—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. April 2.3.1970 4 The Farm You do not have to go bejond the loc al area to realize how the role ol the farmer has been icvolutioiii/ed. Today the number of persons operating lamilv owned farms here is less than a generation ago but today's Lancaster area farmer is one em ploying the latest methods and theories as well as the most modern farm equip ment available. America the United States is the most revolutionary nation on earth; and, paradoxically. U. S. citizens who have lived in the midst of revolution all their lues are largely unaware of the fact. All eyes turn toward recent social and racial upheavals and view those as the stuff of revolution .vhile the real rev olution has been occurring elsewhere on our farms. In a re\ealmg documentary, entitled "The Re\olution In American Agriculture.” National Geographic magazine has done a magnificent job of presenting in words and pictures the story of a millennium without parallel in human history. In brief, we ha\ e reached a millennium m food production call it revolution or what you will. The phy sical proportions of what has happened .vere well summarized in a statement by Secretary of Agriculture Clifford M. Hardin ,\hen he said "Through the decades be fore the Civil War, the American farmer produced food and fiber enough to feed and clothe himself and three other persons century later, when we entered World War 11, new machines and techniques had help ed inch the figure to himself and 11, today' it has leaped to himself and 42. The super abundance from our fields comes from a dwindling number of farmers working few er and fewer farms.” Farming Leads Way National Georgraphic sent a team of photographers and writers around the coun try to discover how all this has come about Their findings, together with the implica tions for our country and the world, are al most more than the mind can grasp. To be gin with, the successful farmer of today operates one of the most sophisticated en terprises ever undertaken by man The modern farm calls for a wider range of managerial decisions and skills than does the average family-owned factory or busi ness in the city It is no exaggeration to sav that the myriad technological and scientific developments that have so dramatically altered life in the city hav e really had their ultimate utilization in agriculture. One crop tomatoes explains the mystery of how so few feed so many. A single grower with a 523.000, 6 5-ton har vester operated by a driver and 14 women passengers can pick and sort 15 tons of to matoes an houi There IS Gun control extremists seem to think guns rather than people are the instigators of crime If such a theory were followed to its logical conclusion, the list of potential leth al accessories of modern civilization which should be removed from citizen ownership hecomes endless automobiles, bathtubs, kitchen knives, hammers, hatchets and probably the ancient bow and arrow The Virginia State Legislature is consid- LANCASTER FARMING Lancastei County’s Own Faim Weekly P 0 Box 266 Lititz, Pa 17543 Office 22 E Mam St Lititz, Pa 17543 Phone Lancastei 394 3047 oi Lititz 626 2191 Robeit G Campbell, Adveitismg Dueetor Zane Wilson, M maging Fditoi Subscription price S 2 pei year in Lancaster County S3elsewheie Established No\embei 4,1955 Published ecery Saturda\ bv Lancaster Farming, Lititz, Pa Second Cla--s Postage paid at Lititz Pa. 17543 Member of Newspaper Faim Editoi s Assn Pa Newspapci Publishei s Association and National Newspaper Association Revolution Eggs arc another illustration. Out in California, a single egg factory near Los Angeles shelters two million Leghorn chick ens that gobble 250 tons of feed a day. When egg production falls below a certain com puter-calculated output, the chickens go in to soup or potpies. Still another example described by the Geographic is a vast cattle feedlot near Greeley, Colorado, where 100.- 000 steers are fattened in a marvel of auto mation and computers. Somewhat surprisingly the complexity and size of modern farming operations ha\ e not abolished the family farm. Family farming accounts for 64 per cent of total farm marketing and 95 per cent of all farms are family owned. An official of the Ameri can Farm Bureau Federation says that. “The big corporation has to pay its farm managers and labor before it can count its profit. But the mdiudual owner pays him self with the difference between the farm's income and expenses; instead of hiring labor, he takes the hours of sweat out of his own hide And as long as we consumers re ward him with enough to pro\ ide the stand ard of living he aspires to, he'll hold his ow n against the big corporations.” Another section of the Geographic docu