Alo—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 11,1981
Lancaster Farming says...
Confined poultry, hog and cattle
operations are pretty commonplace
these days
As this trend continues, and un
doubtedly it will, it’s getting to the
point that the only living things that
don’t see a farm are the livestock
Even the most urban-locked
metropolitan residents can drive into
the country to see a farm But not the
livestock, more and more are just
seeing the inside of a cage, pen or
building
Animal rights continue to be
controversial as was proved Thur
sday during the Northeast Egg
Marketing Association discussions in
Lancaster
The purpose of this comment is not
to argue the merits of confined
housing, animal rights, the
CALVARY 1981
April 12,1981
Background Scripture:
Matthew 21:1-13;
27 1-61.
Devotional Reading:
Isaiah 537-12.
As I write these words, the
NOW IS
THE TIME
By Jay Irwin
Lancaster County
Agricultural Agent
Phone 717-394-6851
To Check Com Planters
Corn planting season is just
around the comer. And just
because your planter worked well
a year ago is no guarantee that it’ll
work this year, unless you’ve given
it a thorough check up this past
winter or early this spring. Wear
and tear over the years may have
taken its toll. Many farmers
jeopardize their crop stands each
spring simply because they don’t
take the time to give their planters
a thorough maintenance check.
Worn parts, easily replaceable, or
mechanisms that need a simple
shot of grease, are common
reasons for reduction in yields.
Check your planter to make sure
the drive chains are tight, that all
bearings are in good condition, the
seed and fertilizer tubes are clean
and free of dirt and make sure the
tires are in good condition and,
most importantly, be sure you are
using the proper plates where
plates are used and for plateless
planters that the mechanisms are
properly adjusted. Give the
planter a good once-over ahead of
tune. This will help eliminate
problems during the very busy
planting season.
All together under one roof
52 American hostages held in
Iran 14 months have just
arrived back in the U.S A
Minutes ago their plane
landed and they are on their
way to West Point to be
reunited with their families
All across America there is
joy and relief
But there is also another
emotion we are ex
periencing Having heard
the hostages’ stones of
brutality and mistreatment,
many of us are angry and
some of us are crying out for
vengenance “Blast them
(Iran) off the map l ” one
man was quoted in the
morning paper, apparently
speaking for many
Americans indignant at
what the Iranians have done
To Apply Ridomil
To Tobacco Seedbeds
Tobacco growers have a big
advantage over last year to get the
jump on tobacco blue mold
disease. The field-proven Ridomil,
used on much of our tobacco
acreage last Summer now has
approval for use in seedbeds.
County Agent Arnold Lueck tells us
at seedbed preparation tune or
shortly thereafter apply two and a
half teaspoons per 300 square feet
of bed. This would be an area of 6
feet by 50 feet in size. Apply in
enough water for even distribution.
Smce Ridoiml is soluble in water it
can simply be watered in at the
time of application. Last year blue
mold disease was a problem in
seedbeds late in the transplanting
season. Take advantage of a soil
applied systemic fungicide such as
Ridomil to grow healthy tobacco
transplants this year.
To Pasture Cautiously
Pastures are a welcome reprieve
for animals that have been penned
up all winter; they just love to kick
up their heels and frolic in the
fresh air and green grass. Our
dairy agent, Glenn Shirk, reminds
us that Spring pastures may not be
economics of modern agriculture or
any of a number of controversial
topics
But just how far is this confined
housing “kick” going to go 7
Recently, a story out of Utah says
that a couple or researchers are
working on a confined housing
system for lobsters for use in that
land-locked, semi-arid section of the
country
It seems that if Utah had been
intended to be a center for the
production of lobsters it would have
been a North Atlantic coastal area
similar to Maine Of course, if lobster
production shifts to Utah then the
New England coastal waters can be
converted entirely to such things as
off-shore oil drilling and the like
Crucify Him!
