10—Lancwter Farming. Saturday. June 8.1974
“Grassroots
BELTON, TEXAS, JOURNAL AND
BELL COUNTY DEMOCRAT: "On the
subject of baldness, this country’s
welfare program is an extravagant
disgrace. Admittedly, many welfare
recipients are legitimate and
deserving, and those of us more
fortunate should help them. But the
frauds are becoming rampant... My
initial thought was to take half the
poeple off welfare and give them jobs
investigating the remaining half. That
would not work, because the
government would then have to hire
investigators to investigate the in
vestigators, and later conduct an
extensive survey to determine why
the plan did not work."
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HUNTINGTON, IND., HERALD
PRESS: “When the Federal
Government does things, it uses such
a heavy hand that one sometimes
wonders whether the Constitution is
still in a viable state. Remember that
part about state’s rights? They
dwindle farther and farther into the
past. What brings such somber
thoughts to mind is the ... passage
by the U. S. Senate of a bill calling for
a 55 mile-an-hour speed limit across
the nation in'order to conserve
gasoline supplies. In itself, the bill is
admirable ... the bill not only makes
sense'in that it would conserve gas,
but it will probably conserve human
life, too. The bad feature about the
bill, exposing the heavy hand of the
Federal. Bureaucrats, is the tag line
on the bill. The Senate warns that
states not implementing the speed
limit would face loss of federal high
way funds. No effort to gam support
through reason and logic! No
recommendations from Federal Big
Brother! Just the harsh warning that
the States will obey or lose their road
funds. The irony of the order is that
those funds are not the Federal
Government's to begin with. That
money was accumulated from the
pennies you and I paid out in taxes...
the Federal Bureaucrats won’t give
us our own money back. That is no
way to develop confidence in
government. An urgent appeal for
cooperation from state governments
would be more in line.”
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LONG BEACH, CALIF., SIGNAL
HILL TRIBUNE: ‘That between the
energy crisis and the fuel shortage is
us. The amazing thing is that some
people are trying to find one person
or group to blame. Actually, what is
needed is for each of us to use a little
old fashioned Yankee ingenuity and
see in how many ways we can reduce
our use of power, lights and
gasoline."
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BRIDGEPORT, ILL, LEADER: "If
we love life, and who doesn’t, then we
must place a high value on time. Our
own age has been good to us because
it has given us more time to live and
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Letters to the Editor
Editor: There is currently
before the House of
Representatives in
Harrisburg a bill to permit
the transfer of bulk wine
between wineries within the
state. This bill, as Senate Bill
No. 1484, has successfully
cleared the Senate but has
now run into a problem in the
House largely as a con
sequence of lobbying by the
Tavern Owner’s Assoc.
We do not feel that the
tavern owners understand
Opinion ”
consequently more time to enjoy
things about us •• our children,
grandchildren, friends, etc. We have
gained in two ways; We live longer,
and we are in a position to enjoy life
more while we are living."
HARRISONBURG, VA., NEWS
RECORD: "It used to be that a big
automobile was the sign of a man who
had come a long way. Now it's the
mark of a man who isn’t going very
far, especially on Sundays."
The METER, an Oklahoma Gas and
Electric Company publication,
reports, “The number one best
selling book in the Soviet Union is out
again - the telephone book. It’s the
first new edition since 1958. The
price of each copy of the book is
equivalent to $l6. In it, Ivanov is the
most common Russian surname -
there are 33 pages of Ivanovs. The
book cbntams no yellow pages."
BARRON’S, Business &- Financial
Weekly notes, “DDT, ruled the EPA,
may be used by the U. S. Forest
Service to control tussock moth in
festations on some 650,000 acres of
public forest land in
Oregon and Idaho, in case of an
emergency’ -- which EPA hopes will
not arise. However, EPA boss Russell
E. Train admits that there is ‘no
assurance that the epidemic won’t
continue or, in fact, increase in the
coming season.' EPA ‘experts’ erred
last year, when they confidently
expected the plague to subside ...
