—Lancaster Farming, Saturday. October 15,1977
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EDITORIAL COMMENTS BY DIETER KRIEG, EDITOR
What are we, the people, doing wrong?
Shocking news arrived in this office
this week So shocking, that it needs
to be shared, with hopes that a small
effort can be launched to straighten
out the problem
Many of you readers may have
noticed an Associated Press news
story earlier this week about 111
ninth-graders in Hawaii who were
asked to write the Pledge of
Allegiance None could do it
At about the same time, that ar
ticle hit the wires, American Farm
Bureau president Allan Grant
revealed a study by the U S
Chamber of Commerce which
documents further ignorance among
American high school students To
lessen chances of your missing the
story, it begins on page 1 of this
week's issue.
Grant is upset by these kind of
trends So am I. So are millions of
other people, I’m sure The attitudes
reflected in the U S Chamber of
Commerce survey are shameful and
indicative of rough sailing for a
great country and great people That
includes agriculture
America’s young agricultural
EASIER DONE
THAN SAID
Lesson for October 16,1977
Background Scripture:
Luke 10:25-37.
Devotional Reading:
Matthew 20:16-21.
I realize that the title of
this week’s column may
seem, at first glance, a
NOW IS THE TIME...
TO MAKE LAST
ALFALFA CUTTING
Several inquiries have
related to the merits of
taking the final cutting of
alfalfa at this time of the
year; m many former years
we have suggested to wait
until after the first killing
frost. At the time of this
writing we have not had a
killing frost here in
southeastern Pennsylvania;
however, many crop experts
feel there is little value in
waiting until after the
middle of October to remove
the last crop. New Stands
(seeded in 1977) no doubt will
be better off if this final
RURAL ROUTE By Tom Armstrong
society would undoubtedly score
much higher than did the students in
the U S C ofC survey, but that’s no
big consolation We must remember
that we’re outnumbered about 20 to
1
Let’s take a closer look at the
Pledge of Allegiance test The
teacher who conducted the inquiry
called the results “frightening ”
Some students were so far off the
track that they wrote phrases such
as "under guard” instead of “under
God," and “for richest stand” in
stead of "for which it stands ”
The White House was bathed in
warm sunlight while a group of
agricultural writers from all over the
country visited there two weeks ago.
It was a gorgeous day No one ever
forgets a visit to the Executive
Mansion, I believe, especially when
the occasion includes a session with
the President himself.
The great weather was appropriate
for the occasion Anyone who has
typographical error. We are
accustomed to saymg or
hearing said that some
things are “easier said than
done.” And, often, this is so.
That is evident in the
religious atmosphere of
Jesus’ own day. People
talked about religion a great
deal. In fact, it was easily
their favorite pastime. Some
people even made a
profession out of it - just as
some of us still do today.
There was nothing the
people loved so much as a
good debate on some minor
point in the law.
How do you read?
Last February while in
Jerusalem, as I was taking a
group of people through the
cutting is left on the field;
the plants will hold the snow
better and give more winter
protection. Old stands are
more able to stand the
removal of the plants late in
the Fall. Under all con
ditions it is suggested that
the field be topdressed with a
0-20-20 or 0-15-30 fertilizer yet
this fall. This extra plant
food will strengthen the
plants and give greater
yeilds next summer.
TO BEWARE
OF JOHNSONGRASS
As the current com crop is
being harvested we suggest
that growers be on the alert
for Johnsongrass plants.
Impressions from our nation’s capital
building that is the
traditional site of both
David’s tomb and The Last
Supper, an old rabbi insisted
that we come with him to see
a very old and valuable
Torah. As we entered the
room there was a group of
Hassidic Jews engaged in
loud and animated discourse
(the word “conversation”
would be inappropriate).
While we examined the
scrolls, they became so loud
and animated that I took the
rabbi aside and asked what
was the matter. Smiling
broadly he informed me that
“Nothing is the matter; they
are just discusiing the
scriptures!”
I really shouldn’t have
By Max Smith, Lancaster County Agr, Agent Telephone 394-6851
These are similar to
sorghum plants and should
be eradicated at once before
another cropping season. I
have had farmers say they
noticed one or two plants one
fall and the next summer
noticed several dozen plants.
This grass-type weed will
soon take over a field and no
crop can be harvested.
Farmers with stands of
Johnsongrass should consult
their local County Extension
Agent for treatments next
spring and summer.
