'S —Lancaster Farming. Saturday, January 11,1969
From Where We Stand ...
Farm Show Time
Next week, all roads lead to Harrisburg
that is if the usual bad Farm Show
Weather doesn't close them.
Farmers and their families and friends
along with a host of their city cousins will
gravitate toward the capitol city of the com
monwealth for the state’s annual mid
winter extravaganza.
Billed as showing the “Quality and Effi
ciency in Pennsylvania’s Agriculture”, the
53rd annual staging of the show will portray
many of the changes taking place in the
farming industry that keep it abreast with
other space age industries.
The Farm Show is assured of another
“full house” when it opens officially on
Monday. A total of 1,740 head of livestock
and 2,268 poultry entries were accepted by
closing date. The leading department from
the standpoint of entry numbers is once
again the dairy cattle dn ision with 474 open
entries and 203 junior entries slated to com
pete for more than $20,000 in premiums.
New additions to the show this year
cover a vide variety of items, from the ad
dition of Charolais beef breeding cattle to
the expansion of horse competition to in
clude a six-horse hitch class with premiums.
The expanded poultry exhibit of last
year's show proved so popular it will again
be featured with an added kitchen staffed
by home economists to demonstrate the pre
paration of egg and poultry dishes through
out the week.
A new parking lot identification system
will be in effect with the names of Penn
sylvania counties placed on the light stand
ards to identify areas of the huge 45 acre
parking lot. But don’t worry if you can’t
get into or find the part marked Lancaster
County. Officials say the signs don’t mean
you must park there or even will be able
too. They just think you will be able to find
your car better by this system when you
are ready to head for home.
If you think the place is crowded when
you get there, just think about the 96 busi
ness firms who would have liked to exhibit
their products but found space unavailable.
Under present conditions, it takes at least
four to five years for the application of a
commercial exhibitor to reach the top of
the waiting list. The minimum space desir
ed by exhibitors on the current list would
require an additional structure equal to the
size of the hog and sheep barns.
Judging of livestock in the large arena
during the day will give way at night to en
tertainment including a State Police rodeo,
folk dance festival and contest, horse pull
ing contests and 4-H and FFA tractor driv
ing contests.
So. let's go. It should be another great
one. At least that's the way it looks from
where we stand
LEAD PHOTO PAGE 1
GETTING READY FOR THE FARM
SHOW. Across Lancaster County in the past
weeks many exhibits were being prepared for
the Pennsylvania State Farm Show. The Heir’s
in the L. F. Photo above, are no exception. Susie,
10 nearest the camera had the Reserve Cham
pion Hereford at the recent 4-H District show
so she helps the rest of the family get ready for
Harrisburg. Larry, 18, is taking his Shorthorn,
Elaine, 16, (center) has an Angus and Nancy,
12, wiU show a Hereford. The youth’s are son
and daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Herr, 840
Penn Grant Road.
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Be Safe On The Way
On the road to the Farm Show next
week it might be a good idea to keep in
mind the ten commandments of the road
that professional truck drivers throughout
the country follow:
—Check brakes, lights and other equip
ment before starting out, and periodically
during each trip.
—Park all personal problems at the
curb when starting to drive.
—When on the road, observe all state
laws and respect the laws of nature govern
ing momentum, deceleration, centrifugal
force and gravity.
—Watch out for children and pedes-
tnans
—Don’t tailgate. Keep enough distance
between your vehicle and the one ahead to
allow faster vehicles to pass. Make every
proper effort to permit following traffic to
pass on long grades and permit delayed
traffic to pass at the top of a long grade.
—Never debate the right-of-way give
—Never take a drink while on the road
or before starting a trip.
—Don’t fight sleep. If drowzy, get off
the road and take a short rest.
—Don’t hesitate to slack off and be
ready to stop the instant potential danger
appears. Drive so that your vehicle is under
control at all times.
—Give other motorists the breaks that
you wish he’d give you.
You will have a better chance to get
safely to Harrisburg and home again if
you do. At least that’s the way it looks from
where we stand.
From Sublime To
Impossible
It must be recognized that all people
are not the same, certainly not males and
females. Between these two, there has been
a fairly well recognized difference for quite
a number of years, and it is doubtful if
anyone, even a federal bureaucrat, would
really want to change the situation. Never
theless, the Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission has ruled that newspapers may
no longer separate classified job advertise
ment under male and female headings. The
American Newspaper Publishers Associa
tion has joined a major newspaper in bring
ing suit to set aside this ruling, which
would quite obviously make it more difficult
for a person seeking employment to scan
job listings and find positions for which
he could appropriately apply.
There remain broad fields in which
special qualifications are needed and justi
fiable If a hotel wants a 6-foot doorman be
cause he would best fill the job and the
need, there is no reason why the company
should be made to consider an airline host
ess for the job And if a farmer wants a hir
ed man we don’t see why he must consider a
hired girl either We think the boss should
at least ha\e some rights
As one spokesman for the newspaper
industry puts it, “If one government bureau
is able to declare there is a common labor
market for a common sex, some other
bureau surely will declare there must be
common or desegregated rest rooms.” And
so bureaucracy moves inexorably from the
sublime to the ridiculous to the totally im
possible.
