IQ—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 3, 1973
A Calendar of Fact and Opinion
"There’s some good news," reports the
National Association of Manufacturers,
"for the one-and-a-half million Americans
who are hard of hearing. American
Telephone and Telegraph Company has
developed a portable adapter that will
make all hearing aid devices compatible
with all types of phone receivers. In the
past, the incompatibility between hearing
aids and new telephone designs created a
serious problem, particularly for those with
severe hearing loss. Their hearing aids
cannot adequately pick up sounds from the
receivers of certain new model phones.
However, now the new portable adapter
can be one answer to this problem. The
adapter will be available by fall, according
to a report to representatives of consumer
groups for the hard of hearing ... The
AT&T adapter, which is a small acoustic
couplet, can be attached to any telephone
receiver. It will be offered to consumers at
cost, which at present is estimated at
about $5 or $6. The coupler is small
enough +o fit into a pocket or purse for easy
carrying. ‘
As The Wall Street Journal notes,
“Serious crime diminished last year but
the most violent kinds became more
numerous, the FBI said. The report, coming
just a week after Attorney General
Richardson disputed the accuracy of such
statistics, showed a nationwide 2 percent
decline in seven kinds of serious crime but
increases for rape, assault and murder.
The FBI agreed with Richardson that many
crimes aren’t reported and don’t make
their way into the statistics.”
CENTREVILLE, ALA., PRESS; “Ex
cellence in education is not so much
teaching a child what to think, but how to
think, so that he goes on seeking, choosing,
and thinking, so developing the persistent
habit of inquiry and reasoning, and if, years
later, the knowledge he has acquired in
school has become irrevelant to his pur
pose, dated or forgotten, he still has the
ability to acquire new knowledge, to un
derstand events more clearly and to adapt
himself to new circumstances. Quality
education is not just providing information,
it is developing wiser minds.”
BASTROP, LA., DAILY ENTERPRISE
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American newsman
who... visited Red China ... (has) noted
that the workers there get no vacations,
paid or otherwise. They do get a few days
off for special holidays, and Sunday, but
they never heard of three or four weeks,
even one week off work. In our country
there is a tendency to take off more and
more days, give longer vacations. The
Editor, Lancaster Farming:
The editorial of October 20th
issue of Lancaster Fanning on a
county fair should have stirred up
some thoughts, interests, and
probably some disapprovals.
But, I feel the time has come that
Lancaster County agriculture
should bring this subject out into
the open and discuss it before it
falls by the wayside.
Our farming today is going
through a period of rapid change.
New laws are being passed and
new farming practices are being
introduced to improve the
wholesomeness of the products
we produce, to reduce the
pollution from our farming
operations and to improve our
conservation practices
Also, Lancaster County is an
area of unusual combination of
interests. ITiere are not many
areas in the United States which
have combinations of industry
and business, tourism and
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Grassroots
Letters to the Editor
agriculture.
People may say what does this
have to do with a county fair! I
think a lot. I have been pleased by
the way that farm fairs have
supported the youth of our
communities, for they are the
foundation of the future of our
business. But there should be
more to it than that. All of the
agriculture in our county should
have the opportunity to exhibit in
competition the products they
produce. Secondly, one fair for all
agri-business people would give
better representation and ad
vertisement for us farmers.
Thirdly, the educational force
this event would provide for us
and our consuming public (in
dustry and tourism) might be the
most important part of a county
fair. It scares me when I hear
how much of our farm land
leaves production annually,
especially when I read about one
of our reputable county farmers
“We have been telling the Ad
ministration and the Congress for decades,
‘Let us operate as a business while there's
still a business to run.' We might just as
well have been whispering down a well."--
Mr. Louis W. Menk, chairman of the board,
Burlington Northern Inc.
"Among the novel bumper stickers
beginning to show up on ... car bumpers,"
observes the Arizona Farm Bureau
Federation, “is one which reads: ‘Stamp
Out Farmers--Stop Eating!’"
In case you hadn’t noticed, the California
Taxpayers’ Association says, ‘‘Family
budgets in the past five years have in
creased 31 percent on housing, 26 percent
for food and 25 percent for clothing, the
Bureau of Census reports. But the greatest
increase has been for government, 60
percent, or double any of the other items."
“Apparently a bureaucrat can write a
regulation about anything, regardless of
how insignificant it may appear to
others ... We are reaching the point that
every time a businessman tries to make a
move to hire a new employee, develop a
new product, market a new product, ex
pand his plant, move into a new city, merge
with another company, negotiate a labor
contract, ship his goods, or raise new
capital he is confronted by a regulation
that says he cannot do it unless a federal
agency approves."-Representative James
M. Collins. Texas.
Opinion
Communists, whom our liberals so idolize,
don’t believe in paid vacations. How about
that?"
DUBLIN, GA, LAURENS COUNTY
NEWS: “There are problem people and
there are people problems; and it is these
problem people who regardless of race,
creed, or national origin may be involved
but are not interested in getting people
problems solved, but rather are deter
mined to create and escalate people
problems. That’s why they are our problem
people. Why we have people problems.”
LAKE CITY, S.C., NEWS: "Have you ever
noticed that when a group of adults are
called upon to line up for food or tickets or
anything else, they push and shove and act
unbelievably rude? I always stand back in
unhappy amazement and watch. It seems
that by the time adults reach the old age of
21 they should know that pushing and
shoving is not necessary. People really do
show their ugly side when they line up.”
saying that by the time his
grandson reaches his age there
will only be a few farms left in
our county.
