Lancaster Farming. Saturday. April 12.1969
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From Where We
Look Out For That Thief
Quitting time has come anti rather than
take your tractor and plow into the barn you
let it set in the field to gel an early start
the next morning. Don’t do it!
A Berks County farmer left his tractor
in a hay field over night and it just disap
peared. The sheriff couldn’t find a trace of
the thief.
In our Lancaster County Farm Com
munity we like to think our religious and
moral background provides protection
against robbers. But e\eryone realizes
many outside forces are fast ruining our
sheltered culture Authorities tell us \ irtual
ly everything a thief can readil> com ert to
cash is liable to theft Take a tractor for
instance. Hijacking one is fairly simple
Often we drne into a farm where two or
three tractors are standing around with no
body home One Vermont farmer w'ho was
trying out a new tractor before he bought
it from the local equipment dealer e\en put
it in the barn o\ er-night and it was gone the
next morning
With big new tractors costing the price
of two Cadillac cars you can see they make
juicy targets for organized thieves. And a
“hot” tractor doesn’t require a title or
license tag like the Cadillacs would
Tractors aren’t the only things on which
local farmers should tighten security. Cat
tle, hogs, tools and valuables in your home
are possible targets. Your farm now at
tracts a far more sophisticated thief than
guys w'ho snatched chickens off the barn
yard fence in grandpa’s day.
A heifer from Missouri that was to be
shown at the American Royal was stolen
right out of her stall before the show. And
an Eastern purebred breeder had a $15,000
bull sent by a thief to the slaughterhouse
for $230
A clever cattle rustler recently convict
ed m California had solved the problem of
cutting the fence or opening the gate. He
just flipped a special truck loading chute
over the fence, herded the heifers up the
chute and took off down the by-pass.
We all have the tendency to think it
can’t or will not happen at my farm But it
can and we think it will happen with in
creasing frequency. In fact, we know it is
happening. The thieves learn when the
farmer is away with his family and then
he raids the gas tank, the milk tank or the
family freezer.
We think farmers can take a lesso
from the city of Lancaster. They have re
duced car thefts by requiring drivers to pull
their keys in parked cars Regardless of
what has been the policy of the past (and
we wish we could say everyone that comes
in our farm lane is honest) we must begin
to start using padlocks, yard lights and
maybe a real good German Shepherd
watchdog
It would be nice to assume grandpa’s
attitude that if a thief, “Thinks he is en-
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LANCASTER FARMING
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lillod to something more than mo, he can
just have." But today, that just isn't good
business or good stewardship. With indivi
dual farm debt rising, causing greater hens
on our farm equipment, and the moral
character in our rural community becom
ing conccntratedly worse, we must use the
key on the tractor, the gas pump, the house
and even the barn doors.
At least that’s the way it looks from
where we stand.
The Price Of Repeal
A basic law of nature has always been
work or starve. The expanding U. S welfare
state has, in effect, promised its repeal. But
already, signs are appearing that removal
of this stern dictate may have its draw
backs. particularly for the remaining work
ers who must pay the price of repeal. Late
figures on the soaring cost of the welfare
state give an inkling of what that price is
currently and what it may be in the future
In 1960, social-welfare spending took
552 3 billion, or 38 per cent of total govern
ment expenditures. In 1968, it took $112.4
billion, or 43.7 per cent of all government
expenditures. Skyrocketing social-aid costs
now take more than 4 out of every 10 tax
dollars. And counting private funds, wel
fare in all its forms, takes about 20 per cent
of the total national output of goods and ser
vices.
Estimates also indicate that by the mid
-1970’5, the welfare bill will total some $292
billion each year. Welfare has reached the
point where government expenditures for
needed public works, improved police pro
tection and other necessary public services
and projects are being deferred. Expansion
of the welfare state moves ahead undeterr
ed by explosive cost increases. Eventually
the burden may become too great for the
remaining workers.
Across The Fence Row
The older a person gets, the colder the
winters were when he was a boy.
When a feller gets big enough to feel
his oats, he loses his horsesensej
After Bridge
The bridge group was chatting with the
small daughter of their hostess. “I suppose
you’re a great help to your mother,” said
one.
“Oh, yes, ma’am and so is my sister
Esther. Today it’s her turn to count the
spoons after you’ve gone.”
One bad thing about a narrow mind is
that it’s usually accompanied by a wide
mouth.
“The bigger the officials are, the easier
they are to talk with,” Mrs. Elizabeth
Walker, Democratic Committee’s chief
telephone operator.
“The proper place to start curbing is
not in the electric chair, but in the high
chair!” Sequim, Wash , Press.
A lot of backaches and headaches seem
to fit in between inspiration and achieve
ment.
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 or above
normal with daytime highs in the 60’s and
ovef-night lows in the 40’s. Mild throughout
the period with seasonable temperatures.
Normal high-low for the period is 63-40.
