M2—Laneaster Farming, Saturday, May 15,1982
OUR READERS WRITE,
AND OTHER OPINIONS
(Continued from Page A 10)
avadable. Here are some quotes
and Biblical references taken from
the booklet:
“Our faith must stretch further
mto the future than a cycle of the
season. We believe that the fer
tility of the good earth can and
must be preserved for the benefit
of future generations, but the task
can be accomplished only if, by
faith, we pursue those policies and
practices that have demonstrated
their effectiveness.” (Hebrews
11:1-2)
“Our task, as custodians of
God’s creation and stewards of His
resources, is to manage the assets
that have been committed to our
care so that they will produce the
greatest good m the eternal
scheme of things.” (Ecclesiastes
3:1,2,6)
“Culture deteriorates from
diminution of high principle;
correspondingly, it declines under
the stress of hunger or inadequate
shelter. The six inch crust of
topsoil contains the raw materials
for adequate production of food
and fibre, but if it is mismanaged
and permitted to erode, the tragic
results will be a weakening of our
culture and a challenge to our
spiritual commitment”.
(Philippians4;B)
“The ‘Faithful Messenger’
mentioned in Proverbs 25:13 must
convey the information that the
food does not somehow originate
magically in the supermarkets to
Now is
the Time
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obtained from regional offices of
the Pennsylvania Department of
Agriudture, or from local Ex
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formation may be obtained by
calling the Bureau of Animal In
dustry, telephene 717-783-5301.
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be exchanged for the currency ot
those who work at jobs that seem
far removed from the fertile fields.
It is formed in the green leaves of
plants by the process of
photosynthesis and no matter how
it may be altered as it passes
through the food chain, and the
processing and distributing
systems its source is the soil”.
“The task before us is so great
and the time for its ac
complishment is so short that we
cannot afford to waste effort in
emphasizing our differences.
Those who would exercise an ef
fective stewardship over God’s
resources are seeking a common
goal.” (RomansB:2B)
“Those who are dedicated to
wise stewardship over the
resources of the good earth hold
tenaciously to the concept that ‘the
earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness
thereof, the world and they that
dwell therein. This concept is not
for a span of a year or a
generation. The dream of adequate
supplies of food and shelter must
cover a period that extends far into
the future, because this is the only
world we have and the total
heritage of our decendents.”
(Proverbs 16:3)
We can preserve brick, concrete,
antique, but only (green) soil, air,
water, natural resources sustain
and produce.
Robert K. Mowrer
Director for Lancaster
County Conservation
District
Generally, the technology for
controlling erosion is relatively
simple. In a democratic country
where the land is privately owned
and conservation programs are
voluntary, the implementation and
rate of application of this
technology are complicated and
slow. However, the establishment
of conservation practices on
cropland through voluntary efforts
over the last 40 years is producing
on estimated reduction of erosion
amounting to one billion tons
annually.
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Misunderstanding
There is a misunderstanding of
Dairylea’s support of the Penn
sylvania referendum.
On March 16 a letter was mailed
to all Oairylea Pennsylvania
members explaining the proposed
Pennsylvania referendum on milk
advertising and nutrition
education. Included with the letter
was a self-addressed postcard to
provide an opportunity for
members to indicate their position
pro or con on the proposed
program.
Such a poll is required by Penn
sylvania State cooperative law.
This law also specifies that results
of the poll must be made known to
a cooperative’s members and their
members must be notified whether
or not the cooperative intends to
bloc vote on the marketing
development program.
This is to notify you that the poll
of Dairylea Pennsylvania mem
bers with more than half of those
polled responding was two to one in
opposition to the proposed ad
vertising program.
In the face of this expressed
opinion of our members,
Dairylea’s Board will not bloc vote
in the referendum.
The Secretary of Agriculture of
Pennsylvania will send ballots to
all Pennsylvania dairy farmers.
Dairylea members are urged to
use this ballot to express their
individual opinions in the
referendum.
The Board urges all Dairylea
members to carefully consider the
long-term effects of a negative
vote on this matter. Surely, there is
a great need at the present time to
stimulate sales of all dairy
products. If this referendum does
not succeed, it will be a long time
before any new efforts are made to
install a Pennsylvania advertising
and nutrition education state-wide
program.
Such a program exists
throughout most of the Northeast
and at the present tune more than
90 percent of Dairylea members
are contributing to one program or
another.
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UNIVERSITY PARK - The
Penn State Press has announced
the publication of a book that will
answer all the Ungual questions for
folks who have always wanted to
learn how to speak Pennsylvania
“Dutch.”
Entitled “A Pennsylvania
German Reader and Grammar,”
this hard-bound book written by
Earl C. Haag presents the
sometimes difficult language so
that even the least "Dutclufied”
person can leant Deitsch.
Haag takes the reader through
the language-learning process by
presenting the Pennsylvania
Dutch words m story-form on one
page, and their English translation _ . .
on the facing page. His topics Ttus book > wfuch Presents the
range from school to house, farm difficult language in an un
and town, along with dates derstandab l e format, will be
weather, parts of the body, and available after June 14 from The
clothing. Pennsylvania State University
Not only does Haag show you the f ress > 215 Wagner Budding,
spelling of the Pennsylvania Dutch j University Park, PA 16802. The
words (which he admits may be cost o{ 0,6 hardbound edition is
'""•tlcn differenth' depending on $12.95
Franklin
conservation
CHAMBERSBURG - If you are
a farmer, you know that your farm
is different from your neighbor’s,
states John Akers, district con
servationist with the Cham
bersburg office of the U.S. Soil
Conservation Service.
“Your soils are probably dif
ferent. Your choice of crops,
livestock, equipment and
management plan will also differ.
And these factors also influence
the amount of erosion and surface
water losses that takes place,” he
explains.
“There is one way, however, that
all landusers are probably alike,
“claims Akers. They make plans.
Plans to manage, plans to un
prove, and plans to protect are all
done to some degree by each
farmer.”
When it comes to protecting your
natural resources, conservation
planning is the key to success.
Many Franklin County landusers
Learn “Dutch 99
the dialect of Dutch that’s spoken),
but he spells out how these words
are pronounced and used gram
matically in conversation.
Pennsylvania Dutch or German
is the language of Pennsylvania’s
early settlers who were brought
from the Rhine Valley in Germany
to the new world by William Penn.
Teaching and studying this
language has been the career of
Earl Haag who is a Penn State
professor at the Schuylkill Cam
pus. His interest in Pennsylvania
German developed while doing
graduate study at Penn State and
at Heidelberg University, Ger
many.
farmers
plan
for
now have detailed plans for their
land, Akers reports.
The Soil Conservation Service
has recently assisted the following
to develop conservation plana: J.T.
Miller and L.T. Coble, Mon
tgomery Township; Peckman
Homestead Farm, St. Thomas
Township; James King, Sr., An
trim Township; Harry Eyer,
James Kukaddon, Ralph Gipe,
and Robert Cressy, Lurgan
Township; Charles Swailes and
Matthew Felmlee, Metal Town
ship; Robert Bailor, Fannett
Township; Ronald Swope, Quincy
Township; William Reynolds,
Washington Township; Clifford
Gayman, Greene Township; and
Paul Swartz, Letterkenny
Township.
Landowners desiring con
servation planning assistance may
contact any U.S. Soil Conservation
Service office.
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