Al2—Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, February 6,1982
Now is
the Time
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from surface water contamination.
Water from feedlots and bar
nyards should not be allowed to
flow directly into public streams;
pastures or holding areas will
prevent the possibility of pollution.
To Feed Animals More Energy
Animals need to consume
adequate amounts of energy and
be in good flesh if they are housed
in a cold environment. They
depend on heat generated by their
own bodies to maintain normal
body temperatures. To accomplish
this, they need to have sufficient
reserves of fat and energy for the
body to metabolize into heat.
Exension Dairy Agent, Glenn
Shirk, emphasizes that it may be
necessary to increase energy in
take by feeding more grain, more
com silage or milk replacers of
higher fat content.
Once you’ve helped animals to
generate more body heat, it is
equally important to help them
conserve it. Well fed animals with
heavy hair coats have two ef
fective blankets of insulation. One
is the hair coat itself with all of the
dead air spaces that exist between
the hair fibers IF the hair coat is
kept clean and dry and if it is
protected from the winter winds.
The other is the layer of body fat
we’ve encouraged the animal to
develop. A word of caution: let’s
not allow animals to become
overconditioned; that’s unhealthy
and costly. The other thing we can
do to preserve body heat is to
protect animals from direct
contact with such good conductive
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destroyed, his neighbors help
rebuild it. This is the custom of
bam raising. Another fine example
of this tradition is dur volunteer
fire companies which date back to
the time of Ben Franklin.
Many of the so-called “welfare”
programs now administered by the
government were once the domain
of volunteer groups. President
Reagan has urged Americans, who
are physically and financially able
to increase their volunteer efforts.
Regardless of one’s views of the
president's budget cuts, it is im
portant to note that the taxpayer is
benefitting from the Reagan
program since the government is
getting a smaller slice of our
paychecks.
Also, billions are still being spent
on the “safety net” of social
programs. There has always been
a need to help those who fall
through that net. That is why
volunteer groups are so important.
According to the latest
estimates, there are now 175,000
formal volunteer groups in
existence ■in the U.S., with
thousands more informal ones.
In order to see that volunteer
efforts are properly channeled, the
president has created a 44-member
“Task Force on Private Sector
Initiatives,” chaired by William
Verity, the head of the Armco
Corporation of Ohio.
In creating the task force, the
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mat to lie on.
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There’s an old saying that if you
want a job done, go to the busiest
man or women in town and he or
she will do it. No matter how
crowded your schedule, there’s
always room for one more project
if it really needs to be done. (You’ll
notice the head of the president’s
task force is the chief executive of
one of the nation’s largest com
panies.)
There are numerous op
portunities to get involved. Many
religious and community groups
sponsor programs which provide
help for the needy. Their efforts
provide food, clothing and
essentials to the less fortunate.
The words of Thomas Jefferson
are especially appropriate in this
day in age:
“It has been said that we feed the
hungry, clothe the naked and bind
up the wounds of the man beaten
by thieves...because we receive
pleasures ourselves from these
acts.”
Rep. Ken Brandt
The Majority Policy Chairman
Harrisburg
Farm Calendar
Today, Feb. 6
Ephrata Area Young Farmers
annual banquet, 6:45 p.m.,
Durlach-Mt. Airy Fire Hall.
Monday, Feb. 8
Poultry Servicemen’s Seminar,
Holiday inn North, Rt. 501,
Lancaster, 6:30 p.m.
Franklin County Conservation
District, 9 a.m., County Ad
ministration Bldg., Cham
bersburg.
Tuesday, Feb. 9
22nd Annual Weed Science Society
ot America meeting, ■ Hark
Hlaza Hotel, Boston, Mass,
continues to Thursday.
Montgomery County Extension
annual meeting, 6:30 p.m.,
Extension Center, 400 Market
St., Norristown.
Hunterdon County Extension, N.J.
Certified Pesticide Applicator
Test, 7:30 p.m.. Extension
Center.
Maryland Holstein Convention,
continues Wednesday.
Milk referendum meeting, 1 p.m.,
Lancaster Farm and Home
Center.
Wednesday, Feb. 10
Eastern Shore Dairy Herdsmen
Cambria holds crops day
EBENSBURG A program on
crop production will be held in
Cambria Co. on Monday, March 1,
9:30 a.m. to 3:30p.m. at the United
Methodist Church, Ebensburg.
William Parrish, Cambria County
soil conservationist and Leo Noll,
dairy farmer from Lor.etto will
coordinate the morning and af
ternoon sessions.
The program will be conducted
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Workshop, Uhestenown.
Tri-County Field Crops meeting,
Flemingtou, N.J., 8 p.m..
Extension Center.
Eastern Co-op district meeting,
Honey Brook Grange Hall.
Thursday, Feb. il
York Small Grains & Soybean
Meeting, 7:30 p.m., Kennard-
Dale High School, Fawn Grove.
Atlantic Breeders Co-op, District 4,
7 p.m.. Blue Ball.
Lancaster Extension Assn, annual
dinner meeting, Farm & Home
Center, 6:30 p.m.
Adams County Mastitis Workshop,
7.:30 p.m., New Oxtord High
School.
ABC district meeting, Somerset
County, Meyer Berlin Com
munity Bldg. 7 p.m.
Bradford Crops Workshop,
Wyakesmg High School, Vo-Ag
Dept., 8 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 12
Northern Tier Regional Executive
Committee Meeting, 10 a.m. - 3
p.m., Wysox Presbyterian
Church
Saturday, Feb. 13
Carden Spot Young
annual banquet; 6:4b p.m., Blue
Ball Fire Hall
by Penn State Extension
agronomists. They include:
Douglas Beegle, soil fertility; John
Baylor, forage crops; Joseph
McGahan, corn; and Elwood
Hatley, small grains and soybeans.
Since there will be a luncheon at
the church, a pre-registration is
required by Friday, Feb. 12.
Contact Ronald L. Hostetler,
Extension Agent, 814-472-7986.
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