—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 17,1968
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From Where We Stand ...
FFA Challenging
Youth In Agriculture
Today the business of agriculture is one
c" vast complexity and many hardships
There are great problems and decisions fac
ing the agriculturist of today. Because of
t h ese many awesome facets of the agricul
tural scene, there are great challenges to be
r’et.
These challenges must be put before
the new generation of agriculturists, for
these are the men that must meet this chal
lenge. They must be stimulated by this
gieat need and take steps to solve their
problems.
The challenges facing the agricultural
youth of tomorrow are staggering. It will
t ike a \ ast amount of training to meet these
c lallenges. The road to success will be long
and blocked with obstacles The Future
Farmers of America, the youth in agricul
ture and the leaders of tomorrow, have ac
cepted the challenge.
It will take a certain type of man to
Fad American agriculture It will take a
man with the determination and stamina of
s hickory switch He must be able to make
the right decisions at the proper time. He
must be a leader, but he must also be able
to accept suggestions and listen to reason.
He must be a universal genius, for he must
I now the skills of the scientist, inventor,
technician, and business manager or his
operation cannot survive
Along with the manager, there must be
an efficient operation. A good manager with
s poor operation has the same effect as no
manager at all. The operation must utilize
all labor and capital to the greatest and
i lost efficient extent possible, for in the fu
ture it will be the efficient operation that
survives.
In tomorrow’s world of agriculture,
t lere will be many vast and nearly unbe
-1 evable changes In general, the agricul
ture of tomorrow will involve a complex ar
ray of machinery and computers
Perhaps the biggest challenge facing
t ie Future Farmers is that of feeding the
e\ er-increasing population. Meeting this
coallenge wall require all of the skill, brain
power, and desire they can muster.
Future Farmers of America are cele
brating FFA Week, February 17-24 Their
tneme "Challenging Youth In Agricul-
ture
Training agriculturists is the business
ot vocational agriculture classes in high
schools throughout the state and nation The
FFA program, a part of vo-ag education,
gives Future Farmers an opportunity to ac
cuire agricultural abilities, develop skills of
leadership and appropriate attitudes of citi
rcnslnp and cooperation.
Farm News This Week
Road Hunting To Be Further
Curbed Under New Legislation Page 1
Milk Commission Accepts
Testimony At Hearing Page 1
Poultrvmen Hear Specialists On
Egg Marketing Problems Page 1
Mumma Is President
Of Guernsey Breeders Page 1
Annual Meeting Of
Extension Set Feb. 20 Page 1
Cattle Feeder Meeting Draws
100 Farmers Page 1
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, S 3 elsewhere
Established November 4, 1955
Published every Saturday by Lancaster
Fai ming, Lititz, Pa
Second Class Postage paid at Lititz, Pa.
17543
Member of Newspaper Farm Editors Assn.
An Expression Of
Americanism
Urban development is no respecter of
individual rights or property rights other
than in terms of the minimum amount of
cash called for by the law when property is
taken over. The idea seems to be that so
long as a person is paid so many dollars, his
rights have been respected. But, such is not
always the case, and it is pleasant to read
of a community that has viewed property
rights in terms other than the almighty dol
lar.
The residents of suburban Glenview,
Illinois, recently voted on a bond issue to
develop a public park. The park would have
taken over the last farm in the area on
which a family has lived since 1837. The
bond issue was rejected by a 2 to 1 majority
in one of the largest turnouts of voters in the
community's history One of the main rea
sons given for the defeat of the bond issue
was that voters sympathized with the farm
owners who said that they didn’t want to
lose their farm. As a press comment said,
■* ! . . . it is a notable event when a govern
ment is forced to recognize property rights
and the right of a family to privacy in its
home
“The voters of the Glenview park dis
trict are to be congratulated. Their vote was
a tine expression of Americanism.”
We wish the same expression of Ameri
canism would be more evident in the high
way and other urban development currently
eating our rich Lancaster County limestone
farm land.
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Spring
Spring is just around the corner. Plant
ing time will soon be here, especially in the
South, but will gradually move Northward.
Farmers should not delay in:
(1) Readying all equipment and replac
ing worn out or obsolete items.
(2) Checking with the County Agent and
County ASC officials on programs which af
fect them.
(3) Finalizing plans for production this
year
(4) Having soils tested to determine
fertility needs.
(5) Ordering needed lime and fertilizer.
(6) Ordering necessary seed.
(7) Setting up farm records to deter
mine amount of profit.
(8) Arranging for needed laborers.
All farmers should take into account
food and fiber needs of this Nation and
foreign countries as determined by the vari
ous National and World authorities on this
subject The World population is increasing
by the minute. However, the amount of land
available for the production of needed ma
terials is Constantly decreasing. This is due
to increases in industrial construction, the
demand for additional housing, highways,
shopping centers, etc. Therefore, each acre
of land left must produce more to meet the
increased demand. This emphasizes the
necessity of improving the productive capa
city of the soil by applying the needed min
erals based on studies made by soil techni
cians. Lime and fertilizer are the basic ma-
terials needed for soil improvement and
in that order. So get your soils tested im
mediately and then get the lime on the land
before Spring arrives and order the needed
fertilizer for delivery when needed.
