Alo—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 15,1980
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Food for thought on Ag Day
The coincidence of Ag Day on
March 20 and the 100th anniversary
of the New Jersey Experiment
station this month is a bit much to
ignore.
What better way to mark the First
Day of Spring than by saluting far
mers?
Ag Day's purpose is to make the 96
percent of the American population
aware of the four percent which
provides its daily food and fiber
needs.
Non-farmers and farmers alike
may be surprised to learn that
American agriculture has assets
nearly equal to the $790 billion in
total worth of all the stocks listed on
the New York Stock Exchange.
Ag Day promotions will say that
because America’s agriculture is the
most scientifically advanced, ef
ficient, and plentiful in the world,
food in the United States still is a
bargain.
ANNAS & CAIAPHAS
Lesson for March 16, 1980
Background Scripture:
John 11:45-53; 18:12-24.
Devotional Reading:
John 15:18-27.
After the Romans invaded
TOCONTROL
WILD GARLIC
Many of us may like omons
on our hamburgers, and in
other food, but very few of us
like onion-flavored milk.
This can easily happen on
dairy farms where wild
garlic plants are allowed to
grow. Many pastures are
infested with wild garlic.
One of the very best tunes to
start control methods on this TO STORE
weed is early in the spring FIREARMS PROPERLY
when the young plants are 4 What have you done with
to 8 inches high. An ap- your shotgun, or your high-
RURAL ROUTE
and occupied the Jewish na
tion, the only Jewish leader
with any kind of authority re
maining was the high priest,
and he ruled only at the suf
ferance of the occupying
authorities. In the year A.D.
15 Annas, the high priest,
was deposed by the Romans,
apparently because he had
not co-operated fully with
the conquerors as they
desired.
But this was not the end of
Annas’ power, for his son-in
law, Caiaphas, was ap
pointed to succeed him and
through him he continued to
wield a great deal of power.
Thus, in the Gospel Accor
ding to John, we fmd both of
Cj
-s'-
plication of 2,4-D low-volatile
ester will knock them down;
when this is done around the
middle to latter part of
March little damage is done
to any legumes in the area. If
garlic plants are allowed to
mature each year, the
pasture area will be so
contaminated that milking
dairy cows cannot utilize the
grass.
The centennial of our neighboring
research station underscores the
many advantages farmers and farm
researchers bring to this nation as a
whole.
What gardener hasn’t planted
Rutgers tomatoes in the family
patch? A tip of the hat to New Jersey
research here, please.
Does the name Selman Waksman
ring a bell? Trivia experts will identify
him as the Nobel Prize winning soil
scientist who discovered the an
tibiotic streptomycin while
working at Rutgers.
Almost all laiyf grant schools have
similar bright spots in their history
Ag Day, then, provides an op
portunity to put such achievements
into the limelight
Ag businesses will sponsor ad
vertising aimed at the general public.
One fine theme says the best way to
keep peace is to have the most
them referred to as “high
priest” Annas still was
referred to as “high priest”
even though he no longer
held that position, just as
former presidents of the
Umted States are still ad
dressed as “Mr. President.”
In the case of Annas,
however, he was more than
just an ex-high priest.
The Romans Will Come!
These two men, then, An
nas and Caiaphas, were the
religious and, m some ways,
secular authority of the Jews
under their conquerors
Their objective was clear: to
maintain their authority
without earning the disap
proval of the occupying
powered rifle, since hunting However, not very many increasi
season 7 I hear too many of producers are getting the possible
us allow them to stand yields that are possible fhe TO BEWAR
around where youngsters top growers in the alfalfa OF "BARGAINS’
experts inform us to urge
hunters to clean up their
firearms and store them in a
gun closet, or cabinet, out of
reach of children Store the
ammunition separately from
the guns in order to prevent
serious accidents. Our
National Safety Council
reports that nearly half of
the firearm accidents occur
in the home - not in the field.
TO PRODUCE
MORE ALFALFA
This “Queen of the Forage
Crops” is widely used in all
parts of the country.
tractors, feeding the world rather
than fighting it.
One explains the need for farm
chemicals Another points out how
well Americans are fed as compared
to people elsewhere.
Buf among the themes there is one
which will raise a red flag in front of
most farmers. It highlights the
relatively low cost consumers pay for
food.
In some nations people don’t
complain about high food prices
because there is no food available at
any price.