' , , Rain may total less than one-fourth inch
, as showers Monday and again toward the
end of the period.
smicm personal
Lesson for April 13,1969
B«cfafr*vf>4 Scnpluro H*br«wj 1 1 4, I John I i 4j
. 20 :0 3.
Many centuries ago in Milan,
Italv, there was a young man
searching for the truth. In pur
suing this quest, he had sampled
the great philosophies of the
world and studied under some of
Italy’s (and the world’s) finest
teachers. Still
he could not
find what his
restless heart
seemed to need.
One da y he
heard from a
neighb o nn g
garden some
children at play.
„ .... Over and over
Rev. Althouse they S ang two
Latin words as part of their game.
The words were "Tolle, lege”,
meaning '’Take up and read.”
Acting impulsively, he picked up
a New Testament lying close by,
opened it at random and let his
eyes fall upon Paul’s letter to the
Romans.
Take up and read!
The words hefoundin Romans
changed the young man’s life and
gave him the peace for which he
had been searching. They also
changed his vocation, for he be
came a clergyman and eventually
a Bishop of North Africa. Today
we remember and honor him as
Augustine, one of the most pro
found thinkers of the Christian
Church. His life had been
changed because he responded to
a children’s song: "Take up and
read'”
What Augustine experienced
has been common to many across
the .years God speaks personally
to us through his scriptures. It
was this experience which led
Soren Kierkegaard, the Danish
theologian, to comment; "The
Bible is a letter from God with
our personal address on it ’ This
may seem a strange idea, for we
know that the books of the Bible
were usually addressed to groups Attend The Church Of
of people, rather than individuals v . _ ,
(there are some exceptions tothis, I OUT CnOICC jUnOO'J
of course). Yet, though Paul, for
Read Lancaster Farming
For Full Market Reports
To Place Fertilizer Properly owners should inspect the sys-
With the heaviei use of com
meicial teitihzer on many
crops, it is impoitant to keep in
mind that both mtiogen and
potash elements may bum both
seeds and loots if they aie
planted in contact with each
othei With deep-i ooted crops
such as corn, tobacco, and toma
toes it is best to place most of
the fertilizei below the seeds 01
plants, this is the value of plow
mg down the bulk of the ferti
lizer The roots of vegetable and
flower plants should not come
into direct contact with com
plete fertilizer, if should be
placed to the side and below the
loot zone
To Inspect Lightning Rods
The thunder-stoi m season is
at hand and buildings with rods
should have protection, provid
ing the rods are connected and
properly grounded. - Building
example, wrote Horn tins for a
community of first century A.l>.
Christians In Home, still God was
nblc to use this same book to
deliver a message to .Augustins
many years later, as well as
countless others since him.
Personal address
A well-known television and
motion picture actress has testified
to the personal message from
God which the Bible brought to
her. She had suffered a serious
illness which had left her emo
tionally broken. She became ao
tortured with self-doubt and feat
that she was sure she could neve*
again face the cameras; She be
came desperate to find some re
sources to save her from despair.
In desperation she turned to
prayer, asking simply for fuitls
and strength. Though help did
not seem to come immediately,
she persevered and began to dis
cover some resources for Ties
battle of faith. One of these re
sources, she found, was tha
reading of inspirational literature,
particularly the Bible. Again and
again she found its words the
very help she needed to meet the
trials of each new day.
She found particular strength
In Philippians 4:13, "I can do all
things in him who strengthens
me. - ’ The words were those of
Paul the Apostle to a congre
gation of Christian people who
lived long ago and far away.
Still she found in this message a
letter with her personal address.
Though written by a man almost
two thousand years ago, God
was able to speak to her and heal
her life.
Before wit’s end
How many of us find the Bib!#
to contain a personal message
meant for us? Often, as with the
actress, it is only when we seem
at wits’ end that we discover the
message God has for us. Thank
God that in such circumstances
we do find it; but if only we would
not wait for so precarious a
moment to let him speak to us.
If only we could discover the
Bible in our everyday lives and
experiences as well as our crises,
for God wants to speak to us
then, too.
The Bible is not addressed,
"To whom it may concern.” God
can use it to bring you the'per
sonal message your life needs.
(Sasad •n aullmas capynghfad by tha Di Von
•! Christian Education National Council ot ct»j
Churchas af Christ in tha U. S A. RcfevStid Si/
Community Prass Sarvict)
NOW IS
THE TIME...
By Max Smith
Lancaster County Agent
tem to be sure that all connec
tions aie tight and that the
ground post or cable is deep in
to moist soil
To Check Wiring System
Many existing buildings weie
wired for electricity many
years ago, since that time addi
tional demands for electucity
have been added because of
larger motors, inci eased watt
age in lights, and various appli
ances that have been added All
of these increase the load on the
wiring system and if it is not
large enough, a definite fire
hazard exists In addition, in the
spring of the year most barns
are at the empty time of the
year when more wires are
available for inspection; rodent
damage to the insulation on the
wires should be checked in or
der to prevent serious barn
" fires.