NOW IS THE TIME
To Man Legume Seeding
It’s not too soon to make plans
for seeding clover or alfalfa on
winter grains. Many of our good
stands have been obtained by
making a broadcast seeding in late
February or early March. The
value for seeding at this time is to
take advantage of the alternate
freezing and thawing to work the
small seeds into the topsoil.
Wheat is usually the brat grain to
make late winter or early spring
legume seedings. Barley and rye
tend to develop too much growth
and increase the potential for
lodging which smothers out the
small legume plants. Broadcast
seeding when the soil is
“honeycomed” in early March
works very well, but the use of a
band seeder may be a better way
to establish a new legume stand.
To Plan Your Estate
During my lifetime the
management of farm labor,
livestock, crops and machinery
has been very important in order
to obtain maximum production.
Many farmers have excelled in
these areas. Now, as we look into
the mid-80's, I feel that money
management is of growing im
portance to the farmer and
warrants more attention and
knowledge. The planning of your
Farm Calendar
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 Fanners
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
McClell at 215-374-9682.
Farm Computer Seminar and
Trade Exhibition, Lancaster
Farm and Home Center.
Regional Manure Management
Conference, Chambersburg
Holiday Inn.
Delmarva Com and Soybean Tech.
Conference.
Wednesday, February 5
Pa. Young Farmers Association
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By Jay Irwin
Lancaster County Agriculture Agent
Phone 717-394-6851
estate, including the making and
updating of a will, and also the
proper farm transfer are con
siderations that are very im
portant.
Today, the average farmer
handles more money in one month
than his ancestors did in a year.
We urge more attention in estate
planning and money management
as part of good farm management.
We hope you plan to attend the
Estate Planning meeting on Feb.
27 and the Farm Transfer meeting
on March 13, both at 7:30 p.m., in
the Farm and Home Center,
Lancaster. Attorney John Becker,
Farm Law Specialist at Penn State
University, will be the speaker at
both meetings.
To Protect Your Lungs
Be it in the coal mines or on the
farm., dust can destroy lungs.
Farmers who are exposed to dust
over long periods of time risk the
disabling disease called “farmer’s
lung.” As the dust accumulates in
the lung the tissue hardens. This
can lead to a variety of respiratory
ailments, including bronchitis and
tuberculosis. If the condition is not
diagnosed soon enough, irrever
sible lung damage may occur.
Preventing farmer’s lung
doesn’t require any elaborate or
expensive equipment...a simple
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
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.
Thursday, February 6
S.E. Pa. Extension Swine Day,
Midway Diner, 9 a.m. to 3:30
p.m.
Regional Manure Conference,
Holiday Inn, East, Bethlehem.
Lancaster County Beef and Sheep
Club Banquet, 6:30 p.m., Farm
and Home Center, Lancaster.
Friday, February 7
Lan-Chester Pork Day, Farm and
Home Center, Lancaster, 8:30
a.m. to 3:30p.m.
Delmarva Dairy Days, 9 a.m.,
Hartley Fire Hall, Hartley, Del.
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mask when dust can’t be avoided...
for example when handling dry
bedding, sweeping dusty walls or
walks or grinding and mixing feed.
Keeping the overall level of dust
down is also helpful. Regular
housecleaning of work areas is
another good idea. Not only will the
area look better... you’ll feel better
without all that dust in your lungs.
To Control Wild Birds
The problem of starlings and
other birds in farm buildings and
in feedlots is quite common and
one that is very difficult to solve.
During the cold winter weather,
birds are searching for feed in
buildings and feedlots. Some
farmers treat V4-inch rope with
creosote and place it on roosting
areas to irritate their feet, so the
birds leave the area. One farmer
puts about % inch of salt in a
shallow pan, then puts a thin
coating of lard over the salt as
the bird pecks into the lard it picks
up salt. The excess salt is fatal to
the bird. The use of window
screening over open ducts, win
dows and doors is another way to
keep them out of buildings. For the
open feedlot, control is not easy.
Birds not only consume feed, but
are unsanitary and carry lice,
mites and disease.
Regional Manure Management
Conference, 9:30 a.m. to 3:30
p.m., Lewisburg.
Saturday, February 8
Butler Holstein Club annual
meeting.
Monday, February 10
Dairy Herd Buy-Out Program,
Bermudian Springs High
School, 7:30 p.m.
Dairy Herd Buy-Out Program,
Lancaster Farm and Home
Center, 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, February 11
Milking School at Troy Citizens
and Northern Bank office, 10
a.m.to3p.m.
Regional Fruit Growers Meeting,
Ramada Inn, Chinchilla.
Wednesday, February 12
Milking School at Troy Citizens
and Northern Bank office, 10
a.m. to 3 p.m.
Fayette County Dairy Day, 10 a.m.
to 3 p.m., Waltersburg 1.0.0. F.
Hall. .
