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—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 17,1979
Lancaster Farming says...
It's rough losing an argument to a
second grade student. It's even
rougher when the second grader is
your daughter.
What makes the situation un
bearable is knowing you’re correct
and she’s wrong, but finding it’s
impossible to convince her.
“We’re learning about food and
farms," little Jenny announced
proudly the other evening. “Today
we started studying the dairy
group."
Can’t be anything wrong with
studying agriculture in school,
especially since the school is located
in town where the majority of
students know about farms only from
speeding past them on the way to the
shopping center.
“We made posters," she con
tinued.
It was a nice poster. The carton of
milk clipped from a magazine was
linked to a cow—and it even was a
dairy cow. She explained the
relationship of cows and milk.
Next was a carton of cottage
cheese, also tied to a cow. Good
work, so far.
IMITATING GOD
Lesson for November 18,1979
Background Scripture:
Ephesians 4:1 through 5:20
Devotional Reading:
Ephesians 5; 15-20.
TO BE CAREFUL
WITH GASOHOL
No doubt we will becoming
more familiar with this kind
of fuel in the years ahead.
Our Extension engineers
caution us about this highly
volatile mixture of alcohol
and gasoline. Users should
RURAL ROUTE
Why we need Farm-City Week
But what’s this 7 Why is a cutout of
a margarine box on the dairy project?
Must be a case of mistaken
identity. But Jenny is quite firm: it’s
margarine and it comes from a dairy
cow.
Explanation that margarine comes
from a corn plant doesn’t impress
Jenny.
My teacher said margarine is a
dairy product, she says with an air of
finality.
Father’s firm stand doesn’t work:
"Daddy says it’s NOT a dairy
product.
"Go back to school and ask your
teacher to reconsider.”
That earns daddy a look of kind
understanding. Poor guy is out of
school a tew years and loses all touch
with reality, Jenny's eyes say. But
she’s a good girl and next day in
school questions whether margarine
is a dairy product.
The answer is final, firm,
unaltered. Margarine is sold in the
dairy case. It's a dairy product. Don’t
question the wisdom of your elders.
And make sure you put the right
answer on Friday’s test.
And so, in the eyes of at least one
The old saying tells us that
“Imitation is the highest
form of flattery.” If that is
so, then God must certainly
desire that kind of flattery. It
is a flattery, not of words,
but of deeds and God’s favor
is heavily weighted on the
side of deeds.
A Life Worthy
Many people have dif
ficulty with the concept of
“imitating God.” In a sense,
there is a kind of
blasphamous ring to those
words; how could anyone
ever even hope to imitate
God! Perhaps the problem is
to be partly found in our
concept of “imitation.” The
make a special effort to
learn more about it before
using or handling it too
much. One thing is that it is
hard on gaskets used in
pumps and motors. It should
not come into contact with
any aluminum parts. It may
create a greater fire hazard
when fuel tanks are mounted
above motors. No doubt
many folks are interested m
trying this kind of fuel but
caution should be exercised.
word usually stirs up ideas of
fraud and fakery. Is that
what the writer of Ephesians
has in mind?
If we look closely at
Ephesians 4:1 through 5:20,
however, we begin to un
derstand what he has in
mind when he says,
"Therefore be mutators of
God,” for he adds, “as
beloved children” (5:1). No
one thinks it hypocritical for
a child to imitate and copy
his or her father or mother.
We realize that there is no
way that the child’s behavior
can add-up to that of the
parent, but we do not count it
any less sincere that the
TO PLAN AHEAD
FOR MACHINERY
REPAIRS
Outside of some corn
harvesting machinery the
1979 season is about over on
the farm. Any machinery
that needs servicing could be
done soon or during the
winter months. I realize it is
very easy to store the
machine this fall that might
need some repairs. It is then
forgotten until needed next
group of sec nd graders, their
neighbors the dairy farmers are out
milking cows to provide them with a
butter dish full of margarine.
No wonder children today are
confused. The confusion seems to
start at home and at school with
adults who are confused, who don’t
know the answers, who haven't
taken the time to learn.
Farmers would be amazed to know
how many urban people couldn't
identify an alfalfa plant if their
snowmobile had just run through a
whole field of them.
