—Lancaster Fnrmmg. Saturday. January 31.1970 4 From Where We Beat That Marketplace Competition Wo wore asked the other clay. "Do you believe, really behe\c. there is competition for meat fiom soybeans, fish flour, and other such high protein products?" Well, sometimes the best way to answer a ques tion is to ask another question. So, here goes. Did you believe there would ever be a “magic ray", before the laser beam came into existence? Did you think there really would be a man on the moon by 1969? Did you ever suppose you would drink orange juice, the ingredients of which aren’t remotely related to an orange? Yes, we really do believe there is com petition abuilding and abounding to move into the heretofore untouchable sphere of prestige and healthfulness of our meat in dustry’s products. From the hot dog hamburger stew market to the kinghest of roasts at e\ ery step, there is someone out there who believes he can do it better, and cheaper. Consider comments made by the presi dent of General Mills, Inc., that sophisti cated marketing-alert “flour miller.” On receiving an industry award for chemical engineering in de\ elopment of General Mills’ line of meat-like, soybean-based, en tree foods prexy James Summers is re ported to have said, “The challenge be comes engineering plus consumer market ing. The acceptance of foods depends on their fit in the existing cultural pattern For instance, if you want to achieve acceptance in a society which regards fried grasshop pers as the ultimate m food elegance, then you must provide a product which locks and tastes and has the texture of fried grass hoppers. You find out what the consumers want and then you supply it to them at a price they are willing to pay.” General Mills has been test-marketing their “meat-like” products for about a year. Apparently they believe it will go over with the public and rumors have it that when the multi-million dollar manufacturing plant is completed in Cedar Rapids, lowa, there will be an awful lot of the synthetic meats around. They can be tailored to be poly unsaturated, high or low in carbohydrates, animal or vegetable fat, zero cholesterol, with or without vitamins and minerals and controlled in calorie and protein content. Yes, we believe it. And of course, we congratulate General Mills. Now that we have those social amenities out of the way, let’s see the livestock-meat industry buckle down and meet and beat that competition in the marketplace. Let’s see them continue to develop better ’burg ers, franks, steaks, roasts and chops. After all, that is their business, and it is what consumers have wanted. Let’s keep them wanting real meat. And besides, General Mills likes competition. At least that’s the way it looks from where we stand. Farm News This Week Program For Egg Price Stability Given Poultrymen Page 1 Dairymen Must Increase Cows In Herd To Compete Page 1 LANCASTER FARMING Lancaster County’s Own Farm Weekly P. O Box 266 - Litxtz, Pa 17543 Office. 22 E. Main St, Lititz, Pa 17543 Phone. Lancaster 394 3047 or Lititz 626-2191 Everett R Newswanger, Editor Robert G. Campbell, Adveitismg Director Subscription price- $2 per year m Lancaster County, $3 elsewhere 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. .. Take A Lesson At limes we must report news that is not what >oii would call complimentary to farmers. Such is the case with the story this week wheie USDA reports the reten tion of 258 hogs m a New Mexico slaughter house because it was discovered that some of the animals might contain a mercury residue. Needless to say, USDA regulations do not permit any mercury residue in meat or meat products. Eating anything with a large mercury residue can be fatal. Naturally, accidents can and -do hap pen and the family who slaughtered one of these hogs for its own use has three children hospitalized with mercury poisoning. We feel sorry for them. But what we think there is no excuse for, is the second farmer who was told not to ship his hogs for slaugh ter but he did so anyway. We think such ac tions show down right stupidity. Farmers have a moral responsibility as well as a legal responsibility to provide humanity with good food. And it doesn’t matter if it is mastitis treatment for dairy cows, growth stimulants for broilers or any other medication for our livestock or poul try that may leave a residue in the food products, a withdrawal period is a must. Let’s all take a lesson from the misfor tune of the family in New Mexico and vow once again that we will follow all regula tions for the use of all types of farm chemi cals. If each one of us will forfeit the few dollars we lose by doing so, and consider the other person who will eat the food rather than being so self-centered, we will in the long-run make it up in extra consumer acceptance of our farm products. At least that’s the way it looks from where we