4—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. January 25.1969
from Where We Stand ...
Animal Agriculture
Does Not Benefit
Perhaps you haie seen the now film
already or seen some TV commercial
adaptations of it. The American Heart As
sociation has produced a new promotion
flick entitled. “Eat To Your Heart’s Con
tent". From a production point of uew. the
film is an excellent cinematic product. It
it, in color, runs about 15 minutes and is
narrated by humorist Tony Randall in lilt
ing. effectn e, serio-comic style.
From the point of view of getting people
to eat fewer products of animal origin, the
film is an outstanding public relations suc
cess. But if you're in the livestock meat
business, you will look at it pretty dismally.
The movie has unmistakable references to
the (presumed) role of saturated fats of
animal origin as the causes of heart disease.
As usual the inconclusive, invalid “evi
dence" used by many “diet-heart enthu
siasts" to support the “cholesterol" concept
rears its head Dairy products and eggs
really take a beating.
We still can’t see how anyone can dis
regard the fact that as legetable oil con
sumption has increased so has heart
disease. If animal products are the cause
w hy hasn’t the disease fallen off along with
the consumption per capita of dairy, beef
and poultry products In any event, animal
agriculture does not benefit from the film
w hich likely will be booked extensively dur
ing February Heart Month. At least that’s
the w'ay it looks from w'here we stand.
A Nation Of Thieves
A United Press International news re
port says, “The growth of shoplifting has
become a national scandal. The Federal
Bureau of Investigation and the National
Retail Merchants Association believe shop
lifting increased by about 93 per cent from
1960 through 1966 and still is skyrocketing.”
Figures such as these have both a mor
al and a practical side. On the moral side,
they leave but one conclusion we are be
coming a nation of thieves. On the practi
cal side, the soaring incidence of pilferage
and shoplifting increases the cost of doing
business, which must be passed on ultimate
ly to consumers.
The kind ot mass thievery w e call shop
lifting will not only dm e up prices, but will
lead to controls and surveillance distaste
ful to both honest consumers and mer
chants. More stringent laws are being writ
ten, stores are employing more detectives
and more sophisticated electronic and me
chanical detecting devices to protect the
goods on their shelves. The cure for shop
lifting, however, as with most of our cur
rent ills, lies with a rebirth of individual
responsibility and a respect for the rights
and property of others. At least that’s the
way it looks from where we stand.
Farm News This Week
Penn State Specialist
Discusses Ag Records Page 1
Hazardous Occupation Course
Featured In Tractor Club Work Page 1
Poultrymen Plan
Informational Meetings Page 1
F & H Completion Fund Backed
Bv Prominent Businessmen 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, Adveitising Director
Subscription puce. $2 per year in Lancaster
County; $3 elsewhere
Established November 4, 1955
Published eveiy Saturday by Lancaster
Farming. Lititz, Pa.
Second Class Postage paid at Lititz, Pa.
17543
Member of Newspaper Faim Editors Assn.
Appealing To The Young
Just about everybody these days (in
cluding us) tends to get excited over the
“under 25” age group. But in terms of
market potential for farm products, how
does it rate for buying power?
Here is how Fabian Linden of the Na
tional Industrial Conference Board pegs
them in a recent consumer economics
study. “By most criteria, this is a relatively
unimportant segment of the consumer mar
ket,” he says. It is small in size and in
terms of buying power.” Linden reports
this age group accounts for only six per
cent of all households, and only five per
cent of all money spent in this country.
But what of estimates that households
with heads of family under 25 will grow
three times the rate of total households by
1975? Despite this, Linden sees this group
still only accounting for percent of
all spending at that time.
The most affluent age group, he indi
cates are those between 35 and 54 with one
half of all spending power. More than 35
percent of these households own two or
more cars, many of them for teen-age off
spring. The majority of the middle age
group own their own homes where as only
10 percent of the young age group do y
This is interesting but doesn’t take into
consideration what influence the young peo
ple have on their Dad’s and Mom’s pocket
book e\en though they don't actually con
trol the spending power. We still think we
are right in promoting our farm products
in a light that is appealing to the young
whether they be young in age or only young
at heart. At least that's the way it looks
from where we stand.
Across The Fence Row
Poison ivy does far less harm than
poison envy.
A would-be burglar crept through the
shrubbery for a view of the living-room
where he saw two young ladies playing a
piano duet “Cross this place off the list,”
he whispered to his partner. "They can’t
have no money, there's two people in there
playing on one piano ”
To fight a war on calories,
It would appear, is vain;
For if you win, you're sure to lose,
And if you lose . . . you gam! F. K,
A stranger m Detroit asked a teenager:
“What's the quickest way to get to the
nearest hospital?”
“Simple,” answered the young man,
“just stand on the corner and yell, “Down
with the Tigers!”
Defendant. “But Your Honor, I didn’t
steal the duck ... I just carried it home
for a joke! So why are you fining me?”
Judge. “You carried the joke too far,
sir, that’s why!”
