—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. May 24,1969
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From Where We
Effective Promotion
Locally produced farm products have
long held a great appeal on the market
place And this week Lancaster County
Poultr>men have begun to capitalize on this
appeal. Using the state-wide honors won at
the Farm Show last January, the first of a
series of displays drawing attention to local
eggs being sold in county stores was placed.
The banner telling of the win and a
large printed card letting the store owner
tell his customers he is happy to be offer
ing the local fresh eggs was exhibited in a
local store Monday. Placed near the regular
egg case, the djsplay is reallj not very
complicated.
But the impact is there Ev eryone is
drawn to a winner and the customers appre
ciate anv efiort on the part of the store own
er to get fresh quality products to them. So
it's a sure promotional winner.
But more than that, it is a promotional
winner that really costs very little So of
ten. farmers think promotional costs are too
great And often they are But manv times
using a little imagination and items of little
cost make an effective promotion campaign
can be launched.
From where we stand, this is what the
local poultry people have done: started an
effective promotion campaign for local
eggs. Congratulations!
Work Incentive Curbed
Although the U S. Supreme Court has
upheld the right of a labor union to disci
pline members who go over production
quotas set by the union, a fundamental
question remains. Regulating production by
setting a ceiling on individual efforts is but
a way of curbing incentive. Curbing incen
tive in a nation founded on basic principles
of liberty and opportunity may be legal and,
at the same time, from the long view, sui
cidal.
With the regularity of clockwork, living
costs reach new highs and wage increases
outrun productivity. In other words, people
are being paid more for doing less, and the
gap is covered by further price increases.
Machines can never take the place of hu
man incentive and human productive ef
fort. As incentive is curbed, the gap be
tween wages and productivity widens along
with a steepening spiral of prices and infla
tion. What the country needs is more indivi
dual incentive, not curbs to kill it. At least
that’s the wa> it looks from where we
stand.
Vacation Time Again
For the j-oung, there is no freedom tc
compare with that which comes with the
closing of school The exuberance of the
Farm News This Week
Farm & Home Scholarships
Awarded To Local Youths Page 1
Local Eggs Get A Promotion
Boost From Farm Show Banner Page 1
Margarlte Eshleman
Is Named 4-H Leader 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, Advertising Director
Subscription pi ice S 2 pei year in Lancaster
County, $3 elsewhei e
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Published evci y Satuiday by Lancaster
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Stand. ..
young as they savor release from the neces
sary disciplines of the classroom is a whole
some thing to see. This is pure escape, the
kind that adults dream about but never
achieve. Even for the children, pure un
trammeled freedom loses its shine in the
latter days of summer when the “nothing
to do’’ stage sets in. Freedom, to be enjoy
ed, must be earned, and even then, its rich
ness is lost where there is no ultimate sense
of direction or minus factor such as house
hold or farm chores that tend to preserve
an appreciation of freedom.
The ending of the school year, and the
watching of the children in their new’-iound
freedom and the manner in which they use
and abuse that freedom, should have
a special meaning for the adult world today
w here freedom is being used and abused in
w ays no one could have foreseen a few short
jears ago. At least that's the way it looks
from where we stand.
Lawmakers’ Addresses
Names and addresses of federal and state
legislators, representing local lesidents, aie list
ed here foi peisons wishing to write to them
FEDERAL
Sen Hugh D Scott, Room 260, Senate Of
fice Building, Washington, D C 20515
Sen Richard S Schweiker, Room 4317, Sen
ate Office Building, Washington, D C 20515
Rep Edwin D Eshleman, 1009 Longworth
House Office Building, Washington, D. C 20515
Sen Richard A Snyder, Box 21, State Sen
ate, Harrisburg, Pa 17120
Sen Clarence F. Manbeck, Fredericksburg
Rl, Pa 17026.
Rep Harry H Gnng, Reinholds, Pa 17569
Rep Sherman L Hill, 201 Manor Ave , Mill
eisville 17551
Rep Jack B Homer, 23-A S Market St,
Elizabethtown 17022
Rep Marvin E Miller, 501 Valley Road,
Lancaster 17601.
Rep. Harvey C Nitrauer, 125 South St,
Myerstown, Pa 17067.
Rep. John C. Pittinger, 307 West End Ave,
Lancaster 17603.
Across The Fence Row
Did you know? Enough people are born
every 39 days to fill a city the size of New
York? In 1968 world population increase
equalled the combined populations of
France and Spam. New Americans are be
ing born at the rate of one every 14 seconds
—a slowdown from 1964’s one every 12
seconds.
"Because their peaceful pursuits do not
make news, there are folks who believe the
majority of our young people are stupid and
selfish and vicious, caring nothing about
their communities and country—nothing
about their fellowmen, not even, most of
them, about their parents. This, of course,
is not so. Despite the troublemakers, de
stroyers and anarchists among them, the
great majority of our young people are
decent and intelligent and law-abiding and
do care about others.” Sea Isle City
Times.
Money buys EVERYTHING EXCEPT
love, personality, freedom and immortality.
Local Weather Forecast
(From the U. S. Weather Bureau at the
Harrisburg State Airport)
The five-day forecast for the period Sat
urday through Wednesday calls for tem
peratures to vary average below normal.
