—Lancaster Faming, Saturday, April 8,1978
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EDITORIAL COMMENTS By dieter krieg, editor
The spreader spread laughter
If your first impression to last week’s page 1
picture and the accompanying story was “I don't
believe it,” you’re 100 per cent right. The only
thing that fellow was spreading was laughter for
April Fool’s Day. It was all a hoax. The picture was
“composed" at the editor’s kitchen table, using
three separate photographs, and the story was
fabricated from the first word to the last.
Now that it's all over, here are a few words on
how it was done. Most of you have probably
already figured it out, but for those of you who are
still wondering just what took place - here’s the
explanation.
First of all -- if it needs telling --1 enjoy a practical
joke from time to time. It makes life just a bit more
interesting and fun.
The three photographs were the key to the
whole joke. Using the photograph of the wet field
and sky as a base, cut-outs of the helicopter and
manure spreader were simply pasted into the
proper position. Four strokes of the pen provided
“cables” and a little bit of scissors work ended up
with a fairly genuine looking power-take-off shaft.
It was made from the rotor blade of a second
helicopter picture. The semi-spherical shield at the
end of the shaft was made separately, of course
It’s all a very simple trick But it does Have'one
minor complication, that being the problem of
, A MAJORITY
OF ONE
Lesson for April 9,1978
Background Scripture:
Acts-: 1242.
Devotional Reading:
Psalms 37:3040.
From our contemporary
perspective it is easy to
TO BEWARE OF
MANURE PITS
As soon as ground con
ditions permit, there will be
considerable activity in
cleaning barns, feedlots, and
COMMENTS FROM READERS.
April 1 joke applauded
Lancaster Far-
Editor,
ming:
After reading my
April 1 copy of Lancaster
Farming, I felt obligated to
write a reply for your
editorial page in recognition
Farm Calendar
Today, April 8
Dairy Goat Workshop, 10
a.m. at the Ag Center,
Westminster, Md.
Program continues
tomorrow (Sunday).
Lehigh County Farmers
Association annual
meeting, 6:45 p.m. at the
Schnecksville Grange
Hall.
York County 4-H Round-up,
at the 4-H Center, Bair,
8:30 a.m.
itify ourselves on the side
le disciples who were
'wn into prison by the
luceanparty (Acts 5). Of
>e the really important
;ion is not, where do we
. today (when it doesn’t
us anything), but where
id we have stood if we
had been their con
temporaries 7
Go and stand >
Let's try to look at this
event as it must have been
seen by most of the citizens
of Jerusalem in those early
days after the death and
resurrection of Jesus. For
one thing, we would have
seen this tiny band of
Christ’s disciples as a
trouble-making minority
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liquid manure pits. This by
product of livestock and
poultry farming is very
beneficial as a fertilizer and
to the soil organic matter.
However, in the case of the
of your outstanding writing
achievements.
First I would like to relay
to you a story told to me by a
fellow auctioneer. It seems
this auctioneer was con
ducting a farm sale in the
Monday, April 10
Eastern Lebanon County
Young Farmers’
banquet, at the Middle
School cafeteria, 7 p.m.
Central Dairy 4-H Club
meets, 7:30 p.m. at Philip
Laughman Farm,
Thomasville.
Tuesday, April 11
Thanksgiving Night for
Chester County 4-H’ers,
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keeping things in proper perspective. For
example, the helicopter and spreader had to be of
proper size in relation to each other and in relation
to the scenery in which they were suspended. An
extra trip or two to the darkroom took Care of that
handily.
The helicopter was, of course, easy to cut out of
the original photograph. It was easy because if
was in the sky. A little care in the darkroom will
assure that the sky of one picture will blend in
nicely with the sky of a second picture. The final
photograph hides all the evidence of what was
done with the scissors.
The manure spreader presented no problem
because it was photographed on a beautiful field of)
snow with no other background. That meant easy
scissors work and easy blending when it came to
the final composition.
While the picture certainly had its flaws, it
nevertheless provided all of us with some fun.
That was what the picture and accompanying story
from “Swampy Furrows” were intended for. A
number of readers have expressed their delight
with the April Fool’s contribution. For that, all of us
at Lancaster Farming are sincerely grateful. It is a
pleasure being of service to you, and we look
forward to continued good realtionships, including
a few jokes at least once a year.
group. The great majority of
the people of Jerusalem
were quite satisfied with
their Jewish religion. The
followers of Jesus, most of
whom were from Galilee and
other areas—and therefore
not natives—were simply
creating trouble and were
not wanted m Jerusalem.
