Alo—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 8,1980
Lancaster Farming says...
The absence of an alcohol
producing still at the opening of the
1980 Farm Equipment Exposition
was more than a vexation to visitors
It was a prime example of
bureaucracy at its worst
The presence of the still had been
promoted by the Farm Show, the
Agriculture Department, and several
other groups Indeed, for many
visitors it was a “must see ”
In these days of one fuel crisis after
another, the exhibit had an air of
patriotism, a way to beat the Arabs
with good old Yankee ingenuity
It featured timely technology It
was educational
It was of interest to farmers and
other energy-buffs across the state
At the ribbon cutting, State
Representative Noah Wenger had
hailed the Expo as an opportunity to
see innovations in energy produc
tion.
All of this contributed to the
confusion of Expo guests who
wandered around the Farm Show
building Thursday looking for this
major attraction
It wasn’t there
The state Liquor Control Board
would not allow Martin Distributors
to set up their still because they said
Martins did not have tne necessary
permit
One might have thought LCB
JUDAS ISCARIOT
Lesson for March 9, 1980
Background Scripture:
John 12:3-6; 13:21-30; 18:1-8.
Devotional Reading
John 15:1-11.
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TO EVALUATE AN
ADVERTISEMENT
In the Feb 16 issue of Lan- reported on the results of
caster Farming there ap- testing this material at Penn
RURAL ROUTE
Beware still-born thinking
would have recognized the sen
timents of the public and state
legislature after the Horst incident
In that case, the lawmakers took less
than 30 days to set right the
problems created by a similarly
narrow-minded interpretation of the
liquor law
But the
bureaucracy
Get a big return for farm deposits
The days of “no deposit no return”
are numbered And starting this
month a major U.S farm chemical
manufacturer is hopping on the anti
litter bandwagon
Farmers long have decried the
mess from non-returnable bottles
and cans which litter every farm’s
roadfront footage In addition to soda
and beer cans, farm chemical con
tainers often are found in the rubble
along the fencerow
Federal laws mandating safe
disposal of chemical containers have
placed a heavy burden on the far
mer Most local dumps or landfills
want nothing to do with chemical
waste of any sort, including the
minor contribution a farmer would
make
The containers certainly are
It was that “money box”
that was the undoing of
Judas Iscariot! Jesus had
chosen Judas to be the
keeper of the disciples’
funds, but instead of Judas
managing the money, it
seems that the money
managed him
We must assume that
Judas was not bom a villain,
but that he became one.
When Jesus called this man
to him, he no doubt saw
something m him that would
be helpful to him in his
mission. Jesus probably
admired his ability to take
care of money. Some people
seem to be talented in the
handling of funds and Judas
peared an advertisement of
a sod mnoculant.
The ad
survival
depends
)f any
on its
was likely one of these. So,
Judas was not doomed to
become a traitor, but in time
he doomed himself as he
allowed money to distort his
perspectives.
Satan Entered Him
We see some indication of
this in the fact that the
disciples of Jesus seemed
not to suspect Judas of being
a thief until after he had
demonstrated his treachery
by betraying the Master.
Even at the Last Supper they
do not suspect him when, in
response to Jesus’ “What
you are going to do, do
quickly,” he abruptly leaves
the Upper Room. John tells
us: “Some though that,
State University In the Feb.
