g _, , npact / Farming, Saturday, October 22, 1977
Editorial comments By DIETER KRIEG, EDITOR .-I J
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Protecting our heritage
“Don’t miss this most educational
program ... ‘Why YOU need the
Lancaster County farmers,' ”
proclaims an ad which was seen in
several Lancaster area newspapers
this week. The attractive and eye
catching ad was in reference to “A
Farm Show at Park City," staged by
members of the Lancaster County
Farmers Association.
Masterpiece
When you consider all the noise
and power displayed by unions, you
might suspect that they must have
pretty near all workers as members.
But that's not true. Total union
representation among American
workers is only 28 per cent.
Nevertheless, unions have an
effect on how much you - the farmer
- pay for baler twine, machinery,
overalls, and a lot of other things
Unions also have a big influence on
how we’re governend and taxed
They hinder our agricultural exports
and fan inflation It’s surprising what
28 per cent of. this nation’s work
force can do In fact, it’s almost
frightening
And, you know, the union bosses
WHAT ARE
AMPLE GOODS ?
Lesson for October 23,1977
Background Scripture: Luke
12:15-31
1 Timothy 6; 6-21
Devotional Reading:
Isaiah 40:27-31,
The so-called Parable of
the Rich Fool was a
TO BE CAREFUL
IN CORN BUYING
The danger of aflatoxins in
com comes to our attention
at this time. We are told of
this infection in several of
our southern states. It is a
toxic material found in the
ears of com or in the gram as
it comes from the field. The
infection is found m com
kernels that have been
subjected to stress-causing
situations such as drought,
mechanical damage, insect
or disease problems. To our
knowledge not any of this
problem has been reported
in Pennsylvania com but is
present in com south of our
state We suggest that
buyers of corn insist upon an
RURAL ROUTE By Tom Armstrong
For the second year m a row, the
LCFA organized and produced a
promotional event which brought the
farmer’s concerns and lifestyle closer
to all those who merely buy his
products It’s a commendable effort
The wives of these farmers
deserve special recognition because
they’re the ones who got it going.
of absurdity
aren’t satisfied. They want more
power, more money, more anything
that'll be to their advantage. A
favorite scheme of theirs has been to
have Right to Work laws repealed.
Such legislation allows workers to
have a choice to join a union or not.
Union lobbyists are actively pursuing
a goal which would no longer offer
workers a choice. If they succeed,
workers must join
A similar and reportedly even more
dangerous proposal is underfoot
which would require federal
government employees to support
unwanted unions. On the national
level, this masterpiece of absurdity is
being pushed in Congress by
Representatives William Clay (D-Mo.)
significant illustration for
those who listened to Jesus.
They could easily visualize
the fanner whose problem
became, not how do I
produce more crops, but
what do I do with what I
have?
Although we no longer live
in an economy dominated by
agriculture and many of us
have never been in the role
of the farmer, still the
parable is just as rich and
meaningful for us today as it
was then.
The unwise steward
We can understand the
fanner’s dilemma because
we too live in an economy
where the problem is
basically, not how to get
iflatoxin test, which can be such as apple, cherry, hie- or pi ;h. They must have a potash, this element may not
performed by the State kory, locust, sugar maple, balanced diet of all three be needed for a good crop
Department of Agriculture, and oak make the best wood plus some of the minor yield. We urge attention to
before signing corn buying because they bum slow; elements. This means that if soil testing at this time for
contracts. This infected com types of wood such as willow, a soil is low in any one of the best results.
should not be fed to any
breeding animals.
TO GET FIREWOOD
SUPPLY
Winter weather has
already reached part of our
state, and soon heating
systems will be a daily need.
The supply of wood for the
fireplace needs attention at
this time. We are aware of
the stronger demand for
wood toward the effort to
conserve other types of fuel.
Our Forestry experts advise
us that certain kinds of wood
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enough to get through the
next day, but how to use
wisely the surplusses God
has given us. If we have
financial problems (with
some exceptions), it is a
matter how to afford a
higher style of living than
one of putting food on the
table and a roof overhead.
Like the farmer, we are
tempted to decide that the
answer is “larger”
bar ns... translated into
current terminology, that
may be bigger house, larger
car, more powerful cor
porations, etc. We seem to
reason that if a certain
amount of physical goods
satisfies certain basic needs,
then a whole lot of those
make poor wood because
they bum faster and may
develop vapor pockets which
may “pop” and throw
sparks. Dry wood is
preferred over freshly-cut
wood an i owners are urged
not to store it in the house or
a heated building. Wood
insects may hatch out and
infest the home or building.
TO BALANCE CROP
DIETS
Plants cannot yield well on
nitrogen alone; or can they
do well only with phosphorus
©Tom Armstrong MT7
VO*-.
and William Ford (D-Mich.) In Penn
sylvania, Act 195 has the same in
tent.
