—Uncaster Farming, Saturday, September 9,1978
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No\ matter how busy we are and
how old we get, there are days and
weeks in our lives which are so bright
and beautiful that they just grab our
attention and make us wonder. The
first few days of September have
been like that.
The air has been perfectly clear on
many recent days There is no haze.
The view is good for miles. The hot,
steamy days of Summer are fading
away. The insect population has
dropped too. Corn is maturing and a
few leaves on the trees are even
beginning to turn brown.
The beauty of Autumn is arriving.
My grandfather was really grand
By DIETER KRIEG
My grandfather, whom we af
fectionately called “Opa," was an
unusual man in several ways. He was
different, for example, in the way he
worked and dressed His loyalties
belonged to his family and the
lifestyle he knew. He was seemingly
always in a good mood and
thoroughly enjoyed being around the
people and work he loved.
TO FERTILIZE
ALFALFA STANDS
The Fall of the year is one
of the best times to apply
phosphorus and potash to
established alfalfa stands.
DIET FOR
THE MIND
Lesson for September 10, 1978
Background Scripture:
Romans 12:1-5,9-13;
Philippians4:B,9;
Hebrews 12:1-14.
Devotional Reading:
John 3:16-21.
RURAL ROUTE
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HOLDS SO MANY MEMORIES
I HATE T'SEE IT GO
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Some beauty lasts forever
* ■ • / is* I Tit al* By Max ' Smith, Lancaster County* Agricultural Agent
NOW IS THE TIME J
Many growers will topdress
the field after the last cutting
is removed. In addition, the
stand can be fertilized next
spring after the first cutting
is removed. When the plants
ate fertilized in the Fall,
they will be stronger next
summer.
Since alfalfa is a very
heavy feeder of both
phosphorus and potash,
these elements must be
Last evening I heard the
President of Carr as Cruises,
Richard Revens, tell of a
four-page letter of com
plaints that he received from
a woman who had just
returned from one of his
firm’s cruises. Not having
tune at that moment to read
the whole letter, he in
structed his secretary to
send her a bouquet of flowers
until he could respond to the
letter personally. Back came
a glowing one-page epistle
saying “The beautiful
bouquet was the climax to
the most wonderful cruise
I’ve ever taken anywhere! ”
Think On These
It took a bouquet of
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It's also time for fairs, harvests,
football and children going back to
school
The wonderful fact about it all is
that although there's really nothing
new about this, it’s nonetheless very
beautiful and wonderful.
Each tree, for example, retains its
beauty from season to season and
year to year. Their tender leaves of
Spring are a joyful sight; their broad
Summer dress provides welcome
shade; Fall leaves are a spectacularly
beautiful display of color, and the
bare branches of Winter hold
I think of him often and treasure
the dear memories I have of him.
Were he still alive, he would have
been 100 years old yesterday, Sept.
8
A farmer all his life, Opa knew how
to work and he never backed away
from it In fact, he enjoyed it His
dedication to the tasks at hand can
be illustrated in numerous ways
When we started farming in
replaced for top yields. If the
area is to be grazed in the
fall, instead of removing the
final cutting, these fertilizer
elements should be washed
down with a rain before
livestock are permitted on
Lhe field; bloating may
result if grazed soon after
application.
TO BEWARE OF
SILO GAS
Silo filling time is at hand
beautiful flowers to enable
the woman to see the cruise
m true perspective. It helped
her to focus upon the
overiding worth of the trip
instead of a host of nit
picking complaints. And so it
is with all of life: we can
choose to focus on the
negative aspects - for there
are always some, even in the
best of circumstances - or
those that are positive, for
these too are always present
if we will but look at them.
Knowing church life as I
do, I am certain that there
are some Christians who
would be unimpressed with
the Creation, unmoved by
Life on the farm
the Nativity of Jesus, and
critical of the way in which
The Last Supper was con
ducted. They are like
computers programmed to
fmd only certain data. No
matter what they ex
perience, they seem
programmed to see and
focus upon only .the negative.
This is not accidental or
something beyond our own
control. If we tend to look on
the dark side of life, it is
because we have un
consciously chosen to do so.
