4 —Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 9.1967 From Where We Stand ... _ 9nnn ments beyond the control of the British rlgriCUllurc fciVUV people, the effect of the debilitating dead- To quote from this publication re- ® nd Philosophy of welfarism in Great cently issued by the United States De- B ? ta ‘ n “' « 1 cle * r }y apparent to anyone partment of Agriculture; who has followed the news stones of the “An expanding national economy re- decline, quires >a growing resource base, A rising Illinois State Journal has ably standard of living demands a more whole- U P cur Tf Phght of Britain: some environment, Ful-filling the needs economy, so hemmed in by fiscal of millions of people yet unborn cannot guidelines of Socialist planning, goes be assured unless we improve our use of * rom «nas to crisis. Saving the country natural resources and achieve planned financial disaster every other patterns of land use without delay.” month ,are short-term remedies of This is growth and the most im- borrowing, price fixing, wage freezes portant reason why we must step up and manipulation of interest rates, conservation of the Nation’s natural re- The utopian era which socialism sources especially soil and water. Do promised has never quite materialized, you realize that by 2000 A.D. the popula- There are still the poor. There are con tion of the U.S. will increase between siderably fewer rich. There are still 100 and 160 million from the present strikes when the government allows figure of over 200 million; that our them - There are still power shortages, food needs will at least double; that water w°rse railroad inefficiencies and, oyer needs for manufacturing will quadruple all > a growing bureaucracy of alarming and for other uses will double; that proportions. . . Capitalism is anathema, land used for houses and other buildings Profits 'are frowned upon. The ‘telly’ set will increase 200% while land used for a weekly gamble on the soccer pools and transportation will increase 125% and a divestment of responsibility character for reservoirs 180 % ? With the population lze m ° der T n . socialist Britain.” increase and shorter workweeks, the de- . The Journal logically asks .., amid mand for outdoor recreation facilities it be a vision of American 20 years from may increase 300 %. now? Much of the withdrawal of land for cl Jl M these purposes will come from the areas- TL* W. Ai*!-, Tn Hn now used to produce food and fiber for * ® /AMU 1 O LJ\J our present population. In order to meet jf y OU something bad, everybody the added requirements of a5O to 80% always knows about it. But, you could go increase in population in just 33 years to church every Sunday of your life, take from now, we must act to conserve and home stray kittens and help old ladies improve these resources. The fertility of across the street forever and never find the soil must be increased, soil erosion by yourself a celebrity. The younger genera wind and water must be reduced, ways tion and most particularly the older teen need to bo found to retain the water a g e section of it are in this position. The where it falls or be stored nearby. lunatic fringe, the so-called “hippies,” To accomplish this we need to use the LSD trippers and the troublemakers every possible means available. It may g e t a u the publicity. Every adult should be contour farming you need or just remember that this minority of the building contours on increasing cover younger generation is not indicative of crops of grasses and legumes by increas- the ambition, intelligence or solid accent ing the productivity of the soil through plishment of the vast majority of young limestone and fertilizers. A call to the people. local Soil and Water Conservation Ser- As a publisher, Mr. Don Robinson vice will bring the information needed G f The American Press observes, it might to conserve and improve our natural help if publications, “.. . would tell more farm resources, about some of the outstanding achieve- Prom where we stand, it looks like merits of young people and Stop encour now would be a good time to do it. aging the mentally imbalanced by giving M. M. M. them all the limelight.” ® £3 es This we aim to do in Lancaster It Could Be !