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Someone once observed that time our resources has always been an live in a vast land that is extremely
will tell whether we are indeed a indicate if how much we have and blessed with all sorts of resources. ' - '"
great nation, or just a bunch of lucky
people who came into a land of
plenty. The time for the verdict may
be at hand as “plenty" becomes
“limited supply” and in some cases
shortages are even reported.
The manner in which we handle
COMMENTS FROM
READERS
Dear Editor: I read your
editorial of May 5 with in
terest and some con
sternation. The question of
whether a state should pass
laws outlawing non
returnable containers is not
something that can be
decided by anti-litter sen
timents or possible injury to
tires, important as those are
to most of us.
As (me illustration, Penn-
A LETTER
FROM CHRIST
Lesson for May 13, 1979
Background Scripture:
2 Corinthians 2:14 through
3:18.
Devotional Reading:
2 Corinthians 3:17 through
4:6.
TO MANAGE ALFALFA
The first growth of alfalfa
looks very promising in most
fields. Growers should be on
the alert for weevil in
festation and either harvest,
or spray and wait 10 to 14
days before cutting,
(depends upon material
used.) Established stands
can be harvested in the bud
to early bloom stage of
maturity. New stands should
be permitted to come into
25% bloom before taking the
first cutting.
If weevil are feeding when
the first cutting is made,
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how we live. In past decades, there’s
no denying that our consumption
was quite often characterized by
waste, £nd that’s still true in some
cases, but we're waking up to the
fact that supplies aren’t endless.
There’s also no denying that we
sylvania has about 150 fluid
milk bottling plants, most of
them relatively small
operations. If a law were
passed that, in effect,
required these plants to
install bottling machines and
bottle washers...whether
glass, lexon, or some other
substance...it would be a
catastrophe for more than 90
per cent of them. They
couldn’t afford to put in the
From time to time in my
adult life 1 have been asked
how I chose to enter the
Christian ministry. Upon
reflecting on that question, I
have often recognized that
there were multiple in
fluences by which God Led
me in that direction. Still,
the two major influences
were my pastors during the
years of my high school and
college youth, Mark J.
Steierwald and Paul Price.
Both were fine preachers,
yet it was not their sermons
that reached me, but their
lives: somehow, through
them Christ was able to
speak to me. Their
ministries were like per
sonal letters from Christ.
then the stubble should be
sprayed immediately. Many
good growers will topdress
with a phosphorus-potash
fertilizer after removing the
first cutting. For the second
cutting leaf hoppers will be
the major insect threat.
Most fields will need
sprayed when the new
growth is 3 to 6 inches high;
this insect (leaf hopper) is
one of the most important
ones to control in order to get
mafimtim second and third
cuttings. Give the best of
attention to your alfalfa
stand; it will pay dividends.
TO INSPECT
LIGHTNING ROD
SYSTEM
The thunderstorm season
or 01
Anti-litter law may create problems
equipment. They couldn’t
afford to discard present
expensive equipment. They
probably couldn't get bottle
washing equipment which
hasn’t been used by the dairy
industry, for a decade or
more except in isolated
instances.
What about Penn
sylvania’s competitive
situation vis a vis industries
Written On Your Hearts
The Apostle Paul thought
that all Christians were to be
like that y and when he wrote
to the troublesome church at
Corinth, he reminded them:
“You yourselves are our
letters of recommendation,
written on your hearts, to be
known and read by all men”
(2 Corinthians 3:2).
Whatever authority and
effectiveness Paul and his
associates might carry from
Christ, it would be reflected
in the lives of the Christians
at Corinth if... if they would
permit Christ to speak
through them.
wants to speak
through each of us, but not
all of us are willing to let him
is at hand. Many buildings in
this part of the state are
protected with a lightning
rod system. This should give
considerable protection
during severe storms. That
is, if the system is properly
connected and well grounded
into moist soil.
We suggest that all owners
of buildings with rods give
the system a thorough in*
spection at this time. Be sure
the cables are free from
litter and properly con
nected at all points.
Buildings are very ex
pensive to replace; the rod
investment is a good one and
should give protection when
in good order.
The question still remains, however,
whether we’re a truly great nation, or
just a bunch of lucky inhabitants.
A flight out West earlier this year
made me more aware of that
situation. We had flown out of
Baltimore on what may have been
in neighboring states? If
Pennsylvania imposes costs
on its beer, soft drink, dairy,
and other beverage bottlers
that neighboring states do
not require, how can you
keep national concerns who
market by regions and not
just by individual states?
