10—Lancaster Farming, Saturday. November 4, 1972
Dr. George V. Mann of the Department of
Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School
of Medicine, discussing diet and health, has
said, " . I feel intensely that the 'other
side’ of the diet-heart controversy has not
been. adequately... heard...” Dr. Mann
was critical of the relentless campaigns
damning meat, eggs and milk "... with
puny evidence bucked up by dramatic
Madison Avenue techniques "
Dr Mann was also critical of segments of
the food industry which he feels have not
responded as they should "I do not know
who is responsible for the possum tactics
of those assaulted industries, but I know as
a nutritionist that the industry is allowing a
few adventurists in science . to sack the
An Assumption
At the conclusion of a three-year, long
range planning project called “Life 2000",
Dr R M Kottman, Dean of the College of
Agriculture and Home Economics, Ohio
State University, offers a number of
startling projections Speaking on “Future
Prospects for U S Animal Agriculture," he
says, “Higher incomes will permit con
sumers to continue to choose more animal
products "
He predicts that m the year 2000,
“Consumption of beef and veal will in
crease to 140 pounds per person per year,
compared with 115 pounds today, and pork
consumption will climb to 75 pounds, 15
percent above present levels, reflecting
favorable public reaction to dramatic
improvements m pork quality along with
more aggressive marketing and promotion
Presumption of Abundance
It has been said that only a wealthy
nation, like the U.S, can afford the luxury of
turning its back on many of the modern
tools which have helped to make it wealthy
and provide abundance for its people By
American standards, China is far from a
wealthy nation
Author Barbara Tuchman tells of how
China has adopted the chemical aids to
agriculture, such as have become bitter
environmental issues in the United States
She writes, “Chemical fertilizer is spread
by hand from baskets More than Maoist
Grassroots Opinions
WEST POINT, MISS, TIMES LEADER
“You know, we have a feeling that the
American people are about ready to cry
‘enough’ of this open anarchy in the streets
which moves freely under the false um
brella of ‘peaceful demonstrations’ Youi
can’t preach ‘anti-war’ by waging war. ALL
patriotic citizens are anti-war 1 War is
never an ideal solution to anything But you
can't promote world peace by running
down and tearing down your home nation ”
NORTH VERNON, IND, SUN
"Government could be a far worse
headache than it is for those operating it
Suppose Congress passed a tax bill that
included a money-back-if-not-satisfied
guarantee "
MARYSVILLE, CALIF, APPEAL
DEMOCRAT “Speaking of spending
abroad, Congress made 1971 a record year
for foreign travel Members of both houses
and staff spent $1,114,386 in public funds
on trips abroad, according to a
Congressional Quarterly study of
congressional travel, up from $825,118 the
previous year More than half the mem
bership of Congress—22l representatives
and 53 senators—at sometime during the
year was abroad on official business
Diet and Health
basis for the best diet in human history.
One day—too late, I fear—this chapter in
human absurdity will be written out." Dr.
Mann went on to recommend strongly
‘‘suitable mechanisms" for testing
prevailing hypotheses having to do with
diet and heart disease.
Dr. Mann calls for national and in
ternational research programs that can
one day find answers to the relationship
between diet and health. Hopefully these
answers can help convince normal people
of the importance of enjoying, in
moderation, the abundance of basic foods
that modern agriculture has made
available to U S. citizens and the world.
of Freedom
of pork products Lamb and mutton con
sumption may decline slightly, however.
This means that by the year 2000, U.S.
farmers will need to produce 70 percent
more beef and pork, and the same amount
of lamb and mutton as at present ”
The doctor presumes that cattlemen,
processors and others working in the meat
industry, will continue to be free to
respond to the dictates of supply and
demand, and to give consumers the
products they want at a fair, competitive
price Rising living standards of the past
have hinged upon the resiliency of the free
market, and they will in the future. All
projections of increasing abundance must
presuppose a perpetuation of the free
market economy.
Thought, this is what has raised yield in
China.” The author also described a
discussion of agricultural workers as to the
best time for the application of insecticide.
The people of China want to produce
more—by any means available.
U.S. capitalism, both on the farm and in
the factory, long ago solved the problem of
production—solved it so well that abun
dance has been taken as a presumed right.
Very likely this presumption would appear
blasphemous to the hardworking people of
one of the oldest civilizations on Earth.
Neither budget deficits, business at home
nor an approaching election year, it ap
pears, can stay a dedicated legislator from
his self-appointed foreign rounds”
BRANSON, MO., WHITE RIVER
LEADER "I would like to hear just one
presidential candidate make an honest
statement, maybe something like this
This is what I'll try to do if I am elected if
congress goes along with it, the
supreme court will allow it, my party
endorses it, and the polls show it is what
most of the people want.’”
