AlO-Lancaster Famine, Saturday, January
NOW IS THE TIME
To Recognize Fertilizer
Values
Since the cost of commercial
fertilizer continues high, we should
take a look at other sources of
plant food; I am referring to farm
manures and legume sods-in the
crop rotation.
TTie 1965-86 Agronomy Guide
gives a very good comparison of
these fertilizer values on page
fifteen. With the amount of manure
that is being applied to some of our
livestock and poultry farms, it is
quite possible that very little
commercial fertilizer will be
needed.
Alfalfa sod can add as much as
75 pounds of nitrogen per acre.
This is one advantage to having
legumes in the crop rotation.
A complete soil test will reveal
the needs to each field. Then the
need can be met by using farm
manures, legume sods, or com
mercial fertilizer. Careful han
dling and storage of manure will
preserve many of these valuable
fertilizer elements.
To Attend Winter Meetings
This is a time of year that a lot of
educational meetings are held.
And, they’re held during the
season of the year for a good
reason you have more time to
attend meetings. During the
spring, the summer and into the
fall, there’s just too much field
work that must be done. Take the
1986 PA Holstein Convention
(Welcome Reception -10:00 p.m
(needed for purpose of refreshments)
Friday. February 21
Breakfast on your own -
Buffet
Continental
Coffee Shop
Ladies Program and Luncheon -11:00 a.m
Bus tour of Pittsburgh - 2:00 p.m.
Buhl Science Center
Miniature Railroad Show
Sale Buffet - 5:00 p.m.
Convention Sale - 7:00 p.m.
Riverboat Cruise -10:00 p.m.
Round and Square Dance on Board
Junior Pizza and Pool Party -10:00 p.m
Saturday. February 22
Breakfast on your own -
Adult & Junior Luncheon -1:00 p.m.
Convention Banquet and Reception
Reception - 6:30 p.m.
Banquet-7:30 p.m.
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Address
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Send Your Order with Check Payable To: “1986 PA Holstein Convention"
Lewis Berkley, Treasurer
RD #3, Box 57, Berlin, PA 15530
TICKET ORDERS MUST BE RECEIVED BY FEBRUARY 5. 1986. F
vations Contact: Sheraton Hotel at Station Square, Carson and Smithfield Streets,
Pittsburgh, PA 15219, (412) 261-2000. Be sure to mention it is a Holstein .Convention
Reservation. “Deadline to Assure Room - February 5,1986.”
Lodging Room Rates: Single, one person $5O Double, two persons $6O
Triple (3 over IByrs.) or Quadruple (4 over 18 yrs.) $65
Children 17,.an0 under stay free in same room with adult. Credit card number or deposit
of one night’s lodgings necessary to hold a room for arrival after 6:00 p.m.
By Jay Irwin
Lancaster County Agriculture Agent
Phone 717-394-6851
time to become acquainted with
the meetings of interest to you and
your operation.
Some meetings are designed to
reach certain production groups
such as Dairy Days, March 4 and
11; Cattle Feeders Day, Jan. 31;
Crops and Soils Day, Feb. 18 and
Poultry Day on March 6; but,
others are programmed to reach
all farmers and agri-business
people like the Estate Planning
and Farm Transfer arrangement
meetings.
Also, many agri-business and
lending institutions conduct
meetings to keep you abreast of the
changes in their organizations. We
urge you to mark your calendar as
these meetings are announce and
attend as many as possible.
If you have boys or girls between
the ages of 14 and 16 that plan to
operate a farm tractor or
machinery on a farm, other than
your own farm, be sure they have
the proper certificate. Under the
child labor regulations, the law
requires that those boys or girls
between 14 and 16 years of age, be
certified and carry a certification
card before they are permitted to
operate hazardous equipment.
Some equipment listed under the
law as hazardous is: a tractor with
over 20 PTO horsepower, com
Ticket Order Form
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To Be Aware Of Child
Labor Laws
No Chari
Buffet
Continental
Coffee Shop
County
picKei , iicaj uuid, iecu grinder,
fork lift and many more. Again on
your own farm, your children can
operate any equipment that you
feel is safe for them.
The certification process in most
areas is through the Vocational
Agricultural Department in the
schools or through the 4-H Tractor
Clubs. Contact either for more
information.
To Preserve The Top Soil
The spring of the year is an
excellent time to develop some soil
conservation practices on the land.
Contour strips, terraces and
diversion ditches can all be
established before the 1986 crops
are planted. These various
methods of controlling water will
not only prevent soil losses but will
help hold more water on the higher
slopes and fields.
Good topsoil is a precious
natural resource, and every land
owner should make an effort to
keep it from eroding. Farmers who
are growing continuous corn
should be very careful to keep their
soil from washing away. In these
cases terraces can be established
to help slow down the loss of both
water and soil. Addition of extra
organic matter in the form of crop
residues, green cover crops and
livestock manure will help keep
the soil loose with a higher water
holding capacity.
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WHO’S AT THE
DOOR?
January 19,1986
Background Scripture:
Matthew 25:31-46.
