AlO-Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, January 25,1986
NOW IS THE TIME
To Be Aware of Bio-Security
The isolated outbreak of Avian
Influenza, HSN2 strain, in Snyder
County is a chilling reminder that
we cannot be too careful with our
health security. It is not known
how the outbreak started, but
scientists indicated that it is not
associated with the 1983-84 out
break - even though it is the same
HSN2 strain. The confirmed flocks
have been depopulated to prevent
further virus spread. The Penn
sylvania Department of
Agriculture and the Pennsylvania
Poultry Federation are to be
commended for their quick action.
We must continue to practice
good bio-security by not allowing
any unauthorized persons in your
poultry houses; stay away from
other poultry farms, especially the
quarantined operations; use only
new or disinfected filler flats and
just plain good judgement. Good
health security is important on all
poultry and livestock farms.
To Gather Information for
Herd Buyout Decisions
All the facts and procedures may
not yet be known about the Dairy
Herd Buyout program, but Lan
caster County dairy agent Glenn
Shirk encourages farmers to start
assembling data now, before they
send all their information to their
tax accountant.
Think about your plans for the
future. Itemize your income and
expenses for 1965. If you sell the
Farm Calendar
Saturday, January 25
Witmer Fire Company Turkey
Supper, Witmer Fire Hall, noon
to ? Contact Jdy Hershey, 291-
9897, or 392-0804.
Computer Fair, Greenwood
Elementary School, 9 a.m. to
noon, Millerstown, Perry
County.
Tuesday, January 28
Pa. Vegetable Conference and
Trade Show, Hershey Con
vention Center; continues
through Jan. 30.
Manure Storage and Handling
Systems, Ephrata Sr. High
School Ag Department, 7:45
p.m.
Dairy Economics Meeting, Lan
caster Farm and Home Center,
9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
DHIA banquet, Mercer County; 11
a.m., New Vernon Grange.
Wednesday, January 29
Pa. Farm Builders Conference,
Holiday Inn, Chambersburg;
continues through Thursday.
Contact Dan Meyer, 814-865-
7685.
York County Com Clinic, York 4-H
By Jay Irwin
Lancaster County Agriculture Agent
Phone 717-394-6851
herd, which of these will be
eliminated, partially reduced or
not affected at all? How much of
your debts are; accounts payable,
operating loans, morgages or in
the form of other loans? What is
your total debt payment (interest
plus principal) for the year, and
how much of this is for production
loans? What future income will you
have from: farm rent, sale of crops
and livestock, other employment,
ACP payments, selling the herd or
from selling the farm or equip
ment?
You will also need a record of
your milk shipments, which will
probably be provided by your milk
plant. Answers to the above
questions, plus what you expect the
program to do for you, the com
petition from other dairymen will
have a bearing on how much you
may want to bid.
To Appreciate Your Farm
Life can become so hectic too
much to do on the run. You’ve
been on the tractor almost nonstop
since sunrise and there’s too much
on your mind to notice the stunning
sunset. Farming is still full of the
best of life. Probably many of the
reasons you wanted to be a farmer
or live on a farm are the very
things you don’t pay much at
tention to anymore. It’s more than
machinery or livestock, bills or
market fluctuations it’s a way of
life which in itself holds much to be
desired and appreciated.
Center, Bair, 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Mt. Joy Farmer Co-op annual
meeting, noon, Hostetter’s in
Mt. Joy.
Lebanon Valley National Bank
luncheon seminar, Prescott
Fire Company, Prescott, 9 a.m.
t02:15p.m.
Thursday, January 30
Southeast Beef Feeders Meeting,
Risser’s Restaurant,
Stouchsburg (Rt. 422), 10:30
a.m. and 5:30 p.m.
Annual Meeting, Montgomery-
Bucks Farm Bureau
Cooperative Association,
Chrikopher Dock High School,
Kulpsville; contact Michael
Zapach at 215-723-4355.
York County Winter Swine
Meeting, 4-H Center, Bair
Station, 7 p.m.
Annual Meeting, Lancaster County
Farm and Home Foundation,
6:30 p.m., Farm and Home
Center.
Friday, January 31
Cattle Feeder’s Day, Lancaster
Farm and Home Center, 8:30
a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
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PNEO/AONIR.
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IN VETERINi
Don’t let the excessive stress on
the farm interfere with your home
and family life. Medical research
estimates as high as 90 percent of
today’s illness and disease is stress
related. Farming is one of the most
stressful occupations today. We
must admit that stress exists
before we can deal with it. Most
importantly, take time to “smell
the flowers”. And say to yourself,
just for today, I will live through
the next twelve hours and not try to
tackle all life’s problems at once.
To Update Private Applicator
Pesticide Certificate
Many farmers have private
applicator licenses to buy and
apply restricted-use presticides to
cropland, livestock and poultry
buildings. These are usually issued
for three years. A number of these
will expire on Sept. 30, 1986. This
means you will need to attend a
meeting where current pesticide
uses and recommendations are
discussed and explained. By so
doing, you can qualify to receive
an updated training certificate
which in turn will get you a license
renewal.
During the winter time, a
number of meetings are held by
Extension and agri-business.
These are ideal times and places to
receive your update training
certificates. Dairy Days, Crops
and Soils Day and Poultry Day are
three such meetings. Don’t miss
the opportunity to update your
license before it expires.
Saturday, February 1
York County Sheep and Wool
Producers annual meeting, 6:30
p.m. at St. John’s United
Church of Christ.
