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—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. March 16.2968
From Where We Stand ...
Hn With TKp Plnwino- 23> This woek of educational effort was set
V*ec un WIUI Ine r towing asjde or iginally b y presidential proclama-
The planets, move in their courses with O, V Purpose is, To bring to the at
wonderful precision. Thus, while it is im- nl:,on ofthe American the hazards
possible to render more than an educated ? misusing medicines and the common
guess on what may occur in the affairs of J ,0 < use “°Jd products and how to cope with
map on the morrow, it may be said with tns J?5 ot> em - , XT „
absolute certainty that a happy natural oc- The message of National Poison Pre
currence will take place on March 20 vention Week is aimed at all of us with
Spring will arrive. On that day. the rhythm f° exceptions. Because when accident or
of nature will enter another cycle. Subtle r^, ea ‘Y strikes and we find that we have
changes will take place. The sun will rise suddenly become the other fellow, it is
earlier and will feel warmer on your back. to ° ate ' .
Sunset will be appreciably later each day. * T*
New freshness will come on the land. Minimum Wage IUCreaSCS
As winter fades and spring mellows in- . °
to full bloom, the thoughts of many of us Very shortly, there will be an increase
farmers turns toward plowing. What is in unemployment among marginal, unskill
greater than the fresh aroma of newly ed workers. The rise in unemployment
plowed ground or the feeling of accomplish- among these groups can be expected to take
rpcnt as you lea\e furrow after furrow be- place as the new rate of $1."60-an-hour goes
hind you on your way through the field into effect under the federal wage and hour
turning last j ear's remains under to form law.
a new bed for this year's seeds. Mr. William L. White, editor of the Em-
You ha\e to be a farmer to appreciate pona, Kansas, Gazette predicts that the
it, but beside spring bringing out young new minimum will produce new inflationary
men’s fancies as the poet wrote, it also pressures and more unemployment among
brings out a compelling urge to get on with unskilled youths. He pointed out that before
the plowing. • the last minimum wage increase of $1.40-an-
At least that's the way it looks from hour went into effect, more than a year ago,
where we stand. the largest category of unemployed in the
★ ★ ★ ' ★ nation was the teen-age Negro. “The next
r\ o jump,” he added, “can only mean a cor
*■ OC responding jump in the unemployment rate
AfUoy ot low-skilled labor including teen-age
1 lie vlilcr i Ci UW Negroes and more of them hopelessly
Home medicine cabinets and utility r °ttmg on relief. Editor White s criticism
room sheh es haie become stockpiles of of the minimum-wage law is reinforced by
sophisticated drugs and chemicals many the conclusions of economist Milton Fned
of them potebtialh dangerous Hardly a maa - wr °te in Newsweek that prior to
'day goes by but what we read of the acci- 1956 ' unemployment among Negro boys in
dental misuse of poisonous substances Us- to a § e S r °up was about the same as
ually children are the i ictims The medical among white boys 8 per cent of the total,
profession, through its principal spokesman " s the federal minimum wage rate was
the American Medical Association, con- steadily hiked to higher levels, ‘ . . . unem
duels a ceaseless education campaign to Payment among Negro boys jumped to 24
awaken eieivone to the latent penis of the P er cent, and among white boys to 14 per
family medmme cabinet It repeatedly cent
warns against the hazards of unlabeled ne °t the uelds of employment for
bottles and the danger of leavir drugs or 'art-time and unskilled workers has been in
medicines even aspirin
reach of children
The dav when tne main
medicme shell was smelling
gone. The bathroom of the ;
has become a miniature pi
kitchen and the utility room
with stenlizing agents, deter
and chemicals for every
mestic need
Today's drugs and
made life more wholes'
but the price of cam'
That is why vie
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you *ll thin*** un4 *bt wife you
for ever* (John 1.4),
Thi DifftrtntWiy
The promise sounded flue, hut
It Was still Jesus whomthey
wanted, not someone else: a Mes«
slab In the hand was worth two
Counselors to come. But they had
not understood: when the "Coun
selor* came, they would not lost
Jesus; Instead they would have
him more surely than ever before.
