AlD—Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, December 6,1980
Lancaster Farming says...
There’s controversy brewing in the
chicken soup business right now.
Poultrymen should use their
noodles and raise some noise in favor
of a change in the USDA
requirements for chicken soup
contents.
The case in point revolves around
the chicken which gives the soup its
name.
For a time there was a move afoot
to raise the chicken content in a can
of soup from the current two percent
minimum to three percent Perhaps
five percent should be the goal.
Five percent is a modest enough
target. USDA already requires four
percent of every can of beef soup to
be beef
While having five percent chicken
and 95 percent something else is
hardly overdoing chicken soup, it
would increase the amount of
MATTHEW’S CHRIST
AND YOURS
December 7,1980
Background Scripture:
Matthew 1:1-17; 5:17-20;
9:9; 13; 51,52; 23:1-12.
Devotional Reading:
Isaiah 35.
Newspaper and magazine
TO MULCH
STRAWBERRIES
You will have more
strawberries to put over that
vanilla ice cream next
spring, if you cover the berry
plants with hay or straw at
this time. Strawberries are a
very popular small fruit and
quite profitable for the tune
and investment. The plants
should be mulched with
several inches of clean straw
or hay in order to protect
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editors throughout the world
seem to have at least one
rule in common they will
not print anonymous letters
to the editor "If you won’t
sign it, we won’t print it,” is
the maximum in journalistic
circles
If this had been the
practice current in ancient
times the four Gospels of the
New Testament ought never
have come to light (along
with a lot of other literary
and religious works) For,
although each of them today
bears a name Matthew,
Mark, Luke, and John
none of them did at the tune
they were written and
originally circulated among
plant roots to the surface.
When spring comes they will
die. We urge everyone with
strawberry plants to give
them some protection with a
mulch at this tune.
TOSTORE
PESTICIDES SAFELY
Now that the spraying
season is about over, except
for alfalfa weed control, do
you have your spray
materials safely stored?
They should be kept in a
separate room or building
chicken in each can by 250 percent,
And that’s a lot of chicken
Consumers would get a better
quality product Laying operations,
whose spent hens make up the bulk
of the chicken m soups, might get a
few cents extra per bird Thursday’s
17.5 cent quote is better than usual,
but far from ideal.
Any change in the minimum
standards would require an
amendment in USDA regulations
Such a change would need strong
producer backing and the usual bout
with the bureaucracy
Pennsylvania Poultry Federation
endorsed the three percent plan The
United Egg Producers said they liked
the idea, too
But the Poultry and Egg Institute
of America did not endorse such an
action Along with producers, the PEI
has soup companies as members so
the early Christian com
munities. This was not
because the authors did want
to reveal their identities, but
because authorship was not
regarded as particularly
important in those days
People didn’t really care all
that much who wrote
something It was the appeal
of the contents, not the
identity of the author, that
was important.
The Writer’s Christ
Thus it was several
hundred years before the
first Gospel bore the title,
the Gospel According to
Matthew. The reason for this
title was tradition, rather
than any evidence from the
Don’t be reckless with
chemicals and be guilty of
harming your own family or
livestock. Make every effort
to store them in their
original container in order to
maintain identification.
There have been too many
cases where pesticide dust
or pellets were thought to be
protein feed for livestock.
This is poor management
and can end with serious or
fatal results. Store all spray
materials safely away from
children, pets, or livestock.
