—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 17,1079
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A wedding ring is a nice thing to
have. It really is. I was so proud of
mine when my wife, Lisa, first slipped
it on my finger, that I thought I'd
never remove it from my hand.
I had a lot to learn
The wedding band came off shortly
after our honeymon. 1 learned
WHATS GOD
REALLY LIKE?
Lesson for February 18, 1979
Background Scripture:
Psalms 22;
Matthew 9 through 10;
Colossians 1:9-20.
Devotional Reading:
Psalms 67
TO APPRECIATE
SNOW COVER
Is snow cover really im
portant to agriculture? After
the recent week of zero
temperatures, we can
definitely answer that
question in the affirmative.
Very cold weather without
snow cover is extremely
hard on winter wheat and
barley, on strawberries, and
on many kinds of shrubbery.
The snow helps keep the
ground warmer and
prevents drying out of the
soil around the plant roots.
When we have long periods
of zero weather without snow
cover, we get dehydration of
the plants and they become
winter-killed later in the
spring. Also, snow cover
prevents the heaving out of
alfalfa plants and
strawberry plants. Without
snow during long period of
freezing and thawing, the
plant roots will work out of
the ground and end up only
RURAL ROUTE
I COTTA LETTER FROM M Y BROTHER
CEORSE. HE'S IN ENGLAND ON ONE
OF THOSE FOREIGN EXCHANGE
TOURS,
quickly that the ring interfered with
farm work and threatened my safety
I nearly lost a finger once, 'and I
suppose a person could even lose his
life because of a ring.
But what frightened me as much
as anything was the thought of losing
the ring itself.
On the road between
Reading and Lancaster,
Pennsylvania there is a
pleasant and histone town
with the Biblical name of
Ephrata. During the
Revolutionary War a
prominent citizen of that
town suffered considerable
injury from a fellow town
sman of bad reputation. Soon
afterward, the offender
joined the Continental Army
and his military record soon
became as disreputable as
that of his civilian life. It
wasn’t long before he was
convicted of a serious of
fense, courtmartialed and
sentenced to hanging.
The news soon spread to
partly covered when
growing weather arrives.
Yes, snow is valuable to
agriculture and the past
week has been a good
demonstration of it’s value.
TO RETAIN
LAND OWNERSHIP
We are aware of the extent
of foreign ownership of farm
land in this state and
throughout the country. Only
slightly over 1,000 acres
owned by foreign investors
in Pennsylvania, but over
700,000 acres owned in the
United States. We all should
be concerned about this trend
because farm land has been
a good investment and may
continue to be the same for
years to come. Why do we
need foreign investors to get
ownership. In many cases
they are competing with our
American farmers for this
land. Also, at this time they
seem to have some tax
advantage which the
American farmer does not
enjoy. We suggest that all
farmers inform their
legislators on how they feel
and let’s keep land owner
ship in the hands of
Americans.
Ephrata and' the gentleman
whom the man had wronged
set off by foot for
Philadelphia to find the
army’s encampment. When,
at last, he found the army he
was granted an appointment
with General Washington
and pleaded for his town
sman’s life. The General was
sympathetic, but he felt that
because of its affect upon
discipline in the army, the
sentence would have to be
carried out. Seeing the
disappointment on the man’s
face, Washington said, “Are
you a relative of this man?”
“No,” he replied. “Then you
are his friend?” Washington
went on. “No,” the man
TO KNOW SEWAGE
SLUDGE CONTENT
The use .af sewage sludge
on farm land is becoming
more common. As the
amount of this material
increases, the farmers
should be aware of the
danger of excessive ap
plications. There can be a
problem of too much sludge
causing a build-up of heavy
medals such as zinc, copper,
cadmium, and cobalt. Wien
Today, Feb. 17
National FFA week begins.
Continues to next
Saturday.
Adams County Beef Ball,
Schottie’s Restaurant,
Littlestown, 7: 3C p.m.
Adams County fruit growers
annual meeting, Knouse
Foods cafeteria,
Biglerville, 9 a.m.
Open House at New Bolton
Center for new swine
facility.
Monday, Feb. 19
Adams Co. Estate Planning
for farm families
workshop, 9:30 a.m.
Continues Wed., Feb. 21.
Estate Planning workshop.
West Street Branch of
Aggressive young heifer gaye me a
real once She wasn’t satisfied
to have her usual six quarts of warm
water and milk replacer for break
fa'st She had to have my fingers for
dessert. She tugged, shoved, and
pulled on my fingers, slobbering all
over my left hand Her tail slapped
from sid~ side *m obvious en
joyment even though my fingers
didn’t yield a drop of milk As for
myself, I appreciated the calf's
friendly disposition
But in one flash of a thought it
dawned on me that the “hungry"
heifer might “eat” my wedding ring.
I pulled my hand from her mouth
The ring was gone All I had on my '
left hand-was a slippery, slimy, mass
Of calf slobbermgs My. mood sank to
the floor of the calf pen In a day or
two I might be able to retrieve my
rmo Hnwn there I thought
replied again, “that man
was my deadly enemy.”
My Deadly Enemy
The General found it
difficult to understand why a
man would so concern
himself for the welfare of an
enemy and we probably do
too. For a friend, yes -
perhaps. But for an enemy!
For someone who has tried
to injure me in some way or
another!
