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—Lancaster Farming, Saturday,March 17,1979
WHEN IN
DOUBT
Lesson for March 18,1979
Background Scripture:
1 Corinthians
5:9 through 6:8.
Devotional Reading:
1 Corinthians 4:1-7
TO PREVENT WATER
POLLUTION
The quality of our water
supplies in this part of the
state warrant more at
tention. Many folks are
bothered with high bacteria
count or with high nitrates.
Both of these are un
desirable for both domestic
and livestock consumption.
When the feedlots and barns
are cleaned out this spring,
every effort should be made
Machinery
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days last week. Following is
what they had to say.
“It was a very quiet show
numberwise, but the
inquiries we had were much
more serious and interesting
and genuine on all of the
equipment we had here,”
commented David Mc-
Farland of Long
Manufacturing. “In the
Cliff Halioway, right, representing Vermeer Manufacturing Company, said he
got a lot of leads despite a low attendance to the Equipment Exposition. Com
paring notes with him is Lancaster County dairyman Donald Ranck
RURAL ROUTE
sral years ago-1 saw a
display of temper,
igression in of all
' a church retreat
different groups were
the center’s
.. One group was
engaged in serious study, the
other in boisterous
recreation. For a while the
first group tried to ignore the
clamor, but to no avail.
Finally, the leader of this
group sought out the leader
of the group at play and, in
what he believed to be a
most reasonable manner,
asked the other group’s
cooperation. The other
leader was quick to agree.
to incorporate this manure
in to the topsoil just as
quickly as possible. With
liquid manure the soil in
jection-type of spreader does
an excellent job. With other
types of surface spreaders,
the manure should be disced
or plowed into the topsoil
soon after application; this -
is especially true on slopes
above water supplies. The
application of fertilizers
warrants the same at
tention; get it mixed with the
topsoil quickly after ap
plication. Surface water
should be directed away
from wells and cisterns.
TOTOPDRESS
WHEAT
• * all over,” said Smith, citing
exposition Visitors from as far away as
Maine, West Virginia, and
three days, with the genuine Ohio. “Quite a few ranw
inquiries we’ve had, we from New Jersey and the
came out allright. This is a Eastern Shore of
different clientele - really Maryland.”
good people,” added David Smith’s and McFarland’s
Smith, also a Long only complaint was that they
representative. felt the show should have
“The nice thing about this been promoted better by the
show is that we don’t have Pennsylvania Department of
the non-farming public in Agriculture.
here clogging everything Will Godwin of Dari-Kool
up,” McFarland continued, expressed disappointment in
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but before they could retard without becoming
to their respectivegroups, a faelligerant.
pushing and shouting match
erupted between a member Although they may not
of each group. In a few short often come to blows as in the Grievances are not
moments, blows had been-.incident I have described, something new in the life of
struck and only the - in- there are many times when the church. In 1 Corinthians
tervention of the leaders , Christians seem not to know s‘and &we find that Paul is
averted further mishap.' " how'to handle grievances, distressed over a situation
and differences among he finds' - in;the church at
themselves. I have sat Corinth; “When one of you
through church meetings has a grievance against a
that fairly dripped with brother, does he dare go to
hostility and bitterness. I - law before the unrighteous
have seen church groups instead of the saints?” (6:1).
take each other to court. I Paul was shocked at the
have ' seen members of spectacle of ,one Christian
denominational boards taking another to court,
behave as if other board' What a terrible witness to
members were represen- the world. “To have lawsuits
titives of the anti-Chnst at all with one another is
- instead of brother^in Christ. defeatforyou”(6:7).
When There’s
A Grievance
The people involved itfthe
dispute above were hot
children or youth. They were
adults. What shocked me as I
witnessed this incident was,
not that there was a
grievance between these two
groups, but that these people
did not seem to know how to
react to the grievance
When vegetative growth
begins in the spring, it is
time to apply extra nitrogen
to the stand of wheat. This is
very true in sandy, gravel,
or shale-type soils. The
amount of nitrogen per acre
will vary from 25 to 60
pounds per acres; this
depends upon the fertility of
the soil, and whether or not
the field is seeded down to a
legume hay crop. In the
latter case, only 25 to 30
pounds of actual nitrogen
per acre is suggested; there
is danger of severe lodging
of the grain with larger
amounts; Most wheat
varieties will response with
higher yields when top-
By Tom Armstrong
dressed with nitrogen early
in the spring.
