Alo—Lancaster Famine, Saturday, July 26,1980
Lancaster Farming says...
They seem to come in the summer,
stories like this one. They’d be
amusing if they didn’t have to be
taken seriously.
The problem at hand is chicken
rights but it could be steer rights, pig
rights or turkey rights.
Now, if you’ve never heard of
chicken rights, consider how United
Egg Producers feels sitting smack in
the middle of the situation.
A group calling itself the People for
the Ethical Treatment of Animals, a
four-month old group devoted to the
“issue of animal awareness" has
decided animals in general and
chickens in particular are being
exploited just the way human
minority groups are being exploited.
Don't quit yet... these people are
serious and you'd better hear them
out.
THE FADING FLOWER
July 27, 1980
Background Scripture;
Isaiah 40,41.
Devotional Reading:
Psalms 27:1-19.
It has long been a standard
text for funerals;
TO SECURE WINTER’S
WOODSUPPLY
Due to the high cost of all
kinds of heating fuels, the
use of wood is becoming
more and more important
Even though the current
temperatures do not en
courage attention to more
beat, the time will be coining
when warm air will be
needed in homes and
buildings. Wood seems to be
one of our natural resources
that can help meet that need.
rd like to encourage folks
to get their supply on hand;
no doubt after the recent
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Raise a wing for chicken rights
Chickens are very sensitive
animals, PETA people say; The
poultrymen throw them down like
furniture. When they’re ready to
slaughter the birds they bind their
feet and wings in front of all the other
chickens. It’s horrible, PETA says.
PETA’s not the only group on the
chickens’ side. There’re the Coalition
for the Liberation of Animals, the
Vegetarian Information Service, and
even Humane Societies.
United Egg Producers quotes an
article in a recent issue of
Smithsonian Magazine, the organ of
the Smithsonian Institute, as
describing “hellish conditions” that
prevail in modern laying operations.
"If this seems like a scene con
ceived by Dante, well, who really is to
say what a chicken wants?” the
publication asks
All flesh is grass, and all
its beauty is like the flower
of die field.
The grass withers, the
flower fades, when the
breath of the Lord blows
upon it; snrely the people is
grass. (Isaiah 40:6,7).
And I confess that, but
iself, it has always seemed a
depressing piece of scrip
ture. Not that I could ever
quarrel with the analogy of
human life and perishable
grass, but that I didn’t like it,
reasonable or not. I know I
shall not live forever on this
earth, but it seems
somewhat rude of the
prophet to remind me that
way.
wind storms most folks will
have additional wood to use.
However, this wood should
be cut and stored so that it
will be dried out before it is
needed. Wood is very much
in demand and those who
wait until cold weather
arrives might find it scarce
and more expensive.
TO BE CAREFUL
WITH CHAIN SAWS
If Paul Bunyon could have
a chain saw, instead of his
axe, he surely would have
cut a wider swath as a
woodsman. Today, the chain
saw is (Hie of the most
common and most popular
pieces of equipment on many
farms and woodlots. During
the past two weeks most
communities have been very
noisy because of the chain
saws being used to cut up
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Well the Animal Liberators
Comfort My People
Yet, when I read this
passage in the context of the
whole 40th chapter of Isaiah,
I realize that it is not a
discouraging word from
God, but a word of:
“Comfort, comfort my
people, says your God.
Speak tenderly to
Jerusalem, and cry to her
that her warfare is ended,
that her iniquity is par
doned...” (40:1,2). And even
in the well-known “withering
grass and fading flower”
passage, God’s word of
comfort includes the
assurance that, even so, “the
word of our God will stand
forever” (40:8).
fallen trees. In careful hands
these saws are excellent in
cutting wood with the least
amount of effort.
However, they can be
dangerous and will cut
human flesh just as quickly
as a piece of wood. We are
aware of numerous ac
cidents where the chain saw
was inflicted serious in
juries. In most cases it was
because the operator did not
have the proper control of
the saw. We urge users to
read the instructions, heed
the cautions, and get
acquainted with the machine
before using it. Don’t be
reckless, or get m a hurry,
when using a chain saw. Be
aware of their potential
dangers.
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Vegetarians, and PETA folks all have
the inside line on that.
They say they feel chickens have
personalities, too, UEP points out,
and the chickens need to have their
dignity preserved.
If you’ve got a picture in your mind
of people marching around with signs
pleading for an end to needless
suffering by chickens, you've got the
right picture.
The issue is joined not only by
animal lovers but also by those who
like their salads fresh, who like shiny
skins on fruit, who cringe at the sight
of a worm in an ear of sweet corn.