Weather Forecast
The five-day forecast for the period
Saturday through next Wednesday calls
for temperatures to average below normal.
Daytime highs are expected to be in the mid
30’s and the over night lows in the 20’s. Cold
throughout the period with little day to day
change. Average high is 42 and low 24.
Precipitation may .total one-tenth of an
inch occurring as snow flurries mostly over
the mountains.
Spirited Myopia
This is evident in John 9 wheJ
Jesus heals the blind man. When
the man appears before his fellow
townspeople, they can see that hi*
eyes are open, that he is no
longer sightless. Yet, skeptically
they ask: "Is not this the man
who used to sit and beg?” Soma
agree that it is, while others re«
fuse to accept what they see: "No*
but he is like him.” Because they
do not want to believe, they will
not see.
The Pharisees are no les#
blind. That a man’s sight ha«
been restored seems of no conse*
■J quence to them. They fix theif
near-sighted vision on a question
of propriety: has the sabbath
"Seeing is believing,” runs the feey rea :
old adage. Yet sometimes per- cttvu 01 iuL W nl*
haps it is even more correct to on S^ b j >a r b !
« a v that fe sMinff Since were confronted by
Sometimes we cannot seebecaufe ™ uld “‘“P 1 * 1 *
there is no disposition to believe 1. r „ e^ e j saw
in anything. If our minds are S* ey wanted.
--- e , r mind us of the physician inZadig
eves areldceVto who P redicted that Zadig would
be closed Then lose his e Y e sight. When, instead,'
as Jesus pS fi Z S d5 S the physician
"If thev do not wrote a treatise on why Zadig
hL M y oses and shouldhave beenblind!
the prophets, «^ ow j s ee j'»
b Thwarted in their attempts to
someone shouldS et d am a gjng testimony from th«
Rev. Althouse «g!SSf
«i 1 man himself. Wasn’t he aware
■'* that this "healer” was an impos-
For Further Discovery tor > a sinner? Theologically, of
There could be little scientific Sl e ’ f^ e^® aled man was *°
advance today if men of science 4}®?* JFf. wa v
were not Willing to believe he- *™ ta *f
yond what has already been 1S * k°weverj
proven. Several years ago in the f« say
journal of a leading university
there appeared an article aboul though I was
"particle 38.” Having celebrated •„
its discovery, the writer went on in sciencs
tn «nv* w Wa arp nof ahc:niii+pix» religion today that lies be«
sure partide 38 really exists, but P r ?° f a^ d ll understand :
it is a most helpful construction St 1 )? 1 ?*
for further discovery.” Therecan^! ain pS* w * n ° t ® al j[® dt . o
be no basis tor further discovery ?~i OV ,f.- f ? bn -n-’ match theologx
in any field if we close our eyes aa \, or *?
and refuse to look beyond what aa b ? r an 4
we know to be proven. “ eed ?r, We are challenged to meet
Just as we have seen that there 1 * wide-open ready to
are two tvnes of starvation or see whatever God would reveal
malnutrition 1 ! so f there are two*° ua an . d share wifce&hother,
types of blindness. Physical™* ® c ? eri '"
blindness is bad enough, but? nces what Christ has dons
spiritual blindness is an even lorus *
THIS I KNOW!
Lesson for February 18,1968
tackground Scnjifurr John 7 through 9.
Devotional Reading. 2 Corinthians A I*6.
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more seiious condition. The loss
of one’s soul is even more critical,'!? , on tfl *
+V.o« " Chnsfmn Educ«h«n, Nvtitnai Council of th«
than the loss of the eyes. £hurch*s «f chnst m u. s. a* Rtiwsid w
Furthermore, Jesus makes itSommumiy Pr#«s*rvjct)
clear that spiritual blindness is
not accidental. The man who
loses his eyesight suffers enforced
blindness, but the man who is
spiritually blind is different in
that he chooses to be blind. He
can see but refuses to accept what
he sees. His handicap is his un
willingness.
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For Full Market Reports
To OtJer Fertilize for
Pastures ...
Permanent grass pastures or
any of the winter grains being
used for pastures or green chop
ping will respond to an applica
tion of fertilizer early in the
spring. On old bluegrass stands
an application of 40 to 50 pounds
of actual nitrogen per acre will
give greater and earlier grazing
When there are some clovers in
the stand, then a complete fer
tilizer such as 10-10 10 should be
used Early fertilization bungs
earlier pasture
To Topdress Winter Wheat. ..
Many wheat producers will in
crease yields with a. nitrogen
application about the middle of
March, or when vegetative
growth starts, the use of 20 to
NOW IS
THE TIME...
By Max Smith
Lancaster County Agent
30 pounds of actual nitrogen of
wheat to be seeded down to hay,
or 30 to 50 pounds of wheat not
to be underseeded will give good
results on most fields This is
especially true on sand or gravel
soils where nitrogen leaching is
heavier On heavy fertile soils
where lodging is a pioblem ex
tra nitrogen is not recommend
ed.
To Obtain Agronomy Guide .. .
The 1968 Agronomy Guides
are out and a very good publi
cation for all farmers. This
Penn State Extension publica
tion is recognized as a farm
crop handbook for farmers and
is very useful. Get your copy
soon and benef'* from the rec
ommendations.