LIFE
on the farm
By Dieter Krieg 9 Editor
By DIETER KRIEG
Having missed my scheduled flight
for a brief visit to my parents’ farm in
Florida, 1 waited for the next available
connections. That made me decide to
re-schedule the return flight as well,
leaving the sunny South a full six
hours later than I had originally
The trip home was absolutely no
fun.
Sitting towards the rear of the DC
-9 late that night all that was keeping
me awake was a severe pain in my
ears which was the result of frequent
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altitude changes. This particular
flight made several en-route stops
About half-way to Baltimore, the
pilot informed the handful of weary
midnight travelers that weather
conditions in the Maryland-
Pennsylvama area were miserable
The plane would be able to land, but
there was much snow on the ground
and it had just recently been topped
with freezing ram.
“I'll have a great time driving
home," I thought to myself. Marvin
was expecting me home Sunday
night
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As the airplane approached the
airport, the lights and dimly-lit
scenery looked out-of-place There
had been no snow here less than 48
hours ago Now the place looked like a
refrigerator which was in desperate
need of defrosting What a lousy thing
to come home to l
It was 2am
Home was 50 miles to the north
I needed a dogsled, but all I had
was a 7-year old car.
The lights of Baltimore were soon
behind me as I headed north on four
lane highways It wasn’t bad going As
the night grew darker due to the
vanishing of city and highway lights,
the view through my windshield
appeared even colder than it was -
especially since I was the only fool out
on the road this early in the morning
Instead of allowing myself to settle
way back in the driver's seat, as I
usually do, I had both hands on the
steering wheel and was crouched
forward for whatever advantage that
might give me for visibility. Snow was
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even presented while the the past few years. However,
opposing thoughts are we 54111 hear of Restock
presented strongly. When it P roducer s who get hurt
comes to issues concerning because they allowed left -
agriculture, and especially over chemicals to get into
land use and the preserving th , e hands of child ren or
of good farm land, we urge aUowed livestock to get to
farmers and folks in the 4hem - We su §6 est separate
rural area to become very ? tora S e buildings or rooms
active and let officials know * or ma^ei *ial and should
their opinions and n ®vcr be left on the bam
suggestions. Otherwise, oor ’ 4be garage, or in the
agriculture will continue to feed aUe y- 1116 livestock
be the loser. industry is at the point for
rn KFITP TM producers where it is very
tot iru with difficult to make much profit
i amu Airime on 44)6 operation. When these
careless losSes do occur - i 4
reluctant to come forward
and state their opinion on ft.-i?.,,,f- a^e4y
public issues, whether they 15 * 5 important as fire or
concern agricl£“ or nl
However," under present ****»
trends and transactions we
feel that farmers have every
right and actually have a
duty to let their legislators
and officials know what they
are thinking. In many cases
the fanner viewpoint is not
It will never be outdated. Especially organic food. In
the soon coming great depression, vegetables and
soybeans will be more economical for the grower and
consumer both, than feeding to animals and then
eating the animals.
Large distributors will want loads of produce if we
can fill their truck at our warehouse. We’ll start in
June or July or maybe before.
Plant acres of strawberries and dwarf fruit trees at
once. Our products will keep them healthy without the
serious sprays at least. We have premium organic
markets and good partial organic markets. We have
good contacts far and wide.
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Phone 717-394-9917 Open Mon. thru Fri.
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 5,1977 —
falling and the windshield wipers
were flipping back and forth. The
beams of my headlights swerved from
side to side on occasion as the back
end of my Oldsmobile fought for
better traction.
Each mile beyond Interstate 83
came as a surprise. The tires kept
chewing the snow The headlights
kept their aim towards Woodbine.
Eventually a point was reached when
I boasted; “From hereon, I don't care
if I do get stuck, I can walk the rest of
the way!"
The last half-mile was all uphill. It
was 4; 30 a m Slowly, but steadily, the
car continued to stay on course
towards the farm. The familiar sights
sure looked friendly all of a sudden.
And then there was a most pleasant
surprise
There, ahead of me and to the right,
was the cow stable with all the lights
turned on. Inside was Marvin, getting
ready to milk. What’s more, he was
getting started an hour early.
“I thought you might not get back
with the snow and all,” the hired man
explained matter-of-factly.
“Thanks, Marv, if you were a girl I’d
kiss you,” I said with genuine ap
preciation.
Now is the time
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