—Lancaster Fannin*, Saturday, April 22,1978
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Everybody wants a piece of country
Land
That’s the thing to have these
days, it's valuable, gaining in value
all the time, and precious for raising
both crops and children.
Years ago it wasn’t that way. Land
was cheap and people would just as
soon live in town. That’s where the
jobs, playgrounds, golf courses,
clubs, and stores were. That’s where
the action was. The excitement, the
fun, and the profit for business.
Towns and suburbs were the places
to be.
Things and times have changed
now, however. The cities are
decaying. Streets are dirty, children
grow up surrounded by concrete,
and welfare rolls are expanding.
Youngsters who grow up with
nothing to do are easy game for
crime. Cities aren’t the place to be
anymore.
Land is where it’s all at now. Those
who can afford a piece of country are
glad to call it home. The “country
hick" of yesterday now has doctors
and lawyers and architects and
insurance men for neighbors. Their
children have entire fields for
DOWN TO
SAMARIA
Lesson for April 23,1978
Background Scripture;
Acts 8:4-40.
Devotional Reading:
Acts 8;26-35 ,
The serious student of the
TO GUARD
AGAINST PARASITES
internal and external
parasites that infest our
livestock population. All
producers should make a
COMMENTS FROM READERS
Dear Editor:
The failure of the Jeffords
cow cull bill is that it offers a
politically attractive hand
out instead of a much needed
solution to a basic problem
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Bible who follows the
scriptures with a map may
find him or herself perplexed
in reading that “Philip went
down to a city of Samaria
and proclaimed there the
Christ” (Acts ,8:4). How
could Philip go “down” to
Samaria when every Bible
map clearly shows that
Samaria was located North
of Jerusalem?
Of course, if you have a
topographical map or you
have even been there in the
Holy Land there is no
dilemma. Although Samaria
is indeed North of Jerusalem
(and therefore “up” from it
on a map), it is lower in
elevation than the Holy City.
special effort to control all of local veterinarian will lice are likely on all species are not eaten by the family
these pests. Stomach worms reveal any infestation. At the of animals and should be or fed to any livestock. Most
part of the country because
of the high humidity and the
dense livestock population.
A sample of the feces to the
facing beef, pork and egg
producers as well as
dairymen. We (I fatten beef
cattle) need larger markets.
This means more demand
and - if the government will
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playgrounds and they can enjoy a
thoroughly different and refreshing
world.
Shopping centers, schools,
churches, and entire new “towns”
have moved out to the country.
There’s a brand new appreciation for
the land. And with it there’s com
petition for its use and eventual
ownership. Despite the upsurge in
appreciation and competition,
however, not much is happening in
regard to respect for the land. Land -
- the soil -- is still abused by both
farmers and non-farmers. Con
servation is a popular topic of
discussion, and is diligently practiced
by a good many of our farmers, but
erosion still continues and farmland -
- even the very best of it -- gets
“slaughtered" for development.
That’s why land is the thing to have
these days. Aside from the noble
reasons supplied by agriculture, land
is the thing to have because it’s as
good as gold in most cases. While the
dollar is sinking in value, apd the
economy m general is in a slump, and
foreign products are displacing the
Thus, anyone going from
Jerusalem to Samaria would
have to go “down” from a
higher to lower elevation.
Multitudes gave heed
There was, however,
another sense in which one
went “down” to Samaria
quite apart from any con
cerns of topography. In the
eyes of the Jews Samaria
was always a step “down.”
Although Samaria occupied
roughly the area of the old
Northern Kingdom of Israel,
the Jews regarded the
people there as a racially
mixed polygot of people
whose racial and religious
purity had been'dissipated
forever. So greatly did they
that some hog herds have the
problem of mange mite; this
causes severe skin irritation
and poor weight gains. Body
leave our market alone -
better prices.
The greatest food fad in
our history - the low
chloresterol diet - has hurt us
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“Made in the U.S.A.’’ stuff, farmland
is not only holding its own, it's
considered a mighty attractive in
vestment. Everybody wants a piece
of country.
Joining Americans in their quest
for land of their own are foreigners.
According to government officials, no
one really knows at this time how
much of America’s soil is owned by
foreigners. But it is no secret that
foreigners have been buying here,
are looking to buy more, and In
cidents of that type are increasing
rapidly.
