10—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 14,1978
Needed improvements for ’79
Exhibitors and visitors to the
Pennsylvania Farm Show were
generally pleased and even excited
about the way the activities
unraveled, but they do offer some
suggestions for improvement which
are worthy of strong consideration.
In the Large Arena, for exmaple,
exhibitors and animals are plagued
year after year by a few unruly
troublemakers who throw trash and
even firecrackers. On Thursday,
during the Baby Beef Show, someone
tossed a firecracker which exploded
near a little girl Isn’t there
something we can do about this, or
must a child or an adult have his ear
drums blown out first. If the State
Police isn’t around, maybe we should
grab the troublesome characters
TO CHECK STAND-BY
GENERATORS
Weather conditions are
very uncertain at this time of
the year, and all of us should
be prepared for emergen
cies. Electric power is a very
important part of most farm
operations, and without it,-
we are nearly shut down and
severely hampered. There
fore, some emergency
equipment is needed to
operate all of the mechanical
devices now being used on
many farms. The stand-by
generator is the one piece of
equipment that can keep
tilings moving while the
power is off because of
THE PRICE
OF VISIONS
Lesson for January 15,1978
Background Scripture:
Daniel 1.
Devotional Reading:
Habakkuk2:ls-2Q.
Sri Chinmoy, a teacher of
meditation from India, has
remarked: “Some people
will do anything for their
own advancement except
work for it.” In other words,
many of us are desirous of
the fruits of God’s gifts, but
we do not want to pay the
price. We are perhaps like
the woman who listened as a
RURAL ROUTE
Boy is rr cold
this MORNING
ourselves and show them they’re not
wanted
In the dairy barn, exhibitors are
asking for a maternity pen. That’s
certainly a justified request and it’s a
wonder how it was overlooked in the
first place.'
The beef barn has drainage and
ventilation shortcomings. They’ll
hopefully be taken care of before
next year’s big show.
Last, but certainly not least, we’ve
got “to keep thinking about adding
more usable space. More than a half
acre of exhibit area will be lost now
that the 1978 Farm Show is over.
Unless something is done to coun
terbalance that loss, 1979 is likely to
go down as a year of disappointment
at the Farm Show.
severe weather. Many
producers have one, but may
not have used it recently. We
suggest that this type of
equipment be readied for an
emergency at any time.
TOSEGREGATE
NEW ANIMALS
One of our very good from a show or sale, should
veterinarians of years ago also be segregated for the 30-
tried to impress on livestock day period. The animals
producers that sanitation themselves may not become
and segregation were the infected because they have
two most important things in been treated against the
good livestock management, infection; however, other
The segregating of new animals in the herd do not
animals brought into the have the resistance and may
herd is a “must”; otherwise, come down with various
great risk is being taken, infections. Segregation is
great pianist played a
stirring Polonaise by
Chopin. “I’d give everything
to play like that.” Turning to
her, the nianist said: “Yes,
that’s what it takes:
everything.”
Indulge yourself!
We live in an age when the
terms self-denial and self
discipline are virtually
unknown. Our culture’s
message is basically;
“Indulge yourselves - you
have it coming to you.”
Many of us are caught up in
a frantic effort to enjoy
ouiselves to the fullest: to
get as much as we can as
often as we can. We are
perhaps often like the comic
strip character who asks his
big sister: “Did I have a
good time today? Sometimes
I can’t tell.” The assumption
is that if we consume as
much of the world’s goods as
we can, we will have a “good
time.” Often, however, that
assumption is obviously
wrong.
The first chapter of the
COLD; DID You SAY cold?
LET M\B TELL YOU, IT'S
COLDER THAW COLD
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When thse animals are kept
separate for 30 days and then
tested for various infections,
and found negative, then it is
safe to place them with the
rest of tiie herd or flock. In
this same line of
management, animals that
are returning to the farm
Book of Daniel presents a
challenging counterview.
Daniel and his compatriots
are given what must seem to
be “an offer they can’t
refuse: ” they will live and be
educated in the palace of the
great Babylonian King
Ashpenaz eating the same
sumptuous food and drink
enjoyed by the king and his
court. They will be the envy
of their fellow Israelites with
the “good life” that has
suddenly become theirs.
The good life?
Daniel, however, “looks
the gift horse in the mouth”
and doesn’t see the offer as
“the good life.” He knows
the rich food and drink of the
king, no matter how good it
all looks and tastes, will be
unhealthy with too much
quantity, too much richness.
So he persuades the king’s
eunoch to allow him to
pursue a vegetarian diet.
The eunoch consents but
he has a problem. If Daniel’s
WHAT'S COLDER THAN COLP
Ahnl
Strike
Editor, Lancaster Far
ming: I have been reading,
hearing and watching this
farm strike when I’ve not
been busy fixing fence,
calving or lambing. Fellows,
believe me, I am on your
side in sympathy only. I now
feel our salvation is not
strike and complain, but to
listen to the economic
warnings of our trade papers
and magazines, stop trying
to out-guess our neighbors
and tend to business.
For starters, do not plant
more crops than you per
sonally need to feed your
very important for good herd
health.
