— Lancaster Farming. Saturday. March 8,1969
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From Where We Stand ...
Statistics Do Not Show
The Cause And Effect
It appears statistical population re
search has convinced some authorities that
diets high in saturated fats are a major
cause of heart disease. They show a statis
tical link between people with high le\el
olood cholesterol and heart attacks . . . low
level cholesterol and fewer heart attacks.
But statistical studies do not show- Vital
iy needed medical evidence. And those us
ing them on this fat matter, have selected
only the information they want to talk
about. By \ olume and number there are at
ieast as many and perhaps even more
epidemiological studies that “prove” quite
:he opposite! The “Irish Brother” study.
“Finnish Lumberjack” study, “Masai
Tribesmen” study, “Sugar” study, all
“pro\e" that people eating substantial
amounts of animal fats have no higher in
cidence of heart disease. Even the Ameri
can Cancer Society has come up with data
from a major population study showing
fewer heart attacks among people consum
ing large amounts of cholesterol.
Frankly, we doubt the advisability of
counter-claiming with such statistical in
formation. But these are among many more
cases published in the scientific journals
which tell a story different from that em
phasized by people who tell us to cut intake
of animal fats. The point is, they are statis
tics and just statistics not cause-and
effect medical research projects.
Should such cause and effect investiga
tions ever establish that lowering choles
terol levels is helpful, it should be noted
that there are other methods possibly more
effective than dietary change in getting the
job done. Of major significance are a num
ber of drugs presently in the development
stage some of which can reduce choles
terol levels by as much as 50%. Diet
changes bring cholesterol down in people of
U.S. only a modest 10-15% . . . which doesn’t
even approach the much lower levels of
populations cited by American Heart Assn,
and others. If cholesterol is a factor, further
investigation in this direction appears to of
fer much greater promise than tampering
with the national dietary of the total U.S.
population.
After all, the U.S. population is blessed
uniquely with a food supply which provides
all the necessary nutrients for good health
s s . when consumed in proper balance. The
less fortunate peoples in other parts of the
world could make good use of such a food
supply. At least that's the way it looks
from where we stand.
Farm News This Week
Why Didn’t Farmers
Grow Sugar Beets? Page 1
County Fanners Assn.
Plans Spring Meeting Page 1
Mrs, Stauffer Sets A Busy
Pace With Her Many Activities Page 18
Hac’irr an Receives State Legislative
Re'jlv .on. For Conse-ration Work —• Pg. I
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Intolerable Prospect
From time to time, press reports have
told of the continuing effort to organize
California grape pickers. Since the pickers
apparently do not wish to be organized,
union pressure has taken the form of a na
tionwide boycott against California table
grapes in an attempt to coerce grape grow
ers to sign contracts whether the workers
want to join a union or not.
Wholly aside from the merit of the is
sues involved in the dispute, which it would
seem would be a local concern, the boycott
tactics have taken an ominous turn. They
involve questions of principle that directly
affect all merchants and consumers. By in
timidation and threats of voilence, the boy
cotters are endeavoring to force merchants
to remove grapes from the marketplace. A
retailer, hundreds or thousands of miles
from California grape fields, may find his
place of business under attack and his cus
tomers drn en aw’ay if he refuses to accede
to the wishes of the boycotters. He is forced
to take sides, irrespective of his convictions
and his right to carry on his business as he
thinks best.
By forcing removal of an item from
store shelves, boycotters are also depriving
consumers of freedom of choice and the
right to judge for themselves by their pa
tronage the wisdom of a merchant's mer
chandising policies. If nationwide coercion
of consumers and merchants works in the
case of attempts to organize grape pickers,
there is little question but that the same
kind of coercion will be applied elsewhere.
It is an intolerable prospect.
At least that’s the way it looks from
where we stand.
The Coming Of Spring
The welcome freshness of the new
spring season approaches. Since the be
ginning of time, Spring has been nature’s
way of reminding man that life is a never
ending process. During the spring months
of March, April, May and June, as the sun
rises higher in the Northern Hemisphere,
the trees leaf out, crops flourish, the scent
of flowers fills the air and the new young
of all nature’s creatures look about them
with wonder at the beauty of the land and
the blueness of the sky. Depending upon
w here w r e live, our thoughts will turn to the
pursuits of spring gardening, Easter bon
nets. \acations, weekend treks to the
coasts, mountains and lakes. One and all,
we will enjoy the general state of somno
lence known as spring fever that ahvays
makes its appearance after a dreary winter.
The springtime of life is now, and we
should make the most of it. We should ac
cept nature’s invitation to enjoy the good
things of creation, to lay aside bitterness,
tension and prejudice Spring is the time
to start anew, and only the foolish will deny
it
Across The Fence Row
Don’t worry about what others think
about you they aren’t thinking of \ou
they are wondering what you ? thinking
if them
it’s veiv difficult to leave footprints on
the .ando of time wrh bedroom slippers.