The. proposed measure would
initiate the so-called agency shop
pr+nciple which is currently being
fought by a number of Right to Work
organizations, including Penn
sylvanians for Right to Work The
agency shop idea would require a
worker to pay the equivalent of union
dues even if he doesn’t belong to the
union.
Various farmer associations
C COMMENTS FROM READERS. >
Education is not a scapegoat
Editor, Lancaster Fanning:
I feel compelled to write to
you concerning your last
editorial about what are we,
the people, doing wrong?
While I agree with you that
the ignorance displayed by
students is shameful, and
that something should be
done about it, I must object
to where you put the blame.
As a former educator
involved in the public
school’s teaching system, I
have seen at first hand, the
goods must be even better.
Of course, it rarely works
out that way.
That was what happened
to the Rich Fool. Although he
decided that bigger and
better barns would be his
security, he found suddently
that they weren’t what he
really needed anyway. He
had indeed been a fool.
Not only had he foolishly
thought that security was to
be found in bigger and better
bams, but he had also
mistaken his soul for his
body. “And I will say to my
soul, Soul you have ample
goods laid up for many
years” (Luke 12:19). He was
speaking to his soul, but he
was talking about physical
(nitrogen, phosphorus, or
potash) crop yields will
suffer. We can learn what
the fertilizer needs of the soil
are by running a complete
soil test before next year’s
planting. The best time to do
this is this fall before the
ground freezes. Soil test kits
are moving rapidly at many
Extension Offices now and
we urge additional attention
to this important practice.
On many fields in Lancaster
County where tobacco
fertilizers have built excess
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throughout Pennsylvania and across
the nation are discussing this issue
now as part of their policy proposals.
Any attempts made by big labor to
further restrict the rights of in
dividuals should be vigorously op
posed. Right to Work legislation, and
the organizations which support
them are m line with principles
embraced by farmers.
It’s time to let your state and
national legislators know what you
think of “agency shop" labor tactics
problems that are facing the
education system.
Every 1 time some study
shows up that shows that the
students aren’t as smart as
they used to be, or this isn’t
being taught, or that isn’t
being taught, the teachers
(or, the educators) get
blamed.
Take, for example, the
Pledge of Allegiance test.
Has it occurred to you that
by law today students are
not required to say the
goods. He didn’t seem to
realize that physical goods
are for the body, but the soul
needs spiritual nourishment
and value. Thus, when,
suddenly, his physical body
was taken and all that
remained was his soul, he
was greatly lacking in the
spiritual goods that his Soul
required.
The unexpected hour
He failed to realize - as so
often we do too - that “life is
more than food, and the body
more than clothing” (12:23).
The Gospel of Jesus Christ
came, not denying or
ignoring the realities and
blessings of our material
existence, but proclaiming
TO RESPECT TRESPASS
SIGNS
The small game hunting
season is approaching when
hundreds of hunters will take
to the fields. I realize that
many of the hunters needing
to read this column are not
farm folks and will not get
this paper; however, I’d like
to call attention to the
respect needed of a lan
downer when he posts No
Farm Calendar
Today, Oct. 22
Open House at Atlantic
Breeders, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Monday, Oct. 24
Conrad Weiser, Young
Fanners meet at the high
school to discuss tillage and
soil compaction.
Tuesday, Oct. 25
Farm Tax Workshop at the
Farm and Home Center,
Lancaster, 9:30 a.m. to 3:30
p.m.
Pledge? Have you con
sidered the facts that many
students today refuse to do
anything in school, whether
it be homework or
schoolwork, or even say the
Pledge of Allegiance, and
there is no way a teacher can
make them do their work?
I fail to think that the
major part of the problem
can be blamed on educators.
Instead, the problem cen-
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that there is a reality that
goes far beyond this physical
life we live on earth, a
reality that alone remains
when the material existance
is over.
As University of Notre
Dame Professor Morton
Kelsey was observed, it is
contemporary man’s failure
to realize that there is both a
physical and spitirual reality
that has made life today so
empty for many and our
religion so unsatifying. The
“ample goods” that are the
quest of every person’s
earthly quest can only be the
spiritual treasurers that
survive the rust and decay of
the material world.
Trespass signs on his land.
This means that you are not
to step on this land unless
you get permission from the
owner. I’m aware that some
hunters ignore these signs
and take over as if they
owned the land. They are
violators of the Penn
sylvania Crimes Code and
may be punished. Everyone
should respect the property
rights of farm and forest
owners.
Wednesday, Oct. 26
York-Adams County beef
round-up, Thomasville
Livestock Auction, beef
show at 9:30 a.m.; sheep
show is night before
(Tuesday) at 5:30 p.m.; sale
at 4 p.m. today.
Farm Tax Workshop, 9:30
a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the
Farm and Home Center,
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