—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 13, 1972
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We still have today to go out and get
something special for Mother For
tomorrow we once again will pay tribute to
that wonderful symbol of security and
understanding - Mother 1
It was Amos Bronson Alcott, the father of
four daughters so quaintly and endearingly
pictured in his daughter’s novels, who
said “Where there is a Mother m the
house, matters speed well" The statement
must have been particularly applicable in
the Alcott household, for the father was
more visionary than practical and matters
would have been perpetually at loose ends
had it not been for the good sense of the
wife and mother But he spoke a truth that
is universally applicable, it is indeed a
sorry house where there are children and
no mother
Mother is the symbol of security and
understanding If the truth were told that
is the reason that Mother’s Day is
celebrated We love our Mothers
sometimes for their other memorable
traits, but in the mam our thoughts go back
to the time when they were our shield
against a cruel and baffling world, when
they understood what no one else--father,
brother, sister, grandparents or beloved
Young ladies in Lancaster County who
are on dairy farms, have completed their
junior year in high school and are under 21
years of age, who are single and never
married, should seriously consider en
tering the 1971 Lancaster County Dairy
Princess pageant, which will be held June
15 at the Farm and Home Center
Dairying is Lancaster County's largest
farm income producer, accounting for
nearly one-third of gross farm income.
The Dairy Princess Contest is one way
for the local farm community to advertise
its most important farm product. In today's
highly competitive world, it is vitally im
portant that farmers keep the general
public alert to their existence and their
needs.
Any appeal to young women to enter the
contest, however, should not be based on
milk industry needs It should be based on
the young woman herself and what the
contest can do for her
Mother’s Day, May 14th
it’s Dairy Princess Time
friend- was able or willing to understand.
On the basis of the security and un
derstanding which awaited one upon his
arrival at his Mother’s door it became
possible to go ahead in the rough world
encompassed by the backyard, the house
next door, the playground and the school
room Through her understanding it
became possible to understand others and
thus to take one’s own place in the world.
Another American man of letters said,
“The Mother’s heart is the child’s
schoolroom.” It is possible that if all the
education a child receives were totalled up
as to its sources, the sum in the column
headed “Mother” would be the greatest
There are so many things a child has to
“know,” so many things he asks, so many
things he accepts from the lips, the
direction, the attitude and the example of
his Mother These are the things he takes
through life with him.
There was a line in an old play which ran:
“The Mother in her office holds the key of
the soul, and she it is who stamps the com
of character, and makes the being who
would be a savage but for her gentle
cares, a Christian man l Then crown her
Queen of the World.”
Not only does the contest offer the op
portunity for many material rewards, more
importantly it offers young women ex
perience which money can’t buy - an op
portunity to meet people and to develop
their own personalities and character. In
this regard alone, every contestant will be
a winner.
The ability to appear in public with
confidence is to be highly prized. And the
young woman who assures herself she
couldn’t possibly face it is the one who
most needs to enter the contest. She might
surprise herself and win And if she doesn't
win, what has she lost 7
It’s time to pick up the challenge again by
contacting Mrs Robert Gregory, Box 248,
Lititz RDI, 733-7584, or the Extension
Office, 1383 Arcadia Road, Lancaster, 394-
6851, or any committee member. Deadline
is Friday, May 26
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now is
THE TIME . .
By Max Smith
Lancaster County Agent
To Control Weeds
The control of weeds is
everyone’s responsibility and has
been a problem throughout the
history of our country. A weed
has been described as any plant
that is out of place and unwanted.
Alfalfa in a com field is a weed to
the corn grower, but not as
serious as many of our common
weeds that are allowed to grow
and mature. I can be especially
critical of land owners with idle
land that permit all of their
vegetative growth to grow wild
and pollute the neighborhood
with weed seeds and with pollen.
Real estate developers and
contractors are often guilty of
doing nothing with their weeds
until a neighbor complains and
get local authorities to mow the
weeds. The best control is to have
the area sprayed during the
month of May and not permit the
weeds to grow and develop seeds.
