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—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 8,1977
LIFE on the farm
The way those fellows were
dressed, you'd think they were on
their way to a business ex
ecutive's meeting. Shoes were
By Dieter Krieg , Editor
Dad wasn't saying much, but I
could tell he wouldn't have miss
ed their visit at all. He was sizing
these guys up about the same
way I was and undoubtedly
thinking the same thing. Aside
from these characters being way
overdressed for anything less
than a social affair at some fancy
club, these two young bucks
acted as though they were Mr,
Authority and Mr. Executive,
polished like mirrors, not a hair They thought they knew most
was out of place, and there everything and demanded to
wasn't a speck of dirt underneath know whatever they didn't know,
their fingernails or ingrained into They had forms to fill out and
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MAX ISENBERG
669-4027
BALLY
LONGACRE
ELECTRIC
845-2261
BELLEFQNTE
LUCAS BARN
EQUIPMENT
814-383-2806
BELLEVILLE
MACLAY & SON
717-935-2101
CAMP HILL
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737-4554
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ZIMMERMAN
EQUIPMENT
445-6409
the palms of their soft little
hands. They looked like models
more than anything else.
Sizing them up as I walked
towards their new automobile, I
figured these guys to be a real
pair of softies who thought they
were big shots. Farmers don't
usually have much time for these
sort of characters. Each young
man carried a clipboard with
plenty of paper. Maybe they were
government agents instead of
models. I could tell they weren't
salesmen because anyone with
something to sell doesn't play the
role of the high and mighty.
Contact your nearest Patz dealer
HAMBURG
SHARTLESVILLE
FARM SERVICE
215-488-1025
KIRKWOOD
LANDIS &
ES6ENSHADE
786-4158
LEBANON
MARVIN HORST
272-0871
McALISTERVILLE
SANER FARM
SYSTEMS
463-2606
MILLERSBURG
LANDIS
LABOR SAVERS
692-4647
really took that job to heart. In
the process they made fools out of
themselves and left an im
pression which sank to the depths
of human possibilities.
It wasn't until after they had
gone that Dad really voiced his
objection to their visit. Shaking
his -head and laughing half in
anger and half in enjoyment ouS
of the ridiculousness of it all, he
told qf some of the questions the
two men had asked. Like how
many bathrooms we had. They
wanted to know, in detail, about
any remodeling or building we
had done and anything else that
had changed on the farm during
the last several years.
Most farmers thinks that's
nobody's business but their own,
especially when the fellows ask
ing all the questions are the
county tax assessors.
Know Where the
Activities Will Be?
Read the Farm
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MILTON
LANDIS FARMSTEAD
AUTOMATION
437-2375
NEWVILLE
FRED B. McGILLRAY
776-7312
PIPERSVILLE
MOYER
FARM SERVICE
766-8675
WILLIAMSBURG
LONGENECKERS, INC.
814-793-3731
EASTON. MD
WALTER J. HARMSEN
301-122-3085
Women Calendar.
HAGERSTOWN. MD.
TRI-STATE
FARM AUTOMATION
301-731-3698
KENNEDYVILLE
FINDER SERVICE CO.
301-348-5263
LINEBORO. MD.
WERTZ GARAGE INC.
301-374-2672
IDSOR
TRI-COUNTY
FARM AUTOMATION
301-775-7356
ST.REELML
WALTER WEBSTER
452-8521
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