“If you were to kick the person respon
sible for most of your problems and mis
takes, you wouldn’t be able to sit down for
six months!’’
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 30’s to 40’s and over
night lows in the teens to upper 20’s. Nor
mal high-low is 39-23.
Precipitation may total greater than
one-half inch with chance of showers Satur
day and rain Tuesday or Wednesday. Snow
is a possibility over the Northern portion of
Eastern Pennsylvania.
THE MISUNDERSTOOD
Lesson for January 26,1969
I«l|r*un4 Scriphirr MarM I-M.
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A woman living In a large
New York hotel complained to
the manager about the man
across the hall was "constantly
pounding on that piano” and dis
turbing her. Something had to be
done about it right away, she
said, for she
could not stand
K - racket another
d “Yes, Madam,”
vSb| replied the man
ager, "I shall
Paderewski and
•d >uu,.c. see what can be
Rev. Althonse done » "Pader
ewski!” exclaimed the woman,
"You don’t mean the Paderewski,
the concert pianist?” The man
ager nodded his head discreetly.
"Well, in that case, please don’t
say a thing,” she said. Hence
forth she would leave her door
ajar so that she might hear him
when he played and even in
vited friends to come to her suite
so that they might hear him too.
The predisposition
This little story illustrates so
well the fact that the inner dis
position of a person is often the
key to his misunderstandings.
Before she knew the identity of
the pianist, the woman had heard
his playing as something annoy
ing. Later, when she had learned
who he was, the same sounds
were now pleasurable. Now she
was disposed to be pleased.
A preacher was once taken
to task for something he was
alleged to have said in a sermon.
"I didn’t say that,” protested the
pastor. "Oh yes you did,” insisted
his critic. So they decided to ask
several other people to settle the
argument. When these witnesses
confirmed the pastor’s version of
the sermon, his critic was sty
mied. "I W’as so suie of what
you would say that I guess I
heard what I expected, not what
you said.”
To misunderstand
This is not at all an uncom
mon experience. It happens to
Lancaster Farming Ads Pay
To Exercise Ewe Flock
Sheep produceis should force
their hi eedmg ewes to take daily
outside exercise With this ex
outside exercise With this exer
cise the ewes will throw strong
er lambs and have less lambing
free access to good quality le
gume hay, and be fed 1 to 2
pounds of grain per head daily
depending upon the flesh of the
flock
To Control Lice
Too many heids of fattening
swine are heavily infested with
body lice, also many groups of
replacement dairy heifeis are
infected All of these paiasites
live fiom the body of the ani
mal and i educe vitality and ef-
all of u«. The problem U not
•o much with the data that we
■ee and hear, but the attitude
with which wo receive it. We of
ten hear someone say what wo
expect them to say. Wo see hap
pening what we thought would
happen. We judge people, not on
the basis of what they are, but
on the basis of our preconceived
Ideas. The ear hears and the eye
sees rightly, but the mind and
the heart are dosed to the truth.
This Is what happened to
Jesus. He was misunderstood
and, worst of all, he was mis
understood not only by his
critics, but by bis friends and
family as well. They saw and
heard him, not as he was, but
through the distortions of their
own prejudices.
For example, There are the
friends of Jesus who decide to
seize him and carry him off for
his own good. "He is beside him
self, 0 they exclaim. (Mark 3:21)
They thought Jesus was tempor
arily out of his mind. They could
not understand that a man would
be so committed to God that he
would risk everything to fulfill
his mission. And those who strive
to follow the Master faithfully to
day often suffer the same
accusations.
Minds made up
There was also the misunder
standing of the scribes and
Pharisees. They could see all the
good things he was doing and
witnessed his God-given power.
But they had made up their
minds to oppose him and there
fore they saw him exactly as they
were disposed to see him: a
henchman of Satan (Beelzebub).
(Oiey misunderstood him because
they wanted to misunderstand.
Unfortunately, he was misun
derstood even by the members
of his family, including his own
mother. Perhaps they feared for
his safety or were ashamed of
the stir he was causing. At any
rate, they wanted him to come
home. If anyone should have un
derstood him, they should have,
but their predispositions got in
the way.
Poor Jesus, so misunderstood!
Thank goodness we understand
him. Or do we?
(Based on outlines copyrighted by the Division
of Chnstion Education, Notional Council of the
Churches of Christ in the U. S. A, Released by
Community Press Service ]
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Your Choice
Sunday
NOW IS
THE TIME...
By Max Smith
Lancaster County Agent
fluent gains Producers
urged to install automatic
applicators, or tieat their
mals at least two times
weeks apart
To Use Certified Seed
This is not a new suggestion
but still a good one at this time
of the year The 1969 growing
season is approaching and seed
supplies should be ordered. Ev
ery grower should stait with the
best quality seed in order to get
the most return for labor and
capital The use of unknown, un
tested seeds is not good man
agement and may turn out to be
a very costly practice Certified
seeds cany less risk and more
chances of greater yields
are
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