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—Lancaster Fannins, Saturday, June 24,1978
Food advertising battle shaping up
Farmers are getting hurt by
deceptive and false advertising
claims made by manufacturers of
artificial and imitation food products
which compete with farm products.
Several farm organizations are now
mounting campaigns to bring unfair
advertising practices to a halt. But
they need your support.
Among those most concerned are
such organizations as the National
Dairy Council, the National Livestock
and Meat Board, the American Egg
Board, and United Egg Producers.
Also in the forefront of the battle is
the National Commission on Egg
Nutrition, an independent
organization which aims for truth in
egg nutrition research.
The National Commission on Egg
Nutrition, (NCEN) filed a complaint
THE QUIET
REVOLUTION
Lesson for June 25, 1978
Background Scripture:
Acts 17.
Devotional Reading:
Acts 17:23-34.
A black African leader
TO CONTROL
FLIES
Recent weather conditions
have favored the develop
ment of a larger fly
population; extra moisture
presents ideal conditions for
maggots to develop into
flies. We suggest that
livestock operators use
residual insecticies on their
buildings to cut down the
house fly problem;
materials such as Cygon,
Korlan, and Rabon can be
used. Be sure to follow
directions about amounts
and presence of livestock.
One of the most important
practices in keeping down
the number of flies is to
clean up the place and
eliminate fly breeding areas.
Manure packs and other filth
are good fly breeding places.
Cygon and Korlan sprays or
applications on the surface
of manure piles or packs will
stop fly maggot develop
ment Good sanitation along
RURAL ROUTI
was interviewed by a
newsman. Asked what had
influenced him most as a
revolutionary leader, he
replied without hesitation:
“The Christian missionary
school I attended.”
Many Christians were
shocked to think that their
contributions to the missions
had in any way influenced
this man to become a
revolutionary. Ironically
this story broke in the
summer of 1976 while
Americans were celebrating
their own revolutionary
heritage.
World Upside Down
Yet there is no question
but that Christianity has
been a revolutionary force
with the proper use of in
secticides can keep flies
under control.
TO RENOVATE OLD
STRAWBERRY BEDS
If the old plants are to be
kept for another season, they
should be thinned out and
fertilized after the current
crop is picked. This can be
done by band or by use of a
cultivator to narrow the
rows. A complete fertilizer
application, and especically
nitrogen, will encourage new
growth and additional
runner plants.
Most strawberry plants
will give their best yields the
first year after the planting
year; however, with good
care they can be profitable
for a year or so longer. The
allow them to grow into a
solid mass of plants is not a
good practice. New plan
tings should be fertilized
when planted and again
during mid-summer. The
earlier that new runner
DAD gO WHERE.
ARE THE. CHICKENS 1
I PUT ASIDE TO TAKE
last month with the Federal Trade
Commission requesting action
against Miles Laboratories for an
advertising campaign about eggs and
heart disease. The National
Livestock and Meat Board (NLMB)
has filed a similar complaint.
Recently, the NLMB requested the
FTC to order four food manufac
turers to cease and desist from
“false, deceptive, and misleading"
advertising which claims health
benefits for their meat substitute
and vegetable oil products. Named in
the complaint were Miles
Laboratories, makers of Mornmgstar
Farms meat substitute products;
Standard Brands, Inc., makers of
Fleischmann’s margarine and Egg
Beaters: Best Foods Division of CPC
International, Inc., makers of Mazola
from its very beginning.
Testimony to this is found in
Acts 17 when Paul ami Silas
are working in Thessalonica.
Encountering the two
missionaries in the
synagogue, some of the Jews
of Thessalonica drag some of
the Christians before the
town authorities, charging:
“These men who have
tamed the world upside
down, have come here also”
(17*).
Wherever Paul and Silas
went - as well as other
Christian missionaries -
they were upsetting people
and turning communities
“upside down.” No matter
how you slice it, the Good
News of Jesus Christ is a
plants are rooted, the better
they will yield next spring.
TOSHEAR
PINE TREES
In this part of the state
June and July would be the
time to shape pine trees.
This is true of ornamental
plantings as well as those
being grown for Christmas
trees. The shearing should
be done when most of the
new growth has developed.
Shearing is done to improve
the shape of the tree, and in
many cases to keep the size
under control to fit the
landscape.
Spruce and fir trees should
not be sheared until late fall
and winter. Most pine trees
will become thicker and
more attractive when
pruned at this time of the
year. This work should not
be done on a tree before it is
at least 3 to 4 feet high.
TO SPRAY ALFALFA
FOR LEAF HOPPERS
One of the most
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corn oil and margarine: and PVO
International, Inc., makers of Saffola
margarine and' vegetable oil
products. In addition to requesting a
cease and desist order, the Meat
Board has asked the FTC to seek a
temporary injunction prohibiting the
advertising pending issuance and
adjudication of a formal complaint,
according to a National Dairy Council
publication.
