Alo—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 10,1984
What’s in a name?
BY DICKANGLESTEIN
The Sire Summary makes fascinating
reading.
But I don’t study it to make decisions in a
dairy breeding program as most of you do. I
find the names fascinating.
Where did they come from? Under what
circumstances where they picked?
For instance:
If I was naming a bull - “Rebel or Ruffian,
Dynamo or Dynamite" sound good. That gives
a real macho impression. But definitely not
"Gay John Juan." In fact, I wouldn't name any
bull with the designation "gay," even if I am
from Pennsylvania.
And "Rhetoric" gives me a false mental
picture, too. Kinda reminds me of all the
politics going on now -- a lot of empty promises
and no real performance.
What’s the fascination with the heavens in
naming bulls? There seem to be more
heavenly references in their names than
anything else. To cite just a few, there are
“Telestar, Super Star, Starmaker, Jupiter,
Farm Calendar
Saturday, March 10
Pa. Guernsey Association annual
meeting, continues, Danville
Sheraton Inn.
Cecil County Farm Bureau annual
meeting.
Monday, March 12
Assuring a Safe Water Supply, 1:30
p.m., North Branch, Adams
County National Bank, Get
tysburg; 7:30 p.m., Oxford
Twp. Municipal Building.
Inter-State District 12, noon,
Willow
Restaurant
University of Delaware turf and
grounds workshop, 8:30 a.m.,
North Campus.
Susquehanna Valley Retail Farm
Marketers meeting and trade
show, 9:30 a.m., Country
Cupboard Restaurant.
Cumberland County 4-H Dairy
Banquet, 7 p.m.
Farm Estate Planning, 10 a.m.,
Bradford Extension.
Tuesday, March 13
Valley Farm
Berry produciton seminar, 9 a.m.-4
p.m., Holiday Inn,
Meadowlands, Washington, Pa.
Swine Management Conference,
Penn State, continues through
Thursday.
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Beekeepers meeting, 7:30 p.m.,
Lancaster Farm & Home
Center.
Forestry Issue Conference, Keller
Conference Center, Penn State,
continues tomorrow.
American Dairy Assn, annual
meeting, Syracuse, N.Y.,
continues tomorrow.
McKean County Dairy Herd
Reproduction School, Seneca
Highlands Vo-Tech School, Port
Allegheny, continues tomorrow.
Lycoming Com Clinic, 10 a.m. - 3
p.m., Eldred Twp. Fire Hall.
Lehigh Valley Farmers annual
meeting, noon, Host Farm,
Lancaster.
Cumberland County Holstein tour
toNEPa.
Schuylkill potato meeting, 9:30
a.m., Ringtown Hotel.
Ephrata Young Farmers sludge
meeting, 7:45 p.m., Ag Shop.
Schuylkill farm financial
management clinic, 9:30 a.m.,
Penn State Schuylkill campus.
Wednesday, March 14
Pa. Turkey Conference, 9 a.m.,
Sheraton Inn, New Cum
berland.
Soil fertility meeting, 7:30 p.m.,
Gemini, Astronaut” etc. Are these supposed
to be space age bulls?
Do some bulls reflect owners' tastes in TV,
music or reading? If so, what a variety of
tastes. Farmer TV viewers must range from
"Zorro to Guiding Light” and rural music
lovers from "Fabian to Mozart and
Beethoven." But no Beetles. And there gotta
be a Michael Jackson on the sire horizon. Be
sure to mate him with a cow named Emmy.
And one Shakespeare-admiring farmer named
a “Hamlet." Let’s hope it’s not a progenical
question of "To Be or Not To Be.”
Some old-time football player who practiced
out in the back pasture named a "Dropkick."
Or, did something happen in the barn? In any
event, better update him to “Soccer-Style.”
I also try to visualize "Sheik and Rabbi" in
adjoining pens. Why it might be the Middle
East War down on the farm. Or does “Rabbi"
guarantee kosher milk?
Sure, dairy breeding is big business. But
aren’t "Executive and Board Chairman"
carrying it a bit too far.
"Lucky” turns me off as a bull name, too.
Something like that shouldn’t be a matter of
chance.
"Sexation" has a real positive ring to it.
"Brutus or Bubba" give a good feeling, too.
But not “Cedric." And definitely not “Quick
Shot or Minuteman.”
And I also like “Confidence," but not
"Anticipation."
And is it good to name a sire “Bachelor?"
Is there any connection between "Shamrock
and Leprechaun" or between "Midas Touch
and Nugget or Klondike?"
And was “Coffee Break” born at mid
morning or afternoon?
But that's enough of this “bull" for one time.
Needless to point out, I didn’t have anything
profound or enlightening to say this week.
Union Grove School, Terre Hill.
Schuylkill fruit meeting, 9:30 a.m.,
Mahantango Fire Co.
Regional Crops Fair, 10 a.m.-3
p.m., Dußois Holiday Inn.
Baltimore Co. Holstein meeting,
Friendly Farms.
Altantic Breeders annual meeting,
10 a.m.. Host Town, Lancaster.
