Alo—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 5,1981
Don’t miss the
Want to go to an historic sale?
If you do, then be at the Ag Arena Sale next
Friday at the Farm Show Complex in
Harrisburg. There's sure to~be lots of ex
citement and something for everyone to bid on
as over 200 head of top dairy and beef cattle,
swine, and sheep cross the auction block in
this fund-raising event.
When Lot Number 1 of the Dairy Cattle
lineup enters the sale ring, all eyes will turn to
Pennsylvania’s Secretary of Agriculture
Penrose Hallowed who went on record this
summer saying he’ll open the bids on this
Paclamar Astronaut daughter at $lO,OOO.
This 4-year-old Holstein is being consigned
by Obie Snider, Singing Brook Farms, Imler.
She will be joined in the sales ring by.more
than 100 other top-pedigreed Black and
Whites whose owners have agreed to donate
at least 50 percent of the sale price to the
Penn State Ag Arena Building Fund.
What a Christmas present this will be for the
students and faculty at Penn State gift
wrapped with generous, sincere concern by
farmers from Pennsylvania and surrounding
states. Once the final gavel of the sale has
fallen on the last consignment, Penn State's
Ag Arena hopefully will be close to its
$900,000 construction-cost mark.
All the animals will be there next Friday,
ready and waiting to be trucked to their new
homes But what lies between the sale event
and the successful attainment of the Penn
State goal are the buyers
As I leaf through the sale catalogs, looking at
pedigrees and pictures, I feel like a kid again,
flipping though the pages of the mail-order
Christmas wish-book. But instead of toys and
dolls to dream of, this time it’s livestock
Which one would I choose, how many would
I like ... as always, the real question is
what’s the price tag?
According to sale managers Dennis
Grumbine, swine, • Robert Coleman, beef
cattle,, Tom Calvert, sheep, and Bill Nichol,
dairy cattle, this sale will be offering
NOW IS THE TIME
To Plan Work
Schedules In Layer Houses
If you are planning to woik with
your layers, such as applying a
miticide to control lice or mites or
do any noisy repairs to the feeders.
Cans, or waterers - this work should
be done in the afternoon. The
reason for this is - it’s after the hen
has laid her egg for the day, and
she is a lot less susceptible to in
jury and damage to the future
eggs. Your everyday chores won’t
upset them because they are ac
custom to them, but these unusual
conditions can upset their regular
cycle.
Just a word on the number of
birds per cage. It may seem like a
good idea to add one extra bird per
cage, but this could lower your
hen-house production. There are
over 20 cage density experiments
and they all show a lowered
production per hen when you add
that extra hen. Keep m mind that
very small differences in
production can result in large
economic differences over time in
large flocks. With an oversupply of
eggs, we really don’t need that
extra bird anyway.
Off the
Som&mof
By Sheila Miller, Editor
By Jay Irwin
Lancaster County Agriculture Agent
Phone 717-394-6851
Farmers are reminded that they
now have a “second chance” to
take update training and quality
for the renewal of their private
applicators license to apply
restricted use pesticides in 1982,
says Arnold G. Lueck, County
Agent.
Most private applicators are
farmers. Many had their licenses
expire last September 30. This
simply means these
hcense/permits have to be
renewed soon. Fortunately, the
Bureau of Plant Industry officials
of the Pennsylvania Department of
Agriculture have extended the
tune to get this renewal completed
to March, 1982.
The best way to obtain update
training is to attend some winter
meeting sponsored by Penn State
Extension or agribusiness firm,
where pesticide use is discussed or
explained. Attendance at such a
meeting will qualify to obtain “The
Pesticide Applicator Update
Training Certificate” slip of paper
which must be sent in to get a new
license.
Ag Arena sale
something to fit "everybody’s pocketbook."
And you don't have to be a Penn Stater to
get a buyer's number, either. As a matter of
fact, if it's anything like the list of consignors,
the buyer's list could put Penn State alumni to
shame.
Well, be that as it may, won’t it be great once
ah the plans are laid in place and the pillars
begin to shape the arena? Consignors and
buyers will know that their support has
provided the financial foundation for a lear
ning center that will help in forming the
futures of tomorrow's Penn State ag students.
Ne longer will Block and Bridle students
have to shuffle straw bales into make shift
show rings m the beef and sheep center's
latest addition the metal shed. This
structure has served as a shelter for shivering
students and parents participating in the
mevitably-fngid livestock show ever since Joe
Paterno’s ‘stars’ kicked Ag Hill’s Little In
ternational exhibitors out of the Ice Pavillion.
And Dairy Expo showmen won't have to be
treddmg on the heels of the dairy cows in front
of them any longer the new Ag Arena will
cure the tight-squeeze malady long ex
perienced in the dairy barn pavillion.'
Even though the Penn State students and
professors will enjoy the facility for shows and
lectures throughout the year, the Ag Arena
will also provide a centrally-located site for
livestock and dairy events and sales spon
sored by off-campus groups
Take it from this Ag Hill alumni the Ag
Arena will meet a long-overdue need for
everyone affiliated with Pennsylvania
agriculture.
