'1 Lanca ste r F arming. Sat a relay. October 31.1970
Preparing for the Future
Kveivhodv is seeking happiness
Snmc voting people are led to believe
that il can he found hv some miraculous act
••Smoke mass." thev aie told, "and .um will
be happ.v." More and moie voting people
are finding marihuana pi o\ Fries instant es
cape horn all thev laid un.icccptable aionnd
them “If we could onlv change the s.vs
tern." such a voting person sighs, "life
would be carefree and wonder!ul "
As .voting people grow toward adult
hood. most of them giadtiallv learn and ac
cept the truth that hie is more bills than
thrills, more self denial than romance,
more being tied down to day-to-dav matters
than carefree travel. Todays taster com
munications makes manv voting people
aware that this descubes the lives ot their
parents and some of them rebel against
such a future.
But demonstrations and demands for
change in the s.vstcm do not offer much
pionuse of improving the futures ot voung
people today. Food still will need to be
giown. products manufactured, services
prov ided. enterpmes managed and life's
needs financed It will be the man m woman
who knows what he or she wants ot the
futuie and has the skills to obtain it who
will command happiness
The men and women of the future will
not be those who seek to escape todav \ia
drugs but the ones who begin toda\ to pie
pare tor the future the% want foi them
selves *
Few people are better able to help more
in planning the tutuie than professions l
counselors in schools, businesses, and
government employment offices No tuiio
Music —For Boss or Cows?
We’re not sure what it’s worth to the
local dairyman, but a recent AP report out
of Washington shows USDA officials dis
agree on the value of music in helping
create contented cows that produce more
milk
Federal research shows sudden loud
noises may reduce milk output temporarily
One official thinks the main value of music
Individual and
It is widely understood that people
working togethei toi a common objectue
can accomplish moie than the same num
bei ot induiduals working alone
But while nearly e\ei\onc can undei
stand this concept, cairying it out is an
othci matter. Reconciling real and
imagined differences to anno at common
goals and objectues and to cany out mu
tually beneficial progiams is often fai moie
difficult than it sounds
October has been dcclaied Pennsvl
lania Cooperative Month Cooperative-. aie
based on this concept of strength m num
bers and concerted action
Obv lously. strength of the coopci ativ e
concept hinges entirch on the confidence of
the pet sons involved that if they work to
gethei they will be successful and upon
then willingness and abihtv to actually
w 01 k together
LANCASTER FARMING
Lancastei Count}'s Own Faun Weekly
P 0 Box 2(56 - Litit? Pa 17543
Oflice 22 E Main St I itit7 Pa 17543
Phone Lancastei 394 3047 oi Litil/ 626 2191
KobeitG Campbell, \d\ m L-ar.; Du ector
Zane Wilson, Managing i.uuui
Subscnption puce $2 pci \cai in I ancaster
County SSelsewheie
Established Nocembei 4 1955
Published e\c s Sal mi d i\ be Lancaster
Fai mirg Lititz Pa
Second Class Postal > p nd a< Lititz Pa
17543
Membei of Ncwspipei r.um Editois Assn
Pa Newspaper Publisher '■ s-ouation, and
National Newspapei A (ion
is more appropriate to call on a counselor
than now during National Vocational Gui
dance Week. October 25 31. The week’s slo
gan, ‘Tls Your Future Prepare For It.”
is ad\ ice we can all take.
In selecting preparedness for the theme
of the fifth National Vocational Guidance
Week, the National Vocational Guidance As
sociation is emphasizing that if we want the
future to be as we would like it, we must
prepare for it now.
A challenge flung at old and young
alike, the theme points out that the indivi
dual must take initiative in locating career
opportunities, whether he be a student ot
an older worker displaced by automation.
While dope may appear at first glance
to be an easy shortcut to happiness and a
proper way to rebel against what’s wrong
with the world, we feel sure that nearly
every young person today will realize that
the easy way is not the right way. it is not
the best way. and ultimately it will not be
the successful way.
The future, as always, belongs to those
who have the courage and the comiction to
prepare themselves for it Those who build
themsehes todav will build the future
The time will come, as it alwavs has.
when the leadership of the nation will pass
from the older to the new generation When
that time comes, the world will get better
only if the new leadcis make it better And
the\ can make it better only if they prepare
themseh es today.
The skill and know-how possible thiough
vocational education will.be utal in making
a good futuie We encourage vocational
education, foi persons ol all ages
is to ciowd out other noise and keep sound
at a constant le\ el.
As for the kind of music that’s best,
some officials think cows can learn to like
just about any kind that pleases their own
ers.
Which, we think, is getting down to the
mttj gritty. If music in the barn helps make
the boss content, then the cows will just
have to be content with it, too.
Cooperative
What happens all too often is just the
opposite As the woild becomes more com
plex. requmng more persons to cooperate
more closelj. individuals somehow' con
clude that they aren't needed or that they
can't influence anything Once this attitude
becomes widespread, the whole cooperative
concept is endangered
The individual and what he wants and
believes is still important, perhaps more
important than ever before The following,
carried recently in a cooperative publica
tion illustrates the point
A coopxratn \ may bx hkxnxd to my
tvpxwiitxr It is an old modxl, but it works
quitx wxll xxcxpt for onx of th\ kxys Many
timxs. I havx wishxd that it workxd pxr
fxctly It is trux that thxrx arx forty-six
kxjs that function wxll xnough, but just onx
kxv not working makxs thx ditfxrxncx
Somxtimxs it sums to mx that my
coop\ra\tu\ is somxwhat lik.\ my typx
wntxr not all thx kxq pxoplx arx working
togxthxr
You may say to yourselx, “Wxll, I am
only a mxmbxr onx pxrson I won’t makx
orbi xak thx coopxratu x " But it doxs makx
a diffxrxncx bxcausx a cooprxratux, to bx
xffxctux, nxxds thx activx paiticipation of
x\ xry pxrson.