Devotional Reading:
Matthew 18:10-14,
There have been many stories
parables actually-about people
who have been confronted with
Christ without recognizing him.
Usually, Christ has come to them
in the form of'someone needing
their help-a beggar seeking a
crust of bread, a victim needing
shelter, a victim of injustice asking
for help. Most often in these stories
there has been a later recognition
that it was none other than Christ
himself who came to them in
disguise.
Each of these stories has
probably been inspired by the
brilliant parable Jesus gave to his
disciples in Matthew 25:31-46. For,
the meaning of the story is that
when we serve others, it counts as
service to Christ himself.
Correspondingly, when we fail to
meet the needs of others, it is also
Christ who we fail.
WHEN, LORD?
How many times I’ve read this
parable-as you probably have too.
Yet, no matter how familiar it is to
me, each time I read it I am
amazed with how simply and
forcefully Jesus puts across one of
the great teachings of
Christianity: if we would serve
Christ as Lord, we must minister
Farm Calendar
Eastern Pa. Turf Conference and
Trade Show, Pa. Turfgrass
Council, Valley Forge Con
vention Center; contact Tom
Watshke at 814-863-1613; con
tinues through Wednesday
Sire Power’s 1986 annual meeting,
10 a.m., Sheraton-Harnsburg
West, New Cumberland.
Lime, Fertilizer and Pesticide
Conference, Sheraton Penn
State, State College: continues
through Thursday.
Franklin County Holstein Club
Annual Meeting and Awards
Banquet, Kauffman’s Com
munity Center, Kauffman
Station, 7 p.m.
Wednesday, January 22
Winter Beef Meeting. York 4-H
Center, 7:30 p.m.
Annual Convention, Pa. State
Association of County Fairs,
Host Farm, Lancaster. Contact
E. Neal Mack at 717-297-3638.
Thursday. January 23
Interstate Milk Producers Annual
Banquet, District 11,
Cochranville Fire Hall. 11 45
a m
Reser-
Monday, January 20
Tuesday, January 21
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CROW A80UT....
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CLASSIFIED
RATES
WITH
EXCELLENT
RESULTS!
to “the least of these”-the people
in need idiom we encounter in our
daily lives.
One of the things that makes
Jesus’ parable so effective is the
element of surprise on the part of
both those who are accepted into
and rejected from the kingdom.
The latter, for example, express
their surprise in words with which
all of us can identify: “Lord, when
did we see the hungry or thirsty or
a stranger or sick or in prison and
not minster to thee?” (25:44).
After all, when was the last time
Jesus appeared to you? Probably
never, light?
But, although most of us have
never had a vision of the Christ,
that does not mean he has never
come to us. It only means that we
have failed to recognize his
presence in the need of one of our
fellow human beings. We have
heard the knock at the door and
looked through the curtains to see
an old man, a tramp in tatters, or a
stranger whom we decide will
remain a stranger to us.
YOU DID IT NOT!
One of the other salient features
of this parable is the emphasis it
places upon judgement for what is
not dime, rather than for what is
done. Usually, when we con
template God’s judgement, we
think of sins committed, but Jesus
is emphasizing here* the im
portance of good deeds not com
mitted. Presumably the people in
the parable have not murdered,
stolen, slandered or cheated. Well
and good, but there is more to
God’s judgement. Refraining from
evil is only a part of what he ex
pects from us. Doing good is
equally important: feeding the
hungry, clothing the naked,
visiting the sick and the prisoners.
When the knock comes to your
door, be careful, lest you turn
away the Christ who is always
present in our needy neighbor.
Saturday, January 25
Witmer Fire Company Turkey
Supper, Witmer Fire Hall, noon
- 9 Contact Jay Hershey. 291-
9897, or 392-0804
Tuesday, January 28
Pa Vegetable Conference and
Trade Show, Hershey Con
vention Center; continues
through Thursday.
Manure storage and handling
systems, Ephrata Senior High
School Ag Department. 7 45
p.m.
Dairy Economics Meeting, Lan
caster Farm and Home Center,
9;30a m to 3 p m
Wednesday. January 29
Fa Farm Builders Conference.
Holiday Inn, Chambersburg;
continues through Thursday
Contact: Dan Mever. 814-865-
7685.
York County Corn Clinic, York 4-H
Center. Bair, 8-30a.m to3p.m
Mt. Joy Farmer Co-op Annual
Meeting, noon. Hostetter’s in
Mt. Joy
liebanon Valley National Bank
luncheon seminar, Prescott
Fire Co., Prescott, 9 a.m. to 2 15
p m.
Thursday. January 30
Southeast Beef Feeder Meetings.
Risser's Restaurant,
Stouchsburg (Rt. 422), 10 30
a.m. and 5:30 p.m.
Annual Meeting, Montgomery -
Bucks Farm Bureau
Cooperative Association,
Christopher Dock High School.
Kulpsville; contact Michael
Zapach at 215-723-4355
Annual Meeting, County
Farm and Home Foundation.
0.30 p.m . Farm and Home
Center
Saturday. February 1
Vork County Sheep and Wool
Producers Annual Meeting.
6:30 p.m. at St. John’s United
Church of Christ