TOBEWARE
OF ACORNS
The word of caution may
be a bit late for some areas
Twelve of the 111 students couldn't
spell the word “America ”
The teacher exclaimed “Im sick, I
don’t know where to turn,” adding
that she was convinced educational
standards are not high enough
“Students are being passed
regardless of their 'skills,” she
charged
Coincidentally, I recently had a
Lancaster County teacher tell me
that she's the only one in her class
who recites the Pledge of Allegiance
each morning The students
themselves just don’t care.
respect for the United States of
America, and the Presidency, and
the President feels privileged and
honored to set foot on the White
House grounds. The sun was shining
and so were our feelings of pride and
satisfaction
We walked through a hallway in
the White House which reflected
history and highly respectable
stateliness Then we gathered in the
been so unsuspecting for I
have seen and heard
Christians “discuss” the
scriptures with the same
degree of heat and volume.
Human beings truely love to
talk about religion.
Without being too hard on
the lawyer who questioned
Jesus in Luke 10, it seems to
me that that was what he
wanted too. He wanted to
talk about religion and so he
riased one of the familiar
questions with which the
religious debaters and
authorities like to become
engrossed: “...what shall I
do to inherit eternal life?”
The lawyer wanted to see
how Jesus would answer the
age-old question.
but fallen acoms are not
good dairy cow feed. In fact,
they are not good for con
sumption of any type of
bovmes. Our veterinarians
report serious digestive
troubles when cattle eat
acorns and the loss of milk
flow for the current lac
tation. We realize that many
diarymen do less grazing of
their milking herd than in
previous years; however,
some areas are suitable only
for grazing and in the
presence of oak trees,
careful herd management is
essential. Along this same
line, cattle should not be
permitted to graze legumes
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As for the U S C of C study, the
percentages of ignorance suggest
very strongly that education in the
United States isn’t worth a whole lot
when it comes to teaching principles
which have made this country free
and great
What are we doing wrong 7
We’re letting some educators get
away with murder
Murder of a way of life, an
economic system, a free society, and
a country
Cabinet Room, the windows of which
faced the Rose Garden The visitor
can’t help but be impressed by the
decor of the large room -- the
paintings, drapes, furnishings,
woodwork, chandeliers, and much
more It’s a beautiful place and
conveys a feeling of warmth,
To justify himself
He must have been sur
prised when Jesus turned the
question back to him and
said, “What is written in the
law? How do you read?”
(10:26). Asked his opinion,
the lawyer gave a textbook
answer: “You shall love the
Lord your God...and your
neighbor as yourself.”
Hearing this answer, Jesus
said he was on the right
track.
But the lawyer wasn’t
satisfied for he knew that it
was an answer that wasn’t
an answer; it left too much
unanswered: “And who is
my neighbor?” Lord, it is
easy to say but how do we
such as alfalfa or clover
when frost is on the plants;
senous bloating can result.
After the frost has melted
and the plants are dry, then
grazing may be done nor
mally.
TO HARVEST
LIVESTOCK BEDDING
All types of bedding
materials are scarce and
expensive; prices at auc
tions and sales are very high
and are worth the effort to
utilize all kinds of materials.
We hope that all types of
small grain straw is har
vested and under cover.
Currently, the com stalks
are a potential bedding
Farm Calendar
Today, Oct. 15
Thomasville 4-H Club has
hay nde, beginning at the
Rodney Eisenhart farm, 7; 30
p.m.
Oktoberfest at Rough and
Tumble Engineers Museum
grounds, Kinzer. Many old
time pieces of farm
machinery will be shown and
demonstrated. Old-time
crafts will also be a part of
the activities, which begin at
10 a.m. and last until 5 p.m. (Continued on Page 20)
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apply it? How do we live it in
our lives?
It was in response that
Jesus told the remarkable
story of “the Good
Samaritan” in which he
demonstrated dramatically
that we can debate these
questions all our lives, but
until we stop talking (the
priest and the Levite who
“passed by" were talkers),
and start doing, as the
Samaritan did, we will never
leam that love often is, in
truth, easier done than said!
material and we urge all
growers to attempt to
harvest them for bedding
purposes. Shredded com
fodder makes good bedding
for all types of livestock,
where bedding materials
can be used. The stalks can
absorb large amounts of
liquids and still can be
returned to the soil for
higher organic matter
content. Don’t waste any
bedding materials this fall.
Pa. Polled Hereford Sale,
York Fairgrounds, 5 p.m.
Monday, Oct. 17
Lancaster County Far-
mers Association begins
week of promotional ac
tivites and displays at Park
City Mall, Lancaster.
Tuesday, Oct. 18
Adams County Holstein
banquet, New Chester, 6 45
p.m. at St. John’s Church.