B4—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 27,1982
“Do bees perspire?”
Although I’d fielded a host of
questions over many years of
being a farm wife, that was a new
one.
It was National Ag Day, and
along with several other
representatives of the Farmers
Association and Agri-Women of
York County, I was in an
elementary school sharing
agriculture information with
dehghtf ully curious children.
Sticky situation
proves worthwhile
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enjoys the most is an old Indian
legend.
“The legend says that an Indian
boy was practicing his tomahawk
skills and hit a tree dead center,
and immediately the sap began to
flow freely. The Indian boy
amazed, touched the sap, then
tasted it. Liking the mildly sweet
taste, he carried some back to his
village. Naturally, the sap didn’t
keep long, but the Indian boy went
back for more and this tune they
cooked it among hot rock. That
was the beginning of syrup ac
cording to this legend,” said
Peggy.
Regardless of how it was
discovered, the Wolf family enjoys
the sweet on pancakes,
waffles, and french toast. But
Peggy’s favorite is using a small
amount of the syrup in sassafras
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Armed with slides, films, printed
handouts, commodity displays,
and even animals, agriculture
representatives across the nation
reached out on Ag Day with the
story of America’s miraculous
food producing capabilities.
Questions, questions, and more
questions, as only classrooms of
inquisitive youngsters can ask,
marked many of these sessions.
“How many apples does a tree
produce?”
tea. Peggy also makes maple
candy out of her late season sap.
Peggy said that the late season sap
has less sugar in it and a slight
bark taste, so it is better to use it in
a food item than for the syrup.
Peggy said she also enjoys
giving the syrup as gifts to friends
and family during the holidays.
She remarked hesitantly, “I
always hear raving reports about
the homemade syrup in com
parison to the store-bought
product. She stated, “It isn’t just
my syrup, but any homemade
syrup; it has a mildly sweet taste
and a rich creamy texture that just
can’t be produced in the factory. ,
Though Peggy never intends to 1
give Log Cabin or Aunt Jemima a
run for their money, at least
among her family and friends,
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"Do many cows die fiom
disease'”
“Where do they grow Jalapeno
peppers?” (This from a fourth
grade taco fan with a yen for hoi
peppers.)
“Is this stuff made from
whiskey?" (The “stuff’ was high
moisture corn, normally fed to our
dairy herd, and the similar odor is
undeniable.)
“How much milk does a goat
cow-produce?”
“How much feed does a pig-cow
lamb-goat-eat?”
“Do they really cut chickens’
heads off?” (And this from a girl
with a nose wrinkling in horror as
she asked the question)
What a marvelous opportunity to
talk about modern agriculture. It
was a chance to explain that
animals can use foods in many
forms not eaten by people (“How
would you like to have this haylage
for lunch?” inevitably brought out
aloud“ Yuk!”).
It was a chance to explain that,
many years ago, people had to buy
poultry with the heads and feet still
on them with the buyer having to
finish the job at home (which
brought out another resounding
“Yuk!”) but that today’s
processing makes it much easier
and more convenient to-enjoy fried
chicken.
And my personal favorite was to
ask the children bow they’d like to
bite into an apple and find part of a
worm left, resulting in a vocal ...
chorus of moans, groans, and
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"Gross! ” The point was, of course,
that if we want insect and disease
free food, some careful use of farm
' chemicals is an absolute necessity.
Back a few decades ago, when
most of America lived on, or was
closely tied to, a farm, such ag
outreach projects would have
served no purpose. But today, as
fewer and fewer farmers free
Heifer Project
seeks honeybees
LANCASTER So you thought
that Heifer Project International
worked entirely with heifers, eh? A
wise guess considering the name
under which the organization
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begun their work in 1942, has ex
panded over the years to include
pigs, poultry, goats, sheep, rabbits
and honeybees a far cry from
the original heifer project effort.
Currently the Manheun area has
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Kentucky and West Virginia. Die
honey provided by the bees will
provide these families with food
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Good pollination plays an essential
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others from food production to
follow a host of other pursuits that
make up our society, occasions
such as Ag Day lend an op
portunity to strengthen pubhc
knowledge about farming.
One thing I’m still not sure about
though.
Do bees perspire?
crops.
HPI is in need of more honeybees
and equipment Fitzkee says. If you
have any you would be willing to
donate or sell, contact Fitzkee at
(717) 665-5743.
During 1982, HPI will be working
op projects m Africa, Europe,
Asia, the Caribbean islands and
Latin America, plus 15 states in the
United States.
HPI is a non-dcnominational
organization dedicated to assisting
poor families to produce more food
and income for themselves. The
organization provides top grade
animals, and sees that recipients
are trained in animal care
management to ensure the health
of the animal and self-suffiency on
the part of the recipient
Funding for the HPI projects is
derived from churches and other
orgnizations as well as in
dividuals.—DK
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