23 issue there appeared a
“Letter to the Editor” from
Dr. Dale E. Baker,
Agronomy Chemist at Penn
this research project. The in
terpretation of these results
do not agree between the ad
and Dr Baker. I’d strongly
protection of what it sees as its turf
And if it contains C 7 H & OH in its
chemical makeup, LCB wants a say in
what goes on
As it turns out, Martins had ap
plied for the needed paperwork
Frantic phone calls by the Ag
Department managed to cut some of
the red tape The still was set up on
time for the final days of Expo
useless once they have been emp
tied Only a fool would refill a used
container and risk contamination of
whatever was put into it
Now Monsanto Agricultural
Products Co has come up with a
returnable herbicide drum, primarily
for use with Lasso
The firm will give farmers a $2O
rebate for each drum returned in
good condition to the dealer After
acceptance by dealers, the drums
will be shipped to a designated
reclaimer by Monsanto distributors
Unfortunately, the program ap
plies only to 55 gallon drums of one
material But it does represent a
start in the right direction
We would encourage all chemical
manufacturers to offer similar
rebates, or deposits, on any pesticide
because Judas had the
money box, Jesus was telling
him, ‘Buy what we need for
the feast’; or that he should
give something to the poor”
(13:29). Jesus alone seemed
to know what had happened
within Judas
“So,” says John, “after
receiving the morsel, he
immediately went out; and it
was night” (13:30). It was
only after he had eaten the
morsel that, according to
John, “Satan entered into
him” (13:27). But, as John
himself has previously in
dicated, Judas was already a
thief, and we can only
conclude that it was not the
first time that “Satan en-
suggest that all readers
study Dr Baker’s letter.
After that evaluation,
farmers and gardeners can
make their own decision
material.
TO TOP-DRESS
PASTURES
Areas that are m perma-
By Tom Armstrong
by curt harler, editor
tered into him. Judas and
Satan had already formed an
alliance of soils not that
Judas necessarily knew it.
But his preoccupation with
material wealth had allowed
Satan entry into his life on
many occasions, so that his
final betrayal of his friend
and Master was but the
logical conclusion that
followed the course he had
already chosen.
WithAKiss
One cannot play with evil
without paymg a price If we
allow weeds to infest a small
comer of our garden, we can
hardly be surprised if the
weeds begin to take over the
whole thing. If we open the
nent pasture will jspond
well to additional fertilizer
On many farms this area
cannot be used for crops,
this does not mean that it
straight grass pastures ap
plications of a 10-10-10 fer
tilizer will make a big dif
ference. In pastures with
considerable clover fer
tilizer such as 0-20-20 will in
crease grazmg capacity.
Some livestock farmers will
treat only part of an area
Farm Calendar
Today, March 8
Forestry meeting at Black
bird State Forest, 9 30 -
11 30 a m , Delaware
Elizabethtown Young Farm
ers Banquet 6 45 p m at
Hostetler’s Solar Water
Heater Workshop, Leb
anon Co Extension Office
LCB gained nothing but bad PR for
ilb efforts No moonshiners were put
out of circulation
But sizable numbers of Expo
guests missed learning It demci
strated to the disadvantage of all
another case where the ‘spirit’ was
not strong enough to overcome the
letter of the law
container they send out to the farm
We can see no reason why such a
program could not be just as suc
cessful in encouraging container
returns as those run by local milk
juggers or cider bottlers
There would be a small burden
shared by chemical dealers and
farmers in getting containers back to
the proper location But the program
should outweigh the small in
convenience of an added stop on a
trip to town
It would eliminate wasteful
remanufacture of thousands of
containers each year It would assist
farmers in the disposal of hazardous
containers It would slash the odds of
children or livestock being poisoned
In sum, it’s a big return for a small
deposit
door to one kind of corrup
tion or wrong-doing, we will
usually find that a whole
troop of corrupting in
fluences manages to slip
inside while the door is open.
That distance from puttmg
one’s hand in the till to
betraying the Master with a
kiss is not so great as we
might imagine. Our
preoccupation with money
and material things may
seem a harmless enough
defection, but how many of
us have been led astray or
nearly because we have
allowed ourselves to become
captive to the very things
that are given to us to
manage?
early in the spring to pro
duce grazing several weeks
earlier than the balance of
the field. Just because a
tract of land is permanent
pasture is no reason that it
cannot be productive.
TO BE WARY OF
LIQUID MANURE PITS
The time is here when
many manure pits will be
emptied on the fields. This
by-product of the livestock
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Saturday, 9 30 a m ; 1 00
p m Sunday, March 9
Pennsylvama-Maryland
Polled Hereford Associa
tion; 6 00 p m ; at Green
Mount fire Hall, Bus Rt
115. for performance test
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