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CS—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 10,1980
Every day is Mother’s Day
here on the farm. Or at least
it’s seemed that way the last
few weeks.
There’s a mother hanging
out in every corner. Included
is the usual line-up of
mothers that progress
through the dairy barn
maternity pen, thrilling us
anew each time we witness
the miracle of birth. Ad
mittedly, sometimes in the
rush of things to do, we
forget momentarily to ap
preciate the miraculous
instinct that directs mothers
to care for their young. What
is it that tells a cow to dean
and lick her calf, stimulating
the exhausted infant to lift a
wet and wobbling head to
that maternal touch?
But with Spring comes a
parade of other mothers and
(much to the youngsters’
delight) the calf barn is
domg double-duty as a kitten
nursery. Wedged m one
comer, in what looks like an
impossibly uncomfortable
nest, are five soft black and
striped tiny cats, eyes just
opening.
Down at the other end of
the building, a hollow m the
straw cradles another nest
holding only one baby. It
belongs to a first-tune
mother, who, like most of us
when we were new mothers,
was somewhat bewildered
over how to go abou* this
new responsibility. Tie
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finally convinced her to just
lay down m the straw and let
nature take its course.
Now, would-be
motherhood meant only
frustration for the white
duck that perched on a nest
of eggs in the barn for the
past two months. When
moved, nest and all, out of
the bam because she’d
squatted m the way of hay
feeding progress. Mom Duck
stubbornly went right back
to the task at hand just
outside the barn door.
Neither wind, ram, hot sun,
feed delivery trucks, cattle
trailers nor bicyde riding
children deterred her. Even
an appearance, nest in
cluded, at a recent petting
zoo, refused to discourage
her. Please someone, how do
you explain to a determined
duck that what she’s doing is
useless since we don’t have a
Father Duck?
But this year’s winner of
the Farm Mother of the Year
just has to go to the plucky
two-pound banty hen that
has steadfastly defended her
nest in the wagon shed from
maurauding dogs, arrogant
cats, nosy children and
busybody adults. Truly a
perfectionist, she hatched
out every single one of her 17
eggs and is now run ragged
trying to keep after a brood
of black, gray, brown, white
and yellow cotton balls on
legs
Cats show an interest
in Lancaster County
NEW TRIPOLI - Cats,
typical bam cats, seem to
have a special interest in
Lancaster County.
In fact, if the observations
of Mrs. Kemut C. Loch, R 1
New Tripoli, are any in
dication, there may be a
major migration of cats
underway from points north
into Lancaster County.
Sources near the barnyard
have not been able to
determine why the cats are
hitching ndes to Lancaster
County, but on several oc
casions cats have been
observed on their trips
south.
Most of the cats seem to be
hitching rides on hay trucks
and other farm vehicles
heading for Lancaster
County auctions. Observers
speculate that the trucks
may be part of some above
ground railroad for the cats’
migration.
For instance, Kernut
Loch, R 1 New Tripoli, took a
load of hay from his Lehigh
County farm to the Green
Dragon Auction in Ephrata.
After the auction was over
he went to the Isaac Esh
farm to unload and found
three kittens and their
mother still in the load.
The kittens apparently
were born overnight m that
load of hay and rode all the
way from Lehigh County to
Lancaster County.
Why a mother would take
her newborn babes on such a
journeyv has not been
Which reminds me to be
thankful for many things on
this Mother’s Day weekend:
thankful for our own two
beloved and wonderful
mothers, thankful for the joy
of being a mother; and
particularly thankful thaf
I’m not the mother of 17.
determined. But the cats
were received happily by the
children.
Then last week’s Good’s
Auction in Leola, Ronny
Snyder, R 1 Kempton, found
a black male cat on top of his
load of hay.
The Berks Countian was
stopped by a woman and
asked if he knew he had a cat
on his load. He investigated
and uncovered the animal.
The black cat was put into
a box and returned again to
Berks County, unsuccessful
in his attempt to cross
county lines unnoticed.
While two similar in
cidents within a week’s tune
may not be proof of a
massive invasion of cats to
Lancaster County,
remember, you read it here
first.
And to all farmers outside
the county—please check
your loads. We have enough
bam cats, thanks.
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