—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. October 5.1968
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From Where We Stand ...
High-Classed
Responsibility
A recent report with respect to the goals
of one of the many poverty programs said.
“This is almost the only opportunity for
many to got a foothold in something better
than farm work or day labor”.
Well, now! You don’t say?
Just what’s wrong with day labor or
farm work? We know, that being a white
collar “flunkey" supposedly carries more
prestige in the mind of many Washington
Bureaucrats. And we even hear neatly
dressed men who, in answer to a query
about occupation say in a soft and almost
apologetic voice, “I'm just a farmer.”
Now' we know the cost-price squeeze is
a very real factor in Lancaster County
farming enterprises. And we know' there
isn’t enough land and capital to let every
young man wishing to be an actual farmer
be a farmer.
But that doesn’t make farming a lower
classed occupation. We’re convinced that
farming is one of the most forward-looking,
honest and business-like professions in to
day’s world. And anyone who thinks he is
‘just a farmer’ had -better take a look at his
elevated place in today’s society.
The farmer is producing more corn and
potatoes, more hay and wheat, more meat
and milk per acre than we have ever pro
duced before. This is one of the reasons that
America is the best fed and best-clothed na
tion in the world. And this is the reason that
the American consumer spends a smaller
portion of his pay check for food than ever
before. This point is underscored by the fact
that whereas families in the United States
spent 22.6 percent of their income for food
in 1955, by now the figure has dropped
sharply to an estimated 18.5 percent. And
all this, because' dedicated farmers accept
the high-classed responsibility of feeding
the nation and the world.
At least that’s the way it looks from
w'here we stand.
Autumn
Autumn is here The cooler nights and
the football games on TV prove that. To
some autumn means a journey to the moun
tains to view the red, gold and yellow colors
that no artist can quite catch m all their
glory, or a looking forward to the hunting
season. For farmers it means picking corn
and the finishing of harvesting and planting.
Each season has it’s attractions, and au
tumn has it’s full share. So whether you are
a football fan. an artist, a hunter or a farm
er who enjoys the smell of the cool fall air,
there is something in autumn for you.
Farm News This Week
Two Lancaster 4-H Members
Named State Aw ard Winners Page 19
Miss Smucker Wins At NH
Steer Show In First Try Page 1
Later Cutting Alfalfa
Wins At New Holland Page I
Kuoss Wins Third Championship At
New Holland Swine Show Page 1
Poultrymen To Tour York
And Adams Counties Page 1
LANCASTER FARMING
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Nobody’s Business..
According to the Constitution, a census
is supposed to be taken every 10 years. The
original idea was to find out how many
people lived in the United States. There was
no intention to probe into their private af
fairs. Now the Census Bureau is going far
beyond this and wants the answers to such
questions as; whether you have a home
freezer, if you have been married before,
how many people use your bathroom or
kitchen and many other things that are
really nobody’s business.
The next census is due in 1970. Legisla
tion that deserves unanimous support has
been introduced to prohibit the federal
government from using this occasion as a
means of invading the privacy of American
citizens. After all, the purpose of the census
is to count people not the number of gold
fillings in their teeth.
At least that’s the way it looks from
where we stand.
Monetary Policeman
One of the strongest arguments put
forth in support of the 10 per cent surtax re
cently passed by Congress was the need to
put our financial house in order so that
foreign nations would regain confidence in
the dollar and thus slow the rush to convert
foreign-held dollars to gold. There is a puzz
ling contradiction in all this. For years we
have been told that gold is an anachronism
that should be done away with in today’s
monetary picture. U.S. citizens, in fact,
were separated from their gold coins many
years ago, and the gold backing of money
has gradually disappeared.
The educational process of convincing
everyone that gold as a medium of ex
change is as dead as the Latin language is
very nearly complete. That is why it is dis
concerting at this late date to find that gold
is playing an impressive part in forcing fis
cal responsibility on our own government
which, so far as the ordinary person is con
cerned, has been off the gold standard all
these years. Apparently, gold is still a mone
tary policeman which governments have
failed to rid themselves of as yet.
Across The Fence Row
It had been a blistering hot day, and the
lady of the house finally had her guests
seated around the table for dinner, and as
she seated herself at the table, she asked
her four-year-old son to ask the blessing.
“Oh, mom. I don’t know what to say,” he
protested, somewhat embarrassed before
all the guests. “Weil, just say what you
have heard me say . . . remember?” Obe
diently he bowed his little head and repeat
ed, “Oh, Lord, why did I invite these people
here on a hot day like this one.”
People who are busy rowing a boat,
seldom have time to rock it
The very idle and the very busy seem
to have the same problem what to do
next.
Banks have been known to refuse loans,
because 1) they do not know you, and 2)
they do know you.
Local Weather Forecast
(From the U. S. Weather Bureau at the
Harrisburg State Ah port)
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 over-night
lows in the 40's to 50’s. It is expected to be
generally cooler throughout the period
Normal high-low for the period is 70-48.
