4—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. October 28.1967 From Where Farm Boys Make Fine Impression The 10.000 FFA boys that con vened m Kansas City recently, prompted this letter to the editor in the Kansas City Star that was brought back to us by Charles Ackley. Vo-Ag teacher at Eph rata. It read: “Do you want to restore your faith in the teenagers of this country? If so, just go to downtown Kansas City while the FFA boys are in town and take parti cular note of these kids. Most of them are dressed m the familiar blue jacket. None of them needs a haircut. I did not see a single FFA boy with long, shaggy hair hanging over his eyes. A large majority were not dressed in the height of fashion, but everyone was neat, and had the eager look of a lad learning something, and doing something worthwhile. It’s a plea sure to behold God bless 'em.’’ Need we say more? Farmers Have Final Responsibility As more and more people walk the earth, more production must be wrung from each acre of available land if the necessities of life, most notably food, are to be available m sufficient quantities to support life. Exhaustive and repeated Fodd and Drug Administration studies have demonstrated that food purity is not adversely affected by proper use of pesticide chemicals essential for the growth and protection of food crops. This is good news indeed, because there is no question but that the use of these chemi cals will have to be much broader and more intensive as the pressure on the land to produce increases. In this development, the individual farmer will carry an increasing responsi bility to see to it that he uses pesticide chemicals carefully and according to the detailed directions on the label. It is im portant to remember that a chemical company probably spent two to three million dollars to discover, develop and evaluate a product for safe and proper use in crop production Chemical com panies, industry associations, government agencies and agricultural extension ser vices emphasize the importance of read ing and following directions. In the final analysis, however, all Farm News This Week Esbenshade And Kurtz Win At FFA Conference Page 1 Poultrymen Hear Director From Tel Aviv, Israel, At Meeting Page 1 Tobacco Buyers Test Market; Get Resistance Page 1 Holstein Men Set Yearly Dinner Meeting Page 1 Hand Sees Milk Price Outlook Steady For Immediate Future Page 1 LANCASTER FARMING Lancaster County’s Own Farm Weekly P. O. Box 266 - Lititz. Pa. 17543 Office 22 E. Mam St, Lititz Pa 17543 ;v ‘" *>' Phone Lancaster 394-3047 or 1 Lititz 626 2191 Everett R Kewswanger, Editor vJ Robert G Campbell Advertising Director Subscription price. $2 per year in Lancaster County: $3 elsewhere Established No\ ember 4, 1955 Published every Saturday by Lancaster Farming, Lititz, Pa. Second Class Postage paid at Lititz, Pa. 17543 Member of Newspaper Farm Editors Assn. We Stand ... George Freund, 1015 Far View, Independence this effort accomplishes noth.ng tinier the individual using the chem.cM takes the responsibility of applying u pioperly. The vast majority do, and it is well that this is so. Misuse and abuse of faim chemicals would result in restriction or piohib.tion of their use. Farmers would be deprived of one of the most important tools of agricultural production created in the past several hundred years and mankind would have a much slimmer hope of fending off the advance of star vation that now threatens so many mil lions of the world's people. At least that’s the way it looks from where we stand. & ® €9 Narrowing The Food Gap The food production gap between the "have’’ and “have not” countries has widened steadily in recent years This widening is due not so much to differ ences in overall rates of increase in food production between these two major economic groupings as to dramatic diff erences in rates of population growth. Despite these many adverse trends there are nevertheless some recent en couraging developments which enhance the prospect of accelerating food produc tion in the “have not” countries within the next few years. A more rapid ex pansion of food production will help buy time in which to bring the rate of popula tion growth to a manageable level In deed. one of the leading challenges before us and the world today is to see how quickly the food gap can be narrowed. At least that’s the way it looks from where we stand. Across The Fence Row