—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 22,1977
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EDITORIAL COMMENTS
When one considers how much time
and effort is required to organize for
a small party at home, it’s easy to
appreciate the amount of work and
dedication that goes into an event
such as this It's impossible for a
small group to put together. Lan
caster County farmers can be
thankful and proud of having a group
among them which strives to com
municate with the public m an in
teresting and educational fashion
Our farm are a precious heritage.
We should make efforts to convey
that message to the general public so
that this heritage and way of life isn't
We need your help
Now that the harvest is almost
over; it’s time to put the equipment
away, and there'll be more time for
reading, we’d like to start a new
series of interesting stories which we
need some help on.
Remember the good old days?
That’s what we'd like to do.
Do you have an old piece of
equipment on your farm that saw its
prime during the Fifties or earlier 7 If
Young
farmer
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efficiency, and reap better
financial returns for their
owners. Cleared for use by
the Food and Drug Ad
ministration, the drug is
available at all major feed
mills m this area.
Cattlemen were advised
by Robinson to get their
cattle wormed shortly after
they bring them home,
although the animals should
be pretty well acclimated to
their new surroundings and
feed before any possible
stress periods such as
worming are introduced.
Minimizing stress is one of
the repeated cardinal rules
of the cattle business.
According to another
study at Michigan State,
careless management
factors can substantially add
to costs per hundred pounds
of gain. Lot conditions, for
example, can cost the cat
tleman an extra $7 per
hundred pounds of gam if
stress factors aren’t held to a
minimum. Other
management factors which
may add $2 to $3 to the cost
per hundredweight of gam
are feeder quality and
health, feed intake, ration
formulation, feeding system,
growth stimulants,
metabolic stimulants, and
sale conditions.
Care must be taken when
administering chemicals for
parasite control, Robinson
noted. While acknowledging
that many products are
highly effective and com
mendable, misuse can result
in a host-parasite reaction or
toxicity. Either way, the
cattle are subjected to
severe stress
The next meeting of the
Garden Spot Young Farmers
Association will take place
Nov 8 at 7 45 p.m at the
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encroached upon out of ignorance or
apathy
I’m sure no one in or near Lan
caster County has forgotten the
Barley brothers’ struggle last Spring
with the Lancaster Area Refuse
Authority It’s a solid fact that public
opinion was the key to keeping 58
acres of their tamland m production,
rather than having it ripped apart for
a landfill.
Now, just think how that case
would have ended if the public would
have been ignorant of the im
portance of agriculture.
We need farmers -- not just in
you do, please let us know, and we’ll
keep it on file for a possible story.
We’d like to explain how the old
equipment worked, etc. Or, if you
can describe or demonstrate an old
fashioned way of farming, then let us
know about that too.
We think it’ll be fun and in
teresting, and at the same time
provide a written and pictorial record
of what farming was like a generation
or two ago.
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Lancaster County, but elsewhere
too. And we need continued efforts to
make sure no one ever forgets that.
That’s why efforts such as the one
at Park City are so worthwhile and
important. That too, could be a good
C COMMENTS FROM READERS. >
Education
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ters on the whole problem
of the attitude of America -
its youth and its adults. If
parents support their
children in their rebellion of
not doing their work,
refusing to pledge
Allegiance, and failure to
obey educators, then they
are asking for ignorance and
problems.
Don’t blame the educators
for a problem that starts at
home. That answer is just
too easy to be good. Maybe
we all should look at our
values and the way we live
before we start putting the
blame on others for today’s
life problems.
Sincerely,
Kendaceßorry
Mt. Joy, Pa.
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WITH
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RDI
Cochranville, PA
Ph.(215)932-4700
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RDI
Jonestown, PA
Ph. (717)865-4526
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RD2
Oley, PA
Ph.(215)987-6277
cheap food program
Editor, Lancaster Fanning:
I very much enjoy your
editorial comments.
In reading your “Im
pressions from the Nation’s
Capital,” I too can feel proud
of Washington and our form
of government, but somehow
I can’t find any pride in
President Carter’s policies.
Our government policies are
leaning farther away from
free markets all of the time.
Now Mr. Bergland wants
to take the bloom out of farm
land prices so young farmers
can afford to buy them. At
the price of farm products
today, any young farmer
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reason for you to consider joining in
such efforts. It’ll be for your own
good and that of your neighbor.
Congratulations, members of the
Lancaster County Farmers
Association!
Unions favor
would be foolish to even
think of buying a farm and
paying the high prices for
farm machinery, parts,
fertilizer, seeds, etc., all
caused by the unions of this
country who supported our
President in his election
campaign and a “cheap food
policy.” Unions are against
exporting farm products.
Do you suppose our
government will want to try
their hand at producing
“cheap food?” Well, the
communists tried that!
Sincerely,
(Mrs.) Geraldine Ambrosias
Brodbecks, Pa.