Alo— tucartr Ffhg, Saturday, October It, 1980 / Lancaster Farming says... Glenn Kean, co-chairman of the Keystone international Livestock Exposition, said at last week’s show if KILE loses money another year there might not be a show in 1982. There will be a 1981 Exposition, however, complete with the Polled Hereford Standard of Performance show. But between now and next October there’s a lot which will have to come to pass if KILE is to stay above water. There are big things and little things that need to be changed. One big thing is money. Why should the state give KILE funds for the show and then turn around and charge KILE rent for the Farm Show Building? Despite their efforts, are county agents really qualified to run an international livestock show? There’s a lot more to coordinate at KILE with out-of-state exhibitors and livestock than at a county fair where exhibitors are local and known to everyone. Comments and attitudes exhibited in the show ring by some agents indicate they would rather be at THE ONE, TRUE ELEPHANT October 19,1980 Background Scripture: Jeremiah 31. Devotional Reading: Ezekiel 18:25-32. Clyde Reid, in his challenging book, THE contain dangerous amounts of prussic acid after a killing frost. This will be toxic to livestock. Growers should not feed this frosted material to tbetf animals for at least 7 . the frost. TO BEWARE OF /-After that time and if the FROSTED CROPS plants are dead and dry, it _ J*ck Frost is due at any may be used as a forage or tune and may already have for bedding purposes, appeared by the time this jf made into silage or hay article is printed. Crops such during that first week, it as Sudan Grass and the should be allowed to ferment Sudan-Sorghum crosses may or cure for at least 6 weeks SHBOIBS rplN£ A 4-H SUR£ A UrTOF-noflß litOPHaRN6 mme& fm nmt< n&t wear! KILE get the show together home and KILE would be better off without their disinterest. The Public Address and paging system in the Farm Show Complex is poor at best. Some exhibitors this year missed weigh-ins and classes because they didn't hear an nouncements. The show catalogs in some cases were just about worthless. The swine book, for instance, was good for getting exhibitors’ names and ad dresses but not for the show. And why were cattle and sheep housed on the main exhibit floor? Show animals are too valuable Jo have them slipping around the tile floor in the mam hall. Attempts to roll out tar paper sheets for better footing were almost unrecognizable by the end of showing on Monday the paper slipped and roiled creating little if any relief to the slick tile conditions. Horse stalls, partly empty, filled the dairy and beef barns, and horses monopolized the large arena. Horses are nice, but they weren’t named king of the show to our knowledge. RETURN TO FAITH (Harper & Row 1974), tells a parable about the men of a little village who one day found a beautiful elephant. So enamoured of that elephant were they that they captured him and put him in a big tent so that others might see him too. But the great crush of people who came to see him convinced the elders of the village to build a temple around the tent in order to protect the elephant from the crowds. Two things happened to the elephant in time. First, the elephant gave birth to quintuplets who crawled out from under the tent and escaped Into the world. And, would report that they haa Secondly, the elephant died, seen the elephant’s offspring But the elders of the village here and there in the denied that the elephant was countryside, but the keepers dead. As Reid tells it: “They ridiculed these reports, had too many programs “Everyone knows the only prepared in advance, the , real elephant is the one in offerings weretdolucrative, our temple,” said the and the paid elephant keepers, keepers who took care of the tensile didn’t want to lose their jobs.” So, instead of admitting their elephant had died, they continued to ex pand the temple complex even larger. The dead elephant began to smell bad, but the keepers continued to deny that he was dead. THE “ONE, TRUE ELEPHANT! “ From time to time people before being fed. New growth from these plants after a killing frost should also be considered as toxic and dangerous. In addition livestock should not be permitted to graze legumes, such as alfalfa or clover, while frost is on the plant; allow the frost to melt and the plant to dry to avoid serious bloating problems. TOPREPAREFOR FREEZING WEATHER Don’t say that it is too early to be preparing for freezes, because it can m uopts m <a\m, 'R oass vcsmo (vie ofi&£*(omr mßeomeßffifi)sl ,( Meantime cattle were judged in the poultry barn in a show ring ob structed by beams and dimmed by poor lighting. Hills and valleys in the floor, one exhibitor claimed with only slight exaggeration, could make the tallest animal in a class look like the shortest. Even though moving KILE up a month seemed a good idea to attract