—Lancaster Farming. Saturday, September 21.1968
4
from Where W* Stand ...
Not Very Safe
We were traveling on one of the country
roads south of New Holland recently when a
‘•mall farm boy driving a huge, high-power
.*d tractor, appeared from behind a field of
all corn along the road. He was desperately
'sing all the bodyweight and muscle his
ight or nine years would allow as he came
"»the end of the field. Yes, he got it stopp
d after he was on the middle of the
•oad.
The point is. we don’t think it is safe
or these little fellows and girls to be driv
-ig the high horse-power found in the new
ractors. One of the more recent reasons
jr our thinking is this item from the Farm
Safety Review entitled “I Don’t Feel Very
Safe”.
“Lyell Yetzer came home from the field
in his tractor as he had a thousand times
jefore. But, this time he cradled the body of
-iis daughter on his lap and in his hands.
“A moment earlier the Dakota County,
Minn., farmer had heard his daughter say
‘I don’t feel very safe on this thing” as she
>witched position on the tractor.
“The new tractor, one of the largest
nade, jerked as the unfamiliar automatic
ransmission reacted to learning hands,
loberta Yetzer, 13, fell beneath one of the
,iant rear wheels.
“Mr. and Mrs. Yetzer suppressed tears
is they recalled a sad memory.
A brand-new tractor had been delivered
o the farm. Suzanne, 19, Edward, 7, and
loberta had rushed through their chores.
They all wanted to ride on the tractor.
Jayne wasn’t finished jet, so she stayed
-iome. Roberta had spent lots of time be
hind a tractor's steering wheel. But experi-
ence didn’t save her from the fall The
wheel climbed over her chest and head.
“The ground was frozen. There was no give
to it at all.
“I cou’dn’t tell how bad she was,” Mr
Yetzer says. “One side of her face was
smashed in
“Little Suzanne ran home screaming to
tell her mother to get the car ready. Mean
vhile, Lyell picked Roberta up and chugged
iome. They put her in the car.
“Lyell continued to hold his daughter
is the car sped to the doctor.
Dr. R. L. Hegrenes pronounced Roberta
lead. In this particular case, nothing could
le done.
“As Mr. Yetzer walked past Roberta's
empty saddle resting on a wooden horse on
-he porch, this was his plea to other farm
Barents Don’t Jet kids ride on tractors. Get
item with them if you have to. Don’t let
hem ride. We had people tell us about trac
tor accidents but we thought they always
happened to the other guy ”
Farm News This Week
Chester White Gilts
Win Fat Hog Show Page 1
Herr Wins Tractor Drive
At Solanco Page 1
‘Hi Charley’ Wins For Swinehart Page 1
Dairy Show Gets 1968
Solanco Fair Underway Page 1
Agricultural Missionary Reports (Part II)
Hondurans Are Poor Page 6
LANCASTER FARMING
Lancaster County’s Own Farm Weekly
P 0 Box 266 - Lititz, Pa 17543
Office 22 E Main St Lititz, Pa 17543
Phone Lancaster 394-3047 oi Lititz 626 2191
Everett R Newswanger, Editor
Robeit G Campbell, Adveitising Dnector
Subscuption puce S 2 pei yeai m Lancaster
County S 3 elsewhei e
Established Novembei 4 1953
Published evei c Satin day by Lancaster
Fanning Lititz, Pa
Second Class Postage pajd at Lititz Pa
17543
Member of Xewspapei Faim Editors As s n
Conservation Education
Pennsylvania Gov. Raymond P. Shafer
has called for support in a move to estab
lish and develop a program of conservation
education in the state's schools.
The Governor, in proclaiming October
13-19 as Pennsylvania Conservation Educa
tion Week, asked “every student, parent,
teacher., administrator, school board mem
ber, the Department of Public Instruction,
other state agencies and every citizen of the
Commonwealth to do his utmost to encour
age and accomplish” the successful promo
tion of such a program.
