—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 16,1971
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Animals React to Gold
Winter dramatically changes many
practices in various farm operations.
Among other things, cold changes the way
some farm animals should be handled.
Garden Spot Young Farmers recently
were given the following advice by Dwight
E “Younkin, Penn State animal specialist
Most livestock can survive and lue if
cold temperatures are the only stress upon
them, says Younkin.
The age when animals are old enough
to adapt to cold weather varies with differ
ent species.
A beef calf adapts to cold weather al
most from day of birth; a lamb at about 10
days, but a pig doesn’t adapt to cold weather
until he is tw o or three months old
In cold weather, more feed is required
to produce a pound of gain.
Young pigs need more protection than
either cattle or sheep. Their rate of gain
A Note of Appreciation
We think the Pennsylvania Farm Show well as help with numerous items in next
is too big, too diversified for any publication week’s issue which we were unable to pub
to report it adequately. lish this week because of time and space
But we did the best we could with the limitations,
time and the space we had at our disposal. . ,
We wish to thank the many, many per- mile we have attempted a comprehen
sons and firms which helped us. We can’t su : e * rap ' Up ,° f all P ha , ses of Farm Show
name all those who helped in many kinds of actmtles . evolving local persons, we know
ways, but we appreciate it. have missed something important
Our thanks includes the help with the *° our readers
pre-Farm Show Issue last week and this If so, call it to our attention. We parti
week’s report on the Farm Show itself, as cularly appreciate that kind of help.
pood News on Hog Cholera
The word from Dr. Homer S. Forney, We'think a more ready interstate flow
Harrisburg, recently that hog cholera may Q f swine ultimately will be beneficial for the
be eliminated in this country by is cer- swine industry in Southeastern Pennsylvan
taxnly good news for local farmers.
Word that hog cholera finally is being
eradicated from some neighboring states
is particularly good news.
While the hog cholera eradication isn’t outbreaks is more important than ever. A
complete yet, the efforts over the past year serious new cholera outbreak could set the
make * buying of out-of-state feeder pigs eradication date back many months, or
much safer than before. - even years.
Emphasis on Common Ground
The new U S. farm bill adopted recent
ly is primarily understood by farmers as the
bill which finally put a ceiling on federal
farm subsidies.
According to some, the bill is also a first
step toward removing the dependence of
fanners on the federal government This
estimate, howeier, has by no means been
accepted by e\ eryone.
In fact, the farm bill was extremely con
troversial before it was adopted and it has
remained neaily as controversial since.
Various farm organizations ha\e attacked
it often for entirely different reasons.
Recently, President Richard Nixon de
fended his Secretary of Agriculture, Clif
ford Hardin, in a statement at Beltsviile,
Md. The president also defended the new
farm program. But at the same time he
acknowledged the disagreement about it as
follows:
“I don’t mean to suggest by that that
all of the decisions that we have made in
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can be reduced by 100 per cent and their
feed requirements can be increased by 200
per cent if they are exposed to prolonged
periods of cold weather.
Producers feeding pigs up to market
weight should provide a warm, dry, bedded
area. A hover of plywood over the bedded
area helps improve feed efficiency in an
open type finishing house. For pigs under 60
pounds a heat lamp inside the hover pro
vides additional heat needed by smaller
pigs.
Younkm cautions farmers not to dose mg season Faim planning is a
buildings up so tight that it becomes damp 12-month job but the few months
Dampness is worse than coldness Any clos- preceding the ci opping season
ed building must have forced ventilation to verv important m ordei to de
, j ° , eide what lq produce and all of
keep down dampness. the impuis required for a maxi-
Knowing how animals respond to num> economical jield Don’t
weather conditions can help farmers care p Ut o ff f aim piannmg until
for them in such a way as to achieve best planting time
results.
But a word of caution: Taking the ne
cessary steps to prevent new hog cholera
this Administration meet with unanimous
i approval by the leaders of American agri
culture. I found that when we were trying
to develop a Farm Bill this year that it was
very difficult to find any common ground of
agreement.
“Tlier£ were certainly no partisan lines
that divided Democrats from Republicans
on agricultural issues As jou know, gener
ally speaking, it is a question of the corn
people and the wheat people and the cotton
people and the peanut people and the people
that don’t have subsidies and the people
that do and so on down the line.
“And so the problem is to find a piece
of farm legislation that is in the best inter
ests of American agriculture" and, at the
same time, will serve the interests of the
country generally.
“This Farm Bill, I would have to can
didly admit, did not meet with a much ap
proval from all of the various agriculture
organizations as I would like. And I read the
publications. I know what some have been
saying about the farm legislation. Vue. Sec
retary has told me a little about it, too. .
