Farming. Saturday. October 18.1969 from Where We Harvesting Com? It’s Time To Think 3l’s that time again No. we'ie not talk ing about approaching Halloween or the ap pearance of Jack Frost. though u is that time also. The time we arc talking about is when a number of farmers eacn \eai lose lingers and hands and legs in corn pickets. Frankh. it is depressing to us who must gather and lepoit such news as it happens. It all seems so needless But cenaink. if corn picker accidents are decreeing to newsmen, who might ne\er tune mot the victim, how much moie emotion must be mvohed foi families and friends of those caught up m the web of accidental innirv or death Reams of material on safetj have been written, uain.ng signs ot warn-ng a ze dis played on corn pickers urging the ooeralor to stop the machine before doing anj repair v.ork or unclogging of the rolls Yet the headlines and the heartaches continue The picker in the corn harvesting opera tion is not the only culprit An analysis of 100 accidents involving portable farm au .gers and elevators has been completed. Ac cidents were analyzed to determine correc tive measures that could have prevented them. Mainly it is just a simple use of a common sense rule of keeping your hands out of the machine while" it fs in operation and allowing enough time to complete the task. All the safety campaigns in the world cannot save one life or limb if the persons for which they were designed think acci dents and their prevention are for someone else. The safety devices and warnings can't •prevent you from making poor judgments. We have all seen the motto with only ■one word on it THINK. It’s a good idea to think all of the time, but when you are harvesting corn it is not only a good idea but a matter of life and Keep Records For The Banker In an interview recently one local farm er said, “I think farmers should become more aware of finances.” We certainly agree with that statement. Do you know how much your ear corn cost you to get it from the seed bag to the crib? Sure, you know what Penn State says the average cost is. But are you average? How do you know? You may think such a small thing as the exact figures of how much it costs you to produce corn on your farm is not im portant. but if you know that, we beliet'e you will also kno* the other cost profit in formation needed when you go to the Dank er or credit assoc.ation for a short or a long term loan Farm News This Week ,Cow Comfort Basic In Barn System, Grout Says Page 1 Local Egg Ranch Wins Best Carton Award At NEPPCO Page 1 Local Boys At Kansas City Page I LANCASTER FARMING Lancaster County’s Own Farm Weekly P. 0. Box 260 - 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 County; $3 elsewhere Established November 4,1955 Published every Saturday by Lancaster Farming, Lititz, Pa. Second Class Postage paid at Lititz, Pa. 17543. •ussy saojipa nuej; jo jaqmajy Stand. .. Many farmers think the tight money situation is the reason they can't get need ed credit, but those in the know tell us that money is available for the farmer who had the records to show he knows what he is doing. In fact, one farmer we know, was so mad when the bank turned him down for a loan that he w ent home and started a record keeping system that show'ed such good pro fits that when he went to the bank again they couldn't afford to turn him down. The farmer knew he was a good credit risk and that his business was making a profit but he couldn't prove it until he had the records Credit in farming is a tool like any other tool, and it can become burdensome if more is used than is needed But how can you know how much \ou need if you don't have records Farm records have proven their v alue in improv mg production through more efficient culling, program planning and marketing decisions. Now lending agencies are giving the farmer still another reason for keeping complete, accurate farm ac counts. At least that's the way it looks from where we stand The Missing Asset National unemployment figures, like a lot of other statistics, should be taken with several-large grains of salt as nearly any one who has tried to employ competent help can testify. A part of the problem is indif ference and a lack of the will to work. According to NEWS DIGEST, a news paper of Oregon business and industry, “In Los Angeles, an unemployed unskilled man rejected a job as machine operator trainee with the remark, ‘How do you expect a man to work for $1.70 an hour?’ ... In Detroit, where even unskilled workers can earn about $3.60 an hour, unemployment stands at 6 per cent while employers are unable to find badly needed low-skill workers. At a restaurant, a man turned down $75 a week because he could get $56 of tax free relief money just by staying home, and. more over, could save the cost of getting to and from the job.” The Achilles’ heel of a welfare state is that it leads to a breed of people that dis sipate a nation’s most valuable asset the will to work. Across The Fence Row Adversity The only diet that will re duce a fat head A local woman told her friend that her husband had gone skeet shooting several times recently, but that he hadn't brought home a single skeet. And then she added '‘Say, how do you cook skeets?” From Jack Wills. Atlanta, Ga , comes the story of the inebriate who stood at a busy corner staring at the “Walk" sign. “Watsa matter?” he demanded of it “Are you AFRAID to PITCH to me?” A farm efficiency expert is a man who knows less about your farming business than you do and gets paid more for telling you how to run it than you could possibly make out of it even if you ran it right in stead of the way he told you to. Local Weather Forecast (From the U. S. Weather Bureau at the Harrisburg State Airport) The five-day forecast for the period Sat urday through next Wednesday calls for temperatures to average below normal with daytime highs in the low 60’s and over night lows in the mid to low 40’s. Cool Saturday and moderating Sunday. The normal high low for the period is 65-43. Precipitation may total one-fourth to one-half inch as rain about Tuesday or Wed nesday. PROPHECY 1960 Lctson for October 19,1969 ScnpKir* Hmm 4 1 through 5 Uj Arnoj 7 thrcuqh 8 2Kingit7, D*v*h#r>»f Pso'tj B° 5 #, 14 Id, A man was standing in the city’s public square. He said nothing, but 'wore a large posterboard sign that read: "RE PENT AMERICA! GOP’SJUDG MENT IS COMING!" •f people wailing at a nearby bus stop watched him with curiosi ty. Pedestrians slowed down to look him over as they passed by. Some chil dren mimicked him. Many peo ple smiled or smirked as they read the sign; a few laughed openly and loudly. People are not in a mood to repent and the thought of God’s judgment coming upon us today seems an amusingly ridiculous idea. Outdated? . No one, it seems, ever takes too seriously prophetic warnings. God’s judgment,-we reason, is something for some other person to worry about. Many have re signed the Biblical Day of Judg ment to the realm of mythology. Repentance, as well as sin itself, seems an outdated way of thinking. Often, only when we have suffered or known difficulty, do we take God’s judgment seriously. It had been that way with Israd. In 722 8.C., approxi mately two hundred years after the division of the United Mon archy, after many unheeded warnings, that which had been well prophecied came to pass: Assyria defeated the forces of Israel and carried her people into captivity, the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel never to be seen or heard of again. What were the reasons for this tragedy? This historian might Attend The Church Of offer the following; (1) She was „ “ J,. V " " ruled by a long line of un« lOlir VuOICe SlindOy believably incompetent and evil kings; (2) Sbc h-n -’'iced her Read Lancaster Farming For Full Market Reports To Winterize Motors season usually presents more fire Freezing weather is just az .°™ s because there is more around the corner and all motors activity 3n 311(1 around the, build should be prepared for cold wea 1 " gS l and mor ® llvestoak and per ‘ ther. Those to be used frequent- SOna operty is on hand, ly during the winter will need To Control Rode aits anti-freeze and should be given Repetition of ttys- suggestion attention before danger of freez- is intended to reflect the