—Lancaster Farming, Saturday. Feb. 9, 1974
10
The Democratic Way
Never underestimate the power of
the American people, especially when
it comes to safeguarding one of their
democratic birthrights, a free and
diversified press.
In a heartwarming display, ac
cording to an AP dispatch from
Lander, Wyoming, not long ago the
puolic rallied round the dying High
Country News, a biweekly circulated
nationwide, devoted wholly to the
conservation cause and funded by
subscriptions alone. The paper was
forced to announce that with a
$7,500 bank loan due it would have to
“Grassroots Opinion ”
McCOMB, MISS., ENTERPRISE
JOURNAL- “There are some
problems which the public knows
little about but which affect people
personally. An example is the
devaluation of the dollar. Now it is
being said that food prices have been
affected by the dollar devaluation.
Certainly this would mean that dollar
devaluation is close to people per
sonally. But the monetary system is a
specialty Only the specialists un
derstand it It is comparable to a
surgical problem No one would argue
with his surgeon about how he should
perform an operation And by the
same token few of us are in a position
to argue with the economic
specialists, even if the problem is
personal."
GENESEO, ILL, REPUBLIC “It is
small wonder that international
problems are so great when you
consider the generation gap, the
communications gap, the hassles
over national issues and local issues,
dissension in qur churches, on our
streets and between neighbors
where there isn’t even a language
barrier The real wonder is that the
world is m as good shape as it is l ”
“Americans will put up with a great
many thing before they will put up
with a shortage of gasoline or the
inability to drive their automobile.
When we start infringing on that
freedom, then the energy crisis will
manifest itself to Americans ”-Mr. J.
Bennett Johnston, U S Senator from
Louisiana
According to Ms Caroline Bird, a
feminist leader and writer, the “equal
pay for equal work” doctrine still has
not received wide enough application
in the U S. The job scene is looking up
in some respects, though, for she
notes, “Many -- perhaps most com
panies are complying voluntarily
(with the Equal Employment Op
portunities Commission) and there is
a commendable trend toward more
women executives Court
decisions and new legislation are
correcting many old inequities that
operated against women but we
still need the Equal Rights Amend
ment and hope Illinois will ratify in
January Thirty states have approved
it and only eight more are
needed In fairness, it must be
said that earnings of the 33 million
women who work as a whole are less
than those of men not so much 1 '
because of discrimination but
because they work in the over
crowded education, secretarial and
stenographic fields where the wages
of all are lower The law of supply and
demand is as strong as the Equal
stop its presses for good, "barring a
miracle." The miracle came. Con
tributions flooded the office, causing
the editor to happily comment, "We
are on a stronger footing than we
ever have been."
Let this incident serve as a warning
to those who think the U.S. weakened
because its people constantly
question and criticize the very in
stitutions which hold their country
up. When it really counts, Americans
have always been able to “get it
together” - just ask the editor of the
High Country News.
Pay Law. My advice to women seeking
well-paid jobs is to go where the men
are.”
HARRISVILLE, W. VA., RITCHIE
GAZETTE AND CAIRO STANDARD:
“The game of life is very much like the
game of football. There’s the goal we
all strive to reach; there are times
when combination pays better than
individual brilliance; there are big
men - and Joig jobs -- to tackle,
penalties for those who break the
rules, applause of the crowd for
clever headwork and spectacular
play, unfeeling jeers for failure that,
with just a little luck, might have been'
a success, there are trips and falls -
and fouls Life might be a game or
football for many The trouble is that
we are sometimes the ball - kicked
and buffeted about Instead of being
the player, we are (the) one to be
played with And it hurts.”
As a Highway Users Federation
publication reports, “Traffic ac
cidents resulted in 56,600 deaths, 2.1
million disabling injuries and a total
of $194 billion in costs to the
American economy during 1972 This
report on highway transportation
losses last year is included in ‘Ac
cident Facts’ published by the
National Safety Council . The
publication also notes that the motor
vehicle death rate for 100 million
vehicle miles of travel decreased last
year to 4 53 as compared to 461 in
1971 ”
ABILENE, KANS., REFLECTOR
CHRONICLE: “Every time they
‘reorganize’ some phase of the Postal
Service the service seems to get
worse One of the big deals was
centralizing mail to the big centers,
taking away the mail from smaller,
more efficient offices. This hasn't
helped much-except passing the
buck clear out of everybody’s reach.”
