4—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 30, 1966
From Where We Stand...
RAIN!
Just one little word sums up this
week in the record books Rain! It
cleanses our minds, momentarily at
least, of the war in Vietnam, the dirt
and delusion of politics, and the fruit
less wrath of racial strife.
It’s a golden word R-A-I-N.
Simple and plain, like so many of the
other essential words in everyday life
food; faith; friend; trust; love. As an
aside, isn’t it interesting that so many
of the really important and meaningful
words in our lives are so appropriately
short, uncluttered, and uncomplicated?
The drought is not over for us by
any means, at least, not yet. It still
stalks this paradise of ours, and is now
in its fifth straight year.
But how quickly we rally when
our side scores a point! Spirits lift, and
“hope springs eternal’’ This was a good
rain, heavy and damaging in some parts
of the county, but, on the whole, good.
And certainly in the nick of time.
HOLSTEIN FIELD DAY WINNERS in the type judging contest, (left to
right) Marlin Smoker, Stevens Rl, Youth Champion; Mrs Donald Hershey, Man
heim R 2, winner of the Senior Ladies Division; and J. Mowery Frey Jr., Beaver
Valley Pike, Senior Mens Class and top scorer. The event held Wednesday drew t
600 county Holstein breeders, their families and. friends. L. F. Photo JNOW
• Holstein Field Day
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you must put it m the silo do
it befoie it dries up com
pletely
“It is very important to give
your cows comfort on these
hot days And don’t foiget to
give them something to eat
They aie roughage-eating ani
mals, and with the meadows so
dry they need hay or silage
beside short feed,” Plastow
said.
He also asked the 4-H mem
bers who will be showing
their animals at the Lancas
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tei County 4-H Dany Round
up, Aug 2, at the Guernsey
Sales Pavilion, to wash then
animals before bunging them
to the show, since a water
shoitage has developed at the
sales barn
To sum up all the rain talk,
president Claience Stauffer,
Ephrata Rl, adjourned the
meeting with, “Now we’re
leady for lain'”
JUDGING CONTEST
In the moimng type-judging
contest, J Moweiy Fiey Jr,
Beavei Valley Pike, scored 283
points of a possible 300 to win
both the John W Eshelman
and Sons tiophy for the high
est total scoie and the associa
tions model cow award foi
the winner m the senior men’s
division
Jumoi Champion was Mar
lin Smokei, 10-yeai-old son of
Mi and Mis Earl Smokei,
Stevens Rl, with 250 points
He took home a model cow
from the bleeders and the
Eshelman youth trophy
Mrs Donald Heishey, Man
heim R 2, topped the ladies di
vision with 249 9 points. Other
ladies winning prizes were
Mrs E R Newswanger, Kin-
17113
You may have forgotten, but look
ing back in Lancaster Farming at this
time we found that the end of 'July last
year was the turning point in our dry
torment. July floundered out amid great
drought-breaking moisture, and August
come in on a raft.
Those rains didn’t solve our long
term drought problem, but they sure
helpsd make a crop!
Hopefully, we’re in for a repeat
performance this year. Some of the
early corn -has tassled-out at four feet
tall, or less. But even that crop can* be
helped a little at this point with suffi
cient rainfall.
Farmers harvested record-breaking
small grain crops, by all indications. The
big question now is the total corn,
forage, and tobacco crops, and, of
course, the ever-nagging water table
problem.
But maybe all the old pump need
ed was a little priming.
Anyway, Come On Rain!
zer, 245 points; Mrs Richard
Hess, Strasburg Rl, 240 points;
Susanne Keener, Manheim R 3,
238 6 points, and Vera Martin,
Ephrata Rl, 233 3 points
Other men winners were
Robert Kmdeg, Beaver Valley
Pike, 274 points, Robert
Kauffman, Elizabethtown Rl,
266 points, Robert Wenger,
Quarryville Rl, 251 points, and
Jay Garber, Lancaster R 6, 250
points
In the youth division follow
ing Smoker was Haiold Weil
er, Ephrata Rl, 249 points,
Janet Kurtz, 1160 N Maiket
Street, Elizabethtown, 235
points, Robert Hess, Stiasburg
Rl, 234 points, and Shirley
Hershey, Lititz R 2, 233 points
Other people appearing on
the afternoon program includ
ed Miss Caiol Ann Hess, Lan
caster County Dauy Princess,
Elvin Hess, Jr State Directoi,
and William Niohol, secretary,
Pennsylvania Holstein Associa
tion
Stamp collecting put a pie
mium on poor printing since a
blot, blur or misprint increas
es the value of a stamp to
collectors.