Township supervisors are urged
to adopt weed ordinances and
enforce them in order to stop this
nuisance. Why should this
beautiful Garden Spot county be
dotted with uncontrolled weed
growth and development?
To Beware of Poisonous Weeds
Livestock producers are urged
to beware of the large number of
poisonous weeds and plants that
may be in the pasture area. This
is particularly true in woodland
areas. It is hard to understand
how some animals will crave
these plants and consume all they
can find, while lush grasses are
allowed to go uneaten. The
presence of wild cherry trees in a
pasture is a warning that if the
YOU,
THE PREACHER
Lesson for May 14,1972
Background Scripture Luke 4 16 21, Ro
mans 10 14-18, Ephesians 3 7-13
Devetienal Reading Ephesians 3 7-13
“The best way to revive a
church,” said evangelist Dwight
L Moody, “is to build a fire in
the pulpit ”
Sometimes building “a fire in
the pulpit” does more than re
viving a church; it may also re
new a community
or even a whole
nation There are
many evidences in
in the Old Testa
ment of the far
reaching effects of
proclamation by
the prophets of
Judah and Israel
There are more
contemporary illustrations avail
able to us, too A little more than
a century ago, Alexis de Tocque
ville, a French writer, visited oui
nation and made this observation
I sought for the greatness and
Rev. Althouse
genius of America in her com
modious harbours and her am
ple rivers, and it was not there,
in the fertile fields and bound-
less prairies, and it was not
there. Not until I went into the
chuiches of America, and heard
her pulpits aflame with right-
limbs are broken off or the tree
blows down during a wind storm,
the wilting or the wilted cherry
leaves are poisonous. Owners
should make frequent inspections
of their fields during the pasture
season.
To Wilt Forage Crops for Silage
The cutting of forage crops for
hay or silage will soon compete
with com planting chores if the
weather continues to be wet. Any
forage crop may be made into
silage, as well as into hay,
providing the farmer can use the
silage to an advantage. In most
cases more feed nutrients will be
preserved if the crop is made into
silage rather than trying to fight
the weather when making it into
hay. The proper stage of
maturity is very important when
knowing when to cut the crop; in
many cases the forage is allowed
to get too ripe before being cut.
When making into silage it is
very important that the crop be
conditioned (crimped or
crushed) in order to expedite the
removal of the excess moisture in
the field. A wilting period should
follow the conditioning so that the
quality of the silage will be
better; direct-cut forage usually
ends up with dark-colored,
strong-flavored silage. Wilting
down to the 60 per cent moisture
level is suggested for best results
in most silos. When allowed to get
below this moisture figure field
losses are higher and more
heating occurs in the silo; when
this happens less of the protein is
digestible. Careful supervision of
the wilting time is necessary in
order to get top quality silage.
eousness, did I understand the
secret of her genius and power.
Proclaiming the good news
Think of how the preaching of
Jesus changed, not only Judaism,
but the world as well. Jesus saw
in himself the fulfillment of Isa
iah 61:1,2:
The spirit of the Lord is upon
me, because he has annointed
me to preach good news to the
poor. He has sent me to pro
claim release to the captives
and recovering of sight to the
blind, to set at liberty those
who are oppressed, to proclaim
the acceptable year of the Lord.
St. Francis of Assisi one day
said to another monk, “Brother,
let us go down into the town and
preach.” So they set off for town,
conversing as they went. When,
at last they had walked through
the length and breadth of the
town, the other monk inquired,
“Father, when shall we begin to
preach?” “My son,” replied St.
Francis, “we have been preach
ing; we were preaching while we
walked We were observed by our
fellows, our behavior has been
remarked, and thus we have de
livered a morning sermon My
child, it is no use that we walk
anywhere unless we preach as we
walk ”
Preaching as we walk
One does not have to mount a
pulpit in order to proclaim the
Good News There are a number
of men and women m my church
who preach from the pulpit when
I am absent—and very convinc
ingly at that—but their words
from the pulpit would matter
little if they were not equally
convincing in the silent preach
ing they do in their ever>day
walk through life
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