—Lancaster Farming, Saturday. October 12.1D68
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From Where We Stand ...
We Salute 4-H
This is National 4-H Week. "Expand 4-
11" is the focus of this year’s observance
with emphasis being placed on reaching
more young people through the Head-Heart-
Ilunds-Heallh program.
Frankly, it amazes us that the local 4-H
units would offer to take on an expanded
program. We already have 79’dub» with en
rollment of 2.013 4-H’ers who are occupied
with 2.565 projects in science, agriculture,
home economics, personal development,
communit.v service, leadership and citizen
ship. Our young people have choices in al
most any area ot interest they might have.
And we have adult leaders 340 of
thorn some just newly started in the
challenging work of imparting knowledge,
skill and experience to youth, to long-time
workers like Victor Longenecker. Eliza
bethtown R 3 who was honored for 35 years
of leadership Monday evening at the 4-H
Club Loader’s Banquet held at the Farm
and Home Center.
Yes. w e already have an expanded 4-H
program in Lancaster County. But the
representatives at the extension office and
the adult leaders say they are willing to do
more it they can be of service They en
courage more youth 9 to 19 to join 4-H. They
urge more men and women to volunteer as
4-H leaders.
Very Good. We salute 4-H. We salute the
jouth, extension leaders and parents who
actn elv participate in 4-H
30 Million Steaks
Scare stories ha\e a way of catching
people’s attention and spreading with the
soeed of a prairie fire. A favorite outdoor
activity has been threatened by just such a
story.
An imaginative writer spotted a report
by scientific investigators that charcoal
broiled meat contained a cancer-inducing
substance. The story soon spread that it was
dangerous to health to broil our hamburgers
and steaks over a charcoal grill. A lot of
people thus crossed outdoor broiling off
their list of summer pleasures. But, like
most scare stories, this one was grossly
exaggerated. A. prominent medical column
ist has pointed out that the amount of the
cancer-inducing substance in a charcoal
broiled steak is so minute that a person
would have to eat close to 30 million steaks
to consume an ounce of the allegedly dan
gerous chemical
It's just another example of the kind of
scare stories that do irreparable harm to
farm products It is well to spread a few
grains of salt on the w'orks of consumer
oriented people who alarm the public
against agriculture rather than inform of
the great blessing of an abundant food sup
ply.
At least that’s the way it looks from
vhere vve stand
Farm News This Week
Longenecker Is Honored For 35
Fears Service As 4-K Leader Page 17
Hereford 4-H Steer Is
Winner At Manheim Show Page 1
Local Eggmcn Win At NEPPCO Page 8
LANCASTER FARMING
Lancaster County’s Own Farm Weekly
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‘Thank You’ Warm,
Powerful Expression
A strong case can bo made tjiat the
two warmest words in our vocabulary are
"thank you."
•Spoken sincerely and accompanied by a
sincere smile, "Thank you” can be powerful
ambassador of good will. The key word, of
course, is “sincere.”
A newspaper carrier in a mideastern
city never failed to smile and utter an ob
viously sincere ‘thank you!" when he had
a chance to deliver the paper in person to
the subscriber.
When this boy’s father died shortly be
fore the youngster finished high school, his
subscribers vied to help him to get a job.
Today he is well on his way to a successful
career, despite lack of a college education.
A motorist almost wrecked his car to
avoid striking a small dog which ran into
the street. A boy of 10 stood frozen with
fright as he called out ioyfully to the driver:
“Thank you, mister! Thank you for saving
my dog!”
He made a friend of the driver for life
Every day can be Thanksgiving Day if
we choose to make it so. And saying “thank
you” sincerely is a handy, inexpensive
way of making people feel good including
the one who says it.
Seems a shame we ever miss a chance
to do it, doesn’t it?
Across The Fence Row
The Lord’s Prayer has 5b words; Lin
coln’s Gettysburg Address, 266; the Ten
Commandments, 293; The Declaration of
Independence, 300. But, a recent govern
ment order on the price of cabbage contains
26,911 words.
“And now, gentlemen,” sa’d a con
gressman during a speech in the House, “I
want to tax your memory ”
“Gad!” muttered a colleague. “Why
has no one thought of that before?”
Two camels were trudging along, side
by side, in a caravan crossing a burning
desert. Finally, one camel looked at the
other furtively and said: “I don't care what
anyone says. I’m thirsty.”
AND IF YOU ARE CONCERNED that
half the population will be under the age
of 25 years in 1970, consider that 30 percent
of all people alive will be less than 15 years
old in 1986.
No matter how tall a boy gets, he can’t
step clear across a puddle.
Teenagers are people who are not chil
dren, and not adults and they prove it in
many childish ways
American feet hate been growing al
most one lull size every generation. Today,
the average U. S. male wears size 10. His
grandfather most likely wore a size 7. At
least, one in every six American women
wears a size 9, or larger.
It looks like the days of the good nickel
candy bar tor a dime are about gone, too.
Somerset (Mass.) Spectator
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 upper 60’s and over
night lows in the low 50’s. Normal high-low
for the period is GB-45
R.am may total one-fourth inch or less
with chance of showers on Sunday and
again about Wednesday.
