Fkrnflrigr Sgt&rdgynTovember 18,1967
From Where We Stand ...
Thanksgiving, 1967
In this hurried world, there are still
a few times when we pause and with
humility and reverence recall our heri
tage and give thanks for our spiritual and
material blessings. Thanksgiving is such
a time. The first Thanksgiving Day was
observed by the pilgrims at Plymouth
Colony 'after their first harvest in 1621.
President Lincoln in 1864 proclaimed the
fourth Thursday of November as Thanks
giving Day, and it has been so since that
time.
Legislation is now before Congress
which would shift the observance of five
of our national holidays to Mondays, on
the theory that this would avoid breaking
up the working week and provide five
clearly defined three-day weekends.
Shifts are proposed for Washington’s
Birthday (to become Presidents Day),
Memorial Day, Independence Day, Vet
erans Day and Thanksgiving. Whatever
may be said for this proposal as it affects
the rest of these occasions, one may hope
that Thanksgiving is not finally included
among them. As things now stand, this is
quite generally observed as a four-day
holiday. A time for families to get to
gether schools and colleges are closed
from Wednesday till Monday. This would
be sharply changed if Thanksgiving were
just another three-day weekend. For
more than a hundred years, the fourth
Thursday of every November has been
the time for families to serve that re
minder of the Lord’s bounty the tradi
tipnal Thanksgiving Dinner. Changing
this day would to-many minds detract
from its significance. Traditions are an
important part of the continuity that
lends strength to a people and to a na
tion. In these times, it would seem well
for us to keep as many of them as we can.
At least that’s the way it looks frqm
where we stand.
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Two Nice Meetings
Two nice meetings were held last
week that we must comment on.
First, the State Soil and Water Con
servation Meeting, held in Lancaster and
hosted by our own Soil and Water Con
servation Committee. We were told the
banquet Thursday night was the largest
ever held by this state organization. Cer
tainly, this speaks well for the local men
who worked long and hard for this ac
complishment.
Also the fine York Chorus was fea
tured at the Lancaster County Holstein
Farm News This Week
City Tots Visit County
Turkey Farm Operation Page 1
Carson Speaks To Ag-Banquet
On “The Telescoped Evolution”
County Groups Do Well
At Timonium Page 5
Credit Man Says We Could Not Get
Along Without Our Farmers Page I
Ivan Yost Elected-YFA
Vice President Page 1
Frey Elected President Of
Holstein Association Page 1
LANCASTER FARMING
Lancaster .County’s Own Farm Weekly
P. 0„ Box 266 - Lititz, Pa. 17543 } I
' Office: 22 E. Main St., Lititz, Pa. 17543. \' ‘
Phong: Lancaster 394-3047 or Lititz ,
Everett & NewsWanger, Editor *': i, *•
Advertising Detector, t>.
Subscription’price: $2 per year in LmcasteSr ‘
County; $3 elsewhere
Established November 4, 1955
Published every Saturday by Lancaster
Farming, Lititz, Pa.
Second Class Postage paid at Lititz, Pa.
17543
Member of Newspaper Farm Editors Assn.
Banquet, Friday evening, giving a nice
change of program for this dairy cattle
breed organization.
At least that’s the way it looks from
where we stand.
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About Food Prices
Clair Zerby of the Warwick Union
High School Vocational Agricultural de
partment, came up with some interesting
statistics on just where your city neigh
bor’s grocery money goes and how
much an average family spends upon the
dining table and how this part of the
budget goes up and down.
The statistics speak for themselves
and tell a real interesting local story
so here it is:
Have you ever wondered how much
of your food money goes for meat, milk
or marmalade? Here is a breakdown bas
ed on U. S. Department of Agriculture
studies. This is for a family of four living
on a moderate cost food plan.
Meat, poultry, fish, eggs , $13.00
Vegetables and fruits 7.38
Milk, cheese, other dairy products 5.57
Flour, cereals, baked goods 3.43
Margarine, butter, dressings .89
Sugar, dessert jellies ' .80
Coffee, soft drinks, seasoning, other 1.04
Total weekly food bill $32.11
Note: Non-food items purchased in food
stores account for about 20 cents of
every dollar spent in the’ grocery
store.
In addition to the above mentioned
food items you will find many of the fol
lowing items. Household supplies, cigar
ettes, toilet articles, pet foods, magazines,
toys,- greeting cards and many others. We
even buy clothing. -
What Does The Farm producer Receive??
The farmer’s sharebf our food dollar
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in 1966 was 40c. It was 39c in 1935 and
53c in the war year 1945. As a general
, rule, the farmer’s'share of our food dollar
declines as the amount of food processing
increases.
The wheat grower’s share of our
food dollar spent for white flour is 42c.
When the flour is mixed with other in
gredients and baked as white bread, the
farmer’s share for his wheat drops to 14c.
The corn grower receives 10c of the
dollar spent for cornflakes.
When we buy potatoes, the producer
receives 30c of our dollar. When we buy
frozen French fries, he gets 16c,
As you can readily see, the amount
of processing or handling increases the
amount received by the producer de
creases. As we continue to demand more
ready-to-eat or heat and serve items the
cost will continue to increase, but keep
in mind that the price received by the
producer does not increase at the same
rate. Today only 18 percent of the take
home pay goes for food. Compare this to
approximately 45 percent for Bussia and
55 percent for India. Food truly is your
best buy and the quality is the best any
where in the world.
