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—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 22, 1973
The Coming of Autumn
September 22 marks the beginning of
that crisp, invigorating Autumn Season
when the lazy days of summer must give
way to school, football, the carving of jack
o-lanterns and, for lawn-owners, the
inevitable raking of leaves. Soon, swarms of
little ones will be splashing through
mudpuddles and chortling over newly
found treasures such as a bird's nest or a
leaf that crackles like a potato chip when it
is crushed As we watch the innocence of
childhood in action, we should try to regain
The American Medical Association and
the Boy Scouts of America would seem to
have little in common beyond bandaging an
occasional cut or scratch. But just as the
AMA has always worked to interest young
people in medical careers, so have the
Scouts continued to prepare youth for the
future Now, one of the goals of the Scouts'
Exploring Division is to promote medical
and allied health careers, and part of this
program is being funded by a three-year
grant from the AMA.
The AMA-Scout program is much more
than simply a class in first aid Its purpose
is to show young people how the medical
profession works and to involve them in its
various programs. For example, the
members of El Paso Medical Explorer Post
No 1, which is sponsored by the El Paso,
Texas, County Medical Society, meet twice
a month for programs conducted by
Breaking the Barriers
Life is hard and demanding for the
migrant agricultural worker and his family
who follow the harvest, and it leaves little
time for mingling with the mainstream of
American society. But the Boys’ Club
chapter of Lodi, California has found time
to bring American culture, sports and
activities to over 500 Mexican American
and Mexican National migrant children in
an educational program which combines
“ love, new knowledge and fun
Operation Mainstream, as it is called, is a
cooperative effort of the local Boys' Club
and the Regional Migrant Education Office.
It operates five nights a week in the
workers’ camp and twice a week in the
Club downtown. The activities are planned
and supervised by a bilingual (Spamsh-
English) staff, and educational materials
are written in both languages. Oramzed
arts and crafts, swimming, library activities
and games intrigue the youngsters from
May to September. The Lodi Boys’ Club
Project, as one report puts it, .. made
some good friends and definitely broke
A Calendar of
“Things cannot always go your way.
Learn to accept in silence the minor
aggravations, cultivate the gift of
taciturnity and consume your own smoke
with an extra draught of hard work, so that
those about you may not be annoyed with
the dust and soot of your complamts."--Sir
William Osier
CIPSCO News, a Central Illinois Public
Service Company publication, notes,
“When various types of people.. were
asked how much profit the average
business makes, after taxes, on each sales
dollar, the answers ranged from 21 to 3£
cents. No group was even close to the facts
You see, the average profit, after taxes, is
only about four cents on the dollar. Profits,
however, are the key to the success of the
U.S economy Profits create jobs, build new
Medical
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some of the inquisitiveness and wonder
which we felt when we were young. We
must never be so busy that we cannot take
the time to enjoy the simple things in life,
such as a colorful sunset or the beauties of
a hillside dressed in the brilliant finery of
autumn leaves.
So, as we prepare for the faster tempo of
this new season, let’s keep a receptive and
appreciative eye out for the beauties of
God’s handiwork all around us
Scouts
community health professionals. I hey are
also involved in an area Scout drug abuse
program, serve as volunteers for two
hospitals, attend medical society meetings
and tour medical school and hospital
facilities Undoubtedly, this exposure
played an important part in the decisions
of four ex-Scouts to enter medical school
Another seven are college premed majors,
and nine high school seniors are planning
to enter a health profession
The future of tomorrow’s medicine rests
with the youth of today Through the AMA-
Scout program young people are receiving
the best training and orientation possible
With doctors’ supervision, they are able to
actively participate m medical programs.
The AMA-Scout program is one more
example of the medical profession doing
something extra that will benefit society,
both now and in the future
barriers of misunderstanding between the
migrant community and the permanent
population.”
Through this project an important
segment of the population is becoming a
participating part of American society. The
sense of duty and voluntarism demon
strated here has been deeply ingrained in
the character of the Boys’ Clubs of America
ever since their inception in 1860 and is
reflected in everything they do. Whether it
be through a summer work program,
athletics, or a recreation-education
program for migrant workers' children,
Boys Clubs’ projects instill qualities of self
reliance, fair play and leadership into over
one million youngsters in 1,000 Clubs
across the nation
It is no wonder that the “roll call” of
Boys' Clubs graduates includes many of
the country’s leading citizens-provmg that
dedication and friendly guidance at the
local level will many times do more than
any federal agency or law could hope to
accomplish.
'act and Opinion
plants, develop new products and finance
expansion Business needs profits ... and
so do its employees ”
The Automobile Club of Oregon advises
motorists to observe these precautions as
they travel: 1 Drive “on the top of the
tank” as much as possible. 2. Fill up in
major population centers; avoid running
low in remote areas. 3. Don’t expect to find
gasoline after 8 p m. as many stations close
around that hour, rather than operate till
later or on a 24-hour basis as they formerly
did. 4. Remember that many stations will
be closed on Sundays and holidays.
