10—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Feb. 16,1974 National FFA Week The promise of the future lies in the youth of today. This fact is brought sharply to mind during National FFA Week, which occurs this year during the period of February 16-23 Through its program of instruction in modern farming techniques and preparation for challenging careers in agribusiness and related fields, the Future Farmers of America ensures that tomorrow’s agriculture will be able to meet the needs of tomorrow's consumer. The national FFA organization embraces some 8,000 high schools Grassroots DALTON, MASS., NEWS RECORD: "The history of the American people cannot be separated from the history of American journalism. In establishing independence, the pen and the press had equal merit to that of the sword.” BUCKEYE VALLEY, ARIZ., NEWS: “People are the same everywhere -- Natives who beat drums to ward off evil spirits are objects of scorn to smart Americans who blow horns to break up traffic jams.” ROSHOLT, S.D., REVIEW; “Now that no American soldier is engaged in military combat action anywhere in the world, we wonder what the protestors will use for ammunition in their next demonstrations? It would be a novel turn of events that for lack of something to gripe about they might have to protest against their own demonstrations.” SOMERSET, KY., COM MONWEALTH-JOURNAL “It’s an ill wind, etc. The government decision to clamp controls on the distribution of propane gas, to be followed by rationing of heating oil, together with predictions of severe fuel shortages anyway if it's a hard winter, have caused a boom in sales of oldtime wood-burning stoves Tts un believable,’ says a spokesman for one large manufacturer, who says he already has more orders on file than **&>*&*s[£»* „ p**y£R /Wtt ?,/7£3 MS R f&LLOW TUe/JAI/T&P - lawee. . GBACfOOSLy t£ASO? ToPfSPOSF 'po jusiicg:, MSRCV, AND TO • ouߣm/es /AT OF IFF AUTHOR OF BLBS6OP f?e~ V, ANP MINoUT /Big mrmnoN 'tiose e&MPL# 17&3& TH/A/ee • Nev&z Hope „ hAppy mnoN* 'B3 throughout the nation, helping its members develop their individual skills and interests in agriculture. As the world leans evermore heavily upon American farmers to supply the food andfiber vital to human life and well-being, the importance of FFA becomes more evident We must see to it that the Future Farmers of America continues to thrive and produce the agricultural leaders capable of maintaining the excellence of U. S. agriculture - the most productive agricultural system ever created in all the recorded history of man’s earthly tenure. Opinion he can possibly fill. Ben Franklin’s fireplace, which always was an ef ficient heater has been considered mostly a decorator item for 10, these many years, is also enjoying a comeback. The phenomenon raises the question, of course, of where everybody is going to get the wood to burn in all these stoves, not to mention the effects on air pollution. But one problem at a time, please." ST. EDWARD, NEBR., ADVANCE; "Whatever happened to our free enterprise system? Uncle Sam is knocking the legs out from under it for one thing ... The old American way dictates that all citizens have the -freedom to pursue their interests and < fortunes ... Our free enterprise system also has meant that if a person found a way to do something faster, cheaper, more efficiently or in any manner which was more ac ceptable to the consumer, then that way was the successful one and others fell by the wayside. That is still a pretty good system, but it is not good enough or strong enough to buck the government. That is proven m the federal government and also in the state government with its various price fixing laws of late. It really is bad to have a corporate monopoly, but it is a thousand times worse to have a government one. The citizens just have no recourse it seems when the government itself is the violator of individual rights ” V/ TFAT Tfkv KZzzgr***** THE VICTOR Lesson for February 17,1974 Background Scripture: John 19:16-42 Devotional Reading; John 2:13-22. Chief Luthuh of South Africa was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of his out standing leadership in the cause of peace. Yet this reknowned man spent years under official “house arrest,” isolated, for the most part from the world that honored him. Alan Patton said of Luthuli upon his death, “They took away his chieftainship, but he never ceased to be a chief.” In Command In a very real sense, although Luthuli was im prisoned, his jailors could not take from him that which was most important of all. Thus, though it seemed he was their victim, in reality he emerged the victor. They did all that men could do, but still he retained his moral authority. So it was, too, with Jesus Christ. Although Jesus did not seek death, neither was he its victim. He accepted death on the cross as the consequence of his com mitment to God. His hfe, thus, was not taken from him, wrenched out of his hands, he gave it. Even as they nailed him to the cross, he was in command of the situation. His Lorship was not one bit diminished by the cross; if anything, it was enhanced, magnified, exalted, confirmed. They could drive away his followers for a time, but they could not take away his Lordship. On Calvary one April afternoon there was played out the greatest battle of all time: the massed forces of evil at their worst vs. the seemingly vulnerable Son of God. Judging by the usual canons of success and failure, Jesus did not have a chance. Forsaken by the fickle crowds that had cheered him on Palm Sun day, the victim of lies and trumped-up charges, ab andoned by his closest ' friends