SE Pa. potato growers meeting,
9:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Schnecksville
Grange Hall.
Milkers School, Bradford County,
Mansfield, 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m.,
continues tomorrow.
Thursday, March IS
Fayette County Extension annual
meeting, 6:30 p.m., Shady Side
Inn, north of Uniontown.
York potato meeting, 10 a.m.-3
p.m., Centre Presbyterian
Church, New Park.
Ephrata Young Farmers alfalfa
meeting, 7:45 p.m., AgShop.
Farm Transfer meeting, 7:30 p.m.,
Lancaster Farm & Home
Center.
Garden Spot FFA banquet, 7 p.m.,
Lampeter Fire Hall.
Little Dutchmen FFA banquet,
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Background Scripture:
Mark 2:1 through 3:6,
Devotional reading:
Mark 2:1-12,
So far as I know, I don’t
have any enemies.
I could be wrong about
that and it has not always
been so, but at this time in
my life it seems to be true.
That doesn’t mean that
there are not people who
don’t like me or disapprove
of me. Anyone who writes or
preaches publicly can expect
to have some detractors.
But, so far as I am aware,
there is no one who is work
ing to hurt me or detract
from me in any way.
THEY WATCHED HIM
Now, before you become
overly impressed with the
above presumed state of affairs,
let me confess that I find it
somewhat disquieting. Not that I
would seek to have some enemies,
but that without some foes, I have
to wonder whether I’m doing my
job. If no one opposes what I am
doing in my ministry, might it be
that I’m not doing anything wor
thwhile?
Maybe I’m all wrong about that,
but when I study the ministry of
Jesus, I seem led to that conclu
sion. Take Mark 2, for example. In
this brief chapter there are record
ed six incidents in the ministry of
NOW IS THE TIME
Weeds continue to be one of the
major factors in reduced crop
yields. This is true in the garden as
well as in the field. The battle to
control weeds is not a new one;
years ago cultivation was the only
method of weed control. Now,
herbicides are widely used for
weed control. However, we still
have too much crop damage from
weeds. An Agronomist once said
that for every pound of weeds
produced, the crop yield was
reduced by the same weight. Some
weeds amount to several tons per
acre; this means that much less of
the desired crop. Follow the
recommendations in the
Agronomy Guide and plan for a
better weed control program this
year.
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THE RIGHT
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March 11,1984
By Jay Irwin
Leicester County Agriculture Agent
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Jesus. In five of them Jesus is
severely criticized by the scribes
and Pharisees. As you read on into
3:1-6, there is yet another incident
and another hostile confrontation.
And, at the close of this last inci
dent, it is obvious that the scribes
and Pharisees have become Jesus’
bitter err”
Now, how did Jesus earn their
enemy? Did he simply reap m 1 "*
he had sown? Had he been in
temperate in his remarks about
the scribes and Pharisees? Had he
attacked them in some way?
No, Jesus hadn’t sought their
hostility. His words and actions
seem harmless enough to us, but
the scribes and Pharisees found
them very offensive. What did
Jesus do to acquire these enemies?
First he healed a paralytic and told
him, “Your sins are forgiven”
(2:5). Then he sat and ate with
some tax collectors and sinners
(2:16, 17 , which scandalized the
scribes and Pharisees. Next, they
became offended because he did
not fast (2:18). Then, they really
became hostile when they found
him picking and eating grain on
the sabbath (2:23-28). And finally,
he healed a man’s withered hand
on the sabbath. In other words, he
earned their hostility by doing
what he considered to be his job.
HOW TO DESTORY HIM
We can understand that they
disagreed with Jesus, but why did
they become so hostile over this
simple disagreement? Yet, isn’t
that still a problem with us today?
Religion becomes something to get
angry about and even to fight over.
It divides families, friends and
communities. It even sometimes
leads to wars.
So you see, although none of us
should ever want to have any
enemies, often, if we are doing
what God wants us to do, they will
go along with the job.
To Be Aware
Of Rural Crime
Crime in rural areas continues to
climb. Thieves are drawn to rural
communities because of the at
titude that crime is a city problem,
so it’s safe to leave your door
unlocked. As long as this notion
persists, rural areas will remain a
thieves’ paradise. You can make it
less so by forcing a burglar to work
harder. Install dead bolt locks on
all exterior doors and windows.
Keep in mind they work only if you
use them.
Get to know your neighbors;
they can be a great crime
deterrent. Agree to watch their
place while they’re away and
they’ll gladly do the same for you.
It’s important to identify your
property. Police won’t return
items unless they’re positively
identified. Private gas pumps and
storage tanks are popular targets
for thieves. Be sure to lock these up
whenever you aren’t around.
Exterior lights around your home,
garage and barn will also do a lot
to ward off burglars.
To Avoid
Soil Compaction
One of the real dangers of being
in too big a hurry in getting on the
soil in the spring with heavy
equipment is that we pack this wet
soil so hard that poor yields result.
With modern machinery, the
weight is much more than a team
of horses or mules. As a result we
have ground that is as hard as
concrete and it never recovers. It