—Lancaster Farming. Saturday, August 3,1968
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From Where We Stand ...
Animals Have Been, And
Always Will Be Needed
With all the, talk these days about imi
ation milk anti meat, and the subsequent
contemplation as to what part cows, swine,
teers. chickens and sheep will play in the
uture farm, we came across a diseburse
iven years ago by a prominent clergyman
hat w’e think is relevant to the situation.
He said; “From our earliest years our
houghts have been colored by the presence
if animals. There was Noah with his ark,
aving the creatures of the earth as the seed
>f life for a rejuvenated world. There was
Jacob with his cattle, and there was Moses
pointing out the Promised Land to his
people as a land of milk and honey, which at
east says something of cows and beasts.
We read of cattle on a thousand hills as the
symbol of wealth. We counted up the riches
of the Patriarchs in flocks and herds. Toy
animals were our first playthings, and ani
nal pets our first companions.
“Our forebears came to America years
ago on a ship. But there would have been
io America to beckon them, no urge to go
;ould have moved them and -no ship would
lave been there to carry them, had it not
leen for such a humble instrumentality as
he fish. For it was the fish that first lured
nan upon the mysterious waters and start
id him on that long upward course that led
.0 modern navigation.
“When man domesticated animals and
olsnted v mes and grains he found the possi
bility of a settled life, because thus he was
afforded a localized food supply. From his
comparatively settled abode, social life ad
vanced and wealth increased.
“Cattle as every school boy knows, be
came chattel, property, wealth and their
vefy=*namB in our Latin lessons became a
synonym for money.
“How many of the arts of life we have
learned by observing and utilizing animals,
even today when man navigates the sky.
What gave him the impulse to take wings?
Birds led him into the air, as fish led him
o venture and trust himself on the surface
if the sea
“I doubt if any artist will ever paint a
stream of tanks winding slowly over the
ea at sunset, nor will the garage man fold
ng his greasy and metallic flock at night
lave the romantic appeal of a mountain
shepherd.
“The magi will still come riding their
camels at Christmas Paul Revere will still
lallop through the April night astride his
norse. The ox team and covered wagon will
still symbolize the pioneer. Men and ani
mals seem to belong together in nature, and
nature without animal life is unthinkable to
us.”
And we would add to the minister’s
thoughts that the dairy cow with her magne
tic personality and the ability to naturally
produce food components so necessary to
human livelihood will never become banish
ed from the farm scene.
Farm News This Week
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And all other farm animals pigs,
steers, sheep and chickens will always
keep their place in the farmers heart and
w ill always be needed to balance the syn
thetic foods dreamed up by human techno
logy.
At least -that’s the way it looks from
where we stand.
Obligation To Change
Our Thinking
The face of America is rapidly chang
ing, with the pace of physical alteration of
ten exceeding the pace of planners. Man’s
manipulation and care of the soil and water
resources has a far-reaching effect on each
of us, whether urban or rural.
The people in Soil and Water Conserva
tion work say, “In our constant quest to
produce more with less for a greater profit,
the view of things to come is often shadow
ed by today’s results and lost in the cries of
those who shout the loudest. The population
explosion with its accompanying housing,
recreational and transportation needs is
causing a great change in our soil and
water use. Unfortunately, this transition is
not always preceded by planning with
thought for future generations.”
The old adage “A squeaking wheel gets
the grease” may be used to describe the
conditions prevalent today. Families need
housing, schools, highways, a place to work.
In short, they have a hunger which is being
satisfied by a diet of new homes, factories
and roads. But will the satisfaction of this
hunger also consume the primary materials
needed for future growth?
News media carry events of the day
stories their readers want to read. Good
stories, although important, may easily be
shunted aside for lack of space or because
editors and broadcasters have news of im
mediate portent.
The challenge facing the State Soil and
Water Conservation Commission and dis
trict directors throughout Pennsylvania’s 64
Soil and Water Conservation Districts is im
mense. This is especially true in countries
having large urban centers and news media
geared to urban interests.
Ways must be found to present a pro
gram of sane land and water use to the
people We can no longer prepare news
worthy material and assume it will be
brought to the attention of the public
through newspapers, radio and television.
Our dwindling water supply might be
a starting point, but we need to pinpoint
conditions directly effecting the public now
facts that editors and broadcasters will
recognize as being newsworthy for their
readers and listeners. We must take advan
tage of local conditions and limitations to
bring conservation into focus. A public fac
ed with curtailment of water for lawn, gar
den and car washing is likely to be recep
tive to actions insuring a better water sup
ply.
Air pollution, lack of play and recrea
tional areas for urbanites and the evolution
of asphalt jungles are some of the imme
diate problems which could lend them
selves to local oi* regional application of
conservation planning.
Those of us involved in soil and water
use have an obligation to revise our think
ing and make the necessary adjustments to
present our case to insure the potential de
velopment of our resources.
Local Weather Forecast
(From the U. S. Weather Bureau at*the
Harrisburg State Airport)
The five-day forecast for the period
Saturday through next Wednesday calls for
temperatures to average near normal with
daytime highs in the mid 80’s and over-night
lows in the mid 60’s Normal high-low for
the period is 86-65.
Rain may total greater than one-half
inch with showers during the latter half of
the penod.