TO STORE PESTICIDES
CAREFUbLY
The spray season is at
hand when various kinds of
materials will be applied.
The storage and handling of
these spray materials is
often neglected.. We urge
gardeners and farmers to
keep these pesticides away
from children, pets, and
livestock. They should be
kept in a special room or
buildings under lock and
key. Also, left-over bags and
containers have been the
cause of numerous poisoning
cases. Be sure these are
burned, buried, or put into a
The people from AMS/OIL said they had at least twice the response from
Machinery Exposition visitors than they originally anticipated. Was the show any
good? “Definitely,” says William Shirk, center, who is looking forward to coming
back next year.
today, March 17
Wedding bells ring for
Kendy and Keith. Best
Wishes!
Happy St. Patrick’s Day.
Part-time farmer’s seminar,
9 a.m. to 12 noon, at the
Lancaster Farm and
Home Center.
House plant show, 11 a.m. to
YOU BETTER COUNT THEM
EVERY TIME YOUR FAT HE
COUNTS SHEEPHE
FALLS ASLEEP
You, too, have probably Bather Suffer
.witnessedsimiiar situations * - Paul is not
in the life of the church. shocked ' that - there are
disagreements: he knows
human nature. What he is
shocked at, however, is that
these "Christians" have not
found some constructive
way to handle their
disagreements. Their anger
and bitterness defeat their
whole purpose. A much
better way, he says: “Why
not suffer wrong? Why not
rather be defrauded?"
(6; 7b,8). In other words,
Paul is' saying that if it
comes to a choice between
suffering wrong or doing
wrong, it is better to choose
the former. When in doubt,
remember the cross.
public land-fill. Over the
years partly used bags and
containers - of spray
materials have been left
exposed; this permits
youngsters and livestock .to
get to them readily. Be sure
this does not happen at your
place. Keep all materials in
the original container, or.
well identified.
TO PARTICIPATE
Many decisions are being
made these days relating to
land use and the preserving
of farm land. I’m concerned
why we cannot have more
active farmers take part on
these community and county
boards and commissions. I
have promoted this idea
Farm Calendar
5 p.m. at Gettysburg High
School.
Cecil County, Md. Dairy
Tour to New Bolton
Center.
Tree fruit pruning demon
stration, 10 a.m. at
Heim’s Fruit Farm,
McKeansburg, Schuylkill
Coupty..
Sunday, March 18
House plant show at Get
tysburg High School, 11
a.m. to 5 p.m.
Monday, March 19
Chickies Creek Watershed
Association annual
membership meeting,
7:30 p.m. at the Manheim
Community Building.
Octorara Young Farmers
meeting, 7 p.m. at Art
Hershey farm,
Cochranville.
Pa. Forage and Grass
Council meeting, 11 a.m.
at John Rogers Farm,
Belleville.
several tunes previously but
am not sure that I’m reach
ing very many farmers.
These decisions are going to
be made in most localities;
when farmers do not take
part in these groups, other
folks will come forward. The
resulting regulations may
not be to the liking of
agriculture. In order to get
good agricultural thinking
into these groups, we urge
more good fanners to take
part; this should result in
more practical regulations
and better for agnculture in
general.
Financial planning
workshop, vo-ag room of
■ Gettysburg High School,
7:30 p.m.
Maryland Farm Bureau Fat
, Cattle Sale, Baltimore
Livestock Auction
■ Market, West Friendship.
Maryland and Virginia Milk
.Producers annual
meeting, Sheraton Park
Hotel, Washington, D.C.
10 a.m.
Annual meeting of the Farm
Credit Banks of
Baltimore, The
Homestead, Hot Springs,
Va. Registration begins
at 2 p.m. Dinner at 6:30
' p.m.
Tuesday, March 20
Eastern Milk Producers
meeting, 7 p.m. at Bird* '
in-Hand Restaurant.
Lancaster County Holstein
Club tour.
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