Governor Shafer emphasized that Penn
sylvania’s “social, spiritual and economic
heritage rests directly on our natural and
human resources.”
He pointed out that “Most of the state’s
citizens now live and work in urban areas
far removed from close association with our
soil, water, minerals, forests' and wildlife,
thereby making it more difficult for them to
learn about these resources from experi
ence and contact.”
Because of this, and since conservation
principles, understandings and knowledge
cannot be imparted in an informal and hap
hazard manner, the Governor said, “Con
servation . . must be integrated into the
existing curriculums of our schools.”
We certainly agree with the Governor
and commend him for his statement. How
ever, just a statement by even such a man
in high state office isn’t enough to get con
seuation education courses in our school
system. It takes the grass-roots efforts of
everyone who has any influence on local
school systems to speak up And now is the
time.
We need textbooks. We need periods in
the classroom set aside for conservation
instruction We need teachers sympathic to
the subject. Eut most of all, we need an in
creasing awareness on the part of the gen
eral public that conserving our soil, water,
minerals, forests and wildlife is basic to any
other prosperity we might enjoy.
At least that’s the way it looks from
w here we stand
Across The Fence Row
“Production and marketing of food is
the nation’s largest business,” noted “The '
Kansas Restaurant.” The publication went
on to say. “It is larger than the automobile
industry, steel, aerospace. It provides jobs
for millions of people in production, pro
cessing, transportation, packaging and dis
tribution of food for the consumer. Millions
of ottiers engaged in the manufacture and
distribution of equipment and supplies used
on the farms and ranches of the nation are
likewise dependent on the economic well
being of agriculture.”
Realtor’s sign in front of farm house:
“For bale, Oleo Acres one of tne cheaper
spreads.”
America is probably the best ted na
tion in the world. Tet, we spend the smallest
pioportion of our income of any country for
lood, 18%.
There’s no doubt about it. Uncle Sam
is much stronger than Atlas of Greek my
thology. He carries the world around with
both hands in his pockets.
Local Weather Forecast
(Fiom the U. S. Weather Bureau at the
Harrisburg State Airpoit)
The five-day forecast for the period
Saturday through next Wednesday calls for
temperatures to average above normal
with little day to day change Daytime
highs are expected to be in the 70’s to mid
80's and overnight lows, in the mid 50’s to
low 60's Normal high-low for the period is
7.3-54.
Little or no rain, is expected through
next Wednesday
11l WHINS. 1UT...!
Lesson for September 22,1968
, S«ek|r«un4 Scriptural Janoh I Ihraufh 4.
i Oavatianal Rm4ia|: Pttlmi 67.
Bishop Gerald Kennedy of the
United Methodist Church tells of
a stubborn Scottish elder, who
many years ago bitterly fought
against the proposed union of
the Church of Scotland'with the
terian Church. In
time, the pro
posed union re
ceived the nec
essary majority
of votes and it
was consummat
ed. Someone
heard the old d-
der muttering to
himself: "It’s all
B . v wrong, I tell ye,
Rev. Althouse it>s all wrong-
But evidently it Is the will of God.”
He didn’t like it!
Jonah was like that old elder.
His problem was not that he did
not know the-will of God, but
that he knew it and didn’t like
* it! God told him to go to the
people of Nineveh and call them
to repent of their sinfulness. Why
should Jonah object to that?
First,we must remember that
Nineveh is an Assyrian city and
the Assyrians are Israel’s great
est, most bitter enemies. The Jews
hated Assyria with a great pas
sion. So, for one thing, Jonah
did not want to preach repent
ance to these Assyrians whom
he despised.
Secondly, he was sure that it
would be a waste of time, for
they would not respond. These
people were utterly depraved in
their evil ways, he thought. Why
waste time on people for whom
there is no hope, no possibility
of saving? God was making a
mistake in thinking that there was
any possibility in redeeming that
black city!
