10—Lancaster Farming, Saturday. November 17, 1973
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(Editor's Note: Lancaster County isn't
the only farm area beset with the problems
of tourism. The whole state of Michigan,
according to Richard L. Milliman, has a
problem. Milliman is editor and publisher
of the Farmer’s Advance, published weekly
in Camden. Michigan. We felt his comments
in a recent editorial on tourism were in
teresting enough to be reprinted here in
their entirety.)
What’s that strange sound heard a few
weeks back?
It sounded as if the tourist industry was
suggesting there may be some better
philosophy than “Big is good, and more is
better.”
But that would be heresy, wouldn’t it? I
mean, coming from someone like Wesley B.
Tebeau, president of the West Michigan
Tourist Association, who is supposed to tell
everybody about how many and how big
and how good our tourist attractions are in
Michigan.
But that's what Wes Tebeau said that
controls on expanding Michigan's tourist
industry may become a necessity.
"Currently overdevelopment in places
such as Orlando, Fla. Hawaii and the coast
of Spam have caused great hardships for
the resort industry,” Tebeau told
Saugatuck Douglas Chamber of Com
merce, which is one of many Michigan
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resort areas which certainly don't want any
hardships.
Bankruptcies can be averted if com
munities do not permit unbridled- ex
pansion of their tourist facilities,” Tebeau
said.
m “protectionist policy” is being studied,
which would control development of new
motels and hotels in a community.
Tebeau said a licensing regulation based
on economic, environmental and aesthetic
considerations might be necessary for
orderly growth of Michigan’s tourist in
dustry, which is a $1.5 billion a year
business.
Local communities would have a major
voice in granting motel and hotel building
permits, coupled with advice from state
regulatory agencies.
Controlling entry into competitives
business may be a bitter pill to swallow by
those of us who favor the competitive
enterprise system; but it’s a lot better
than a string of empty, boarded-up motels
& gas stations & pizza shacks.
Tourism, like any other business (in
cluding newspaperihg) must have profit to
survive.
It sounds to me like the tourist industry,
if Tebeau is representative, is taking a
realistic approach to what could be a big
problem.
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NOW IS
THE TIME . ..
Max Smith
County Agr. Agent
Telephone 394-6851
To Check Ventilation
Systems
The proper ventilation of a
bam or building for livestock is
very important for the most
efficient production. Also, the life
of the structure can be
lengthened when condensation
problems are corrected. Dairy
bams may need one or more
electric exhaust fans to bring in
fresh air and remove foul,
moisture-laden air. Good air and
proper temperatures will result
in healthier animals that will give
greater returns on the input
dollars. Automatically controlled
thermostats will be worth the
investment rather than manually
controlled equipment. Plans for
proper dairy bam ventilation are
available in a special Penn State
Circular.
To Reduce Livestock Stress
The handling of any type of
livestock will be more successful
if the animals are handled quietly
and carefully. Proper equipment
is needed to make this possible.
With freshly purchased cattle it is
very important to allow them to
be quiet and rest for the first
several days. Animals to be
treated should be restrained
easily with chutes and head gates
rather than roped to administer
the treatment. Plans for proper
equipment are available from all
Extension Offices.
DEBATING GAME
Lesson for November 18,1973
Background Scripture: Romans 14;
1 Corinthians t:l throufh 11:1.
Devotional Reading: Romans 14:13-
23.
An elderly man was dying and
the pastor was summoned. Bend
ing low over the failing man, his
daughter said quietly: “The min
ister is here to pray for you.” For
a minute returning to his can
tankerous self, the old man ex-
Sploded: “Con
found it, daugh
ter, I don’t want
him to pray for
me, I want to ar
gue with him!”
Believing rightly
Most pastors
know people who
Rev. Althouse would rather ar-
gue with them
than pray with them. In fact, for
many people organized religion
is little more than a “debating
game,” a constant disputation on
what people hold to be “the right
way to believe.” For them the
key to being a Christian is know
ing and subscribing to the right
doctrines, creeds, or interpreta
tions. Enrons in belief is regarded
as the worst of all sins. Christian
unity is looked upon as doctrinal
or creedal uniformity.
The saddest chapters in the his
tory of the Church are those that
deal with what has happened
when churches have expelled
those whose beliefs and practices
seemed to lie outside the popular
pattern Sometimes we are amaz
ed when we learn of what seem
ingly inconsequential matters
were responsible for great rifts
To Do Forage Teitlng
Now is the proper time of the
year to do forage testing. The
winter feeding program is ahead
and dollars may be saved when
the operator knows the exact
feeding value of his hay and
silage supplies. Test kits cost
$6.25 and will include a feeding
recommendation when
requested. Many dairy and
livestock feeders have saved
hundred of dollars with this small
investment. Additional tests for
minerals and other elements are
available at nominal additional
costs. We urge more local
livestock producers to recognize
forage testing as a means of more
efficient livestock feeding.
To Provide Outside Exercise
The practice of keeping
animals confined to barns or
sheds is to be discouraged; most
animals desire the freedom of the
outdoors and will go there many
times a day if given the chance.
With total confinement, as in
tended with some operations,
controlled ventilation is essential
and usually built into the
program. However, with most
breeding animals and many beef
feeding operations, the animals
should get daily outdoor exercise.
Dairymen with their milking
herds and their young stock
should make an attempt to
provide daily outside exercise.
Herd health will be improved and
young stock will respond with
stronger feet and legs and
require less labor.
and divisions in Christendom.
I, as a pastor, am blessed with
a congregation that maintains a
free pulpit. Several years ago
after a service in which I bad
preached a highly controversial
sermon, one of my lay people
stopped to shake my hand at the
door: “Pastor, I didn’t agree with
what you said this morning, but
I’m going to think about it” Be
cause of attitudes like this on the
part of my lay people, ours is a
congregation where people of
differing points of view and prac
tices can comfortably worship and
work together. There is Chris
tian harmony, but not the false
harmony of conformity in belief.
Doing rightly
The reason is that we place a
higher premium on doing rightly,
than on believing rightly. This
does not mean beliefs are not
important, but that the way we
verbalize and declare our beliefs
is not nearly so important as
what we do about them. It is
what we do about our beliefs
that is usually the most persua
sive.
In Romans 14 and 1 Corinth
ians 8 the issue seems silly to us:
what is right for a Christian to
eat? Yet many of'the disputes
over which Christians divide to
day are equally ridiculous. The
problem, as Paul points out, is
that too many of us think a
Christian’s primary calling is to
“pass judgement” on the religion
of others. Judging other people
often becomes a substitute for
real discipleship which involves
doing our Lord’s work and fol
lowing his commands. Likewise,
the church is intended to be a
center for action, not an arena
for playing the debating game. '
(Based on outlines copyrighted by the
Division of Christian Education, National
Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA
Released by Community Press Service.)