and followers, the Nazarene did not appear to be a match for the combined forces of Rome and Jerusalem. “It is finished” Yet, despite their power, his enemies could not shake his commitment. His faith did not waver. He took the very worst they could offer insults, physical abuse, crucifixion, and even death—and his Lorshiip emerged untarnished. They played their ultimate card, but it was not enough and the victim emerged as the victor. When Jesus, drawing his last breath, said, “It is finished,” he did not mean that his effort had failed, but that his prupose had been fulfilled. It was not a cry of dispair with which Jesus died, but of victory! Jesus came teaching—and ultimately demonstrating—a different standard of success. Just as he taught that we can get by giving and be first by being willing to be last, so, he said, it is often only through apparent failure that we experience •V • V I NOW IS I THE TIME... Max Smith County Agr. Agent Telephone 394-GB5l TO REPORT LITTERING portance each year. There’s Many farmers are aware little doubt that good farm of the amount of dumping of records are a “must” m garbage and other solid today’s farming program. If wastes along the highways in the farmer himself does not the rural parts of our county, want to keep records, or There is a new Anti-Litter cannot find the time, then I’d Law being proposed at that the farmer’s Harrisburg that should help wife be given this important to reduce this nuisance, job. I’m sure most of the Farmers and others in the farm women can do as good rural areas are urged to get or better than the men at the license number of the record keeping. Good cars from which the trash is records are not only thrown or scattered. The necessary for income tax owner of the car will be reporting but needed to do responsible and there are farm planning and in many possible rewards for con- cases useful to obtain ad victing the guilty person. ditional credit, which is so badly needed for many of today’s farming operations. Be sure your farm records are complete and accurate. TO HANDLE MANLURE CAREFULLY Spring is just around the comer and soon the bams and feedlots will be emptied and the waste spread to the fields. This year, due to the possible fertilizer shortages, and the certain higher costs, barnyard manure will surely reduce the amount of commercial fertilizer needed. There are many ways to store and spread manure and I’m not really sure there is only one best way. However, it should be stored so that the fertilizer elements do not leach away and it should be spread in a manner of least annoyance to the folks in the com munity, and get it into the ground as quickly as possible after spreading or as it is spread; soil injection has the advantage in this respect. Livestock manure has always been a valuable fertilizer crop and this year it is surely worth handling properly. TO PREVENT STIFF LAMB DISEASE We have reports from Dr. Sam Guss at Penn State that several sheep producers in various parts of the state are having trouble with stiff lamb disease. Common symptoms are stiffness of the legs and neck and the finding of lambs dead without any period of illness. It usually affects the best and huskiest lambs. An injection of sodium selenite into the ewe about one month before lambing should give protection for the first month of the lamb’s life; after that a single injection of the same material into the lamb will give protection until 6 months of age. One ordinary treatment is to give each lamb one 400-unit Vitamin E capsule when a week or so old or when the stiffness first appears. Lamb producers are urged to be on the alert for this problem in their spring lamb crop. TO KEEP GOOD RECORDS This is an old suggestion but keeps growing in im- Farm Calendar Monday, February 18 7:30 p.m. - Lancaster County Swine Producers meeting, Farm and Home Center, Lancaster. Feb. 18-20 - 1974 Annual meeting of the United Dairy Industry Association, Atlanta, Georgia, Hyatt Regency Hotel. Tuesday, February 19 9:30 a.m. - Crops ,and Soils Day, Farm and Home Center, Lancaster. 11:00 a.m. - Atlantic Breeders Co-op meeting, Twin Churches, Friends Cove. 7:00 p.m. - Atlantic Breeders Co-op meeting, Quarryville. 7:30 p.m. - Ephrata Area Young Farmers meeting. Topic - Fuel Allocation . and Shortage, problems of concern to farmers. Ephrata vo-ag depart ment. 7:45 p.m. - Garden Spot Young Farmer Business meeting and recreation, true success. As Jesus himself won the greatest of battles through his suffering and death on a cross, so we are called in the midst of some of life’s most trying moments by the power of God to rise up victors from the ashes of defeat. Garden Spot High School vo-ag department. 7:00 p.m. - Atlantic Breeders Co-op meeting, Juniata Valley High School. Wednesday, February 20 10 a.m. - Atlantic Breeders Co-op meeting, New Oxford Fire Hall. 7:30 p.m. - Eastern Lan caster County Adult ' Farmer meeting, Hay, Silage and Forage testing, Garden Spot High' School vo-ag department. 7:30 p.m. - DHIA Workshop, Farm and Home Center, Lancaster. 7:30 p.m. - Lancaster 4-H County Council meeting, Farm and Home Center. 7:30 p.m. - Public Affairs Seminar, “The 1974-75 Livestock and Meat Outlook”, Farm and Home Center. National Conference on Environmental Im provement, Mariott Twin Bridge Motel, Washington, D.C. Thursday, February 21 9:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. - Eastern Penna. Potato Meeting, ’ Wotrings Banquet Hall, Rt. 873 north of Schnecksville, Lehigh Co. 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. - Chester County Crops Day at Stone Barn, Rt. 842, (Continued On Page 11)