“I do want you to know, however, we do
think it is an improvement. We do think-it
is a good start-in the right direction.’’ '
The controversy within the farm com
munity to which President'Nixon is refer
ring appears in large part to; stem from a
difference of opinion. da how to keep, the
' farm community or -segments 6f -it econo
-1 mically healthy. , 1, , 1
, ; Such ’ differences of opinion can he con
’ st'ructive. But farmers'should recognize the
’ many things 1 in common and also
emphasize, -them;
Farmers themselves will suffer most if
they allow themselves to split into warring
factions.
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Hmw is
THE TIME...
Lancaster County Agent
To Do Farm Planning
Since the rush of the Holiday
Season is over, now would be
a good time to be making
definite plans foi the 1971 farm-
To Reduce Feed Waste
Hapv pounds of gram and
feed never get into the livestock
because of fauky feeders. or
poor management Feed effici
ency is veiv important in a pro
fitable livestock or poultry pro
gram. Some feeders permit
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CHEATING
OURSELVES
Lesson for January 17, 1971
I«tksr*wnrf Seriplurt; Matthew 13.44*50:
LuU 14 15 24
A father was bitterly lament
ing his son's refusal to go to col
lege. “I’ve tried to make him see
what he’s passing up, but he
wouldn’t listen,” the man ex
claimed. “Several years from now
when he realizes that he can’t
get a decent job
without a diplo
ma, he’ll regret
this choice but
then it’ll be too
late'"
We can appre
ciate the father’s
feelings. Yet, we
also know that this
„ .tendency to pass-
Rev. AUhouse U p golden oppor
tunities is typical of human na
ture. Many of us can look back
upon many bad choices which
today we can hardly understand
having made.
Deliberate wrong choices
The fact of human nature is
that we often make deliberate Missing out -
wrong choices. We know some- m. ...... . ,
thing is good for us, but fail to ni 2 ht ° f th ® special service
make use of it, choosing some- and the church was foil,
thing else which, at the moment, despite the “full house." I
may be more attractive. The child a sense of regret in noting
passes up spinach for candy, re- people who had not
gardless of his understanding that come who could have profited
spinach is good for him and can- The al
dy may not be. ternatives many had chosen m-
If only this perverse tendency det | * bridge club, bowling,
ended with the termination of shopping, and a night in.front of
childhood, but it doesn’t. Adults set. •'
continue to make these wrong ?? 1S 15 typical of the kinds of
choices, if on a more sophisti- pWen opportunities which we al
cated level. Some people are in- by every dajfi-w is
dined to continually complain , en not » ~°. 1 , ce . J^Hfeen
that they “were behind the door good , and evil -’
when the goodies were passed ®“" e i ower < and' hightt'good.
out." There are times when we Whe ?> for some
are tempted to ask whether they we c! ‘ oose the , lower goodfM is
were behind the door by accident ours elves whom we arecheating.
Chose to he there! (*as»d on outline eopyrijjJMtfjtfy Iho
Division of Christian
n°c n . c ' **’• Churchts of Christ In <h«
USA. Rtlensed by Communitj' frill
They made excuses
animals to work out excess feed
that is wasted on the floor or
ground A good feeder will' re
quire the animals to work for
their feed, or not permit them
to get it out on the floor or
manure pack Sanitary bunks
and feeders also encourage
total consumption with a mini
mum of waste.
To Get Farmer’s Tax Guide
Income tax reporting time is
approaching and we urge all
persons filing a farm report to
get a Tax Guide They are avail
able from the Internal Revenue
Service office or from our Ex
tension office A special all-day
meeting on Farm Tax reporting
is scheduled for Wednesday,
January 20 in the Faim and
Home Center
Jesus is speaking of this human
tendency in his parable of (he
great banquet. He is picturing the
imaginary scene of the great
banquet of the Kingdom of God
when the Messiah has come. This
is what the people of Israel were
waiting for with great eagerness.
Yet, Jesus is picturing many of
the people as choosing not to gir
to the banquet when, at last it
comes.
There , are. three , typical -ex
cuses. One* man has' just bought
a field and he is anxious to see it.
Another has just purchased sotae
oxen and is anxious to try them
out. A third man has just married
and wants to stay home. (Deute
ronomy 24:5 provides the follow
ing law: “When a man hath talcen
a new wife, he shall not go out, to
war, neither shall he be charged
with any business, but he shall be
free at home for one ye«a.% and
shall cheer up his wife which he
hath taken.”)
Each knew what he was passing
up, yet chose a lesser good. Each
was determined to just what he
wanted. Even though their ex
citement with a new field, a new
set of oxen, or even a new wife
would wear-off m time, still they
preferred these to the Kingdom.
This seems incredible that any
one should make such‘a choice,
yet we make those kind of
choices frequently in our own
lives. Several months ago our
church invited a speaker of na
tional reknown to address a spe
cial occasion.- The speaker was
known for the excellence'of her
message and the compelling na
ture of her delivery. Her witness
has changed many lives.