4—-Lancaster Farming. Saturday. October 11.1969
from Where We
The Poultry Business
Is Big
Unquestionably, the Lancaster County
Poultry Industry is big business. With the
latest figures listing 11.930.000 broileis
valued at $7,831,000 and 2.972.000 la\ers and
the eggs they produce \ allied at $20,484,000
it is no wonder that Lancaster County is
tanked No 1 in Pennsyhania in all phases
of the poultry industry.
In fact, when >ou add the \alue of
turke>s. ducks, geese and all other poultry
the total \olume of poultry business produc
tion reaches o\er 530.000.000 annually. This
includes income from hatcheries, market
eggs, broilers, and poult r> processing and
represents o\er one quarter of the county’s
gross receipts from the sale of agricultural
products On top of that, the impact on ai
ded industry such as feed mills and equip
ment manufacturing plants can not be dis
counted.
The poultry mdustr> has seen great ex
pansion in Lancaster County in the past ten
years. And with the renewed interest in
bringing back the pullet growing operations
to the local area there really seems to be no
indication at all that the industry will lose
it’s share of the County’s gross income and
there is every reason to think that it will
continue to expand. At least that’s the way it
looks from w’here we stand.
Brotherly Attitude
Congresswoman Edith Green, in a
courageous statement, has taken exception
to the idea that a college education is a
necessary attainment for every living soul.
She declares: “Too much emphasis has
been placed on a four-year education as a
prerequisite of success and happiness. . .”
She said college entrance requirements
have been waived in too many cases to
take in persons who are incapable of com
peting at that level. The result has been
students who are not accepted and can
not accept college life at the four-year level.
She attributes much of the campus unrest
of today to the fact that there are people in
college who should not be there She said
she would prefer to see extensions of voca
tional and technical education for those
whose intellectual bent leads them in that
direction. Her remarks make sense.
A lot of the problem could be overcome,
we think, if we could adopt a little of the at
titude expressed by our visiting IFYE stu
dent, Miss Maria Garcia from the Canary
Islands. In her country, socially everyone is
equal regardless of the person’s occupation.
The garbage collector is respected for his
contribution to the community just as much
as the business executive. We could use
more of that kind of brotherly attitude in our
community At least that's the way it looks
from where we stand
Farm News This Week
Started Pullets In Penna.—Page IE
Egg Profits Get Key Spot
As Labor Is Diminished
Management Need Increases
Poultry Assn. President Says Page 1
In NEPPCO Expo Program Page 1
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Watch That Litter
An official of the U.S Forest Service
reports a dramatic increase in the use by
the public of the 15.000 square miles of land
in the United States that have been set aside
as wilderness areas. People who can no
longer find camping space in state and
national parks are taking to wilderness
trails and waterwajs by foot, pack train and
canoe. No doubt, the current fall hunting
and fishing season flow of wilderness seek
ers will reach record levels.
Of all those who seek the wilderness,
how many will appreciate its blessings
sufficiently to treat them with respect?
How many of those who go into the wilder
ness with all of the trappings of civilization
paper cartons, packaged foods, cases of
beer and ingenuous plastic containers of all
kinds will take the trouble and the effort
to bring their garbage back wnth them or to
dispose of it in a suitable manner?
There is nothing that can destroy the
wilderness quicker than an array of bullet
punctured beer and pop cans glittering with
malevolent obscenity from the bottom of a
crystal clear spring or stream.
And the same thing is true of Lancaster
County rural roads and farm land. With all
the tourists seeking a little mental relaxa
tion by driving along our back winding
roads, the same litter problem exists. Just
the same as in the U.S. Forest Service’s
wilderness areas, those visitors to Lancas
ter County should also dispose of their re
fuse in a suitable manner. At least that’s
the way it looks from where we stand.
Across The Fence Row
DID YOU NOW that
The Opportunity of a Lifetime is a
secondhand car. You can always hear it
knocking.
A Farm is a portion of land covered by
a mortgage.
A Reckless Driver is a person who
passes you when you are exceeding the
speed limit.
Laughter is the sound you hear when
you stumble, or lose your hat in the wind.
A Parking Space is an unoccupied space
about seven feet wide and fifteen feet long
next to the curb on the other side of the
street. The place where you take your car
to have little dents put in the fenders.
Sickness means not to feel well. There
are three stages: 1. HI; 2. Pill; 3. Bill. Some
times there is another; 4, Will.
YES is a married man’s last word.
A Bus Driver is the person who tells
you where to get off at.
A Careful Driver is the fellow who has
made the last payment on his car.
Election Year is one year in four when
the great dish is applesauce.
One ship drives east and another drives
west
With selfsame winds that blow,
It’s the set of the sails and not the gales
That tells them where to go.
Like the winds ot the sea are the winds of
fate,
As w'e voyage along through life,
It’s the set of the soul that decides its goal,
And not the calm or the strife
* * *
One should learn to disagree without
becoming disagreeable.