At least that’s the way it looks from
where we stand.
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 much below nor
mal with daytime highs in the 20’s to low
30’s and overnight low' readings from 5
abo\e to the teens Quite cold throughout
the period Normal high-low readings are
39-24.
Precipitation may total one-fourth inch
water equivalent as snow about Tuesday.
THE AUTHORITY
Lesson for January 12,1969
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' Several years ago a local
church youth group invited an
ear-eye-nose-and-throat specialist
to speak on the subject, "Ciga
rettes And Health.” The physi
cian cited impressive statistics
which indicated that smoking is
injurious to
health. He quot
ed leading medi
cal periodicals
and journals
and displayed
charts and
graphs that illus
trated what he
was saying.
_ .... When he was
Rev. Althouse finished with
the presentation, there followed a
question-and-answer period. One
youth asked a question that
seemed quite foolish: "Do you
smoke?” he wanted to know. The
doctor hesitated for a moment, a
sheepish smile creeping across his
face. At last he said, "Yes, I do,
though I know I shouldn’t.” No
more questions were asked. That
one query had damaged his
authenticity.
How can you be sure?
There are many aumorities to
whom we turn for help in our
daily living. Yet how often we
are dismayed to find that these
people lack authenticity and cred
ibility. In a court trial it is not
uncommon to find both the plain
tiff and die defendant employing
authorities representing the same
profession to substantiate con
flicting interpretations of fact
Which authority is the jury to
believe? Which is authentic?
This is no less true in our
search for a valid faith. People
often ask: “The Buddhist says
this, the Moslem says that, and
the Christian says something else:
how do we know which is the true
faith?” When authorities cannot
agree, how can we find the truth?
And, having found it, how can
we be sure it is really the truth?
The answer, of course, is that
we cannot be certain beyond all
doubt. It is truly said that you
can often “prove” anything with
statistics if you know how to
To Order Quality Seeds
The time is heie when all
types of seeds should be order
ed in Older to get quality and
adapted vaueties Certified seed
is usually the best buy even
though it may cost more at the
beginning, quabty seeds will be
more free from weeds and dis-
eases and have the bred-in abil
ity to produce maximum yields
The time foi making the broad
cast seeding of alfalfa or clover
m wnnter giam is only 6 to 8
weeks away Place seed orders
eaily in cider to get the best.
To Ventilate and Insulate
Bams that a>e filled to ca
pacity with livestock may need
both ventilation and insulation.
The exhaust fan system of ven
tilating is lecommended to re
move the moisture and the foul
manipulate them to your own
advantage. Aa we search for
truth, then, we look, not only
for those who can give us con
vincing data, but authorities who
can also communicate some de*
gree of authenticity.
... And not as Scribes
This explains the otherwise
strange comment in Mark 1:22,
"And they were astonished athia
teaching, for he taught them as
one who had authority, and not
as the scribes.” (RSV) The
scribes should have been me au
thorities. Educated in the intri
cacies of Hebrew scriptural law.
they supported their teachings
and pronouncements by quoting
the learned scribes and professors
who were acknowledged as au
thorities.
Jesus, on the other hand, had
not the impressive training and
education of the scribes. He could
not cite learned rabbis as the
sources of his interpretations. Yet
it was his teaching that aston
ished the people. There was in.
him an authenticity which the
scribes, for all. their certification,
could not muster.
The power of truth
An American philosopher once
posed this question to himsdf: “If
Jesus and Plato were to return
to earth for just one hour and
were scheduled to lecture on the
same campus, which one would
I go to hear?” After wrestling
with the question for a while, he
concluded that he would forgo
hearing even so great a man as
Plato speaking on the truth, when
he might listen to One who waa
the Truth.
There are many authentic
voices that speak for truth in our
world, but there is but One who
is the Truth. His voice is authen
tic and authoritative because he
Is the embodiment of all that he
teaches. Thus, when the amazed
people say of him, "What is this?
A new teaching!”, they are awed,
not only by his words, but by
his power.
The words of Christ, are im
pressive, but it is the power be
hind them, the matchless example
of his own life, that , makes tern
authentic and gives them the ting
oftruth.
(Baseil on outline* caoyrijhfed by Ihf Dtririon
#f Christian Education, National Caunctf of fha
Churches af Christ m tha U. S. A ( JUftOtod by
Community Press Service.)
Attend The
Church of
Your Choice
Sunday
NOW IS
THE TIME...
By Max Smith
Lancaster County Agent
air. Insulation in both the ceil
ing and side walls may be need
ed to prevent condensation and
dripping When warm 'air strikes
a cold surface moisture is de
posited, and both the production
of the animals and the hfe of
the barn are reduced.
To See You at State Farm Show
The Pennsylvania State Farm
Show is the largest indoor agri
cultural exhibits of its kind m
the country. There’s something
there for eve*y farmer and for
every person in this part of the
country; if it’s not the livestock
or the crops for the farmers, it
is the new machinery; for the
non-farm folks we suggest the
many commercial exhibits top
ped with a hoggie and a baked
potato. See you at Farm Show,