—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 20,1968 4 From Where We Stand ... Are You Ready For A Day On The Tractor? We received these eight items to check vourse’f to see if you are ready for a safe productive day of tractor opera tion Thought we would pass them on Are you physically fit to operate your tractor safely 7 Are you rested and feeling OK, and not tried, sleepy, feeling “low" or taking strong medicines 9 Can you give the job necessary at tention to avoid an accident? Are you in a normal state of mind, and not worried, upset, tense or preoccupied? Are you properly dressed for the weather? Clothing and shoes comfor table and in good repair? Did you inspect equipment before starting to be sure it's in safe operating" condition, reducing chance of sudden failure that could trigger an accident? Are any physical impairments (poor eyesight, deafness, handicaps or those connected with advancing age) corrected or extra care taken when operating trac tors to compensate for them ? Are younger drivers trained and in structed in safe tractor operating prac tices 9 Do you let them work alone only after you are satisfied they can handle tractors safely? Do you keep small children off and away from faim machinery and never let them ride on a tractor or trailing vehicles 9 Do you always operate your trac tor and other farm machinery according to recommendations m the instruction manuals 9 Are you familiar with and fol low safety suggestions in these manuals? It would be a good thing to ask yourself these questions before starting a full days of plowing next spring At least that s the way it looks from wheie we stand. Spectre Of Centralization Wherever you turn, the spectre of centralized authority is moving closer. Urban planners are now talking of a na tional land bank, which would empower the federal government to acquire land in and around cities and provide for plann ed development The reason given for such a move is that as open land in and Farm News This Week Ted & Tom Hess Win Top Honors With 4-H Lambs Page 1 County Tobacco Exhibitors Take Every Farm Show Championship Page 5 Bull Tells Farm Women Dieting Boosts Skim Milk Sales Page 1 Miss Kauffman; C. Stauffer Get Holstein Wins Page 9 Lancaster Youths Content With 1 Breed Champ & 2 Reserves; Cumberland Has Grand Champion Page 1 Leininger Has Spotted Swine Reserve Champ Page 1 LANCASTER FARMING Lancaster County’s Own Farm Weekly P. 0. 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. around metropolitan centers becomes scarcer, public controls over its use must increase There is no denying that as the pres sure of population grows and land be comes scarcer, the use of real estate in congested areas will be subject to more regulation But, it would appear tliat this could be achieved without further im pairing one of the most fundamental rights of a U S citizen and that is the right of land ownership This right is symbolized by the old expression “ . . a man’s home is his castle.” When the government begins to ac quire land On a massive scale for develop ment as the government thinks best, where is the process to stop? Moreover, the acquisition of land by the federal government around cities would cut off vital sources of tax revenue for local government A national land bank is the old story of government ownership all over again. The rights of private citizens are over udden, local independence is undermined and remaining taxpayers must take on a heavier load to make up the loss on an other nonproductive government enter prise. There must be a better way to solve today’s urban problems. '★★ ★ ★ To Master The Rubber Band First there was Zip Code and now the Pest Office Department has added ‘ snap - ’ in its service by switching from twine to rubber bands for bundling mail. Now when the Post Office Depart ment makes a change, they don’t leave anything to chance and as a result have produced Postal Item 0-1152 a-two page folder on the life and habits of the rubber band what it is, what it looks like, how to cope with it and, above ail, how to master it. (The specific rubber band in ques tion, as you are surely wanting to know, is ‘band, rubber, natural, 2 /\ inches long, ’ &-inch wide and oval in shape."’) Wnat the elaborate instructions seem to boil down to is that to band a bundle you first snap a rubber band around the bundle of mail the long way, then snap an’other rubber band around the bundle the short way and be con stantly alert that the band doesn't snap back It’s definitely encouraging to Occu pants, Box Holders and Addressees to know that when their Post Office goes af ter progress, it goes after it to beat the band. Clinton (Mo ) Daily Democrat Across The Fence Row The secret of study is concentration: the secret of concentration is to be in terested According to a recent United Press International release out of Madison. Wisconsin, “Who says University of Wis consin Student Union patrons aien't healthy, clean-cut kids? The union says it sells about 190 gallons of beer a week to students and 1,400 gallons of milk.” Weather Forecast The five-day forecast calls for tem peratures to average above normal with the high reading in the mid 30’s to upper 40’s