C34—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 26,1981 Especially interesting in life on a farm is the number of strange things that turn up in unusual places around a farmstead. Just give us farm wives a chance to explain, though, why certain things are where they are. Take the sneakers parked next to the milk tank compressor, for instance. They weren’t really left there by accident. You see, that compressor blows off a tremendous quantity of warm air as the motor cools the milk flowing into the tank during milking hours, I’ve discovered it’s a fantastic place to solidify sneakers that just otherwise refuse to dry in the long stretches of sodden, soggy weather we’ve experienced lately. And you don’t have to listen to that thudding, clumping sound they make when they’re tumbled in an electric dryer. Fact is, things dry so well I’m considering stringing clothes lines through the farm office-utility room for the winter. I’ll bet the milk inspector love’d that. The same efficient drying element also came in handy for a last minute (is there any other way to do things) siiver-spray-paint job on a large cardboard box needed for a 4-H activity. The quick-dry facility saved us from explaining why our 4-H'ers were parading around in Red Man Tobacco boxes instead of the latest in teenage designer fashions. - A large box of aluminum foil was last seen leaving the kitchen to envelope an extremely reluctant SELL IT WITH A LANCASTER FARMING CLASSIFIED On being ; a farm wife • -And other hazards Joyce Bupp small Guernsey calf. Blame that on4-H,too. Farm refrigerators are also known to sometimes house alien objects. One familiar item on many dairy farmers is a container of thick, yellowish colostrum being saved for newborn calves. There’s a logical reason, though. Feedings of that colostrum, nature’s own protection against disease in baby animals, frequently makes the difference between life and death for a cold, weak newborn. We’ll make room in our refrigerator and freezer for colostrum any day. But a dear farm wife friend recently confided storing something in her freezer that I trust has never been in mine. A container of bugs. Seems her children had taken up the summer-time hobby of insect collecting. And, not having the proper mounting equipment at the tune the insects were snagged, she preserved the specimens via freeze-drying. Even the bugs later had to be moved for something that would have even less chance getting in our freezer. A couple dozen frozen pies. Imagine, having pies, real fruit pies, stashed m the freezer for later use. -To one whose too infrequently baked pies never make it past the supper-table, that - to borrow a phrase - is incredible. v _ ZOOK MOLASSES CO. Offers MOLASSES FEEDING PRODUCTS FOR <*>* ALL ANIMALS • Liquid Feeding Cane Molasses • Honey Brook Brand Dried Molasses - 50 lb. Bag • Z Brand Dried Molasses - 50 lb. Bag • Beet Pulp - 50 lb. 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Moore, Jr., of Nichols, New York, again claimed several of the blues in the Hamp showing, including champion and reserve champion ram. Dirk and Patricia Niltz, Hamp ton, New Jersey, took the Hamp shire ewe championship, with reserve going to Stewart Ebersole and Son of York. Natural colored sheep, those animals with any shade of wool other than the familiar cream color, are becoming increasingly popular and drawing more exhibitors. Ron Chacey of Amesville, Ohio, won that class ram championship, over reserve winner Billie Andrews of Spring Grove. Both top ewe awards went to Randy Irwin, Freeland, Maryland. Greg Lau, Loganyille, was named champion ram exhibitors in the Oxford division, over reserve winner Bixler farms. Lau also took both female champion and reserve rosettes. Polled Dorset classes again brought honors to the Kenneth Moore family, Nichols, New York, Kenneth Moore family taking the grand in both ram and ewe categories. Reserve ram awards went to Michael Car penter, Jefferson, Maryland, and Yorker Greg Strausbaugh earned the reserve ewe ribbons. W. Carpenter and son, Jefferson, Maryland, won the champion Southdown ram designation, over reserve winner Gerald and Bar bara Rohrer of Quarry ville. .Those same exhibitors traded spots when the female championship placing was finished. Suffolk top winnings also went to two exhibitors, with K. and J. Sheep Company, Jefferson, Maryland, showing the champion ram over reserve winner Troy Ness of Oallastown. Ness than took the female championship, over K. snd * IDE CLASSIFIED LIVESTOCK SECTION HAS OEASTIT SELECTIONS! Charles and Barbara Platt, Gettysburg, garnered the female champion and-reserve ribbons in Shropshire showing, with the ram championship claimed by Kenneth Moore, Nichols, New York. Reserve ram placing went to Spring Bottom Farm, Fairfield. Kenneth Moore also made a clean sweep of the Rambouillet division, talung all the champion rosettes, as well as all the blues. Three divisions had only one exhibitor each. .Sigler Dorsett Sheep Farm of York were the lone competitors in the Horned Dorset classes, Charles and Barbara Platt of Gettysburg exhibited in the Merino classes, and Mary Blan chard, Airville, was the sole en trant with Cornedales.—J.B'. I'M NOT L10N... ft)
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