COVINGTON, TENN, LEADER
“Some fear that in the not-distant
future people will stop asking, ‘What
is happening to the dollar 7 ’ and start
asking, ‘What happened to the
dollar 7 ”’
“According to native legend," it is
noted in an information sheet entitled
“Forest Facts and Features,”
published by the National Forest
Products Association, “mahogany
trees that are cut by the light of the
moon are sounder, freer of sap, and of
a richer color at night The National
Forest Products Association reports
this has no basis in fact, but the belief
persists "
ANOTHER
DIMENSION
Lesion for February 10,1974
Background Scripture: John
18:12 through 19:15.
Devotional Reading: John
18: Ml.
A few weeks ago, I stood in
the church that, tradition
tells us, is built upon the site
of the house of Caiaphas, the
high priest at the time of
Jesus. On a lower floor there
is a dungeon in which it is
believed Jesus was kept for a
while during his last hours.
As I stood and looked down
into that hole, I was over
whelmed with a sense of
psychic depression that
stayed with me for hours.
Who had the power?
Yet, as I toured the ancient
city of Jerusalem, it oc
curred to me that there was
great irony in the con
frontations between Jesus
and Caiaphas and Jesus and
Pilate. Both Caiaphas and
Pilate were men of great
power and stature in
Jerusalem in the days of
Jesus’ ministry. Standing
before the high priest, Jesus
was cruelly struck by one of
the officers because it was
deemed that he did nor show
the proper respect for
Caiaphas. Later, questioned
by the Roman governor,
Pontius Pilate, Jesus was
once again upbraided for his
seeming lack of respect for
the power of Pilate. “Do you
not know that I have power
to release you and power to
crucify you?”
Jesus could scarcely deny
that these men had great
power. Yet, though he knew
they had the power to kill
him, he said to Pilate: “You
would have no power over
me unless it had been given
to you from above ...”
(19:11). Jesus was in
timating that there was
another, higher source of
power than either Pilate or
the Roman Empire he
represented.
The kingdom of truth
This was not the first time
that Jesus had indicated
such a thing. When first
brought to the praetorium
and Pilate, he was asked by
the Roman governor, “Are
you the Kmg of the Jews?”
Jesus’ response makes it
clear that Pilate doesn’t
understand the nature of the
authority that belongs to
Jesus. Finally, he explains:
“My kingship is not of this
world.. . ” (18:36). His level
of power and authority are
on another, higher dimen
sion than any temporal
power. “So you are a king?”
Pilate wants to know, and
Jesus answers: “You say
that I am a king. For this
was I bom, and for this I
have come mto the world, to
bear witness to the turth”
(18:37).
The Caiaphases and
Pilates might hold sway in
the temporal world, but in
the dimension or kingdom of
truth, the level of eternal
realities, there was an
authority that transcended
that of all temporal rulers. It
was because of this level or
dimension of life, that Jesus,
though he stood captive in
chains, was still in control of
the situation, still could and
would wring a victory out of
what otherwise would be a
tragedy.
Today Caiaphas and Pilate
' NOW IS *" " ~'
THE TIME. ..
Max Smith
County Agr. Agent
Telephone 394-6851
TO PREPARE FOR
DORMANT SPRAYS
Many fruit and shade
trees, or other ornamental
shrubs, may need a dormant
spray during late February
or March to control scale
insects and other pests. This
is a very important spray
and producers should be
preparing by getting the
material on hand. The
timing of the spray will
depend greatly upon weather
conditions in the next 6 to 8
weeks. Many kinds of scale
can be controlled more
successfully by proper
dormant spray applications;
the winter or dormant oil
sprays are the ones that give
good control.
