—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 24,1979
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COMMENTS" By DIETER KRIEG, EDITOR |
The machinery expo has great potential
There is no doubt in my mind that
the Pennsylvania Farm Machinery
Exposition is a good idea.
More thaTT that, it's a fantastic
innovation with tremendous
potential.
Reasons? There are several,
To begin with, the January Farm
Show can neither accomodate all the
exhibitors who want space, or all the
crowds who want in. Something had
to be done. The Machinery Expo is a
step in the right direction towards
solving that problem, especially in
view of the fact that a new and larger
Farm Show Building isn't likely to
come in the near future.
Compared to the Farm Show with
its mammoth crowds and poor
ventilation, the Machinery Exposition
was a breath of fresh air. Personally,
I don’t care much for masses of
people shuffling along on littered
walkways and having to breathe
more dust than air. The Farm Show
is interesting enough, that’s true,
and the exhibits are great, but the
conditions are far from comfortable.
X-RATING
THE GOSPEL
Lesson for March 25, 1979
Background Scripture:
1 Corinthians 5; 1-8;
6:9 through 7:40.
Devotional Reading:
Romans 11:33 through 12:5
A prominent denomination
recently decided to cancel a
TO SPRAY FOR
WILD GARLIC
Many turf areas and
pastures are infested with
wild garlic; this onion
flavored weed starts grow
ing early in the Spring before
most weeds and grasses.
In contrast, the Machinery Ex
position offered a pleasant at
mosphere in more ways than one.
People weren’t bumping along elbow
to elbow and the air was fit to
breathe. Also, the place was com
paratively silent. That too was good
news. Furthermore, unlike at the
Farm Show, a person could walk up
to any exhibit he pleased and spend
some time inspecting, talking, and
California’s equipment show started with fewer
but it is now one of the largest in the world.
inquiring. It was indeed a refreshing
experience. It was great, and with
- the proper care from here on in, it
should be the up and coming thing
for Pennsylvania agriculture.
Six weeks ago I had the op
portunity to visit one of the largest
agricultural exhibitions in the nation.
That experience lends weight to my
belief that Pennsylvania can have a
great machinery exposition.
The California Farm Equipment
Show and International Exposition,
one of the largest farm shows in the
nation, is one fantastic agricultural
Tulare, California is the home of one of the largest farm machinery expositions in the nation
r much-heralded conference
on Christian family life. The
reason; a small but vocal
group of critics were
protesting that the keynote
speaker, a nationally known
and respected clergyman,
had been known to advocate
“objectionable” sexual
practices to married
couples. I was shocked:
first, in that the man’s good
counsel was regarded as
“objectionable,” and
second, that the leaders
involved in the planning
chose to cancel the con
ference instead of standing
behind the integrity of the
clergyman. The bottom-line
of the vicious criticism
seemed to read: “Good
This means that herbicide
applications should be made
soon in order to kill down the
plants when they are small.
Also, it is best to spray
pastures early before any of
the clovers get started. Ap
plications of low-volatile
ester form of 2,4-D, or the
Banvel D herbicides will do a
pretty good job. Several
treatments over a period of
years may be needed to get
good control. Dairymen with
wild garlic in their pastured
exhibitors than our Expo 9
Christians will not even
speak of such matters.”
Against Your Own Body
This kind of reasoning
would also black-list
numerous passages in our
Bible, too, because the
scriptures are not afraid to
tackle the subject of sex. In 1
Corinthians 6 and 7, for
example, Paul speaks very
plainly about sex. He
mentions “adulterers” and
“homosexuals” (6:9). He
even talks about
“prostitutes” (6:15,16). In
Chapter 7 he gives advice to
husbands and' wives con
cerning sexual intercourse
in the marriage relationship.
Paul! Don’t you realize
“Good Christians will not
should make a special effort
to kill the plants now. Onion
flavored milk is not accep
table.
Farm Calendar
Today, March 24
Maryland Cooperative Milk
Producers’ annual
meeting, Hunt Valley Inn,
Cockeysville, Md. 10 a.m.
