4 —Lancaster Forming. Saturday. January 17.1970 From Where We The Place To Go Well, the barns here at the Farm Show are filled to capacity again with more than 2,000 head of horses, beef and dairy cattle, swine and sheep, making it the largest state show in the East. The poultry show is one of the five largest m the United States. The Lancaster County entries seem a little scarce though. Except for the usual number of entries in the 4-H Beef Show, many local farmers seem to have kept their fine animals at home because of the weather and the work involved in getting them ready for the show at this time of year. We know it isn’t because local farm ers don’t have the kind of animals at home that could win here, that is for sure. But for those who did brave the ob stacles, there was lots of prize money. A total of $72,802.75 was available in 25 de partments, an all-time high, and almost 100 times the value offered at the first Farm Show in 1917 when competitors vied for a total of $735. The nice thing about this show is that no “midway” or carnival type amusements are permitted. Actually, who needs a “mid way” when you can watch a chick hatch, a foal get his dinner or a new born calf. Even the simple process of milking a cow held crowd attention better than any amusement area could have. And frankly, if you tried to get a baked potato, milk shake, hamburg er and a chicken sandwich, like we did about noon each day, you thought the crowds seemed a little “midwayish”. It is a wonderful place to come see the huge new farm equipment and related items so necessary to run a modern farm these days. And it is a good place to see your friends and neighbors you have not taken time to stop and talk to across the fence row. Anyway, if you are a farmer or just like to see what is going on, the place to go is the Farm Show. At least that’s the way it looks from where we stand. Farming Hard To Get Into, But . . . “The Dairy Industry’s Revolutionary War.” the title of an article by James L. Reeves, Southland Corp., Dallas (Dairy Herd Management, Jan. 70), provided an interesting “now and then” look at the in dustry. Here are excerpts from the article which was adapted from Mr. Reeves’ pre sentation to the American Marketing Asso- Farm News This Week Dutchman Beef Farm Wins At Harrisburg Page 8 Local Holstein Entries Few At Farm Show Page 8 Bollinger Shows 4-H Champion Lamb Trio Page 1 4-H Hereford & Shorthorn Wins Come To Lancaster, But Not Top Champion Page 1 Farm Show Bits and Pieces Page 7 Glenair Farm Tops In Landrace Show' Page 1 Lapp Has Reserve Junior Champion Belgian Stallion 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 Robeit G Campbell. AdveiUsing Director Subscription price $2 per year in Lancaster County, $3 elsewhei e 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 ... ciation Agribusiness Conference. "Agrimar kots in the 19705.” “If change is revolution, then the dairy industry ts at war! It is in the midst of a period of violent readjustment. It is my task, I believe, to relate the impact of these changes to the production segment of the industry. .om. . , , . , , , people with a ring of authority, ... let s take a look at what s hap- , j m cunw ucm tub TRUTH pening to milk production in the U.S. In a TO SHOW MEN THE TRtflH , i___ J rvnrinrf IQRQ fho Serif hr* I l,s,4hH,M»lrtnW JCSU* , hOWCVCT, BOt Only talked word, the trend is down. During 1909 tne 412-25 » 3531; aa 2,22-3*. of the truth, he demonitrated lb U.S. Department of Agriculture estimated uonh 1 w-». wherever he went preaching and a 1% reduction from a year earlier to about teaching, he also went “healing 1170 hillinn nnnnrk The chances are this "Audacious!" That was the every disease and infirmity a “I " u-n- P 5 I V, K n word for Jesus’s decision to he- mong fee people” (Matt., :23b), 117.3 billion pounds will be revised down- gi n a public ministry. He had no The kingdom of God which waa ward when final data become available. I formal religious training except "at hand” was a kingdom of would suggest that milk product,ou durmg 1969 was actually between 115.5 and lib . tts or scr ibes or Today the churches continue billion pounds. This is about the same level rabbis: his fa- to preach and teach the good of milk Production as was attained during Carpenter b The Chffi, the early 1950 s and about 10 billion pounds Jewish reliaious ministry; to make men whole, below the 1964 peak. authorities were The sick body they have sur “But, perhaps the most amazing fact is not likely to that about 400,000 dairymen produced 1969's upon Entrained Once charged to demonstrate thp milk in contrast to the almost 2 million religious teach- power of God, they are now con da!ry-e"neCeSSary t 0 prOdUCB thiS am ° Unt SI klng d h?d er al- ‘'Yet? there is' in the 19o0s. • Kev. Althouse ready served no- taking place a revival of the “The same trend of more from less is tice through the arrest of John church’s ministry of healing and 1 also true in dairy cows. During this past the Baptist that he was not going help. Once relegated to the sects, June there were 