10—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 6,1974
Freedom arid Food
A meat industry spokesman has
noted, "... tlTe wildly fluctuating
prices and intermittent periods of
bulging supplies and shortages which
have plagued both the (meat) in
dustry and the consumer..may be
traced to numerous sources. In
flation, unfavorable weather, price
controls and the energy crisis have all
taken their toll. Then there is the
unprecedented world demand. In
terestingly enough, this demand can
also point the way to stabilization of
meat supplies and prices through the
smooth functioning of the law of
Supply and demand
The wisdom of allowing the natural
forces of the marketplace to operate
unencumbered by governmental,
price freezes and stringent
“Grassroots Opinion ”
FINDLAY, OHIO, REPUBLICAN
COURIER “American housewives
may occasionally get a little miffed at
the prices they find in their friendly
neighborhood supermarkets, but at
least they don’t have to.waste much
time on their rounds, as shoppers do
in the communist countries. A Polish
newspaper.. (has) reported that a
family in that country spends 6.5
hours a week standing in line for one
thing or another. These were the
average waits: To make a bank with- ‘
drawal, 45 minutes'; to send a postal •
money order, 30 minutes; to buy a
piece of meat, 40 to 45 minutes'; to
reach the fruit and vegetable counter,
15,minutes. The annual total for the
country is 2.5 billion man-hours,
enough to increase Poland’s gross
national product by 20 percent. All
that waiting would not be tolerated in
America, where people are so im
patient they honk at the car ahead of
them the moment the traffic light
turns green. With the exception of
long waits at the gas pump, that is.”
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HEPPNER, ORE., GAZETTE
TIMES' “You heard about the shoot -
from-the-hip ecology nut who devised
this bumper sticker for his VW: ‘Eat a
beaver, save a tree.’”
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COLLEGEVILLE, PA., IN
DEPENDENT. “In prosperous Japan
labor unions and business
management are "partners .. not
antagonists. They consider them
selves as a team and work together
for mutual benefits. This is what we
used to do here in America too ...
and we had better do so again in a
hurry if we hope to get back into the
world market and thereby put our
jobless ... to work again. Selfish and
unscrupulous union leaders can and
will ruin our country if we don’t soon
wake up."
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ADAIR, lOWA, NEWS: “When we
level criticism, we hope that it is
constructive, not destructive.
Numerous dedicated people are
working day and night to make our
country and our way of life even
greater than it now is. Such people
deserve credit, recognition and
encouragement. Let’s give it to
them'"
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GREENSBURG, KANS., KIOWA
COUNTY SIGNAL; "Apparently the
Russians aren't going to sell our
wheat back to us at a huge profit. At
regulations is clearer now than evei
before. According to Newswee
magazine, more and more people
• throughout the world are expressing
a desire for meat as the major source
of protein m their diet, thus setting
into motion the law of* supply and
demand. Prices ‘tend to rise with
demand. These higher prices work as
an incentive to farmers and ranchers
to invest in larger herds and expand
production facilities. This, in turn,
increases supplies and eventually
leads to ja lowering of prices.
Through the dynamics of the free,
incentive-producing marketplace, the
United States has become the world’s
greatest food producer. The survival
of future generations depends, to a
large degree, upon the functioning of
that free market.
least that’s the latest report out that
we have read That would be a pretty
good trick to sell us back our wheat
. that they haven't even touched yet
and make about $4.00 per bushel to
boot And we Americans are sup
posed to be such sharp wheelers and
dealers. The USA bought Alaska from
Russia for less than two cents an acre
and I suppose they want to get even ”
YORK, NEBR., NEWS-TIMES; "A
prime mover to cut down inflation
must be the federal government And
the only way the federal government
can cut down or even slow inflation is
to keep spending within the limits of
income. And until the federal
government does that, you can talk
yourself blue in the.face about getting
more or less)than what'you paid in
and all you’re doing is putting
wallpaper over the cracks. There now
seems to be a small current of
congressmen who are determined to
get the budget sliced so that it results
in a surplus instead of a deficit. Our
best bet to curb the inflationary
practices of the federal government
is to hope this ripple becomes a tidal
wave."
TRENTON, GA., DADE COUNTY
SENTINEL: “Try this -- The next time
you read m the papers about -- ‘the
government gave ..‘the govern
ment lent ..‘the government
supplied ..- Just substitute the
words ‘taxpayers of the United
States' for the word ‘government.’”
“Absenteeism," reports The Wall
Street Journal, “surges most sharply
among managerial personnel, a study
shows. The rate of absenteeism
among ’fulltime nonfarm wage and
salary workers rose 10.3 percent
between 1967 and 1972, according to
new data on "unscheduled absences’
of less than a week. .But the rate for
managers soared 27.7 percent m the
same period, the Labor Department
finds ... A breakdown of the .1972
data shows women generally have a
higher absenteeism rate than men.
Divorced men had a rate of 2.5
percent, well below the 3.1 percent
for married -- and supposedly more
stable -- males. Absenteeism
decreases with age ... The overall
rate of absences caused by illness,
injury, jury duty, personal business
and other reasons stood at -4.3
percent... (in 1972), up from' 3.9
percent in 1967."
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BROKEN WALLS
Leison for July 7,1974
' Background-'Scriptjire:
Ephesians 2:1 through 4:16
Devotional Reading:. 2:1-10.
Jerusalem is today—and
dong has been— a city of
walls.
Surrounding the “old city”."
are walls that, for the most
part, were built by the Turks -
to keep out armies of the
Western world. The Mosque
•of Omar,, one of the world’s
great Moslem shrines,
stands on the site of what
was once the Jewish Temple.
