—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 11,1978
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E EDITORIAL COMMENTS By DIETER KRIEG, EDITOR |
National FFA convention is impressive
Anyone attending the National FFA
Convention undoubtedly comes
home with strong impressions and
lasting memories. It can’t help but be
so, considering the high calibre of
people who swarm to Kansas City by
the thousands, the sheer immensity
of the gathering, and the
awesomeness of the convention site
itself.
I feel privileged to have attended a
portion of the convention activities
for the second year in a row It is
truly a memorable experience.
Welcome Mr. Thornburgh
Pennsylvania farmers will have a
more sympathetic and un
derstanding administration in
Harrisburg, if activities during the
gubernatorial campaign are any
indication
The majority of farmers, par
ticularly those in southeastern and
southcentral portions of the state,
are Republicans It follows then that
they should be pleased with the gams
made by the G.O.P. What’s more,
SPECIAL
DAY
Lesson for November 12, 1978
Background Scripture:
Exodus 20:8-11
Deuteronomy 5:12-15
Matthew 12:1-12.
Devotional Reading:
John 5:9-18.
TO SUPPORT GOOD
FARM LAND PRESER
VATION... I’m aware of a
growing interest throughout
the state, and the country, in
the preserving of good farm
land. A number of local
zoning boards have reflected
the desire to keep good land
in food and fiber production..
I think it is time for more
active farmers to let these
officials know of their
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Governpr-elect Richard Thorn
burgh made an effort during the
campaign to contact farm leaders
and members of the agricultural
press. He also visited farms and
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Visitors to Jewish
Jerusalem are cautioned
against driving their
automobiles through the
Mea Sheanm section on the
Sabbath day. Tourists who
take this advice hghtly are
likely to find that they and
their vehicles have become a
target for some serious
stonethrowing by the
fanatical residents of that
quarter. If these religious
legalists had their own way,
not a vehicle would move an
inch of the Sabbath in Israel.
Such activity is regarded as
a severe violation of the
fourth of the Ten Com
mandments: “Remember
the sabbath day, to keep it
support for this action. I
realize that some farmers
may oppose this attitute, and
no doubt will be quite for
ward in contacting the local
officials. If the majority of
the citizens want farm land
preservation, then they
should let the zoning boards
and officials know how they
feel. The same is true for
farmers. Keep them in
formed.
TO APPRECIATE FARM
CITY WEEK.... Each far
mer gets more important
each day. While we have
fewer farmers than ever
before, the growing
What impresses me most is the
maturity of the FFA's leaders They
possess uncommon poise -- a sense
of maturity and responsibility which
is hard to find in most people,
regardless of their age. Yet these
FFA’ers are 21 and younger Most
are in their mid teens, in fact Their
fine behavior and intellect is a credit
to themselves, their parents, and
their teachers and advisors in the
FFA.
The FFA’ers run their own con
vention when they get to Kansas
Pennsylvanians will have a
Republican governor again for the
first time in eight years. And, ac
cording to the campaign, he’ll be a
governor who is interested in far
mers and their business.
holy. Six days you shall
labor and do all your work;
but the seventh day is a
sabbath to the Lord your
God; in it you shall not do
any work...” (Exodus 20:8-
10).
From One Extreme
It was this kind of extreme
interpretation that led Tom
Fame to comment on sab
bath observance in Puritan
Connecticut:
The word Sabbath, means
REST; that is, cessation
from labor, but the stupid
Blue Laws of Connecticut
make a labor of rest, for they
oblige a person to sit still
from sunrise to sunset on a
Sabbath-day, which is hard
population demands more
food. Never have so many
persons been so dependent
on so few. Farm- City Week
is being observed November
17 to 23 to bring a better
understanding of problems
existing between the rural
and urban segments of our
society. Some folks may
think that agriculture is a
diminishing industry, but
this is not true; there are
fewer farmers but each
fanner is now producing
enough food for 56 other
persons. Farms are larger
and more productive.
Folks are urged to take part
City, which is a remarkable feat. An
estimated 20,000 or more come to
participate each year What's
amazing is that if they're making any
mistakes at all, I doubt that anyone is
noticing them
This year the FFA'ers were treated
to guest appearances by Paul
Harvey, Kyle Rote Jr and President
Jimmy Carter. That, certamlv, should
make everlasting impressions
Carter is a former FFA’er, and
received an arousing welcome from
Sitting there in a huge, drafty, and
rather dirty building in New York's
harbor, a lot of thoughts went
through my mind. The surroundings
were certainly impressive Although I
was not in a beautiful building, I was
in a big structure, and bigness is
what America is most often
associated with.
