—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. June 8.1968 4 from Where We Stand ... Gone But Not Forgotten The rapid changes in technology and taste are causing a fast turnover in the arti facts of everyday life. According to a recent Wall Street Journal article, trolley cars, news reels, Mason jars, Argyle socks, blue suede shoes, shaving mugs, soap flakes, Burma-Shave signs, automobile seat covers and monaural records are passing from the scene. Next to go, say the Detroit experts, is the convertible automobile. Crew cuts and cherry Cokes and hot Fudge sundaes don’t belong in the new or der. Only 15,600 drugstores in the U. S. have soda fountains because they can make more money with soft drink machines and self service ice cream than paying minimum wages to soda jerks. The fountain pen has surrendered to the ball point, the inner tube to the tubeless tire, the wooden kitchen match to the paper type, and the rubber plug has disappeared from the tub. The milk bottle, which currently ac counts for 30% of milk containers, is fight ing the paper carton. “The marketing trend Is definitely to cartons that’s what the public wants,” says Theodore. Crawford, an official of Waw a Dairy Farms, Inc., in Wa wa, Pennsylvania. He also says that those big metal milk cans, once a familiar sight around dairy farms, are being replaced by plastic-lined cardboard cartons. “We can’t find anvbody to re-tin our old cans, and we can't find any new cans anywhere,” he says. And we suppose bulk milk tanks in the farm milk house are best. But don’t you sometimes wish you could again drive the old picK-up truck to the creamery some morning and watch your milk cans slowly run the mo\ mg chain in to be dumped by hand and sent out through the can washer. Then you had a chance to tisit with your neighbors And if you got behind a “big truck” filled with several hundred cans .you might even catch a nap. The children sometimes got up early to go along with dad to the “station” which was fun And sometimes the inspector would make a surprise appearance which might not be so funny. But all in all, we’re missing something by not getting the chance to fill those out dated milk cans and shipping them to Lea man Place or wherever you sent yours. At least that’s the way it looks from where we stand. Safety And Abundance Remember when that new Invention called DDT came on the market? As if by magic, it cleared our homes of the disease carrying housefly. Chemical pesticides came into wide use, not only in the home, Farm News This Week DHIA Report Takes New Form Page 1 Poultrymen Again Invite Queen Entries Page 1 Farm & Home Open House Tomorrow Page 1 Smucker Wins Kunzler Award Page 17 S & W District Plans Air Tour & Furrow Queen Page 1 LANCASTER FARMING Lancaster County’s Own Farm Weekly P 0 Box 266 - Litxtz. Pa 17543 Office 22 E Mam St, Litxtz, Pa 17543 Phone Lancaster 394 3047 or Lititz 626-2191 Everett R Newswanger, Editor Robsit G Campbell, Advertising Director Subsci iption pi ice $2 per year in Lancaster County, $3 elsewhere Established November 4, 1955 Published eveiy Saturday by Lancaster Farming, Liti*z, Pa Second Class Postage paid at Lititz, Pa. 17543 Member of Newspaper Farm Editors Assn. but more Importantly in agriculture. As with nearly every innovation or in vention, controversy arose. Fear was ex pressed that pesticides were poisoning our food and posing a threat to the health of man and wildlife. Of late years, the air has gradually cleared of misunderstanding and prejudice. Chemical pesticides are now known for what they are, a revolutionary advancement in the science of agriculture. Secretary of Agriculture Orval Free man recognized this truth most forcefully in an Address to the Agriculture and Nation al Resources Committees of the U.S. Cham ber of Commerce. Of chemicals and pesti cides, Mr. Freeman says, “The world can’t feed a population that may reach 7 billion or more in another three decades without them. We couldn’t feed our own people at the lowest cost in the world less than 18 per cent of disposable income this year without the help of them. This is primary.” Those who are familiar with the techno logy of present-day agriculture have no il lusions 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 of pesticides,” he reports, “has account ed for 10 to 15 per cent of the increase in farm output since 1940. They also are re sponsible for $2 to $2.5 billion of the annual saving in production resources. We should also consider the consequences of the com plete withdrawal of pesticides now used in agricultural production. Sound unreason able? Yes. But there are some who advo cate 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. .. - As to the environmental problems creat ed by the use of chemicals, he pointed out that the Department is making steady pro gress. and, “Research in this field has been greatly expanded. We recognize the great danger from improper pesticide use. We’re working constantly on better regulation, better instruction, and better information in using them.” The chemical pesticide industry itself has taken the lead in pesticide use educa tion, even as it has ushered in a new agricul tural era of unprecedented productivity. Across The Fence Row Better to find out what is wrong than WHO is wrong. To live fully is to experience both sad ness and joy. PREJUDICE a device that enables you to form opinions without getting the facts. Then this story: The businessman had been impatiently pacing the station platform for more than an hour, although the ticket agent had as sured him that his train would be on time. Finally, he strode over to the ticket window. “Why didn’t you tell me this train was late when I asked you an hour ago?” he de manded. The agent stared back steadily. “Look here, mister,” he replied, “I ain’t paid to sit here and knock the railroad.’’ Weather Forecast The five-day forecast for the period Sat urday through next Wednesday calls for temperatures to average near normal with daytime highs in the 70’s and over-night lows in the 50’s. Continued warm first half and turning cool toward the end of the period. Normal high-low is 81-59. Rain may total one-half inch as show ers early next,ui:? > togtAsr, but art you capable of xeaioalng wiA your Creator? iMtnuWMpiwiH Ms#4iMvah4)> Job bid lnltndid to do At p—iwi h*imi i4j. croiS'eocaminlng, but it it now | Someone hat warned Aat we S“ r m * must be careful what we make J*°J™ our heart’, deaire. for we Jutt “*M» ««•L“?. it mleht ret it! tonable answers, u you are We have all seen don who »»%•«> *£•*> Mb whir, were delight In chasing after automo- ?, ou wben Ae world was createdf bSes. But have you ever con. £ an y?“ r mind comprehend the a dimensions of Ae universe and do| would dS understand how It **■ fashioned? if he caught one? It is one P anct * an 4 thincr to chase T** answer to all of these afw questions is obvious to this tea sonable man; Ae human mind else w ia too limited to understand what to Ho V Ae intelligence of God’s creative vour chase £“ wm and Purpose. How often, like successful Job ’ 1 hav « found ®y lo t un- Thi.ti what reasonable and demanded of happened to Job. sSiS.SS-? 04 . * A*** «^“ ation * ™ hisea fnjstrateH even ariprv Toh 1 mi S ht J ust « Well have asked has challenged God to Jffi*him'-Pagein for a simple explanation an exnlariation for Ae sorrv of Kei* d Vlty or challenged an plight to which he finds Mmsdt C£>m P Utationl ofthe He has pleaded for an op- umverse ’ portunity to "have his day in ti,. u; n H>< i : m »e court,” to reason togeAer wiA ,u, God. After all, Job is a reasonable in man. He will gladly understand Am! if only God will give him a rea- * v?Vi! to aB^ sonable explanation. An Unexpected Response are askin & *° understand what Last week we saw Job’s tea- P°°* sonable approach (Job 31). WiA i rasp ’*° F° ble ??* great clarity and logic he had set If forth his case; If he has sinned in' Creator Hunself. It any way, Aen let God show him s r wf and he would understand. How * e r °L s ld 3 n wo^ d .,rsio I rs2 be* fail lo ae that'job .as a Jj!""i 11 ?* righteous man suffering Ae af- “ wa ?Sd »savs Job at Ast b The Lrad has been silent for ™,‘ftS’'ho b ne , £, ( ’S;. I ‘kSS a long time, allowing Job to cata- LJ f h e^/h ;{! logue his reasonable complaints. !«?/’• wJL^Th« h tifa« r fi Like a defendent in a court of d r s “/ e^ as - r Tbe Q cba ® a £ law, he has allowed his accuser u*_ . , wurd m to continue uninterrupted. Now, &^ ands °f the .. he speaks at last: WHO, „ IS THIS THAT HARKENS church** •( cfm«> m <h« u, s. a* NlmMl by COUNSEL BY WORDS WITH- Cwmmun.tyfrtssS.rv.ct) OUT KNOWLEDGE?” (Job 38 ThL SV fe not the kind of re- Attend The Church Of sponse Job had expected, God’s y-,.- SundaV reply is not that of a defendant, Tour v - no,ce 3unaay TRY A CLASSIFIED AD! The new crop of barley and wheat is in the making and with appearance of hot weather, these grains will be ripening faster. Growers are urged to be certain the grain bin is dean and not infested with grain in sects. The safe method is to clean the bin and then spray the walls and bottom with materials such as Methoxychlor or Mala thion This should be done at least several days in advance of filling with grain. Many crops of alfalfa have ]ust been hai vested; the spray ing for weevil control should follow the removal of the first crop if many weevil were pres ent at the time of the cutting. If the spray is not applied, these ; insects,- will prevent -normal ; ij!I,I ; . . J TIE CIME Icmoi lor Jwe f, 1999 To Clean Grain Bins To Treat Alfalfa Stand struggling to expiate Us sonants actions, out As ths Lord' of ths Unlvsrss! Who Is this, asks God, who .casts doubt upon my wisdom and goodness? who is this, he demands, who speaks in such Ignorance? Cross-wamination Lika a dog chasing automo* hilts, Job had demanded reasons* bis answers to his questions. Then suddenly the chase Is over and God confronts him: If I give you your reasonable answers, Job, will you be able to under* stand them? You want to reason HOW IS THE TIME... By Max Smith Lancaster County Agent second growth Also, if the field was not fertilized last fall or this spring, it should be treated with a phosphorus-potash ferti lizer. Both of these treatments should be done a few days after the removal of the first crop of alfalfa. To Ventilate Buildings The month of June is usually a very hot one and producers should make plans to have their livestock as comfortable as pos sible; all poultry and other farm animals notice the extreme high temperatures and high humidi ty and will not produce as well during these periods Electric fans will heilp keep the air mov ing through a building, or win dows and doors should be open ed to get cross ventilation. Fresh water should be supplied at all times. -f ~r * >l. *■ i •• t f \ y
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