Its presence on this holy site
serves as a constant and
painful reminder of the walls
that separate these two
faiths.
The Diving Wall
The writer of Ephesians
also speaks of a wall, “The
dividing wall of hostility”
broken down by Christ
(2:14). This “dividing wall”
is a reference to the wall that
separated the Court of the
Gentiles from the inner
courts of the Temple-that
were restricted to Jews. A
Gentile would be subject to
instant execution if he were
to go beyond that wall."
Today m Jerusalem there
is a scale model of-the city of
Jerusalem as it was in the
time Jesus. Dominating
the model city is the Temple
and one can see the wall that
separated the Jews from the
Gentiles. Last November as
I stood and studied ..that
model, I remembered those ~
words of Ephesians:
For he is our peace who
has made us both one, and
has brokqn down the dividing
wall of hostility.
So, Jerusalem today
stands as both the symbol of
the' walls that divide men
from one another and also as
a reminder of God’s
reconciling purpose for the
world.
The writer of Ephesians
speaks of the barriers that
existed in his own day:
“... remember that you
were at that time separated
from Christ, alienated from
the Commonwealth of Israel,
and strangers to the co
venant of promise...”
(2:12). These experiences of
separation,. alienation, and
being strangers are no less
with us today in our own
world- -
No longer strangers
This, however, is not God’s
wiil for men'. His plan is to
pull down these walls, bridge
the gaps, overcome that
separation and alienation,
and reconcile us both to God
and one another. It is his
intention that those who are >
“far off” be “brought near,”
so that they are “no longer
strangers and sojourners,
but... fellow citizens with
the saints and members of
the household of God”
(2:19).
One looks at today’s walls
and wonders how they can
ever be pulled down. They
are so high, so formidable, so
resistant to out efforts. Yet,
says Ephesians, Christ, the
wall-breaker, is« more
powerful than man, the wall
builder.
(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.)
THE TIME
Max Smith
County Agr. Agent
Telephone 394-6851
To Spray For
Leafhoppers
The third cutting of alfalfa
will be starting on many
local farms. These cuttings
are very valuable hay crops
and maximum yields should
be the goal. The protection of
these plants from leafhop
pers is usually needed at this
time of the year; heavy
infestation ! will result in
yellowing and'the stunting of
the plants. An application of
methoxychlor or dimethoate
when the third cutting
growth is 3 to 5 inches high
will control the insects and
result in higher yields. Don’t
wait until the crop is hurt
before applying the spray
material.
To Manage Temporary
Forage Crops
The use of Sudan grass or
one of the sudan-sorghum
hybrids for summer pasture
or green-chopping is very
common. However, some,
special care should be used
in using these crops in order
to prevent toxicity to
livestock. The sudan grass
should be at least 18 to 20
inches high before using in a
fresh condition. This stage of
growth should be recognized
on the first growth as well as
second or later the entire
area be mowed high (3 to 4
inches) in order to give
uniform growth to the second
crop. If these crops are to be
made into silage, they should
be cut just and
prior to the blossom period. •
To Prevent Heat Losses
Extremely hot weather
and high humidity can result
in losses of livestock and
poultry. This is especially
true of cattle and hogs on
high energy rations in the
Farm
Calendar
Tuesday, July 9
PP & L 14th Annual
Agricultural Leader
Conference at Sweet
Arrow Lake, Pine Grove,
Pa.,
Wednesday, July 10
Chester Co. Extension Office
Homemaker Meeting at.
Chester Co. Federal
Savings and Loan Office,
on Market and High St.,
- West Chester.
Thursday, July 11
Keystone Stud Ram and Ewe
PAT DAY... Malinda Sue Partridge, San Ramon, California
Brownie and Garrett Byrne, a local cub scout, brought collection
of all-aluminum cans to San Francisco Wells Fargo Bank for
payment of ten cents a pound from Roger Hoffman, manager of
Reynolds Metals Company facility at nearby Brisbane, the Bris
bane facility has.paid Californians $1 million, is largest volume
aluminum collection point open to the public.
• fattening pen. 'Plenty of
‘ shade and fresh water will
reduce the stress along with
good air ‘movement. In
buildings large fans may be
used to keep the air moving.
In dairy bams with stan
chions the exhaust fans can
be dsed to pull 'fee air
through the bam with the
.method of ven
tilation. Hogs c<m be com
forted by the use of loggers
or sprinklers on the concrete
feeding floors. When the
temperatures get into the 90-
degree range it is time to
give some attention to
animals in order to prevent
.losses.
To Soil Test-For
Fall Seedings
New seedings of alfalfa to
be made next month, or
seedings of grass mixtures to
be made in September, or
fall grain fields to be seeded
down next spring should be
tested soon to determine the
lime and fertilizer needs.
Lime should be worked into
the soil several months prior
to seeding in order to do the
most good. Early August is
the best time Jo make a
summer alfalfa seeding in
this area and new pasture
mixtures should be seeded
late August to mid-
September. -All of these,
crops require a soil pH near
natural and may need some
lime before seeding. Winter
grain fields that are to be
seeded to alfalfa or clover
next spring should be tested
in order to have the lime
worked into the topsoil this
fall rather than broadcast ,on
top of the ground this winter
or next spring. Give lime
time to work for sweeter
soils.
-Show, Farm Show'
Building, Harrisburg 8:30
a.m.
Banquet for Keystone Ham
and Ewe Sale, Shindler’s
Restaurant, Camp Hill.
Friday, July 12
Keystone Ran and Ewe
Sale, Farm Show
Building, Harrisburg 9:30
a.m.
Saturday, July 13
8:00 p.m. - Elizabethtown
Young Farmers Alfalfa
Meeting Ag classroom.
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