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—Lancaster Farming. Saturday, April -9. 3 977
Easter - a farmer just can’t help
but notice it
The day and its religious im
plications come at a most appropriate
time every year. It’s the day
proclaiming the Resurrection of our
Lord, Jesus Christ - symbolizing new
life in a miraculous way. But that's
not all.
Take a look around and see what'
else has risen - what all, in fact, rises
every year at this time 1
The singing robins are back.
Flowers are up. The grass is turning
green. Cows are roaming on pastures
again. Trees are .appearing in
magnificent robes of a soft green
texture. Plowed fields are releasing
that fresh, earthy scent. Children are
playing in sandboxes. Baby chicks
and ducklings are hatching. The days
are warmer and more welcome --
inviting us all and everything around
us to live.
God has granted the entire nor
thern hemisphere a new lease on life
and the miracle of it all is sprouting
up and out all around us. It's a
beautiful time of year. The Easter
story fits right in.
Price Index up one per cent
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The
Index of Prices Received by
Farmers increased two
points (one per cent) to 189
per cent of its January-
December 1967 average
during the month ended
March 15, 1977, USDA
reports.
Contributing most to the
increase since mid-February
were higher prices for
soybeans, oranges, cattle,
and cotton. Ixiwer prices for
hogs, eggs, and milk were
partially offsettinp The
FISHER ENGINE SERVICE
LIFE
on the farm
By Dieter Krieg, Editor
Mention Easter and “Life" comes
to mind. And I think of Mother, since
mothers are most symbolic of life
Mom always spent hours of her
time preparing for an egg and
chocolate hunt on the front lawn
Thoughts of Mother also bring
flowers to mind, because Mom has
never failed to spend a part of her
Spring days with flowers.
Flowers are life and life is Easter. It
all ties in. Easter - Life -- Mother -
Flowers - Beauty -- Spring -- Life -
and back to Easter.
Easter is a miracle, just like life
itself is a miracle. We almost take a
daily blossoming of life for ganted, but
oh how precious and irreplaceable it
is l The birth of a calf, standing on
wobbly legs and staring wide-eyed at
the world. The emergence of flowers -
- delicate petals pushing through soil
which was frozen just a few weeks
ago. The songs of robins as they lure
the sun over the horizon each
morning.
The Easter season has arrived and
it’s being proclaimed by all living
creatures
Have a happy Easter, everyone!
Index was three points (I‘j
pet.) above last year.
Prices received by far
mers for poultry and eggs
decreased nine points (five
pet.) to 183 during the month.
Prices for eggs at 58.8 cents
per dozen showed a decline
of 7.4 cents from February.
Broilers brought 24.3 cents
per lb., up three-tenths of a
cent from February.
Prices received by far
mers for fruit increased 10
points (eight pet.) to 132
during the month. Con
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tributing most to the in
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I-ower prices for grapefruit
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Prices received by far
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than 4 billion, averaging
6Vfe inches long, would equal
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