—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. May 25,1968
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From Where We Stand ...
Restrictions On Farm
Youth Labor
The U.S. Department of Labor has cn
let ed a new field of regulation the deter
m nation of hazardous jobs for youth em
pl \ved in agriculture. The determination of
suoh jobs is followed up with prohibitions
acainst the hiring of youngsters to perform
them.
As with many such regulatory func
tions, the motive is good even though regu
la'ion is not. As Mr. Wirtz said in his spe-
C’il order, "the death rate for agricultural
workers is exceeded only by those for min
ei > and construction workers.” He added
th it “today the farm has many, if not more,
hazards than industry.” Indeed, from the
day when man learned to hitch his one-bot
tom plow to an ox rather than his wife, it
has been a hazardous job.
Mr. Wirtz estimated that there are
about 800,000 paid farm workers under 16,
ard that the group comprises about one
qi arter ot the total farm work force. He
said further that a study of farm accidents
showed nearly 4,000 injuries in two years
to farm workers 10 to 17 years old.
The result of the study is to declare
such jobs as these off-limits to the 16-and
urder set; Handling or applying anhydnous
arimoma and certain other pesticides and
chemicals, handling or using explosives,
serving as flagman for aircraft engaged in
spraying, working as a bus or truck driver,'
operating or driving or nding on a tractor
with over 20 belt horsepower, operating or
ricmg such things as self-unloading bunk
feeders or auger wagons or earth moving
equipment, operating or unclogging com
bines. balers or corn pickers. Those are
examples.
Such regulations will ppt apply to the
young farm people working for their par
ents. It also leaves some jobs such as milk
in* cows, raising chickens and operating
garden-type tractors in the exempt cate
gory- This is fortunate, for the man in agri
cl Iture enterprises has enough trouble with
out having to look in the Federal Register
to find out if he is prohibited from asking his
son to go on the range to help him work
some cattle. At the moment, he is not. But
don't bet he won't be some day.
Meanwhile, back in the city streets, the
14 and 15-yeai-olds are dodging cars, look
ing for something, anything, to do to pass
the time and maybe even earn a little
money at a job which would keep them out
o F trouble during the id’e days of summer.
A .tout the only thing they are really safe
fiom. howei er, is the chance to learn at an
early age the value ot working and earning.
C'-y jobs have been denied them for a long
time
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Headway Being Made
Those who are familiar with the tech-,
nology of present-day agriculture have no
illusions about what it takes to produce the*
food crops -needed by mankind today. Dr.
Warren C. Shaw of the Agricultural Re
search Service, U. S. Department of Agri
culture, expressed himself in no uncertain
terms on the matter of pesticides. “The use
ot pesticides,” he reports, “has accounted
for 10 to 15 per cent of the increase in farm
output since 1940. They also are responsible
for $2 to $2.5 billion of the annual saving
in production resources. We should also con
sider the consequences of the complete
withdrawal of pesticides now used in agri
cultural production. Sound unreasonable?
Yes. But there are some who advocate such
action,! Total output of crops and livestock
combined would be reduced by about 30 per
cent. Farm exports would be eliminated
and the price of farm products would likely
increase by 50 to 75 per cent. . . .
“The world need for food will require
utilization of all available technology to pro
duce and protect high value food crops. Pest
control, including the use of pesticides, is an
essential part of this total technology. . . On
the one hand, we must protect our health
and comfort, and our capacity for produc
ing food and fiber, from the devastating
hazard of pests. And on the other hand, we
must protect all the important values in our
environment against the potential hazards
of pesticides.”
As has been pointed out time and again,
by spokesmen for the chemical industry,
government and agriculture, the question
is not whether or not to use pesticides
they are a necessity the question and
this involves a necessity also is how to
educate all elements of the public in the
proper handling and use of pesticides.
At least that’s the way it looks from
where vve stand.
* * * *
They Don’t Like
Abundance
Strange as it may seem, there are those
who believe there Is too much competition
in the marketplace. They believe there is
too much choice on the store counters. They
believe that all of our abundance merely
confuses consumers, and steps should be
taken to relieve this confusion by limiting
the choice, regulating competition and de
creeing the display of fewer products. This
dissatisfaction with abundance is truly
amazing.
The exponents of economic retrogres
sion may want to go back to the good old
davs, but, they will have a hard time talk
ing the rest of the country into following
them. As an advertisement of the Magazine
Publishers Association points out, “In the
‘good old days’ grandpa worked twelve
hours for the price of an 18-pound turkey.
Today, he works only 3.2 hours. He worked
forty minutes for a loaf of bread. Now it
takes only five minutes.”
Who is to say that 8,000 items on the
shelves of a supermarket are too many, or
too few or that the price is too high or
too low? No one can answer these questions
better than the consumer exercising the un
restricted right of free choice in the market
place.
Weather Forecast
The five-day forecast for the period
Saturday through next Wednesday, calls
for temperatures to average below normal
with daytime highs in the 60’s and overnight
lows mostly in the 40’s. Generally cool
throughout most of the period. The normal
high-low for the period is 78-55.
