I .alien st 11 Fui mine. Sm nidus. January 21, 1070
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From Where We
Farms Responsible For
County Wage Income
As rcpoited by Penn St.ito erononv.sts,
Lancaster Count \ I amis .mount for only
six percent of the total dollars paid out ir.
local napes and salaries A big reason for
this, we know, is because agriculture em
ployment has declined in both share and
numbers and self-cmplojment has stabiliz
ed in numbers but accounts for a smaller
share of the total.
Frankly, we think this report though
factual, does not tell the whole story about
Lancaster Countj’s economs. Certainly, ac
tual wages and earnings from on-the-farm
employment doesn’t account for a large
percent of gross income here, but also to be
considered is the business income for farm
related places of emplojment. What per
cent of the total County payroll would be cut
off if farmers stopped buying feed, fertiliz
er, farm machinery and supplies. Quite a
big hunk, we think.
And how about the effect on our young
er generation growing up on farms where
they learn responsibility and are motivated
to work. We don't think a value can be
placed on such an item but it figures greatly
in the over-all local economy as these young
people go into the County work-force. So
though it doesn't appear in the research
figures, Lancaster County farms are re
sponsible for a much greater share of the
gross County wage income than Penn
State’s six percent figure would indicate.
At least that's the way it looks from
where we stand.
A Fuel-Burning Organism
Space exploration may be “out of this
world”, but man is still an ordinary mortal
and wherever he travels he must carry his
earthly environment with him. The essen
tial functions of breathing, sleeping and
eating must continue. Man is a fuel-burning
organism. Thus menus will always be a part
of the machines of space and the longer
trips become, the more important becomes
the menu the food the astronauts must
carry with them. Space cookery is as exact
ing a science as space flight itself.
A news release from a major food pro
cessing concern tells a little about space
foods and the requirements they must meet.
They must be light, compact, simple, pala
table and have the highest possible caloric
Farm News This Week
Lloyd Wolf Herd Tops
In Milk Testing Association Page 1
Farm And Home Center
Debt Down To $128,000 Page 1
Jacob Musser Has 130 Breeder
Guinea Pigs Page 1
Kauffman Tells Dairjmen
Promotion Still Important Page 8
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 oi Lititz 626 2191
Everett H Nevswanger, Editor
Robert G Campbell, Adveitismg Duector
Subscription m ice S 2 per year in Lancaster
County, $3 elsewhei e
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Published every Saturday by Lancaster
Farming, Lititz, Pa
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control per unit volume. They must lie easy
to use in a weightless emironmenl. They
must withstand a space vacuum and be ica
llable under the millions of pounds ol thrust
during the acceleration and cannot require
cooking or refrigeration.
On Apollo 12 the crew enjoyed scrambl
ed eggs in '‘spoon-bowl’’ form, salads, pud
dings. soups and stews. Recent space eating
innovations include wet-pack items such as
beef and gravy, frankfurters and turkey.
Food for eating in space requires the same
exhaustive scientific effort that has gone
into all other phases of the moon program.
Tomorrow’s Farmers
Agriculture, while still basic to surviv
al. has become far removed from the know
ledge of most of us. The nation depends
upon today's agn-busmessmen, who have
made a science of farming. Like any sci
ence, farming requires an early start in
life for those who wish to become success
ful agriculturists.
Between February 21 and 28, the coun
try will be observing FFA Week. During
this week the Future Farmers of America,
a national organization with 450,000 students
studying vocational agriculture in 9,000 pub
lic schools, will conduct special events ex
pressly designed to emphasize agriculture
and the role it will play in our future. FFA
Week is traditionally celebrated beginning
the Saturday before George Washington’s
Birthday and ending the following Saturday.
George Washington made significant con
tributions to American agriculture, m addi
tion to his military and patriotic contribu
tions. The FFA recognizes him in their cere
monies, and especially during FFA Week.
One farmer now feeds scores of people.
Thus, the responsibility of those who turn to
agriculture as a business is heavy, and the
young people of the FFA and other farm
organizations who have elected to devote
their lives to the production of food and fi
ber need every bit of support we can give
them.
Across The Fence Row
If wisdom’s ways you wisely seek,
Five things observe with care
Of whom you speak to whom you speak,
And how and when and where.
When you are getting kicked from the
rear, it means you are in front.
The measure of a man’s life is the well
spending of it and not the length.
* x
An old-timer is one who remembers
when “on-time” meant punctuality not
payments!
If everybody in the country would take
a vitamin pill every day, the makers of u
tamms would soon be in great shape.
A parking place is where you leave your
car to have the wheel base shortened and
the trunk caved in.
Local Weather Forecast
(Fiom the U. S. Weather Bureau at the
Harrisburg State Airport)
The fn e-day forecast for the period
Saturday through next Wednesday calls for
temperatures to a\erage near normal with
daytime highs in the low 40’s and over
night lows in the upper 20’s Slowly rising
temperatures are expected through the per
iod. The normal high-low is 39-23.
Precipitation may total one-half inch
water equivalent occurring as mostly rain
except snow in the interior occurring during
the late half of the period.
not come to do away with them,
but to give (hem real meaning.•
In other worth, the purpose be
hind the law It whal.letUH wont*
to accomplish. '1 he law only part
ly accomplishes God’s purpose.
