10—Lancaster Farming, Saturday. Mar. 30, 1974
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The Celebration of Easter
This year Easter Sunday will fall on
April 14. Since the very early days of
the Christian church, this has been
the great event of the year, com
memorating the resurrection of Jesus
Christ and the fulfillment of the
promise of salvation for all people.
Since ancient times, churches and
altars have been decorated for the
occasion; candles have been burned;
and, in the medieval cathedrals of
England, the Easter or paschal
candles were often of huge dimen
sions. They were held in gigantic
brass or silver candlesticks and
Let’s All Run to Work
The grim category of middle age
officially catches up with people
sometime in their 40's. It is, to say the
least, a depressing experience to
start thinking that over half your life
is probably gone. But don’t despair.
You may not have tired blood after all,
and if you think you do, it may be all in
your mind.
A news report out of San Francisco
tells of a gentleman who passed away
at the age of 106. He took his last job
as a waiter at the St. Francis Hotel at
Grassroots Opinion
PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA., SPIRIT:
“There is a very murky ray of sun
shine-showing through all the gloom
which has been generated by the
prospect of gasoline rationing. If
wartime-style rationing really comes
about, there will have to be a vast
new bureaucracy set up to administer
the whole thing Something like the
World War II OPA And when the
government gathers up enough
people to staff the agency, it will grow
to such a state that everyone in the
United States will be assured of full
employment And that, as far as we
know, is the only thing we can think of
which might be regarded as op
timistic "
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YUBA CITY, CALIF, IN
DEPENDENT-HERALD' “Hardly any
private citizens in Communist China
today can afford, or are allowed,
automobiles. So, many persons have
bicycles. According to a new book,
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reached a combined height of as
much as 60 or 70 feet.-~-
This Easter, sunrise services,
children hunting Easter eggs, families
attending church together and the,
sometimes frivolous, profusion of new
‘‘Easter bonnets” will be outward
evidence of the 2,000-year continuity
of the Christian celebration of
Christ’s resurrection and spiritual
reality. It is a time to reaffirm our
faith in Him who rose
to lead mankind in the ways of peace
and brotherhood and fulfill the'
promise of eternal life.
the age of 80 and worked there for 25
years until his retirement at the age
of 105. He liked to run seven miles
every day, and three years ago
polished off the 100-yard dash in 17.3
seconds. Bored after retirement at
105, he took a job as a goodwill
ambassador for a temporary help
employment agency. Maybe there is
hope for us all in this gasoline-short
day and age. It would probably be
more healthful to run to work anyway.
‘China Journal,’ published by Rand
McNally, there are 1.7 million bicycles
registered in Peking alone.”
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OSAGE CITY, KANS., JOURNAL
FREE PRESS: “Ever wonder how the
income tax got started 7 The 16th
amendment to the U.S. Constitution,
legalizing federal income taxes, was
adopted in 1913. It began as an
amendment to a bill m Congress
lowering the tariff on imports. The
idea was that the small deficit from
reduced tariff receipts could be taken
care of by a tiny tax on prosperous
incomes. On incomes from $4,000 to
$20,000, the bite was one percent On
$lOO,OOO, it was four percent; on
$500,000, six percent. Few made
more than $4,000. Few people op
posed the idea of the tax. It didn’t
seem important at the time. There
must be a lesson there."
BREAKING
THE BARRIERS
Leinm for March 31,1974
Background Scripture:
Acts 8:440.
Devotional Reading: 1
John 5:1-5.
Judged by the prevailing
attitudes of the times, the
first early church in
Jerusalem was an odd
assortment of people. Its
chances of making the grade
as a community of faith must
have seemed remote.
There three basic
groups of people who or
dinarily had very little, if
anything, to do with one
another. There were the
orthodox Jews, first of all,
hardly a homogeneous group
in itself.
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Hellenists and Hebrews
Then there were those
whom the Book of Acts
designates as Hellenists.
These were people of the
Greek culture, a culture very
much different from that of
Jewish orthodoxy. Whereas
the Jew spoke Aramaic, the
Hellenists spoke the Greek in
which the original New
Testament would be written.
Finally, there were the
Samaritan converts to
Christ. The Book of Acts
calls these people
“Hebrews” to distinguish
them from the orthdox Jews.
Although there was much in
common between Hebrews
and Jews, particularly in
religious heritage, the
barriers of prejudice and
hatred were very great.
Their hostility was long
standing and very deep,
comparable to the hostility
that divides Israelis and
Arabs today. The barriers
between Jew and Samaritan
could be traced to historical'
factors, but sheer prejudice
kept the wounds from
healing. The Jews of Judea
claimed to be racially pure
white while the Samaritans,
they claimed, were an
adulterated racial mixture.
The Samaritans, on the other
hand, believed that they
were the true descendents of
Moses and that God should
rightly be worshipped, not in
Jerusalem, but on Mt.
Gerizim in Samaria.