Ram may total greater than one-half
inch as showers in the mountains Saturday
and general rain the beginning of next
week.
LISTENING?
Lesson for October 6,1968
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Some time ago I saw a (kit
in which there is a man who is
wailing: "I’ve lost God! I can’t
find him!” But a friend takes
the distraught man by the arm
and says: "Don’t get excited; just
sit down, be calm, and try to
remember where
you had him
last.”
This little skit
is illustrative of
the- situation in
which many
people find them
selves today.
While a small
contingent of the-
Rev. Althouse olcrgians has
proposed that God is dead, others
have countered, saying, in effect,
"No, it’s just that he has been
temporarily misplaced!” Where
as in other times men have seemed
preoccupied with the experience
of his presence, it is the sense
of his absence that troubles many
today. As some have put it,
"Currently, God is conspicuous
by his absence!”
The elusive one
Before you write this off as
sixpply some new .twist of con
temporary theology, remember
that this is a very ancient emotion.
The Psalms are full of exasper
rated cries for God. At one
point, the Prophet Isaiah cries
out: "Truly, thou art a God
who hidest thyself” (Isaiah 45:.
15). But nowhere is the theme
more poignantly stated than in
Job 23 where the tormented man
cries; "Oh that I knew where
I might find him, that I might
come even to his seat.” No mat
ter where he has looked, God
has seemed to elude him: "Be
hold, I go forward, but he is
not there; and backward, but I
cannot perceive him; on the left
hand I seek him, but I cannot
behold him; I turn to the right
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sudan-sorghums hybrids are re- the filling lg com p le ted the sur
mmded of the possible danger face should be sealed with plas
of prussic acid poisoning in tic, earth, sawdust, or some oth
these forage crops immediately er type of material. Many grow
following a killing frost There ers are using plastic, but the
is less danger in the sudan grass problem is to keep the plastic
plant After a killing frost nei- down tight on the surface and
ther of these forage crops not permit air to enter; this may
should be used in a fresh state take some adjustment during
of condition, the plants should the first week in order to keep
he allowed to stand foi a week the surface airtight
until they are dry and then they
may be used, or if they are To Adjust Insurance Coverage
made into silage, and allowed to This is a good suggestion at
ferment for a month, they will time of the year providing
be safe to use When stunted or .. , ,
partly killed by frost, the new the insurance coverage has not
giowth is dangerous and should been increased m the past sev
rot be used fresh. eral years Due to the increase
To Seal Trench Silos “ replacement costs, some
structures may not be properly
With the second good corn insured if they are based upon
ci op in two years many live- purchase pnte or upon construc
sloek producers will be using tion costs of a, decade or more
some type of horizontal or ago. Farmers are urged to con
trench silo to store; extra com suit with their insurance agents
silage The success of this type in order* to have proper protec
of silo is how good a packing tion.
hand, but I cannot «eehim." Even
Jesus reached out for the aseur
ance of God’e presence when on
the cross he repeated the ancient
words of the Psalmist: "My God,
my God, why hast thou forsaken
me?”
That’s God, all right!
In C. £. Montagu's novel.
Rough Justice, (Doubleday, Page
and Company, 1926) a father
has asked his son whether he
believes in God. The boy re*
plies uncertainly that sometimes
he feels "Something” stirring with
in him, some unexplainable, yet
undeniable presence. When he
finishes, his father exclaims:
"That’s God all rightl” His eon
had discovered that one doesn’t
have to search to the ends of
the earth, memorize the tight
creed, joing the correct church,
practice the right ritual, or ex
press his experience in die right
words. He didn’t have to search
for God at all, because God, it
turned out, was the one who did
the searching.
We do not find him, but from
time to time we allow him to find
us. It is not God who has been
misplaced, but we. We ore the
elusive, slippery ones. ‘We are
the ones who, like the Prodigal
Son, leave the Father’s house,
break off all communication and
go into the fat country.
The relentless God
Yet it is a relentless God who
Eursues us. When Adam hid
imself in the Garden, it was God
who came looking for him. When
Jonah fled to escape him, God
followed wherever he went. Like
a shepherd, says Isaiah, he tends
his flock and moves heaven and
earth to bring bade the lost.
As the writer of Hebrews
makes clear, then, it is not God
who breaks off the dialogue. "In
many and various* ways* God
spoke of old to our fathers by the
prophets; but in these last days
he has spoken to us by a Son . .•
(Hebrews 1:1,2 RSVO' God con*
tinues to speak now as always.
This is what Dkg Hammarskjold
meant when he wrote; /
"How can you expect to keep
your powers of hearing when
you never want to listen? Thai
God should have time for yout
granted as that you cannot
have time for Him. "* >
God still speaks. Are you
listening?
*Dag Hammarskjold, Marking*.
Afred A. Knopf, Inc. 1964.
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NOW IS
THE TIME...
By Max Smith
Lancaster County Agent