Made for Han
Lesson For July 31, 1963
fectjreunJ E<*. J 11 I*a>ahl 12-
i i.uk* ti 1 1 /'3fK *23 3 6 Jofm
Piain.B4 16.10 12. shall,not do any work.” The
T rhythm of work-and-rest, work-
Because I said so. This is a anc )-rest is part of the inherent
typical response from a parent lenl p o 0 f the universe and the
to the ine\liable why. of the comrn andment purposes to
child who has been told to do b men into ,|. lth that
something. Ours is not o rea- tcmp s o for the sake g f thell own
son whj, ouis is but to do and renewa i an j well-being. Left to
die.’ mused a teenager in mv, his mvn gense of tim * n „ * maa
S ° has a way of making life into a
The 5 fact is Iceasc^ess treadmill. The sabbath
however, tha' change of pace is not meiely
many people di (desirable but essential if man is
"re vsou whv ’U 0 function with the full capacities
or at least at with which he is cieated.
tempt to do so.' r iheie is another reason why”
For '' vork 18 forbidden on the sabbath
i esnlts 1 Hoiausc 15 a slm P' e matter foi men tc
I said so!” ina\ become wholly engrossed imt oik
Rev. Althouse be adequate, and the puisuit ot matena. gain
but for long-iange icsults it is fheie aie some families in v hich
best that we take cogm/.ence ol at is financially necessa foi
the need to 'Teason why.” Too husbands to hold down I ■ o or
olfen we hate attempted to teach f_ ven , fhree jobs oi for bot h hus
tallies and morals without help- band and wile to woik \et 1
mg the learner to understand the have often obserted that in many
puipose behind them. Thus today cases it is not necessit\ but gieed
it is no longer enough to say to‘(h a ' lies at the bottom o. .t all.
many people 'The Ten Com- The sabbath is a wee*.; re
in andments say .” For them mindei to us that life is more
the Ten Commandments as well than bread . . . . or cake,
as all other religious laws and hmallj, the sabbathlepiesents
\ alues aie simply arbitiaiy ie-God s recognition of man » g.eat
quirements which some people est need: himself Although we
impose upon otheis. can commune with him da .y m
the midst ot our toil, there is also
PURPOSE BEHIND LAW a weekly need to give him our
The Ten Commandments are undivided attention To alio,'him
not outmoded but perhaps our opportunity for a time-exposure,
careless w r ay of teaching them is to reach into comers and cre\-
\ ery inadequate for our contem-ices of our lives, to ieuc,> us
poiaiy woild. We can no longer and refresh us and then send i.=
intimidate people with "it’s in the back to our work, that is the
Bible” or "Moses said ...” W'e puipose behind the Fourth Corn
can, how'evei, help them to better mandment.
appreciate the God whose every (b«s«j «n ouiim«s by th«otutsian
command IS given foi the wellaie •( Chnsilian Education N«tt«n«l C»unci' of is*
of men. W’e have said, for ex- church.. .( chmt m <h. u s A by
, i 1 , Community Pr«s S*rvic#)
ample, that God commands us
to "have no' other gods” before
him because the inner "civil wai” (JIVE COWS SHELTER
of divided lovaltics is haimful to , , , , , .
us as well as insulting to God. Cows need shade duung hot
W’e have said that thewoiship of weather If trees are not avail
giai en images is wrong because able, Joe Taylor, extension
it handicaps man with a \est- dairy specialist at Penn State
pocket size God. The command- University, says a che.-p shel
ments are not aibitiaiy whims j- er serves the purpose and
of a capricious God, but concrete p a y S dividends. Wheie zeio
evidences of his plan foi man s „ oraoticed eo s will
a elfare and happiness. giazmg is practiced co ■■ s wiu
Tins is no less true of the consume more choppec glass
Fourth Commandment: "Remem- feed bunks or self-feeding
ber the sabbath day, to keep it wagons are located m the
shade.
Is The Time ...
By Max Smith, Lancaster County Agent
Farmers are entitled to a refun 3 of 7e
per gallon for state taxes paid on gasoline
used for agricultural purposes. This request
must be made by September 30 to the Board
of Finance and Revenue, Harrisburg No
claim for federal taxes paid on agricultural
gasoline will be lequired until Income Tax
reporting time
To Sow Redcoat Wheat
Growers who are interested in using Red
coat wheat for grazing or green chopping as
well as for a gram crop next year, can get
the seeding operation underway about the
middle of August We suggest that thiee
bushels of seed be applied per acre tor best
grazing results Since Redcoat wheat is resistant to Hessian Fly,
there is little need to wait until the fly-free date
SMITH
To Use Caution
With Drouthy Crops
The nitrate content of corn
and many forage crops vhll in
crease during extreme dry
weather and be especially tox
ic to animals from 3 to 5 days
after a good rain Producers
throughout the county are
urged to respect the timing on
their crops, due to the recent
rains, and be sure to - keep
their animals from consuming
the forage during this period.
Stunted corn, sudan grass, or
the sudan-sorghum hybrids,
can be extremely dangerous.
jholy...ln It you-shall not do
any work.” Many people regard
i this as. an annoying regulation
lthat interferes With their own
plans. Yet, Jesus provides the key
I when he says: "The sabbath was
made for man, not man for the
sabbath.” (Mark 2:27 RVS) This
1 observance, which to some Is but
.the arbitrary requirement of a
task-master God, is really his
provision for the enrichment of
his children.
A DAY APART
"To keep it holy,” meaning to
set it apart for special observance
and treatment. The sabbath day
is not to be like all other days.
Even more specifically: "rn it you
To Request Gasoline Tax Refund
Green-chopping is as danger
ous as grazing
To Make Alfalfa Seedings
With improved moisture con
ditions alfalfa gioweis aie
urged to make their summer
seedings early in August; ex
peiiments favor seedings made
during the first week or ten
days rather than latei in the
month. -Some v attention to
weed control is essential; ei
ther use Eptam a few days
prior to seeding, or use 2,4 D-B
when the weeds are one to
two inches high.