Low readings are expected to be in the 20 to 30 range, with little d'ay to day change. Normal temperature for the period is high 39, low 23. Precipitation may total one-fourth inch water equivalent, occurring as show ers or snow about Sunday. ft NEW YOU! Lesson for January 21,1968 B«cl(i[r«uniJ Scrnthirt; John 2 13 through 3 36. D»/oti«nal R«c«ins: John 3 16 21. People who are evasive In their mus reacted to all this; John answers are annoying. We all doesn’t tell us. Yet we can imag know the tyne of person who, ine that he was at least surprised, when asked what time they must if not shocked. Nicodemus should go, reply with a vague “In a become a new person, Jesus had while.” There are also those who said. But didn’t Jesus realize that evade our questions by adroitly Nicodemus was already a very the religious, a most respectable ibject. man? He was a Pharisee and There are thus he observed the law with an ite a few times almost fanatic devotion. Who the Gospel of could ever criticize this man’s be >hn when Jesus havior or public actions? ms to be that Jesus was not talking about id of person, what a man might appear to be. John 3 when He looked beyond a person’s ac .codemus tions and behavior to the reality >mes to Jesus of his inner motivations. “That one evening, the which is born of the flesh is flesh, Pharisee expresses his admiration and that which is born of the for the signs and wonders Jesus spirit is spirit”, (John 3:6 RSV), has performed. Jesus, however, In other words, even if a second seems to change the subject: physical birth were possible, that "Truly, truly, Isay to you, unless would not bring forth a reborn one is born anew, he cannot see spirit. It is the inner self which the kingdom of God.” But Jesus, needs to be made new. Nicodemus is talking about your Even Nicodemus, the re signs and wonders, not the king- spected, pious Pharisee, needed to dom of God! become a new person. And you, if God were to change you today. Beyond The Signs where would he start? If we are If we examine the reply of Je-drunkards, thieves, murderers, sus, however, we find that in fact or adulterers, it is easy to sea Jesus has not changed the sub-where the new life in Christ needs ject. Actually, he has moved to to be made evident. But if we five the very heart of it, saying in ef- quiet, respectable lives, if we have feet; You have seen the signs, but been brought up in the church lam asking you to look beyond an d continue as a member, the the signs and see what'they are need to be reborn within is no pointing to, the kingdom of Goddess imperative. In fact, Jesus if you would see that, you must f °und that the respectable, pious be willing to be made a new per-P®°pl® were often the ones most son. Anyone with eyes can see the resistive to his transforming pow signs, but the miracles point, noter. Thus, they were often the ones to themselves, but to the king-who needed it most, dom. To see the kingdom takes Is there a need for a new you? more than a few .minor adjust- merits; it requires rebirth. (*««J on ouiim« «oyr!shi»d fcy Hi«oiw!«ion .The ™? ds Jesus; üb* with Nicodemus mean literally con.mun.iy*,„ s .>v,c.) “born from above.” Thus the new birth is not something that a man * can accomplish by himself. It is ATTEND THE CHURCH OP given to him by God. Like grace, it is a gift, an unmerited gift. As at Cana the water was turned to wine, so God can transform our To Meet Maiket Demands The food producer must con tinue to glow faim commodi ties that aie in demand by both the processor and the consumer. Actually, it s the consumer who has the most to say about it. Over-finished meat animals or low quality items of any kind bring less money but require the same high production costs. A good knowledge of what the consumer wants should be help ful. Time is passing rapidly and in another four to six weeks clover and alfalfa growers will be broadcasting seed in winter wheat. That is, if a seeding is to be made in winter grain In order to get the variety and quality needed, growers aie urged to get their needs soon. Certified seed of adapted vane Even the animals at State ties will give gieater returns Show reflect the problem of ex- f or capital, labor, and manage ternal paiasite conti 01. No me nt To Control Li\ estock Parasites For Full Market Reports Read LANCASTER FARMING old lives so cou k ...ely that we become, in effect, new persons. Nieodemus reacts the way many of us would: he is so taken aback by the bluntness of Jesus’ reply that he stalls for time by pretending not to have under stood Jesus. "Do you mean that a man must be born of his mother two times?” he asks. Jesus was accustomed to this kind of eva sion. Patiently he explains that he was not speaking of physical re birth, but of spiritual. Nieodemus needed to be reborn within his spirit. He needed to let Christ make of him a new person. Who, Me? We have no idea how Nicode- YOUR CHOICE SUNDAY NOW IS THE TIME... By Max Smith Lancaster County Agent doubt the problem is gt eater among herds not showing Pro ducers are urged to eliminate both external and internal par a sites for the most profit To Buy Legume Seed? f * ■* - i * k j
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