If U S egg prices had increased at
the same rate as transportation costs
since 1958, eggs would run over
$3.40 per dozen
Similarly, if milk prices increased
at the same rate as housing costs in
the last 20 years, milk today would
cost about $4.50 a gallon
While all of that makes for good,
breast-beating oublic relations with
forces. So long as they were
able to maintain this status
quo, their power would re
mam intact. Thus, we can
understand their concern in
reporting of Jesus ‘ ‘lf we let
them go on thus, every one
will believe in hun, and the
Romans will come and
destroy both our holy place
and our nation” (John
11:48). Jesus was clearly a
threat to their power
Yet, Caiaphas, the ruling
high priest, was clever
enough to see that this man
Jesus could be used to
bolster his position. “You
know nothing at all,” he said
to his fearful compatriots,
“you do not understand that
7 3 tons of hay equivalent per
acre Our Lancaster County
average for alfalfa hay is
only 3 6 tons per acre It
appears to us that if more
attention is give to fer
tilization, weed and insect
control, and to other cultural
practices that we should be
getting higher yields Alfalfa
may not have the high
market value of several
years ago, but it is still a
very good feed for livestock.
Growers are urged to check
their alfalfa growing
practices toward the goal of
By Tom Armstrong
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it is expedient for you that
one man should die for the
people and that the whole na
tion should not perish”
(11.50).
It Is Expedient
Caiaphas used a word
most translators render as
“expedient”. Expedience
may mean one of two things.
(1) that which is fit or
suitable to the purpose, and
(2) conducive to advantage
as opposed to right. In other
words, an expedient is a
means to an end. But it is the
second meaning that fits
Caiaphas’ use of the word
He was not concerned with
whether the death of Jesus
was “right”, but rather that
aware of the increase in the
number of traveling
salesmen working our
county No doubt this is true
in many other areas I have
nothing against
salesmanship as a career,
however, farmers are urged
to be careful about buying
from a stranger who is
promoting an item at a
Penna. Guernsey Breeders,
Blue Halter Extension
Service Bake-off, Hun
terdon County Extension
Office, New Jersey: 10:00
a m.
Calf Sale; Lancaster
Guernsey Bam; 12.30
p m.
County Demonstration
Contest, Ag Hall,
Newark, Del.; 9:00 am.
Part-time Farmers
Seminar, Lancaster
Farm and Home Center;
9 00 a.m.
Elm-Penryn Community 4-H
non-farmers, it should raise the
hackles of every person who's ever
run a tractor
Is it fair for farmers to accept
anywhere from one-third to one
fourth of the price they might get for
their goods 7 Should the 96 percent
be allowed to thrive on the belt
tightening of the other four percent?
When labor unions accept major
wage cuts for work they do in the
public sector, when politicians work
for the public rather than as paid
promoters of special interests, when
public employees forgo the right to
strike, then we can begin to accept
for a time the sacrifices made by the
farm community Then we will agree
the burden is being borne equally by
the many rather than a few
Until then, farming deserves all the
recognition it can get in any form
That includes Ag Day, the first day
of Spring March 20 is our day Enjoy
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it served his and their own
selfish interests.
How often do we stand
right there with Caiaphas
and Annas, choosing the ex
pedient rather than the right
or just? How often do we
choose dubious means for
the best-intentioned pur
poses 9 These two men would
fit well into our contem
porary society as we do.
But Caiaphas had not
spoken the last word, nor
even later when Jesus stood
before him as a prisoner con
demned. Because even in his
cynical words, he spoke
more than he knew and God
would take his terrible act
and make of it a redeeming
reality for humanity.
reduced price Some ot these
may be all right, and be as
represented, however, in
case the product is not
the salesman is gone and you
are stuck” with the
materials The best practice
is to deal with concerns that
are established in the area,
that have an interest in
giving good service, and one
who will stand behnd the
product. Many ‘bargains ’
turn out to be very ex
pensive
Club; 6:00 p.m; Penryn
Fire Hall.
Manure Management
Seminar; all day; Farm
and Home Center.
Adams County Poultry
Banquet
Maryland and Virginia Milk
Producers Annual
meeting; Adult
Education Center,
University of Maryland;
10:00 a.m.
Maryland State Grange
Sewing Contest; 10:00
a.m ; Bethel Church,
Madonna, Maryland.
Chickies Creek Watershed;
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