10—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Oct. U, 1975 Kicking either me or the milking machine at just about every milking was the last straw as far as 1 was concerned. "ft's no wonder Mr. fisher sold you, Bonnie.” / said with disgust, “Tou don't produce over SO pounds of milk per day. you dropped a midget of a caff, you kick like a mule, and you rs putting too much of my reed on your back*" I protested, punctuating the remarks with cracks from the milking machine strap. After having had her in the herd for more than two months, with lots of trouble and lithe pleasure, she didn't need to be pampered anymore. The onfy good quality she had was her high (~S per cent average) butteriat test. Which perennially saved her from the slaughterhouse. My disappointment with Bonnie carried over to her little scrubby heifer caff, which 5 had named "Billie” She was such an undesirable thing that a local calf buyer didn't want it end I didn't want to take a chance at the auction because she was too smat! yet. Weeks and months cessed, Bon nie's production didn’t improve, out she was, at least easier to gat along with. Billie didn't grow much and her stature became worse instead of better. Snort be ween the legs, round, and beetyhooKing. Stlhe always received her feed without e show of One bad one spoils the bunch sroceJbs=s sod tobercotesis sre on he rise sgsin, cooordtrjg to ofSdiste in -ancestor County, other counties,. nc otner states. 3ne diseases, whicn ’•so been oratty ive’s order control unnc rscsm yet re nave soosrsntfv riade = corseosok anc 2re ire subject f conversstKjsrasjd onnt in many •rees. rorterticg is 2 case from out of serion* - -whsin a/so aco?>' to- sSinsytvaraa. Ca-oVe, or ifTj'wbars gssa. We "eori-t * A lessor. bpjcg*bsis ro.— ;•» Cciaoer S’C oCCaC Z o-a era frowns C£-~-ot-si2ts arc -.ecs' "S'XS. U.rorooecsy, jttcst :r>e csrr’-e nsd reeSo- cferis. i-sx affection because 1 simoly wasn't _ interested in her. But she was never abused either just ignored Biilie, who is DluTured in the right , foreground of me title oicrure tns week, never caught my eye. was never petted, and i-anncioaied iirtla bin nronlems from her when she eventually freshened. The first time I put s milker on Billie. 1 sxoected her to send me to Kingdom -Come 1 out tne milker on carefully and nervously l . Then Billie turned her need, wren her mouth still full of feed, and oegen to Tick my arm. Tnen sne Ticked my fees, and Instead of efmer of usoeing nervous— sne was very referee, and I Just about melted Billie wanted to be a oet even tnougn i nad never shown her any anecrion. and rn sorre of the fed thet ner mother wes me fiercest Vinter in the 55-cow nerd A daughter of “rfowecres Befiectd Mode3T Billie became one of finest looking animals .in trie nerd She had stretched out nce'y in doit length and netgni. and was my onde and joy after mat firs: milking. As a •bonus, she milked like a fool and rad her mother's fat rest sc. Somerow the fas test was all sne inhenteo from her mother, and that was all ! wouic haw -wanted her to nave. Such an aoerience is on- tr re ; resends 2 dairyman rss In ns life on • the farm, and the ssxisfecton derived ; from it is oriceiess. All dgns rassnet di Dies: ideg si c rjsZ- ~y~ b* - oosed to brucellosis one* reacnec Vermont. l I ( (.*?l fi. ■ j oners ommotec an a 1 f-out crash orogram to seer on infected hercs. oy 2 xesk vo-te cg 2S tSDA vsxenrs-rers an" tacrWcers. wro - j " xc* oumrs a is. 1 r—to—tstt" ocoi Pspr»sj' va-r ;= Orac-akas-s. - j cse are :iTT-r =ccs -- :o '.Tssn jO 3C 253 I~,=~ Vt-Sl 'S *.= o=c~-cos D-' Gi3=_ neros aocssc *o« r&rc liamji ABRAHAM LAUGHED Lesson ior Onober 12. Background Scripture Gsnsss la through 18; 15. Devotional Exodus ln;2-12- Abraham laughed! But thdn, "why shouldn't be have laughed? It was belter than becoming cynical or angry. Gad had made a ridiculous promise to Abraham and be had m mate some load of response: Consider -what God was saring; ~ I will make my covenant between me and j'oa and wH maitipJT you exceedingly you sha& be tite rather m a multitude of ashacs"' (Genesis 27:2.5). It sounded like a wonderful promise, bgt now rouki fie Lora ever de&rer fiie goods? Firs: of sS. bow could Abraham be 2 "father of a moKkade of nations'’ when b? didn't even have a son? Well God seemed to hare an answer for that objection: 'I *ra3 give toe a son by her (Sarah. Abraham's wife)" -■Genesis 17:25). Whan Abraham was raDeTT-nine ia yes. Lord, ba; roa’re rorssdat ooe 2ck isct: Abr£3£Z2 is nißeTy-nins years old sad Sarsn is mast? in ssyßO-'s ztxk isai is cMid- ■spaS assr fee coacarnar period or Jifel 5a carfrouCed by God’s sfesage sac preposterous prcrrcse. “Abraham fell oo ids race sad laughed. and sadfebmseH., ~5aS a child be bars as a n=n *rbo is a SEOdred yssrs old? Shall Sarso. *fe3 Is ninety rears aid, bear s dsM?' ” "(17:17). Iva erpensacs indicates fear safe feings fast do nor happen. tne Yse, dssac= ias laughter, daspote ins doubt, Abraham vss - mas of faith. it had xsz his faith that bad led Inn to answer God's 02S to hsvsrsshaz&m 3~rzn sad punier to 2 strange sod abEomo iatd. I: had been sene faith that tias sustained -fa in be rears is" ran faSospsl. CeS hb "Isaac" DnrinE base arganr- prosper*: and it ■rone. nsrr no 'x admitted G-rd's prorinsncs asd oarers: rrer iim and anstcec ~r~ nob ysssns en>: secnrir*- i sc. 