stand. Sixth Grade Capitalism A new kind of grading system has been adopted by a sixth grade California school teacher, It is based on a point and incentive system that pays the student, in imaginary dollars, for good work and fines him when he falls down on the job. The teacher says the system works: . . It has done away with grades. I substitute academic dollars.” At the beginning of the year, the instruc tor gives each pupil a $5OO credit to start the semester. The nest egg expands or shrinks, according to the caliber of academic work produced by its owner. Students can build small empires. A superior student can ac quire a firm that dispenses facts to those who were inattentive in class or didn’t do homework. There are about a dozen other firms successful students can buy and oper ate. They also may earn academic dollars for helping slower students, for good work habits and for co-operation in class. Says the instructor: “You can’t keep the kids at home. They come even when they’re sick. . . . The students are motivated to work.” When parents criticize the idea of bring ing capitalism into the schools, the teacher answers, “But I’m teaching the American way of life. ...” What is wrong with capi talism? The imaginative California school teacher deserves praise. We need more like him 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 above normal with daytime highs in the mid 40’s and over night lows near 30. Seasonably cold Satur day and Sunday, milder on Monday and Tuesday and colder again on Wednesday The normal high-low for the period is 39-23. Precipitation may total one-fourth to one-half inch water equivalent with chance of ram on Saturday and Sunday and again Tuesday. Judge rlg'Mly.’looWflß tfwoncl (ha appearances to the realities. , 'Phis is probably why Jesus used the comparison of the wheat nnri tares, 'fares arc a weed (hat look verv much like wheat, mak ing it difficult to differentiate bjf appearance alone To mistake ti tare for wheat could be a serious mistake, for tares have a very bitter taste and cause dullness. THE FINAL HARVEST What is true of tares and wheat is often true of people too. Some people may appear to be one thing and turn out to be some thing quite different. Aren’t there , ~, people whom you have substan ■«iir.unil Scripture Amos 2 6 through 3.2 j misjudged? Or perhaps yott Matthewi3i*si Revelation 19# mee tsomeone who seems distant Dpy.h.n.iK'.ti.r, Psoirasl. and un friendly, ye t In time they Some of the richest men In prove to be very fine people. We the United States today include ar e not really equipped to judge a number of racketeers who have with finality the souls of out few amassed millions of dollars in low men ~, Illegal profits and yet have man- There is a third thing this par ’ ' -wade irosecution by the able tells us: the execution of cleverly escaped Q od > s judgement comes, notdur detection and, as , th j s lifetime, but at some time each year pass- s n th e life beyond this world. The es, the possibil- para bie speaks of the final "harv ity of convicting £ st „ w jj en w heat and seeds will them seems to di- separated according to the in* mimsh. structions of the householder. Many people This, then, is the answer to i want, to know questions which point to [ how God can al- persistence of evil in the world ■■ low this to hap- and “ as k ; "How can God let it pen. How can he happen?” Some evil, to be sure, permit these peo- do £ s bring punishment in this inished? How can. to those who practice it, but , to prosper while the ultimate and final penalty is good men are in want? If the ieser ved for God’s own day of law cannot give them what they judgement. fh“7StS?Ss t ? Godl ’ llng ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY THE FREEDOM TO CHOOSE If we are to seek answers to until the harvest ...” At that these questions we must under- time judgement will he executed stand, first of all, the source of j, y w ho alone is able to judge, evil in our world. God neither J Thjs parable also helps us to causes evil nor is he indifferent understand better our mission in to it Yet, he also gives human. tde world. It is a mission that beings the freedom to choose to ta k es U s into the whole world, to either good or evil. Thus, he not j ust t Q the “wheat” or the permits evil to the extent that go-called “good people.” We have he allows men to choose for them- adde d opportunity to win people selves. It is his will for them to j or the kingdom, people who choose to do good, hut he does otherwise might be - lost to the not make that choice for them. powe r of evil. For we must re- Because he permits people to member: the tares do not have choose evil, if they desire to, there to rema in tares! are always many opportunities for evi! in our everyday lives. {|astiJ on outllnes e , pyrWW ty dw.Ub The parable of the weeds and. oI C |, mtl