Al2—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 4,1984
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I’m afraid that too many of us
are reluctant, to inform our
legislators how we feel on certain
issues. Yet we expect them to
represent us and support
legislation to our satisfaction.
It often has been said that far
mers do not make enough “noise”
when it comes to agricultral
legislation. This is no doubt true,
but it should not be that way.
You have heard the phrase, “the
wheel that squeaks the loudest gets
the grease.” I feel that too many
times those who sound off the
loudest do not represent the
majority views of our farmers.
Don’t hesitate to be on good
terms with your elected officials;
they will appreciate your opinions
and it will help them with their
major decisions.
To Order Winter Grain Seed
It is not too early to be ordering
your winter grain needs. The
seeding of winter oats is only about
six weeks away with winter barley
and winter wheat close behind.
Some growers may choose to use
their own seeds, but this is
questionable in many cases. We
continue to stress that using
certified seed is the best practice.
It may cost a few dollars more at
the beginning, but usually will
result in greater yields. Home
grown grains should be cleaned,
treated and tested for germination
before using. By ordering now,
your chances of getting the variety
and quality of seed you want is
much better. Don’t put off until you
have to take what is available at
seeding time.
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Wake up, Washington
Dear Editor:
National 4-H Week is long gone
but those fine declarations that
came forth from Washington, D.C.
still ring in my ears; how kindly
Sec. Block and “Uncle Ronnie”
Farm Calendar
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9 a.m., Days Mill Road, near
York New Salem.
Cochranton Community Fair,
Cochranton; continues through
Sunday.
Harrold Free Fair, Greensburg;
continues through Sunday.
Thursday, August 9
Lebanon County Open Dairy Show,
9 a.m.; Lebanon Area
Fairgrounds.
Hunterdon N.J. 4-H Achievement
Shows, Flemington
Fairgrounds; continues
tomorrow.
Marshallton Grange Peach
Festival, 7 p.m., Grange Hall in
Northbrook.
Conservation and Energy Field
Day sponsored by Juniata
County Conservation District,
Dick Crawford from Honey
Grove.
Friday, August 10
Central Jersey Holstein Show, 9:30
a.m., Flemington, N.J.
fairgrounds.
Saturday, August 11
Annual meeting of Pa. Livestock
Auction Association, Villa Leo,
New Cumberland.
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feel towards the rural community
at times like that! It’s real good
Politics - should help out at the
election. For the rest of the year,
the farmer is the favorite whipping
boy for the politicians.
SCPPPA Annual Picnic; Gene
Hege Farm, Chambersburg,
6:30 p.m.
Conservation Field Day, Cold
Brook Preserve, Oldwick, N.J.
Tours and demonstrations at
9:30 a.m.
Sussex County N.J. Sheep
Breeders Show; continues
tomorrow.
Southcentral Pa. Cattlemen’s
Field Day, 9 a.m.; Laird farm,
Dover, York County.
Eastern Pennsylvania Holstein
Championship Show, Kutztown.
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As a 4-H leader for 45 years, I am
really facing a crisis. Perhaps you
remember the 4-H motto is “to
make the best better,” and it looks
as if the American farmer has
overdone it. We’re just out of step
with the rest of America - we ought
to follow suit and demand as much
as we can get for doing as little as
possible.
There is such a “surplus” of food
in this country - should we give the
blue ribbon to the runt of the litter -
the poorly grown calf. Shall we
advise our 4-Her’s to breed their
registered cattle to a scrub bull so
the next generation will not
produce as much. Perhaps
Congress, in their great wisdom,
will rule that all lights shall be
turned out in the bams and on the
tractors by 8 p.m. - that would cut
down on the 16-hour day! Perhaps
they could ban all dairy cows from
calving in Feb., March and April to
eliminate the spring flush.
Perhaps a couple of generations
from now, the dairy cow will be
eliminated altogether, and the
country can drink soybean milk
and eat sunflower cheese - if they
can find anyone to grow the
soybeans and sunflowers.
Speaking of blue ribbons, we
really ought to pin any spare
ribbons on whoever dreamed up
this assessment plan for dairy
farmers - the most worthless
stupid idea to come out of
Washington yet, and that covers a
for your buildings
...and for yourself
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lot of stupid ideas and porgrams.
We wouldn’t feel so angry if the
money was being used for milk for
the school lunch program but at a
time of big surpluses, the brain
child people decided to raise the
price of milk to the school kids - a
very effective way to cut back on
consumption. The consumer
doesn’t get any break either;
prices stay up in the grocery
stores. The money goes back into
the government coffers probably
for more military aid for El
Salvador and other miserable back
ward countries that need butter a
lot more than guns.
The government people do not
realize that we, as farmers, are not
only producing tremendous
quantities of food for use here and
abroad but we are guaranteeing
that the next generation will not go
hungry. If there is a better strain of
grain developed, we pay extra for
it so that the yield will be greater -
we tend the land with loving care
so it will be better when we leave
than when we came - we’re always
researching the sire summaries to
find the best possible bulls to
continue improving the herd.
That’s the way we farmers are,
and the country should be
everlastingly thankful for it. No
one can eat the dollar bills, the
computers or the fancy cars. No
other country has the variety of
foods that this country can offer. It
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