He would be with them in a dif
ferent way now, no longer In the
body, but as Spirit Repeatedly
he assured them: "1 will notleava
you desolate; -I will come to you
Jo! ' n '*• • • • but you will see me... In
Omtfmi iHSiasi Wn 16.7-is. that day you will know that I am
BIRD-IN-HAND Is the name 3n m y Father, and you in •
of a quaint little Pennsylvania ;• • lin you ... and I will
Hutch (German) town not far 3ove him and manifest myself to
from where this writer lives. The him ... * (John 14:18-21 RSV),
name .of the town is a reminder Now mere would be no limita
of the old proverb: "A bird in the dona on bid presence. In his
hand is worth two In the bush.* ew&ly body he had been limited
It Is a kind of 111 , ame and spttce: he could be at
common-sense on3 y one place at a time. But
philosophy and aow be would no longer bo
quite descriptive united a » a man is., Now ho
of fee dynamics would be available to all who be
of much human “eve 3 ? and are receptive to
nature: a person spirit. Thus, as he was late?
will rardy give J® P ut it: "It is to your advantage
up s omething “at 1 8° away, for if Ido hot go
good for the awa y» the Counselor will not
Rev. Aliboase P r . om3se of some- c °me to you* (John 16:7 RSV).
is why fee settlers B always ® ur Advantage
number fee explorers. "I’ll stick 1138 common for many of us
wife what I’ve got” is the theme f ? wistfully wish feat we could
song of the majority of peoples share with the disciples their priv*
hege of knowing Jesus intheflesfa.
Someone Else? We may fed disadvantaged by
We can imagine, then, fee feel- comparison. Our eyes never be
ings of Jesus’ disciples on what aold bim, our ears never hear his
proved to be his last night before oi “> our bodies never fed the
Calvary. They had taken, it had pealing touch of his corporeal
seemed, a tremendous risk in band we think! Sow much
leaving behind their homes, their eas3er it would be to bdieve with _
families, their vocations, and a “ one ’ s heart, to live trium
their security when they answered Phantly and serve him faithfully
his call to "Follow me!” And now h seems!
he was sayingfeathe would soon .Y e 3 H was Jesus himself who
leave them! Someone dse was said: "Blessed are those who have
going to be sent to take his place. S? 3 ®® 6 ” and V et believe” (John
In their three exciting years 20:29 RSV). This may seem
together, they had become de- straa B« to us and hard to under
pendent upon him. Even that eve- s3and > but those today who expe
ning they had unintentionally rFenc T e the presence of Christ itt
demonstrated once again that® 1 ® Holy Spirit have a rdation
they were not ready to "go it ®biP no less vital than that which,
alone,” Nevertheless, said Jesus: ™ as *be privilege of his first
"the Father will give you another followers.
C °w!f e wl” , . f^ S,d on ° u "' nes «pyr. s hted by th. DM,:,,,
, tic nad to help them under- oF Chrul.Dn Education, Notional Council of lha
hand that it was really best feat S hurchK of christ *•>» u. s. a. it«i« stt i by
' go from them. For one thing, Commu "' t *
3 going would be part of fulfiil
ig the Father’s will, completing '
' mission he had been given.
•thermore, the "Counselor”
) would be sent in his place
ild be able to do even more
Jesus had been able to ac
iplish during the past three
xs. The Counselor "will teach
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To Protect Pigs .... ess Without this extra mtiogen
igs under 3 weeks of age and t[ls crop will be slowed down or
s within a few weeks of fai- stunted during this decomposing
’ing should be protected from Period
•lings and blackbirds in or- ™ _ , ,
to prevent infectious dis- To Practice Safety ....
is, these birds are problems According to the calendar,
many farms and about many work will soon he starting
ns and villages; health au- anc * man y pieces of farm ma
ntles have traced the spread chinery will be put into action.
Transmissible Gastro Enter- farmers are urged to stress
to these wild birds Preven- sa -fety to all of their machinery
is the best practice operators Safety shields and
guards should be kept m place
To Add Extra Nitrogen as directed by the manufactur-
Crops to be grown this year er The reaction to safety sug
land where heavy amounts of gestions is always rather nega
stover are to be plowed tive because most farmers feel
/n, should receive at least 25 it will not happen to them, we
30 pounds of extra nitrogen stress the importance of safety
■ acre, this mtiogen will help measures to prevent the loss of
hasten the decomposition of life or parts of the body; don’t
fodder and will furnish m- wait until a serious accident
ten during the rotting proc- brings it closer to home.
THE PRESENCE
Leuon for March 17,1968
RY A CLASSIFIED AD!
NOW IS
THE TIME...
By Max Smith
Lancaster County Agent