It’s easier to sympathize with
consumers who miss the acid taste of
a vine ripened tomato, who
remember the days when radishes
were tangy, who bought meat cut
Actually, then, the
“comfort” which the
prophet is told to proclaim is
one which goes beyond the
false assurance that I will
not PTnoHonoo hodllv death,
that although everything
physical like the grass and
flower does wither and die,
God is God and he will
remain for ever. If we put
our hope in him and not our
own cleverness, we can live
m hope even in the midst of a
disparing world.
He is above all those things
that frighten us and cause us
anxiety; evil men, human
weaknesses, personal
enemies and national foes.
TO USE
CERTIFIED SEEDS
I’m aware of the practice
of using your own barley or
wheat for seeding purposes.
At the moment, there have
been several requests
relating to the use of a very
popular variety of wheat
that is giving maximum
yields; the question relates
to whether or not this crop of
wheat should be used for
seeding purposes. As we
have stated many times m
the past, it is best to buy
certified grains for seeding
purposes.
It might be possible to use
your own seed, or those of a
neighbor, but by the time
you get it cleaned, treated,
and germination tested, you
might be better off to buy
certified seeds. When un-
By Tom Armstrong
BY CURT HARLER, EDITOR
weak and corrupt leaders,
the experience of defeat and
failure in the midst of
these we need to remember:
“Behold the Lord God comes
with might, and his arm
rules for him’ ’ (40:10). At the
heart of the universe there is
Intelligence, Purpose and
Power.
He WQI Gently Lead
Yet, this same Universal
Reality whom we call “God”
is not only Intelligence,
Purpose and Power, but also
Love and Compassion. Side
by side with the image of the
mighty God there is the
assurance that: “He will
feed his flock like a
tested seeds are used there is as long as weather and other
more risk of diseases, poor mechanical devices are
germination, and doubtful favorable. However, when
yields. In most cases we can we get into exceptional
expect the certified seed to circumstances, or power
outyield the home-grown failures, the whole business
kind. When we consider all is threatened. fll|)
the other costs and inputs. As it appears at this time,
the extra cost of certified when a farmer can be put out
seed is very little. of business because of a 30
TO BEWARE OF minute lack of electric
OVER-CROWDING power, he is operating on a
In today’s modern very risky basis. Would it not
livestock and poultry be more practical to fill
housing I fear that too many these houses with a n»mh»r
birds and too many head of that could survive when
livestock are placed m emergencies do happen?
limited quarters. When we Actually, it brings to our
get into confinement attention the place that
production we try to put the electric power enjoys in
manmum number in the today’s agriculture we
budding. This may work fine can’t get along without it.
Farm Calendar
MP p. Today, July2l p.m.; Cumberland Fair,
s, ™mer Picnic; 12 Cumberland, Md.
£“•> 54168 Barn - Clearfield Co. Fair begins;
aen,Md. continues through August
Delaware State Holstein 2; Clearfield.
AdamTST'f.f’S' 1 - Gosbe " Fair
4 ‘ H Horse continues through August
Roundup 2; WestChesterT
K Grange Fa,r; Momson Cove Dairy Show
oJJIV, TI __ begins; continues
Clarion through August 2; **
Clarion Co. Fair begins; Martmsburg.
August Potter Co. Fair begins;
ssr August
Maryland Gram Producers
Annual Meeting; 1:30 (Turn to Page A 47)
from a fresh nanging side not a
refrozen vacuum pack.
But there is no recourse from the
economic realities of the situation.
The average homemaker can’t afford
to pay the gourmet pricetag attached
to fresh produce. There is no
humanitarian cause in protesting
tomato handling.
Even vegetarians don't cringe
they dice, slice, chop and churn
vegetables. But chickens—now
that's a different story.
Summer months are long, hot, and
dull with nothing to do. So, the
country club set picks a ‘cause of the
month’ and entertains itself
liberating the downtrodden of the
earth. That, of course, includes
chickens.
We can only hope the problem will
blow over like a sudden summer
storm
shepherd, be will gather the
lambs m his arms, he will
carry them in his bosom, and
gently lead those that are
with young” (40:11).
Trusting in that kind of
God, therefore, I am not
anxious to realize that mvgi
existence on this earth is sP
fading flower, for “the Lord
is the everlasting God”
(40:28). And my comfort is
knowing that “they who wait
for the Lord shall renew
their strength, they shall
mount up with wings like
eagles, they shall run and
not be weary, they shall walk
and not faint” (30:31).
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