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 <w m
livestock will be going back to order t 0 avold the spnng rush
the farm from the show We
strongly suggest that these am-
f g '7 Sat n d , fl ? m The cold weather this wmtei
A wt AA heid T S' fl ° Ck f< ? r encour ages very heavy hair coats
wl 30 , days , The animals on many faim animals This does
At w 8 m j| y n °u get not bring paiasites but it m-
cause t they hav ® J> 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