—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 23,1978
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By LYNN HERSHEY
University of Delaware
NEWARK, Del. - My
towheaded 11-year-old niece
Claudia is a child of nature.
She adores any creature that
walks, hops, or crawls on
two or more legs - or no legs
at all, as in the case of
earthworms. After a rain
she carefully picks up all the
earthworms that have
wandered onto the concrete
driveway and places them
tenderly in the grass so they
won’t get run over.
Once when she was five
Claudia held her closed fist
outstretched to me with a
sweet smile. “Here, Aun
tie,” she said. I received her
gift in my hand - a collection
of moist grubs, beetles, and
balled-up pill bugs she’d
been carrying around in her
pocket. I tried to act pleased
but didn’t carry it off too
well.
Claudia loves Summer
when all the creatures are
out. Even on the hottest
days she wears her T-shirt
tucked inside her shorts so
she can carry frogs around
her middle, safe underneath
the shirt. Sometimes her
midsection is so jiggly with
activated frogs that she goes
into a fit of giggles while
faint-hearted grownups
grow pale.
Hay, corn contest held
LEBANON, - A hay con
test was held by the Cedar
Crest Young Farmers at the
Cedar Crest High School on
December 5. Taking the
honors in the alfalfa class
was I. Hershey Bare,
Lebanon R 2, whose sample
of fourth cutting was
selected as the grand
champion in quality. This
field of DeKalb 127 alfalfa
also placed first in the
Pennsylvania Alfalfa Yield
Contest held this year and
was recognized at the recent
Forage and Com Conference
held at Penn State. The four
cutting yielded a total of 8.71
tons per acre.
In the first cutting alfalfa
class, Scott Balsbaugh’s
Lebanon Rl, sample slice
placed first, and Femdale
Farms, Lebanon Rl, placed
second. In the second to
fourth cutting class, I.
Hershey Bare’s sample
placed first and Arnold
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First pet teaches many lessons
Lynn Hershey
Her room looks like a zoo.
There’s a tank of tropical
fish in one comer. A hermit
crab hangs out in another.
In the middle of the floor are
cages for her gerbils and
hamsters, presently num
bering six. An unflappable
cat, who is somehow com
patible with this assortment,
frequently naps on the bed.
Recently when my
husband and I spent several
days at Claudia’s house,
Hormel the hamster sneaked
out of his cage and disap
peared. “He’ll come out
when he gets hungry,” said
an unperturbed Claudia.
Hormel got hungry about 2
a.m. under our bed where he
had been hiding. He began
Acres, Lebanon R 2, placed
second.
Dick Kreider, Lebanon R 2,
with a field of Pioneer 3184
placed first in the com yield
contest with a yield of 162.4
bushels per acre. Femdale
Farms placed second with a
yield of 161.1 bushels per
acre with Funk-G4636. Third
place yield went to Galen
Boyd with Schlessmans 700
yielding 160.8 bushels per
acre.
Also during the evening
was the election of the 1979
officers. Officers elected
were: Carl Reist, president;
Leon Arnold, vice-president;
Mike Arnold, secretary;
Jaguars are afraid of dogs, even little ones.
chewing noisily ou our
slippers and the Icmr ad,
finally allowing us to grab
him and return him to his
cage.
Parents who can take this
sort of circus in stride will
find that children benefit in
many ways from having a
pet
Dr. Patricia Nelson,
Delaware Extension
specialist in family and child
development, says a pet can
expand a child’s horizons
and initiate a concern for
other creatures and for the
natural environment. By
watching pets and caring for
them, children leam about
their needs for food, water,
sleep, excercise, cleanliness,
shelter, gentle handling.
There may even be op
portunities to witness the
miracle of birth.
When a pet dies and
parents help a youngster
bury it with love and dignity,
a child learns in a natural
way to accept death as a part
of life.
A pet may be one of the
first real responsibilities a
child will have, so be sure
your son or daughter is
ready, says Dr. Nelson. A
youngster should be old
enough to understand that an
animal is not a toy but a
living creature to be
Clifford Groff, treasurer;
and Albert Moyer, public
relations director. The
young farmer advisor is
Dick Moore.
The next meeting is
planned for December 19 in
the high school vocational
agriculture department
beginning at 7:30 p.m. The
program will be “The
Compaction of Agricultural
Soils.”, describing the
causes of soil compaction
and what can be done to
alleviate the problem.
Local farmers and
agribusinessmen are
welcome to attend the young
farmer meetings.
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faithfully
cherished and
cared for.
Christmas may not be the
best time for a pet to join the
family. Extension
veterinarians say puppies
and kittens are especially
vulnerable to personality
damage during their ad
justment to new surroun-
Letter to Santa
(Continued from Page 111)
Paul's list goes on and on Among
other things, he wants all the musical
instruments in the world,
sunglasses, colored feathers, great
big bricks to go with the great big
blocks, a toy Indian chief, his own
Christmas tree, lots of wind-up cars
that make a noise like Daddy's car, a
starfish, an aauanum and a horsev
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dings. Because of all the
extra confusion and activity
during the holidays, a new
pet could either be neglected
or handled too much, and
tragedy could result.
When the time is right,
though, choose a healthy
animal from sanitary
surroundings. Be sure your
Karl wasn’t quite as lengthy with
his list He got right down to business
and told Saint Nick that all he wanted
was a racetrack with lots of cars on it,
that’s all
Nonetheless, poor old Santa wj£
have to make a couple trips to fill the
orders.
Have
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youngster knows how to care
for it' properly. If ap
propriate, take it to a
veterinarian for an
examination, im
munizations, and advice on
care and feeding.
Speaking of veterinarians,
guess what Claudia wants to
be when she grows up?
a merry Christmas,
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