TO GET CERTIFIED
LEGUMESEED
Alfalfa or clover growers
who are planning to make a
broadcast seeding into
winter grain could be getting T 0 UTIL IZE LIMITED
ready. Top Quality seeds are FERTILIZER
needed and the proper We are cautioned about the
inoculation should be ap- possible shortages of certain
plied. If certified seeds are kinds of fertilizers this year;
not available, and home- a ig 0) seems certain that
grown seeds are used, then prices will be higher for what
samples should be sent to is available. Now would be
the Seed Testing Laboratopf the time to evaluate where
at Harrisburg to find the the fertilizer should go that
purity and the germination w iu gi ve the greatest dollar
™ te : g 5 return. For example,
start broadcasting the last nitrogen might be used only
week in February with part on the corn or tobacco crop
rate and apply an d apply only phosphorus
the other half of the seeds and potash to the forage
two weeks later. Experience cro ps such as alfalfa and
reveals that with the pasture mixtures. Livestock
broadcast method the earlier ' manure might also be used
seedings are more sue- on most crops in place of
cesstul. nitrogen. Again, good
planning and proper
decisions on the use of
available items are very
much in order.
Farm Calendar
Saturday, February 9
8:00 p.m. -- Postponed
meeting of the Lancaster
County Pomona Grange
officers and committee at
the home of Jesse Wood.
Monday, February 11
7:30 p.m. - Plain Streams
Act and the Farmer,
meeting, at the
Russellville Grange Hall,
Russellville. First of a
series of meetings
planned for Feb. 11 - 14.
Manheim Young Farmers
monthly meeting.
“Fertilization and the
Supply”. Manheim vo-ag
department.
Annual Vegetable Con
ference, Penn State, Feb.
11-13.
Tuesday, February 12
10 a.m. - 3 p.m. - Tax
Workshop to help far
mers on the Penn State
Farm Records program
and completing tax
returns, Farm and Home
Center, Lancaster.
1:00 p.m. - The Clean
Streams Act and You,
Honey Brook Grange
Hall, Rt. 10, Honey
Brook.
6:45 p.m. -- Lancaster
County Agricultural and
Home Economics Ex
tension Association
annual meeting, Farm
are barely remembered;
when they are, it is because
of their relationship to Jesus
who once was their victim,
but now is their victor jand
ruler in a dimension that
transcends this life on earth.
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TO IMPROVE FARM
MANAGEMENT
No doubt every farmer has
been told that good
management is far better
than all of the chemicals or
antibiotics that can be
assembled. Since we are in
the early part of the 1974
year, it might be a good time
for every producer to
evaluate his own farm
management practices. It
appears in the future that
management could make the
difference between success
or failure. With so many
changes coming along and
the extremely high cost of all
inputs, farm planning and
the proper handling of capit
al, labor, and materials is
essential to a profitable
enterprise. We hope that
every farmer will make an
effort to be a better farm
manager in the coming year.
and Home Center,
Lancaster.
7:30 p.m. - Manheim Young
Farmers farm wiring
seminar number 7.
Manheim vo-ag depart
ment.
7:45 p.m. - Garden Spot and
Ephrata Young Farmers
beef meeting: Beef Cattle
Housing, implants and
ventilation. Garden Spot
High School, vo-ag
department.
Wednesday, February 13
6:30 p.m. -- Nutrition
meeting for feed dealers
and veterinarians.
Ingleside Diner, E.
Lincoln Highway, 2 miles
E. of Coatesville.
Ephrata and Garden Spot
Young Farmers Beef
Tour: Ventilation and
Housing, details at Feb.
12 meeting.
Thursday, February 14
8:45 a.m. - Chester County
Conservation district
engineering workshop,
West Goshen Township
building, Paoli Pike.
10:00 a.m. - Chester County
Dairy Day, Stone Barn,
Rt. 842, Unionville. Herd
Health Problems and
Dairy Feeding programs,
afternoon program
presented by Atlantic
Breeders Co-op.
1:00 p.m. - DHIA Records
Workshop, Farm and
Home Center, Lancaster.
1:00 p.m. - Susquehanna
River Basin commission
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