I understand these feelings
that cry out for retaliation,
for I too have felt the anger
and outrage that so many
have experienced In my
own heart there is a terrible
wound that savors
retaliation, “paying them
back in kind,” and showing
“them” that they can’t get
away with it How easy it
would have been, just five
short minutes ago, to raise
my voice with millhons of
others crying, “Vengeance'
Vengeance' Vengeance'
Vengeance!”
But before I could vent my
anger and hatred, I sat down
at my desk to write this
column and the assigned
passage. cnpture for this
Researchers Roger W Mickelsen
and Rex C Infanger say they have
solved many obstacles in their
confined lobster housing system.
Cages had to be durable, rust-proof,
submersible and flexible since
lobsters grow in relation to the size of
their cage
"We have demonstrated that
lobsters can grow and develop
normally in recirculated, filtered salt
water as opposed to sea water,” the
researchers boast
Now we not only have cows, pigs
and chickens that don’t see a farm,
but we may have lobsters that never
get to see the ocean
Scientists in Utah, Canada and
California are also working on a diet
formula, which they claim is a lot
week leaped off the page at
m" “But thev shouted all
the more ‘Let him be
crucified'” For just a
moment, I saw myself
standing in that crowd,
making the same hysterical
cry, ‘ ‘Crucify him' ’ ’
If any man was ever
subjected to injustice and
atrocity it was Jesus Un
justly arrested and accused,
subjected to humiliation,
physically beaten and tor
tured, subjected to in
timidation and humiliation,
rejected by the very people
he came to save, abandoned
by his friends, betrayed by a
disciple, crucified on a cross
- was there ever more cause
tor vengeance 1 It ever the
treatment ot one person
called for outrage and
as rich as their beautiful green
growth would lead you to think; the
lush green grass is high in water,
and low in energy and mineral
content. Because of this, Shirk
recommends that cattle be given
additional feed prior to being
turned out to pasture. This will
HAV HAWS
Oh! I see you’ve already signed
for your land.
BY CURT HARLER, EDITOR
retribution, was it not the
events that day on Calvary’
He Trusted In God
This was God’s Son they
were nailing to the cross
This was the ultimate
blasphemy of creature
against the Creator. If ever
there was a debt that had to
be repaid, if ever there was
an honor that was violated, if
ever virtue cried out for
vindication, it was Good
Friday at Calvary. For it
was not just a Nazarene
carpenter who was nailed to
a tree, but the Lord of the
Universe who was defied and
taunted. Surely the Divine
Righteousness of God would
erupt into a response of Holy
holacaust! Surely, to
preserve his honor, God
would have to obliterate the
assure cattle sufficient dry matter,
energy and mineral intake to
sustain normal production and
performance. This will also
minimize the risk of bloat; with a
full stomach, cows are less apt to
consume dangerous amounts of
dew-laden legumes. Similarly, this
one of those oil and gas leases
cheaper and is just as nutritious as
traditional lobster food.
We wonder how lobster tail will
taste in the future Will it be as bland
as some chicken consumed today 7
And we wonder what might be next
in confined housing 7
Perhaps, horses with indoor riding
arenas, and travelogue films
projected on the walls to give riders
the feeling of being in the great
outdoors
Or, maybe even farmers them
selves in one big, high rise con-
dominium
Thmk of all the shipping and other
costs that could be saved if all
agricultural operation, including
farm families, were centrally located
in one, big glass-domed facility
barbarians who murdered
his innocent Son!
Though he had the right
and power to call down
legions of angels from
Heaven, Jesus bore his
agony without a word of
reproach to his murderers.
Though the kingdom of
heaven itself was defied that
day, God sent no thun
derbolts nor plagues. For
God’s response to the cross
was one of love and
forgiveness His love
conquered the worst that
human beings could of
fer. including my own
desire for vengeance
The meaning of Calvary in
this year of 1981 is what it
has always been: it is love,
not vengeance, which
overcomes the world.”
practice also helps to prevent weed
poisoning; weeds are about the
first thing to start growing in the
spring, and a full stomach will help
prevent cattle from having to
consume dangerous amounts of
poisonous plants. Fortunately,
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