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there is a potential conflict of interest
there So far soup firms have neither
rejected nor backed the idea All they
say is a jump from two to three
percent will not have an impact on
consumers
Nobody seems to have a good
reason why today’s minimum
requirement for beef in soup is
double that of chicken Most
poultrymen seem to agree with
Pennsylvania Poultry Federation’s
John Hoffman who points to history
At one time there was no minimum
requirement at all for chicken
content in soup A fly-by-night firm
almost could run broth past a
plucked bird and the result would
qualify as chicken soup
The two percent chicken
requirement not only looked good to
home economists and consumer
types, but it also kept the marginal
Gospel itself Perhaps the
old tradition is correct and
Matthew, one of the Twelve
Apostles, was the author of
or at least the source of the
first Gospel. But we really
don’t know who wrote it and
probable"*'- rr ..I'
As a mallei ui personal
and historical curosity we
might wish we knew the
identity of the author, but as
far as our Christian faith is
concerned, it is not im
portant at all. Much more
important than determining
and identity of the author is
our recognition of the
author’s Christ. The writer,
be he Matthew or someone
else, is not writing about
company. Do you have one
or more fire extinguishers,
and are they in good working
condition? Too often we may
have invested in this
equipment but have failed to
keep it in good working
condition. Also, does every
member of your family, or
all of your employees, know
exactly the location of the
extinguishers and how to
operate them?
This is very important if
you are going to keep that
fire under control until the
fire truck arrives. If you
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BY CURT HURLER, EDITOR
himself, but his Lord.
Yet, although it is not
important for us to know who
Matthew really is, it is vital
for us to know something
about him so that we may
better understand his Christ
Fpr each one of the Gospel
authors has a unique and
distinctive view of Christ. It
is one messianic Person ot
whom they testify, but each
of the portraits in the four
Gospels is a special
viewpoint and insight into
Jesus Christ.
“New” And “Old” Treasure
Therefore, although we do
not know the author himself,
we find, in reading his
gospel, that he saw Jesus as
very important. Chec your
fire fighting equipment
frequently and try to prevent
serious losses.
TO BOLSTER
FARM SECURITY
Rural crime is a serious
problem m some parts of our
country. Every farmer
should make a special effort
to prevent his property from
bsmg stolen. As we have
mentioned previously, this is
very difficult on the farm
because of the number of
buildings and other items
Farm Calendar
Today, Dec. b
Horse and Puny Club
recognition banquet,
Farm and Home Center,
Lancaster, fa JO pan
Tuesday, Dec. 9
Adams County DHIA
banquet, Hetdleisburg
Fn e Hall, I p m
bmall gram production
meeting, Koom lOd,
Dover High bchool, t 30
p in
Kul Kose UHIA banquet,
Oood n Plenty
operators out of the business
At the time the old regulation
passed it was no great boon to
poultrymen Statistics show most
legitimate soup companies used
about two percent chicken in their
soup, anyway
Today, eggmen in the area have
just three outlets for spent hens, two
in New Jersey, one m Baltimore
Orderly marketing or increasing the
number of outlets will help too
The change in USDA ad
ministration means no action will be ‘
taken until Spring, and then lengthy
documentation must be completed
Still, poultrymen should not
chicken out on the five percent
proposal just because it takes time
When the state Egg Council meets
this Wednesday, solid support of the
five percent proposal would be in
order
God’s Messiah who was the
fulfillment of all God in
tended in the law and the
prophets. Probably Matthew
was a Jew interpreting Jesus
to people ot Jewish
background using language
and thoughtforms that
communicated to the Jewish
mind. The writer of the first
Gospel consciously por
trayed Jesus as the divine
link between the old” and
■ new” covenants, the one ir
whom the unbroken cor*
tmuity ot God’s purpose
could be seen
But Matthew’s, purpose is
not only to portray his
Christ, but to lead you ever
closer to yours
pemng.
Also, the keeping of
garages and workshops
under lock and key will
make it more difficult for ;
illegal entering. Farm
machmery should be stored
under cover or near the farm
buildiftgs at all times.
Machinery left in the “back
forty” could be a temptation
to some characters. Every
farmer shold try to make it
more difficult for thieves to
practice their dishonest
intentions.
Restaurant, ijmoketown,
11.30 a.m.
Wednesday, Uec. IV
Karin partnership meeting,
Adams County Extension
Ottice, Gettysburg, 7 30
p m
Pa Egg Council quaiteriy
meeting, Host Corral,
Lancastei ,Ipm
Thursday, Dec. 11
Biadtord Count > Extensile }
meeting. Mom oeton t ire *
Hall, / 40 p m
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