Image Of The Invisible
One of the most persistent
questions of humanity has
been "What is God really
like?” Each religion has of
fered varying answers to it.
Christianity points to a cross
and says, “There, that’s
these medals become too
high in the soil they are toxic
to plants. Farmers that
utilize sewage sludge are
urged to require a test of the
material in order to know the
exact mineral and fertilizer
content. Disposal plants are
urged to provide this test for
their farmers in order to
know what is being-done.
Both the sewage and the soil
can be tested through the
Farm Calendar
Gettysburg National University of
Bank Gettvsbure 10 Maryland, all day.
BanK, (jettysourg, 10 Estate pianning meetlng)
Cumberland County
Extension Building,
Carlisle.
Maryland Cattlemen’s
Association Winter
Seminar, 9:30 a.m. to 3
p.m. at the Brethren
Service Center, New
Windsor.
First day of 2-day short
course on estate plan
ning, York County 4-H
Center, near Bair.
Ephrata Area Young Far
mers meeting, 7:45 p.m.,
High School Ag
classroom. Topic will be
Ag. in developing
countries.
Board of directors’ meeting,
Farm and Home Foun
dation, 7:30 p.m., Cecil
Co., Md. Dairy Day,
starts 9:30, Calvert
Grange Hall, near
Calvert, Md.
Tuesday, Feb. 20
Forage workshop, Kutztown
Grange Hall, aU day.
Dover Young Farmers
meeting, in the vo-ag
room of Dover Area High
School, 7:30 p.m. Topic
Corn varieties.
Farmeis’ meeting on im
proving farm structures,
Adams County Extension
office, 1 p.m.
Lancaster County Crops and
Soils Day, Farm and
Home Center.
Maryland Nurserymen
By Tom Armstrong
With my earlier happiness having
been instantly. transformed into
gloom, I looked around to see if the
golden band might have dropped ou
of the calf’s mouth.
minutes all such hope had vanished
* and I began to prepare for the worst '
1 cleaned the calf pen thoroughly,
bedded' it with fresh straw, and
sentenced the 4-legged little thief to
indefinite solitary confinement
I don’t remember exactly how long
it took before I finally recbvered the
ring, but I do recbllect how very
surprised and relieved I felt when I
-sawM. 1 was nnsiQg some milking
equipment in the milk house when I
spotted it on a narrpw ledge by the
wash vat - Apparently, taking the
ring off had become so routine that I
never realized until that moment
-that I taken it off long before I fed the
calves.
what God is really like” - a
Christ who dies on the cross
for those who are his
enemies! Writing to the
Colossians, Paul said of
Christ, “He is the image of
the invisible God” (1:15) and
“For in him all the fullness
of God was pleased to dwell”
(1:19). Aqd when the in
visible becomes visible and
when, we behold all the
“fullness of God” revealed'
in Jesus, what do we find? A
God whose eternal purpose
is “to reconcile to himself all
things, whether on earth or
in heaven making peace by
the blood of his cross” .
(1:20).
The world m which we live
seems constantly on the
Penn State Testing
Laboratory. Don’t continue
to apply sludge without
knowing the mineral build
up in the soils.
TO CONSIDER
CORRESPONDENCE
COURSES
To become more
knowledgeable about a
certain subject and continue
with your normal job is a
possibility. Penn State offers
Wednesday, Feb. 21
Forage workshop, Lancaster
Farm and Home Center,
all day.
Estate planning workshop at
West Street Branch of
Gettysburg National
Bank, 10 a jn.
Maryland Flower Growers
Within a few
verge of coming apart.
People are estranged from
one another. Communities
are divided. Nations are split
internally and the world
community is a warring
neighborhood. Northern
Ireland is split by warring
Protestant and Roman
Catholic factions. Lebanon is
divided in a civil war by
Christians and Moslems, all
of them confident that they
best know what God is like
and what he wants.
Whatever these factions
represent, however, we
know it is not the God who
revealed himself in Jesus
Christ with a holy passion to
reconcile his creatures and
unite a broken world.
a number of Correspondence
Courses m agriculture that
should be of great help to
everyone. These lessons are
sent by mail and are prac
tical at a very nominal cost.
Details are available at any
Extension Office in the state
and a leaflet describing the
various courses available.
Don’t overlook this method
of learning more about a
special subject.
Day, University of
Maryland, all day.
Dairy Day and Atlantic
Breeders meeting,
Middleton Fire Hall,
Boiling Springs, 10 a.m.
Field Crops Tl... Weeds and
Insects. ‘ Extensioi?
Center, Flemington, N.J.
8 p.m.
Cattle Feeders meeting,
Hinkletown Alternative
School.
Thursday, Feb. 22
Inter-State Milk-Producers
district membership
meeting, noon, Mt. Joy,
at Hostetter’s Dining
HaU.
Poultry ventilation meeting,
7:30 pTm. at Bermudian
Springs High School vo
ag room.
Forage workshop, Kutztown
Grange Hall, all day.
York County Dairy Day, 10
a.m. to 3 p.m. at Dover
Fire Hall.
Pennsylvania Holstein
Association State Con
vention, Sheraton Inn,
Reading; continues
through Saturday.
Farm Management
meeting, 7:30 p.m. at thq
Lancaster Farm ana
Home Center.
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