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— Lancaster Farming. Saturday, June 14,1969
From Where We
Impress City Friends
A new reused edition of the pamphlet.
“Lancaster County Agriculture" is out
a beautiful thing produced by the Agricul
ture committee of the Lancaster Chamber
oi Commerce. The brochure it up dates was
also nice, and when you compare the two
editions. vou get an interesting \ie\v of Lan
caster County Agriculture today as compar
ed to a few years ago.
Some of the photographs (.by Grant
Heilman) remain the same. The field of
nearly mature tobacco looks about like it
did before. The pictures of the luestock
market and the corn field look the same
and we still bale hay. And a field of potatoes
being spraved has been added.
But when you look at the poultry and
dairj pictuies vou see real change. For the
dairv. instead of cows standing contentedly
out in the pasture, the cows now eat out of
bunk feeders and contentedly mote to their
f-ee-stalls m a spacious barn.
The chickens aren't running out on the
ground with feeders and shelter pens sitting
around. They are on slatted floors or in
cages and the operator mo’ es along picking
up eggs in the isles.
In the years between the 1964 summary
and the 1968 figures there have also been
some changes. Dairy cows moved from our
second ranked value industry with $25,-
367.000 to the top value business with 1968
figures showing $36,417,000. This in spite of
cow number reductions from 71,000 to the
present 64.000.
The poultry business continued to grow
chougn now ranking second in County dollar
value with $31,221,000. In 1964. the total
value is reported at $27,586,000. Combined
layers and broiler numbers are also up 4,-
944.000 head to 14,902,000.
Beef cattle with 78,800 head m the Coun
ty has a 813,440,000 value, up from the 1964
figure of 67,900 head valued at 810,219,000.
Hogs showed 41,000 head valued at $1,168,-
000 in 1964 and now are up to 76,000 head
with a value set at 82,604.000.
The County ranks first in Pennsylvania
in all these major commodities dairy,
poultry, beef cattle and hogs. County sheep
still rank third in the state as it did in 1964
but numbers and dollar value are down
considerably from 14,300 head valued at
$176,000 to the present 8,000 sheep valued
at 150,000,
More acres with higher yields were re
ported for corn. In 1964, corn for gram
totaled 86,300 acres with an average yield of
60.3 bushels per acre and a value of $7,040,-
000. In 1968, 92,400 acres were grown with
an average vield of 97.7 bushels and a value
of $9,681,000. Silage corn also jumped in
acres, yields and dollar value to the present
$5,962,800 from 53.882.700 in 1964.
Tobacco acreage was down 8,700 acres.
And thougn yields per acre were up 90
pounds, total crop value was down from
$13,100,000 to $9,679,800.
Farm News This Week
Herr Lamb Wins
National Show Page 1
Swine Producers Double
Participation In Check-Off Page 1
Garden Spot Farmers See
Neighbors No-Till Corn Page 1
LANCASTER FARMING
Lancaster County’s Own Farm Weekly
P. O 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 price: $2 per year in Lancaster
County, - $3 elsewhere
Established November 4, 1955
Published every Saturday by Lancaster
Fanning Lititz, Pa.
Second Class Postage paid at Lititz, Pa.
1754 d
Member of Newspaper Faim Editors Assn.
Stand. ..
Total \akie of ail agriculture products
including luestock. poultry and all crops is
12*1.165.000.
The little folder is a fine representation
of the Lancaster County Farm Industry
something worth haung, especially if you
wanted to impress some city friends of our
importance. At least that's the way it looks
from where we stand.
View Lancaster County
From The Air
You might like to see Lancaster County
from the air again. Or maybe you neier
haie? From our experience last jear, it is
worth it.
As reported elsewhere in this issue, the
annual Air Tour of Consenation will be held
again June 29. lea\ing from the New Hol
land Airport. Rain date is July 6.
Things do look different from up there.
You take off from New Holland without
much fuss. The pilot turns a few knobs and
pulls a few’ levers. He guns the motor and
you're on your way up of course.
Things get smaller soon. The farm
buildings and houses turn into miniature
villages. The farmer's crop contours make
interesting patterns in the rich farm land.
The streams and highways make thread
like lines across the countryside. It’s a dif
ferent way to see Lancaster County and we
think it's a good way.
If you have any hankering at all to see
the land from the windows of an airplane
you should go on the Lancaster County Air
Tour June 29th. At least that's the way it
looks from where we stand.
Keep The Banner Rolling
Egg sales were up ten to twelve per
cent in the local store where Lancaster
County poultrymen used their Farm Show
Banner to promote local eggs. And that in
crease came during a period where table
egg prices remained steady.
You will recall that we reported Lan
caster County produced eggs receiving a
boost the week of May 24, when the Farm
Show Banner won by local poultrymen in
January started it’s rounds of local food
stores who sell only eggs produced here.
The banner and a large printed display card
were placed in Erb’s Super Market at East
Petersburg. And now the results are in.
Lawrence E. Kegerreis, Marketing Spe
cialist, Division of Market Development,
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture,
who worked with the Lancaster County
Poultry Association on the promotion pro
ject said, “Egg sales the two weeks the
banner was displayed were up ten to
twelve percent.”
At the time the project was started we
called the display “Effective promotion
a sure promotional winner.” And we still
think it is. With a good idea requiring only
nominal expense, local poultrymen have
proven that promoting local eggs can in
crease sales. And now Kegerreis and the
local poultrymen are contacting other stores
to try the idea. And as the producers, dis
tributors and the retail stores work togeth
er, even more eggs will be sold. And this
is what advertising is all about. So keep
the banner rolling.
