—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. November 9.1968 4 From Where We Stand ... Don’t Spread Your Manure On The Highway We received word of a Northern Lan caster County Farmer who spread his man ure this week. Now that's not nows and there is nothing wrong with it. The fall and winter months are the time to do this. The only problem in this case is that the farmer covered the public road with as thick a coat of manure as he did his field. At least that’s what the eye witness report ed. Need it be said the witness wasn't at all happy about the condition of the car when it was pulled into the garage. On first thought, we would be to think the same way. But let’s stop and consider the situation a bit. First, there is a law that charges $5O for littering. Now we suspect that dropping or spreading man ure on a public highway is littering. We think the complaint was justified. You may think, “Well, I have to take my loaded manure spreader on the road and no one is going to stop me. If those city slickers don’t like the smell, let them stay m the smog-filled city.” But even if that doesn’t shake you the fact is, we want to sell our milk, meat, eggs and vegetables to our neighbors who have to drive down the road through our stinky slop. And what kind of a public image do you think that creates for our farm pro duce? This question must be answered by every farmer who must take a loaded man ure spreader on the road. And when he does answer it sensibly, he will keep the spreader covered. Oh, yes. he’ll also see to it that the spreading apparatus doesn’t be come engaged on the way. It is only a case of treating your neigh bors as you would like to be treated your self. At least that's the way it looks from where w'e stand. Chaperone Your Fire Warm weather has dried out the n oods again, perhaps more than the casual ob server would realize, the U. S. Forest Ser vice has cautioned. Fire danger in many parts of the U. S. still exists and some areas are especially dry. Hunters and other users ot the nation’s forests and wildlands are asked to be extra careful. One of the most frequent causes of fire in the fall is the warming tire. The Forest Service slogan this year is “Chaperone your fire don’t let it go out alone.” Because of cool, damp nights, it is easy to be lulled into.a false sense of security thinking a warming fire will go out by itself. But. such fires often spread as temperatures rise and winds pick up during the day. This fall season, let everyone help pro tect the invaluable resources of the nation’s forests, including wildlife. Farm News This. Week Poultrymen Elect Directors; Vote. For Diagnostic Laboratory Page 1 Count\ Conservation District Makes Effort To Involve FFA Chapters And Individuals Page 1 Large Crowd At Credit Meeting Page 1 LANCASTER FARMING Lancaster County’s Own Farm Weekly P 0 Box 266 - Lititz, Pa. 17543 Office 22 E Mam St Lititz, Pa 17543 Phone Lancaster 394-3047 or Lititz 626-2191 Everett R. Newswanger, Editor Robert G. Campbell, Advei Using Director Subscription price; $2 per year in Lancaster County, $3 elsewhere Established November 4, 1955 Published every Saturday by Lancaster Farming, Lititz, Pa Second Class Postage paid at Lititz, Pa. 17543 Member of Newspaper Farm Editors Assn. Against The Grain The people of the United States have al ways believed in the idea that a day’s work was a fair exchange for a day’s pay. Ap parently, this is one basic thought that is still with us. Recent Gallup Polls have shown that 78 per cent of the American pub lic favors a guaranteed job program so that everyone capable of working might have the ooportunity to do so. In contrast to this strong support for guaranteed jobs, only 36 per cent of the people interviewed favor a’ guaranteed annual income. To the average person, the great drawbacks to government paying everybody a certain minimum in come still seem to be two-fold. The cost, added to present welfare programs growing bigger every day. w'ould be the last thing the nation’s finances could stand, and poli tically it would be highly unlikely that the hundreds of local, state and federal wel fare programs would be dropped or cut back. Secondly, something for nothing has never encouraged anybody yet to work harder fo help himself, and so far that is the only way anybody has ever gotten out of poverty. We are told that the millennium is com ing when all the work in the country will be done by machines and most of us will have the burden of finding uses for our leisure time. So far, most of us haven’t been troubl ed with this situation and find the idea of guaranteeing everybody an income as a matter of right, whether they work or not. thoroughly nonsensical. j. Across The Fence Raw A salesman, trying to sell a.