CHASKA, MINN, HERALD: “Did you
notice a story in a recent issue of the daily
newspapers 7 It was the young man, I forget
exactly where, that a few months ago had
asked a judge to put him in jail so he could
kick the drug habit. Now he’s on record of
asking the same judge to let him out of jail
because drugs are easier to get and more
plentiful inside the lockup than out. So
what’s the answer 7 I for one sure don’t
know, but I do believe as long as there’s a
lot of money being made in drugs the traffic
will never be stopped. If somehow the
profits can be taken from drugs, the
problem will just go away m a short time.”
I
NOW IS
THE TIME . . .
Max Smith
County Agr. Agent
Telephone 394-6851
To Control Weeds In Alfalfa
Many fields of alfalfa may be
infested with several of our
common winter annual weeds;
chickweed is one of the most
common and may be growthy
enough in the next few months to
smother out a decent alfalfa
stand. The August seedings got
off to a slow start and there is
some question if they have suf
ficient growth and root_svstem to
withstand the winter weather;
however, this will depend upon
the severity of the weather and
the amount of snow cover.
Growers are urged to inspect
their new stands several times in
the next few weeks to evaluate
the weed growth. The best time to
control these weeds is during
November and December when
the weeds are small. The
materials to use depends upon
age of the stand and whether or
not any grasses are wanted.
Further details are available.
To Prevent Livestock
Waste Run-Off
Drainage water from bar
nyards and cattle feedlots should
not be allowed to run into streams
or into any water supply. As our
general public becomes more
pollution conscious, livestock
producers will have to be more
careful in a good waste control
program. Diversion ditches to
READ LANCASTER FARMING
FOR FULL MARKET REPORTS
THE TEST
Lesson for November 5,1972
Background Scripture* Daniel 6; Mat*
thaw 22 15*22, Acts 5 17-29.
Davatianal Reading: 1 Corinthians 3:
5-14
Let’s suppose you are a soldier
in Viet Nam. Your company has
been sent to clear a small village
of suspected Viet Cong mortars.
When you reach the village, how
ever, there are no Viet Cong, only
a few women, some old men, and
children.
The handful of
villagers stand in
a state of shock,
as if not quite
knowing what is
going on. The or
der is given for
them to vacate
Rev. Althouse eil \ hut f* but
they do not move.
Instead they stare blankly.
Then comes the fateful order:
“Burn them out'” It is apparent
that the huts are to be burned
out either with or without their
human occupants. Deep inside
you know you ought not to kill
these apparently innocent people.
But you have been ordered to do
so What do you do?
Render to Caesar
It is not an easy situation when
faith and citizenship are so ob
viously m conflict. Does the Chris
tian owe unquestioning obedience
to the state’ Must he do what
ever his government tells him to
do? Is this what Jesus meant
when he said: “Render .. to
Caesar the things that are Cae-
keep the surface water out of the
area will help; liquid manure
tanks will catch the run-off and
hold it until spreading. Settling
ponds might be used to settle out,
and then permit the overflow to
continue down on natural
drainage, sodded areas. There
are many possibilities to help
reduce the pollution from feeding
and barnyard areas. Direct run
off into nearby streams is to be
prevented.
To Provide Young
Stock Exercise
Dairymen who are trying to
improve the raising of their herd
replacements should keep in
mind that daily outside exercise
from a box-stall or pen is a good
way to develop better dariy
heifers. To keep them housed in a
stanchion or small pen at all
timesrequiresmore labor and will
not allow them the exercise
needed. Some dairymen are
erecting free-stall housing for
their heifers with good success.
Others are building open-fronted
pens where the heifers will
develop well on quality
roughages with limited amounts
of grain. Special care in confined
stalls until they are several
months of age is recommended
and gives good results, but after
that period, they need more
exercise and less costly building
construction.
Egg Production Down
(Matt. 22:21)?
sar’s
What do we owe to Caesar?
This is a controversial question
today. It was also a controversial
question in Jesus’ own day. That’s
why the Pharisees used it in an
attempt to trap him. If Jesus
favored paying the tax, he would
be despised as a traitor by some.
If he favored not paying the tax,
he would be branded a subver
sive by others. No matter how he
answered, he would find himself
in trouble.
The things that are God's
It is sometimes said that Jesus
hedged on this question, but if we
look closely we find that he has,
in fact, given a very definite ans
wer. The answer is not “govern
ment or God,” but “government
and God.” We owe some things to
Caesar. The government has a
right to demand certain things of
us. As Jesus paid the hated tax,
so as Christian we have citizen
ship obligations.
There are, however, some
things we owe to God and when
these are in conflict with our
obligations to the state, there is
no doubt as to which must pre
vail. Jesus paid the tax and obey
ed other laws of various kinds,
but he would not give in to the
government and renounce his
mission for God. The state owned
his taxes, but it did not own his
soul.
Put to the test between con
science under God and obligation
to the state, Jesus demonstrated
once and for all which has the
highest claim.
(losed on outlines copyrighted by th»
Division of Christian Education/ National
Council of the Churches of Christ m the U.S A,
Released by Community Press Service)
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