, WHAT IS "WORK"?
| For example, the sabbnlhlnw*
Were very strict and legalistic. Uo
cnusc God had instructed men
' not to labor on the sabbath, the
leaders had felt it necessary to
determine just what is "work”'/
They decided that walking Is
"work” when It exceeds n cer
tain distance, Thus, to walk sev
eral miles on the sabbath would
mean breaking the sabbath laws.
—.. . —The same was true of any labor
.1 ~ . t .. . ... a man might perform; it was
S-difrMnJ Senator.: Volitnw 5 lhrouan7j D»u« as an Infringement of
tcronomyi 21;6,1-9, Rom.nl 12 through 13. “ g eDI 01
Dov.h.n.l SMgints Dtultronomy 6-1-9, Ol ttlß SaDpaUl.
, ... Jesus indicated that the law
Legalism is always a problem had gone beyond what God had
for Christianity. On the onehand, intended. God made the sabbath
man can hardly livewithoutlaws, f or man’s enrichment, not to re
rules, and regulations. Without strict him. If the sabbath law
these, his life is largely undis- wns used to keep men from per
ciplined and his society breaks forming acts of kindness, mercy,
down in anarchy. Law brings or helpfulness to others (such as
a certain security healing a man), then the law
and order which was not fulfilling God’s purpose,
man deeply de- Was Jesus for or against the
sires and needs, gabbath laws then? The answer
Yet, legalism must be that he was for the pur
leaves perceptive pose behind these laws, but a
men unsatisfied, gainst some of the individual
Rules tend to be* f aws that had strayed from God’s
come more, im- purpose,
nortant than * r
people. People A HIGHER MORALITY
b ecome Thus, Jesus asked of his d!s
for the letter of ciples, not a morality that was
the spirit or pur- lower than the laws, but a higher
pose . Smne smug on e. Though the law was a neces
and complacent with its; minimum 6ary guide, love was a higher
morality. Others find it possible and better motive for a person's
to observe the law yet still deal behavior. “For I tdl you, unless
dishonestly. , your righteousness exceeds that
JE SP S A N S I P, EWW
We find that Jesus was quite heaven” (Matt. 5:20). They were
wdl aware of both the strengths neyer to be' satisfied with simply
and weaknesses of the law. To jiving up to the rules as the scribes
file Jew there was nothing more and Pharisees. They were never
unportantthan their religious le- j,e satisfied with anything ex
galism. The scribes and phan- (ce pt {he perfection of God himself.
f ees , % ens M ! With this as a background, Jesus
forefathers had once cherished the cou id well say, “You have heard,
temple. We can understand then , . But I say to you... • for his
why Jesus s attitude toward the o bj e ct was to take his followers,
law both puzzled and irritated to a loweE level 0 f morality!
them. Though at times he seemed j, ut to one that was even higher!
to repress respect for the law. The law was intended to oe a
much of what he said appeared f 0 f or hoping men to become
to indicate something quite the more righteous. Sometimes,
. though, men made the law their
. What was his attitude toward g od . Today, centuries later, we
turn to his own still must be careful that we don’t
Jfords in Matthew 5:17, we find: jg{ ou t faith become the legalism
abS &e l?w a Ld fteprophU° Gqd never intended it to be. -
I have come not to abolish them . ,
but to fulfill them. ” What does he . •" S llin ? ** PM*!?"
mpfln "fulfill” 9 r rhp TT? Pfiillnnn’ . Chnslun EJuc.li.n, N«ti«n«l Cwikil •( th»
mean muni : ine j. a. rnuipps chureh , t Chns , in 0i Si K kr
translation uses mstead the term Community fr*ss s«rvk».J
"complete,” and Good News For
Modern Man (Today’s English
Version) renders this as; "I have
BEYOND THE LAW
lesson for January 25,1970
Read Lancaster Farming
For Full Market Reports
To Check Battery
Cold weather is haid on bat
teries in service or in stoiage
The low temperatuies of the past
two weeks w.ll reveal weak bat
teries or those needing some at
tention The batteiy top should
be clean and the teimmals clean
ed of any deposits and coated
with vaseline or light giease
Watei levels should be checked
and motor used foi at least a To Be Careful With Heat Lamps
short time aftei adding water
To save the batten when shut- A P° ltaDle heat lam P can he
mg an engine use the staiter in very useful tllls time o£ tlie yeau
bnef contacts uihei than guild- In all Cdses useis are 1,1 ged t 0 be
mg away continuously siue the heat lam P 13 seemely
fastened and out of the leach of
livestock Many livestock pio
ducers may use these lamps to
aid the newly-born animals in ex
tremely cold weather. When
knocked down into bedding or
within reach of animals they are
a definite hazard. ' 1
To Establish Farm Pond Safety
Du nag the hot summer
months we discuss faim pond
safety with swimmers and boat
ers; now the water is just as
deep when ice skating. All ska-
NOW IS
THE TIME...
By Max Smith
Lancaster County Agent
ters should be aware of any thin
ice and know the exact location
of rescue equipment. Wooden
ladders, boaids, lopes, or inflat
ed innei tubes should be at the
pond in case of emergency. All
faim pond owneis aie mged to
lecognize the impoitance of
pond safety during the skating
season