanner can
expect 5 more bushels of corn, 7 more
bushels of wheat and 0.8 more tons of
alfalfa per acre according to the Nation
al Limestone Institute. Using the value
of oats at .75 cents per bu., corn at $l.OO
per bu , and alfalfa at $20.00 per-ton and
the yield increases above, in five years
from ten acres using a crop rotation of
2 years in alfalfa, two years com and one
year in oats, total increase in crop value
is $472.50.
If the soil test revealed a need of 4
tons of lime per acre and lime cost $6.00
per ton delivered and spread, the cost of
liming this 10 acre field would 'be $240.
This is only about one-half of the in
crease in crop value over a 5 year period.
Rather than letting the yields gradually
slip back to the lower levels, an applica
tion of one ton of lime in every rotation
will keep the soils productive and yield
$472 50 in each succeeding 5 year period.
Which farmer cam, afford not to
lime properly amd to keep the pH at the
correct level 9 Lime is the built-in hidden
profit-maker
At least that’s the way it looks from
where we stand.
Across The Fence Row
Somehow or other, as we get older,
work seems a lot less fun, and fun seems
a lot more work ” Rex Goldlthrope,
Cuba City (Wise ) Tri-City Press
“It now looks as though the taxpay
er will be the first of America’s natural
resources to be completely exhausted ”
Fred W Grown, Edgewater, (N J ) Ber
gen Citizen.
Then there is this bit of conversa-
tion
“I’m sorry I can’t pay my install
ments this week.”
“But you said that last week and
the week before ”
“Yes, 'and didn’t I keep my word?”
Weather Forecast
The temperatures for the five day
period Saturday through Wednesday are
expected to average below normal Day
time highs to be mostly m the 60’s and
night lows in the 40’s m the north sec
tion and 50’s in the south Cooler the first
half of the period then becoming milder
Normal high, is 75, normal low 53
Ram may total greater than one
half inch in most sections, coming m the
first half of the period.
Whin the chapter closet, Paul
does not know what hi* fate wilt
be. He might be freed, impris
oned, or even executed. Whatever
happens, however, Paul would
be found, like Speaker Davenport,
doing his task.
TYPICAL OF PAUL
We see a scene that had been
repeated many times in Paul'*
life. "When they had appointed*,
i day for him, they came to him
. . at his lodging in great numbers*
i'i 2t. (Acta 28:23 RSV). The only dif-
On May 19, 1780, the Con- f«ence now was that they came
necticut House of Representatives to his house, Paul evidently under
was in session in Hartford. It house-arrest. Once again as
was one of the most eerie days in ma ny times before, Paul ex-
New England history. Onechron- pounded the good news, "testify
icler called it "a terrible foretaste ing to the kingdom of God, and
of Judgement Day. • trying to convince them about
At noon the J<*sus both from the law of Moses
skies turned from and from the prophets.” Inevitab
, , bi U e to grey. By ly. "some were convinced by what
midafternoon he said, while others disbelieved."
they had become So it had been wherever he had
▼*B so black that gone. So it is with us even today:
many people, some response, some rejection.
yM fearing the Day Apparently, even in those days
W of God’s Wrath there was a great back-log of
’ had come, fell to court cases awaiting trial, for two
their knees and years later and Paul had sdll not
Rev. Althouse implored his been tried. Our last view of him,
mercy. then, is typical for Paul: "And he
In the House of Represent*- lived there two whole years at h is
tives all was confusion. Some own expense and welcomed all
men fell to their knees while oth- who came to him, preaching the
ers called for immediate adjourn- kingdom of God and teaching
ment. Then, Colonel Davenport, about the Lord Jesus Christ quite
the Speaker of the House, rose to openly and unhindered” (Acts 28:
his feet and a momentary hush 30, 31 RSV).
ON THAT DAY
Lesson for September 24, 1967
’’’
came over the room as he spoke: T ntiPUT« p«ume I
"The Day of Judgement is either 'U LIUMI fl oANULt
approaching or it is not. If it is Poor Paul! Working right up to
not, there is no cause for adjourn-the end. Never getting to retire
ment. If it is, I choose to be found and enjoy _ a pension. No little
doing my duty. I wish, therefore, bungalow in Florida. True, he
that candles may be brought!” probably wasn’t making tents
any more (his profession), but
THE LAST GLIMPSE the preaching and teaching of
Paul encountered some of this Christ and the kingdom was*
same difficulty during his own something he could not lay down,
ministry. The people of Thessa- I n that dark age, Paul’s mission
lonica, he learned, had. stopped wa « to light candles, not curse the
working and were simply waiting darkness.
in idleness for the-return of Christ, Harry Lauder used to say: *E
something they supposed to be could tell where the lamplighter
imminent. Paul’s letters to them was by the trail of light he left'
instructed them. -to get back to behind.” So^hwaacwith.Paul; one
worih so that when the day of couhF follow “his trail 'll light
Christ’s return did come, they throughout Europe and Asia and
would he found faithfully doing he was still! lighting candles when
their tasks. his Master came to take him
Paul’s own life provided a home,
shining example. In the lastehap- Where will you be and what
ter of Acts, we leave Paul in will you be doing on that day?
Rome. The writer of Acts docs (i«3«d *n ovdm*, co.yn.M.j ky .h. Division
not finish the story, perhaps be- ° f Christian Education National Council of th#
cause he assumed his readers 9 ,urcK * s Chr “' m ,h * u 5 A *•*•“•* k »
, . , _ , Community rren Sorvico }
knew it or because Paul was
still working when Acts was
To Attend Corn Field Days
The Harvey Sunday Farm,
located near Carlisle in Cumber
land County will be the scene of
the Pennsylvania Corn Field
Days on September 28 and 29
This appears to be a very edu
cational event for all coin
groweis, there will be many
exhibits and demonstrations
stiessing the suggested methods
of all phases of com pioduction
and utilization Since corn is a
very important ciop on neaily
every farm, we strongly recom
mend that local farmers attend
at least one of the above days.
To Eradicate Rodents
We read numerous articles
lately about the federal governr
ment getting into the lat eia
dication program, we strongly
recommend that all rats and
mice be exterminated hut it is
equally important for every
land and property owner -to
undertake this program "them
selves and not depend upon the
fedeial government The start
ing point is a good, sanitation
program followed by the use of
written. The last glimpso of
Paul thot ii given to us, how
ever, is that of a man continu
ing hte work hccdUts of the
possible lateness of the hour.
NOW IS
THE TIME...
By Max Smith
Lancaster County Agent
poison baits and poisonous
gases
Milking cows should be kept
away Irom oak trees at this time
of the year if there is an acorn
crop Experience has showed
that cows will l eat the acorns if
given a chance, regardless of
the amount of other pasture
crops Acorns will reduce or
stop the milk flow from most
cows and they will not regain
it duung the present lactation.
To Enroll In 4.-HL
Beef Project
Ruial boys and girls interest
ed in feeding a baby beef as
their 4-H Club project this com
ing year should enroll by the
first of October Two elubs are
active in Lancaster County: one
in the New Holland area and the
other as a county-wide club
(Red Rose), interested! youth 9
to 19 years of age are requested
to enroll through one of their
local 4-H Club Leaders or con
tact the Agricultural Extension
Office, 202, P. o.' Building, Lan
caster. . - ,