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Farm Fairy Tale
BY DICK ANGLESTEIN
Another bedtime Farm Fairy Tale from
Grandma Heidi down on that rock-strewn
hillside farm quite a few years ago.
Once upon a time there was an ambitious
king with the unusual name of “Cey V. Ag." He
ruled over a small rural kingdom made up
almost entirely of farms.
Good King Cey was always looking for ways
to improve the lives of his farmer subjects.
Some Said that his continuing efforts to come
to the rescue of farming like a make-believe
Knight in Shining Armor was how he got his
unusual name of "Cey V. Ag."
One day he decreed that every farmer in his
realm must plpnt “artibits” - a new miracle
crop.. The crop didn’t require any care,
reseeded itself, provided enormous yields and
Farm Calendar
Saturday, March 3
Rabbit production & marketing
seminar, 1:30 p.m., Garrett
Community College, Md.
Monday, March 5
Lancaster County Dairy Days, 9
a.m. - 3 p.m., Farm & Home
Center, continues tomorrow.
Bradford dairy princess com
mittee, 7:30 p.m., Fneden-
shutten Restaurant, Wyalusing.
McKean County sheep meeting,
7:30 p.m., Extension Center,
Smethsport.
Carroll County, Md. Holstein
meeting, Ag Center, West-
minster.
Sulbra Council of Farm
Cooperatives, 1:30 p.m.,
Bradford Extension Center.
Game bird conference, J.O. Keller
Bldg., Penn State, continues
tomorrow.
NE Corn Clinic, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.,
Penn State Worthington
Scranton Campus, Dunmore.
Tuesday, March 6
Regional small grain meeting, 9.40
a.m. - 3 p.m., Mountain View
Inn, Greensburg.
Swine management conference,
Penn State, continues through
Thursday.
York County Holstein barn
meeting, 12:30 p.m., Richard
Smyser farm, topic dry cow
management.
Outlook for Farm Commodities,
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7.30 pm , Upper Adams High
School.
Cedar Crest FFA banquet, 7 p.m ,
Middle School cafeteria.
York Extension Soils School, 9 30
a.m. - 3 p.m., 4-H Center, Bair
Bradford dairy feeding school, 8
p.m , Extension Office
Bradford corn meeting, 10 a.m. -
12.30 p.m., Extension Office,
crop insurance meeting, 1.30
p.m.
Potato Growers Institute, Tof
trees, Stale College, continues
tomorrow
Bradford dairy feeding school, 8
p.m., Extension Office.
ASCS meeting, 7.30 p.m., Lan
caster Farm & Home Center,
Federal Crop Insurance and
1984 Wheat and Feed Grain
Thursday, March 8
Bradford County Milkers School,
9.30 a.m - 3 p.m., Mansfield,
continues tomorrow.
Farm financial meeting, 10 a m ,
Bradford Extension
Manor FFA banquet, 6.30 p.m.,
Penn Manor High School
cafeteria
Soil Conservation Society
Technical Session, 9.30 a.m.,
Country Cupboard Restaurant,
Lewisburg.
Farmland Protection in Pa
conference, 9 a.m., Allentown.
Small Orchards-Home Fruit
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would grow under any conditions. Since noone
else grew artibits, Good King Cey saw himself
and his new crop as saving ag in his kingdom.
So, all the farmers planted artibits. Pretty
soon, the prolific crop literally over-ran even
the hedgerows. King Cey V. Ag’s little country
was soon bulging with artibits. Farmers ran
out of places to store them. Good King Cey was
faced with an artibit surplus crisis.
He called his ag council together and after
long deliberations one old and learned
member finally suggested that they study what
the artibits are good for and if there is any
place to sell them.
Grandma Heidi’s Farm Fairy Tale kmda
reminds me of the promotions that emerge
every now and then in agriculture praising the
virtues of new farming pursuits that are going
to be the salvation of economically-strapped
farmers
Once my previous ag travels took me into
areas caught up in the worm farming craze. I
just couldn't believe the investments being
made in this wiggily livestock and the miracles
that were being expected from them.
Agriculture seems to be the only business
that jumps headlong into new enterprises
without ever making any kind of market study
to see if there's any demand or outlets for the
products
As Grandma Heidi used to say
“It’s bad enough to put the cart before the
horse But when you not only hobble the poor
animal but put him behind such a big and
cumbersome vehicle that he can't see where
he’s going, you can be sure you’re not ever
going to get anywhere
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meeting, 1 30 - 7 p.m., Pleasant
Acres, York.
Turf-Grounds workshop, 8.30 a.m.,
University of Delaware
Georgetown substation
Poultry Progress Day, 9.30 a.m -
3.30 p.m , Lancaster Farm &
Home Center.
Farm financial meeting, 10 a m. - 3
p.m., Bradford Extension
Center.
Woodlot management meetings, 1
and 7.30 p.m., Area woodlols
and Ag Room, Biglerville.
