—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. November 16.1968 4 from Where We Stand ... It’s Time For A Change This is the time of year for Lancaster County organizations to elect new directors and new officers. In the smaller ones you naturally have many of the same men put back in office on numerous occasions be cause the simple membership numbers do not allow anything different. But we would take issue with the large organizations we have a number with over 500 members who seem to-elect new board members, but if you cheek they are old board members being brought back again. Many times the ballots list only these people, with the excuse that you need ex perience on the board to conduct the busi ness. But we doubt that being a director of any local organization calls for that much experience that it couldn’t be shared by the numerous farmers who have been faithful members over the years and who should have the chance to gain the experience and knowledge of the organization by serving on it s controlling board. Many politicians get into office on the slogan, “It’s time for a change.” And when we see the same men being put back into office in our local clubs at the exclusion of hundreds of others, we too echo the phrase, “It’s time for a change.” Some of you will not like this but that’s the way it looks from where we stand. Eat Your Way Thin? Well, here goes another one! Want to ha\e a fleeting moment of fame? Dream up a diet idea, get someone to publish it for you, and stand back from the consumer stampede. We have just heard of another diet fad This time a physician in Vienna de clares a “major breakthrough’’. He says Farm Calendar Satin day, November 16 (today) 1 pm.—Eastern National 4-H Steer Show, Timomum, Md 8 pm—Lancaster County Senior Extension Square Dance, Farm and Home Center Monday, November 18 7 30 p m —Manheim Young Farmers meet, School Vo-Ag Room, (Farm Mechanics and Course Selection) Bpm —Gai den Spot Zone of Agway, An nual Meeting, Farm and Home Center. Tuesday, November 19 10 a m —Mt Joy-Ehzabethtown 4-H Capon and County Turkey Round-up, Hostetter’s Banquet Hall, Mt Joy 730 pm —Farm and Home Foundation Duectois meet, Farm and Home Center 7 30 p ni—Manheim Young Farmer’s Wives meet, School Vo-Ag Room for Flower Workshop. Wednesday, November 20 10 a m —Southeastern Pa Estate Planning Clime (Part 2) Cential Chestei Co Vo-Tech School, East of Coatesville 5 15 p m —Lincoln 4-H Community Capon Round-up, Ephrata American Legion Thursday, November 21 21 & 22—Pa Holstein Assn, 14th Annual Convention, Bethany Lodge, Honesdale, Pa 9 30 a m —Dairy Barn Tour, starts at Turkey Hill Dairy, Conestoga R 1 7 30 p m —Ephrata Young Farmer meet, Vo Ag Room (panel discussion on staitmg feeder calves) Friday, November 22 22-28—Farm-City Week. 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 Eveiettß Newswanger, Editor Robei t G Campbell, Advertising Director Subscription price. $2 per year in Lancaster County, $3 elsewhere Established November 4,1955 Published eveiy Satuiday by Lancaster Farming. Lititz, Pa Second Class Postage paid at Lititz, Pa. 17543 Member of Newspaper Farm Editors Assn. eat foods that require more calorics to digest than the food itself contributes! For example eat hard-cooked eggs. This food item requires the human body to expend 92 calories to digest 80 calorie eggs. Lean red meat and most fruits and vegetables are said to be included in the “minus calorie foods” list put out by Dr. Heinz Humplik, who says by consuming such foods in con siderable abundance, one can literally eat his extra pounds away. < We wonder. It sounds like some of the fads we have heard of before. We are tempt ed to run with this one of course because Humplik apparently OKs eating lots of lean beef, pork, lamb and chicken. But we still think all foods in the proper amounts with the right amount of exercise is the best bet. We’ll probably hear more'about this new “eating man’s diet.” Meanwhile; build up your shoulder muscles by pushing away from the meal table maybe, before the last dessert. That will help narrow the waistline gap, too. At least that’s the way it looks from where we stand. A Fitting Epitaph In August, 1968, the general price level was 4.3 per cent higher than in August, 1967. This together with higher taxes has meant that wage increases gained by millions of working people this year have been more than wiped out and that millions more of our citizens unable to increase their income are feeling to a sharper degree the pinch of inflation. The Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts that for 1968 as a whole inflation will take prices up by 4 per cent or more. This is part of the price of a $25 billion deficit in the federal budget. Under these conditions, new proposals for enlarging programs of feder al welfare spending strike a jarring note. Unless the new Administration can bring federal spending down to a level that the taxpayers can support, the devaluation of the U. S. dollar will continue to destroy the savings and investments of all of us, and government benefits paid in evermore worthless dollars will provide a fitting epitaph for political opportunism. At least that’s the way it looks from where we stand. r * / V * v V. Across The Fence Row Count your assets. If you have a clear conscience and a good liver; if you-have three good friends and a happy home; if your heart has kept its youth and your sou! its honesty—then you are one of life’s millionaires. A big wheel is a feller who runs in circles. Workers who LET UP on Safety, often get LET DOWN by the undertaker. Stranger: “Boy, will you direct me to the bank?” Boy. “I will for a dollar.” Stranger; “A dollar! That’s high pay, isn’t it?” Boy: “Sure, but bank directors always get high pay.” .Local Weather Forecast (From the IJ- S. Weather Bureau at tire Harrisburg State Airport) The five-day forecast for the period Sat urday throught next Wednesday calls for temperatures to average above normal with daytime highs in the 50’s and