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By Newton Bair
Last week we witnessed one of
the great tragedies of the Space
program when the Shuttle
Challenger blew up right in view of
the Television audience The
terrible sight is one we won’t forget
for a long time.
Human understanding of the
events that shape our lives are
constantly being strained to the
limit. Since we are reasonable
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10-TON ALFALFA
PLACE YOUR SEED ORDER WITH
THE FOLLOWING DEALERS TODAY:
HONEYBROOK FARM CENTER
Honey brook, PA 19344
215-273-3554
FORREY’S AG-SERVICE
Lancaster, PA 17601
717-397-0035
REIST SEED CO.
Mt. Joy, PA 17552
717-653-4121
LANCASTER BONE FERT. CO.
Quarryville, PA 17566
717-786-7348
LEBANON CHEMICAL CO.
Carlisle, PA
GROFFDALESEEDS
New Holland, PA 17557
717-656-6295
PAULBRUBAKER
Mt. Joy, PA 17552
717-653-4086
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Elizabethtown, PA 17022
717-367-3642
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Alfalfa Distributors
Division of Servos Seed Corp.
28 Ringfield, Chadds Ford, PA 19317
215-388-6039
beings, we like to think tnat
everything that happens has a
reason. The reasons that we devise
for any given event will probably
be colored by the outcome,
whether good or bad.
Any understanding that we
might achieve concerning the
cause of the tragedy must point the
way forward rather than
discourage further progress
Flaws will be uncovered,
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Dr. M.B. Tesar, Professor in the Depart
ment of Crop and Soil Sciences, Michigan
State University (MSU), recorded a two
year average yield of 10 tons/A with one
alfalfa variety for the 1981-82 season.
Achieving alfalfa yields of 10 tons/A/year
has been compared to producing corn
yields of 300 bu/A.
“It appears that this is the highest
documented two-year average research
yield for nonirrigated alfalfa in the U.S.
and in the world,” notes Dr. Tesar. “This is
three times the regional average for the
North Central States.”
Many factors working together contri
buted to the 10-ton yield, a goal in the
project since 1968. Yields are based on
alfalfa hay at 12% moisture.
weaknesses will be cited, fingers
will be pointed The dedicated
people who are responsible for the
space program will leave no stone
unturned in their quest for the
cause of the accident. Reasons for
both successes and failures must
be found, defined, and understood.
Tragedy and failure are a
necessary, if distasteful part of
human existance. Most of us have
experienced failure in some degree
during our lifetime, or can expect
to. Usually it’s no big deal, we pick
up the pieces and start over. But
when the depression and grief keep
us on the floor wallowing in self
pity, we only emphasize our
humna weakness and decrease any
chance we might have to survive,
correct mistakes, and go on to
bigger and better things.
It’s no great sin to fail once in a
while, as long as the reasons are
sought and corrected. Even in the
business of farming, a whole batch
of unknown quantities may catch a
fellow with his shirt tail out. The
herd comes down with winter
disentery and milk flow drops to
zilch The tractor engine blows up
just before planting time A wind-
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10 tons per acre is impressive, but
consistency is the real measure of an
alfalfa variety’s performance. The BIG 10
reputation is built on a documented
two-year and three-year average yield!
Some varieties claim one-time high
yields, but BIG 10 consistently beat its
competitors in the most recent university
yield tests.
BIG 10 provides resistance to all the
major alfalfa pests including bacterial
wilt, anthracnose, phythophthora, and
fusarium. It also incorporates excellent
seedling vigor with very good winter
hardiness.
BIG 10 will provide top tonnage for five
years and more, and can return your seed
investment in the first cutting. Contact
your GREAT LAKES HYBRIDS DEALER
today. Supplies are limited!
storm blows the bam roof off. The'
price of com goes*Up 20 cents right
after you sold the last load. The
banker refused your request for a
spring loan.
They don’t all happen at once, so
you call the vet, or overhaul the
engine, contact the insurance
company, and cuss the fickle
markets. The banker might even
soften if you handle him carefully.
The important thing is seek out the
reason and find a way to overcome
it.
This letter was inspired by a
collective National tragedy which
has affected us all to some degree.
As long as it is not too close to
home, it is easy to forget, and get
on with living. Someone else has
the responsibilitv for figurine out
Conservation Reserve
Program set
WASHINGTON - Secretary of announced tha ‘ sl B nu P J or the
Agriculture John R. Block has Conservation Reserve Program
will take place March 3 through
March 14 at Agricultural
Stabilization and Conservation
Service county offices.
Block said approximately 69.5
million acres will be eligible in the
1986 crop year for entry into the
program, a provision of the Food
Security Act of 1985 that will take
highly credible land out of farming
for 10 years and place it into trees
or other permanent vegetative
cover. Enrollment of ap
proximately five million acres is
expected in 1986.
Block said all Class 6,7, and 8
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 8,1986-A3l
Sign-up dates for
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the reasons for the failure and
tragedy. It requires only our
collective resolve to correct the
weakness in the system, and en
courage our national pride in
further exploration and ac
complishment.
In case of the more personal
failures or tragedies, big or little,
we might find some parallel to this
one that affects us all. Reasons
should always be sought so that the
errors that caused the failure can
be corrected. If those reasons that
stem from within ourselves are
found and overcome, tragedy is
turned to triumph, strength
emerges from weakness, and
tomorrow is bathed in the new light
of sweet success.
land is eligible, along with any land
in Classes 2 through 5 that is
eroding at three times the
tolerance level. USDA’s Soil
Conservation Service will deter
mine the classification or erosion
level of land.
Producers wishig to put land into
the program must provide a
cropping history covering the
years 1981 through 1985, Block
said. The land must have been
planted or considered to have been
planted during that period (in
cluding land in the Acreage
Conservation Reserve or set-aside
programs, or land that was in the
prevented-planting category). Set
aside or diverted acres are not
eligible for the Conservation
Reserve Program. Reserve
acreage will be over and above
amounts needed to qualify for
price support programs.
Block said producers must
submit bids for annual rental
payments at the time of ap
plication. There will be 50 percent
cost sharing on conservation cover
practices. Payments will be either
in cash or negotiable (PIK) cer
tificates. There is a $50,000-per
person, per year, limit on annual
rental payments but not on cost
shares.
Bases, quotas, and allotments
will be reduced by the ratio of
cropland on the farm to the amount
put into the program. The
producer will choose which bases,
quotas, or allotments will bi
reduced over the life of the con
tract and this history will b(
preserved over the life of the
contract.
County Agricultural
Stabilization and Conservation
Service, ■Cooperative Extension
Service, and Soil Conservation
Service offices will have more
information before signup begins,
Block said, and he urged producers
to contact these offices for further
details or assistance in deter
mining their eligibility
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