And for many, a cow is a cow—
whether it's a bull, a steer, a heifer,
or a horse that’s off in the distance
that their children saw but they
missed.
For a few hours a handful of far
mer-volunteers have the chance to
correct some of these mistakes
Farm-City Week runs November
16 to 22.
It’s an opportunity to call attention
to the fact that farming is
everybody’s business.
During the past few decades the
American farmer has demonstrated
his amazing ability to produce. He
child nevertheless tries to do
so. Imperfect as the
mutation may be, it may be
quite sincere and beneficial.
Obviously, this is what the
wnter of Ephesians has m
mind. He calls his readers to
“lead a life worthy of the
calling to which you have
been called, with all
lowliness and meekness,
with patience, forbearing
one another m love, eager to
maintain die unity of the
Spirit in the bond of peace”
(4:1,2). The wnter is not
asking for the perfection that
was evident in the life and
person of Jesus Christ.
spring. Many farm
machinery repair shops will
offer special pnces to get the
work done during the winter
months. Don’t be guilty of
putting off the repair job un
til the field work is ready to
be done. Machinery is a very
expensive part of modem
farming. It should be kept in
good repair in order to
render the needed services.
Have your machinery in
By Tom Armstrong
BY CURT HURLER, EDITOR
Walk In Love
Ephesians goes on to
catalogue many of the traits
that characterize this
“worthy life” to which he
calls us. It is a life of unity
with others (4:3-14), a life of
truthfulness and growth
(4:15, 25), a life free of lust
(4:22) and malice (4:25-32),
a life dedicated to self
control and sobriety
(5:18,19). But the key to all
these different facets of the
godly life is to be found in
one word: love. “And walk in
love, as Christ loved us, a
fragrant sacrifice and of
fenngtoGod” (5:2).
good shape when the
weather breaks next spring.
TO EVALUATE
FERTILIZER
NEEDS
After the job of soil testing
is done this fall, farmers can
make plans for their fer
tilizer needs for 1980. This is
very much in order because
we are advised that most fer
tilizers will cost more next
spring than at the present
tune. No doubt many fer
tilizer concerns will give bet
ter prices this fall than next
Farm Calendar
Today, November 17
Lancaster County Farm-
City Tour at seven county
farms from 1 p.m.-5 p.m.
Chester-Delaware Farm-Ci
ty Tour of seventeen area
farms.
Square dance at Kimberton
Grange at 7:30 p.m.
Farm-City Week through the
22nd.
has increased his production more
than any other segment of our
economy.
His output has climbed by more
than 20 percent m the past 10
years—and he's done it on six
percent fewer acres.
But he’ll get no credit for his share
in America’s prosperity unless he
makes his part known.
Unless he meets with city people,
the farmer will not be able to correct
misunderstandings about dairy
products, co-ops, farm prices, farm
labor.
Thousands of people in Penn
sylvania will get their first exposure
to farming this week.
Some will have lifelong miscon
ceptions about margarine changed.
They will discover “all that grass out
there" is a legume called alfalfa.
Others will learn to appreciate the
farmer’s way of life
For all of these people, we need
Farm-City Week.
But most of all, we the farmers
need it, if we are to survive in a world
where we exist as a silent minority
group.
We may not always be able
to discern all the intricacies
of human morality and
sometimes we may be
perplexed as we try to
visualize what God wants us
to do in a particular ethical
and moral situation. What
we need to do in such a time
and situation is to measure
the problem with the yard
stick of God’s love which
Jesus demonstrated by
laying down his life and
accepting a cross. In that
critical moment of his life,
Jesus gave us the supreme
imitation of a God who loves
us even more than we love
ourselves.
spring. This has been true
for years but can be more
beneficial to farmers this
year. A complete soil test
will reveal the needs of the
soil for a particular crop.
Then the amount of fertilizer
can be ordered, and in some
cases, received. Both fer
tilizer and hme are needed
for maximum crop produc
tion; don’t wait until next
spring to determine your
needs.
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Hunterdon County Board of
Agriculture Annual
Dinner Meeting,
Quakertown Firehouse at
7 p.m._
Sunday, November 18
York County Farm-City
Tour.
Cumberland County Farm-I
City Banquet.
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