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
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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
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Published every Saturday by Lancaster
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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
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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
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Freezing weather is just az .°™ s because there is more
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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<serious
uig Motors not to be used may ness of the problem. There
be drained and kept out of the should - not be anj place for
weather. All machinery should either a rat or a mouse infesta
be stored in a dry place in order turn on a well mailagfed farm;
to prevent rusting once they get started( they aj( L
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° control. A good clean-up pro-
This has been a common sug- gram is the place to start and to
gestion in the past decade but is eliminate all possible nesting
still timely. If the building and places. The use of concrete in
contents is covered for only the walls, foundations, and in feed
original cost it will not match and litter alleys will discourage
the replacement costs at today’s them. Poison bait stations should
prices. All farmers are urged to be placed around the buildings
consult with their insurance to elnmnai, rating rats. Don’t
agent to be certain they are live with re its because they
l jJ —i. The winter are destn iers.
dependence upon military
olllanct* with other nations, ml
of which proved, In one way ot
another, to have been the wrong
ones; (3) Although Israel had
been relatively weak In military
forces, the nation had often as
sumed pretensions of great mili
tary power and become involved
In 'disputes too big for her to win.
The decay within
Ail of these are quite accurate
enough. Yet, when we read tha
Old Testament, we find that the
writers look upon the cause of the
tragedy, not as military or
political weakness,but asspirltual
and moral decay. This the weak
ness within, was the real cause of
Israel’s tragic ending: "And they
did wicked things, provoking tha
Lord to anger..(l7:ll).
What was it that provoked
that anger? For one thing, they
worshipped pagan gods and
idols;" Thev set up for themseh es
pillars and Asherim on every
high hill and under every green
tree . . . And they served idol*
...’(l7 10,12).
Secondly, they followed the
ways of their neighbor nations,
even though these practices con
flicted w ith their Hebrew heritage.
For example: "And they burned
their sons and daughers as of
ferings” (17:17). God had never
taught them that.
Third, they were infected with
materialism. For of
material gain, they "sold them
selves to do evil in the sight of
the Lord.”
Could it happen here?
Worst of all, they ignored the
prophets who came to warn them.
Prophets had tried to atie them
to repentance, ”But they would
not listen.'” •
Is there any danger that what
happened to Israel could happen
to our own nation? This is dif
ficult for us to see, for, though \\ e
have no trouble in ascribing
Israel’s fall in 722 B.G. as the
judgment of God on her-evil and
infidelity, we are not at all dis
posed to listen to today’s pro
phets or see the operation of
God’s judgment in this, year of
1969. '
" Therefore the Lord"W»« very
angry with Israel and removed
them out of his sight. Could
it happen here?
(to**4 «n *u Hints ctfyrifMtH Ot visit*
of-Christian EHucatian, Nattantl Cotoicfc at Hi*
Chutthtt *f Christ in tha U 5 4- tafentc by
Canmimity Pras* Sarwic* )
NOW IS
THE TIME...
By Max Smith
Lancaster County Agent