AlO-Lancastar Fanning, Saturday, May 17,1986
OPINION
Change Your Circumstances
You can place annoying cir
cumstances into two categories:
those circumstances you can
change and those you cannot-.
Often the proper application of
faith, ingenuity and hard work can
do wonders for the rough spots in
life. But what makes Murphy’s
Laws so appropriate at times is
that they are so often true. Who
can seriously argue with the fact
that, “nothing is as easy as it
looks; everything takes longer
than you think; and if anything can
go wrong, it will”? Other “truths”
we have discovered over the years
include:
“A socket dropped while
repairing the combine will roll
underneath and locate itself in the
exact center.”,
“There will always be at least
one handful of hardware
remaining after the completion of
every major repair job.”
“The light at the end of the
tunnel is often the headlamp of an
oncoming train.”
Once you have concluded that
there are things in life you can’t
change and learn how to laugh, you
become a pretty formidable foe to
the hard times that life brings
Respect A Loaded Gun
We have a sad story to report
this week. A 59-year-old farmer
who farmed all his life, raised his
family and built a fine reputation
in his community has had an ac
cident.
“A day without a crisis is a total
loss.”
1 “The other line at the bank
always moves faster.”
While transporting a 300 gallon
sprayer tank of diluted herbicide
and insecticide, the hitch broke at
the point where he needed to ford a
small stream. Before the farmer
could react the sprayer tipped up
and spilled about half tank of the
mix into the stream. Fish and
other aquatic life were killed in the
stream. Even after 36 hours, fish
one half mile down stream from
the accident were acting
crazy- gulping for air.
The farm family feels so
sorrowful about the accident they
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Farm Calendar
Saturday, May 17
GoodviUe Fire Company Spring
Community Sale, 9 a.m. to ?
Quilt auction at 1 p.m., Good
ville Fire Co., Rt. 23 between
Blue Ball and Morgantown.
Bradford County 4-H Council
meeting. Extension office.
Somerset County dairy princess
banquet and pageant, 6:45/8
p.m., Somerset Country Club,
Somerset.
Mifflin County dairy princess
pageant.
Rabies Clinic, Rehrersburg Lions
Grounds, Rehrersburg.
Sunday, May 18
Luzerne County 4-H Horse Club’s
Open Western Show,
fairgrounds, Rt. 118 Dallas.
Centre County dairy princess
pageant, Logan Grange Hall,
Pleasant Gap.
Monday, May 19
Question and Answer Sheep
Meeting, 7:30 p.m., Lancaster
“The only tool you can’t find is
the one you’re looking for.”
“The repairman will never have
seen a model quite like yours
before.”
can hardly talk about it. We only
mention it here to once again, as
forcefully as possible, remind
farmers that when we handle
chemicals we have a God-given
public trust to be absolutely
flawless in our precautions for
safety.
These materials are lethal.
That’s why we apply them to
weeds and worms. And used
properly they are a benefit to
agriculture that we cannot afford
to be without in these days of
modem farming. x
But we must handle these
materials as we would a loaded
gun-pointed in the right direction
with the proper buckshot and gun
powder in the shell. A word to the
wise is sufficient.
Farm and Home Center.
Lancaster Area Sewing Network,
6:30 p.m., Horst Building, Delp
Road, Lancaster. For more
information, call Ms. Tammie
Harsh at 2854309.
Adams County Beekeepers
meeting, 7 p.m., Gary Becker
beeyard, 1719 Old Carlisle
Road, Aspers.
Tuesday, May 20
York County Tax Reassessment
Meeting, Spring Grove Area
Junior High School Auditorium,
Roths Church Road, Spring
Grove, 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, May 21
Hunterdon County N.J.
Agriculture Development
Board Meeting, Extension
Center, 8 p.m.
Veterinary Nutrition Forum, Host
Town, Rt. 501 Lancaster.
Dinner, 7 p.m.; program, Bp.m.
Huntingdon County Holstein
Director’s Meeting, E. James
McMath’s, 7:30 p.m.
NOW IS
THE TIME
By Jay Irwin
Lancaster County Agriculture Agent
ForHaylageand
Hay Making
Good quality forages can help
fanners generate more cash in
come with little to no additional
expense. And, what farmer
couldn’t use that right now! Cows
produce more milk and livestock
gain more rapidly on higher
quality forages. The need for
purchased concentrates is also
generally reduced. So, if you are
growing forages, concentrate on
improving forage quality and
nutrient yield per acre.
Most important to quality is
stage of maturity at time of har
vest. For established stands of
alfalfa, harvest the first cutting at
the late bud stage; later cuttings
can be harvested in the late bud to
FARM FORUM
OUR READERS WRITE
Dear Editor,
Hie Irish Dairy Venture in
Georgia is an insult to this coun
try’s fine dairy farmers.
While this country was built on
free enterprise, it was - not
established with a foundation of
false pretenses. It is my un
derstanding that the Irish firm
applied for and received industrial
development loans. These loans
have lower interest rates than
standard farm loans. Someone
appears to have been willingly or
inadvertently misled.
A grave injustice has been done
to the American farmer, the
backbone of this country. It is they
as well as the American public who
will pay for this demoralizing
“venture.”
Today dairymen are voluntarily
leaving a way of life, not just an
occupation, due to the milk sur
plus. Yet the government has
seemingly abandoned the farmer
by allowing our shores to be in
vaded by foreign investors who
will further weaken this troubled
industry.