5 Don’t depend on one,brand of gasoline
as one station may be closed while across
the street another brand station will be
open.
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NOW IS
THE TIME . . .
Max Smith
County Agr. Agent
Telephone 394-6851
To Check Your Soil
“Bank Account”
A lot of farmers are probably
wondering whether or not they
should fertilize their alfalfa this
fall. Well, they should think about
this question as they do their
bank account. We all like to keep
our bank account balanced, and
we should do the same to our soil
“bank account”.
For example: How much
alfalfa did you remove this year?
.. . Ton tons per acre? .. . Four
tons per acre?
For each ton of alfalfa you
removed, you also “withdrew”
about ten pounds of phosphate
and fifty pounds of potash from
your soil “bank account”. So, if
you harvested four tons per acre,
you have removed forty pounds
of phosphate and two hundred
pounds of potash from each acre.
To keep your account balanced,
you would have to apply about six
hundred pounds of 0-10-30 per
acre. If you don’t apply these
plant nutrients you’ll have
reduced your soil “bank ac
count” by the amount removed.
It’s very important to find out
whether or not your account can
afford this “withdrawal”. The
best way is to have a soil test
performed.
To Control Cattle Grubs
Cattle grubs can cause animals
to lose weight and even ruin
hides. By this time of year the
grubs have already made their
way into the bodies of cattle.
Their presence will not be noticed
ENTRUSTED
TO US
Lesson for September 17,1973
■ackgraunal Scripture 2 Corinthians 5
11 through 410
Davalional Rtadmg 2 Corinthians 5 Il
ls
I once saw a cartoon that de
picted a woman who had leaned
too far out the window of the
second story of her house and
fallen into a trash can below.
She lay there, dazed but unin
jured, while a foreign visitor
passed by. Notic
ing her, the tour
ist said to him
self “Americans
are very wasteful;
that woman was
good for five to
ten more years!”
The cartoon, ol
course is absurd,
Rev. Althouse but the idea be-
hind it is not: we
are often very wasteful with
human life. We are much con
cerned about the ecology of na
tural resources today and
rightly so but we need to be
even more concerned about the
conservation of the most precious
of all resources: human life. We
waste it, squander it, and our hu
man junk-piles are more dis
graceful and unsightly tyan those
that become the final resting
place for our cars and other ma
tenal goods. ‘
Beyond the human point of
view
There is a very human, natural
tendency for us to spend more ef
fort in trying to decide who are
the “good" /and “bad guys," than
until late winter when swellings
appear on the back.
New systemic pesticides will
kill the tiny migrating larvae if
used in September and October.
These pesticides may be poured
on the animal or applied as a
spray. Absorbtion of the pesticide
material kills the migrating grub
larvae; and, at the same time, it
kills other blood sucking cattle
pests.
To Check Bulk Feed Bins
We have a lot of bulk feed bins
on our farms today. At this time
of the year and through the
winter months, a lot of operators
are plagued with the problem of
condensation and subsequent
caking and mold growth. This
condition can be improved by
insulating outside bins.
The cold morning, warm noon
temperatures and then cool
nights will cause moisture to
form on bulk bin walls. The feed
caking on the walls would likely
contain mold. This moldy feed
can reduce feed consumption and
this will effect production. Also,
feed medications may be inef
fective in the presence of molds.
It is also a good management
practice to thoroughly clean bulk
feed bins regularly, especially
during this period of rapidly
fluctuating temperatures. In
sulating the bins will reduce the
condensation because it reduces
the rapid temperature fluc
tuations.
in trying to change the “bad
guys” into something else Like
many of the legalists of the Old
Testament and even the scribes
and Pharisees of Jesus’ day, too
many people would rather be in
volved in judgement than in re
demption
For the last six or seven years
I have been involved as coach of
a football project for late elemen
tary school children The temp
tation of any coach is to look
upon his task as determining
which boys have athletic talent
and which do not. Those who do,
he will try to develop and those
who do not he will dismiss from
the squad. I have conducted the
program, however, with a differ
ent goal (of course, I have not
had the pressure upon me to pro
duce “winning teams” since we
do not have that kind of compe
tition) I have regarded it as my
task to try to develop all the boys
who want to play. In fact: I have
determined to try to spend more
time and effort on those boys who
are awkward and indicate less
potential athletic ability
His appeal through us?
One of my greatest satisfactions
has been to watch a boy who, in
itially clumsy and unpromising,
in time develops some ability and
proficiency He may never play
high school football, but the new
confidence he gains in himself,
the sense of accomplishment, ob
viously gives him a new lease on
life
This is the way it can be In so
many areas of life Instead of
wasting human lives because we
think they are spoiled or without
promise, Christ calls us to be am
bassadois, agents of reconcilia
ticn. to reclaim lives for God that
seemed unsalvagable to those who
never look upon their fellow men
with anything but a “human point
of view.” That is the task en
trusted to us.
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Division of Christian Education, National
Council of the Churches of Christ in the U S A
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