Rain may total one-fourth inch in most
sections with showers likely Monday or
Tuesday.
SKIN FOR SKIN?
liCMon for May 26,1968
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I „ . It is for this reason, then, that
Why does God allow good God permits Job to be tested. He
men to euffet? There seems to bejs certain of j ob » s loyalty and
no question more frequsntly allowa Sat an to use one affliction
ashed or implied to clergymen a f ter another to try to break this
this one. It seems to find man’s spirit. Thus, the writer is
ite source in die assumption indicating that righteous men
that God should allow omy un-may suffer just as unrighteous
0 righteous men m en do. If a man sounbelievably
to suffer, that g QO d as Job can suffer, then any
the righteous man may.
man should be God makes but one condition
spared all such with Satan: "Behold, he is inyour
xmsfortune. power; only spare his life”. (Job
Thus, when a 2:6 RSV) Satan takes him at his
man who be- word an( i spares nothing short
heves himself tQ of j ob » s 15fe> His affliction is
h* ?Shteous w almost as unbelievable as his
Eev. Althouse J 1 1" with goodness: his children tragically
, „ hardship, mis- killed, his wealth, health, and
suffering, his question, most friends gone. Then to "rub
"What did I do to deserve to?”, salt in Ms wounds,” Job is left
nses like an indignant complamt. %ith a wife and a few "friends”
His sins, if there are any, have who taunt and harrass him
e *S- SII J j’ • certainly to confess his-"sin” and be freed
nothing that would justify therms- of Ms suffering,
fortune that has come upon him. °
Either he has not been as good What gOOd'S integrity?
as he has assumed, or God is « Do you Btal hold fast your
being unjust. integrity?* asks Job’s wife. "Curse
No miaranfr* God and die -” his integrity
no guarantee doesn’t keep him from suffering.
Perhaps, however, there is says wife, why should he try
another alternative Perhaps we to remamfaithful? Tins was the
err in assuming that suffering same argument which Satamhad
and misfortune are necessarily advanced: "Skin for skin!”
God s means of pumshmg us for Job however , refutes this point
our sms. Maybe we are equally of view . A man’s relationship
wrong m behevmg tiiatnghteous-with God should not bedependent
ness will always be rewarded by upon &e favors the Deity bestows
f° od rtu „ ne > it wdl grar- witholds from him. It needs to
antee us against difficulty. If so, much more deeply than that,
fcen not only fee sinner suffers m % remain fait && in bad
tins life, but the righteous man times as well as the good.
ES • tu „ « , There is more to Job’s faith
eS^^W^ We r fc an "skin for skin.” So much
find running through the book of for Mm but w hat of us?
Job. The Hebrews, not unlike
many moderns, assumed that the
righteous were rewarded with
prosperity and well-being in this
life, that the unrighteous would
fall victim to sickness, misfortune,
and suffering. The writer of Job,
however, sets himself to demon
strate the fallacy of this in
terpretation.
In the first scene of this drama,
we find God and Satan convers-
ing. Satan is pictured here, not
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To Treat Alfalfa
Many fields of alfalfa will be
cut for hay or for silage in the
next few weeks Two treatments
may be needed immediately af
ter the removal of the first cut
ting If the field was not spray
ed for alfalfa weevil this spring,
then spraying the stubble to kill
iveevil is needed, in most cases
sufficient weevil will be present
to prevent a normal second
growth. In addition, the applica
tion of a phosphorus-potash fer
tilizer is strongly recommended
within a few days after the re
moval of the first crop
To Prepare for Hot Weather
Livestock pi’oducers should
make every effort to keep their
animals as comfortable as pos
sible in hot weather: exhaust
fans or cross ventilation will
much-as God's .Adversary* as
chief offlcsr In charge of testing
motives of God's people. He
come to the conclusion that
tie practice religion only in
sr to get from God what they
In material blessings,
le points out, for example,
. Job Is falthfu.l only because
has received so much from
d. He Is eminently prosperous
and successful: why shouldn’t he
be faithful? Look how profitable
It has been for hint, sneers Satan.
Let him experience deprivation of
Some kind. Then see how faithful
he remains! Then measure his
loyaltyl
(Btstd on •utiints copyrighted by Hi* Division
of Christian Education, National Council of tho
Churchos of Christ tn the U, S. A» Roltoscd by
Community Prtss StrvicoJ
NOW IS
THE TIME...
By Max Smith
Lancaster County Agent
help keep the air moving Win
dows should be opened and ani
mals permitted outside exercise
if possible Hog producers may
want to wet down pens or install
sprinklers to keep the animals
fiom suffering too much from
the heat Shade should be pro
vided for animals on pasture or
outside lots
To'lnspect Lightning Rods
The thunder-storm season is
at hand and Lancaster County is
densely populated with buildings
of all sizes and shapes Light
ning rods should give protection
il they are properly connected
and grounded into moist earth.
All property owners are urged
to make this rod inspection w ith
out delay in order to get maxi
mum protection.