=£ Great Britain is 20 years “ahead” of the United States in the development of a welfare state socialism. While many tend to blame the lamentable state of British affairs on international develop- Farm News This Week Holstein Barn Meeting At Stauffer Farm Page 1 Veal Calf Club To Start Now Page 1 Zerby Heads Vo-Ag Teachers Page 9 Lancaster Has The Reserve Champion Steer At 4-H Show Page 1 Thirty-seven 4-H Steers Go To Harrisburg Page 1 S&W Group Says Thanks At Banquet Page I LANCASTER FARMING Lancaster County’s Own Farm Weekly P. O Box 266 - Lititz, Pa. 17543 Office. 22 E. Main St., Lititz, Pa 17543 Phone. Lancaster 394-3047 or Lititz 626-2191 Everett R. Newswanger, Editor Robert G. Campbell, Advertising Director Subscription price- $2 per year in Lancaster 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. Across The Fence Row The difference between intelligence and education is this that intelligence will make you a good living. Charles F. Kettering Chop your own wood and it will warm you twice. Then there’s this story: Two small girls were playing together one afternoon in the park. “I wonder what time it is,” said one of them alt last. “Well, it can’t be four o’clock yet,” replied the other with magnificent logic. “How can you tell?” asked the first. “Because my mbther said I was to be home at four and I’m not.” Weather Forecast The five-day forecast for the period Saturday through next Wednesday calls for temperatures to average near normal. Daytime highs are expected to range in the mid 30’s North, to mid 40’s South. Over-night lows in the 20’s North to the 30’s South. Colder over the weekend, moderating Monday 'and colder again to ward the end of the period. Precipitation may total one-half inch melted occurring as snow or-rain. , aaWhbow, To add to hot Babylonia, a naw neat lntht E**t lOiy Mlooh, (hi sm«U*(owß from Judah'* back* cam* to hit countrymen -m a masrfaga (hat anvlsioned a futura day of unlvinal world gAct. Min would ho longer ui« elr zesouzcM to provide wea* Sons for national security. Now um resources could be made Into implements for building, healing, and helping. What a day ■«<—>■»«»-wee. he environed: '‘•They shall sfi _ every man under hie vine and - Pwtfawl Mm l»w» IMS. under hi* fig tree, and none shall The other evening ontdevlslon make them afraid” (Micah 4:4 (here were some old aim cllns ol RSVI. the Joyous celebration* that took Statesmen have delighted in dace on V-J Day, the end of Quoting this passage, unfortu- World War 2. Many of us remem- nately, however, they have ber vividly foe exhilaration we focused on only part of bis rnes ▼enly-two years sage. They have sharedhisvision ;o. After a gl- of a universal peace, but have tntic, tragic Ignored what he aoid of the ;ruggle, foe meona whereby this peace would /arid, it waa be acheived. So men have heard laid, had at last foe prophecy, taken hope, had ieen "made safe foetr hopes dashed, and then cried for democracy.” In dismay: "But when?” The *wor to end „ _ . „ ' wars” had On That Day m WHEN? lenottforPecembar 10,1007 icen fought ann»K»n nim m warfare and international in- stl5 tl “ fch ** u - *• *-*•!••** W trigue. Israel, the neighbor to the North, had fallen to Assyria, been carried into captivity, and virtually snuffed out of existence. Judah’s own postion was be* coming increasingly precarious, standing between die two peat For Full Market Reports Read LANCASTER FARMING To Put It In Writing... Many agreements and leases and some air movement. How are made by fanners as well as ever > in closed barns or in some other business men. Good farm sheds with only one open side, management suggests that farm exhaust fans to move out this leases be put in writing and loaded air are needed. that each party has a copy of To EnroU - a the agreement There is less Correspondence Courses... room for argument and dis- , agreement when responsibilities . Many Pennsylvanians are tak are down in writing. advantage of the corre spondence courses offered at Penn State University. These To Ventilate Barns... r , , , . . are educational courses in a In many livestock and dairy . • , f barns there is need of electric ' fan exhaust ventilation. Most , a * „ bams are filled to capacity «*• ™ ks . deswi f. to JK which means there are large ™ r e about a certain .subject amounts of 'body heat and mois- * a “. ge A ii lirA f _ unm nirA p„ A „ 1 At, t ;i j 1113111 3i iIOIQ6 311(1 OH til6 pr6S" ture to remove from die build- ent job Conta t r .Ait 5- » - * -,,T Tk-,l t NOW IS THE TIME... By Max Smith Lancaster County Agent cause there is cross ventilation