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
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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
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Published every Saturday by Lancaster
Farming, Lititz, Pa.
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17543
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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<ri,iur. Am., i 5 s 2 trampling the needy, stop op
.. J C °MO 33 <o pressing the poor, stop making
of money your chief goal in life.
It seems stra PB® stop cheating in your business
God hating anything or any e. and work) stop exploiting the
What or waocou l d P° s ®?.tem weak, stop fattening yourself at
voke so extreme a respon - the expense of your fellowmen
the God whom Christians charac (Amo / 8 :4-7). ln other wor ds,
tenzeas our Father . ess seek justice and practice righteous-
If * i what God hates, ness for those less fortunate than
I of what would yourself,
vmi think 1 * Pro- Amos also mentions those
fanitv impiety, merchants who are so eager to
ir r eve re nee resume their trade, that they can
Would vounomi- hardly wait for the end oftheholy
nafp thebackslid- da y s ( for commerce was forbid
“ d » T » d »y.. th S' r ui “°
nisf? ■ longer have to wait. Not only are
TSSStag to -A, stores opoa on Suiy,
Amns it is none and holidays, but we have also
Rev. Althouse V, these- found ways of exploiting holy
"I hate, I despise your feasts, seasons for personal profit The
H.iicrht in vtiitr world could not afford to lose the
t'Amos 5- Christian Church: Christmas and
21 RSV) 1 ( Easter are much too profitable.
what a shocking statement! Forgotten By Monday
God hates the time-honored wor- . . . a
off« Ship p« se. What hoi.fc. and
your burnt Offerings and cere- despises is worship which is ir
al offerings, I will not accept sincere and hypocritical, which
them, and the peace offerings has little or nothing to do wita
of vour fated beasts I will not how we respond to toe needs cf
look upon. Take an ay from our fellow men. As the jingle has
Si 'iJSg'Sf ?“S'? G “>»»*■-
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
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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