The nation’s egg industry has been
battling Standard Brands for many
months. The battle takes place not
only on supermarket shelves where
the farmer’s eggs face competition
from Standard Brands' Egg Beaters,
but m board and court rooms as well.
This Fall, the American Egg Board
and United Egg Producers hope to
take their case to court. They’re
revolutionary message and
force! No community was
ever the same again. These
men upset the peaceful
balance of communities by
challenging their religions,
their business practices, and
their moral standards.
Governmental authorities
looked upon these people as
politically subversive and
many were treated as such.
Jesus, The Other King
One of the reasons they
were regarded so
suspiciously by civil
authorities was their in
sistence upon calling Jesus
their Lord. Political leaders
saw this as a threat to the
authority of the > Roman
Caesar and his empire.
destructive insects on alfalfa
in this part of the state is the
potato leaf hopper. This
insect usually attacks new
growth and will stunt the
plants and cause them to
turn yellow.
Growers who have
finished the first cutting
should make plans to spray
the field with Cygon,
Malathion, or Methoxychlor
Farm Calendar
Saturday, June 24
“Farmers breakfast” at
Willow Valley
Restaurant, Willow
Street. Speaker is Mel
Graham, brother of Billy
Graham. Sponsored by
Teen Haven, 9 a.m.
Sunday, June 25
Ephrata Area Young Far
mers baseball trip, meet
at 11 a.m. at Ephrata
Junior High School.
Cecil County Farm
By Tom Armstrong
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we'll find THEM. J
optimistic of standing a good chance
of winning. We hope they do. If th e)
do, it'll be a tremendous victory f or
all farmers.
But these kind of battles cos
money and time. As usual, it is tti
cooperative organizations who an
leading the fight. Farmers -
whether- they be dairymen
poultrymen,, or cattlemen ari
urged to consider the challenge
involved. There is a lot of stake.
A little time and money invested
now to protect the integrity of your
markets could pay big dividends m
years to come. This battle agamsf'
unfair advertising is one with which
every farmer should become in
volved. Unfair advertising should be
stopped dead in its tracks as soon as
possible.
Thus, in Thessalonica the
Jews accused the Christians
of saying that “there is
another king, Jesus.”
Well, of course, we do
regard Jesus as Lord and
King. Yet, Jesus is a dif
ferent kind of king. He seeks
no political or temporal
kingdom and his sovereignty
is spiritual. To be sure, his
Lordship often has con
sequences that are political,
social and economic in
nature, but that is not the
focus of his sovereignty in
men’s hearts.
This also means that
although his Good News is
revolutionary and throws the
world into ferment, still his
when the next growth is 2 to 4
inches high. Prevention is
much better than to try and
correct the problem after
stunting is noticed.
Second and third cuttings
of alfalfa are usually top
quality and very valuable for
feeding or for selling pur
poses. Growers are urged to
make every effort to get
maximum yields. The Leaf
Visitation Day, 1 p.m. to 5
p.m.
Dairy goat picnic and
workshop at the Richard
Weaner farm, just north
of Gettysburg on
Business Route 15. 11
a.m.
Monday, June 26
State horticulture tour to
orchards in Berks and
Lehigh Counties Con
tinues tomorrow. Call
your Extension Service
office for details.
Monthly meeting of the
Hunterdon County Horse
and Pony Association, at
the Extension Center, 8
p.m.
PennAg grain meeting, 6:30
p.m. at the Continental
Inn, Route 30, east of
Lancaster.
4-H Leadership Congress,
today through Thursday
at Penn State University.
Tuesday, June 27
Thomasville 4-H Club meets
at 7:30 p.m. at the 4-H
Center near Bair. Fun
revolution is not that of tbt
sword or any other kuid of
violence. If there is force n
his revolution, it is monlj
force, the power of love
loyalty. The violence it
experiences - as Paul
Silas experienced it
Thessalonica and elsewht
- is simply the
response of people who.
threatened by it. Peopl
often react violently, f3>'
to realize that violence
never been able to stoi
When people take
into their lives and into
communities, they cai
help but experience a qi
revolution in all that
touches and turns upsi
down.
Hoppers will decrease yiel
if not controlled.
The 1978 Agronomy Gi
will give additional details
Night, games and
cream.
Northeast Dairy Day, 9
to 3 p.m. at Langdor
Farm, Copake, N.Y.
Ciba-Geigy field day
Mervin M. Hess Pavihc
10 a.m. to dark. Pa 1
located west of Mi
along Colebrook
Tours will leave
there to check c <
soybean, potato, :
other plots.
Wednesday, June 28
Regular monthly meet
the board of directoi
the Berks County
servation District. 2
at the Ag Center,'
Reading.
Thursday, June &
Southcentral Cattle®* 1
meeting, Dover Fm f
Friday, June 30
Lebanon County a ‘
princess P age „,.
Lebanon M unl .
Building Auditorium.
p.m. , ,
Saturday, July l .
Kutztown Folk F
begins, will last unf
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