MO—Lancaster Fanawg, Saturday, him 12,1982
Now that we’ve turned down the milk
marketing referendum, just what are we going
to do about the dairy situation in the state of
Pennsylvania 7
Anybody have any new ideas 7 If you do,
now’s the time to let your dairy leaders know
about them Because in just a few weeks,
Secretary Hallowell will be having a brain
storming session with these folks
Not that he's anticipating any earth
shattering solutions to surface Hallowell has
heard the comments from hundreds of dairy
producers and industry leaders during the
past several months Even prior to the
referendum hearings, there were sessions
between the state agriculture leaders and
farm groups on what to do about the dairy
situation they’ve been going on for two
years.
But, it’s evident through the outcome of the
referendum vote, that what farmers were
telling the Department wasn't interpreted
correctly or wasn’t what you meant to say
Because PDA's proposed marketing program
received a strong “no" from the farmers it was
designed to help
So what do dairy farmers want or need to
solve their financial dilemmas through
stronger milk sales 7
Some say no government involvement when
it comes tp advertising Let the cooperatives
and local dairies carry out brand name ad
vertising where producers can see the results
first hand
NOW IS THE TIME
To Check Pastures
The high winds that accompany
summer storms can create
problems in pasture fields. Broken
limbs lying around may be
hazardous to your livestock. If you
have any wild cherry or choke
cherry branches lying in your
pastures fields, be sure to remove
them before allowing any livestock
in the fields.
When leaves are damaged by
broken limbs, they wilt down and a
poisonous substance is formed
within the leaves. Just a handful of
these wilted leaves can kill a cow
or several sheep if they are eaten.
Death occurs very quickly because
the poison interfere with the
oxygen carrying ability of the
blood Treatment is possible, but
the animals are usually found dead
in the field.
The only way to eliminate the
danger of wild cherry poisoning is
to eliminate the trees Fields with
wild cherry should be checked for
fallen limbs after a storm; it’s a
simple precaution and could save a
cow or a whole herd
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To Prepare Grain Bins
We are approaching barley
harvest season with wheat not too
far behind, so 1 would like to
remind our grain producers that
now is a good tune to clean up your
gram bins in preparation to har
vest. First, clean out all the old
grain. Sweep down all the
sidewalls and floor making sure to
Off the
Sot md'mg Board
By Sheila Miller, Editor
So now what?
By Jay Irwin
Lancaster County Agriculture Agent
Phone 717-394-6851
remove old gram lodged m the
cracks.
Next spray the floor and walls
with a residual insecticide.
Malattuon and methoxychlor are
still very effective - follow the label
for directions. Finally, prevent
birds and rodents from entering
the bin. Repair holes with metal or
other rat proofing material. Clean
up all spiUed gram around the bm
to discourage the various pests
from the area.
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To Check Hay Temperatures
Due to poor hay making con
ditions, much of our first cutting
hay may have been too wet when
baled and may be heatmg ex
cessively. This could result in
spoilage, decreased feeding value
or spontaneous combustion. If you
suspect your hay is heatmg,
County Agent Glenn Shirk advises
checking its temperature Drive a
pipe down into the hay and lower a
thermometer down the pipe During
normal sweating, hay tem
peratures may rise to 120*F. At
150*F you are approaching the
danger zone; check temperature
daily At 160*F you are in the
danger zone, monitor temperature
every 4 hours Hot spots and fire
pockets may be anticipated at
175*F , alert your fire company.
Start removing hay at 185*F.; be
careful not to drop down mto a fire
pocket; have fire protection and
rescue service standing by.
Some say encourage more dairy farmers to
feed their own milk to calves instead of buying
milk replacer That would help to take a big
swallow out of the milk surplus tanks
Still others say more research is needed to
develop ways to make milk more appealing
and marketable Let the universities find ways
of prolonging the shelf-life of milk Let’s
change the laws to allow milk shakes to be
served in Pennsylvania's school systems
And some dairy farmers even point to quota
systems that limit the amount of milk farmers
can produce Ironically, these are some of the
same people who adamantly opposed man
datory marketing checkoffs
At this point, these are all good ideas any
ideas about how to handle the milk surplus
consumption drop problems are steps in the
right direction
If proponents of the “No Milk Tax" com
mittee practice what they "preach" they must
admit to the benefits of advertising for selling
ideas, so why not milk 7 They, along with
Pennsylvania Farmers' Union, invested
$24,146 05 into an advertising campaign
against the milk promotion program using
mailings, newspapers and radio to get their
messages to the voting farmers
If dairy producers don’t soon invest in some
measure of control over the skyrocketing
production which threatens to curb federal
dairy price supports, it may be a close race to
see which gets culled the hardest the dairy
producers or their cows And that won’t be put
up for a vote
Cost of gams in the cattle feedlot
are often higher during the sum
mer months due to heat, humidity,
flies, and fleshy feeders from
relatively fast growing winter
rations.
