New farm show deserves a chance
If farmers are willing to try shouldn’t be overlooked by anyone
upcoming Farm Equipment Ex
position a try this week. It’s the first
time that the event takes place, and
as such, it should be given a chance
to succeed. According to latest in
formation, the vast majority of
equipment displays, are different
from those that were exhibited at the
January show.
Aside- from new displays of
machinery and equipment, other
activities merit a review too. Safety
demonstrations, for example,
OF PAIN
AND LOVE
Lesson for March 4,1979
Background Scripture:
1 Corinthians 1:1-9;
2 Corinthians 1:21
through 2; 4-13.
Devotional Reading:
1 Corinthians 1:4-9.
TO BROADCAST
LEGUMES
Alfalfa and red clover
growers who are planning to
broadcast the seeds into a
stand of winter wheat should
be getting their seed
prepared. Both research and
experience has showed that
late February into early
March will give the best
tresults. This is the time of
year when the ground
freezes and thaws
frequently; this alternate
thawing creates a “honey
comb” condition to the
topsoil which is good for
working the seeds into the
soil If the broadcast seeding
is made late in the month of
March, we may not get this
soil condition. The seeds
should be of bp quality and
be inoculated with legume
bacteria before broad
casting. We feel there are
better ways of making a new
seeding of legumes, but if the
broadcast methods is to be
used, it should be done soon.
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Paul had every right to be
upset with those ingrates at
Corinth! He had spent
eighteen months laboring in
their midst without pay -
longer than he had stayed in
most areas - so that they
might know the good news of
Jesus Christ He had written
one of bis finest letters to
them - the letter we know as
1 Corinthians - to strike at
some troubling problems
that had crane to his at
tention from Corinth. And
instead of responding
favorably to his efforts in
their behalf, many of them
had become resistant to his
authority as an apostle.
TOCREEPFEEDLAMBS
The Easter season is
approaching when the price
of spring lambs is usually
the highest of the season.
Sheep growers, who have
early lambs, can add extra
pounds by feeding the lambs
some extra grain. A mixture
of cracked com .and oats is
suggested in a place where
only the lambs have access.
Sirfce the lambs are still
nursing the ewes, no extra
protein should be needed.
Another thing that may add
extra weight on the lambs is
to feed extra grain to the
nursing ewes; tins will in
crease milk flow and result
in heavier lambs.
TO USE CAUTION
NEAR MANURE PITS
No doubt many bams and
liquid manure pits will be
emptied in the near future.
Producers are cautioned
about the danger of
poisonous and inflammable
gases developing when the
manure mixture is distur
bed. Some cleaning methods
require the agitation of the
liquid manure in the pit
before pumping starts, Good
ventilation is needed over
the pits at this time:
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traction will be an overturned tractor
with rescue personnel discussing
and demonstrating what can be done
until a trained rescue squad arrives.
According to the Pennsylvania
Emergency Health Services Council,
which is sponsoring the demon
strations, the safety program is an
attempt to solve just one of the
problems facing rural emergency
medical services. They emphasize
that rescue on the farm can often be
Some even dared- turn to
return to Corinth.
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What would you have done
if you had been Paul? Many
of us, I suspect, would have
washed our hands of these
people. “Who needs it?”
we’d say in disgust and
despair. Why not devote
ourselves to those who love
and understand us, to those
who accept our authority
and are receptive to our
efforts? Why bother with a
bunch of quarrelsome
ingrates?
Paul could have crossed
the Corinthians off his list,
but he didn’t. Instead he took
a risk and wrote a severe
otherwise, animals and
people can be suffocated.
Also, smoking should be
prohibited and all flames
kept away. In addition,
anyone going down'into the
manure pit after being
emptied should wear a gas
mask or respirator. Don’t
take chances on the presence
of toxic gases.
Editor:
On behalf of the Penn
sylvania Inland Fertilizer
Association, I wish to thank
you for writing the articles
pertaining to the Penn
sylvania fertilizer industry
and its problems that have
appeared in recent weeks in
your publication.
Your articles have been
factual and unbiased, and
they have represented a
responsible type of reporting
that the industry greatly
needs to help counteract the
type of press that we lately
have been getting out of
Harrisburg. It is certainly
nice to know that someone in
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so diverse that some rescue
knowledge and skill of rescue per
sonnel and farmers. It may well pay a
farmer to look into this one.
Another attraction will be the
horse pulling contest, which has
teams coming from various parts of
the country. Also, there will be a
horse and mule and tack sale. On
Saturday there’s an auction of farm
equipment.