Boonville Daily News
•vary nsp«ct
The New Testament, however,
testes both the divinity and the
.imanlty of Chriit. This U
vldent in the Epistle to the
lebrews where the writer eaye
dntcdly: "For wd have not a
gh priest who if unable to
mpatnlze with our weaknesses,
>t one who in every respect
•is been templed as We are, yet
without sinning.” (Hebrews 4:15
RSVj.
If we take this passage seri
ously, we come face to face with
some startling ideas. The writer
is saying that Jesus was "tempted
in every respect as we are . ,
In other words, sinful thoughts
and urges found their way into
A certain man carried for bis 'He tempted to sinijust
years a great burden of guilt for •* we do, And we must not think
a sin he lommitted as a young Ibat bis temptations were trifling
man. Finally, when it seemed he either, for the writer says inevery
could bear this burden in secret rM he was tempted as
no longer, he confessed it to a wear ®- .
friend. It was helpful to be able Tins means that some of the
to share it with same disturbing thoughts and
his friend, yet he filings that we know troubled
was still not re- hUn- Lust, pride, envy, and
heved of his ter- deceit must have appealed to him
rible guilt. "Why as *bey do to us. Jesus, then, can
don’t you go to understand our difficulties with
your pastor and temptation because he himself
talk about this 7 ” bad to deal with them in his own
suggested his da y* as a man among men.
friend. "My pas- Yet without sinning
„ .... lor,” the man .
Rev. Althouse „ aspec j <>h ow Hebrews also tells us; * . . .
could he ever understand some- s'** w l*,bout sinning.” Though
thing like this?” Jesus felt the urge to sin just
as we do he successfully with-
A higher plane? stood those urges and refused to
LIKE OS, LIKE HIM
Leuon for October 13,1968
S<ripHir« Hebrews 4 through 6;
9 through 9.
DtvoHontl lUwiinf H«br«ws 9 i )*IS,
Quite obviously, he was one | et them control his life. Like us,
of those persons who conceive of ae could not keep these sinful
clergymen as a breed of men urges from coming into his mind
apart from the rest of the human a P a heart, but he could refuse to
race. For some reason, these peo- S lv * m *9 . m " ... , . ,
pie assume that the minister is v The sin is not in being tempted,
not subject to the same tempta- but m entertainmg the temptation
tions and weaknesses that plague ana holding on to it once it has
other mortals. Thus, they might come to us. As the old saying
avoid sharing their troubles with goes, we cannot prevent the birds
a pastor because they would as- rom Ay in g oyer our heads, but
sume a pastor could hardly we can keep them from building
understand or appreciate the evil pests in our hair. Jesus was
forces at work within "ordinary tempted but he didnot succumb
men.” It is not that they would to his temptations. That is why he
want him to approve of their 15 50 Qualified to be ourmediator,
sins, but to at least understand °ur high priest.
(] iern _ He bore what we bear so that
It is for somewhat similar we might achieve what he
reasons that some people hold achieved. Like us, he was
Jesus Christ at an arm’s length, tempted. Like him, we can be
Knowing themselves as sinful victors over our temptations.
and weak, they find it impos- (»«w «n ouHm« c*fyrtsMWhyKi«o>«hi*n
sihle to behove that he could com- - “
prehend their frailty. Putting him dnn™..* r r«. s.r».«j
on such a higher plane, they sea
no possibility of ever being liki
him and are thus uninspired by
his example.
In the early days of the Chris
tian Church there was a heresy ... ,
very similar to this. Some men in Attend Ihe CnUrCIT Ur
their zpal to exalt Christ empha-
sized his divinity to the-exclusion
of his humanity. Christ, they be- Yoilf Choice Sunday
heved, only appeared to be , '
human. Thus their Christ was too
different from men to be of any
help to them.
To Store Pesticides
Now that the growing season
is almost ovei for this yeai. the
task of pionerly stoung. the
left-over chemicals is one that
warrants careful attention Ma
terials shou'd be left in the ori
ginal container as much as pos
sible so that instructions are
available Do not place maten
als in unlabelled bottles, jars or
cans Also, store all materials
out of reach of children and
livestock Pesticide safety is
very important at this time of
the yeai.
To Practice Fire Prevention
This has been Fire Prevention
Week and eveiyone should gne
some attention to the prevent
ing of fires and what is to be
done in case of fire This is es
pecially true in families with
children, parents are urged to
NOW IS
THE TIME...
By Max Smith
Lancaster County Agent
organize escape plans in case of
fire in the home Farmers are
of the great value of
fire extmguisheis in the build
ings that they are in good work
ing condition, and that all mem
bers of the family know how to
use them
To Use New Corn Cautiously
Corn picking is underway m
the southeastern counties and
no doubt many livestock produc
ers will be grinding the ear corn
for feeding purposes, unless the
corn has been aitificially dried,
the moisture content is still
high and the ground ear coin
wi'l heat and mold quickly;
daily gimding is the safest
method with this new corn This
heated corn may cause poison
ing and sever digestive disturb
ances Introduce the new giams
slowly to the herd.