—Lancaster Farming. Saturday, March 8. 1975 10 Farm Commentary by Dick Wanner Dairy Health Problem Like many speakers. Jane Alexander started on a light note at .ancaster County Dairy Day on Tuesday afternoon But Penn sylvania's Deputy Secretary of Agriculture stopped smiling when she oegan talking about herd health And her voice shook, it seemed to us, when she got to the subject of Lan caster County herd health "The Department of Agriculture's funds for animal indemnification are just about wiped out because of dairy cow condemnations," she told the audience "There’s a chance that we're going to have to depopulate a Lancaster County herd of 180 cows Indemnification money doesn’t last long when you're dealing with that kind of problem ” Later in the day, we talked to Dr Everett Denlmger, the Lancaster County veterinarian who heads up the Department of Agriculture's Bureau of Animal Industries He told us that there are ten quarantined herds in Lancaster County Five of those, including the one Mrs Alexander referred to, are restricted because of brucellosis Three are quarantined for para-TB, and two for Dr Denlmger said that there are presently 19 herds quarantined with brucellosis in _the entire state, up from just seven a year ago And he said that his department has noted an increase in the number of brucellosis vaccinations being carried out in the past six months Is Lancaster County a hotbed of dairy disease, we asked Dr Denlmger “We’re keeping a close watch on the county, but considering the number of cows here, I don’t think the percentage is any higher than it is in the rest of the state We’re con cerned now because we don’t want it Unemployment Lou Moore, in his speech to a group of Lancaster County poultrymen on Thursday night, started off with a story about a man who threw a bull across a fence. Happily, though, the bull throwing story was not in any way symbolic of the content of Moore’s speech. We had second thoughts, though, when Moore said out-of-work vacationers were so thick in Florida this year that state policemen were standing on the highways asking southbound tourists to turn around and go home Moore's credibility was rescued by the corroborating testimony of a member of the audience who'd just returned from the Sunshine State This curious anomaly of hard times in America, Moore said, was brought From the Mail One thing we like about our readers is their candor One new subscriber this week told us he decided to subscribe after coming across a copy of the paper in somebody's garbage can For his sake, we hope the paper wasn’t wrapped around anything before he decided to read it Another new reader was to become a real problem ” Dr Denlmger said the condition here is aggravated by free stall barns with dirt floors, the vast number of Background Scripture: dairy cattle locally and the swapping Hebrews 2:10 through 5:14. back and forth of cows between &;•“•?.*! . = neighbors, friends and relatives Somewhere I have heard it In the large herd with 180 animals, said that "the wounded some 50 cows have been removed so healer” is often best able to far An unconfirmed report said that heal the brokeness of others .... , , A physician who has ex the herd was healthy a short while penenced disease personally ago The owner sold about 20 head is more likely to be effective into an out-of-state herd, then in bringing recovery to his brought them back some months patients. A counselor who later The cows did not have up-to- I 1!* 8 P ers ° na, ly hadto work ...... . . . . through momentous date health certificates when they problems of his own is more were brought back, and they were not hk e ly to be helpful in quarantined when they rejoined the asSishng others to work herd They brought brucellosis back through theirs. with them and infected their herd- Another’s moccasins t If we are to help other , , ... .. . , people, we must be able to In her speech. Mrs Alexander said understand them. And m that the department is considering order to understand them we some changes in the regulations ought to be able to put concerning indemnity funds The o . u r s^ v f s in their place. An ..... .. . old Indian saying tells us thrust of her message was that that we cannot rightly judge dairymen whose herds became in- another man until we have fected through carelessness might walked ten miles in his not be able to get indemnity moccasins " The message is clear There’s a Following this philosophy, dairy health problem m Lancaster 1" ~ ~ , , problem-solving with people County Certainly, 10 infected herds IS a device called “role out of 2000 is no epidemic, but it is playing.” People are asked cause for alarm Dairymen must be to a ct out in an impromptu extremelv careful about bringing new ma n_ner the "role” of co r : n,o h the ' h r ; h r d r co : s only be bought if they have valid oth er person “from the in health certificates, and even then side.” For example, a they should be kept separate from mother and daughter ex the rest of the herd for 30 days periencing conflict over Under any circumstances, sending kf i, x , * i 1L , ® regulations may be asked to an entire herd to the butcher cannot “reverse their roles ” the be a pleasant experience But if, mother trying to act the role through carelessness, a farmer loses of the daughter and the his right to collect indemnity for daa |hter assuming the role infected cows, the experience could ° ften f reat , , , , understanding comes from be more than unplesant It could be these experiments and disastrous relationships are healed. Another reason for the healing power of the “wounded healer” is the greater likelihood that we will respond favorably to someone who has “been where we are.” The com forting attempts of someone who has personally known grief are usually more convincing to us. This is why rehabilitated handicapped people are sent to try to help others with disabilities, why “ex-cons” are often sent to work with prison inmates, and former mental patients sent back to mental health facilities to work with the emotionally disturbed. Tempted as-we are It is also for these same reasons that the Epistle to the