'ie ssDgisxs ia Caras:?., for a cis, -s^ cassajeTib.’j' fess th=n -stisc .d —£t3 aCCCjiSSSa y^a» praC2Si2g -2EZ3: "ADC I 'Sill polish av covsßaat zae sad ycsi and HflcT V{j£j Sar geasradoos rTgri&SUOS T2»V fS?C 'ir:7i aad “I grre zs yzxL arc -o roar 35S25D6SXS 25s toe*.., ~s& is~c «:c jeer s?>xrri2is. ■r^ ccrsosa:., sS™l£ zi €s-&zzu for sn srarjssras , =C <"S?s -— J ' X: -■--‘yi Arc=hg~ hsc C-cc zn itsz is: iSj iea: :o -csl] ai icaa -'iji ie _j£r*ccs iaixe- £: q-^-- ;rxisr. i»:. J-2czbs=3 arc Szrsh, i<:cu_ igv -rrr-,- A Reading: To Mate High-Moisture Corn The practice of soring high-moisture corn is Travelouge series sponsored fay the Paradise Rotary dub at the -Conestoga Valley- School. The “Alaskan Adventureland will begin at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct: 1Z promise incomprehensible, Goat show at the Kim when they stopped laughing berton Fairgrounds 1:00 and doubting, began to P* l ®* .‘ _ ' . believe in and trust the Lord „ , Tuesday, Oct. 14 who had blessed them so Garden Spot Young Farmers richly in the past. And meeting on Fertilizer because tbev believed they beginning at 7:45 p-m. in received wtet God promised ■. ag ck® s ™ o ® ™ and the covenant was Garden Spot High School fulfilled. District i - 7 of Maryland Abraham laughed at God's Cooperative MHK promise, but he went on to Producers meeting at the believe and see the promise ntl ? Pr^ te ”*J? become a reality Church, New Park, \ ork So may we move on County at 7:00 pja beyond our doubts to faith ' Wednesday. Oct. la (Based on outlines Dls i rict * °f. Mar >: copyrighted bv the Division Cooperative M 1 ■ * of Christian Education Producers meeting at National Council of the J oh^ e l, Restaurant Churches of Christ in the North East Md ’ '- 00 C-S-A. Released bv Com- { ?’ m ' _ f municy Press Service \ Berks Co. , Baby beet Roundup at the Leesport Market, Leesport 3:00 p.m. gaining among livestock and dairy producers. Many fields of com are approaching the correct time to be harvested years Id Abrabain bad Agrifacts . . . a*- SSr« ■S3 ie rhiv 7 «a- L ' •- or,--ha if inch * y t£ >' ~ *~oo-indi J-~-e ar,»i ,\v v\as inch jhiek >.<i his GaTs To Topdress Alfalfa Fall is one of the good times to make an application of a phosphorus-potash fertilizer on alfalfa fields. After the last cutting and before the ground freezes alfalfa plants will be strengthened by extra' amounts of both phosphorus and potash'as found in the 0- 20-20 or 0-15-30 fertilizers. Nitrogen should not be needed on established stands of alfalfa; also; ‘ the ap plication of manure to stands of alfalfa to be kept for another season is not suggested because the nitrogen in the manure will encourage grasses and weeds that will tend to crowd out the alfalfa plants. Manure should be applied to ground going to row. crops next year. Well fed, healthy alfalfa plants going into the winter should give maximum yields next summer. :y To Clean Corn Cribs of water to f ighf fann fires The need for more at- Plans might be made iii lention' to the cleaning and advance for this emergency spraying of the com crib, or Farmers with farm ponds other corn storage, still shouldhavesufficientsupply exists (m many farms. The of water providing the fire old com should be removed truck can get within 25 feet of before the new corn Is put the water; this means an ali into the crib. Also, the weather lane or road leading structure or bin should be to the pond. Fire trucks are sprayed with an insecticide heavy and in,wet weather or such as - Malathion or during the spring dirt lanes Methoxychlor to eliminate of sod fields might be too soft all grain Insects. A residual to permit the truck to get to spray on all parts of the the water. We' urge some storage should kill insects attention -.to the.:need of and insure good keeping having a strae or gravel road quality for the new crop, tothe edge of the pond. Afire Com continues to be a very truck bogged down in the valuable farm product and mud between a hard road’ effort should be made to put and your pond will not be of it into good storage facilities, much help in patting out the The spraying should be done fire. Be prepared for any fire at least 24 hours before new emergency.' grain is put into the crib. - _ , - hao : .o :r~ ‘Aether, The' NOW IS ' J THE TIME . . I Max Smith County Agr. Agent Telephone :!!t4-r,xr,i in this manner. According to research workers die best moisture content ior high moisture-ear corn is to be ground when 30 to 35 percent moisture. For high-moisture shelled corn the kernel moisture should be between 25 and 30 percent. The feeding of high-moisture ground ear com or shelled corn is becoming very popular in 'most areas of the country. With the harvesting of high-moisture com the crop can be removed from the field earlier with less down stalks and the seeding of-fall grain can be made earlier. On the other side, when the crop is made into high-moisture corn the possibility of selling the com is limited in most areas. To Provide ..Water Supply Since the first week in October was Fire Prevention Week, we’re reminded of the need of 'an adequate supply Farm Calendar Saturday, Oct. 11 Gardening Workshop at the PSU Campus in Schuykill Co.7:00 p.m. Thursday. Oct- 36 Dillsburg Fair which rulli through the 18th. Saturday. Oct. IS Four wheel drive pull at the Rough and Tumble Track Kinzers 7:00 pjn. ■v>
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