Alo—Lancaster Farnriiic, Saturday, July 19,19t0
Lancaster Farming says...
Country fair season is a good
opportunity to see a lot of fine
livestock and hear a lot of nasty
remarks.
Although the two don’t seem to go
together, the fact is they often ap
pear m the show ring at about the
same time
Anyone interested in seemg"*the
finest youth showmen and best
livestock m a given area would be
well advised to attend any of the
many county fairs which started
rolling this month
There are cows and steers, sheep
and hogs There are curry combs and
halters, shoe polish and talcum
powder And there are ribbons and
placmgs
It’s the latter which cause the
trouble if one were to believe the
railbirds sitting around the ring,
they’d find the snowmen are m-
WHEN GOD
SAYS "BUY!"
Lesson for July 20, 1980
Background Scripture:
Jeremiah 31 23 through
33 26
Devotional Reading:
Lamentations 3 21-33
TO ORDER WLNTER
GRAIN SEEDS
It is not too early to be
ordering your needs for
winter grains The seeding of
winter oats is only eight
weeks away, followed by
winter barley and winter
wheat. Some growers may
choose to use their own seeds
but this is questionable in
many cases. We continue to
stress that the use of cer
tified seeds is the best
practice. It may cost a few
dollars more at the begin
ning but usually it will result
RURAL ROUTE
A call for fair sportsmanship
competent (all but one), the animals
are lame (all but one), and the judges
are blind, crooked, or both (no ex
ceptions)
To our 4-H'ers credit, it's almost
never those in the ring who are
leveling the charges It’s the parents
of children in the ring who find it
necessary to justify their child’s
green ribbon by tearing down the
judge's qualifications and the blue
ribbon winner’s reputation
Although the children may shed
tears later or give a particularly
flighty horse a whack on the shoulder
once the animal is off the tanbark, it
is rare for a competitor to demon
strate bad deportment in the ring
Ah, but it would be nice if we could
say as much about the grownups
They carry on about howT:he blue
ribbon winner’s animal was bred in
lowa They tell all within earshot that
It is not one of the usual
tourist sights in the Holy
Land, but perhaps it ought to
be Anathoth, the birthplace
of the prophet Jeremiah is
but a short walk, from Jer
usalem’s Mount Scopus, and
southeast of the village of
Gibeah The modem name
of the site is Anata and all
that remains is a tell or arch
eological mound known as
Has el-Kharrubeh.
So why go to see yet an
other graceless tell when
Israel is already so full of
them 7 I would say that it is
worth the trouble, not be
cause of what one can
see there, but of what we can
remember when we stand at
in greater yields. Home
grown grains should be
cleaned, treated, and tested
for germination before
using By ordering now, your
chances of getting the
variety and the quality of
seed wanted is the best.
Don’t put it off until you have
to take what is available at
seeding time.
TO EVALUATE YOUR
WEED CONTROL
Did you get good weed
control this summer on your
farm crops? If not, you
might want to look into the
reason. By evaluating the
weed control success m the
next month or so, you can
determine if it has been
successful. Too many times
we do not get the weeds
killed, and in most cases
this site For, not only was
the prophet Jeremiah born
there, but it was also the
place where God sent the
prophet to teach Judah an
important lesson
Buy My Field At Anathoth
In the midst of Nebuchad
nezzer’s siege of Jerusalem,
when even the most opti
mistic and arrogant must
have realized that
Jeremiah’s prophecies were
coming true, God came to
the prophet with a different
kind of message: “The word
of the Lord came to me:
Behold, Hanamel...will
come to you and say, ‘Buy
my field which is at
there is one or more reasons.
Weed control is very im
portant and very costly, we
should be making more
progress than we have been
making. Soil acidity may be
too high, the timing may be
wrong, or you may be using
the wrong materials. Some
special attention to your
weed control program is
timely; no doubt your
custom spray operator
might be included in this
evaluation. He, too, should
know of the success of the
various herbicides. Don’t
continue to repeat the same
practice year after year, if it
is not getting nd of the
weeds.
TO IRRIGATE CROPS
Since we have had Uttle
moisture in the past two
the winner's 4 oients did all of the
fitting They “heard” that the win
ner’s older brother won his prize the
same way And they’re sure the
judge knows the winner’s mother's
sister-in-law
Ridiculous 7 Not really
How do the children in the ring
react to all of the back-stabbing 7
Usually, we’ve observed, with
justifiable embarassment or
bewilderment
Wasn’t this the same mother who
told them only a few moments ago
that it’s not winning or losing that
counts but being a part of the show 7
Didn’t dad say to go into the ring
with chin held high and accept the
judges comments, whatever the
judge might say 7
No wonder the child is confused
Maybe winning is everything Mom
surely seems to think it beats second
Abathoth” (Jeremiah
32:6,7).
