—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 6, 1973
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FOWLER, IND., BENTON COUNTY
REVIEW: “ . . some brainy bureaucrat in
Washington D.C., (has) spent a sizable
chunk of the public’s money on a study to
find out why kids fall off tricycles ... (And
now, as if that weren’t enough), $226,000
has been given the National Tran
sportation Center in Pittsburgh for the
study of feasibility of double decker buses
in cities I didn’t get any of the money-but I
can tell them that in England and many
foreign countries double-decker buses
have operated successfully for years and
years-but, I don’t suppose the tran
sportation people or the' bureaucrats
would know that!”
LUCEDALE, MISS., GEORGE COUNTY
TIMES. “A sign in the window of a Grand
Island, Nebraska, butcher advertises T
bones for 59 cents a pound. But m smaller
letters at the bottom, it says - With Meat,
$2 08 a pound ’’
BELTON, TEXAS, JOURNAL AND BELL
COUNTY DEMOCRAT “As all taxpayers
know, the red tape and paper work in
Washington is ridiculously complex and
burdensome Now there is a bill m
Congress to ‘require an assessment of the
paper work’ in our capitol That sounds
encouraging, except no doubt the new
agency, if created, will have a lot of paper
work of its own, as will another subsequent
agency which will be set up to investigate
why the original agency has not ac
complished anything”
NEWVILLE, PA., VALLEY TIMES-STAR:
“It is generally assumed that the price of
gasoline will go up as the supply goes down
partly because of the law of supply and
demand but also because the in
dependents selling surplus fuel at discount
prices are going out of business, govern
ment taxes tend to rise and perhaps partly
as a rationing device. Whatever, the fellow
Grassroots Opinion
at the service station will get the com
plaints. Yet most people have been around
service stations long enough to know their
profits on fuel sales are slim compared to
their time and work. The buck if there is
one should be passed further back, not
forgetting those state and federal taxes
either.”
CORNELL, WISC, COURIER. ‘‘(A) story
tells about a pair ... who got the idea of
bottling manure ‘from an outfit out east’
and decided there's profit to be had in it.
The product, used for house and garden
plants, goes further than most commercial
fertilizers already on the market, they say,
and, believe it or not, they claim there is a
market for it—with initial sales and orders
coming in good. As-far as I’m concerned, if
somebody can make money' this way, the
more power to them. But, after seeing what
they’re getting for manure ($1.89 a gallon)
and then considering the price of a gallon
of milk, which requires a lot more work and
expense (about $1.10) it arouses one’s
curiosity.”
FREDONIA, KANS, WILSON COUNTY
CITIZEN - “Modern living is making some
aspects of life cheaper. We remember
when you had to carve or buy little wooden
boats for the boys to float around in the
bathtub. Now you just give them the empty
plastic shampoo booties and the banana
split boats you accumulate.”
METAIRIE, LA, JEFFERSON PARISH
TIMES: “Often when people cry out for
price controls, what they are doing, in large
measure, is trying to avoid having to make
their own decision not to buy something
that seems too expensive at the moment. It
is much easier for customers, of course, if
someone simply orders the producer to sell
his goods for less."
“What can’t be cured must be en-
Hured."-Robert Burton.
NOW IS
THE TIME . . .
Max Smith
County Agr. Agent
Telephone 394-6851
To Tighten Zoning
Board Action
Everyone is concerned about
the loss of good farmland to non
agricultural uses. Most of the
townships now have zoning
boards working with the township
supervisors. The zoning board
has the authority to change the
way that tracts of land are zoned
and how they are to be used. It is
the common feeling of many
agricultural leaders that zoning
boards change the farmland out
of production too easily. I support,
the thinking that more good land
would stay in agriculture if the
zoning boards would be more
reluctant to change its use to
something else.
To Rodent-Proof Buildings
Colder weather is soon to
arrive when rats and mice will be
moving toward farm buildings.
