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Lancaster Farming says...
Does Pennsylvania’s commitment
to energy savings go any deeper than
filling two dozen state cars with
gasohol and having cabinet officers
talk about their good mileage?
This question and others have
been raised by several energy
related proposals and programs
brought to the foreground in the past
wee"k or so.
The Governor's Energy Council is
asking public input until the end of
this month on its proposal for solving
the state’s energy problems
We find the preliminary proposal
outlined by the state a rehash of the
same old ideas with little to
distmguish.it except for a fancy
pncetag on the book which will
prevent its being purchased by
ordinary folks
Emphasis in the report is placed on
conserving energy rather than find
ing new, and renewable, energy
sources
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GOD'S LEFT HAND
Lesson for July 13, 1980
Background Scripture
Lamentations.
Devotional Reading:
Psalms 77-1-15
“The left hand of God” is
TO PRACTICE
SAFETY AROUND
FARM PONDS
There’s nothing better
than a cool dip in the farm
pond after a hot day in the
held Make sure it stays a
run thing for the family
Ponds are a valuable asset TO OBSERVE
and have many uses, many FARM SAFETY WEEK
of which can be a source of The period from July 25
joy, but only if safe through July 31 is National
There are some rules that Safety Week This iS a
RURAL ROUTE
Wanted new energy
The great contribution farmers
could make toward solving the
energy problem is overlooked
There's almost no mention of alcohpl
production from *gram Nothing is
said about other biomass sources
which could be turned into
renewable sources of fuel
It’s not all bad news, though
The good news for farmers on the
energy front came with the signing of
SB 932 in Washington Called the
Biomass Energy and Alcohol Fuels
Act of 1980, it allows private en
terprise to develop new fuel sources
and promotes agriculturally based
fuels
The act calls for alcohol output of
60,000 barrels per day by 1982 with
a goal of replacing 10 percent of the
nation’s gasoline consumption by
1990
There are big bucks to help the
project on its way The bill earmarks
$lOO million to the Energy Depart
ment for development* of biomass
an expression sometimes
used to ndcate that God
does something in this world
m a way that is not obvious
to his children. It is a fact of
the Biblical narrative that,
when God’s own people
failed to act as his servants,
he found others who were not
of Israel to accomplish his
purposes for " him.
Frequently, these people did
not even know that they were
being used as “God’s left
hand”
There are examples m the
Old Testament. One of the
best known is Nebuchad
nezzer, the mighty King of
Babylon, who decimated the
Kingdom of Judah and
levelled Jerusalem Ac-
should be followed In the
first place, erect warning
signs at all danger points
Place lifesaving devices
such as ring buoys, ropes,
planks, or long poles at
boating areas Only use
boats that will float if
swamped or capsized Stay
out of farm ponds during
storms and when spillways
are flowing It is also very
helpful if you learn
lifesaving techniques even
if you can’t swim
cording to the prophets, it
was not God’s plan for it to
happen this way, but the
consequence of hus people
refusing to do his bidding.
Because they refused to be
his “right hand,” God
eventually chose
Nebuchadnezzer as his “life
hand.”
What He Purposed
It makes a nice story for a
Sunday morning, but its
implications for us and our
own times are disturbing, if
taken seriously If the
prophetic point of view is to
be taken today, are we to
conclude that the barbarian
hoardes that ruined the
Roman empire were un
witting instruments of God’s
time for emphasis on farm
safety activities. This year’s
theme is PPE PROTECTS
We all need to focus our
efforts to reduce accidents to
farm family members,
employees, and visitors by
promoting routine use of
PPE (personal protective
equipment)
The latest. National Safety DURING SHIPPING
Council agricultural ac- Far too many hogs are fed
cident surveys indicate that up to market weight each
nearly half of the reported year only to be lost because
farm injuries involved the of careless hauling during
head, eyes, hands, or feet hot weather
parts of the body for which a There are ways to prevent
good measure of protection those losses Whenever it’s
is available PPE such as possible, haul those hogs to
hard hats, safety eyewear, market early or late in the
By Tom Armstrong
CAN you OPEN THIS 1
JAR FOR ME, HONEV?
energy systems.