12.7 million cows on U.S. tototeate any self-appointed diSyof dairy farms, down 2.8% from a year earlier p p mainline churches. Pastors ara and the lowest number since 1887. The TO BRING MEN THE TRUTH reviving the ancient Christian Hnwn frond mav modorafp crimp npvf vpar Jesus knew all this, but it did practice of the laying-ra-of-handa down trend may moderate some next y ear nQt dgter him . * Now af ter j oha for healing and helpmg prayer, if beef prices remain high, but the fact that was arrested, Jesus came into Physicians and clergymen are re you need a dairy farm before you need a Galilee, preaching the Gospel of examining the role of religion in Hairv row Iparlc mp tn hplievp thp rpduetion Cod” (Mark 1:4). Jesus began Juans physical and emotional dairy cow leads me to peiieve tne reduction m^sion vith J courage | nd healtfa.Prayer groups are work* will continue at about the same rate. faith. The faith had received a ing and praying to mend broken “One of the principal reasons that more severe testing during the forty lives. ~ dairy farms are slated for disappearance is SSf*©; BOTH PREACHING-HEALING 1 the problem of adequate and capable labor, toh/he could^now ‘face cour- ** is burning obvious ones; Although dairymen have automated rapidly, Meously the dangerous task he there are physical and technical problems was two-fold* to That truth mlstheiiomorSS that'limit the mechanization of dairying. inindividualliyes^iriingroup* Labor is necessary, and favorable off farm truth, and to use God’s power went forth, to °m employment opportunities have made it *> scarce in many rural areas. Then too, alter- g oine D f as proclaimed: "Re- words and acts, - , nate agricultural opportunities have provid- pent for fee-kingdom of God ia . 1 ed returns comparable with dairying with-. 3 f Sen&S. out the accompaying confinement. all Galilee; iw-fhiriy-cfurci*#, Jcfcrisi-in if, v, 5. a.ariHMaty Which is all very true. But we like the goguea... (MattT2.23a). c*M™w*»«*s*nrfc«j optimism of one of our local Keystone _The, basic message of his Farmers featured last week who says, “To- IWdunS ATTEND THE day farming is a hard occupation to get fliis: CHURCH OF started in but through hard work, I hope to - YOUR CHOICE SUNDAY §6t 3. start. There may be fewer farmers when the calendar closes the 1970’5, but they will be good ones. At least that’s the way it looks from where we stand. Newspaper reporter: “What were your thoughts as your rocket blasted off?” Astronaut: “I kept thinking about how every part of it had been supplied by the lowest bidder.” Most of the shadows of this life are caus ed by standing in your own sunshine. —Ralph Waldo Emerson Do not let your chances like sunbeams pass you by . . . for you nevgr miss the water till the well runs dry. Doctor: “Are you certain you’re sick?’’ Patient :“I sure hope so I’d hate to feel like this and not be.” The five-day forecast for the period Sat urday through next Wednesday calls mr temperatures to a\erage near normal with daytime highs in the ,40’s and ov;er-night lows m the upper 20’s. Seasonal tempera- tures over the y, eek-end turning colder Mon day and Tuesday’and seasonal again Wed nesday. Precipitation may total one-half inch ox less water equivalent with snow in the north- ern sections Sunday and rain or snow in the ♦- south* * it* 9 t hiimi fm * *'s Across The Fence Row Local Weather Forecast (From the U. S. Weather Bureau at the Harrisburg State Airport) —Rowland Howard DOING THE TRUTH Lesson for January 18, 1970 Read Lancaster Farming For Full Market Reports To Segregate Livestock kind of faim machinery that is Since this article as being writ- 1° be r i e / built or repaired, should ter during the 1970 State Farm getting this attention now. Snow, I have a few suggestions „ y local machmer y dealers that are timely Many head of a P preCiate the work n een cieases the difficulty of ireated agams, any infection, f u j tieatment Even with some however, the rest of the herd 0 f our show animals, that have ? a^ ch a >l um ber of mfec- been getting the best of care, .v. e turns from the Faim Show amm- notice some lice and iingwdrm a ‘ s Segregation and sanitation is mfeolion These paiasites ffeed very important. flom the blood of the animals To Repair Farm Machinery and i educe pioduction and gjtin. I realize that recent weather Several tieatments should \be conditions are far from any re- given to eradicate the problem minder of spring farm work; v and attain efficiency. Consult however, another 6 to 8 weeks with the .local veterinarian for season;is upon us. Any, materials, , ' , Is at Yiand #« • • i • md • i • Do ihli: Repent... Believe the gospel. Whereas John the Baptist’s me** sage had spoken of something which was soon to happen, Jem* spoke of something that alretd' was taking place. While John called for repentance to avoid the! coming Judgement, Je«u« gave tha' call to repentance in order to] enable people to receive the good; news (the Gospel) of God’s king* dr This message come to (hal NOW IS THE TIME... By Max Smith Lancaster County Agent To Control Parasites