So bring your checkbook and support this
fund-raising ertdeavor. Don’t forget dairy
cattle start selling at 11 a.m., with the beef
sale beginning at noon. Then, after an af
ternoon break and ‘snack’ to keep the buyers
appetitites satiated, the swine sale gets rolling
at 7 p.m. with sheep selling at 7:30 p.m.
Come out and enjoy the livestock, the people
and the food. See you at the sale.
To Renew Private
Applicator License
Board
We strongly urge farmers to
check their wallet-sized license
card to see if they are currently
eligible to buy and use restricted
insecticides, herbicides and
fungicides. If there is an expired
date on the card, get to a winter
meeting in the next three months
and re-quahfy yourself.
To Observe Withdrawal Time
The use of drugs and antibiotics
are needed in many cases with
livestock and dairy production.
Their use is quite common in many
farm operations. However, the
misuse of these materials is where
trouble can start. When these
items are administered to animals,
the owner should read the label for
directions relating to withdrawal
period for milk cows, or time
between treatment and slaughter
for meat animals. This is only good
common sense that these
regulations should be followed. To
short-cut the period of tune is only
jeopardizing the product and the
entire farming business. Don’t
take chances with our valuable
food products. Also, be sure to keep
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CHRIST’S
“SOMETHING MORE”
December 6,1981
Background Scripture:
Matthew 14:28-33; Mark 1:
1-11; 9:2-8.
Devotional Reading:
1 Co. mttuans 1:20-31
At one tune is was fashionable in
some circles to regard Jesus as
nothing more than a fictional or
mythical character. Apart from
the Bible itself, there is no proof
that such a man actually lived and
died m the first century A.D.
Nevertheless, today, if 1 can in
any way judge from what 1 see,
hear and read, there doesn’t seem
to be much doubt among most
people that Jesus was an actual
historical figure. The conflict and
disagreement today seems much
more to be over the question: Who
was this man? or, depending upon
your approach. Who is this Christ?
The Son of God
Christians often attempt to
answer either or both of these
questions by listing one or more of
his titles, Jesus, we say, is the
Christ, the Messiah, the Lord, our
Saviour, the Incarnate Word of
God, the Master, and the Son of
God. (Altough we do not usually
use this title, we are aware that the
Gospels, particularly Mark, also
calls him the Son of man at tunes.)
But titles are not answers by
themselves. For when we say that
Jesus is the Son of God, what are
we saying?
In 'Mark, we find that Jesus’
OUR READERS WRITE,
AND OTHER OPINIONS
The grass
I am writing this letter in
response to the article “What price
is a conservation practice?” by
Herbert L. Brodie, Extension Ag
Engineer for the University of
Maryland. (November 21, 1981
issue, 839)
There’s no doubt that soil con
servation is a pressing problem in
this country, even though it is not
receiving priority right now in
national policy. The question is,
how can we accomplish this goal?
Articles such as this one tend to
make two points. First, they at
tempt to make farmers feel guilty
about letting the dirt wash down
HAV HAWS
“OK, I give up What has six legs, three eyes and is striped 7"
divine “sonship” was that Gospel’s
main theme. He begins his gospel
proclaiming, “The beginning of the
Gospel of Jesus Christ, tne Son of
God” (1:1). At Mark’s recounting
of the the baptism of Jesus, there is
“a voice from heaven, ‘Thou art
my beloved Son; with thee 1 am
well pleased” (1:11). And on the
Mount of Transfiguration, there is
another voice, saying of Jesus,
“This is my beloved Son; listen to
him” (9:7). What is Mark trying to
say to us about Jesus?
In Daniel 3:25 King
Nebuchadnezzar saw in the firey
furnace, besides, Shadrach,
Meschach and Abednego a fourth
person whose appearance was that
of a “son of the gods," indicating
that there is something divine
about him. In the books of Job and
Psalms the term “sons of God”
indicates beings who are divine but
subordinate to God. In other Old
Testament sources, to be God’s
"son” or “sons” implies simply a
special relationship with God (the
nation of Israel, Exodus 4:22,23;
the Davidic king, Psalms 89:26,27;
etc.)
The Divine Become Human
Mark, however, implies
something more when he uses this
term. This “something more” was
a special, filial relationship bet
ween Jesus and God (“Father”
being the term Jesus used most m
referring to God.) It also indicated
that the disciples realized that, m
dealing with this man Jesus, m
some way ' virtually indefinable
they were dealing with God
Himself. As John would later put
it, they found that the Word had
become flesh in Jesus, the divine
expressed in human terms.
The title “Son of God” is im
possible to precisely define, but it
does not matter that we cannot
define it, so long as we are able to
experience for ourselves the
“something more” of Jesus, the
SonofGod.
is greener
the hill. Second, they try to prove
that soil conservation “pays.”
Generally, farmers understand
what is involved much better than
the average apartment dweller.
They would grow forages, rotate
crops and so on if they could afford
to. But the trouble is, soil con
servation does not really pay in
today’s economy.
Experienced farmers are very
sensitive to what pays. To prove
that it pays, you have to assume
that the farmer can invest savings,
and that his only alternative is a 5
percent savings account.
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