Bl4—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 27,1984 j.
Ida’s
Notebook
Ida Kisser
' It seems ti.at ■ ■ uae job
follows another relentlessly. There
{ are very few rest periods. Now that
1 the three silos are filled and the
■ corn gleaned from the fields, the
1 manure pit must be emptied. When
I it is hauled out and disced in, then
rye will be planed as a cover crop
to be fed in the spring. Our 90 some
head of cows, heifers and calves
have an unending appetite and it
takes a lot of silage, hay and
bought feed to satisfy them.
| My husband has a new stainless
steel mixer to properly proportion
| the feed to the animals and a belt
feeder but it still takes a lot of time
to do the job properly. A young
man from a neighboring farm is
now helping with the milking and
field chores.
And, I feel as though my jobs fall
into the same category. There is no
end to the things that 1 think that I
should accomplish. The
houseplants are potted but not
arranged on the windowsills.
There are still some sweet potatoes
to dig and a log of pumpkins and
squash to store for the winter. Of
course, I can’t leave the last beans,
cucumbers, and tomatoes out in
the garden. So, I pick them on my
way back from getting the last of
the red raspberries.
This year we have so many black
walnuts and I’d be happy to give
them to anyone as otherwise
they’ll be wasted. Some of them
are extra big this year and I’ve
been slow to hull the ones that I did
pick up. It seems that there is
always something else I’d sooner
do than get “brown fingers.”
4-H