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Mastitis Treatment and Control by Ken Kurjiaka of Tuco. A Complete Fly Control Program by Hank Edwards of Shell Chemical Co. water. Back to the barn girls! Around another comer, the tractor refused to start again. I suppose if someone had left me parked in that windy spot behind the shed for four days they’d have trouble getting me started, too. Stalled tractors usually mean towing. One farm wife I know of claims that helping to tow machinery starts more farm family fights than any other cause. Ac tually, it is difficult to remain on speaking terms with a husband who keeps reminding you that he signalled you to stop, but you ignored him, and that’s why his good log chain is now in three pieces. Oh, the perils and pitfalls of pulling pooped pieces of equipment... Discovered around yet another comer was the resident flock of five mangy ITS ANIMAL MEDIC FOR ANIMAL HEALTH p* n~H>i >J> i t Jjr . vi ' l^ -gMWWn » W ll ' 7 r w i J,72S^L" ANIMAL MEDIC INC. P.O. 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If kittens are on the way, can Spring really be far behind? - Ollie Reynolds of its participating Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 11,1978—57 Notebook We hear so much about the breakdown of the family being the root of the world’s troubles. Is the opposite then also tme-a solid background in a loving family wifi. cure the world’s ills? In other words, do caring parents givechildren lasting values? It seems to me that many farm families are representative of those that struggle with a definite purpose in mind. Per petuation of life is the reason for their existence. They are not only interested in the present but they also plan for the future. There is a con tinuity about their very lives. They choose to live not only for themselves but they also are concerned for others. JS: A letter to my husband’s mother, from her college professor brother, upon her marriage over 60 years ago, urged her and her farmer husband to be leaders in their community as they had the privilege of both being school teachers and college graduates. On a farm one does not search for jobs to keep busy. STORMOR EZEE-DRY • The patented overhead drying floor dries jjg to keep your costs down Dries up to 12,000 bu per day attOpts removal Stores up to 16,000 bu Big Savings oLOJuaciu Quality Built to Last Longer Ida’s HOPPER TANKS • Famous for double-duty, hold wet grain at harvest, and feed or supplement the rest of the year • Diameters from 6to 18 ft • Heights from 10'4" to 43'5" • Capacities from 112 to 3,921 bu GRAIN EQUIPMENT, INC 80. ;* S RD 12. York, PA 17406 Ph f 717) 755-2690 • - v-" o * s Ida Risser There are ample op portunities for all to pitch in -even young children. There is no problem such as suburbanites have in only having waste baskets to empty and a yard to mow as responsibilities for their youngsters. There is a sense of unity in that a good year and a job well done pays off for everyone. When money is tight everyone feels the pinch and then we learn that there are other joys in life which can be shared; even the simple act of sitting down and talking to each other. I believe that farm families celebrate the past more than many others do. Maybe it is because they aren’t as mobile as some families. They really are tied to the soil and what grandpa or even great grandpa did is talked over and discussed. Being of a conservative strain, many reminders of early life here in America have been preserved and handed down generation after generation. Let us hope our youth will do us proud.