Last but not least, there’s Farmers
Fun Night on Thursday, begming at
about? p.m.
letter in which he poured out
his love and sorrow for them.
(We do not have this letter
today, but Paid speaks of it
in 2 Corinthians 2:4). Un
dergirding this letter with
fervent prayers, he sent it to
them and waited for the
results. How would they
react to it, he must have
wondered? The chances
were that he was leaving
himself open to even more
pain and humiliation. (Paul,
Paul! Why stick your neck
out like that? They’re not
worth it, are they?)
But the news that came
back from Corinth via Titus,
his associate, was even
better than he might have
TO KEEP PESTICIDE
RECORDS THIS YEAR
We are about to ex
perience a new growing
season. Wien March arrives
in this part of the state,
wanner weather is sure to
come. The use of various
spray materials and
chemicals will be a very
the newspaper industry can
still report facts in their true
light.
Should you need in
formation regarding any
segment of the fertilizer
Farm Calendar
Today; MarcbS
Northern Lebanon FFA
chicken barbecue, 11 a.m.
to 1 p.m. at the high
school, Fredericksburg.
Maryland Jersey Club an
nual meeting, New
Market Fire Hall, 10 a.m.
You may come to toss a few hay
bales, watch the politicians and
editors throw cow chips, and just
plain have a good laugh. It'll be a
time to forget a few problems.
The first-ever Pennsylvania Farm
Equipment Exposition begins -
Thursday and continues through
Saturday. We hope you’ll be a partjjf
expected. Somehow,
whether because of bis letter
or his prayers or both, a,
change had taken place in’
the Corinthian church and
Paul was overjoyed at this
news. His heart
in joy, he writes a third letter
- the one we know as 2
Corinthians - and it is ap
parent to us that here we see
reflected the fiber of true
Christian love: the love that
is able to endure both pain
and humiliation for the sake
of the joy that is always
possible when love per
severes.
Abundant Love
When we think of the early
Christian church we are
common practice. All of
these are intended for a
special purpose, if used
correctly. In order to protect
the producer from the
danger of having excess
residues in food and feed
crops, it is very important
that accurate records be
kept. This is true on crops as
well as with livestock. In
industry in the future, please
do not hesitate to contact
me. I shall do everything
possible to see that you get
the facts in as unbiased a
light as possible.
Annual dinner meeting of the
Pennsylvania Shorthorn
and Polled Shorthorn
Breeders Association,
6:30 p.m. at Little Tony’s,
Murrysville.
Monday, March 5
Gypsy moth information
meeting, Hunterdon
County, N.J. Extension
Center, 7:30 p.m.
Flemington.
Octorara Young Farmers
banquet, 6:45 p.m. at
Christiana Fire Hall.
Manheim Young Farmers
meeting, 7:30 p.m. at the
high school. Topic: Soil
Fertilization. Bill
Brubaker is speaker.
Tuesday, March 6
Sheep and swine meeting,
Hunterdon County, N.J.
Extension Center,
Flemington, 8 p.m.
Home vegetable gardening
meding, 7:3fr|yn. at the
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likely to assume a state of
perfection and bliss that
never really existed. We
tend to forget Jhat those
early congregations were
not all that unlike those we
see about us today : likely to
encounter both the. heights
and depths of human per
sonalia
Paul’s relationships with
the Corinthians are a
dramatic reminder to all of
us that the power of
Christian love is meant to be
experienced, not with card
board saints, but real people.
As Paul discovered, we must
hang in there and persevere
through the pauvof love if we
are ever to know its joys.
case the producer is charged
with excess residues, these
written records may save
your business. Don’t rely on
your memory or oral
statements; they will not
stand up at a hearing or in
court. Be sure records list"
the name of the material, the
rate, and the date of ap
plication.
Thanks once again!
Yours truly,
George F. Williams,
Secretary,
The Pa. Inland Fertilizer
Assn.
Lancaster County Ex-
tension Center.
Tree fruit growers meeting,
9:30 a.m. to 3:30 pjn. at
the Lancaster County
Extension Center.
Lancaster County Dairy Day
at the Extension Center, 9
a.m.to3p.m.
Board of directors meeting
for the Pennsylvania
Young Farmers
Association, Camp Hill
Borough Building, '2201
Market Street, 10 a.m.
Cumberland County Dairy
Clinic, Embers Con
vention Center, 1700
Harrisburg Pike,
Carlisle, 9 a.m.
Grape pruning demon-'
strations, 10 a.m. at Earl
J. Brumgard Orchard,
Littlestown Rl; and 1:20
' p.m. at Tyson’s Vineyard,
. Flora-Dale.
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