More of the bigness was evident
outside New York City's skyscrapers
- famous the world over - were all
work. Fanaticism made
those laws, and hypocrisy
pretends to reverence them,
for where such laws prevail
hypocrisy will prevail also.
This same kind of legalism
challenged Jesus when his
disciples were discovered
idly picking gram and eating
- it as they walked through the
fields. Reminding them that
God had always put human
need before legalisms, he
says: “The sabbath was
made for man, not man for
the sabbath” (Mark 2:27).
The whole idea behind the
sabbath commandment is to
help man not restrict him. It
is not a concession which is
extracted from man for
in Farm-City Week events
and opportunities.
TO MULCH STRAW
BERRIES... Winter
injury in strawberries has
been widespread during the
past two years. Crown in
jury can be reduced by
checking your strawberry
bed or patch relating to
mulching and to exposed
areas. When the ground
becomes frozen during late
November or early
December, a 3 to 4-inch
mulch should be applied
over the plants; this should
be straw, or another light
material, that will not mat
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America isn’t as it was
God’s satisfaction, but a
truth that is commanded for
man’s own sake. God does
not need the sabbath, we do.
Those who make too little
over the sabbath as well as
those who make too much
over it tend to forget its real
meaning: it was made to
enrich our lives.
In Sholem Asch’s novel
East River, Moshe Wolf, the
central character says:
When a man labors not for
a livelihood but to ac
cumulate wealth, then he is a
slave. Therefore it is that
God grant us the Sabbath.
For it is by the Sabbath that
we know we are not work
down. If the bed is exposed
to the prevailing winds, then
a windbreak, or snow fence,
should be erected to give
added protection. If the
mulch blows off of the
berries, it should be
replaced. Mulching is a very
good practice to insure a
better crop next summer.
TO ADOPT WINTER
DRIVING HABITS.,.The
hazards of winter driving
are many and drivers should
Ephrata Area Young Far
mers - Blue Mountain
Young Fanners squard
dance, 7:45 p.m. at Blue
Mountain High School.
Buck Tractor Pullers’
banquet, Quarryville
Community Fair
Building, Quarryville,
6:45 p.m.
Lebanon County Fair
banquet, 7 p.m. at lona
Methodist Church.
Monday, Nov. 13
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Chemagro Fertilizer
banquet and meeting All
the thousands of blue-jacketed
students Understandably, the
occasion made national news
Kyle Rote Jr, one of this country’s
best known soccer players and an
outstanding all-around athlete, was
also well received, as was Paul
Harvey, who is known to anyone who
ever twisted a radio dial
America’s agriculture has a lot
going for it The FFA counts as one of
the chief assets
around A multi-laned, elevated
highway was lust outside the door
and an exceptionally wide street was
underneath it Both were filled with
big speeding cars. The sound of car
horns was everpresent.
This was big bustling New York
City.
It was all right there with full glory
as well as some faults.
Out in the harbor, we had seen the
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To Another .
Farm Calendar
Today, Nov. 11
animals, bom to eat and to
labor, wo are men.
Both those who fanatically
observe it and those who
indifferently ignore it need
to remember that the
Sabbath hay was made
man am 1 stands as a con
tinual reminder that the
Creator did not intend for
him to be a slave to
anything, especially not to
labor or anything, especially
not to labor or anything else
that depletes rather than
upbuilds him.
Without resorting to the
legalisms of old, we can still
keep it the special day it was
intended to be.
• change their habits when
roads get xcey or snow
covered. Speeds should be
reduced and more time
given for braking the
vehicle. Winter tires should
be mounted soon to give
extra protection.
should be checked and kept w
in top condition. Cold
weather puts extra stress on
all parts of the car. Be quick
to recognize road conditions,
and drive accordingly.
farmers invited. Good ‘n
Plenty Restaurant 6:30
p.m.
Lancaster County 4-H Beef
Round-up, Lancaster
Stockyards, judging 1
p.m.
Tuesday, Nov. 14
Annville-Cleona Young
Farmers meeting, 7:30
p.m. at the high school.
Lancaster County Holstein
banquet, 6:45 p.m. at
Good ‘n
Restaurant, Smoketown. w
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