Having helped devastate the en
vironment, Mr Tram promptly at
tacked the Forest Service for ‘almost
totally inadequate' research efforts
into alternative tussock moth con
trols. Private owners of timberland,
as well as national parks, still are
barred from protecting their trees
with DDT."
GRAYSLAKE, ILL, TIMES: "Along
with this newspaper’s campaign to
rid our countryside of blight, the
automobile ashtray dumper has to be
rated a spot right next to the noc
turnal roadside dumper as one' of
society’s most unpopular people.'
There is nothing more disgusting
than pulling into a parking spot and
finding a mound of cigarette butts
heaped on the roadway.”
BUCKEYE, ARIX., NEWS: "... do
you realize that some 76,000
Americans didn’t bother to claim
their (tax) refunds last year? That’s
right - the IRS has more than 76,000
undeliverable refund checks on hand
totaling more than $lB million.
However, almost 63 million people
did claim refunds and the IRS handed
$25.8 billion to taxpayers. Good luck
in the months ahead.”
the specific purpose of the
biU and are objecting to it on
the general basis that it
liberalizes to a very minor
degree the present
restrictions on the opertion
of limited wineries. They
seem to feel that the wineries
represent a threat to their
future profitable operation.
The enactment of this
leglislation will provide
much needed operating
flexibility for the wineries in
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Pennsylvania and thereby
improve their competitive
position. I would like to urge
all growers and other
members of the grape in
dustry to contact their
representatives in
Harrisburg and ask them to
support S. B. 1484.
H. Peterman Wood
President,
Southeastern Grape
Industry Assoc.
SUCCESSFUL
PASTOR .
Lesson for lone 9,1974
Background Scripture: 1
Thessalonlans 2, 3.
Devotional Reading:
Ezekiel 34:11-16.
One day many years ago
these words came into my
mind:
I am called—
Not to be successful in my
ministry,
But to be faithful in my
witness.
That will be success
enough.
I copied on a card these
words that seemed to have
come from the depths of my
own heart. That card has
been on my desk for more
than a decade.-
Though there is nothing
particularly profound about
these words, the little card
and its contents have often
spoken deeply to my needs
as a pastor. The words
remind me of basic truths I
am ever tempted to forget.
As a minister, as a pastor, I
need to be reminded of the
specific nature of my “call”
from God.
In the face of opposition
I am particularly in need
of this when my efforts to
declare the gospel are
surrounded with great op
position. It is one thing to
preach to a congregation
that is receptive to the gospel
and thefe is no opposition in
the community. It is
something else to do this
when our witness is likely to
cost us something.
Writing to the church at
Thessalon-cia, Paul
reminded the congregation
of the courage that he and his
associates displayed when,
coming fresh .from their
tragic and violent ex
periences in Philippi, they
came to Thessalonica and
began their work there.
What had happened at
Philippi would have been
enough to scare off most
men, but Paul and his
associate bravely began
their work despite great
opposition, particularly from
the gentiles.
To please God, not men
Quite apart from our mate
fear of danger and injury,
there is also the motivation
of wanting to please people.
It is natural for us to want to
please people and it is
disagreeable to have to
displease them. But we need
to remember that our pur
pose on earth is not, as Paul
put it, “to please men, but to
please God ... ”(2:4),
Although most of us know
that, many of us still operate
as if the pastor’s success is to
be measured in terms of the
number of people he can
please. Thus, the pastor is
tempted to compromise his
call rather than sacrifice his
popularity. And often the
activities that guarantee
popularity are not pleasing
to God.
So, the pastor knows that
he has a task of speaking for
God to his people and that
often what he has to say is
not to their liking. He knows
that he may- be rejected.
Happy is the pastor who
understands that success in
the ministry is not a matter
of pleasing men, but of
pleasing God through our
I NOW IS '
I THE TIME...
