—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. November 9.1968
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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.
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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.
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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<made fun
of his conviction of imminent
world destruction. How long he
waited for that assurance to bs
fulfilled —but it did come!
Our problem, of course, is
that God does not measure time
as we do. What to us seems many
years of waiting is for him but
a "second,” a minute interval in
eternity. Our impatience is under
standable, for we see things in
the perspective of the short-run,
while his is a long-run view.
What of our promise?
We need to remember that
others in other times have also
been disheartened by long
waiting. Tyrannical men and
fearsome powers have risen up
to threaten both the Church and
civilization, yet in the Jong-run,
none of them have prevailed. In
his own good time, God has
swept away the Ghengis Khans,
the Alexanders, the Cyruss, the
Caesars, the Napoleons, the
Hitlers, the Stalins and so many
others.. These "giants” have all
turned to dust while God and his
kingdom have continued on to
the final fulfillment.
God will keep his promise, but,
what of us? If we are-to wait pat->
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.