Regional mastitis and milking
seminar, 9.15 a.m. - 3.15 p.m.,
Mountain View Inn, Green
sburg.
Cecil County mastitis program,
9:30 a.m., Extension Office,
Elklon, Md , continues
tomorrow
Conservation Ullage meeting, 9:30
a.m., Country Cupboard,
Lewisburg.
N Lebanon FFA banquet, 7 p.m.,
high school cafeteria.
Schuylkill crops clinic, 9.30 a.m ,
Penn State Schuylkill campus.
Solanco FFA banquet, high school
cafeteria.
Friday, March 9
Fa. Angus Sale, Farm Show
Complex.
Drug residue workshop, 1-4 p in.,
Lancaster Farm & Home
Center
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IMMEDIATELY!
March 4,1984
Background Scripture
Mark 1.
Devotional Reading:
Luke 3:7-17.
There is a recurring word in the
Gospel According to Mark that
characterizes much of the
message that the writer is at
tempting to communicate with us.
The word is “immediately” and it
occurs 44 times in the gospel and 9
times in the first chapter alone.
“Immediately” as Jesus
came up out of the Jor
dan at baptism, “he
saw the heavens open
ed...”
“The Spirit immediately
drove him out into the
wilderness.”
“Immediately” after Jesus
called Simon and An
drew, they followed
him.
“Immediately” Jesus call
ed James and John and
they followed him.
“Immediately” on the
sabbath in Capernaum,
“he entered the syn
agogue and taught. ’'
“Immediately” in their
synagogue there was a
man with an unclean
spirit.”
“Immediately” Jesus left
the synagogue at Caper
naum to enter the house
of Simon and Andrew.
“Immediately” after
Jesus touched the leper,
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By Jay Irwin
Lancaster County Af nculture Agent
Phone 717 394 6851
To Apply Manure
This is the season of the year that
a lot of manure is applied in
preparation for corn planting. We
need to be concerned with proper
application of liquid' and solid
manure in such a way as to
minimize odors and avoid pollution
complaints.
Applications should be made
from mid-morning to mid
afternoon to allow maximum odor
dispersion and manure drying
before the calm, nighttime hours
when neighbors are home from
work. Fields for disposal should be
downwind, rather than upwind
from neighbors.
Wheneven possible the manure
should be plowed under or disked
into the soil as soon as possible
after spreading. This practice not
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he was healed.
“Immediately” they told
him of their mother’s
fever.
THE TIME FULFILLED
This sense of urgency stays with
us all the way through the Gospel
According to Mark. Even when the
word immediately is not used, it is
often new. 'ss implied. “And
at once his fame spread
everywhere throughout all
surrounding region of Galilee”
(1:28).
It seems apparent that Mark’s
sense of urgency and immediacy is
a reflection upon the gospel iteself.
It is obviously no “once-upon-a
time” story. The words with which
Jesus began his ministry in Galilee
reflect that sense of urgency:
The time is fulfilled, and the
kingdom of God is at hand; repeat
and believe in the gospel. (1:15).
The gospel, as Jesus presents it
in Mark, is a message of new
beginnings. A new day has
dawned. The time of waiting is
over. The kingdom is here now!
And all of this requires an im
mediate responses: “repent and
believe in the gospel.”
The message and the immediacy
are just as words were first
spoken. Today is the day if we are
going to make a new beginning.
Today is the day to consciously
start to live the way we always
said we were going to live. If
you’re going to follow Jesus Christ,
NOW is the time.
NETS LEFT BEHIND
Not only is there an urgency to
the Gospel message, there is
something radical about it too.
Simon, Andrew, James and John
had all been fisherman. At the call
of Jesus, however, they “im
mediately” left their nets and
followed him. And that one
response changed their lives
forever.
It is with that same urgency that
Christ speaks to each of us.
only minimizes odors but also
preserves nutrients and reduces
potential for surface run-off that
causes water pollution.
To Attend Poultry
Progress Day
The second annual Poultry
Progress Day will be held on
Thursday, March 8 in the
auditorium at the Farm and Home
Center. Registration will start at
9:00 in the morning and the
program will end at 3:00 p.m.
Lunch will be available. A real
good program has been developed
by the Poultry Association
Education Committee. This will
include Trooper Romaine Ed
wards of the State Police with the
topic “Farm Crime-Protect Your
Investment”; computer specialist,
Newton Bair, covering “Computer
Needs in Your Poultry Business";
Dr. Robert Graves, Agricultural
Engineer at Penn State covering
“Energy Conservation in the
Poultry House”; an Avian In
fluenza Update; and an important
feature titled “Keeping Your
Values in Perspective” by Dr.
James Van Horn, Extension
Family Specialist at Penn State.
We expect everyone to practice
bio-security before attending any
meeting.
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A portable heat lamp is a useful
item around the home and farm
during cold weather. The lamp’s
infra-red rays can be used to keep
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To Use Heat
Lamps Safely