THE ANNOINTED
Leuon for Auguit 4,1968
■ of these people acknowledged
I God, but he used them all the
. . ~ , ~.. same. Nor did they survive, for
V.' when their usefulness was ended,
their mighty empires crumbled
It seems strange to think of and were replaced with others.
God working in the world The prophet tries to explain
through ungodly men. That he precisely what God will do with
should use men like Abraham, this man whom he has chosen.
Mos&, Joshua, Samuel, David, He will subdue the nations, de>
etc., is entirely understandable, throne kings, and change the
Though they were not perfect, existing world order. (Isaish
- they were still 45:1) Arid the purpose of tills up*
men who ac- heaval is not to exalt or reward
knowledged and the Persians for their idolatry,
tried to serve the but to bring out of captivity the
Lord. They were people of God and move history
sometimes spo-toward the purposes of the
ken of as "an- Lord’s master plan. Thus, the
notated,” mean- people of Israel were not to resist
ing that God had Cyrus’s annointment, but accept
set them apart It as the way God works in the
for some special world.
Rev. Althouse task. . ,
That men may know
Lord's instrument Once again, you and I, with
How then could the writer of the advantage of time and hind-
Isaiah 45 say, "Thus says the sight, have no difficulty in appre-
Lord to his annointed, to Cyrus dating what the prophet is say
. . . ”? (Isaiah 45:1) For this ing to Israel. It does not bother
Cyrus was a Gentile, an idolater, us that God should use a pagan
Not only was he not one of the to accomplish his will. That is, it
people of God, but he neither does not bother us until we face
tried to serve or believed in the the prospect of God doing the
Lord. How could such a man be very same thing in our world
called "God’s annointed”? today. . ,
Cyrus was the great emperor- it is not very pleasant' to
general of Persia, the rising pow- think of God "annointing” and
cr that eventually toppled the using a man like Charles
Chaldean empire. From the far DeGaulle, Fidel Castro, Premier
reaches of that empire, the Jews Kosygin, Chairman Mao, or Ho
had heard of this man and his Chi Minh. Yet, as the Jews had to
armies that were swiftly crum- learn repeatedly, that is how God
bling the Chaldean might. They works in the affairs of men and
need not fear this man, the nations. He might just as easily
prophet is saying, for he is ac- say to the "villains” of today as
tually the chosen or "annointed” he did to Cyrus: "I gird you,
instrument of the Lord. though you do not know me... *
Yet, shocking as this idea may Why? So "that men may know,
have seemed to the Jews, it was from the rising of the sun, and
not the first time that God has from the west, that there is none
used an ungodly man or nation beside me; I am the Lord and
to accomplish his purpose. Even there is no other.” (Isaiah 45:6
though the Pharaohs of Egypt KSV)
had not acknowledged him, nev- (ios.d .n ouiim.s c.pyrigM.d by tfi. Division
ertheless, God used them to shd- ol Chnslian Eduction, Notionol Council of Hi*
ter his people in time of famine, chu«h« of chmi m «,• u. s. a. x.lmskl by
and, later, to expel the Twelve Community rr.«s.m«i
Tribes and get them started on
their way to the Promised Land.
Though men and nations might
not co-operate with him, God Attend The Church Of
used even their evil to work out v • x c •
his will in the world. Your Cr»csc6 Sunday
To Keep Records Of
Pesticide Use
All farmers and especially
dairymen should keep accurate
record of all spray materials on
both crops and livestock Forms
are available from our Exten
sion Office and from many cus
tom spray operators. These re
cords could be very useful in
the future as proof of spray
practices
To Remove Bluegills
Farm pond owners are urged
to permit fishing by permission
m order to prevent over-popula
tion of the fish in the pond.
Many ponds contain too many
bluegill sunfish because they
are seldom fished out; many
fishermen are only interested
in the large bass and will not
take the time to remove the
bluegills When his is the case,
the bluegill population becomes
so great that all fish are stunt
ed and the reproduction of the
bass is hindered.
Unfolding purposi •
ThU would bo tho case with
Cyrus. He did not know God, but
the Lord aaw In him tho poten
tialities to occompliih his will.
Cyrus worshipped Morduk, tho
Ferslan deity, and attributed hl«
successes to him. This did not
matter to the Lord so lone as
Cyrus performed his task. For a
time, God had used the Assyrl
ans, then the Chaldeans (Baby
lonians). Nqw ho would use tho
rising Persian Empire for a
while. Later It would be the Mace-
donians, the Romans, etc. None
NOW IS
THE TIME...
By Max Smith
Lancaster County Agent
To Control Muskrat
Several office calls reg? "ding
the management of farm i onds
points out the value of IV con
trol of muskrats in the bo'.ks of
the pond Many ponds have
been ruined by numerous noles
and muskrat dens being made
in the banks. Permission should
be obtained from the ’ocal
game warden to trap 01 kill
these animals out of season;
however, the pond ownei has
the right to pi otect this proper
ty under the sunervision of the
game warden. Holes should be
filled with small stones and
clay and the muskrat popula
tion controlled as much as pos
sible The placing of stones
around the inside of the pond
both above and below water
level is giving good results in
many ponds.
Most of city water in the U S.
costs about a nickel a ton (253
gallons).