exhibitors from Eastern National and Richmond, Va. shows, a number of big name livestock breeders did not show up. The craft show was a hoax. It was split with the exhibit at Bensalem. There were only half a dozen exhibitors at KILE but why a craft show to build interest in animals? Outside interest admittedly was lacking. And the dollar parking fee was waived for anyone who got to KILE at the right moment. Show Manager Charles Itle said having parking attendants on duty only during heavy traffic times was an economy move. It was difficult to find a time when attendants were on duty, even over the weekend. But And Reid concludes: “And for a time the people were satisfied, for they continued to come to the temple, hoping for a glimpse of the one true elephant.” This shaggy elephant story cuts pretty close to the bone, doesn’t it? Just as Jeremiah the Prophet of Israel was calling the people of God to a new and living relationship happen at any time. November is just two weeks away and we have ex perience some snows and hard freezes the first week of November. Water pipes should be buried, or protected with electric heating tape, when outside or in a building without livestock or heat. Water cooled motors need to be drained or the addition of anti-freeze solutions. Don’t put this off until freezing weather arrives because it might be too late. Now would WORKING (xJfTB H-H HAS rr* SATKFACTIMS it?, BY CURT HURLER, EDITOR with God in place of a dead elephant that their religion had become. It was a religion of the temple, a place, a thing, an altar. It was the religion law written on scrolls. But that live and vibrant faith that had caused the temple to be built and inspired the preservation of the laws was now a dead and putrid thing. They had allowed the old convenant to become stagnant and decay. A NEW CONVENANT So Jeremiah was calling Israel to give up the dead elephant and accept a new convenant with God-one that would not be chiseled into temple walls or copied on be an excellent time to in stall additional insulation to prevent condensation, andto save on fuel consumption. TO CHECK THE EWE FLOCK This is the breeding season for many sheep flocks in this part of the country; shepherds are urged to take note of the breeding success of their ewes. If the ewes keep returning in heat, after being bred two or more times, then another ram should be used. In too many Farm Calendar Today, October 18 Maryland Shorthorn Calf Sale, Frederick Fairground, Frederick, Md.; 12:30 p.m. Sunday, October 19 Lehigh-Northampton Farm- City open house on several county farms; 1 to 5 p.m. Monday, October 20 Reading ~ Fair continues through the 25th. Franklin County Farmer’s then, it was difficult to find a time when traffic to KILE was anything like heavy. This is not to slam KILE. Penn sylvania agriculture deserves ah international showplace. If KILE weren’t worth saving, it wouldn’t be worth taking the time to point out the need for change. But improvement is needed and soon. Better organization and management, better facilities or better use of existing ones, better pre-show publicity to get livestock exhibitors and breeders to the show the real reason for KILE anyway. If KILE cannot revamp its program and interest in the show continues to die from a specatator as well as sponsor attitude, the only ones who will be losing are the tax-paying livestock producers. It’s their show and they'll have to sit up and make it go get it back on the right track. Changes, deeper than cosmetic changes, are needed if KILE is to salvage its image and rebound back to a deserved position of prominance. scrolls, but in the hearts of the people. It was not to be just another covenant to replace the old one, but a new covenant. The new covenant called for a new maturity, a new respon sibility on the part of the people. The experience of God would no longer be a second-hand relationship, for “they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest” (3:14). It was an exciting promise he was holding out to the people of Israel. The only trouble with it was that it meant giving up that dead carcass they had become to regard as “the one, true elephant.” cases it Is not discovered that the ram is not settling the ewes luitil it is too late to breed. The use of a breeding apron on the ram has been used successfully to discover the ewes that are not with lamb. The lamb crop is the big income item from a flock of sheep; if the ewes are not with- lamb, the profit “goes out the window.” Sheep fed a little extra grain, or turned to a lush grass pasture, (Turn to Page A 27) Union, 7 p.m.; Lighthouse , Restaurant, Rt. 11; Chambersburg. Honey Show and Baking Contest, 7 p.m.; Dutch Gold Honey, Roherstown. Tuesday, October 21 Ephrata Area Young Far mers meet; 7:45; Ephrata Senior High Ag. Department. Lancaster County Cattle Feeders Tour, leaves (Turn to Page A 2 7) --
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