TO THAW PIPES
CAREFULLY
Frozen pipes are quite
common when temperatures
get near zero; the thawing of
the pipes in buildings can be
dangerous. Blow torches or
any open flame is very
dangerous and should not be
used; neither should electric
welders. All of these are
dangerous and can start
fires. The wrapping of the
pipe with burlap or rags and
then pouring on hot water
can get the .job done.
Electric hair diyers have
diet makes him weak and
listless, the eunoch will be in
trouble with the king. So a
demonstration is arranged;
Daniel and his associates
will be tested in comparison
to the servants of die eunoch
who eat the king’s rich food.
The result of the test: “So
the steward took away their
rich food and the wine they
were to drink,'and gave
them vegetables.”
The point of the story is not
a pitch for a vegetarian diet.
It is rather to demonstrate
what can happen in our lives
when we dare to discipline
ourselves. The “good life,”
the writer is saying, is the
disciplined life. Because
Daniel thought more of his
soul than his appetites, he
“had understanding in all
visions and dreams.” All of
us would like to experience
the visions and revelations of
the great men of faith, but
are we willing to pay the
price?
By Tom Armstrong
WHEN YOU CAN CARRY”
A SOCKET OF WATER
WITHOUT THE OUCKBT.
not the answer
is
animals. If you are just a
grain operator, close down
for one season and take a job
in town, go fishing,
whatever, but give the world
a chance to eat up this
surplus.
I am a cow-calf operator
and was a hard head for a
while but when we culled 40
per cent of our cows, sold our
hay and switched to a flock
of sheep, we actually made
more income with less ef
fort. Then this year we cut
com planting m half and we
lost even less.
been used to blow hot air on
the frozen pipe area.
Prevention is always better
than the cure; try to prevent
the freezing and save all the
trouble. The use of electric
heating cable wrapped
around exposed pipes is
giving good results.
performance. The skeletal
structure, and especially the.
feet and legs will be much
better,,if they are permitted
more outdoor freedom.-
TO ALLOW LIVESTOCK Tightly confined animals
ROOM AND EXERCISE tend to have more trouble
The confining of any type with body lice and ringworm s
of livestock into cramped, infection. When given the
stuffy quarters is not chance most animals will'
- this - is- - spend far more time outsi<&
especially true of beef cattle the pen or building, thaif
and young dairy animals, inside; they will do better.
They need fresh air and under this kind of
daily outside exercise for top management. " -
Farm Calendar
Today, Jan. 14
New Jersey Holstein
Association annual
meeting, 10 a.m.; all
breeds luncheon, 1 p.m.
at the Watching View Inn,
north of Somerville.
Buck Tractors. Pulls ban
quet, Quarryville Com
munity Fair Building,
6:45 p.m.
Blue Mountain Young
Farmers meet at the high
school for volleyball, 7
p.m.
Monday, Jan. 16
Dairy Herd Improvement
meeting for Lancaster
County dairy farmers, at
the Robert Wenger farm,
south of the Buck, east of
Route 272. Turn at Caleb
Wenger’s. Meeting at 1
p.m.
Pennsylvania Turf Grass
Conference,' J.O. Keller
Conference Center, Penn
State University, State
College, Pa. Conference
continues through the
19th.
Tuesday, Jan. 17
“Meeting with Wood,” first
in a series of three ses
sions on energy conserva
tion, at the Hunterdon
County, New Jersey, Ex
tension Center, 7:30 p.m.
Other sessions Jan. 24
and 31. Details at the Ex-
tension Service.
Inter-State District 3
meeting, noon, at
Chestnut
Presbyterian Church.
Dairy management meeting
with Don Ace at the Lan-
One more word to the wise
cowman, the buyers are
ground all of a sudden
looking for replacement
heifers, cows are in short
supply and the price of
calves is going up. Please do
not get greedy and expand
because we will flood the
market in four to five years
and we will be in trouble
lagain. History does repeat
itself, and rather quickly.
Frank B. Darcey, Jr.
Fairfield, Pa.
caster Farm and Home
Center, 7:30 p.m.
Garden Spot Area Young
Farmers meet. Subject:
Feeding animal wastes to
livestock.
Ephrata Area Young
Fanners meet at the high
school, 7:45 p.m. Officer
elections and tax law
changes are on tap.
Small fruit growers round
' table discussion at the
Fruit Research Lab,
Adams County.
Wednesday, Jan. 18
Lancaster-York Vegetable
Growers meeting.
Ephrata Area Young
Farmers beef tour, leave
Ephrata Area Junior
High School at 8:45 a.m.
Welding classes start at Blue
Mountain High School
Agriculture Department
for adult farmers.
Classes will continue on
consecutive Wednesdays
through April 19. Various
types of welding will be
taught. Registration fee
is $2O.
Land use discussion in
Manor Township, Lan
caster County, at the
Hambnght School, out
side of Millersville. 7:30
p.m.
Com Day at the New Oxford
Fire Hall, 9 a.m. Call Ex-
tension Service in York or
Adams County for
details.
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Thursday, Jan. 19
Inter-State Milk Producers
District meeting, Quar
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