A BIGGER
NEIGHBORHOOD
February 2,1986
Background Scripture:
Luke 10:25-37.
Devotional Reading:
James 2:8-13.
And who is my neighbor, Lord?
Is it the Indigent sfrMt person to
whom my chunk ministers and to
which I contribute? Is it the
African, Asian or Sooth American
to whom my denomination sends
missionaries? Is it the hood
victim to whose relief I con
tributed several months ago, or
the Mexican made homeless by an
earthquake? Is it the person
helped by Goodwill Industries
whom I call ones a year to haul
away my unwanted goods ?
One does not have to be all that
perceptive to realize that the
question asked, “And who is my
neighbor, Lord?”, is not really a
question, but a thinly-disguised
answer. I’ve asked God to tell me
who is my neighbor, but it is ap
parent that I think I already know
the answer: my neighbor is the
person whom I have helped in
some way. Thus, it is not a question
but an act of self-congratulation.
TO JUSTIFY HIMSELF
This was also true of the lawyer
in Luke 10, Luke indicates that his
question was prompted, not out of
a sincere desire for enlightenment,
but because he desired “to justify
himself” (10:29). In other words,
he was attempting to impress upon
Thursday, February 13 Saturday, February 15
Lancaster Extension Service The Pennsylvania Flying Farmers
Annual'Dinner Meeting, Farm Valentine Banquet, Country
and Home Center, 6:30p.m. Table Restaurant, Mt. Joy; call
David Kruger at 717-867-2384.
USDA denies hunger increase
Washington - John Bode,
assistant secretary of agriculture
for food and consumer services,
has issued the following statement
after a review of the recent report
by the Food Research and Action
Center (FRAC), Bitter Harvest II:
“The FRAC report contends that
hunger in America increased in
1985 because the level of
emergency food provided in
creased by 17 percent. This finding
stands in stark contrast to other
reports indicating the improving
economic condition of low income
Americans.
“Between 1983 and 1984, the
number of people below poverty
decreased from 15.2 percent to 14.4
percent, according to the Bureau
of Census. Between fiscal years
1984 and 1985, the unemployment
rate dropped from 7.8 to 7.2 per
cent. And perhaps most important,
with no major legislative changes,
between fiscal years 1984 and 1985,
Food Stamp Program par
ticipation fell 4 4 percent from 20.9
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Jesus that he fulfilled the duty of
loving “your neighbor as your
self.” He probably could have
ticked off an impressive list of
“neighbors” to whom he had been
benevolent. So can we all.
But, although he was really
filing and not truly thing, Jesus
nevertheless gave him the answer
that the lawyer had neither ex
pected nor wanted. And Jesus did
it in his inimitable way: he told a
story, a parable, through which the
lawyer learned more than he had
wanted to know. And what he
learned was that he had not
fulfilled his duty because, although
he had in truth loved some of Ms
neighbors, his neighborhood was
just not large enough.
To make sure that there could be
no misunderstanding his answer,
Jesus chose carefully the
ingredients of Ms story. Because
he knew that a “neighbor” is not
just “one of us,” but frequently
“One of them,” he chose a
Samaritan as the “neighbor” of Ms
parable. Nothing was more
distasteful to a Jew than a
Samaritan. Samaritans were “the
wrong kind of people.” Indeed they
wouldn’t be caught dead having a
Samaritan for a neighbor.
UNCONDITIONAL
Furthermore, Jesus made it
clear that the only stipulation for
someone to be our neighbor is that
he or she is in need. Their religion
may be different-they may even
be atheists!-and we cannot expect
that, by our act of benevolence we
will make them one of us. In the
parable, the Samaritan made no
demands or expectations for the
help he gave. It was unconditional
-the same kind of love to which all
of us are called.
Oh yes, we all have ministered to
various and sundry neighbors, but
is our neighborhood large enough?
Bated on copyright Outlines produced by the
Committee on the Uniform Series and used by
permission Released by Community i Suburban
Press
to 20.0 million people.
“FRAC suggests that the in
crease in emergency food provided
shows an increase in the demand
for food assistance. We suspect
that it shows an increase in the
supply of emergency food
assistance. The survey reports
that most of the agencies have to
place a limit on the number of
people they can serve.
“This suggests that increases in
the number of people served is
prinriarily due to the increased
supply of food which is available
for donation. This increase in the
supply of emergency food is at
tributable to the increased
generosity of American citizens
and businesses in donating food
and to the high level of surplus
commodities provided by the
Department of Agriculture.
“The FRAC survey was not
conducted in a scientific fashion
and is not statistically reliable.
The sample was not nationally
representative of emergency food
providers. For example, of 1,000
surveys sent out, 63 percent did not
reply. (In general, Federal sur
veys attempt to have a 25 percent
non-response rate J at the
maximum.) Non-respondents may
include agencies which once
distributed food but which no
longer do so. This type of problem
. would the effect of creating a
bias which probably overestimates
the increase in food provided.”