It must have seemed a
strange thing for God to
command, m fact, given the
present circumstances of
Jerusalem and Judah, it
may have seemed crazy and
a contradiction of all that
Jeremiah had already pro
phesied Of all times to buy a
piece of property in the
vacmity of Jerusalem, this
must have seemed to be the
absolute worst' The city was
in grave danger of being
destroyed is that not what
Jeremiah had prophesied''
the enemy was knocking
at the gates surely this
weeks, with high tem
peratures, folks with
irrigations systems and with
a supply of water should be
using them. Irrigation
should be used to make
crops, rather than try to
save them after they have
been hurt by dry weather.
Unfortunately, too few folks
have a good supply of water
for irrigation Those living
along streams have a right
to their share of the water in
that stream; they do not
have a right to ah of the
water. This has caused some
trouble over the years when
the person doing the
irrigation used all of the
water in a small stream. We
are thankful in recent years
that we did not need much
irrigation, because it is
By Tom Armstrong
BY CURT HARLER, EDITOR
costly and includes con
siderable labor. When
irrigation is done, it should
be done during the daytime,
rather than at night. Wet
plants during the night
presents greater chances of
various fungus diseases
developing.
TO MAKE SUMMER
ALFALFA SEEDINGS
In this part of the state late
July and early August are
good times to make that
alfalfa seeding. When seeded
at this tune, the plants have
tune to become established
before freezing weather
arrives. Alfalfa is still one of
our major forage crops and
deserves the very best of
Shippensburg Community
Fair, Shippensburg,
continues through July
26.
Lancaster County 4-H horse
roundup; Lower
Hopewell Horse Center; 9
a m
Lancaster County FFA
picnic; 12:30 p.m.;
Pequea Valley High
School.
Sunday, July 20
Maryland Shorthorn family
place
Dad obviously disagrees with the
judge . he’s letting everyone else
know
Maybe, the child figures, losing is
kid stuff. Being a sportsman is for
babies Grownups continue fighting
even after the battle is over
The next step is feeling entitled to
win.
Adults might want to note this
attitude is the same which makes
people feel they are entitled to a
living
Lest there be any misun
derstanding by any of the young
showmen at this season’s fairs, let it
be noted that good sportsmanship is
proper for all occassions, for all ages
It’s the lessons learned and
memories gained, not the ribbon,
that you’ll carry with you m years to
come
was no time to invest in
real estate' But God has said
“buy'” and so Jeremiah
bought the field. Under
standing, although desir
able, was not prerequisite to
doing the will of God.
That They May Last
God soon revealed to Jere
miah the purpose of his
command to “buy" “Take
these deeds and put them
in an earthenware vessel,
that they may last for a long
time, For thus says the Lord
of hosts Houses and vine
yards and fields shall again
be bought in this land” (32
14,15) The purchase of real
estate in Anathoth by Jere-
Farm Calendar
Saturday, July 19
miah was to be a message,
a public witness by the pro
phet, that although the Baby
lonians would do all that
Jeremiah had foretold,
there would be a day when
the people of God would once
again dwell in this land
Whenever our world is
thus confronted with,
disaster, we need to make
that same kind of witness, to
publicly declare, not just
with words, but with deeds,
that history is m God’s hands
and that eventually his will
will be accomplished and the
children of God will once
again possess the earth’s
houses, fields and vineyards
planning and management.
The band seeding method
continues as the best way to
make this seeding. Weed
control is a “must” with a
straight seeding without a
nurse crop. Most stands are
injured by poor weed control
during the first year. Refer
to the 1980 Agronomy Guide
for help on weed control
practices. Be aware that
alfalfa should not be planted
in ground that has been
treated for corn weed control
during the past year,
especially fields sprayed
with atrazme. Alfalfa is an
outstanding forage crop;
however, it does require
attention and good
management.
picnic; Holly Hill Farm;
1 p.m.; Ijamsville,
Maryland.
Lebanon County 4-H horse
and pony clubs open
show; 10 a.m.; Lebanon
Fairgrounds.
Monday, July 21
Butler County Fair; Butler;
continues through July
26.
Troy Fair; Troy; continues
through July 26.
Maryland Gram Producers
Association; Queen Anne
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