Why couldn’t they go home'
where they belonged and
practice their new religion
there? What is more ob-
noxious than a trouble-
making minority group of
outsiders! '
Then, 109, their con- escaping from jail. Can you
temporaries regarded them imagine our response today
as fanatics with whom there if someone were to explain
seemed to be no com- his or her escape from prison
promise, no appeal to as an act of the Lord! Angel
manure pit, there is con
siderable danger of
poisonous gases being
present; also, most of them
are highly explosive. This is
especially true when the
Lancaster area and
everything went very well
throughout the day. The
machinery and equipment,
the cattle, hay, etc., some
antiques and even some
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ural Route
NOW THE NEWS... THE MILK SURPLUS PROBLEM
HAS BEEN SOLVED. IT WAS
i ANNOUNCED THERE WILL
100 % PARITY FOR CROPS,
MACHINERY PRICES WILL
DOWN 2.0 TO 3 O %.. .
reason. For example, when
they are freed from jail by
an angel of the Lord, instead
of letting tensions simmer
down, they went right back
to the temple to continue
their provocative preaching
and activities. Certainly if
they had been reasonable,
law-abiding men they would
have avoided yet another
confrontation with the
authorities.- Instead they
provoked one.
Rather than men
- The disciples would also
-probably be criticized for
mixture is agitated before
being pumpedout of the pit.
Operators should be very
careful and have good
ventilation in the building
above the pit, if animals are
present. Also, when entering
the empty pit, gas masks
should be used. We warn
producers not to take
chances at this time of the
year.
TO MANAGE
THE MILKING HERD.
Dairymen, who expect to
graze their milking herd on
lush spring pasture, should
place special effort to keep
from producing “grassy”
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i. : ; r 1 • • iiiimiiim •» if,
Hans Hubschrauber, potential master farmer,
spread a lot of laughs last week. We' re glad you en
joyed the April Fool's joke.
or no angel, they should have
“stayed put,” shouldn’t
they?
Furthermore, it wasn’t
just the fact that they were
preaching, but what they
were teaching. The angry
high priest says to them:
“We strictly charged you pot
to teach in his name, yet
here you have filled.
Jerusalem - with ..your
teaching and you intend to
bring this man’s blood upon
us”, (5:28). The disciples
weren’t just bringing people
a spiritual -message, they '
were accusing the Sanhedrin
of Jesus’ murder—in short,
it seemed they were inciting
to riot!
Despite the Sanhedrin’s
flavored milk. Milking cows
that are permitted t6 r graze
up to the milking hour will
surely produce milk that
could be rejected. This is
especially true if there is any
wild garlic plants in the
area. The herd should be
introduced to the pasture
gradually, and then only
after they have had a feeding
of dry matter such as hay,
silage, or straw. Also, the
barn should be well ven
tilated where the cows are
waiting to be milked. Milk
quality is very important for
increased consumption;
every effort should be made
to keep out the fresh pasture
flavors.
THE PRICE FOR market
HOG S WILL SKYROCKET
as will Poultry and
EGG PRICES TO THE
FARMER. ... THIS HAS
BEEN YOUR AG- REPORT
AMP WE WOULD LIKE.
, TO leave you with
Al
By Tom Armstrong
legal orders to the disciples,**
they continued to preach and
teach just the same.
Wouldn’t you and I hold that, -
despite the promptings of
their consciences, - they
should obey the legally
constituted local
authorities? What wouldV|
happen to people’s fespedt®*
for order i£everyoni||
were to* say ,as
“We must obey God rathe®
than men”? What about the
will of the majority? ggj
Unless with God a person
of conscience is a mSjtfity of;
one!
TO USE
QUALITY SEEDS
The planting season is at
hand and we hope that most
people have already planned:,
their cropping ,
for the year. We also
that most folks are planning "
to use Certified, or top
quality, seeds and plants. We
are aware of the difference
in cost between some home
grown seeds and the Cer
tified kind; however, the
grower is taking more
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THIS FINAL. BIT OF
IN FORMATION
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