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Conservationists Elect Officers Robert Wagner, a Quarryville R 2 dairy far mer, was named to the Conservation District board of directors at a recent district meeting in the Farm and Home Center. Wagner was appointed to the board by the Lancaster County Commissioners to fill the unexpired term of Robert G. Brubaker, Elizabethtown R 3. Brubaker, a member of the board for the past three and-a-half years, resigned because he is moving his farming operation to Dover, Minn., in March. Brubaker had been appointed to the board when Henry Hackman resigned to become the district’s executive assistant. At the same meeting, the directors elected officers for the coming year. All were reelected. Aaron Z. Stauffer, Roi ,Qi - ryv goodbye to Robert Brubaker, Ephrata Rl, was named chairman, Amos H. Funk, Millersville Rl, remains as vice-chairman, and Mrs. Nancy J. Burkhart, Strasburg Rl, continues as secretary-treasurer. HOTPOINT 21.1 CU. FT. UPRIGHT FREEZER #FV2ICR Elizabethtown R 3. Other appointments were: Kenneth Depoe, Mount Joy, Rl, publicity chairman; Amos Funk, legislative contact, and Aaron Staiiffer, executive council. 299 Reader's Corner •f Editor’s Note: One of (he busiest spots in any newspaper office is the wastebasket. We recall one farm editor who told the tale of sorting through his mail at home one evening, tossing away at least half of the envelopes unopened. “Why are you doing that?" his wife asked. “You’re not even reading them!" “Why should I read them,” he replied, “I know what they don’t say." We pride ourselves at Lancaster Far ming on at least opening the envelopes. Although we still have a busy wastebasket. But every once in awhile, we open an envelope and just don't know what to do with the contents. This is particularly true of some of the things our readers send us. What for example do you do with a long poem about a baby bull calf? Well, we decided to print it here in a space called “The Readers’ Corner”. It might be the only Readers’ Comer we’ll ever have. Or it might be the first of many. It’s up to our readers. It takes time, thought, effort and a 10- cent stamp to send something to a newspaper. It would just not be right to give these things the same treatment we give to the less than earth-shattering news that pours in a steady stream from public relations types and government bureaus. While PR types and bureaucrats do give us valuable information - some of it we even print - their mass-produced news releases don’t have the same ring about them that the contributions from our readers have. Newborn Bull Calf Here’s a tip for human beings And no word of it is chaff, You may thank your luck star-beams That you were not bom a calf. Life for you may not be roses. But I’m telling you right now That you’d have some cause for heartache If the off-spring of a cow. All last week the sun shone brightly That except of course at night, Then the moon took up the burden And it furnished not bad light. I looked on in happy wonder Everything was new to me And I thought that this old planet Was a great grand place to be. But they tell me lanes are lengthy That are built without a turn, And I found they might turn sharply And that there was much to learn. Like a bolt of vivid lightning From the sky both blue and clear I was taken from my mother Arcadian Liquid. Prime way to top-dress. Small grains and grass need plenty of nitrogen to grow big, protein-rich yields. < “ v \ <3 , A That’s why leading fanners top-dress with Arcadian Golden Ufan* liquid nitrogen. It supplies both quick-acting and long-lasting . , Uran can be sprayed or dribbled on in early fall, m winter on frozen ground, in early Uran soaks quickly into the soil. Covers spnng, and throughout the year on grass. It s every square inch equally for consistent vields ideal for airplane and irrigation application. an d even maturing Uran saves you time and labor. No bags to We can custom top-dress Arcadian liquid lift No augers to line up One man using a Uran or rent you an apphcatoi Either wav, tmek mounted tank with a wide spray boom you’ll get the prime nitiogen top-dressing top-dressed o\ ei 200 acres in a day And }ou Older early. can add ciop protection chemicals and other ARCADIAN te. plant foods to do more jobs at less cost. Iri K- "■■ ■ See us now. JOHN Z. MARTIN RDI, NEW HOLLAND, PA PHONE 717-354-5848 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 1,1975 And was paneled off in here. That was bad enough, I figured, No green grass, Just old dry hay. Not a single ray of sunshine, Not a chance to run and play. But all this was not a starter Now that I’ve had time to think To what happened when my master Came to teach me how to drink. By now I was most awful thirsty And had quite an appetite And it would have been no trouble Had he gone about it right. But he backed me in the comer, Placed himself astride my neck, Pushed my nose down in the liquid - I inhaled about a peck. Held me there till I was dizzy, Till I knew not north from south, And then, as if for added insult, Stuck his fingers in my mouth. And those fingers! “Tasty, tasty”. Where he had them, I don’t know, But I know that taste will follow As on down the years I go. Then my mighty indignation Came to force with one great bound And from there unto the finish He and I went round and round. First I spilt the milk and floored him. Then he hit me with the pail, And I kicked him on the knee cap. When he tried to twist my tail. One swift kick I side-stepped neatly And it hit the wall instead And because I want this printed I won’t tell you what he said. But he landed one in parting That connected with my jaw. So I guess when points are counted This round ended in a draw. But I know he’ll win the finals, That’s what fills my path with thorns, And I cannot keep from wishing Week-old calves had full-grown horns. For I know he’ll starve me to it, Nature presses her demands. But I hope before next lesson He, at least, will wash his hands. (Contributed by a Bird-in-Hand dairy farmer, who .prefers to remain anonymous.) 19