Needless to say, these rodents
are destructive and a nuisance.
Farmers should make every
effort to prevent rats from
nesting in or near their buildings.
Broken concrete floors or poorly
cemented stone walls or foun
dations are likely places for the
rats. A thorough clean-up
program, followed by a fix-up
program, and then several poison
bait stations, should discourage
both rats and mice.
READ LANCASTER FARMING
FOR FULL AAARKET REPORTS
PRECHRISTIAN
Lesson for October 7,1973
Background Scripture Romans 2 17
through 3 31.
Devafianal Reading Galations 211 21
“Are you a Christian?” a man
was asked.
“Yes sir,” the man replied en
thusiastically. “I was converted
at the age of fourteen; I’m an
elder in our church for twenty
years; I tithe my income; I take
my family to
church and Sun
day school every
Sunday; and I’m
respected m this
community.”
“Ah,” said his
questioner, “I’m
afraid you are not
a Christian; you
are still pre-chris
tian
On the principle of works
The questioner was not “put
ting down’ the man’s religious
life All of his activities were
good and constructive, it can be
presumed. It was not his activi
ties, but his dependence upon
them that caused the questioner
to label him “pre-christian.” The
man seemed to assume that his
qualification as a Christian de
pended primarily upon his good
deeds and respectable manner of
life. Because he lived a reason
ably “good” life it seemed to fol
low that he was therefore assured
of a “good” relationship with the
Lord.
If any man had ever learned
the futility of that approach to
religion, it was the Apostle Paul.
It might be early to be thinking
about the 1974 crop season, but
soil testing is the place to begin
and the time is now. Soil samples
collected this fall before the
ground freezes will be just as
accurate as those taken next
spring. In addition, by testing
now fertilizer orders may be
placed early. It is reported that
some major fertilizer shortages
will exist next spring. Early
testing of soil and prompt or
dering of fertilizer could be very
good farm planning at this time.
Soil test lists are available at our
Extension office.
To Utilize Corn Fodder
Livestock bedding is a very
scarce and expensive item at this
time. Many producers are very
short on straw. The practice of
shredding and baling corn fodder
is a good one. With decent drying
weather after the corn is picked
and shredded, the fodder can be
safely baled and used in either
dairy or beef barns. Shredded
corn fodder has high moisture
absorption powers and can be
returned to toe soil in toe form of
barnyard manure. Drying is
necessary before baling in order
to prevent molding.
In his pre-chnstian days he had
been an ardent follower of the
Hebrew law His whole life was
founded upon the daily exercise
of all Hebrew law’s requirements
From the standpoint of the law,
Paul (or Saul as he was then
known) lived a very, very good
life. If any man should have been
assured of God’s salvation, he was
the man
In time, however, he would find
that, no matter how “good” he
tried to be, he found that he
could never be perfect in his
observance of the law. In fact,
nobody could: “ ... all men, both
Jews and Greeks, are under the
power of sin, as it is written:
‘None is righteous, no, not one
. ’ ” (Romans 3:9, 10).
Justified by the gift of grace
The law, Paul found, was good
in that it helped a man to see
what he should do and helped
him to understand that he was a
sinner. But the law could never
save a roan because it was impos
sible to fulfill all its demands If
a man was to be saved, it would
have to be by something else
than the law
Since a man can never be
worthy of God’s love by faithfully
keeping the law, since he can
never earn or win God’s love by a
perfect behaviour, where is his
hope of salvation’ Paul’s answer
through personal experience* “..
since all have sinned and fallen
short of the glory of God, they
are justified by his grace as a
gift, through the redemption
which is in Christ Jesus” (3 23,
24).
Paul’s discovery revolutionized
religion. God’s love is a gift: it is
ours for the accepting' Unfor
tunately, although that’s what
Christianity is all about, the pri
macy of grace over law, many of
us who call ourselves Christians
still follow a religious style of
life that is legalistic and, there
fore, still pre-christian.