—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 10,1971
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Generally, farm partnerships involve
fathers and sons.
The son usually is seeking a definite
arrangement under which he can, in time,
be assured of having his own farm This can
be a relatively few years or many years,
depending on the wishes of the partners.
The wishes of the father can be more
varied, often depending on his age, physical
condition and plans for the future A rela
tively young father in his 40's or early 50’s
may still be primarily interested in build
ing a successful farm operation An older
father, however, may be thinking more
about eventually slowing down or even re
tiring.
Whatever the wishes of the partner, the
partnership agreement can be drawn up to
fit his needs
If the father wants to remain active
in farming for many years, the partnership
can accommodate him. If he wants to
gradually get out of farming, the partner
ship can take care of that, too.
The partnership gives the father the
opportunity to retire gradually, while his
son develops the know-how with which to
continue the farm operation successfully
and at the same time earns some capital
with which to acquire a larger share of the
operation in the future.
Through such typical provisions in a
partnership as payment by the son of
rental for land and actual cash from the
son for equipment and land, the father
may well find that he has as good or better
a retirement than if had sold to a stranger.
In addition, the father will ha\e the
satisfaction of seeing the farm he worked jso
hard to build remain in the family.
Besides, we think experience show's that
most older farmers aren’t all that happy af
ter they have completely severed their ties
to the farm and home which they spent so
..many years developing.
In this day when far too many older
.persons end lip lonely and forgotten m rest
homes, a welcome at the home place may
ultimately prove to be the greatest partner
ship benefit of all for the father.
The Farmer Still Has Clout
The farm vote exerted the major in
fluence of any particular voting segment m
the 1970 election
This is the conclusion of a study by the
National Educational Institute for Agricul
ture recently. The finding may surprise
many urban and some suburban residents,
but vve don't think it should surprise too
many farmers
While the urban press has been em
phasizing how few farmers there are any
more, the press generally has overlooked
the extent to which farming has become in
termingled with non-farm jobs
For every full-time farmer, there’s
more than one part-time farmer or agri
businessman who makes part of his living
directly from the farm or from a related
or non-related off-the-farm job.
And, as farmers become more specia
lized with bigger operations, it takes an in
creasingly large agribusiness complex to
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Farm Partnerships
Why They Should Be Considered
To assure success, the impact of
changes in operation on the financial status
of the partnership, as well as the individual
members of the partnership, should be
thought through in advance If the father
quits carrying part of the partnership v ork
load, can the son pick up the addition; or
will outside help be necessary and can it
be obtained and financed?
A partnership does not eliminate the
need for sound management decisions. It
actually makes them more important, since
more persons and, often, a larger operation
is involved.
But the partnership also pools re
sources,-both know-how and capital, with
which to make decisions and build for the
future. Because there are more persons
with more resources involved, there can
generally be a greater flexibility of opera
tion.
As m the past, many problems beset
farming today. To name a few, there's
the price-cost squeeze on profits, higher and
higher taxes, higher land prices, stricter
pollution and chemical controls, and on and
on. In large part, these problems stem fron
pressures of urbanization.
There's also tremendous change m
farming practices all over the country;
irrigation, for instance, is turning virtual
deserts m some regions into highly produc
tive land; how many years ago was it that
almost no one had ever heard of the now
nationally important soybean?
Change and problems. They're not new
to farming and they’re not unique to farm
ing. Every business has them. And to be
successful, every business must meet them.
To meet change and problems, the farm
community must assure that young per
sons with energy and ideas are continually
moved into responsible farm positions.
The best source of this new talent *s
already on the farms in the form of sons
of existing farmers.
This talent must be kept on the farm.
A partnership isn’t the only way, but it's a
good one, worth careful consideration.
supply the farmer with services, equipment
and material.
Many major companies which would,
on the surface, appear to be non-farm
oriented remain very sensitive to the farm
er’s wants and needs because they consider
the farmer a reliable and valuable custo
mer. When things go wrong down on the
farm, the farmer is by no means the onh
one to notice it
The farmer’s vote can be likened to the
part of the iceberg that’s showing.
There’s another factor
For decades, the farmer has been asked
year after year to produce more at less cost.
He has seen the prices he receives remain
relatively constant or go down, while everj
thing else, including equipment, material,
land, taxes, labor and even food, has steadi
ly cost more.
The farmer, who has always been will
ing to do more than his share, is beginning
to ask: why am I singled out to be almost
the sole source of more things for less cost 17
Behind the question is the fact that manj
years of rising costs and relatively stable
returns are increasingly hard to live with.
