Okay friends, the tune has come
to de-bunk another of those great
American myths.
Easter eggs are not mass
produced by that fuzzy, adorable
little Easter Bunny.
Nosiree. Just lay that old idea
away to rest.
Let me tell you where those
Easter eggs do originate.
They’re being individually
crafted by a brigade of feisty
bantam hens staked out at various
posfs in our old barn.
No Easter Bunny could ever hop
through Spring with more smgle
purposeness than these biddies.
Their lone, all-consuming mission
m life at the moment is to produce,
produce, produce.
Nothing will deter them.
Cats idling by their nests win a
low growl that rumbles from
beneath an awesome puffed-up
chest of feathers. Any cat not
taking that clear-out hint, or
poking a bewhiskered nose within
pecking distance, will likely come
away wounded.
And dogs deserve equal treat
ment. Or worse.
Humans, though, pose an even
worse threat to these non-stop.
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non-umonized, production-oriented
poultry friends.
Two-legged pests that they are,
humans are hen home-wreckers.
They are totally unsympathetic
with a hen’s need to round out a
hollow in the straw beneath the
heifer feeder where one can spread
wings over the security of a nest of
twenty warm, promising eggs.
No. Those rascals persist in
pilfering the production.
Or let a hen set up housekeeping
on the bale of hay stacked next to
the heifer pen door. Not only does
the egg get lifted, someone adds
insult to injury'by feeding the nest
to the bawling calves.
Knowing the seasonal demand
for the hens’ output, we’ll just
continue to swipe the goods as we
find them.
But if you run smack up against
an egg shortage this weekend, you
can figure those hens finally
outsmarted the cats, dogs and
yours truly by taking off to raise a
family in parts unknown.
And to think we have the nerve to
call these birds “chicken.”
Eggs or no eggs have a Happy
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recovniHrm dnrin? the 51st Nat
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National 4-H,Center here this past
week.
Winners are Donald Wildrick,
president of Wildnck and Miller,
an advertising-public relations
agency in New York City; Kenneth
B. Hoyt, director of the Office of
Career Education, U.S. Depart
ment of Education, Washington,
D.C.; and U.S. Senator Larry
Pressler of South Dakota.
The award recognizes “exem
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contributions to the 4-H program
over a period of years,” said Eu
gene Williams, deputy admini
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and Administration-Extension.
Wildnck was cited for his contri
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Saturday, April 18
Lancaster Co. Society 3 entertains
Society 26 at the Salem
Lutheran Church
Lancaster 18 to hold a fun day
Lancaster 12 holds a silent auction
Monday, April 20
Lancaster Society 31 meets for a
craft program with hostess
Vickie LeFevre
Tuesday, April 21
Berks Society 6 celebrates its 15th
anniversary
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Columbia attended the conference.
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4-H members and 575,000 adult
4-H volunteer leaders across the
nation.
Ten delegates from Canada are
participating as a part of the
Canada-United States 4-H ex
change program.
Lancaster Society 26 entertains
Society 16 at the St. John’s
Lutheran Church, Maytown
Lancaster 28 meets with Lois Kalb
to hear a speaker from Hospice
Saturday, April 25
Lancaster 24 to participate in a
Lancaster walking tour with
Mary Ann Greiner
Lancaster Society 4 meets at the
Mountville Church of the
Brethem to entertain Society 27
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