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A Successful Youth-Adult Program
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The bujers. mu'-! nl inem. mul<uiiiU*ll\
t \pected and got some publint> lot their
generosity. Since most t>l the Inueis "eie
justnesses or businessmen, they were at
east partially compensated b.\ the poon
city.
Still, we think those buyers did .1 line
thing The\ took the lime and made the
H'cos&arv eflorl to encouiage and rouaid
.ome members of the jounger generation m
a meaningful wa\.
At the New Holland sale, for instance,
juyers paid an average ot -16 cents pei
lound. some 76 cents for the lop animal,
or the 16 steers displayed at the New
Holland Fan This average price was about
50 per cent over the market price and
•epresented a direct loss to the buycis and
a subsidy to the youths.
Since profit margins noimally are \eiy
-mall on any one animal, this 50 pei cent
'Ubsidy will enable the young beet produc
ers to show a substantial profit and give
As we look back on 4-H Week (October
4 10). perhaps we should note the 4-H Creed
.vhich gives some insight into the character
and objectives of 4-H, The Creed is;
"T believe in 4-H work for tne oppor
tunity it gives me to become a useful
citiren
T believe in the training of mv Head
for the power it will give me to think, plan,
and reason
“I behe\e in the training of my Heart
'or the nobleness it will gne me to be kind,
sympathetic, and true
Observe Erosion During Harvest
As farmers hanest then coin, they
mould note the effects ot the Summei s
•veavy rains As we ha\e noted befo’e
osses of soil m many tields has been
severe
Or\al Bass, who heads the Lancaster
Soil Conservation Service office, noted this
week that a fanner can lose as much as 100
ions of top soil per acie when a xut loin
inches deep bv si\ mcheo wide is cut on a
36 inch row This loss can include I 200
oounds of nitiogen. 800 pounds ot pho--
ohouis and 800 pounds of potash
The farmei should consider foi a mo
nent the cost of simply replacing those
■utnents.
He should iuither consiaei the long
.ange implications Obviously', if such ero
sion losses continue over a period of years,
the farmer will lose enough of his valuable
top soil to senously detiact from the capa
city of his farm to produce high yielding
corn crops
Where the soil loss is particulaih se
vere. the eroded gullies actualh make har
\esimg difficult and pose a leal tin eat to
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The 4-H Creed
I hell) some opel 1)1 DU’ tapdal lor ftitm. pi''
ini - This (,in Ki\c tin- Nomu'stiis a \m v
positiv e boost and lu Ip makt them eavv i i"
(lii jin i \ cn hi M» r i"t) in the Inttiic
It main . si i,M to u u.ud \<uitits \.t !l
wlin me making .i imainnglul .uni positoi
i<;lni Ito ci>nti ihnli to tlieh own ■!!(( ess ,md
the sum S 111 th( V mintt \ Voutn - 'o if
wauled nt .in enilv age. we bet. will not be
among those who want tocie'lruv . thev will
help lend the wav to an t ven bett< r Inline.
The older geneiation would be well ad
vised, we believe, to devise main mote pio
grams winch would toward voting prisons
lor meaningful work and effoit Hupefnllv.
the piogiams would be devised in such a
wav that even the most disadvantaged
youths could share m the icvvaids. provid
ed they demonstrated the desire to work,
learn and produce something meaning!al
It should be noted that the success of
the New Holland sale was no accident
Several persons worked hard to as>uio that
the animals would be at the show and that
bu.vers would be present at the sale.
A successful sale such as the one at New
Holland takes the dedicated effort of many
persons from both sides ol the so called
generation gap.
Ma\ the New Holland sale this \ear
serve as a model for future sales at New
Holland and elsewhere and be an inspira
tion for other v outh-adult program^
"I believe in the training of my Hands
for the ability they will gue me to be
helpful, skillful, and useful.
“I believe in the training of my Health
for the strength it will gne to enjo> life,
resist disease, and make for efficiency.
"I believe in the United States ol
America, and in mv responsibility for their
development
“I am therefore willing to de\ote m\
efforts for the fulfillment of these things
which I behe\e."
the saletv of the taimer and may damage
his equipment
No wise and successful faimer will al
low the lain to leak into his buildings and
destroy those buildings
Likewise, it should be obvious that no
wise and successful farmer can for long
allow the lain to destroy his fields
Nothing is more basic to tarming than
the soil
Indications by local officials are that
coin acreage in Lancaster Countv is glow
ing II this Lend continues, we can expect
the problem ol soil conservation to become
more se\ ere Coi n does not i eadily protect
the soil against erosion.
Otten, small corn fields, perhaps used
in a strip cropping progiam. aie subject to
\ er\, little erosion. But e\en small increases
in the size ot the corn field may result in
substantial increases in erosion This is
true because the larger fields gne water a
chance to build up \olume and speed, there
by accelerating the erosne force.
