— Lancaster Farming, Saturday. June 15,1968 4 From Where We The Stupid Goat A commuting writer for The News-Sun. Kendallville. Indiana, writes of what he sees along the road to and from work; "... we’ve noticed a white angora billy gnat w ith his head through the fence beside ttie road. He seems to be waiting patiently fen- help to extricate him because his horns tern back and he’s caught like a fish in a g.ll net. He must really relish that lush grass just beyond the fence and he seems to be confident that someone will help him out. The episode struck us as being so par allel to the situation of we Americans today ... We (so) love that lushness just beyond v hat comes by the sweat of our brows that we’ve been tempted beyond our freedom and v'e lose it until the man comes along to help vn out . . . What would happen if that farm ei got tired of loosening the stupid goat, or got sick, or involved elsewhere?” When we expect government to solve a' 1 , our problems for us and guarantee our secuntv from the cradle to the grave, we a-e indeed acting like the stupid goat. ★ ★ ★ ★ Dear Kid: An Open Letter Dear Kid Today you came to me for a job. From the look of your shoulders as you walked out, I suspect you A e been turned down be fore. and ma>be you believe by now that Deis out of high school can’t find work. But. I hired a teenager today. You saw lum He v\ as the one wdh polished shoes and e necktie What was so special about him? Hot experience, neither of you had any. It was his attitude that put him' on the payroll instead of y'ou Attitude, son. ATTI TUDE He wanted that job badly enough to shuck the leather jacket, get a haircut, and look in the phone book to find out what this company makes. He did his best to im press me. That’s where he edged you out. You see, Kid, people who hire people aren’t ‘with’ a lot of things. We know more about Bing than about Ringo, and we have S'-one-Age ideas about who owes whom a L\ms. Maybe that makes us prehistoric, hut there’s nothing wrong with the checks we sign. Ever hear of “empathy”? It’s the trick of seeing the other fellow’s side of things I couldn’t have cared less that you’re behind ii* your car payments That’s your problem sad President Johnson’s. What I needed was someone who’d go out in the plant, keep his es open, and w ork for me like he’d work for himself. If you have even the vaguest xoea of what I’m trying to say. let it show tie next time you ask for a job You'll" be head and shoulders over the rest. You know. Kid. men have always had Farm News This Week Fay Stoner Tops 4-H Strawberry Exhibit; Keeps Title In Family Page 1 Seven Contestants For Co. Queen Of The Farrow Page 1 600 Attend Dedication Of Farm And Home Center Page 12 Prices Increase 2% In May Page 1 ! LANCASTER FARMING | Lancaster County’s Own Farm Weekly IP 0 Box 266 - Lititz Pa 17543 Gißce 22 E Mam St. Lititz Pa 17543 Phone Lancaster 394-3047 or Lititz 626-2191 Eveiettß Newswangei. Editor Robert G Campbell Advertising Diiector Subsciiption price $2 per year in Lancaster - County, S 3 elsewhere Established Novembei 4 1955 Published eveiy Saturday by Lancaster Fanning Lithz Pa Second Class Postage paid at Lititz, Pa. 17543 Member of Newspaper Farm Editors Assn. Stand ... to get a job like you get a girl: Case the situation, wear a clean shirt, and try to ap pear reasonably willing. Maybe jobs aren’t as plentiful right now, but a lot of us can remember when master craftsmen walked the streets. By comparison you don’t know' the meaning of “scarce.” You may not believe it, but all around you employers are looking for young men and women smart enough to go after a job in the old-fashioned way. When they find one they can’t wait to unload some of their worries on him. For both our sakes get eager, will you? ★ ★ ★ ★ Flag Day The calendar tells us yesterday was Flay Day. Every U.S. citizen should be proud to look upon the American flag as the greatest national symbol ever unfurled from any standard. It repre'sents a nation formed on the unprecedented principle that the powers of government are derived from the people. The U.S. flag exalts the indivi dual and the constitutional guarantees which preserve his freedom. It represents a people that have been generous, heroic, and creative. It is the symbol of freedom from political oppression, of opportunity to make a better life to which the oppressed of all nations have turned with hope and been fulfilled. Flag Day is a good time to get back to basics and recognize that a tingling up your spine when the stars and stripes go by is cue of the surest signs that the vitality and genius of this nation and its capacity to achieve great things on the stage of history is still very much with us. Despite our mechanized, computerized society, the fact remains that anything having to do with human endeavor rests upon an intangible quality of spirit in the individual. Some individuals have it in larger measure than others, and the same is true of nations. The greatness of the United States is based on the spirit of her people. Let us remember in these complicated days of our history, there is much need for simple patriotism, deeply felt and clearly shown. ★ ★ ★ ★ Inexorable Laws “All vainglory to the contrary, man can not conquer nature. We are a part of nature, bigger and more noisy and destructive than a mouse, but subject to the same inexorable laws. When the good water is gone, the good soil covered or wasted, the good air tainted, we shall surely perish. This has happened in many times and places “We now send food to peoples whose an cestors failed to realize that without soil and trees on the hillside the town in the ' alley dies, without recognizing that we our selves are busily engaged m emulating the ancient error " - Dr. M. Graham Netting, Director, Carnegie Museum. Conservation Foundation Newsletter Across The Fence Row Sometimes, reputations are ruined, and other times, they are confirmed. “Our world is too small for anything but truth and too dangerous for anything but love.” Promises and pie crusts are easily broken, but poorly mended. 