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Lancaster Farming says...
Stop erosion of staters mushroom industry
It wouldn’t be too difficult to get to
know every mushroom grower in the
United States on a first-name basis.
There are fewer than 700 of them in
the country. At their current rate of
demise, they may join the Golden
Eagle on the endangered species list.
Monday the U.S. International
Trade Commission heard testimony
on the current status of the U.S.
mushroom industry. A sad report it
was.
Foreign mushrooms now represent
55 percent of the processed
mushrooms consumed in this
country. Eight years ago the figure
was 19 percent.
Unless action is taken, it seems
likely the Peoples Republic of China
and the Dominican Republic will join
Korea and Taiwan in exporting
mushrooms to the United States
Square foot for square foot,
domestic growers are more efficient
than overseas producers, but they
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PROPHET OF
THE YEAR!
Lesson for June 15, 1980
Background Scripture:
Jeremiah? 1 throughB 3; 26
Devotional Reading;
Psalms 15
TO SLOW DOWN
COMBINE SPEED
It will soon be tune to
harvest winter barley, and
then in a few weeks, the
winter wheat should be npe
Both of these crops require
mechanical harvesting
equipment and good
weather From the volunteer
gram seen growing following
winter barley or wheat
harvests, it is evident that
RURAL ROUTE
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In our society there are
annual awards in many
endeavors Academy
Awards for motion picture
people, Emmy Awards for
television, Drama Critics
Awards for the legitimate
stage, Pulitzer prizes for
literature, Nobel prizes for a
whole spectrum of human
achievement, “Most
Valuable Player” in most
sports. Miss America in
feminine beauty, and the list
seems endless.
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But, no one has ever
proposed or is likely to
an award for “Prophet of the
Year” The reason, of
course, most awards are
popularity awards and the
too much of the gram is
being left in the field
I fear that too much speed
with the combine might be
the reason that gram is
thrown out with the straw
manufacturer should be
followed in this respect
Also, at tunes the gram may
be too tough to combine This
is often the case when the
crop is quite weedy The big
thing is to have the combine
adjusted to the best of your
knowledge and then drive at
recommended speed
Producers need every bushel
of gram and every bale of
straw that they can get from
their winter grams
whv don't v' MOUNT
are hamstrung by minimum wage
guidelines, workers compensation
and unemployment compensation
taxes, restrictions on growing
materials they can use, and a host of
other problems.
What the growers asked the ITC on
Monday was for a recommendation
to the President that they be given
both temporary and long-term relief
from overseas competition.
A tariff rate quota would fit the bill
nicely. As Senator John Heinz
pointed out in his testimony,
"Voluntary restraints by South Korea
and Taiwan have been ineffective, in
some years simply exceeded, and
more recently circumvented through
the Hong Kong chanel."
Under Section 201 of the Trade Act
the ITC can recommend the
President take such action. In fact,
the ITC made just such a recom
mendation twice in the early 19705,
only to have the president turn his
prophet’s role is usually the
antithesis of popularity In
fact, if there ever was such
an award, it would probably
have to be given to the
prophet who is most un
popular.
Maybe They’ll Listen
That doesn’t mean that the
prophet’s purpose is to make
people angry and himself
unpopular it just usually
works out that way. The
purpose of the prophet is to
speak for God to his people
People usually react to the
message with anger and
hostility because they don’t
like the message God has
sent. There are exceptions in
the Old Testament, but Jesus
TO FEED DRY MATTER
ON PASTURE
Pastures are very lush this
spring due to favorable
growing conditions This
means that livestock can
while on pasture. , can be
hay, straw, or silage When
the dry matter is present
they will often consume a
moderate amount along with
the fresh grass
The dry matter slows
down the passage of the lush
forage through the digestive
system Also, it reduces the
danger of bloatmg when
there is clover or alfalfa m
the forage mixture If the
animals are out all of the
back on the proposal.
Meantime, imports grew and
voluntary restraints asked of the
other nations became no more
valuable than the paper they were
written on.
While we continue to believe in the
principle of free trade, it would be
well to point out that mushrooms do
constitute a somewhat special case.
Take the auto industry and its
much-publicized import woes, for
example. While car makers can
change their product, mushroom
growers can't.
There’s no difference between a
U.S or Korean mushroom.
