—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 3,1968
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From Where We Stand ...
Blame Everything
Responsible
LIFE magazine (January 19. 1968) pre
sents a dramatic photo-essay on “The Corri
dors of the Heart.” Unusual color photo
graphs show the inside ot arteries, and sev
eral photos deal with the build up what
LIFE calls the “insidious build-up” of
cholesterol and other matter in the walls of
the arteries.
Within this series there is one two-page
photo of an “aorta m ruins.” The cutlme
reads as follows:
“This Dantesque scene shows what can
happen to a human aorta when it is over
ran by atherosclerosis, hardening and
clogging of the arteries. Twisted masses of
fatty tissue loom like red stalagmites in a
cave and thrombi blood clots cling to
the floor. This is the disease at its worst.
An excess of animal fats and oils, eggs,
milk in the diet all staples of Americans
contribute to the build-up of cholesterol
in the body, which also produces it natural
ly. (Lancaster Farming emphasis.) Low-fat
diets and exercise can keep the level down
and drugs may ultimately prevent choles
terol invasions like the one above from oc
curring.”
Now, we recognize this medical prob
lem but we don’t think “animal’’ fats and
oils should be mentioned alone when illus
trating the culprits of heart disease. If fats
and oils are to blame, the vegetables must
also share responsibility along with the
whole list of weight-adding foods Americans
“eat themselves full with”, as our Pennsyl
vania Dutch friends would say.
This is brought to light by research
statistics. The public has decreased its per
person consumption of animal fats and oils
in recent years. They also have increased
consumption of fats and oils from other
sources beyond the original animal fats
consumption. The public has simply chang
ed sources of the fats and oils in their diets.
So, instead of blaming the cow, the
chicken, the steer and the pig for choles
terol in the body, let’s also blame the syn
thetic products that have taken their place
on many dinner tables.
We’ve even heard a fluctuating stock
market can have a harmful effect on the
heart which is beside the point except to
prove that it’s time to blame everything
responsible instead of just “eggs and milk”
for heart problems.
At least that’s the way it looks from
where we stand.
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Alternative To
Catastrophe
In the next 35 years, it has been esti
mated that quite possibly one billion people
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will succumb to starvation with the greatest
blows falling on Latin American nations,
Asia and Africa The movement toward
birth control of itself will not stem the ris
ing population curve in time to prevent the
catastrophe the human race has
ever suffered.
How would the death of a billion souls
from starvation in other parts of the world
fortunate nations? Commenting on a cos
mic disaster of this magnitude, Mr. Robert
White-Stevens of the Agricultural Division
affect the people of the U.S. and other more
of a leading chemical company says, “Its
socio-political impact upon our civilization
can only be vaguely predicted, but all in
telligent people must surely realize that its
repercussions will sweep like some mon
strous tidal wave across every land, into
every home and affect every man, woman
and child on earth.” Crises such as Viet
Nam, Israel, Cuba, Congo, Nigeria and
China will recur until the structure of civJi
zation has been virtually destroyed.
As an alternative to placidly accepting
this melancholy prospect, Mr. Stevens feels,
as do many other authorities on the subject,
that we should begin at once a massive ex
portation of the advanced agricultural tech
niques of this country. Among the most im
portant of these exports would be pesti
cides. The time is long past when super
stitious shibboleths regarding pesticide use
should be abandoned. Attempting to in
crease production without the aid of pesti
cides, Mr. Stevens points out, “ . . . will
merely aggravate rather than resolve the
problem, for weeds, insects and disease will
promptly absorb the added fertility and
destroy the increased growth.” In s h o r t,
every weapon in the arsenal of modern ag
riculture should be brought to bear on the
growing world food shortage.
At least that’s the way it looks from
where we stand.
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The Direction
WeVe Headed
A lot of discussion is heard about the
devaluation of the pound in Great Britain.
Here in the United States we are doing it in
a' more subtle' way. We call it inflation
but it still means your dollar buys less. It
means your savings account lying in the
bank may grow with interest, but it actually
diminishes in value. It means that a $5,400
tractor last year cost $6,000 this year.
Will your fate be like that of Great
Britain? Will waste and deficit spending
finally ruin the already devaluated dollar?
It will if we continue m the direction
we’re headed.
At least that’s the way it looks from
where we stand.
Across The Fence Row
The world is not interested in the storms
you encountered, but whether you brought
in the ship.
A little smile adds a great deal to your
face value.