mentary is deioted to the biological and chemical developments that help in the monumental struggle to control pests and Jerusalem and in all Judea insects an area m which there is wide id Samaria and to the end of public misunderstanding. Se\enty-five mil- earth” (1 8). Up to the time lion acres of crops each year are lost to in- tbe persecution, however, his sects, weeds and plant d.seases. As far as farm chemicals aie concerned, an official was it then that would of the Agricultural Research Service notes, ,ve them out into Judea, Sam “lt is in the public interest to minimize con- ia, and beyond? The answer: tamination of our surroundings. But the /secution 1 farmer is not the big offender. Much of the . Tbe . dls< :JPles were soon to problem is associated with industrialization “BREAKS” Periencl. 0 FiS they Earned and urbanization. that the will of God cannot be The future of agriculture is virtually un- Lesson for April 26 1970 defeated by the violent opppsi limited. National Georgraphic paints a! ' | tion of men. Persecution wodld breathtaking picture of things to come, de- „ * „so^.- Acs6.w.a, jL asVhaS be?n unable^ scribing a time in which there may be agn- 10 24 . 33 . stop Jesus. God can use even the cultural plots several miles long, worked clem Labme, the great Na- evil intentions of men to fulfill by equipment running on tracks or pa\ ed tional League baseball pitcher, his purposes for the Church and runways. Cattle pens may resemble high- has discovered what can be done the Kingdom, rise apartments in the 21st Century. A with adversity: “I busted my in- Secondly, they learned that modern farmhouse may have a bubble- i° , , . . , . ~ jng to eaten a pass in a senu-pro boa s power ana purpose, lie topped control tower humming with a com- football game. I got a bad crook was able to carry them further puter, weather reports and a farm-price - m my finger. I than they otherwise would have ticker tape. Remote-controlled machinery found out after- been willing to go. Specifically, may do much of the work But, compared wards that it in this case, it meant carrying with the farming operation of much of the belped , my . < ; urv ® * be g ° ap The wojunding of a victim with a gun £ ? em 10 °P crate on that pmei dunng a crime would automatically bring Ne: when m doubt, use violence. a orison sentence of 10 to 90 vears ' Most wars bcgln becausc men are api ison sentence or mto years. committed to this idea. Racial The proposed Virginia law recognize' and economic strife are other the fundamental fact that most gun contro 1 Consequences. Yet, again ,and legislation overlooks. There are two kinds a Eam, history has demonstrated of citizens those who obey the law and * ba * vlcdence n °f only’fails to those who break it. achieve its objectives, but often mi , , , bring the very oposite result. - throwing both the criminal and the What God con use 1 : law-abiding citizen into the same kettle is _ On the day of<^ls ( Asfcteasiditi a travesty of justice. < Jesus had said to his disciples;' Difference is a enng a bill to impose separate mandatory prison sentences on persons carrying fire arms during commission of crimes. A spon sor of the proposed Virginia law notes. “Only the illegal user of firearms would have anything to fear ” Controlling Pests To Plow Down Cover Crops The giowth of cover crops has been very fast m recent weeks and most of them have enough giowth to turn under. This woik should be done be fore the top growth of the cover ci op sets excessive In some yeais the weather is veiy favor able for iapid growth but not suitable foi plowing or discing Applications of a nitrogen fer tilize! on the covei ciop befoie plowing w.ll help decompose the gieen material moie rap idly To Inspect Pastures The disposal of tiash into pastuie fields in the imal aieas is far too common. I’m suie that all local officials are aware of this senous solid waste disposal practice Lnestock pioducers NOW IS THE TIME... By Max Smith Lancaster County Agent who are planning to turn their animals to pasture for the first time of the season aie urged to go over the area carefully and remove all waste materials; some of it may be poisonous or injuuous to livestock. To Operate Machinery Safely Weather conditions have de layed many plans for the stait of field woik for the growing season When the soil becomes diy enough to work, there will be dangei of too much haste and speed with most machinery. This has often been the cause of seiious faim accidents Also, many pieces of machinery, such a, the giain dull of corn plant ei, may not plant accuiately at excessive speeds Farmers aie uiged to take time to do the woik caiefully and accurately. . you shall he my witnesses Attend The Church of Your Choice Sunday