Local Weather Foi
(Fiom the 'I. S. Weather Bureau at the
Hai isbui 0 Stai*- Airport)
.e fn <--d~y i jrecast for the period Sat
urday through next Wednesch r calls foi
temperatures to average much 1 oh v nor
mal with davtime highs m ‘he 40’s over
night lows in the low 20 .. Little day to day
change. Normal high-low is 48-29
Precipitation may total less than one
tenth inch water equivalent in light snow
or flurries mostly over the interior Tuesday
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THE FATAL LACK
Lesson for March 9,1969
Background Scnpturo Mark 10
Dtvaliontl flooding John 15 1-11
A small child of three spent
a whole afternoon teasing her
mother to give her some grapes.
That night at bedtime she ob-1
served her cousin saying her
prayers and asked for an expla
nation of the unfamiliar proceed-
The moth-
explained
' it her cousin
.s talking to
id, asking him
bless her,
imily and make
■ a good girl,
ipressed, the
le girl went to
r own bed-
Rev. Althouse room and shut
the door to say her prayers. A
little while later upon emerging
from her room, she said to her
mother: "I talked to God and he
said I was a very good girl—
and I could have some grapes!”
Divine Handyman
Like many of her dders, the
little girl was trying to use God
to serve her own purposes. She
was interested in God, but only
in terms of what he might be
able to do for her. Many adults
are interested in him for reasons
not much more mature. Religion
can very easily become a means
to a selfish end. This makes God
a kind of divine handyman or,
celestial troubleshooter. His func
tion may become so stylized that
one might expect to find him listed
in the yellow pages under "odd
jobs,” or some similar de
signation.
We see this when the so-called
’rich, young ruler” (though Mark
simply calls him "a man”) comes
to Jesus (Mark 10:17). He wants
something from God: eternal life.
All of his religion has been di
rected toward achieving that goal.
He has diligently followed the
laws of God in order that he
might be found worthy of receiv
ing the prize. His observance of
these laws has not been so much
to c’ease God, but to serve his
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To Plan For Pasiuie fertilizer is delivered and
Fertilization spread in bulk, the danger of
Permanent pastures including
huge amounts of the glasses,
such ts timothy and
orchaid grass wdl responc to
early spring fcihhzer applies
dons On straignt grass mx
tures only mtiogcn need to bi
ased With grass-legume mix
lines ccmph le feitilizers shoMd
he used T’ns plant food
cippl •’d late March or early
Ap.u will increas-e the forage
’ owth and peimit earlier and
harder giazing.
To Protect Fertilizer
Fertilizer that has been de
livered and in storage should be
protected from the weather and
away from children and li\e
-71 - ' more
own purposes. "What must I do
to inherit eternal life?" he asks.
What button must I push, what
levers must I pull to insure that
I will get from God what I want?
One thine!
The reply of Jesus must have
been shattering. ’Jhc man could
not think of anything he had left
undone. In fact, he had gone out
of his way to win the prize. But
Jesus said: "You lack one thing
, . . ” (Mark 10 21). One thing
stood between this man and
eternal life.
It seems a small matter to lacs
but one thing in seeking your
goal. What is one little thing?
We can quickly and easily change
that. Surely you would not deny
the gift of eternal life for the sake
of one little insufficiency! But it
is not a little matter. The barrier
is real and it makes all the dif
ference between receiving and be
ing denied the gift. It was a fated
lack in this man’s life.
"You lack one thing; go, sell
what you have, and give to the
poor, and you w ill have treeisure
m heaven; and come, follow me.”
This may have seemed a strange
thing for Jesus to say to the man,
for there was no commandment
or statute that either required or
suggested that a man should give
everything to the poor. Does Jesus
mean that if men are to become
his disciples they must first im
poverish themselves?
Our obstacles
No, this is not what Jesus
means. If they are to be his dis
ciples, they must have no vital
dificiencies. For the man in Mark
10 the fatal lack was a self-cen
tered life that was built upon
material possessions. He lacked
the overriding desire to serve
Christ' above all else. For him,
money was the obstacle. For youl
and for me it may be something
else that gets in our way. His
possessions were great, but with
me it may be an ego that is
"great,” with you an undisciplined
temper.
All of us come'before him with
some lack that gets in the way of
our discipleship. The question for
■us is the same that applied to
him: can we let it go or are we
in its grasp? Has that lack be
come fatal?
(Based en outlines copyrighted By the Oivislen*
•( Christian Educohon, National Councit of tho
Churches of Christ in the U S. A Reteased by
Cemmumty Press Service)
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THE TIME...
By Max Smith
Lancaster County Agent
careless storage of delivered
complete fer lizer is sii 1 pre
sent on many farms. The ban?
should not h) placed on the
giound or on concrete floors,
bt .-ause they will draw moisture
and 1 set-up.”
To S- w Spring Oats Early
Local growers of spang oats
are urged tr get the ciop into
the ground by the first of April,
if weather permits Later nlant
mgs usually will not yield as
well and the crop will not be
profitable. Clintford is an adapt
ed variety that is early maturing
and should give good results
when planted as early as possi
ble in the spring (by early
a- - n