I? Letters To ij jlThe Editor J| Dear editor: In the August 9 issue of the Lancaster Fanning there is an interesting editorial discussing the advisability of a national “Right to Farm” MESSICK'S Are Recognized As A Leader In Forage Equipment... So Before You Buy - SEE THE EXPERTS! ★ A SUPER GROUP OF HARVESTERS detector that prevents ferrous metal obiects from entering the 12-knife cutterhead new-concept inter changeable crop head 1 782 Forage Harvester “Most Popular in North America” A U I IC" WAIVER of FINANCE till MARCH I. 1981 this- rUW' ON NEW & USED FORAGE EQUIPMENT MESSICK FARM EQUIPMENT, INC. RHEEMS EXIT - RT. 283 ELIZABETHTOWN, PA. PHONE: 717-367-1319 - 653-8867 M DALE HERR - HOME 665-2718 WARREN SPICKLER - HOME 653-4560 law. Robert B. Delano, president of the American Farm Bureau Federation approves such a law which includes the right to own property for farm use, the 707 Forage Harvester The Little Giant 3 Pt. Hitch One Row with Big Capacity right to develop markets and have free access to them, the right to use technology etc. The editorial rightly questions this proposal on the grounds that it will (like most laws) raise all kinds of questions but, in my opinion, misses the point at issue. We have forgotten our heritage when we say we need legislative to guarantee the right to farm. All we have to do is to go back to the constitution which states that our right to “Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of happiness’ is an unalienable 9mm M&»0» 9mm it? 6 CHECK OUT THESE EXCLUSIVE FEATURES: • Metal Detector • Flip-Up Feed Rolls • Under Bevel Knives (Never Requires Rebeveling) • Uniform Cut right which comes from God. No one may take it away. The pitfall of enacting legislation guaranteeing that right is this: these rights are already guaranteed by the constitution and our government, whose officials have already taken an oath to uphold the constitution. If the government grants any rights, they can also take them away. If we acknowledge that the government is acting correctly in giving us the right to farm, for example, we have admitted that the Available with 2 or 3 Row Corn Head 718 Forage Harvester “The Proven Performer” NEW HOLLAISD , 892 Forage Harvester Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 13,1980-123 government not God, is author of these rights. The right to own and control property or to farm is already a natural right held by every citizen. We should beware of passing any laws which give that right to the government, for what the government gives us, they can also take away. I am convinced that too few people read the con stitution. When the newscasters stated that Roth re-elected director of Animal Breeders Assn. LANCASTER - Harry Roth, operations manager for Atlantic Breeders Cooperative, Lancaster, was re-elected to a three-year term as director of the Na tional Association of Animals Breeders at their annual meeting held m Dear born, Michigan. A member of the Atlantic staff for 16 years, Roth is m charge of all production, pro cessing of semen and sire selection. Since 1970 Roth has been a member of the NAAB Dairy Sire Evaluation Genetic Im provement Committee and is currently active as a member of the NAAB Researcn Committee on Genetic Abnormalities. He serves as chairman of the NAAB Ad Hoc Committee on Embryo Transfer investiga tions. He is a member of drafting only men might be termed unconstitutional, I asked myself, on what ground?” The constitution does not mention women (nor does it mention the word democracy.) Read the constitution and guard agains surrendering any of your basic or unalienable rights to Washington! Eternal Vigilance is the price of liberty. Mrs. Ruth Schriver Westminster, MdL Atlantic’s research commit tee. Active in dairying m Penn sylvania, Roth was honored in 1979 when the Penn State Dairy Exposition was dedicated to him. He is a director of the Pennsylvania All-American Dairy Show, and chairman of the Penn- sylvania Invitational Judging Contest. A Pennsylvania native, Roth grew up on a dairy farm and had 10 years ex- perience m 4-H work. He’s a 1954 graduate of Penn State University where he was a member of the Inter collegiate Dairy Judging Team, president of the Dairy Science Club, member of the Ag Student Council, chair man of the Dairy Exposition and a member of Delta Theta Sigma fraternity. After serving a year and a half as agricultural exten sion agent in York County, Roth jomed Western Penn sylvania Artificial Breeding Cooperative as fieldman un til he became sire analyst and manager in 1960. He re mained manager until Western joined with Southeastern Pennsylvania Artificial Breeding Cooperative to form Atlan tic. At the merger, he assum ed the position of Breed Pro grams Director. Roth is vice-moderator of Grace Brethren Church and a member of the Deacon Board. He and his wife Ruth have three daughters.
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