Several management practices
are available that can minimize
the detrimental unpact of summer
feeding claims Chester D. Hughes,
Extension Livestock Agent.
-Locate or modify lots to take
advantage of summer breezes
-Use fairly small capacity
waterers so the water consumed
will be cool to help reduce body
temperatures
-Feed just enough roughage to
prevent serious digestive
disturbances and allow for more
night feeding during periods of 100
degree temperatures
-Practice strict sanitation to
minimize fly problems - don’t let
manure, or spilled feed ac
cumulate, cover silage with
plastic and clean vacant pens.
-Adjust purchase price ot tleany
feeders downward to compensate
for slower feedlot gams
-Shorten days on feed slightly on
cattle that would normally be sold
in July and August in an attempt to
avoid selling during what is nor
mally the hottest weather.
To Minimize Coct of Gains
A LITTLE MAN
BECOMES TALL
June 13,1982
Background Scripture:
Luke 5:27-32; 15:1-7,
19:1-10.
Devotional Reading:
Lukes 27-32.
The story of Zacchaeus occupies
only 10 verses m Luke 19, but the
Evangelist tells us a great deal
about him.
He was a tax collector, Luke tells
us—actually, a 'chief tax
collector,” a commissioner of
taxes, one in authority over all the
tax collectors of that region In
other words, we might say that
Zacchaeus was a "big man” in
Jericho
But no one really regarded
Zacchaeus as a ‘big man.” In
everyone’s eyes he was just the
opposite: a man small in stature
and held in even lower esteem
because of his position as com
missioner of taxes. Tax collectors
have never been popular
anywhere, but in Jesus' day they
were despised because they
collected taxes for the hated
Roman oppressors. A tax collector
was a collaborator with the
enemy; a chief tax collector was a
chief collaborator, who made his
living off the oppression of his
countrymen—often dishonestly at
that. ,
He Climbed Up
To compound public disdain for
Zacchaeus was the strange irony of
OUR READERS WRITE,
AND OTHER OPINIONS
The pleasure’s ours
On behalf of the Board of c °verage m "Lancaster Farming"
Directors of the Lancaster County 011 L^ ay 15 > 1982 -
Conservation District, I would like “ was a to read the
to thank and commend you for the artlcles and to see the interest
excellent Soil Stewardship some * anners are taking m con
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HAV HAWS
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“From the looks of that. What thi
his name, which in Hebrew means
“the pure” or “the righteous one ”
In the eyes of the people of Jericho,
he was the epitome of all that was
impure and upright. His name,
therefore, was an affront to every
upright citizen of the city. M
Yet, whatevei else Zacchaec
may have been, he was looking foi
something and when Jesus came to
Jericho, he found it. Self-conscious
of his stature, Zacchaeus wanted to
be a big man, and so he was willing
to climb a tree in order to see this
Jesus of whom he had heard so
much. (Is there not a certain irony
in Luke’s statement that Zac
chaeus wanted to see Jesus, “but
could not on account of the
crowd”?)
How Jesus knew Zacchaeus, we
will never know, but it appears
that he knew enough about him
and what people thought of him-so
that his challenge, " .make haste
and come down,” had a definite
purpose behind it. What Jesus saw,
when he looked up, was not the
little man whom everyone
despised, but the Zacchaeus whom
God had created to fulfill his name
Jesus saw the Zacchaeus that
could become a truly "pure” and
"righteous” man.
They All Murmured
Human nature has not changed
much, has it? Instead of focussing
on the wonderful thing that Jesi~s
might be able to accomplish with
Zacchaeus, the crowd murmured
mdmgantly "He has gone in to be
the guest of a man who is a sin
ner.” They really shouldn’t have
been surprised, for Jesus
frequently associated with the
"wrong” people.
The day when Jesus passed
through Jericho, because he saw
that Zacchaeus had the capacity to
live up to his name, the despised,
little tax commissioner became a
tall man. But the crowds displayed
a littleness that we have still not
outgrown even today.
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