—Lancaster Farming, Saturday. July 16. 1977
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By DJETER KRIEG
One of the things a farm boy always
has time for regardless of how busy
he's kept with the chores is mischief.
My brother Ingo and I got together for
a bit of it one Summer shortly after
several thousand bales of straw had
been hauled into the barn. ' •
For days we had picked up, pitched
and stacked bale after bale; sweating
and becoming tired under either a
hot sun or an even hotter slate roof.
Shirts - if we wore any - were soaked
with perspiration whenever we
worked in the mow. We breathed air
which was heated beneath the roof
and saturated with dust. You’d think
we’d be glad to get out of it, and then
stay out, but when there’s a possible
laugh involved, you can take more.
Ingo and I spent what little spare
time we had lifting bales higher and
higher until we were lust beneath the
roof. We built a wall which was
. straight up at the front of the mow
and left “dungeons” behind it. We
were going to be moving from that
farm that Summer and thought It was
neat to leave such an unusual mow
behind for the next tenant. We never
even noticed how much we sweated
during those hours. Obviously, that
wasn't work at all!
Our prank was nothing, however,
compared to one my father
engineered when he was a teenager
LIFE
on the farm
By Dieter Krieg, Editor
He and some of his friends
dismantled an old spoke-wheeled
wagon which was used for hauling
manure during those days. Then they
lifted it piece by piece to the roof of
the barn and reassembled it. That
should have been work enough for
anyone, but the boys didn’t let it end
there. The pranksters proceeded to ’
load the wagon with manure and left
it atop the barn roof for all to see and
wonder about the next day.
My favorite target for pranks was
our hired man, Marvin. Practical jokes
included building a big snowman atop
his tractor, holding his cap directly
beneath the fertilizing end of a cow,
and filling his milk can with water
(which he wouldn't discover until he
got home.)
But the prank which was worth the
most laughs for me took place one
day when Marvin was pulling the
manure spreader out of the loading
area. It was on a lower level, and I was
standing above the entrance.
“Hey Marv," I hollered as he
steered his tractor towards daylight.
He looked up, and what he saw
gave him the impression that I was
about ready to give him a rude
shower.
Never before or since have I seen
Marvin hit the throttle of the tractor
as fast as he did that day.
Conservation field day set
LANCASTER - The
Lancaster County Con
servation District and the
Agricultural Extension
Service’s annual field day
will be held at the Ken
Kreider farm, Strasburg, on
July 19, beginning at 10 a.m.
In case of rain, the event will
be held on July 21.
The Kreider farm can be
found by going east on Route
896 out of Strasburg. Turn
right onto Bishop Road, go a
half mile to Beaver Road,
turn right and it is the first
farm on the right.
Two contests will be held
again this year - contour
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PASSBOOK ACCOUNTS EARN
DRAWING INTEREST FROM DAY OF DEPOSIT
TO THE DAY OF WITHDRAWAL
ACCOUNTS INSURED TO $40,000
STILL TIME TO OPEN A 1977 VACATION CLUB - 5V«%
First Federal
SA/INGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION OF LANCASTER
OFFICES IN LANCASTER, LITITZ, NEW HOLLAND,
PARK CITY, MILLERSVILLE. AND MT. JOY
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plowing and level land
plowing. The directors of the
Lancaster County Con
servation District are en
couraging as many persons
as possible to enter the
contest.
The activities planned for
the day are:
10:00 a.m. Plowing Contest
in contour and level land
divisions.
FOR ALL YOUR NEEDS IN
FARM SCALES...
GARBER SCALE COMPANY
★ SALES » SERVICE ★
121 Witmer Rd., Lancaster, PA 17602
Phone - 24 Hours
(717) 393-1708
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10:30 a.m. Land judgi
contest.
12:00 noon Lunch.
1:30 p.m. Rooster chase (
7 years) (7-14 year!
Greased pig chase (14 yea
and under)
2:00 p.m
prizes
Awards ai
J. Everett Kreider is tt
chairman of the days ai
tivities.