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
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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 ”
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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,
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