Max Smith
County Agr. Agent
Telephone 394-6851
To Prepare Grain Bins
The current winter barley
and wheat crops are
maturing and soon the
combines will be harvesting
the new crop. With favorable
prices it is essential that
grain insects be kept from
the new barley and wheat.
Old grain should be removed
from the bin before new
grain is stored. The bin
should be given a good
cleaning and then sprayed
' with Maiathion or
Methoxychlor. This will
eliminate any stored grain
insects and protect the new
crop.
To Feed Alfalfa
Plants
Many fields of alfalfa were
cut this past week and the
new growth should be en
couraged to a maximum. If
alfalfa weevil was present
when the first crop was
made, then the area should
be sprayed to kill the feeding
worms. In addition, a top
dressing of a phosphorus
potash fertilizer between
cutting will increase later
yields and keep the plant
roots well supplied. Alfalfa is
one of the most important
forage crops and the 'most
expensive forage crop to
buy. Every effort should be
made to get maximum yields
this summer.
To Control Canada
Thistles
We’re aware of some very
healthy thistle plants
Farm
Calendar
Sunday, Jane 9
June 9-13 - 89th Annual
Holstein Fresian Assoc,
convention, Howard
Johnson Motor Lodge,
Atlantic City.
Monday, June 10
8:00 p.m. - Fulton Grange ice
cream and strawberry
night, Grange Hall,
Oakryn.
Thursday, Jane 13
Elizabethtown Adult Farmer
Viewpoints
Let us remember that re
actions do not always estab
lish freedom.
—Millard Fillmore
faithful witness.
(Based on outlines
copyrighted by the Division
of Christian Education,
National Council of the
Churches of Christ in the
U.S.A. Released by Com
munity Press Service.)
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throughout the county, and
not all of these are on vacant
lots and unfanned ground.
Every land owner should see
that thistles do not have a
chance to mature and blow
throughout the community.
Winter grain fields often
have patches of thistles that
are permitted to mature and
not cut until combining.
There areas could be
sprayed or mowed to keep
the thistles from maturing.
Small patches of thistles this
year might mean larger
patches next year and
several new ones. Don’t be a
thistle producer.
To Inspect Crops Often
A good farm manager will
observe his livestock several
times daily to detect sick or
injured animals. By the
same measure, a good crop
fanner should inspect his
growing crops several times
each week to notice any
insect or disease infestation.
Insects such as armyworm
or aphids can appear quickly
and do considerable damage
if not controlled in a few
days. The “eye of the
master” applies to crop
production as well as
livestock. Good managers
are alert to new problems
and get on theip at once.
-Don’t they will go
away in a day or two if the
weather changes. <
meeting. Topic - Alfalfa
production.
Lebanon County ' Dairy
Princess contest, Mt.
Zion Fire Hall.
Friday, June 14
2:00 p.m. - PEMA meeting,
tour of poultry facilities
at Penn State, meet in
lobby of Nittany Lion Inn.
I
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From Mrs. F. R. Gale, Calgary,
Alberta: I remember, at the age
of eighteen, finding myself en
route to the Canadian Northwest,
where I was to become a teacher
in a small village.
A kindly townsman drove me
to the farmhouse where-1 was to
spend a night. I was awed by the
wide expanse of pr-aine land and
1 marvelled at the great herds of
cattle, more than l had ever seen
at one time.
The f Winer, his wife end son
lived in one large room. I won
dered where I might sleep. At
bedtime, a curtain was drawn,
dividing the room. 1 was given-a
cot with a straw matress. It had
been quickly made up and I
found myself sliding down one
side, then the other. However, 1
finally managed to sleep, but sud
denly I was awakened by the
wierdest noises I had ever heard.
There were yelps, moans, screams
and howls. Being of Irish extrac
tion, I could think only of Ban
shees! There was no more sleep
for me that night.
In the morning, I fearfully ask
ed the farmer’s wife about the
nightmarish sounds, and was told
they were the howls of coyotes,
the small prairie wolves. They
have become an accustomed sight,
but I still remember my first
night in the West!