“We can’t have the so-called Great So
ciety until we have the Responsible Society
where it’s more profitable to work than
not to work. You can’t help a man by con
stantly giving him more handouts.”
Senator Edward Brooke (Mass.)
Weather Forecast
The five-day forecast for this area calls
for temperatures to average much above
normal. Daytime highs are expected to
range in the upper 30’s, North to 50’s, South.
Over-night lows to be m the 20’s North to
mid 30’s, South. No marked day to day
change. Normal high is 39 and low 23.
Rain may total one-half inch during the
first half of the period. ' -
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WHEN GOD SAYS "Cl!"
Lesson for February 4,1968
—i. .. >. 'f or Jesus to prove himself, to
■acl|rouml Seripluro; John A 43 through 5.47 demonstrate What he COllld do:
Dtvot!on«i*«i4in<: John io 31-3!. j U st come! If we are concerned
A mother heard her little boy primarily in getting Jesus to
praying aloud in his room. She prove what he can do, in debat
was faintly amused at the de-ing his authority, in discussing
tailed instructions he was ad- whether or not he can really
.dressing to the deity. "Son,” she make men whole, then he is not
said later, “don’t spend so much likely to be able to do anything
time telling God what to do; just for us, just as he accomplished
report for duty little in his own home town,
and let him tell "Come!" pleaded the man, but
you . what he Jesus’s response is: “Go; your
| wants'”. son will live.” Here is a second
Most of us are challenge to the man. He had
probably likelthe said he did not need signs and
v ''lyl little boy in Aral wonders and Jesus took him at
our concept ofhis word. Now he was being told
prayer is not too to go home and believe that his
'JIMr unlike a shop-son would be healed, even though
* ping list. Like the Jesus himself would not be going
Kev. Althouse lad, we may not along as the man had requested,
only tell God what we want Jesus would do as the manasked,
(something he has encouraged us but according to his way. The
to do), but also how we want hir i man was asked to trust Jesus
to go about getting it for us without any evidence to assure
(something he does not encour- him.
age). It seldom occurs to us to u - ..
listen for a reply. We seem to for- Your Son Will Live
get that he is a God who com- Tut yourself in his place: how
municates with us, that he is not would you feel? Wouldn’t you feel
just a celestial Order-Taker. perhaps that the Nazarene had
let you down? But the man did as
Unless YOU See be was told and on the way home
That our relationship is to be bis servants greet him with the
two-way, not one, is seen in the new s ofhis son’s recovery. Twice
incident at Cana, what John calls bis trust in Christ had been chal
“the second sign.” Like the first lenged, but now that trust was
sign, this one is also performed confirmed, “He and all his house
at Cana. It is similar also in that bold became believers”, (John 4:
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man «% f to bim “Sir, come,” we are vriUing
niaa apparently has already wiitnlip *cint n &
heard of Jesus’ power of healing to obey wilen 116 says <
and seeks him out. "Unless you (*««4 on outiin« c,yn S M»tibve,«oMii«ri
see Siena and wnnders vnn Twill ,f Ctml,l,n Eduction, Notional Council of th»
“ a wonaers you wxu churchoi oi cbmi m th. u. s. a, n.iooi.d k/
not believe, says Jesus to bis community Pr*s* s«rvic«.]
request. Whether Jesus is suspi
cious of the man’s motives and is
testing him, or is merely respond
ing to the continual sign-seeking
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Many swire organizations are
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'ertheless, Jesus was putting
finger on something that is
i of many of us: we want a
ith founded on proof. We want
id to show us the fruits of faith
ire we are willing to respond
;aith.
Come!
The man, however, was not
interested in signs and wonders.
There was only one thing that
dominated his mind: his son was
dying and he wanted him to he
saved! "Sir, come down before
my child dies,” He did not need
NOW IS
THE TIME...
By Max Smith
Lancaster County Agent
in need of additional research
and promotion. This voluntary
program needs the support of
many producers if it is to suc
ceed; marketing agencies are
being urged to cooperate in this
program, producers are being
urged to permit the market
places to deduct the amount on
each animal marketed
To Do Forage Testing...
Decreased production of milk
is being experienced in many
herds this winter; now might be
a good time to have the hay and
silage tested to learn if it is
also lower in quality this win
ter. If this is true, due to high
er moisture conditions last
summer and fall, then larger
amounts of concentrates may be
needed. Dairymen are urged to
invest in this testing service in
order to maintain production
and high production.