—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 11, 1972
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Watch Out for Child Killers
According to the United States Public
Health Service statistics, after infancy,
more children are killed or crippled every
year by accidents than by all the dread
children’s diseases combined.
And even more tragic, many of these
accidents take place right in the home. And
they could have been avoided.
Carol Rothermel, assistant Chester
County Extension home economist, points
out that there are certain times when
accidents are more likely to happen. When
a child is hungry or tired When any
hazard—a sharp knife or a busy street—is
too accessible Or when something—like
flavored aspirin or an electric gadget—is
too attractive for a child to resist
Sometimes modern science, in its desire
to develop convenience items, creates
additional hazards to child safety One
good example is the plastic garment bag
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In defending his dismissal of Horace
Mann as Farm Show director, Pennsylvania
Secretary of Agriculture Jim McHale has
cited the high profits reportedly made by
one exhibitor. McHale contended that the
state lost $2,800 while the exhibitor made
a profit of more than $220,000
In this case, as in many others lately
involving the Pennsylvania Department of
Agriculture, we fail to find much connection
between words and actions
What does the Farm Show director have
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On Exhibitor Profits
that replaced the old paper garment bags.
Many children suffocate as a result of
playing with the plastic bags.
And the new no-phosphate detergents
can be extremely dangerous if a child
should come in contact with them. Some of
the new substitutes have even brought
warnings from the United States Surgeon
General, who says that detergents that are
now substituting extremely caustic sub
stances for the phosphates may require
drastic government action. That’s because
highly caustic materials can expose a child
to serious risk of loss of sight, loss of voice,
ulcerations, severe skin burns, and even
death
Don’t take any chances. Conduct
frequent safety checks around your home
for anything that could cause harm or
injury to a curious child, Mrs. Rotherme!
advises. We think it’s good adivce.
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to do with the profits made by a particular
exhibitor 7 We have never been informed
that it was illegal for exhibitors to make a
profit from their rental of Farm Show
space Indeed, we were always under the
impression that the space was m such high
demand because exhibitors did expect to
make money from renting it.
In Secretary McHale proposing
something new 7 That exhibitors should
only make a certain amount of profit? That
they should not make any profit? Or that
the state alone should make a profit 7
The point the secretary makes is that the
state lost money on the same space on
which a company made money. What is the
solution 7 Charge the particular company
more, charge all exhibitors more, take a
proportion of the company’s - profits?
Apparently, one of the most profitable
exhibitor operations is being singled out.
What about the exhibitors which made
little or no profit 7 Should their rates also
be increased, or lowered, to keep their
rates in line with their profit statements?
Does McHale propose to discourage
profitable exhibitor operations and en
:ourage unprofitable ones 7
U. S farming has been amazingly ef
fecient with the simple formula that those
who can show a profit should succeed. Is
Secretary McHale suggesting that this
formula ought to be scrapped?
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To Evaluate Tobacco Varieties
With the more favorable price
received for the 1971 tobacco crop
there should be good interest in
this leading cash crop for far
mers in Southeastern Penn
sylvania. Varieties are still
important and I’d like to relay the
suggestion from John Yocum at
the Penn State Field Research
Farm near Mount Joy that local
growers do not confuse wildfire
(rust) with the Etch Virus on
many varieties including Penn
bel and Pennlate. Last year there
were numerous plants infected
with this virus and many growers
thought that Pennbel had lost its
resistance to wildfire. This is not
the case and Pennbel continues to
be resistant to wildfire and is a
good variety for many growers;
however, it should be planted
early for best results. On the
leaves wildfire infections are
circular with a yellowish-green
halo around the spot; the virus
spots are very irregular in shape
and do not have any halo.
Growers are urged to plant the
variety that will give them the
greatest weight of quality
tobacco and the wildfire resistant
varieties should be considered
favorably.