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 below normal with
daytime highs in the 70’s and over-night
lows in the 50’s. Hot on Saturday turning
cooler in the late weekend. Warmer again
at mid-week. The normal high-low for the
period is 83-60.
Ram may total rhiee-fourths of an inch
as show exs about Sunday.
RENEWIU AMD THE WORD
Lesson for June 15,1969
B«efc|rMnd ScripKirt 2 Kings 22 3-23 25 Pso'm
11? 26 29 130 Ephesions 3 7*lo, Cclossicm
3 16. ( T.netl-/* 11 16
Dcv*ti<n«l P:clns7B 1 8.
What is the place of the
Bible in the life of the Church?
One of the best ways to find an
answer to that question is simply
to turn to the history of the
Church, ancient and contem
'-v. t< what influences
the scriptures
have exerted.
As we do so,
we find that
every movement
to reform, re
new, and revive
the Church has
found its origin
in the redis-
covery of the
Rev. Althouse Bible’s message.
Josiah’s reform
This was true in the history of
the Jewish nation. In the seventh
century 8.C., King Josiah set in
motion a great reform movement
that renewed the Hebrew faith for
a time. The source of this refor
mation was the rediscovery of
some old scrolls of scripture
(possibly Deuteronomy 12 26)
in a forgotten corner of the
temple. Discovered by the high
priest, Hilkiah, during some re
pairs to the temple, the scrolls
were shown to Shaphan, the
king’s secretary. He, in turn, took
them to King Josiah.
As Josiah read the message of
these scrolls he found it critical
of the nation’s spiritual and
moral condition. Although
written for another generation, its
judgment against irreligion and
immorality were scathing in
dictments of Josiah’s Judah. In
stead of rejecting this message,
as many Hebrew kings would
have done, Josiah responded to
the promptings of his own con
science and set in motion a great
reformation of the Hebrew faith.
“Here I Stand!”
It is a story that has been re
peated many times in the history
of both the old and thenew Israel.
It was his study of the Bible, for
example, that lead Martin I n +1 -®T
To Treat For Internal Parasites
Stomach worm infection is
present in nearly all species of
animals on many farms; a decade
ago we were more concerned
about the control of worms in
sheep and hogs; now it is also
important to treat cattle and
horses for this problem. The
young of all species of animals
should be given special treat
ments more often than the older
animals; in most cases it requires
more than one treatment to re
move all of the worms and worm
eggs Owners of animals are urg
ed to improve production and
output by eliminating all worms.
Consult your local veterinarian.
To Make Farm Ponds Safer
Hot weather is at hand and
many farms ponds will be used
for recreations, owners aie urg-
ed to piovide lescue equipment
at the side ox the pona that can
be >sea in an items
to attempt to reform the Roman,
Catholic Church. In the scrip
tures, Luther caught a vision of
what the Christian faith ought to
be, and he could not help but ho
struck by the comparison of this
with what the faith had actually
become. It takes nothing away
from Luther to say that it was i
the Bible, not Luther alone, who i
began the Reformation.
Brought before the Diet of 1
Worms to retract his teachings,
Luther turned to the scripture*
as his source of authority; "I
beseech you by the mercy of God,
that whoever can, whether high
or low, let him bring forward the
proof, let him convince me of
errors: let the Scriptures of
Prophecy and Gospels triumph,
for I will be wholly ready to
revoke every error, if I can be
persuasively taught . . .’’ Chal
lenged one final time, Luther
again replied: "Unless 1 shall be
convinced by the testimony of
Scriptures or by clear reason, I'
must be bound by those Scrip
tures which have been brought
forward by me; yes, my con
science has been taken captive by
these words of God. I cannot
revoke anything, nor do I wish
to; since to go against one’s con
science is neither safe nor right:
here I stand, I cannot do other
wise. God help me. Amen.”
God’s judgment
The scriptures still have the
same effect upon us today when
we let them speak to us. We hear
much of renewal today. Renewal
almost always stems from a con
science that has been enlightened
by the rediscovery of the Bible’s
message. If the church is at
tempting to change people’s lives
and effect rebirth, it is because
the Bible has made it clear that
such rebirth is both necessary
and possible.
If the church is striving to re
form society, it is because the
scriptures have pricked our con
sciences and indicated to us God’s
judgment upon our world.
When the church is responsive'
to the Bible it is a church that is
constantly in the midst of rebirth
and renewal. This is why Paul
and others were so anxious to
keep the scriptures central in
Christian experience;"
to the public reading of scrip
ture ...” (1 Timothy 4:13), "Let
the word of Christ Swell in you
richly, as you teach and ad-,
monish one another..(Colos
sians 3:16).
(Based on outlines copyrighted by the Division
of Christian Education, National Council of fh*
Churches ol Christ in the U. S, A» Kelt sed by
Community Press Service,)
NOW IS
THE TIME...
By Max Smith
Lancaster County Agent
such as an inflated inner-tube, a
wooden ladder, a raft, a boat,
ropes, or wooden planks or
boards; any of these may save a
life when swimming or boating
is permitted.
To Control Thistles
Every land owner should make
a special effort to control Canada
Thistles on his property; the
time is approaching when the
first crop of thistles will be ma
turing and they should not be
permitted to produce a seed crop.
In many cases the winter barley
or wheat fields will have several
areas with many thistles and
these will be allowed to stand
until the combine cuts them; by
that time they are ripe and the
seeds will be spiead over the
aiea Everyone should adopt the
p.achce of not allowing thistles
:o go to seed Why spiead more
tioubie over your land?