We have chosen the negative
view so often that it has
become habitual. That is
why Paul tells the Philip
pians; “...whatever is true...
honorable... just... pure...
By Tom Armstrong
symmetrical beauty which is all their
own.
The sky, for example, has been
with us since the beginning. Yet we
always marvel at the beauty of a clear
sky or a brilliant sunset And even
though the cloudless sky is what
we're often looking for, who can deny
that even a storm-filled sky has its
unique beauty? Watching the en
dless cloud formations can truly be
fascinating.
That’s the true beauty of it all.
We’ve seen and experienced God's,
creations for 15,30, 50, and possibly
America, we couldn't afford a
posthole digger We dug hundreds of
holes by hand, and my grandfather,
who was in his 80’s by then, dug
most of them He'd go out early in the
morning and dig until close to noon,
at which time he'd come back to the'
house and rest a while Later he'd
help set fenceposts and attach miles
of wire. Through the years he also
spent hours fixing fences
when about one-third of our
com crop will be made into
silage; this is a gopd prac
tice because there is no other
way to preserve more feed
nutrients from a crop of com
than to make it into silage.
However, there is danger of
poisonous silo gases forming
during the filling operation
and for two weeks af
terwards. These gases are
heavier than air and will
even 80 or more years, and yet the
beauty of Nature doesn't fade.
There is constant beauty m the
flowers we have around" the house
and barn, and growing wildly in
fields, woods, and pasture. There is
an ever-present preciousness in the
delightful squeals and smiles of
children. A gently falling ram is~
always soothing and the chirping of
crickets will forever be the perfect
lullaby.
Farmers are fortunate in being
closer to all these blessings than
most other people.
During the Winter, Opa was the
first to have a snow shovel in his
hand He worked like a robot His
cheeks turned red and his eyes were
bright. After the work was done, he
could warm up at an old wood
burning stove which was fired with
wood he chopped in his “spare
time ”
come down the chute into the
barn.
Also, some are yellow and
other are colorless. Most of
them have a choking and
irritating response when
taken into the lungs. They
can damage lung tissues
quickly and can suffocate
man or beast. We urge silo
fillers and farmers to warn
their families of this possible
danger. Don’t take chances
lovely... gracious... worthy
of praise, think about these
things” (4:8).
As A Man Thinketh..
Emmet Fox proposed
what he called a SOnlay “diet
for the mind.” He recom
mended a 30-day period
during which the mental
dieter would refuse to en
tertain any negative
thoughts whatsoever on any
subject. People who have
tried it - and one has to be as
serious about this kind of
dieting as the kind which
involves calories - have
found that it has radically
changed their lives. This
approach is not based upon
the denial of evil and
negativity in our daily lives,
Farm Calendar
Today, Sept 9
York Inter-State Fair is in
progress. Livestock
shows today.
South Mountain Fair ends at
Aarendtsville.
Sunday, Sept 10
Grate Fair begins at Grate.
Monday, Sept. 11
Reading Fair begins.
Pennsylvania Farmers’
Association news con
ference, 10 a.m. at the
Penn Harris Motor Inn.
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of going into a partly filled
silo, or of working along near
a filled silo. These gases are
dangerous.
TO STOP FERTILIZING
TREES AND SHRUBS
The time is here when we
should notlie applying any
fertilizer to rose bushes,
trees, and shrubs. The
season’s growing period is
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but upon the willful choice to
focus on the positive, much
as Paul advised the
Romans: “Do not be con
formed to this world, but be
transformed by the renewal
of your mind” (12:2) and as
the writer of Hebrews ad
vised the Christian who runs
the race of life to con
centrate, not on the ob
stacles along the way, but
“looking to Jesus the
Pioneer and perfecter of our
faith” (12:2).
There are always two
kinds of mental and spiritual
food before us in our daily
lives and we alone can
choose with which of these
we will feed ourselves.
Tuesday, Sept. 12
Southern Lancaster County
Fair begins. See details
on pages 42 through 49r
Fruit growers meeting at
Penn State’s fruit
research laboratory,
Biglerville, 8 p.m.
Wednesday, Sept. 13
Lebanon County flower
show, 4-10 p.m., Expo
Building, Lebanon Valley
Exposition Grounds,
Lebanon.
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