Al2—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 13,1982
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Soviet Union, come up with the go into default would have caused
money the Administration grave economic consequences for
simply rushed to the side of the big the international financial corn
bankers and paid off the loans with munity. And they say there’s still a
tax dollars. chance even they admit it’s a
There action was somewhat
surprising.
This Administration’s message
to working people in America the
past year has been a clear and
simple one: “Don’t look to
Washington for a solution to your
problems.” That was the rationale
which allowed them to cut farm,
health, education, nutrition, and
retirement programs deeply as
they shifted those funds to the
Pentagon.
But once the big banks began to
get a little nervous about the $7l
million in shaky loans they held,
the Administration rushed the
government back into the problem
solving business. Without even
waiting for an official “default”
declaration* they simply scooped
$7l million out of the federal
pocket-book and delivered it to the
bankers.
The Administration’s rationale
for all this is that letting the loans
As a former fanner of Bucks
County who is still a member of the
Pennsylvania Farmers’
Association, and who still loves all
types of farming but to this day has
had very little success at being
able to get back to the life that 1
love so much, I would like to say
that I am so glad for the paper that
you people put out. It keeps me in
such close touch with all the things
that I love and that make this
world a better place to live.
I really like the pictures you
have been putting in the paper
each week under “Farmland
Preservation It’s worth it.” If it
is possible, I would like to see these
pictures in color as I think it would
let people see the real, true colors
and beauty of agriculture as it is
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degrees below zero ... not ten
above as the thermometer reads.
That’s why farmers and others
who work outside in the winter
should dress warmer than they feel
is necessary. Remember: when
the wind is blowing, the tem
perature not only feels colder, it is
colder. Don't dress for the ther
mometer ... dress for safety, and
dress warmly.
To Plan Forage Management
A good supply of quality forages
is one of the most important things
m the feeding program of
dairymen, cattlemen and sheep
producers. Growers should now be
planning what kind of forage crops
they hope to produce this year.
Both hay and silage crops
respond to good management.
Growers who make a special effort
to obtain maximum yields of
quality forages usually produce
more than the average.
Some of the top alfalfa growers
produce double the tonnage per
acre than the average. This did not
just happen. They planned and
made decisions on data from their
farm records. Doing all the
practices that have been suc
cessful, and doing them on tune,
will normally bring good results.
slim chance that Poland will
eventually repay the federal
treasury.
It’s a fact that suspending that
long-term grain agreement talks
with the Soviet Union action
taken back when the Ad
ministration was still talking
“tough” about Poland has
helped to depress farm prices and
helped cause serious economic
problems for the American farm
community.
Somehow, though, that doesn’t
seem to matter much at the White
House. It’s apparently okay to pay
off the debts of the Soviet backed
military regime in Poland when to
do otherwise would hurt the big
banks, but we won’t even discuss
selling more U.S. gram to the
Soviet Union, even though that
hurts American farmers.
Tom Harkin
lowa Congressman
Wasington, D.C.
Keep in touch
today and as we hope u wiU ue
tomorrow.
I also would like to add that any
young person who has a chance to
get into farming but who doesn’t
will, in time, be very sorry for not
doing so when they had a chance. I
think farmers are a very great and
special breed of people and there
are not too many of them left.
Maybe someday 1 will be able to
get back to the farm life that I love
so much. That is, if the good Lord
is willing and with a lot of luck. In
the mean time, I hope that all of
you at Lancaster Fanning will
keep up the good work and con
tinue to publish for years to come.
Thank you for your paper.
Barry S. Hiilborn Sr.
Philadelphia
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1 would like lo clarity and
correct some ot the statements
attributed lo me ui Ginger Sechrisl
Myers' article entitled, "Goal
Breeders discuss drug uses” in the
January JO issue ot Lancaster
Farming.
First ot all, 1 do not recoiiuiiend
or endorse the use ot any orgaiuc
preparations tor parasite control.
While various orgaiuc approaches
such as garlic, walnut shells and
diatuniaceous earth were
discussed, at the meeting, 1 have
personally never tried any ot these
methods. My coiiunent about
sharp edges was ui reference to
diatomaceous earth, not walnut
shells. I stated that those who
suggest using diatomaceous earth
claun that the sharp edges ot the
liny skeletons puncture the outer
shell ol the parasites. 1 did not
intend to unpty that I agreed with
this behet or practice it in my
herd's management.