Available space is becoming a
problem at a couple of our
community fairs. Ibis will be
hindering future expansion of
certain fairs. Also, different
communities of the county are
not represented in fairs, so a
county farm show would have a
fairer representation.
Personally, I would like to see
the agricultural leaders of our
five fairs and communities give
this thought of a county fair some
consideration. I feel we can use
this fair as a tool for more
recognition to Lancaster County
agriculture and for better
education for ourselves and our
neighbors. The cost may be high,
but where there is a will, there is
a way for success.
Mark F. Nestleroth
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NOW IS
THE TIME . . .
Max Smith
County Agr, Agent
Telephone 394-6851
To Handle Frosted
Forage Carefully
There have been several frosts
in this part of the state but most
of them may not have been killing
frosts. Questions have been
presented about the using of
frosted sudan grass or one of the
sudan-sorghum hybrids. Some
producers may want to graze this
forage until freezing weather. If
the plants are entirely killed by
the frost and one week has been
allowed for them to dry out, then
it may be safely grazed or green
chopped. However, if-only some
of the plants have been killed and
the others are still green, then it
will be risky to use the forage in
that condition. The danger of
prussic acid is present until the
plants are killed and dry. The
making of the partly killed plants
into silage and allowed to fer
ment for a month is another way
to utilize this crop.
To Have Proper Equipment
The handling and treatment of
livestock requires loading chutes,
holding pens, cutting gates, sick
pens, and catch gates or stan
chions. To try to treat animals
without this equipment often
costs the farmer money and time.
We have plans for the making of
this equipment in our Extension
Office. Sick animals should be
segregated from the others and
treated with the least amount of
stress and excitement. Good
equipment will pay for itself in a
few years. The use of implants
for more efficient gains and the
numerous injections against
infection presents the need for
holding equipment so that the
animals can be quickly and
“DOING YOUR
OWN THING”
Lesion for November 4, 1973
Bucfcsrauml Scriphir* Kamam 12 1-13,
1 Corinthians 12 1 through 13 13
Dsvahanal Kaolins- I Thassalonians
5 12-22
Somebody has said that “This
is the era of ‘Every man for him
self.’ ”
It is true that there is a great
emphasis today upon discovering
and developing our own selfhood.
Individuality is greatly honored,
if not greatly
g practiced. We are
encouraged to
“forget what oth
ers say and do
your own thing."
Conforming and
transforming
Paul supplies a
good text for that
Rev. Althouse thesis- “Do not be
conformed to this
world but be transformed by the
renewal of your mind . . .” (Ro
mans 12:2). We can either let the
world put its mark upon us, or
we may determine to make our
mark upon the world.
But isn’t it audacious to think
of putting your mark upon the
world? No, says Paul, because
that mark is distinctively you, is
God’s gift within you. It is his
image appearing in you and you
must never allow the world to
blur the divine image, to obscure
its features. Our individuality is
our most precious heritage from
God
We are different, Paul points
out, and we all have different
safely treated. Don’t delay this
investment, if needed.
To Prepare Soybeans
For Feeding
The soybean harvest is un
derway and many growers plan
to use them as a protein sup
plement. In most cases raw
soybeans do make the best
protein feed unless cooked,
roasted, or extruded. In par
ticular swine should not be fed
the beans in the raw condition.
Some research work in Min
nestota resulted in the decision
that whole dry roasted and ex
truded soybeans slightly in
creased both daily gain and feed
conversion over soybean meal;
raw soybeans were very un
satisfactory in swine feeding. For
cattle beans may be fed up to not
more than 25 percent of the grain
mixture; raw beans should not be
fed in a mixture containing urea.
Soybeans are high in oil and fat
and excess feeding may upset the
digestive system.
To Plan For 1974
Weed Control Program
Our Extension weed specialists
inform us that now is the time to
start planning for a better weed
control program next summer. A
survey of the fields this fall will
detect the weeds that were not
killed by the herbicide used this
season; if these weeds are
identified, then a different her
bicide should be used next year.
It is difficult to get one material
that will eliminate all weeds and
not hurt the current field crop. It
is possible that different her
bicides should be used in alter
nate years to keep down the in
festation. Weed identification
assitance is available through
our local Extension Office, or
from custom spray operators.
“things” to do. In the early
church there were a diversity of
gifts, prophecy, service, teaching,
exhortation, etc. Each person is
differently and individually en
dowed and does not belong in any
kind of conforming mould.
At the same time, though we
are diverse in what we can con
tribute, we are one in that we all
have something we can give and
which is needed by our fellow
Christians. “Doing our own thing”
is intended to enrich, not only
our own self-estimation, but the
lives of others as well.
A living sacrifice
To some people, “Doing your
own thing” means carving out a
personal existance quite unre
lated to other people. That, how
ever, is not what Paul is speaking
of For one reason, “your own
thing” is not just yours; it came
from God, belongs to him. For
another, regardless of the magni
tude of “our own thing,” we still
need what others can give to us.
“Our own thing” by itself is in
complete, inadequate. What oth
ers have, I need; what I have,
someone else needs.
Our freedom means that we do
not have to conform to other peo
ple. Yet, Paul calls us to volun
tarily (not under compulsion)
dedicate our gifts, our talents to
God as an offering. We do not
have to do so in order to win his
love, but having been given his
love as a gift of grace, we may in
gratitude voluntarily put our
selves at his disposal.
Thus, we will “do our own
thing,” not to assert our inde
pendence, or to live unto our
selves alone, but as a thank-offer
ing to God who gave us our gifts
in the first place that we might
serve one another.
(losed on outlines copyrighted by the
Council of the Churches ef Christ in the U S A
Division ef Christian Education, National
Released by Community Press Service)