One often-raised question is
Aliethe, production of crops for
energy would cut into production of
crops for food
Farm Bureau President Robert
Delano said he feels production
agriculture can meet alcohol fuel
goals set out in the Synfuels Act
without impairing food and feed
supplies for American people and
livestock
But the question hits at the heart
of the energy problem it changes the
public’s view of energy from one of
money to one of survival
Too many people feel the energy
problem is one of cost-per-gallon
rather than supply They figure they
have a right to energy if they can pay
for it, forgetting that their grand
children have no way of bidding
against them for the fuel consumed
today
To drive or to eat 7 The question is
harsh Future years may see farmers
purpose’ Was Adolph Hitler
an unconscious servant of
the Lord and is it possible
that Joseph Stalin was,
without knowing it, “God’s
left hand’”
Before you answer too
cjuickly, remember that
Nebuchadnezzer was no
more conscious of God’s
purpose than Hitler or
Stalin. What the Babylonians
did to Judah, he believed to
be his own idea, his own
responsibility And, to a
degree, this was correct As
God himself declared
through his prophets, it was
not his idea to make the
people of Judah suffer But
because they would not
repent, God was able to use
gloves and safety shoes
could have prevented a large
number of these accidents
If we practice good safety
habits during National Farm
Safety Week, then we can
develop good safety habits
for every day of the year.
Safety is no accident.
TO CARE FOR HOGS
'I LIKE A MAM THAT'
CAH MAKE QUICKC
DECISIONS j
BY CURT HAULER, EDITOR
ideas
the evil purpose of the
Babylonians for his own
purpose, just as Joseph
spoke to his brother of the
evil they had done him “as
for you, you meant evil
against me; but God meant
it for good” (Genesis 50:20).
So, the prophet Jeremiah
was convinced that the
enemy of Judah,
Nebuchadnezzer, was an
unconscious instrument of
God’s will: “The Lord has
done what he purposed...”
(Lamentations 2:17).
He Will Have Compassion
So we look about our own
world and wonder. Are these
enemies of our nation un
conscious instruments of
day when it’s coolest
Avoid midday or early af
ternoon trips That’s when
temperatures are worst
While loading the hogs on
trucks, take things easy
Don’t hurry them. If you do,
they’ll just become
overheated. And to make
sure they can be comfortable
in the truck, use wet sand for
bedding Don’t use straw
or other materials that hold
heat and fail to keep the
animals cool.
Once the hogs are loaded,
start to market im
mediately If you’re using a
Farm Calendar
Saturday, July 12
Maryland State 4-H rifle
contest, Caroline County
4-H Park, Denton,
Maryland
Southern Maryland field day
and barrow show, St
Mary’s Fairgrounds,
Leonardstown, Maryla
nd, 10a m
Caroline County Fair at 4-H
and Youth Park, Denton,
Maryland
Maryland Angus Annual
Field Day, Back Acres
who sell gram for fuel w«th the same
bad image today reserved for Arabs.
We feel the American farmer has
as an excellent chance to solve the
nation’s energy problems Given his
record of success, the farmer may
pull it off
But it is going to take innovative
thinking even beyond gasohol,
hydroelectric, or garbage burning to
generate energy
While federal money may buy some
needed manpower, it won't provide
the ideas Hackneyed thinking like
that offered by our state plan only
hinders our fight for energy
dependence
Washington should allocate much
of its research money to small in
dividual efforts No committee in
vented the light bulb—Thomas
Edison did it And John Deere still
would be doing paperwork if he
relied on bureaucratic channels
when perfecting his plow
God’s will. Is he using,
perhaps, the Ayatollah
Khoumeni as his left hand
because we have failed to be
his right hand 9 Is the Soviet
Union the Babylon of today 7
But God only uses his “left
hand” when his “right
hand” will not serve him,
“for he does not willingly
afflict or grieve the sons of
men” (Lamentations 3:33).
There is still time to submit
to God so that he may not
need to use his ‘ ‘left hand. ’ ’
(Note: The use above of
the term “left hand” in a
negative connotation is not
meant in prejudice against
the left-sided, but simply the
use of a popular term. Mr.
Althouse is left-handed.)
livestock truck you
create a breeze through
truck body just by mo'
That will help keep the
cool It’s best not to stop,
if you do, park the truck
the shade
Take these few
precautions and you’ll
market all your hogs mstead
of just some of them.
TO PROPERLY
STORE GASOLINE
Some people may try to
beat the rising prices by
storing large amounts of
gasoline However, they
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Angus,
Maryland
Keystone stud ram and ewe
sale, Farm Show
Building, Harrisburg
Erie Dairy Goat Association
doe show, Albion
Fairground
Chester County 4-H Dairy
Roundup, 9 am,
Kimberton Fairgrounds
Sunday, July 13
Maryland FFA Alumni
convention
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Mt Airy,