Must uiiporiantly, 1 would like to
correct the statements attributed
lo me regarding the use ot Kuin
sensin as a control against coc
cidiosis intentions in dairy goal
kids. 1 asked the group whether
anyone present had any m
tormalioii about the use ot
Kumeiisin as a control against
cuccida intentions in dairy goats,
because a triend bad told me she
had heard it was etteclive. 1 have
never used Kumensm tor any
purpose, and liave never slated
that 1 did so. John Schwaru, Fean
Stale Extension Agent, who was
present at the meeting staled, that
Cuban tMonensin Sodium) was
being used as a coccidoistat in
poultry and that Kumensm was a
similar formulation developed for
use in ruminants, but that it was
being used to increase feed ef
ficiency in beef cattle, not as
acoccidiostat.
1 also am
concerned
Goat story goofs
someone reading tins article might
gel the impression that 1 or,anyone
else present at the SCPUGA
meeting advocates the use ot any
drug or treatment without
veterinary consultation and
thorough research ot the prtis and
cons ot any product or procedure.
Untorlunalely, relatively tew
drugs have gamed PDA approval
tor use ui goals, not because they
may not be sate and ettective, but
because there are relatively tew
goals m the United Stales to justity
Farm Calendar
Today, Feb. 13
Garden Spot Young Fanners'
annual banquet, 6:45 p.m., Blue
Ball Fire Hall.
Monday, Feb. 15
Schuylkill County Winter
Vegetable Meeting, 9:30 a.m.-3
p.m., Ringtown Banquet Hall.
York Farmers Association
regional training session, 10
a.m.-3 p.m., Holiday Inn,
Denver.
Bradford Crops Workshop, Troy
Vo-Ag,Bp.m.
East Smithfield 4-H dairy meeting,
8 p.m., Eugene Harris farm,
Bradford County.
Tuesday, Feb. 16
Franklin County Dairy Day, 10
a.m., Lemasters Community
Center.
Cecil County, Md. Dairy Day, 9
a.m., Calvert Grange Hall,
Rising Sun.
Lancaster County Crops and Soils
Day, 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m.. Farm St
Home Center.
Atlantic Breeders Coop, District 5,
7p.m.,Quarryville.
Montgomery Commercial
Vegetable Meeting, Kulpsville,
Ilia l
Holiday Inn.
Adams County manure con
servation workshop, 7:30 p.m.,
Gettysburg High School.
Lancaster County Holstein bam
meeting, 7:30 p.m. -
Tn-County beef meeting, 8 p.m.,
Extension Center, Fleraington,
N.J.
Berks County Estate Planning
Clinic, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Ag Center,
continues through Wednesday.
Bradford Crops Workshop, 8 p.m.,
Wyalusing Vo-Ag classroom.
Bradford 4-H Advisory Com
mittee, 8 p.m., Extension Of-
the enormous testing cos l
necessary to secure FL)A ap
proval. Goal owners suiulary otlen
have Uitticuity timling
veterinarians wiUi-great depth ot
caprine practice. As a result, goal
owners are turned to rely mure
heavily on their own research and
experience than breeders ot other
domestic species. Those ot us who
have competent vets are turtunate.
I strongly urge llial any livestock
medication be used only with
veterinary consultation.
fice, Towanda.
Wednesday, Feb. 17
Eastern Shore Dairy Herdsmen
Workshop, Chestertown. -
Southeast Pa. soybean meeting, 10
a.m., Bucks County Warrington
Motor Lodge Restaurant.
Red Rose Alliance, 7:30 p.m.,
Goodville Fire Hall.
Northeast Vegetable Day, 10 a.m.-
3 p.m., Milwaukee Methodist
Church, near Tunkhannock.
Frederick County, Md. sheep
breeders meeting, 7:30 p.m.,
Extension Office.
Thursday, Feb. 18
Cecil County, Md. Agronomy Day,
9 a.m., Calvert Grange Hall,
Rising Sun.
York County Dairy Day, 10 a.m., 4-
H Center, Bair.
Inter-State Co-op, District #7, noon,
Mt. Joy.
Poultry Educational meeting,
Lancaster Farm & Home
- Center, 7:30p.n0.
Keystone Pork Congress, begins 8
a.m., Penn Harris Motor Inn,
Harrisburg.
Atlantic Breeders Co-op, District 4,
Meeting 2, Blue Ball, 7 p.m.
Lancaster County Holstein bam
meeting,7:3op.m.
Berks sheep production bam
meeting, 7 p.m., Robert & Sue
Hollowbushfann.
Friday, Feb. 19
Adams County Dairy Day, 9:30
a.m., York Springs Fire Hall.
Pa. Farm-City Council meeting, 10
a.m. Pa. Kiwanis Office, Camp
Hill.
Saturday, Feb. 20
National FFA Week begins.
Berks-Lebanon beet teeder
evening, Bethel Junior High
School.
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