God's mistake
Third, Jonah found it imposs
ible to-believe that God would have
To Provide Exercise Lot
Dauymen who aie concerned
about herd health and high
bleeding efficiency should be
rlanning to provide a good ex
ercise lot for the milking herd
this v inter A paved lot fiee of
any obstructions that may injure
the uddei of the cow is suggest
ed If the herd is turned out for
a short period each day begin
ning when'the cows are con
fined at night, they will not mind
cold or inclement weather
To Practice Good Sanitation ‘
One of the principles of good
fai m management is to establish
a sound system of sanitation in
e\ei\ farm enterprise Since the
farmer is getung closer -Urban
neighbois in many parts of t}ie
count! \ the mage of farming
and food production must be
from clean and sanitary animals
"and surroundings Regardless of
any conesrn for these people !«•
.rael was hit chosen nation. U
.he was going to lova anyone
If-would Tie the Jew*. Besides,
how could God love or be con*
cerned about people who were
ao evil and pagan? It was al>
moat an insult to think that God
would show some of the same
concern for Nineveh that he dem
onstrated for Jerusalem.
We can almost hear Jonah pro
testing, "It’s aU wrong, I tell you,
It’s all wrong!” Yet the persis
tence of God made something
else evident too: "But evidently
it is die will of God.” Pursued
by God until at last he gave in,
Jonah accepted the task and went
to the Assyrian city. It waa not
something he desired to do, but
evidently it is the will of God
and he has no choice, though
he is quite sure that God is
making a big mistake.
It is then that, from Jonah's
point of view, the very worst
thing happens: the people of
Nineveh, these hopeless, god
less Assyrians, take seriously his
reluctant warning and repentfAnd
how does he respond to this mar
velous turn of events? Is he
overjoyed at his unexpected suc
cess? HE IS NOT! It may be
the wiU of God for these hea
thens to share with Israel the
mercy of God, but it is still all
wrong! Angry, (he petulant pro
phet sulks under a vine that God
has graciously provided to pro
tect him from the Sun.
Not just one man
What was the writer of Jonah
trying to say to his people with
this story? He was trying to
show them that God is Lord of
all the world, and not just one
special nation. He is trying to
demonstrate thatGodis concerned
about all men, not just a few.
He is attempting to help his read
ers to see that, though Jonah
was a Jew and a prophet, die
sailors on the ship, though hea
thens, were more humane and
compassionate. The people of
Nineveh, Assyrians though they
were, nevertheless were more re
sponsive to the word of God and
more obedient to his wiU than
Jonah.
Thus, Jonah is not just one
man. He is all Israelites who
would rather defeat their enemies
than live with them in peace. He
is all men who find it imposs
ible to fit the will of. God into’'
their little minds and lives. He
is all of us who are convinced
that God’s plan for universal
brotherhood in one world must
be "all wrong”.
Thus, he who laughs disdain
fully at Jonah may, in reality,
be deriding himself.
IksW on ootonot copyrtgMoJ by too Otvisitrt
of Cbmhon Edv'of *n, Motionol Council of too
Churchos of CHns* in too U S. A Roltotorf by
Comrm nity Pross SorvicoJ
NOW IS
THE TIME...
By Max Smith
Lancaster County Agent
the amount of au pollution fiom
livestock waste disposal at se\-
eial times duung the year, if the
farmer is practicing all known
methods of sanitation, there will
be less foundation for justifiable
complaints.
To Recognize Good Ventilation
With the coming of the wintei
season and the confinement of
many animals and birds, the sub
ject of propei ventilation should
get sufficient attention With
maximum production desn ed
from every farm unit, the build
ings will be filled to capacity
The icmoval of the animals heat
and moisture is very important
to top production and to main
tain good buildings Condensa
tion and /dripping, along with
‘foul-air, and drafts may be elim
inated with proper ventilation
Producers are urged to recog
nize better ventilation if these
problems exist.