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 low 80’s and over-night lows in the 60’s. It will be warm over the weekend, turn cooler early in the week and moderate about mid-week. Precipitation may total more - than % inch with showers Saturday night and Sun day. FRITH THAT WORKS Ldion for June 16,-1968 ' arduous devotions. Sir Guy was >«cii«raunj s<r!rturm j«m«i i iht«ujh2, determined that so much energy 0w.1i.n.1 RmSii,.; Jamas li2-12. Should not go to Waste. He de- Psychiatrist Viktor Frankl fells vised a plan whereby he could of an advertisement that appear- harness the mans swaying, ed in-a newspaper: Unemployed, using a crude machine to trans* Brilliant mind offers its services form the pious motion into power completely free; the survival of to work a water pump in the the body must be provided for by castle. That, in sir Guy’s es* adequate salary. duration, was putting faith to The advertise- workl ment serves as Sir Guy may have been too a significant much the activist and appreciated K reminder that too little the values of devotion, man must ever but he was not far from the truth keep in proper * n realizing that faith and de balance both votion ought to produce practical ■be**"* the sentient and results of some kind- Jesus was ■KF" active aspects of known for both his teachings and his nature. Too his acts. They were, in fact, in- often, Christians separable. He not only spoke the »tv. Aitnouse ma j or in one or truth, he was the truth in action. the other, as if they weremutually Faith and works, he demon exclusive alternatives. strated, are not alternatives; they Philo, the ancient interpreter must always go together, of Judaism, noted that religious Crl .. n , Da . c people may often fall into two Fruits Real Fart" distinct groups: the pietists and We find the same sentiment in the activists. me Epistle of James. "What does For, being filled with a sense it profit, my brethren, if a man of piety, they have preferred that sa y s aas faith but has not to all other interests, and devoted works? Can his faith save him? the whole of their lives to the j Jaaies . 2:14 118 v- Jam f s is n °t service of God; while others have indicating that a man is saved adhered simply to their connec- by his works, but that his works tion with men in social zeal, af-, will indicate whether what he says fording all alike the use of their is what he really believes. Faith, possessions, and, as far as pos- jben. is not simply an idea held sible, alleviating their woes. The ky the mind, but a conviction that latter you might call philanthrop- dominates one’s life. As Hartley ic persons, the former devout. Coleridge, the poet, puts it; * For those alone are perfect who ®is an affirmation and an act have a reputation in both depart- That bids eternal truth be pre- - xnents. sent fact. That is faith that works! s The Resources To Act l*aiad an aullmas copyrifhfo4 by lha Division . Thus ac Philo mil Wco moll ct "' llll ° n Education, National Council al Hi* . ■UUIS, as rnuoput It SO well, church., of Christ in lha U.S. A. Ralaastd by ; we need "a reputation in both community pra«Samca| i departments.” It is not enough J to specialize in one to the ex clusion of the other. Piety must find its expression in action; action without piety soon ex hausts the resources that enable Attend The Church Of us to act. ' : Mark Twain, wrote a satirical novel entitled, A Connecticut Yoilf Choice SlindoV Yankee In King Arthur’s Court. 7 It is the chronicle of the merry adventures of a nineteenth century ‘ New Englander who was trans ported through time, hack to the Read Lancaster Farming For Full Market Reports To Provide Fresh Water Maximum water consumption is very important for all types of livestock if we are to expect ef ficient production or gam in weight. During the hot summer months animals will continue to consume larger amounts of wa ter if it is fresh and cool Where running water is not available in outside areas, the trough or con tainer should be protected from the sun To Prevent Corn Root Pruning. The cultivation of corn is de creasing in favor of chemical weed control; however, when corn is cultivated it is important to stay away from the plant suf ficiently to prevent the cutting of the side roots With many of the days of King Arthur and his Knight* of the Round Table. Si* Guy, as they dubbed him, being a practical-minded Yankee, wa« appalled at the waste of time, energy, and motion in the elab orate ceremonies of the court of King Arthur. He felt challenged to put these wasted resources to some practical use. Putting Faith To Work One of », projects Involved a saintly nan who spent manyi hours on hia knees in prayer.; As he prayed, the man swayed backward and forward in his' NOW IS THE TIME... By Max Smith Lancaster County Agent hybrid corns there are numer ous side roots; if these are cut off, the plant will be set back. As the plant grows, the cultiva tor should be set more shallow and further away from the st^lk. To Feed New Grains Slowly... The barley crop is badly lodged and it is possible that many growers will not be able to combine a normal crop; how ever, any gram that is combined should not be fed to livestock in any great amounts until it has gone through a two-week curing process in the bags or in the bin. Digestive troubles such as scour ing or bloating may occur if new grains are introduced too rapid ly in the ration.
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