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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.
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as Sudan Grass and the should be allowed to ferment
Sudan-Sorghum crosses may or cure for at least 6 weeks
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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.
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early to be preparing for
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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
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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,
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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
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