Auto makers made themselves
non-comptetitive because they put
out inefficient products; U S
mushroom growers are the most
efficient in the world
While big auto firms wheel and
deal around the world, mushroom
growers depend on local markets
summed up accurately the
prophetic experience when
he said- “0 Jerusalem,
Jerusalem, killing the
prophets and stoning those
who are sent to you! ” (Luke
13:34)
Still, when God sent the
Prophet Jeremiah to the
Temple, it was not mtended
to be,an exercise in futihty or
symbolic gesture to a lost
cause The doom which
Jeremiah was to proclaim
was not inevitable, for the
prophecy was preceded by a
very important “if” “If you
will not listen to me, to walk
in my law which I have set
before you, and to heed the
words of my servants the
time, then a portable hay
rack would be the way to
feed hay or straw Dry
matter intake is important
when pastures are lush and
' in water content
SPRAYERS
The use of various kinds of
spray materials in one
sprayer is risky. This is
especially true when you are
using any type of weed
killer In too many cases the
sprayer carries sufficient
weed killer material to in
jure a susceptible crop.
Farmers who are spraying
com fields with weed killers
one day and then spraying
alfalfa or tooacco plants the
By Tom Armstrong
BY CURT HURLER, EDITOR
prophets whom I send to you
urgently, .then I will make
this . city a curse for all the
nations of the earth”
(Jeremiah 26 4-6) The doom
could be avoided if the
people would respond and
repent The people, not
Jeremiah or even the Lord,
would determine their fate
“It may be they will listen,
and everyone turn from his
evil way, that I may repent
of the evil which I intend to
do to them because of their
evil doing’ (26:3)
What Hezekiah Did
The response to
Jeremiah’s prophecy was
not unanimous. To be sure,
the majority of the nobles
called immediately for the
next day with the same
equipment had better do a
real thorough job of cleaning
the sprayer
The degree to which the
weed killer will stick m the
material. ,jt chemicals
can be cleaned by using
warm water and soap
detergent However,
materials such as 2,4-D had
better be'cleaned with one
pint of household ammonia
in 25 gallons of hot water
Allow this mixture to remain
m the sprayer overnight and
then spray it out through the
system on the lane or
driveway Don’t be guilty of
harming good plants One of
the best practices is to have
one sprayer for weed killer
chemicals and another
spraj er for other purposes
TO ENCOURAGE WATER
CONSUMPTION
In the managing of any
type of livestock or poultry it
is very important to get
maximum water con
sumption Some animals
such as a heavy milking cow
will drink 30 gallons of water
per day All animals should
have free access to water at
all times In the summer the
water should be as cool as
possible, and in the winter
and canneries
In Chester County, for instance,
there once were 30 mushroom
processors. Today there are six and
some growers say half of them are
ready to close.
There is precedent to aid the
mushroom growers. The beef in
dustry has a quota. The textile in
dustry has one. There is no reason
why the mushroom industry should
not have a measure which would
limit imports to a specific percentage
of domestic production.
There also should be a duty on all
processed mushrooms imported.
The President must take the
necessary steps to assure tne
erosion of Pennsylvania’s $l6O
million mushroom industry is halted.
It's not just for the 700 mushroom
growers, but also for the millions of
Americans who can’t imagine a steak
without mushrooms or a plain
topped pizza
prophet’s death. But after
Jeremiah reminded them
that his death would bring
“innocent blood upon
yourselves and upon this city
and its inhabitants,” (26 15),
there was with some a
change of heart and some
warned “. .we are about lo
bring great evil upon our
selves” (26.19), anc
Jeremiah escaped death
for a time.
If you are really interested
m naming the “prophet of
the year” or even just
concerned about bringing
“great evil” upon yourself,
look to the prophet who
makes you angry It easily
could be that person who is
speaking for God
warmed water will increase
consumption. Open troughs
might be kept covered unless
the water is flowing through
the trough.
One way to encourage
to
provide access to loose salt
and minerals These items
will not only help water
consumption but will
balance the ration and help
promote more complete
digestibility When the
weather gets warm and
humid, we humans drink
more liquids Livestock and
poultry will do the same
when given the chance This
is good management and
will increase efficiency in
production
Farm
Calendar
Adams Co. Dairy Princess
Pageant; 8 pm.;
Biglerville High School,
Biglerville.
Pa. Polled Hereford Field
Day; 10 am.; Jesse
Terry Farm,
Douglassville
Berks Co. Basic Sheep Skills
Clinic; Leesport Auction
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