Beyond Jerusalem
Thus, the early church in
Jerusalem seemed doomed
from the beginning because
of the racial, cultural, and
religious barriers that
existed there. But these
early disciples of Jesus
Christ learned something
that is inherent in the gospel
of Jesus Christ: when we
are truly open to God’s
power and purpose, he may
sometimes carry us further
than we are initially willing
to go and take us beyound
our seemingly in
surmountable human
barriers.
We' can imagine the
amazement with which the
church in Jerusalem
received the news from
Philip in Samaria. The
traditional enemies had
received the gospel and were
ready for baptism. So, Peter
and John “came down” to
Samaria. They “came
down” in more than one way.
They came down from their
perches of prejudice and
suspicion. They came down
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Max Smith
County Agr. Agent
Telephone 3M-M5l
TO PLACE FERTILIZER
PROPERLY
The cost of fertilizer
continues to increase in the
overall production figures;
therefore, only the needed
elements properly placed
mil give the greatest return.
All farmers and gardeners
are reminded that both
nitrogen and potash fer
tilizers will burn seeds and
plant roots through direct
contact. These types of
fertilizers should be either
mixed into the soil ahead of
seeding or planting, or
placed deeper and away
from seeds or roots. Fer
tilizers contacting seeds may
stop germination or result in
stunted, damaged plants.
Most modern drills will keep
the seeds and the fertilizer
separate.
TO INCORPORATE
MANURE PROMPTLY
This is the time of the year
that many bams and feedlots
will be cleaned and the
manure spread on the fields.
Every precaution should be
taken to prevent and reduce
both air and water pollution
from this needed farm
fertilizer application.
Manure that has been stored
for several months will carry
stronger odors and bring
quicker objections than fresh
barnyard manure. When
spread on top of the ground it
might be done on a good
drying day (clear and
windy) rather than on a
damp, humid day; also, no
doubt it is best to plow it
dowh just as soon as .possible
after spreading. Liquid
manure can be either put on
top and plowed down
promptly, or injected into
the soil. Careful and
thoughtful manure handling
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Farm
Calendar
Sunday, March 31
Silver Spurs 4-H horse club
bowling party, Lancaster
Lanes.
Monday, April 1
7:00 p.m. - Stoverstown Jr.
Crafts club meeting,
Merle Kerne’s, York
RDIO.
7:30 p.m. - Educational
meeting for Sheep
Producers, basement
meeting room, Farm and
Home Center, Lancaster.
7:30 p.m. - York County 4-H
baby beef meeting, 4-H
Center.
7:30 p.m. - 4-H Dairy Goat
meeting, Coca Cola
Bottling Plant, 1428
Manheim Pike.
8:00 p.m. - Board of Direc
tors of the Lancaster
County Poultry
Association monthly
meeting, Farm and
Home Center.
from the barriers that had
seemed to doom the church
before it even got started.
It is the same road we are
called to go: to leave the
barriers of prejudice behind
and go on to a Church and
world made One in Jesus
Christ.
will help maintain good
relations in the community.
TO PRACTICE PESTICIDE
SAFETY
The 1974 crop season is at
hand and already some
sprayers have been working
to control weeds and insects.
When properly used (follow
the label instructions) most
materials will do a good job
and not harm anyone.
However, this takes careful
management and care. The
drift from weed killers has
caused many problems and
the use of improper amounts
is a waste of money. The safe
storage of spray materials
should always be practiced.
Keep them away from
livestock, children and pets.
Empty containers have
caused many injuries and
cases of poisoning. Store
materials in the original
container if possible or have
them well identified at all
times.
TO FEED DRY MATTER
The pasture season is
approaching when both man
and beast looks forward to
lush grass and reduced bam
chores. With the favorable
moisture conditions at this
time and wanner weather
due, the forage crops should
develop rapidly in the near
future. Bloating -and
digestive trouble can v be
avoided by giving the
animals a feeding of-
matter (hay, or
straw) before 'going' to
pasture for the first several
times. Also, the period of
grazing should be limited at
first (30 to 40 minutes) to
permit the herd to get ac
customed to the lush forage.
Careful herd and flock
management is needed at
the start of the grazing
season.
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Fulton Grange 66 committee
to attend pre-hearing of
the Atomic Energy
Commission in York
Graded feeder pig sales to
start at Lancaster
Stockyards, and will be
held every other
' Tuesday.
Elizabethtown FFA bologna
sale.
April 1-2 - State 4-H Captital
Days, Holiday Inn,
Harrisburg.
Tuesday, April 2
10 a.m. -12 noon - Garden
meeting, “Green Thumb
Hints for the Inex
perienced Gardener”,
Production Credit
Association, 3301 W.
Market St., York,
6:30 p.m. - WrightsyiUe 4-H
club meeting," Trinity
Lutheran Church,
Wrightsville.
7:30 p.m, - York Co. 4-H
Archery club meeting, 4-
H Center.
7:30 p.m. - Forum on land -
How Long Until Its Gone,
Lincoln Fire Hall,
Ephrata.
7:30 p.m. - Elizabethtown-
Donegal 4-H Community
club organizational
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