bl&tMCMhf f £«bnwry 9,19^> THE ECSTASY OF FARM LIFE Forgive me. I have developed a habit of looking at dairy fanning strictly as a business. To be evaluated only in terms of dollars. Or profit and loss. This is short sighted bunk, as you are well aware. Rural living, as opposed to city or urban life, is like living in another world. Forget about the old cliches like fresh air and sunshine on the farm, - there are other assets that come with a ‘good ole country boy’ - or girl. It’s hard to put a price on the togetherness that is taken for granted by family members on a farm. Where else do you find family members taking over and filling in when Dad suddenly decides to be ‘unavoidably’ detained at the auction, (or the barber shop)? Actually, he is nearly always indispensable to the business, except at those rare episodes when the vet happens to drop in to blood test the herd just before milking time. 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Shingles On Roof * OVERHEAD GARAGE DOORS AVAILABLE * joy that mother feels when she discovers the heifers placidly grazing in the garden? To say nothing of the exotic delight of those same fat, lettuce- and cab bage-fed hummies when mother comes out to play ‘swing the broomstick’ with them. What a joy to see them scurry for the bar nyard gate, which just happens to swing shut before they get inside. Oh well, the other gate is wide open and inviting (the one that goes to the sweet corn patch). Screaming is good exercise for the lungs, and does wonders for the sinuses. Sunday morning can be par ticularly uplifting, especially when it breaks on a gloriously frosty Christmas card scene with cool, brisk temperatures a bare nothing above nothing. No water leaks this morning. Everything tight and solid. Ha! We’ll make ice cream after Church. After the pipes are thawed, the cleaner chain repaired, and the silo unloader is unstuck. If we ever get to church. We might, if dad doesn’t dislocate a disc trying to carry a tub of HMC across the skating rink in front of the bam. And if mom doesn’t waste too much time thawing the pump, cleaning up the milk house. LOCATIONS: Lebanon 717-272-3198 feeding the 23 calves in the hutches back of the orchard, cooking breakfast, and getting the kids dressed, we might get to church before the anthem. Glory Halleluia! Happiness is when, after six weeks of beautiful sunshine and hot wind, a cool lingering shower washes the dust away. And washes, and washes, and washes. Of course, it washes everything off of the alfalfa that was just about dry. Everything. All the dust. Even the leaves. It leaves nice, clean, washed stems. After all, we really needed the rain. Lots and lots of rain. A few little gullies in the corn field won't be noticed, until we bust an axel on the picker next fall. One of the joys of farm life is the trip down the lane to the mail box. There is always good news in the morning mail. 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Now to top off this little discourse of the joys and pleasures of life on the farm, I’ll have to reveal a little secret. I lied. It’s not exactly that »vay, and you know it. All sizes available Round or rectangular It is not April 1, and Groundhog Day is over, so it must have been the new moon. I haven't felt quite like myself lately, so please forgive me. I really love farm living, as I’m sure you do too. In case you’ve been thinking of giving up the ghost, don’t. Cheer up! The new moon will wax brighter every day now, and the groundhog will sleep off his frightening experience of last week. And if we can just survive April Fools’ Day, the winter will be over and spring will have sprung once more. You see, farming is not just a business. It is a unique way of living. Any way you look at it, it’s hard to beat. 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