Lehigh County Farmers
extravaganza. The success I saw
there is inspirational. They started
their show in 1968 with 157
exhibitors and some 28,000 visitors.
By comparison, the Pennsylvania
Department of Agriculture did better
with the number of exhibitors in
Harrisburg for the first ever Penn
sylvania Farm Machinery Show. And
the visitor numbers will grow.
This year, the Tulare show boasted
over 800 exhibitors and more than
100,000 visitors. It was strictly an
agricultural show, held at the 20-acre
Tulare County Fairgrounds The
weather was very pleasant too,
which is a help for any such ex
position.
Granted, California’s Winter
weather is far better than ours,'and
an outdoor show allows for a lot more
innovation.
On the other hand, Harrisburg has
a perfect location to represent the
vast agricultural potential of the
Northeast and Middle Atlantic Area.
even speak of such mat
ters”?
Apparently not, thank
God! Paul knows that the
question is not whether we
will speak about sex, but
how. Paul acknowledges it
as a normal aspect of human
life. He does not sweep it
under the carpet as if it were
something unmentionable.
What he does is to elevate it
with two very important
concepts.
The first of these is the
idea that the human body is
a temple of God’s Holy Spirit
and must be governed in a
manner that is harmonious
with that reality. The
physical body thus is seen,
not as disgusting and base,
Tp BEWARE OF TRASH
Land owners along rural
roads are the victims of folks
who have little respect for
Association annual
meeting and banquet,
6:45 p.m. at the Lehigh
County Community
College. Penrose
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We’re close to markets, surrounded
for hundreds of miles by productive
farmland and the highway network is
adequate. The Pennsylvania
i Machinery Exposition has a lot of
merit.
Then there is also the question of
money. The Farm Show Complex
needs it, and this is one way of
getting a lot of it. It’s a good point to
consider when “evaluating the
worthiness of a farm machinery
exposition.
This year - the inaugural year for
the Machinery Exposition - more than
$lOl,OOO in exhibitor, parking, and
entry fees were collected. That’s a
sizable chunk of money which can’t
be overlooked when discussing the
Exposition.
Last, but certainly not least, the
opinions of exhibitors point to the
need and desireabilty of a second
show for Pennsylvania agriculture.
As I see it, there are a lot of good
reasons to make the Farm Machinery
Exposition an annual event.
but as a beautiful and holy
entity when governed
rightly. That beauty and
holiness is in no way
diminished by sex only
sex that goes beyond the
boundaries of our com
mitment to Christ. “Do you
not know that your body is a
temple of the Holy Spirit
within you, which you have
from God?” (6:19).
Who Rules The Body?
The second concept is that
of mutual consideration and
deference: “The husband
should give to his wife her
conjugal rights, and likewise
the wife to her husband... Do
not refuse one another ex
cept perhaps by agreement
for a season that you may
the property of others. Too
many folks are still dumping
trash in fields along the
road. In all cases when this
is placed on pasture or crop
land, the trash should be
removed before spring
growth begins. This trash
will be hard on farm equip
ment when on crop land, and
may be poisonous to
livestock when on pasture
land.
We urge property owners
to remove the trash in the
devote yourselves to prayer;
but then come together
again...” (7:3,5).
There is really jiothing
new in what Paul is saying
about the sexual relation
ships; rather it is simply an y))
extension of the kind of love
and mutual concern that he
advocates in all other
relationships. Christians are
called to be just as open and
forthright on this as on any
other human relationship
acknowledge that sex is
a part of the God-given
structure of life and, as such,
is to be governed by the
highest, not the lowest,
concept of Christian love.
next few weeks. If any type
of identification can be
made, as to the owner of the
trash, this should be
reported to township of
ficials; prosecutions can be
made for dumping trash
along the highway.
TO USE POULTRY
MANURE SPARINGLY Ah
With the great poultry *'
population in this area,
poultry manure is quite
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