overnight lows in the mid 30’s to low 40’s. Cool over the weekend with moderating temperatures thereafter. Precipitation may total one-half inch or more as a few rain or snow showers over the weekend and as showers during mid week. Leuon for November 11, 1968 IwfclfufwtSgrlptufl I J#hn Its IhrtvfhZl; 3jl* lO,3J#hn. D—ltontl 1 i»hn 4rl-l I, The couple sitting next to us wu served a most unusual, but appetizing dish. The long table we shared with them and perhaps seventy other people was one of several that filled the large Salzburg hall where amateur Tyrolean groups were performing their delightful folk music and dances. I was intrigued by the couple’s order. Since they were obvisouly Aus trians, I ad _ .... dressed them in Bev. Althouse m y faltering but undaunted German, adding what I assumed to be a Bavarian accent "What do you call that?" I wanted to know, glancing at the food the waitress had set before, them. My question met withblank stares. They weren’t hostile, nor indifferent no, it was obvious they hadn’t understood me. Surely my German isn’t that bad, I asked myself! So I tried again with the- same result Once more, this time pointing to their food, I asked slowly and dis tinctly and without any attempt at accent When it was obvious that we still were not communi cating, I smiled an embarassed smile and turned away. As I did, I Beard the woman say in the precise,, clipped accent of the British: “I think the German gen tleman was asking about our food, but I’m not sure.” Quite different' I had been so sure they were Austrian and they were equally certain about me. And .we were all wrong. How deceiving ap pearances can be. How difficult it is to be really sure when we Attend The Church Of Your Choice Sunday < To Practice Good Sanitation AH livestock and poultry pro ducers must recognize the im portance of clean premises and the most strict sanitary prac tices. Good - management re quires sanitary workers as weH as cleair buiJdmgs- and surround ings. Travel between herds and flocks should be restricted or special care given not to trans fer diseases of any kind Shoes or boots used to visit public yards or auctions should not be used in. home buildings unless cleaned and disinfected Disin fectants cannot work through dut and filth > v* a Nearly all tvpes of livestock need free access to minerals; even though many grain ra tions do contain some minerals-, it may not be sufficient. The animals should be permitted to eat the amount of minerals they desire-; the important ones are l-ut { t J * * « » 11 ><<*«.< r S 10 BE SURE To Supply Minerals set out to Identify . .one on the. bails of ,what wo have as •tuned he would be like If, fdr example, you were given the responsibility of surveying your neighborhood in aflve block radius to determine the . number of Christians residing there, at first glance it wouldaecm « relatively simple task. You’d simply go door-to-door, asking people If they are Christians a little embarasitag, perhaps, but not difficult *But, hold on a minute: you wire instructed to find out how many are Christians, not,how many say they are •Ihat's some thing quite different and much more difficult In fact, it's knpos sible, for hopr can you really de termine- whor Is a chriltiatfr «rW> who Isn't?' If you were fhiking on tuberculosis,. you could-give everyone an x-ray. Or If you are checking on heart disease, ah electrocardiogram. Or if poor eyesight an eye-chart But what tests can you use to determine Jt person’s commitment to Jesus Christ? Guidelines The writer of I John gives u> some guidelines by which we may measure Christian commitment, although these are intended pri marily for the evaluation of our own faith, not that of others. The writer lays down a general princi ple: God is light and where there is darkness in someone’s lift there is separation from God. Well, that 5 s all very fine, John, but rather vague an nnspedfia Can’t we be more precise than that? So John becomes more specific and perhaps we would have preferred that he had remained vague: First, ”... if we walk in the light, we have fellowship with one another”. (I John 1:7) One can not be close to God andseparated from his fellow men. Secondly, a Christian acknowl edges his sin. and need for God’s mercy. (I John 1:8-10). One sure indication, of “darkness,” in a per son’s life is his assumption that, because he does this or doesn’t do that, he is a “pretty goad fellow” in God’s sight. Third, a Christian is one who keeps the commandments of Christ.-Jesus himself said this (J0hn.14:23). f Finally,. “He- who'.abides in him ought to walk in the same way he walked”. (I John 2:6) There needs to be some likeness between the way he lived his life and the manner in Which we live ours. None ol these, John, makes clear, depends much upon words: "If we say .. . and do not. . If one wants to be really sure, we will look, not samuch to what is said, as to what is done. (Vosed on outlines copyrighted by tho-Divisiofl of Christian Education, National Council ol tho Churches el Christ m tho U. S, A Released hy Community frees Service.} NOW IS THE TIME... By Max Smith. Lancaster County Agent calcium and phosphorus, al though some others may be needed Roughages high in al f-'iifa content contain large of caMam and. may need balanced with, phosphorus tvre minerals. Free choice out of the weather is suggested. To Utilize. Roughagesr For most types of cattle, sheen, and horses- quality muqhagps shovi’d make un the main, nart of the daily intake; dairymen and swine producers could be the exception where more grains are needed. Usual ly. the feed nutrients from hay or silage are than those fmm grains Most farmers have their own roughages and. can feed liberally Young stock in manv cagpc will need little grain when fed liberal amounts of hay and silage. If the quality of the roughage is questionable it may be tested for feeding value through our Penh. State Forage Testing Service. . i-- » 1.0 i • a im « a a ■ v
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