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 above normal with
daytime highs in the mid 70’s and over-night
lows m the mid 50’s. Mild at the beginning
and end of the period and a bit cooler in the
middle. The normal high-low for the period
is 68-45.
Rain may total one-fourth to one half
inch as showers about Sunday and again
near the end of the period.
OUR STORY?
Lcmoii for October 12, 1969
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Jim Jones is having difficulty, not given up the worship of the
He is losing the battle against Hebrew God, but they had also
drowsiness, an old enemy against taken up the worship of Baals
which he seems particularly vul- as well. It was not that they were
nerable on Saturday evenings as entirely forsaking their ancient
he prepares to teach his weekly faith, but that they were adopting
• - - '■-'Viool lesson. another faith as well, evenmixing
He adjusts to the two together. Baal, they
a more upright thought, brought prosperity and
position in the success to their pagan neighbors,
chair and rubs why should the Hebrews miss
his eyes to shake ou t on this blessing?
off the encroach'
ing numbness. Hard 10 TOOt OUt
enemy closes his understand that they could not
eyes and sends worship Baal and God, that it
Rev. Althouse Jim into the was quite necessary for‘them to
captivity of slumber. choose one or the other. We can
see that Baalism became so in-
An interesting Story tertwined in their lives thaHt was
His conscious mind is freed of hard to distinguish and toot out
pondering the Sunday school We find it more difficult to see
quarterly, but the conscious mind our society in the same hind to
seems reluctant to let go of it, day. We sure oblivious to the
sending to the sleeping Jim a Baals around us. We do mot
dream. He finds himsdf con- realize how pagan culture has
fronted by a man who at first permeated our religious life, or
appears to be his father. As die that 'our values may he just as
man draws near to him, however, idolatrous as the Baalism of old.
his appearance changes. Jim We find it difficult to realize that
recognizes him as the prophet we too "want our cake-and eat
Elijah. "I see you have been it too,” God and Mammon,
reading my story,” the man says It is one thing tofind Elijah’s
to him. "What did you think of ancient experience an interesting
it?” "It was ...” Jim falters, tale. It is something else to
", . , very interesting . . .” "In- recognize it as our own story,
teresting?” Elijah asks. “Yes,”
says Jim, "particularly the part
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where you challenge the priests a™, r „ U. s. a. (w*..* by
of Baal and the people of Israel c«™«ii)riy *««$«««•)
tarn back to worship God alone.
The prophet says nothing,
only looks at Jim as if expecting
something' more. 'Very in
teresting,’’ Jim repeats. More
silence. “I think it is the kind of
story every Sunday school child
should know.” Still more silence.
Jim doesn’t know what else to say
and smiles awkwardly. Heknows
he has failed in his answers, but
he does not know how or why.
Beyond “interesting”!
At last Elijah breaks the
silence with a stem, "Is that all
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To Worm Young Stock
Many young heifers are carry
ing a heavy worm infestation,
this is especially true on farms
where cattle have been produc
ed for many years and when
the numbers of cattle have been
increased Also, cattle feeders
who are buying calves for fat
tening purposes may have heavy
worm infestation. All produc
ers are urged to have fecal
samples checked with their lo
cal veterinarian and eliminate
internal parasites.
To Be Equipped
Handling livestock is much
easier and cheaper when proper
equipment is used. All produc
ers including dairymen have
use for a loading chute or ramp
Cattle feeders should have pens
for proper soiling and segrega
tion, this is especially true at
you car. say about It? 'ln*
tcrcsklng’l What you mean U that
it Is an old story that is very
entertaining!" Jim cannot reply.
"Don’t you realize that this is
your story too?" This Inst came
to Jim so forcefully that ho
physically flinched and the shock
of the movement jarred him
awake and from the grasp of th*
dream. Sitting bolt upright, Jim
looked around in confusion.
It was only a dream. Yet Jim
couldn’t help but ponder the pro
phet’s stern questions. What had
he meant when he asked if it was
not Jim’s story too? What more
was he to have understood from
it?
Elijah’s tale was one of na
tional infidelity. The people had:
But it is to no Today, you and I can easily
avail as his S ee the need for the Hebrews to
NOW IS
THE TIME...
By Max Smith
Lancaster County Agent
the beginning of the feeding
period when some animals may
become sick. A narrow chute
with a head gate is needed for
injecting and treating animals.
Plans for most of this equip
ment are available at our Ex
tension Office.
The importance nf a cover
crop during the winter months
should not be overlooked. On
many fields where com is pro
duced year after year, and
where weed herbicides such as
atrazme have not been used,
there is still time to seed domes
tic ryegrass, field bromegrass,
or winter grain such as rye.
This crop will help reduce both
wind and water erosion during
the winter months and furnish
some organic matter to plow
uuwii Ucal spring.
Attend lie
Church el
Your Choice
Sunday
To Seed Cover Crops