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EDITORIAL COMMENTS
Ag Progress aptly named
The Ag Progress Days is aptly
named because it annually shows the
advances that are being made in both
agriculture and agribusiness Think
back just a couple years - or 10 or 15 -
and it's remarkable how rapidly
things are changing in the field.
In a very real sense, this makes
farmers efficiency experts. Consider
the amount of production and the
costs involved and the receipts
Ag Progress Days for the Bicentennial Year contrasted old and new.
Field demonstrations were a popular attraction at Ag Progress.
Riding the wagons was one way to see the show
Saturday, August 28, 1976
BY DIETER KRIEG, EDITOR
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received Costs are going up, but
prices received are often up. If
continuing to produce under such
circumstances isn’t being efficient
and progressive, then I wonder what
is.
Those involved in agriculture and
agribusiness - and very especially
the farmers - are to be commended
for their fine showings year after
year
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Photos by David Hamilton
UNTIED
BRETHREN
Lesson for August 29,1976
Background Scripture:John
10:1-18; 1 Corinthians 1:10-
31; 3:5-9
Devotional
Reading:Philippians 2:1-13.
Before uniting with the
Methodist Church by
denominational merger, I
was a minister of the
Evangelical United Brethem
Church. In preparing my
weekly worship bulletin, I,
like many other EUB
pastors, had to be careful of
one rather recurring
typographical error. It was
more than a few times that I
found my masthead
publicizing that we were
‘Untied” rather that
“United” Brethern. And
there were always some
congregations for which the
former term was more
appropriate than the latter.
To Who Do
We Belong?
The New Testament
makes it abundantly clear
that we are called to be
united: “...that you be united
m the same mind and the
same judgement” (I
Corinthians 1:10). But it is
also evident from this book
that even in the early
churches Christians were
sometimes more “untied”
than “united.” Paul says to
the church at Corinth: “...it
has been reported to
me...that there is quarreling
among you” (:11).
Yet, as Paul goes on, it is
apparent that there is more
than just “quarreling,”
there is also factionalism,
“party spirit.” There is the
“Paul faction,” the “Apollos
faction,” the “Cephas
(Peter) faction,” and even a
group known as the “Christ
faction” (tray that on for
religious one-upmanship!).
“Terrible!”, we exclaim
from our comfortable
contemporary perspective.
We are properly aghast at
that kind of divisiveness in
the Church of Jesus Christ.
Methodists are scandalized
at such factionalism, as are
Presbyterians, Baptists,
Lutherans, UCC’s, Disciples,
Episcopalians and all other
sectarians!
Despite what the Corin
thian Christians were
saying, they did not really
belong to Paul, Apollos,
Farm Calendar
Sunday, Aug. 29
Lancaster County Farmers
Association picnic,
Quarryville Fairgrounds
1 p.m.
Monday, Aug. 30
Entry date for fruits and
vegetables, Flemington
(N.J.) Agricultural Fair
Middletown Community
Fair opens at Mid
dletown.
Tuesday, Aug. 31
Flemington (N.J.)
Agricultural Fair opens.
Wednesday, Sept. 1
Lancaster County Con
servation District board
meeting, Farm and
Home Center,
Thursday, Sept. 2
Schuylkill County DHIA
directors meet, Ex
tension office, 8 p.m.
TO BEWARE OF
SILO GAS
Silo filling time is here and
there is always danger of
poisonous gases forming for
the first 10 days after filling
the silo; we have known of
many cases of suffocation
and severe respiratory
damage from these gases. A
partly filled silo is very
dangerous and should never
be entered without running
the blower for 10 to 15
minutes. Most of these gases
are heavier than air and will
collect on the surface of the
silage or at the bottom of the
silo chute; some are yellow
in color while others are
colorless; most of them will
have the odor of laundry
Cephas, or any other apostle.
They belonged to Christ
alone.
Not With
Eloquence
Furthermore, in their
exaltion of individual
apostles over others, Paul
saw the dangerous trend
toward focusing on the
wisdom of individual in
terpreters rather than the
gospel of Christ. Christ had
sent Paul to preach the
gospel, but “not with
elequent wisdom lest the
cross of Christ be emptied of
its power” (1:17).
No, said Paul, they were
wrong in identifying
themselves as being
followers of any of Christ’s
apostles. Let no man say, “I
belong to Luther” or “I
belong to John Calvin.”
Where is the line between
legitimate and fruitful
sectar iancism and
destructive “party spirit”?
What we need to
remember, says Paul, is that
all religious leaders are but
“servants” through whom
God accomplishes his
purposes. Their purpose is to
exalt the Christ rather than
themselves. We are all but
“fellow workers,” but God
alone “gives the growth”
(3:7).
So, let us be united, not
“untied.”
RURAL ROUTE By Tom Armstrong
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NOW IS
THE TIME...
Max Smith
County Agr. Agent
Telephone 394-6851
bleach and irritate the eyes
and nose. Farmers are urged
to warn their employees and
their family about the
danger of this gas formation.
Don’t take chances from the
time the silo is being filled
for at least 10 days.
TO EVALUATE FEED
SUPPLIES
The fall season is ap
proaching and soon the
winter feeding schedule will
be needed. Where will your
herd or flock get their most
economical feed nutrients
this winter? With cattle
feeders and dairymen no
doubt sufficient supplies of
forages such as hay and
silage will give the cheapest
production. The good com
crop that is now maturing
will no doubt make more
milk or pounds of beef per
acre when made into com
silage. Cattle feeders will
have to manage their feeding
operations very carefully
because of the depressed
market conditions; gains
from silage and roughages
will surely be cheaper than
from grain feeding. Feed
costs are one of the most
important parts of efficient
production. Take time to
decide from where your
cheapest nutrients are to
come.
TO STUDY THE
CATTLE MARKETS
Cattle feeders have been in
a bind for most of the.
summer; the forecasts are
not encouraging for much of
an increase in fat cattle
prices. Prices of feeders and
replacements are, as usual,
extremely high when con
sidering the fat market
prices. This means that the
producer should get well
acquainted with market
trends and conditions so that
he can move quickly for his
own benefit. Too many
feeders are holding fat cattle
waiting for the market to
improve; I hope this will
happen very soon but it
appears to be very slow in
coming; perhaps these
feeders should start to move
a load or two of their heavier
(Continued on Page 121
©Turn Armstrong 1974
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