Daytime highs are expected to be in the 60’s
and overnight lows in the 40’s in the North
and 50’s in the South. Cool, but slowly
moderating temperatures over the week
end
Rain may total one-quarter to one-half
,c cm ring about Tuesday
STATE
SITUATION AND TERRAIN
Lesson for May 25,1969
BackgroundScnpturo Gencs*sl3 14*17,Joshuall,
John 4 I*3o
Dovohonol loading* Pjahns 97*
The army used to give a stock
answer to almost any question:
"It all depends upon the situation
and the terrain.”
Actually, although this was
sometimes a good w ay of saying
often there was a
great deal of
truth in it. As
a Civil War buff
who has visited
many of the
battlefields upon
which the Blue
and Gray strug
gled, I have
found that these
.. battles can only
Rev. Ahhouse fully under
stood when the specific situation
and terrain are known by the
student. When, for instance, one
strolls through the wooded tangle
that once was the battlefield
known as "the Wilderness,” it is
possible to understand the
strange development of this en
gagement.
Geography and culture
Situation and terrain are often
equally valuable in understand
ing the scriptures. When we under
stand the geographical and cul
tural background to some
passages of the Bible, we have
gained a vantage point from
which we may adequately under
stand their meaning.
A case in point is the incident
in the fourth chapter of John.
How greatly enhanced is our
understanding of that passage
when we are enlightened con
cerning certain facts of geography
and culture. Much that seems
strange in the story may take
on new meaning for us.
If you look at a topographical
map of Palestine, for example,
you find that there are two
possible routes from Jerusalem
to Galilee. One of these is through
the hilly country of Samaria. The
other is the route that follows the
River Jordan to the Sea of
Read Lancaster Farming
For Full Market Reports
To Make Low Moisture Silage
May fOl age ciops aie now at
the pioper stage of matunty to
make into hay 02 silage small
grains are heading out, the grass
es are shooting heads, and alfalfa
is coming into the bud stage. The
decision to make the crop into
hay or silage depends upon the
farmer and the needs Research
shows that more feed nutrients
will be preserved by making
these crops into silage than by
trying to make them into hay
If top quality silage is to be ob
tained, the foi age should be wilt
ed seveial hours in older to get
giams added a* a piescwatue
will impi ove the feeding \ alue
To Utilize Wheat As A
Ciasn Feed
Li\-j'ock p od„ cs»s should xe
the feeding v.uisl, or
si-bStilule I'm. pa t cl
wheat a-
Galilee. In Jesus’ day, Jews took
the river route, avoiding
SnAarla. In learning this we find
that Jesus’ decision to travel to
Galilee via Samaria was the ex
ception, not the rule.
Significant hostility
When we consider the extreme
hostility that existed between the
Jews and the Samaritans we find
Jesus’ trip through this country
even more remarkable. If we
understand something of the his
tory of the Samaritans, we begin
to understand the reasons for the
mutual hatred that marked re
lationships between these peoples.
(It also helps us to understand
the significance of Jesus’ choice
of a Samaritan for his parable
on the meaning of "neighbor.”)
The Samaritans were the de
scenders of the Israelites who
were not carried into captivity at
the fall of the Northern Kingdom.
The Assyrians had carried off
the nobility, the educated, the
wealthy. In the years that
followed, the poor anduneducated
that remained behind inter
married with the foreign pagan
colonists sent to live there by the
Assyrian king There had always
been hostility between the people
of the northern and southern
kingdoms, but when some of the
southerners returned from capti
vity hundreds of years later, the
rift was even greater. They con
sidered that those who had stayed
behind had lost their Hebrew dis
tinctiveness through their inter
marriage with pagans.
No dealings
The religion of the northerners
had developed differently from
that of the southerners while the
latter were in exile. Both claimed
to be the true heirs of Abraham.
The northerners worshipped on
Mount Gerizim, while thereturned
exiles built their temple on Mount
Zion. This hostility grew even
worse in 129-128 B.C. when the
southerners sent a force to de
stroy the Samaritan temple.
All this helps us to understand
why the Jews had "no dealings
with Samaritans” (John 4:9). It
also helps us to understand the
significance of the information in
Acts that among the first con
verts to Christianity,, were
number§jof ■ tC
-dhsMi *n wHin** ccpynshltrf by tw'DivUion
•f Christian Education, National Council tho
Church*! *f Christ m th* U. S A. Rafaastd by
Community Pr*ss S*rv>c*) (
NOW IS
THE TIME...
By Max Smith
Lancaster County Agent
the com or bailey in a lation.
Hog rations may be at least 50 %
wheat, dairymen may feed up to
25% wheat, and cattle feeding
may go as high as 33% wheat in
the feed The grain should be
ground or cracked. With the low
prices of wheat this gram could
be efficiently used in many more
rations.
To Control Weeds
Every faimer and property
owner should continue the an
nual campaign against weeds;
control may be obtained by
spiaymg or cultivating in ciop
land and by spraying or mowing
in other areas Canada thistles
aie shooting seed heads and
should not be allowed to matuie
Pastme aieas should be mowed
to pi event weeds liom maiming.
Weed conti ol jS evciyone’s job
at all times of the season