So. thx nx vt timx y ou think y ou arx onl\
onx pxrson a mxmbxr and that your
xfloits ai x not nxxdxd. i xmxmbxr my typx
wnlxr and say to yoursxlt. “I am a key
pei son in mv cooperative, and ior it to func
tion effectively lam needed verv much.”
To Manage Cattle Qnietly
Cattle buying is in full swing
throughout the aiea and many
strings of cattle aie arriving in
the local feedlots Pioper care
the fust two w'eeks is very impor
tant The cattle should be moved
with a minimum of stress and
excitement, they snould be pei
mitted to rest for the first week
and be fed only toughages with
little gx am Plenty of fiesh air or
an outside exercise lot is recom
mended The feeder should in
spect his held seveial times a
day foi sick steel s and segregate
them at once Animals treated
at the beginning of then infec
tion will respond quicker and
suffei less weight loss than to
wait seveial days to see if they
will ieco\ei without medical aid
The eye and close attention of
the mastei is veiy impoitant
To Control Internal Parasites
Since the somce of feedei cat
tle foi this aiea is laigely fiom
the states south of us, it is very
impoitant foi feedeis ol calves
ARE YOU
A RELATIVE?
Lesson for No\ ember 1,1970
Background Scripture Acts 244 47, Gala
tians 6110 Ephesians 2 19-22, Colas
sians 3 12 17, 1 John 1,
Devotional Reading Ephesians 214 22.
Ephrata, Pennsylvania is a
pleasant town on the mam high
way between the cities o£ Read
ing and Lancaster in the heart
of the so called “Pennsylvania.
Dutch” (German) country. Per
haps you have read of or even
visited the fa
mous “Ephrata
Cloisters,” the re
stored historical
site of the pre-
Rcvolutionary
War religious
community.
A Reputation
For Trouble
Rev. Althouse During the Rev
olutionary War theie lived in
Ephiata two men who were well
known to everj one in the town.
One of them was greatly liked
and highly respected He had suf
fered a gieat deal of injury and
difficulty fiom the second man
who w'as notonous for Ins mean
ness and,worthlcssncss.
It was a great relief when the
second man enlisted in the Conti
nental Army Perhaps he would
finally amount to something, they
thought. Instead, however, he got
into as much trouble in the aimy
as he had in Ephrata. In time,
he committed a veiy serious of
fence, was arrested, convicted,
and sentenced to be hanged.
The people of Ephiata soon
learned of the disgiaceful con
duct of their townsman and his
scheduled execution. Some said it
would be a good thing for both
the town and the army. No one
seemed to be able to manage
much sympathy for the man who
had caused eveiyone so much
pam and trouble.
Attend The
Church of
Your Choice
Sunday
NOW IS
THE TIME...
By Max Smith
Lancaster County Agent
to check for stomach woims at
the beginning of the feeding
period. With jcartings or older
stocker cattle the worm problem
is less severe. Many calves aie
cairying heavy worm infections
when they arrive in the local
feedlots: these cattle will make
poor gains and poor feed con
veision unless the worms are
eliminated Feeders are request
ed to check with their local vet
erinarian regarding control
To Make Soil Tests
Next >ear’s fertilizer needs can
well be determined this Fall by
making a soil test before the
giound fieezes With the infoi
mation on the paiticular field,
fertilizei ordeis may be placed
with some price advantage Tests
made this Fall will be just as
good as those made next spung
The important thing is to take a
lepiesentative sample of the field
and do a thoiough job of prepai
ing the sample Soil tests should
leveal the needs of the soil and
make better use of the feitilizei
dollais
“My deadly enemy”
No one—except the man who
had eveiy reason to hate him
most The respected citizen who
had so been wronged by the man
set out and walked some sixty
miles to Washington’s headquar
ters. When he arrived at the
camp, of the Continentals, he re
quested an interview- with Gen
eral Washington. The interview
was granted and the man pleaded
for the life of the convicted sol
dier.
Although the General listened
carefully and with much interest,
when the man from Ephrata had
finished his appeal, Washington
expiessed his regret that he
could not grant the man’s earnest
request Not only had the man
committed a serious crime de
serving the sentence of death, but
the maintenance of discipline in
the army required that the sen
tence be carried out.
Noting the sincere disappoint
ment in the man’s face, General
Washington asked, “Are you a'
relative of this man?” “No,” re
plied the man sadly. “Then are
you his friend 9 ” asked the Gen
eial ‘No,” answered the man,
“that man was my deadly ene
my!”
He who had received only in
j'my and abuse was prepared to
give kindness and mercy in re
turn Why would any man do
this 9 Do you think it was because
he suddenly developed a strong
liking oi affection for his former
enemy''
To restore the tresspasser
No, the answer is more to be
found in Paul’s admonition to the-
Christians at Galatia: “Brethren,
if a man is ovei taken in any
ticsspass, you who are spiritual l
should icstoic him in a spirit of
gentleness” (Galatians 6.1). The 1
natuial lesponse to one who has
wlonged us is to respond with
bitterness, but Paul calls us to
follow the example of Christ who,
though he was abused .and wrong
ed by many without just cause,
continued in his concern for the
souls of those who had wronged
him
“Aie you a relative?” Wash*
ington asked If I call God my-
Fathci as I know he is the father
of all olhei men, I must answer,
“Yes'”
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