The General Accounting Office in
Washington has been asked by
Congress to look into foreign
ownership of American land. The fear
in some circles is that foreign in
vestors could gain enougfi control of
land in some areas to have an impact
on local conditions.
Even without foreign speculators,
businessmen, and farmers eyeing
good land in the United States,
there’s enough demand to keep
prices up. That’s significant since
farm prices for some commodities
such as wheat and other grains
look down on the Samaritans
that, although it represented
the most direct route North
to Galilee, it was usually
avoided by Jews who took
the longer way around
through the Jordan Valley.
When, during his ministry,
Jesus traveled through
Samaria on occasion and
found some response from
these people, his Jewish
peers were scandalized, and
probably his disciples as
well. Thus, Philip’s trip
“down” to Samaria must
have caused some ap
prehension in the early
church. There must have
been those who wondered
reduce vigor and profitable
returns. Don’t allow them to
reduce your bank deposits.
TO BE CAREFUL WITH
LEFT-OVER SEEDS
This time of the year we
often have extra crop and
garden seeds left; this is
only normal and if they are
stored properly, they can be
used later this year or next
year. Keep them in a dry
place away from all weed
killer sprays or dusts. The
main thing is to be sure they
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haven't been attractive enough to
cause farmers to bid upland prices.
Although farmers ~ particularly
those near populated areas -- were
rarely alone when it came to bidding
up farmland, the farmers now have
more “help" in that regard than they
ever had before.
With that in mind, it’s almost next
to impossible for farmland values to
stop escalating. Were we still back in
"the good old. days" when everyone
except the farmer wanted to lively,
in town, land prices would probably "
be going down now because of the
economic squeeze so many farmers
face in major agricultural areas of
this country. Farmers can’t afford to
buy land at present prices. But
others can, and so the prices stay
high. In many cases they're out of
line with the farmer's ability to pay.
Granted, some areas of the
country are reporting slight drops in
land prices. But that isn’t expected
to last. The fact that everybody
wants a piece of country is holding
prices up. The world has learned that
land is where it’s all at.
why Philip couldn’t have
remained in Jerusalem and
Judea and worked among
more “deserving” people.
There was much joy
There was even some
irony in the fact that it was
Philip who went to Samaria.
Philip was not an apostle,
but simply a man who had
been chosen along with
Stephen and some other
Greek-speaking Jews to
provide for some of the early
church’s material needs. He
was not chosen to do any
preaching or teaching. He
had no rank as an evangelist,
yet despite his lack of high
status, his results were
gratifying: “...multitudes
treated with one or more
pesticides to control insects
or diseases; this makes
them unfit for human or
livestock consumption. All
growers should be careful in
not allowing these seeds to
be consumed. They should
either be used, burned, or
buried. Don’t leave them
lying around the premises.
They are dangerous to
children, pets, or livestock.
THE CULL DAIRY COWS
The farm press has been
Farm Calendar
Today, April 22
York County 4-H Family Fun
Night, 7 p.m. at the 4-H
Center.
Last day to pick up tree
seedlings in Berks
County, at the Ag Center,
noon to 4 p.m. These are
trees which were pur
chased earlier this year
through the ASCS
program.
Sheep shearing school in
with one accord gave heed to
what was said” (8:6).
Furthermore, Philip was
able to perform great
miracles of healing and
exorcism ther. Hardly the
result one would
pected from a low-gractr
evangelist in a down-beat
mission field! %
• Sometimes God has a
of making us come down
from our lofty of
prejudice and ego, showing
us that he is in no way
limited to>' the channels and
parochialisms that seem to
mean so much to us. There
comes a time when each of
,us must go “down to
Samaria.”
suggesting the heavier
culling of dairy cows, in
recent months. The atnjs)
dant supply of milk at thus
time, and indications for
greater supplies in the few
months ahead, might sup
port the suggestion. No
doubt every herd might have
several head that are not as
efficient as others, which
could be sold without hurting
the net profit picture. In
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Cumberland County at
the John F. Stamy, Jr.
farm near Newville, 9:30
a.m.
Hoedown at the Hamburg
Field House, 8 to 12 p.m.,
sponsored by the Berks
County Society of Farm
Women. gfk
Nut tree grafting demctf?*
stration, 9:30 a.m. at the
Senior Citizens Hall,
Orwigsburg.
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