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To Prevent Fires... is very common where cattle
Fire prevention in and are transported;
around farm buildings at any can give the infection? jafelocal
time of the year is very im- cattle very quickly.
portant; during the winter is another infection rcajam in
months when' most of the ma- this area; symptoms
chinery, livestock, and crops nose, a low, throatyfcoag(W|mf
are in the buildings the risk ficult breathing, fever, a&d'loss
of serious loss from fire be- of condition. The “eyeJ jrf. tlie
comes greater. Farmers are master” several is
urged to have one or more fire very important.
extinguishers in the bam in T r> _
The five-day forecast for the period order to attempt to control the To 1,86 Cor “ Fodder
Saturday through next Wednesday calls fire before the fire company for Bedding..,
for temperatures to average below" nor- -arrives. In, addition, be sure Livestock and dairy -produc
mal with daily highs in the 40” s and over tlle extingiusher is in working
ers are reminded not $o over
night lows near 30. Moderating took the use of corn Stalks ffor
tures are expected Saturday with litiifet ~fartiily know exactly g00( j bedding. Shredded or
tores are expected oaturuay operate it. Fire preven- c hom>ed com stalks hu\f?hiah
change early next important.
perature for this period is high closely ... be put through the bffland
■ .Rain may total less than one-half . lA h dairymen and cattle feed- nmati
' inch occurring as scattered showers Sun- animals Jlotehr ter - The material should be al
day and again Tuesday. Snow flurries S" ** **?
are expected in the mountains on Wed/ tory diseases' that can cause £ *
nesday. < - _ -r- serious 1 -fosses; Shipping fever 1 £ ~~ buildings.
Your Grocery Money
What’s In The Grocery Basket?
Weather Forecast
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Lcnonfor November 19,1967
tMhff*unrf Serfelum Hosm 11; 14.
Otwlfenal RM4Snf t Jirtmah 31:1-4.
A wdl-known artist was com
missioned to paint the portrait of
a very haughty woman. "Mind,
now,” she commanded, "make
sure you do me justice.” Later
in his Journal he recorded this
reaction: "With a face and person
ality like hers,
what Madam
needed was not
Justice, but mer
cy!”
One should al
ways be careful
in demanding
Justice, for we
might get precise
ly what we de
serve and what
we deserve may hardly be what
we really want Some time ago 1
saw a group picketing a particu
lar institution. One of the pickets
carried a sign that read: "WE
ONLY WANT WHAT’S COM
ING TO US!” "God forbid!” was
the thought that came to my
mind. What most of us need, I re
flected, is not justice, but mercy.
Conditional Love
The people of Israel spoke
much of their covenant with God.
He promised to be their God and
they promised to be his particular
people. To modern ears this may
sound like a legal contract, but it
was certainly much more than
that. If it had been but a contract,
it would have been null and void
from almost the very beginning.
The people of Israel were con
stantly breaking their part of the
covenant ancjt justice alone would
have* declared thdf God was re
leased*from His promises.
What the people of Israel
needed and however,
was not justice from God, but
grace: God’s undeserved love.
This kind of love is difficult for
men to understand. Human love
is often conditional. It is a prom-,
ise to give love in return for being
lovable. "I’ll scratch your back if
you scratch mine.” "Buy me what
I want,” "treat me nicely,” "live
up to my expectations,” and then
I will love yon.
Wbat God .often bla dilidren
la not a contract! a deal or a
proviiional pjfom !*e of som ethl ng
to come, but the declaration of an
existing fact: He loves us now,
even in the midst of our unlova
bleness. Though we break our
part of the covenant, though we
have utterly forsaken him, never
theless he says to us as he did the
unworthy people of Israel: "I will
heal their unfaithfulness; I will
love them freely, for my anger
has turned from them.” (Hosea
14:4)
Cheap Grace?
Some people misjudge the
meaning of the grace of God. Be
cause he offers us hisunderserved
love, some have concluded that
his grace is a cheap, inexpensive
commodity, The grace of God,
however, is not a matter of God
ignoring our unworthiness, but
of his bearing the pain of it him
self, "The more I called them,
the more they went from me; they
kept sacrificing to the Baals, and
burning incense to idols”, (Hosea
11:2 RSV) This is not the con
demnation of an angry judge so
much as the cry of a rejected
father. The pain is not a con
cern for a broken law orcontract,
but grief for a broken relation
ship.
"How can I give you up, O
Ephraim!
How can I hand you over, O
Israeli” (Hosea 11:8)
No, the grace of God is not
cheap; it is very expensive. It is a
love that survives the extreme
pain of rejection. It prevails, not
because man’s sins are harmless
they are not but because
God’s love bears the.pain of those
sins and is victorious. It is not
evil overlooked, but evil over
come.
Repent!
Who amo-g us could afford to
ask for n'stice? What all of us
need is grace, the expensive love
of God that none of us deserve.
If we want this precious gift, -be
will offer it but not "force it upon
us: “Return, O Israel,- to tbe i.ord
your God, for you
because of your iniquityj*aHosea
14:1 RSV) Time has hqtihanged
the formula;
the gift r pf
upon us, ready.\6r lmt the
grace of God is too precipus,’ too
expensive to be -delivered-*t the
door with the morning mi)k..
(Based an aollinas.cajsvrlfhtedbyika'Owlsrail
•I Christian Education, National 'Council •( tha
Churches e( Christ in tha (J, $, A. Kofoatad by
Community Press Service)
Go To Church
Sunday
NOW IS
THE TIME...
By Max Smith
Lancaster County Agent