-housewife a home freezer, pointed out, “you can save enough on your food bills to pay for it.” “That’s fine,” answered the woman. “But jou see we’re paying for our car on the carfare we save. Then, we’re paying for our washing machine on the laundry bills we saie. and we are paying for our house on the rent we are saving. It looks to me like w e just can’t afford to save any more at the present time.” Many a man carves a name for him self, while others prefer to chisel. Maturity is knowing when to speak your mind and when to mind your speech. The man who moved the mountain be gan by carrying aw ay small stones. Chinese proverb. Youth And Age “Son,” said a father to his growing boy, “just remember one thing. I know a lot more about being young than you do about being old.” “The Man of The Hour" is usually the feller who made every minute count. That breaking a mirror causes seven years’ bad luck is utter nonsense you should get pretty well squared away m no more than five years. Local Weather Forecast (From the U. S. Weather Bureau at the Harrisburg State Airport) The five-day forecast caHs fer tempera tures to average near normal with daytime highs in the mid 40’s to 50’s and overnight lows in the upper 30’s. Cool over the week end with moderation at the end of the period. Normal high-low for the period is 54-36. Precipitation may. total one-fourth inch as showers or snow flurries about Saturday and showers at the end of the period. WHO FORGETS? Lesion for November 10,1968 B*ci|r»und Scriptural 2 Ptltr. DtvaKml Kradinfi 2 Pall* lil2-21. One night several years ago I ran out of gas on the Taconic Parkway between Poughkeepsie and New York City. By day the T' inlc Parkw iy Is a beautiful ' through the of Westchester ind foothills J the Oatskill Mountains; by night it is one ■>f the darkest and loneliest of thoroughfares. Fortunately, a tew minutes after I coasted to a ’■tandstill, a state police car came up behind me and the patrolman offered to push me some seven miles down the road to the state police barracks where he would telephone a gas station for me. When we reached the exit that led to the barracks, I pulled my car off the road to wait while the of ficer went ahead to phone for a service truck. Because someone forgets! An hour and fifteen minutes •went by and help had still not come. My companions and I had waited patiently at first, but as the night grew colder we began to be concerned. Had the police man forgotten us, someone wondered? Oh no, we were certain he wouldn’t have done that But when another twenty minutes had passed, I decided to walk to the barracks and find out what had happened to our promise of as sistance. The officer, I found, was not there! He had been sent on another call and, in his haste, had apparently forgotten about us. Understandable, but how un pleasant to wait for help that doesn’t come because someone has forgotten you! To Keep Good Farm Records The end of the calendar year is approaching when many sets of books will have to be closed out and evaluated. Farmers need accurate records the same as other business concerns and time should be spent in keep ing these accounts and in using them to make plans for the fu ture. To,Winterize Cars and Trucks Cold weather is just around the corner and all faim vehicles and motors need some sneeial attention. Not only is anti-freeze needed in motors but batteries must be checked, heating sys tems, and winter-tread tires may be needed All of these items need attention before the first blizzard or the first zero weath er. •V v " J To Grind New Corn Often Many farmers are using the new corn crop for their live stock and if special care is not used, this ground earcorn will heat and spoil in a few days How long it will hold without heating depends upon the mois ture- content; the. ground mix- This vii a feeling sharsd by soma Christian! m ths sarly years of ths Christian Church. The Apostle Paul had taught ths Church to expect that Christ would "return’'ln the near future. They had thus looked eagerly for his coming. Yet, he did not come and some of them began to ask: "What has happened to the prom* ise?” Had Paul been mistaken? (Actually, Paul had somewhat re* vised his expectation.) Was Jesus still to return? Had he forgotten them? What kind of hope were they to hold to in these times of hardship and persecution? Always scoffers The letter we know as 2 Peter was written to answer these people. First of all, says the writer, Christians must under* stand that the presence of scof fers does not mean that the Christian Hope will not be ful filled. There have always been scoffers and there always will be those who jeer at the faith and expectations of others. So what else is new? Remember the past experiences of those who have waited upon the Lord. Remember the scoffers who ridiculed Noah and his "silly” ark. How tbey iently, that does not mean we are also to wait passively. It is not enought to wait for God to do his part; we must do our part too. No, God does not forget; we do! (iasad on outlines copynghtad by the Division of Christian Education, National Council af tha Churches of Christ m tha USA Kalaasad by Community Prass Service 1 NOW IS THE TIME... By Max Smith Lancaster County Agent ture should be closely observed to learn how often the new corn should be ground and mixed. Moldy corn will cause digestible trouble in catUe and may poison them. Conservation Essay Contest* For 4-H Members Announced The 4-H Soil and Watei Con servation Essay Contest, spon sored by the Kiwams Club, was announced this week The top three winners will receive $75 00, $50.00 and $25 00 US Savings Bonds respectively Any 4-H member may enter. The essay should be 200 to 300 words in length written on SVz” x 11” paper. It may include pictures of good conservation piactices and should deal with methods, value, purpose and im portance of saving our natural resources The essay is due in the Lan caster County Extension Office by November 19.