Consider at the same time that most
farmers aren’t pleased with non-farm
events in recent years riots and growing
welfare rolls, to name two and it helps
explain why farmers are beginning to take
a harder look at why things are the wav
they are and who helped make them that
way
It helps explain why the farm vote
will probably be the major influence in the
1972 election and possibly the key factor for
the'Sext.several elections. > : >
To Beware of Moldy Corn
As the weather warms up,
corn that has been in storage
nay begin to heat and mold,
not all molds are toxic to farm
animals, but many are and
should not be fed to breeding
animals One of the best ways
to use com of doubtful quality
is to place it before fattening
hogs, peimit them to eat it along
with good quality feeds and
most of it can be utilized. When
low quality giain is mixed with
good grain, they are forced to
consume it, and it might do some
hai m.
To Manage Milking Herd
Carefully
Some early pastures will be
making fast growth and soon be
ready to graze To pi event off-
WKATSINIT FORME?
Lesson for April 11,1971
lockgraunrf Scripture* 1 Corinthians 15.
Devotional Reading. I Corinthians 15:
12 If.
Several years ago a convicted
—--ferer was sitting on San
Quentin’s “death row,” waiting
for his execution. The man had
never had any substantial expo
sure to religious teaching, but it
:d that he might al
low the chaplain
to come and speak
with him Finding
the convict virtu
ally uninformed
about the Chris
tian faith, the
chaplain told him
the story of Jesus’
life, death, and
resurrection.
Rev. Althouse while speaking of
Christ’s resurrection appearances
to his disciples, the prisoner im
natiently interrupted. “0 K , 0 K.,
Padre, so this Jesus made it—
good for him—but what I want to
know is what’s in it for me?”
Death shall be no more
It may seem a very crude ques
tion, yet still a relevant one.
What does the resurrection of
Jesus mean 9 Is it simply the suc
cess story of one man who beat
both death and the grave, or is
there in it something to do with
my life—is there something in it
for me?
The eaily church was con
vinced that the resurrection of
Christ had “something in it” for
anyone who would turn to Christ
as Lord and Saviour. In Phihp
pians Paul says: “All I care for
is to know the power of his res
urrection . . In Romans he
speaks of being “laised” from the
dead with Christ. The earliest
preaching of the church in the
book of Acts is a gospel of the
resurrected Christ So, to be able
to sing, “I know that my Re
deemer lives,” means also to be
NOW IS
THE TIME..,
By Max Smith
Lancaster County Agent
flavored milk, all dairymen are
uiged to remove the cows from
the grazing area at least four
hours before milking time and
keep them in a well ventilated
barn Gailic-infested pastures
should be grazed by dry cows
or young stock because of the
danger of onion-flavored milk.
Careful held management is
very important on lush pastures;
To Evaluate Promotion Claims
v The farm press is full of ad
vertising claiming many goals
for various pioducts. For ex
ample, I have noticed the ad re
lating to the use of some liquid
fertilize! that will resist leaf
blight on corn lam not aware
of any unbiased research that
will support that kind of a claim;
produceis should take time to
evaluate these recommendations
before expecting them to give
the expected results. ,
able to add: “I too, I too shall
live.” What’s in it for me is not
only the knowledge that Jesus
“made it,” but that by his grace 1
can “make it” too.
John Donne, the English
preacher and poet, is best known
as the man who wrote, “No man
is an island . . and that wd
should never seek to know “for
whom the bell tolls . . .” He also
had some striking words to say
about the Easter faith: -
Death be'not'proud, - 3
though some have called thee!
Mighty and dreadful, - =•
for thou art not so; ;
For those whom thou think’st ,
thou dost overthrow
Die not, poor Death;
nor yet canst thou kill me.
Why sweH’st thou then?
One short sleep past,
.we wake eternally, >
And Death shall be no more:
Death, thou shaltdie.
To be able to look death in the
eye and say, “Death, not I, but
thou shalt die!”, that is also part
of what’s “in” the resurrection
faith for us.
Therefore....
How can w e explain what hap
pens at death 7 Even when the
writers of the four gospels tried
to describe the nature of the ap
pearance of the resurrected Christ,
they ended up w ith accounts that
were confusing and conflicting.
Was he a vision or something
solid? Was it his physical body
they saw or something else? They
could agree on having seen and
spoken with Jesus, but they could
not agree on the specifics of that
experience. Paul describes, resur
rection as the survival of a “spir
itual body,” which also may be
confusing. What he’s trying to
communicate here is the idea that
by the power of God the spiritual
essence or reality of a man sur
vives the experience of bodily
death.
If we are assured of the resur
rection, if we have a promise of
eternity, we can free ourselves
from the fear of death and devote
ouiselves wholeheartedly to what*
ever work or challenge faces u*
heie and now. Certain of life
after death, we can begin to ex;-
penence life before death. That's
what’s “in it” for us.
(Based on outlines copyrighted by the
Division of Christian Education, National
Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S A*
Released by Community Press Service.)