To Transfer Silage
Livestock producers who have
stored some of their excess silage
in some type of horizontal silo
and plan to move it into the
upright silo for automatic feeding
should be making this transfer
during cooler weather. It is the
belief that there will be less
heating in the upright silo when
the silage in moved during the
cooler weather rather than in the
70 degree range. No aditives or
GOD’S
“CROOKED STICKS”
Lesson for March 12,1972
Backgraunal Scripture Acts 1 1 through
2 42
Devotional Reading Acts 11-1
The events m Jerusalem on the
first day of Pentecost were a
golden opportunity for the earli
est followers of Christ A great
crowd of people had gathered in
curiosity “What does this mean 9”
they demanded to know. Here
was a great op
portunity for the
disciples of Jesus
to tell them about
their Risen Lord
The only trou
ble was who
would do the
speaking 9 There
Rev. Althouse
among the group of disciples
The people of Jerusalem were
accustomed to hearing gifted and
learned rabbis
One Qualification
Nevertheless, Simon Peter
stood up and prepared to address
the crowd Just a minute, Peter,
befoie >ou begin to speak: let’s
ha\e a look at >our qualifications.
EDUCATION 9 Almost none to
speak of
OCCUPATIONAL EXPERI
ENCE 9 Fisherman
BIRTHPLACE AND HOME 9
Galilee (Galileans were not
water should be needed when the
silage is of good quality. The
faster the operation is completed,
after beginning, the better the
results should be.
To Manage Barnyard Manure
The time of the season is ap
proaching when many tons of
livestock waste will be ready for
handling. In most cases farmers
have refrained from hauling the
bulk of their manure due to
weather conditions and the
condition of the soil. With many
diarymen the chore is a daily one
with their stall bams. If the
manure is to be stored above
ground, it should be protected
from surface water so that
leaching will be held to a
minimum. The fertilizer value of
the manure is important to most
farm crops and especially to com
and tobacco. Heavy applications
of manure will reduce the amount
of fertilizer, especially nitrogen,
needed from commercial fer
tilizers. The trend toward storing
the manure for several months at
a time, either in pits or water
tight areas, is getting more at
tention and appears to have merit
in holding the fertilizer values
and keeping down some pollution
problems.
To Improve Heifer Raising
The replacement value of milk
cows hit a new all-time high this
year in Pennsylvania; we are
informed that cows two years of
age and older averaged $492. This
means that the proper raising of
dairy heifers becomes more
important even though it may
cost approximately $3OO to raise
the heifer to freshening time at 24
to 26 months of age. The demand
for herd replacements is strong*
highly thought of by the peo
ple of Judah )
PREVIOUS PERFORMANCE 9
Deserted his Master m the
Garden of Gethsemane Three
tunes in the courtyard of the
High Priest he denied his re
lationship with Jesus He is
thought to have watched the
crucifixion at a safe distance.
CHARACTER TRAITS? Impul
sive in action and speach.
Blurts out ideas before he
thinks them over. Talks a bet-
ter game than he plays
ASSETS 9 Unofficially acknowl
edged as the leader of the
Twelve , ’
One of the three disciples clos
est to Jesus before his death.
Sometimes shpwed good insight
into what Jesus meant.
In the light of all this, would
you have selected Peter to speak
for Christ on the day of Pente
cost 9 Probably not, for his lia
bilities seemed to greatly out
weigh his assets
Yet he did have something that
doesn’t show up on our evalua
tion of him above the Holy
Spirit' By the power of God’s
Spirit he was made adequate for
this demanding task and golden
opportunity
What God can do
One of the things Peter said m
his sermon was that, though the
people of Jeiusalem had meant
evil against Jesus, God had turn
ed this defeat into victory God
can take the broken pieces of
men's lives and make something
beautiful of them He had done
this with Christ’s crucifixion He
had done this with Peter’s un
piomising life As somebody has
said “God can strike a mighty
blow with a crooked stick'”
It is simply amazing what God
can do with “crooked sticks” like
us when we open ourselves to the
power of His Holy Spirit