Even if your credit rating is zero, you can still borrow trouble. By the time you have money to burn, the pilot light has gone otrt. Flattery has been defined as the ability to describe others as they see themselves. The richest man in the world doesn't have more than 24 hours to enjoy every day. Have you heard about the college graduate who, showing his diploma to his father, said, “Here's your receipt, pop; - ’ Eagle Star. Marinette, Wis. A man can cling to an idea so long that it makes a prisoner of him Don't fasten your ship to one single anchor, or your life to one single expecta tion. Then there is the story about the farmer who dialed his zip code into his bam telephone. And guess what? His mailbox rang! Weather Forecast The five-day forecast for the period from Saturday through next Wednesday calls for temperatures to average near nan-pal with daytime highs in the 50’s in the north, portion and in the 60,’s sputk. The overnight lows noli range in the mid ¥6 y s'to"mid l '4o’s. " “ * ' ’ Milder at the beginning and turning cooler later m the penod. The normal temperature for this time of year is high 61 and low 40. , Rain may total one-half inch occurr ing Saturday and again at the end of the period. •But God,” we cry, •that** the way we’ve learned to worahip. if that l«n’t what you want, what do you want?" Surely the people of Israel must have reaponded In somewhat the aame way. What did God want? Amos had a ready anawer: "But let juatice roll down like waters, and righteouaneaa like an everflowing stream” (Amoa 5:24 RSV). There we are; what God wants from us above all else is justice and righteousness. For Those Less Fortunate But what do you mean by "justice and righteousness"? Well, says Amos, for example: stop i«ckfr.unJ s»»*■- wffl not listen" (Amos 5:22-23 Bu f^, u be all right onMon- RSV) day; Noise Of Our Hymns It’S just a little habit they’ve Can vou imagine hpw stunned „ j C vf a ! red * ~ .... were the people of Israel when God hates worship feat is htue Amos delivered this prophecy? m 9f® an ,? habit drat is for- The feasts, the sclemnassemblies, gotten by Monday. If our wor- Ihe various offerings, the joyous s mP 15 to acceptable, then, as songs, the melody of harps, all someone h aS put it: "The chat nel these they had assumed wer e of ritual must be filled the pleasing to the Lord, the righf wat f„ s of justice and righteous way to worship. It is as if today ne , . , ......... find TOOT* in in vie. «T (land »n oullm*. t,pvnsM,dhy theOwinorl uoa were to say to us. i nate 0 , €hn[ ', ian Edu[ „„„, N.i,.n.i Cwkh of •>-. your holy seasons, and I take no church,, ,f chnst m th, u. s. a, seiemd by delight in your Sunday services. Community fr,„ s.mce) Even though you offer crisp dol lar bills and make three-year f T_ Al B_ pledges, 1 will not accept them. UA | Q £|| Take away the noise of your w hymns, to the melody of your C..nJ«„ pipe organs and robed choirs I 3llilfldV t,:1I not listen!” WHAT GOD HATES Lesion for October 29,1967 For Full Market Reports Read LANCASTER FARMING NOW IS y|y THE TIME... Lancaster County Agent To Stoic Pesticides Safely The spraying season is nearly over for many -gardeneis 'and producers, the proper disposal o£ containers and the safe stor age of surplus cheniicaisns very important Materials should be kepi in the original container it at all possible, this will help identify the chemical and fur nish spia'v instructions. Materi als should be stored safely awav fiom children, pets, livestock and seeds to be used next >eai' All livestock producers must pay attention to efficient pro duction; any factor that lowers the health and vitality of the animal will reduce production. , internal and external para "o Contiol Wiut’ei 'Woeds' " s des sap the strgftglh from the Hay fields may be hea\ ily m- amma^s an d 't-ethiOes perfor fested with weeds this fall and mance - Stomach worms -are-far winter- weather conditions have more comrr >on than many feed been \eiy favorable for seed ers a P d dairymen realize; local germination. There are Several ve i er i nai ’i3hs can diagnose the herbicides that may be used condl * :ion anc l make corrective with success such as Dimttos. Don’t feed Chloro IP’" and Karmex, grow’ :i)ai,as ” ltes - ers are urged to become ac quainted with the use of these raatenals-and accordingly. Weeds are more easily, killed when small 1 rather than towaicl maturity. , n To Control' Parasites