Ephrata Area Young Farmers
annual banquet, Mount Airy
Fire Hall.
Beaver, Butler, Lawrence County
lamb and wool day.
Monday, February 3
1986 Keystone Cornucopia, Her
shey Convention Center;
reception at 6 p.m., buffet
dinner at 7 p.m.
Tuesday, February 4
Penn-Jersey Tillage Conference,
Lehigh University; contact Jeff
McClellan, 215-374-9682.
Farm Computer Seminar and
Trade Exhibition, Lancaster
Farm and Home Center.
Regional Manure Management
Conference, Chambersburg
Holiday Inn.
Delmarva Corn and Soybean
Conference.
Wednesday, February 5
Pa. Young Fanners Association
Winter Convention, Grantville.
Delmarva Com and Soybean
Conference,' Wicomico Youth
and Civic Center, 8:30 a.m. to 4
p.m.
Farm Computer Seminar and
GETTING EVEN
January 26,1986
Background Scripture: Matthew
18:21-35; JohnB:2-11.
Devotional Readings: Psalms
85:1-7.
Last night I watched an episode
of the television mini-series, North
and South, based on the novel of
the Civil War by John Jakes. In one
of the scenes, Charles (I think
that’s what his name was) is being
assisted by Orrie Main to prepare
for a duel. Charles is confused by
Orrie’s willingness to help him.
Before, when he had engaged in a
number of fistfights, he was
reprimanded by his family. Now,
however, he is being assisted in
fighting a duel by the very same
people. “Why?” he asks Orrie.
Orrie’s response is that duels are
governed by rules of honor-and
that is the difference.
The Limits?
Orrie’s response to Charles
struck me as holding the key to one
of our most important problems
today. Although we no longer
sanction duels to defend family
and personal honor, we still honor
the desire for revenge and
surround that urge with rules by
which we make it acceptable in our
society. We haven’t solved the
problem of vengenace, we have
only changed the rules by which
revenge is sanctioned.
Wars are still begun and con
Trade Exhibition, Embers,
Carlisle.
Conservation Equipment
Operators Workshop, Berks
County Ag Center, 9 a.m to 3
p.m.
Regional Manure Management
Conference, East Brandywine.
Special pseudorabies meeting,
Lancaster Farm and Home
Center, 1 to 3 p.m.
Thursday, February 6
S.E. Pa. Extension Swine Day,
Midway Diner, 9 a.m. to 3:30
p.m.
Manor Young Farmers
Winter Workshops
The advisors of the Manor Young
Farmers announce their schedule
for the Winter Evening Workshops
to be held at the Penn Manor High
School, Millersville.
Monday, Jan. 27
Ag Department - 7:30 p.m.
Topic: Soil Conservation-
Chesapeake Bay Clean-Up
The speaker for the evening is
from the Soil Conservation Ex
tension of the Farm and Home
tinued because of “honor.” (Ac
tually, this is not “honor” at all,
only what we think is honor.) In
movies and television, the heroes
are usually those who are able to
exact vengeance for themselves or
someone else. Limits are drawn
and when those limits are ex
ceeded, we feel compelled to seek
“an eye for an eye and a tooth for a
tooth.”
In Northern Ireland the tragedy
of violence, suffering and death is
perpetuated by the compulsion to
“get even.” Often it is called
“justice,” but it is really
vengeance that is sought. The
problem is similar in the Middle
East--Lebanon, Israel and
elsewhere. Life has pretty much
become a ceaseless ritual of
retribution, of “getting even,” of
protecting one’s “honor.”
The Debt
But the problem is that these
people never “get even.” As soon
as they commit one act of violence,
the score is not evened, for a new
sense of debt is created by the
erasure of the old one. One can
never really “get ahead” by
“getting even.” Getting even
simply puts us deeper in debt.
The insanity in Northern Ireland
and the Middle East-as well as in
our own neighborhood-will con
tinue until we get rid of that old
idea of vengeance that we know is
contrary to the teachings of Christ,
but nevertheless, sticks in our
consciousness. We will not know
peace in our world until we can
learn to forgive as readily as we
know how to condemn.
“Don’t get mad,” says the world,
“get even.”
But God says,“...forgive your
brother from your heart.”
Which will it be for vou?
(Bated on outlines copyrifhted by the Division of
Christian Education, National Council ol the
Churches ot Christ in the USA Released by
Community Press Service)
Regional Manure Conference,
Holiday Inn East, Bethlehem.
Friday, February 7
Lan-Chester Pork Day, Lancaster
Farm and Home Center, 8:30
a.m to 3:30p.m.
Delmarva Dairy Days, 9 a.m.,
Hartley Fire Hall, Hartley, Del.
Regional Manure Management
Conference, 9:30 a.m. to 3:30
p.m., Lewisburg.
Saturday, February 8
Butler Holstein Club Annual
Meeting.
Center. He will be speaking on the
seriousness of the Bay’s pollution
problem and also the need to save
our precious top soil. H? will
elaborate on the funding that is
available to farmers to assist in the
expenses of land terracing, etc.
Thursday, Feb. 6
Ag Department - 7:30 p.m.
Topic; What’s New in Dairy in ’B6
Speaker: Brian Perkins,
nutritionist, Pennfield Corp.
Tuesday, Feb. 18
High School - Room 125
Topic: Tobacco Farmers Meeting
Purpose; A look at the ajuction
process-past, present, future.
All meetings are free and open to
the public. For more information
contact Penn Manor High School,
872-9520