Lancaster Farming. Saturday. September 13.1969 From Where We Hint Of The End Of Summer The weather has been a bit “fallish** this week giung us a sense of what time of year it is again. Early risers on the farm don’t need the calendar to tell them that autumn is here. The official date of its arri val isn't until September 23 but the cool, crisp mornings and the foliage and trees that show' tints of color herald the coming event already. The corn is starting to dry on the bot tom lea\ es as the ears start to dent. Every - where you go. silo fillers are working full time to get the abundant crop where it be longs. And the County tobacco crop is fast being hung in the sheds after a halt in cut ting for needed rams last week It is a heavy crop, farmers say. Some early fall seeding has been done won picturesque fields of newly started al *s.!:a getting the moisture boost needed. It. the gardens, the tomatoes are start ing to show tne end of bearing, red beets are bulging their bottoms above ground and tne celery is getting ready for the trench. Which means a hint of the end of the grow ing season is in the air and that is the signal for the start of the local fairs. So, we'll see \ ou at Solanco next week. At least that’s the way it looks from where we stand. Time For Farm Freedom The American Farm Bureau Federa tion with nearly 1.8 million member farm families has set its course for gradual eli mination of federal management of agricul ture. The goal is to free farmers from the red tape, regulation and political market manipulation that have consistently been part of federal agricultural programs. ’ In a statement before the House Agri culture Committee, Mr. Charles B. Shuman, -president of the American Farm Bureau Federation, has urged Congress to enact “a broad-based program to help individual farmers make needed adjustments, in crease prices, expand markets, cut costs and thus provide the basis for increased net farm income. . . . Despite the expenditure of billions of dollars, farm problems have not been solved, and farmers have not achieved a satisfactory level of net farm in come. . . . New legislation should be enact ed this year so that farmers can plan ahead. The hour is already late.” The proposed legislation supported by the Farm Bureau over a five-year period, provides for an acreage retirement pro gram to adjust the supply of farm products to the demands of the free, competitive marketplace. Acreage allotments and the costly price support system would be with- Farm News This Week Fairs Start In County Next Week Page 1 Stauffer Homestead Farm Rooted In Local History Page 1 ASC Election Ballots Mailed Page 1 Miss Royer Selected State 4-H Winner In Veterinary Science Page 1 LANCASTER FARMING Lancaster County’s Own Farm Weekly P. 0. Box 268 - Lititz, Pa 17543 Office: 22 E. Main 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 Farming, Lititz, Pa. Second Class Postage paid at Lititz, Pa. 17543 Member of Newspaper Farm Editors Assn. Stand ... drawn. Among other practical approaches, help would be a\ailable for farmers un able to make a living in agriculture and in need of training and financial assistance to get established in something else. The agricultural resources of the United States are too Mtal to be left saddled with the rigidities and uncertainties of federal farm programs too often governed by poli tical necessity rather than economics. Agri culture. considering the failure of past farm programs, should be given the freedom to take a new direction in running its own af fairs. Up To The People A new fiscal breeze is blowing through the land and evidence of its impact is seen in the report that the federal budget, after eight years of red ink, ended fiscal 1969 with a surplus of more than $3 billion. This is a sharp reversal from fiscal year 1968, when the federal government recorded a budget deficit of $25.2 billion. It remains to be seen whether any long term control of federal spending levels will be politically possible. The brakes are on; they are being felt and not always with pleasure by those who are affected. Con trolling inflation means such things as high interest rates and difficulty in financing home buying. It means greater resistance to costly settlements in labor negotiations. It means the slowing of business expansion and, finally, even though 1970 is a congres sional election year, it means restraint in expansion of federal programs and services in which millions of people, who are also voters, have a vested interest. Only the people of the United States, by their patience, understanding and support of control and common sense in federal spending policies can assure that a few years from now the dollar will still be worth somewhat more than the paper it is printed on. Across The Fence Row Today’s youth are more sophisticated. If Booth Tarkington were to write “Seven teen” today, he would have to call it “Twelve.” Union Register, Ore. Heard at the coffee table: “My wife may not be a good driver, but when it comes to parking, she does a bang-up job.” Holden Progress, Holden, Mo. Somehow, newspaper editors wind up on the mailing lists of a wide variety of free papers ahd publications and things. We re ceived a note from one of them the other day: “Because of the increased cost of printing and mailing, taxes and inflation, this publication comes to you twice as free as it used to.” Paris News, Paris, Tex. First Salesman: What do you sell? Second Salesman: Salt. First Salesman- Why, I’m a salt seller, too. Second Salesman. Shake! Real Estate Prospect. “Good Heavens! That’s a tumbled-down looking shack. WHAT’S holding it together?’ 'Agent: “The termites are holding hands.” Local Weather Forecast