Hebrews exalts Jesus as our exalted “high priest.” As the writer puts it: For we have not a high pnect who is unable to symphathize with weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin. (Hebrews 4:1) This is a crucial teaching, for some people think of Jesus in such exalted terms that he is seen as personally irrelevant. Dwelling on his perfection and divinity, some people feel that a person so removed from the common temptations and experiences of men could hardly be of much help. How, they reason, could the Son of God know what it means to Blues? about by unemployment com pensation which actually boosted the take home pay of many who lost jobs because of the double-barreled assault on the economy by both in flation and recession Some workers are drawing as much as 95 percent of their base wages Since unem ployment payments aren't taxed, these workers are getting more than they were getting as wage earners “So a lot of these people weren’t especially hurt financially And they figured since they had the free time, they might as well go to Florida And when they got there, they ran mto a lot of people who were still working The people who have jobs this year figured they’d better take their vacations and go to Florida while they can still afford it " troduced to the paper by his chicken salesman And this week for the first time, we’ll be sending a paper to Hangover Farm in Bangor, Pa And oh, yes, a special welcome this week to new subscriber Richard A Rohrer, Kodiak, Alaska Richard, we un derstand, has discovered a great way to make frozen strawberries He just leaves ’em on the vine until August 1 THE WOUNDED HEALER Lesion (or March *.1*75 ** * S % 1 pT a To Spray for Garlic Pastures infected with wild garlic should be sprayed during March for best control. The application of 2-4, D (Ester form) before the clover starts to grow should keep the wild garlic plants from maturing. The goal is to spray and kill the garlic plants when they arc small. loiter in the spring the garlic plants will be harder to kill and any clover in the pasture will be injured. Wild garlic is a major milk flavor problem on many dairy farms and effort should be made no to eradicate the weed. To Withhold DES Hormone I have recently been in- nuts. I’m referring to spring formed that as of March 16, oats, pastures, and new 1975, cattle feeders will have seedings, of alfalfa. All of to certify that slaughter these should be seeded just cattle have not been fed any as quickly as the ground is stilbestrol hormone (DESi dry enough. In this area for at least 14 days, spring oats must be seeded Therefore, cattle feeders by the first week in April if need to respect this any decent yield is expected; regulation and feed their they need maximum growth cattle accordingly. This a nd maturity before hot same regulation was in ef- weather arrives. The feet about two years ago, but grasses and alfalfa need to was discontinued when get as much growth and root sufficient evidence was not development as possible available. The restriction before the weather turns hot was imposed“becausetif the —and dryr-Ail materials and danger of residue in the meat equipment should stand tissues. Feeders should ready to plant at the earliest' check with their marketing opportunity. ~ concern. . Farm Calendar Tuesday, March 11 5:30 a.m. - Lancaster County Holstein Assoc, annual tour. Buses leave from Farm and Home Center. Return Wednesday. Wednesday, March 12 1975 4-H Expo, Park City Mall, Lancaster. Con- tinues through March 15. 7:30 p.m. - Home vegetable gardening meeting, Lancaster Farm and Home Center. 7:30 p.m. - Chester Co. dairy meeting on sire sum maries and evaluations. Central Chester Co. Vo Ag School, Lincoln High- way, East of Coatesville. 7:30 p.m. - Garden Spot adult farmer meeting on farm taxes, Hinkletown Alternative School. struggle against life’s temptations’ How could a man of so many miracles know what it means to be hungry, helpless, or gnef stncken’ Still, that is what the writer of Hebrews is telling us. Just as the human priest must be understanding and merciful because of his own weaknesses, so God’s great high priest, Jesus Christ, has shared the full limitations of our humanity, even dying on a cross in abject pain and rejection. With that kind of “wounded healer,” says Hebrews; “Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need ‘ NOW IS THE TIME... Max Smith County Agr. Agent Telephone 31M-WSI To Protect Pastures Grazing areas arc very soft and muddy this time of the year. Livestock should not be allowed to run on the area because they will tramp holes in the sod and retard spring growth. Grass plants should be fertilized within the next month and given a chance to get several inches of growth before being grazed. A pasture that is given good care in the spring should produce more forage for the rest of the season. To Seed Early some crops will do better when seeded just as*early in the spring as weather per- Thursday, March 13 j| 9:30 a.m. - Farm estate' planning seminar. Timbers Restaurant,- Quakertown. 6.30 p.m. - Lancaster County" Conservation District annual banquet. Good ’n Plenty Restaurant. 7:30 p.m. - Workshop on farm transfers and partnerships, Lancaster Farm and Home Center. 7:30 p.m. - Elizabethtown Young Farmer machinery meeting, E- Town H.S ag classroom. Friday, March 14 9:30 a.m - Farm estate planning seminar, Holiday Inn, Lionville. 6-45 p.m. - Manheim FFA banquet, Manheim Central H.S. cafeteria Monday, March 17 7 30 p.m. - Lancaster County goat meeting. Dr. Samuel Guss, speaker, Lancaster Farm and Home Center. Tuesday, March 18 9:30 a.m. - Farm financial management clinic, Lancaster Farm and Home Center. Continues trhough Wednesday. 10:10 a.m. - Montgomery County Dairy Day, Collegeville Inn. FOR MORE THAN A QUARTER-CENTURY A MODERN-DAY JOHNNY APPLESEED HAS BEEN AT WORK IN MICHIGAN. DENNIS MADISION GROWS TREE SEEDLINGS IN HIS SPARE TIME, OFFERS READY-TO PLANT TREES TO HOMES, COLLEGES, CITY PARKS, INDIVIDUALS IN A SIX-CITY ARFA. ”1 HE ONLY WAY WE GET FRESH AIR TO BREATHE IS BECAUSE WE HAVE TREES", HE SAYS.
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