I urge every red-blooded
American farmer to write to their
Congressman and present their
views on this subject. It is one way
we can prevent it from happening
in the future.
Sincerely,
Name Withheld
Bucks County
Thursday, May 22
Annual Awards Dinner, Pa. Horse
Breeders Assoc., -Hershey
Hotel.
Friday, May 23
Bradford County dairy princess
pageant dinner, Troy Senior
early bloom stage....about 35 to 42
days after the previous cutting. To
enhance the vigor and longevity of
the stand, at least one of the cut
tings should be allowed to bloom.
Similarly, the first cutting of a new
seeding erf alfalfa should be made
in the early bloom stage.
Grasses should be cut in the boot
stage of maturity, just as the heads
are beginning to emerge.
ToßeAwareof
Com Insects
With the increased trend toward
no-till corn planting or minimum
tillage, we can expect more
problems with corn insects. Past
experience shows this. We urge
com growers to inspect their fields
frequently to observe any feeding
on small plants. You can have
cutworms, stalk borers and ar
myworms at any time feeding on
the com plant. The Agronomy
Guide lists several materials for
the control of cutworms and ar
myworms, including Sevin, Lor
sban, Furadan or Dylox. The stalk
borer is very difficult to control
because they work inside the com
stalk.
Flea beetles are another insect
that may feed on small com
leaves; they create small holes in
the leaves but seldom do extensive
damage. Sevin can be used to
eliminate these small insects, if it
is serious enough. Keep an eye on
the com field for the first several
weeks and avoid serious insect
injury.
FOR THE PERSON
WHO HAS
EVERYTHING
May 18,1986
Background Scripture: 1 Corin
thians 12 through 13.
Devotional Reading: 1 Corinthians
2:6-16.
It is strange what people do with
the Gifts God gives them. No
sooner does he give them
something special than they find
some way of perverting the gift.
Instead of the blessing it was in
tended to be, the gift becomes a
bone of contention between God’s
children. Instead of gratitude, the
gifts often inspire pride. Intended
to enrich the human community,
the gifts often become the source of
division in that community.
Consider the gifts of the Spirit. In
the early church God blessed the
followers of Jesus with wonderful
High School, 7 p.m.
Farmer’s Forum, 7 p.m., Rutter’s
Restaurant, Red Lion.
Saturday, May 24
Rural Preservation in Pa. Con
ference, Stahr Hall, Franklin
and Marshall College, Lan
caster.
Bradford County dairy festival and
dairy princess pageant, Troy
High School.
Wyoming-Lacawanna County
dairy princess pageant, Moose
Hall, Tunkhannock.
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BEEF
To Contiinie Forage
Feeding
Dairymen and beef cattle
producers should continue to feed
some dry matter while the animals
-are on pasture. The feeding of hay
or silage when the cattle are
turned out to pasture will result in
more uniform production. Also,
keeping some dry matter, in the
ration will help prevent serious
scouring and bloating.
Some producers provide this
forage by way of a portable hay or
feed bunk in the pasture area. The
animals should consume some of
the dry forage along with lush
spring pasture. The hay should be
fed early in the day, before the
herd goes to the new pasture. Later
in the season the stored hay or
silage will continue to be useful
when growth slows down due to dry
weather and high temperatures.
I am sure you have heard this
suggestion before, however, it is
still very important to all farmers
and gardeners.
Every pesticide carries a label
with directions; this should be read
and followed during the ap
plication of the material. Don’t
make the mistake of applying the
material in error. The labels are
required by law and should be
respected by the user.
Serious losses may occur, if the
directions are not followed.
Materials should always be kept in
their original container and stored
in a separate place under padlock.
spiritual gifts: the utterance of
knowledge, wisdom, faith, healing,
miracles, prophecy, tongues, and
interpretation. Given for the
enrichment of the early Christians,
the gifts soon became a cause for
dissention and bitterness in the
church. Instead of uniting
congregations, the gifts seemed to
divide them. Instead of making
people more thankful to God, they
seemed to become more prideful.
Instead of inspiring love, the gifts
engendered hostility.
The list of God’s gifts may not be
quite the same today, but the
situation is-people still pervert his
gifts and thwart his will.
Therefore, Paul’s powerful
message to the Church at Corinth
is still very timely for us and our
situation. In 1 Corinthians 12, Paul
recognized the great diversity of
gifts, varieties of service, and
ways of working, but emphasized
again and again that there was but
one Spirit, one Lord, one God as
source of that diversity. Instead of
being separated by our variety of
gifts, we are united by our common
source.
Paul emphasized that all the
gifts given to us from this common
source are intended, not just for
the enjoyment of the few, but to
employ for “the common good.”
Thus, if you have a spiritual gift
from God it is for the purpose of
helping someone else. And, in fact,
everyone is given some gift that is
needed for “the common good.” To
be sure, some gifts are more
spectacular, some more rare, but
all of us are given something to
contribute to others. So, just as we
are one in the Source of our gifts,
so we are also one in our need for
each other’s gift.
STILL MORE EXCELLENT
If you must contend over what is
the highest of all God’s gifts, says
Paul to the Corinthians, then
concentrate on that which is “a
still more excellent way’’-the
peerless gift. For, without this gift,
all other gifts are useless. And
what is this gift that is higher than
tongues, prophetic powers, the
understanding of all mysteries,
and faith that can move moun
tains? The answer: love-the love
that puts all these gifts at the
disposal of others.
For the person who has
everything else, love is still the
best of all gifts. For without it, they
have nothing.
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