Therefore, it isn’t corn which should be
eliminated It’s the large, uninterrupted
com fields which encourage large \olumes
of water run-off.
Besides strip cropping, consen ation
practices such as sod waterways and ter
races can be used to help stop erosion. The
one helps carrj otf water while tearing the
soil behind and the other helps tiap the
water in the field where it can be used, in
stead ot running off with soil.
For maximum efficiency in preserving
the soil, the faimei must often use all ot
these approaches and perhaps other 1 ?
The important thing now' at haivest
time is toi the farmer to paj clo=e atten
tion to his fields to determine if he had
significant soil losses this year. The heavy
rams this jear were a good test. The farm
er w ho had little or no soil loss knows he is
on the right track. .
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To speak for another
Again, we can see that this is
true of the Christian too. He also
is one who speaks for another: he
speaks for Christ It is the mean*
by which the voice of Christ i*
heard in an‘alien land.
Thirdly, not onlv does the am
bassador bear the message of his
own country to another land, but
he also becomes the bearer of the
honor and reputation of his coun
try. Let the ambassador make a
mistake 01 bieaeh of courtesy
and others will judge his country
uy his actions and his example.
Once again this is certainly
true of the Clmstian. How many
times have we heard someone
point to a pxofessed Christian
and say, “If thats what being a
Christian is like count me out”?
What jou and I do, how we live,
the example we bear, all these
things leflect upon Christ wheth
er or not that is our intention.
He is judged on the basis of our
perfoimance
Theie is also *-~tiher aspect
of our ambassadoiship: he is a
Alwoys a man of peace not of war Al
stranger though an ambasador may be-
The role of an come involved in a declaiation
ambassador has not much changed war > this happens only when
down through the centimes so b' s mission has faded He m not
that if we examine what it means a soldier, but a man who staves
to be an ambassador in today’s 1° bring together his country and
world we get a pretty good idea another in the best possible re
vvhat Paul meant when he used lationship.
THE RECONCILERS
Lesson for October 11,1970
fetcVgrtund Scripture Molrtiew 5 19, Vuke
1 10, Romons 8 1-9, 2 Cormthions
5 17 21
DevotionoS Reeding Romans 8 19.
“So we are ambassadois for
Christ . . . ’ says Paul to the
church at Corinth The “we” is
a reference to Paul and his fellow
apostles Yet it is also evident
tnat this same role is intended
an at Corinth and,
in fact, all who
seek to be disci
ples of Jesus
Christ. If this is
so, wnat does Paul
mean when he
calls us' ambassa
dors for Chust”?
Rev. AHhouse
th Fo™ne S thing, as William Bar- To b ” n 9 reCo 9 n,t, ® n
clay has suggested, a British am- To be an ambassador for Christ,
bassador is always “a Briton m then, means that, as we have been
a foreign land ” He spends his reconciled to God through Christ,
career among people who are 50 we arc to be involved in the
somewhat different from himself, task of bunging men and Goa
often speaking a djffeient lan- together
guage and practicing difieicnt But ai e vc 9 -^ ie ®
traditions For all the fnendli- effect of > our pei sonality that of
ness he may encounter in his bringing people together or or
post, the ambassador is always a dividing them 0 What do you da
stranger in a foreign land best reconcile or alienate.
ThiS, Of COUrse, IS also tIUC of (Based on outlines copyrighted by fh*
the Christian He too jS a stiang- Division of Christ.on Education, National
er in a foieign land lie lives m "hSS
the world, works there, plays Service)
there, and yet it is not really his
home To be a Christian is to be ATTEND THE
an alien, an outsider, pist as __
Jesus was in the days of the CHURCH OF YOUR
n tc. ra n, we ™ s . realize that CHOICE SUNDAY
an ambassador is one who is
sITI \rios
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TIME...
Ry Max Smith
Lancaster County Agent
Ihuencv i*i hi< i.iltli Use
t .idnii oi i oU’.’iO.'k on the milk
i.u heiti .ml um. mal.ithion,
nielhow Chios. :onncl. oi sevm
on beef cattle o. young stock.
Impelled fcecic! cattle aie often
infected and need s t \eral treat
ments two wetks apait.
TO STORK PESTICIDES
CAREFULLY
The spraying season is about
o\ei for mans tarmeis and
gardcneis The stoiage of the
vniious spins manuals is very
impoitant in o Jv to protect
both man and beast In the fiist
place all manuals should be
kept in then oi.gmal container
for positive identification Sec
ondly, store matenals safely
away fiom children and live
stock and lastly keep weed
killing chemicals in a separate
100 m oi building from any kind
of faim or gaiden seeds. Special
pesticide stoiage looms are ad
vised for the safety of the family
and next year’s crops.
delegated to speak for his own
country He is truly the repiesen
titivc of his own government. He
speaks for it and acts as its agent.
His voice becomes the voice of
his countiy. The policies he rep
resents may not be his own, but
those of his country.