You’re talking about jobs,
consumer costs, and im
possible mechanical
do so. Yet there'is nothing
more effective and con
vincing than when the Good
News of Jesus Christ is
embodied in a human being.
Thus, Annie Johnson Flint
writes:
We are the only Bible
The careless world will
read;
We are the sinner’s Gospel,
We are the scoffer’s creed;
.We are the Lord’s last
message
Written in deed and word -
What if the line is crooked?
What if the line is
blurred? *
Our Sufficiency
Many of us will react by
TO RESPECT THE
PEOPERTY.OF OTHERS
Many farmers utilize
modem herbicides to control
weeds. These sprays will get
the job done when properly
used. However, the drift or
fumes from these sprays can
do considerable damage to
nearby property; we often
get calls from home-owners
reporting sprayers being
used very close to property
lines. When this is done the
wind bad better be blowing
away from the other
son’s property. Public"
relations are strained when
the drift from a weed
sprayer falls upon the
property of others.
We urge fanners to avoid
l om Armstrong
By
the worst Winter day of the season.
Arriving in Las Vegas, we were
greeted by absolutely perfect
weather. So, it can be said that while
one part of the country is pretty near
,requirements...at least for
the dairy industry.
We would be iar better off
to work harder at enforcing
tough anti-litter laws and
setting up reclamation
depots for metal, plastic,
paper, and glass which are
convenient, advertised, and
available in every area.
There will always be the
subnormal neanderthals
who junk up the countryside.
protesting that we are not
able , to bear such a
responsibility. We are not up
to being “letters from
Christ”! Paul realizes that
too, but he knows that there
is more involved than just
our own adequacy: “Not
that we are sufficient of
ourselves to claim anything
as coming from us; our
sufficiency is from G0d...”
(3:5). And it is a sufficiency
available to all who will open
themselves to it.
Halford Luccock has said
that, although we should be
letters'from Christ, many
people are rather like ad
vertising circulars,
these problems by keeping
away from property lines
and from gardens, trees, and
shrubs.
TO FOLLOW THE th “^ s - , „ t ..
LABEL DIRECTIONS A 1 do ? t fee i t 11 ?* o ne ,
Don’t be guilty of getting P® l ™* of „ material P
into trouble with your J*“ ndred is good, that
pesticides and then read the tj? pounds will be better,
label. You’d be surprised as 18 not If 11 ® ®n d can get
to how often this is the case. *»* gardeners into
All growers should recognize read the
the importance of reading carefully on every
the label, or instructions, container and tiien foUow the
before using a product. directions. Be safe not
Most of the chemicals'
Farm Calendar
Monday, May 14
Sewage Sludge meeting, and
demonstration, 7 p.m. at
the Penn Township Waste
Treatment Plant, York
County- The facility is
located VA miles east of
Hanover off of Route 116.
Turn left on Ridge
Avenue at the Hanover
Brands plant. The
treatment site is about V*
mile across the railroad
tracks.
Poultry servicemen’s
seminar, Shamokin Dam,
Holiday Inn. Stan Smith
of Agway.'lnc. will speak
on “Controlled Feeding.”
Dinner is at 6:30 p.m.
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And, there will always be a
certain amount of waste in
an urban, industrial society.
But, let’s not rush into
legislation which creates
more problems than it
solves.
Best personal regards.
Sincerely,
Bruce V. Snow,
Manager
Public Relations
Dalrylea Cooperative, Inc.
“recommending themselves
with all the frantic ear
nestness of a television
announcer.” Others, he said,
seem to resemble a bill that
says, “You owe me so and
so.“ “But,” he continues,
there are some, by the grace
of God, who are letters,
people in whom we can read
in clear letters a message of
Christ.”
What about you and your
life?
(★Quoted from “Jesus
Christ And We” by Annie
Johnson Flint, Evangelical
Publishers, Toronto,
Canada.)
have been approved for a
certain purpose; the rate,,
timing, and method of ap
plication is very important.
Don't guess about these
Tuesday, May 15
Lebanon County FFA of
ficers’ meeting, 7:30 p.m.
at ELCO H.S. ag room.
Lancaster County FFA
meeting, Manheim
Central H.S. ag room,
7:30p.m.
Agricultural Conference for
Pennsylvania Bankers,
Penn State, today
through Thursday.
Ephrata Area Young Far
mers monthly meeting,
7:45 p.m. at the high
school’s vo ag room.
Topic: Farm employer’s
responsibilities, Jan
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