AlO-Lancattor Farming, Saturday, July 5,1986
OPINION
God Bless America
Even though we complain about
many things that could be better in
America, yet we’re still glad we
live in a land where we have the
right to complain. Farm profits
should be higher. Expenses lower.
But we’re not tied to a caste or
class system that limits us from
rising above our problems. We can
get an education. We can change
jobs if we want to. We can sell our
products and services to the
highest bidder. The government
does not the control newspapers,
magazines and TV newscasts. In
addition, we can belong to the
political party of our choice, and
we can decide which farm
organization and cooperatives will
get our support. And we can go to
church and take our families with
us.
This weekend the entire country
will be celebrating the 100th bir
thday of the Statue of Liberty. She
hardly shows her age, however,
thanks to the much publicized
facelift. New York City her home
since she arrived from France, is
30 YEARS AGO
-Fifteen registered holsteins
from Lancaster County are finding
a new home in Guatemala this
week. Elvin Hess, Jr. of Strasburg
explained that a new market for
Lancaster County holsteins may
have opened. This is the first ex
port shipment from the Garden
Spot according to the Lancaster
County Holstein Association
president. The animals were
trucked to Miami and flown by
commercial airlines to Central
America across the Gulf of
Mexico.
-Around Washington Boro it’s
tomato time as the 1956 crop of
green pack tomatoes moves into
tiie surrounding market areas. The
Washington Boro Tomato Growers
Cooperative Association was
boxing the tomatoes for the nearby
markets.
-The Lancaster County
Vegetable Growers will be hosting
the Pennsylvania Vegetable
Growers tour through Lancaster
County next week. Local growers
are invited and urged to join the
tour. This tour, according to Harry
S. Sloat, Associate County Agent,
is sponsored by the Pennsylvania
Vegetable Growers Association
and the Agricultural Extension
Service. The tour assembles at
Amos Funk’s farm and proceeds to
Clyde Eshleman’s farm, Funk
Brothers Farm and Wilmer Ruhl
farm. Final stop on the tour is the
Paul Rowe farm at Strasburg.
-The Ayrshire Dairy herd of
Spring Mill Farm at Malvern has
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planning a major celebration.
Those festivities will be on view
across the nation via television and
will no doubt be the focal point for
many i Independence Day ac
tivities.
From the local pageants and
fireworks to the millions who
gather at the New York harbor,
we’ll remember again how great it
is to live in America and when the
last fireworks explode into the
night and we return to our homes
protected by the laws of the
democratic system, the strains of
our national hymn will move in our
hearts.
God Bless America,
Land That I love,
Stand Beside Her and Guide Her
Through The Night With A Light
From Above
From The Mountains,
To The Prairies,
To The Oceans White With Foam,
God Bless America,
My Home, Sweet Home.
God Bless America,
My Home, Sweet Home.
THIS WEEK
achieved top recognition during
recent months with outstanding
production of 57 cows that are
credited with averaging 889 lbs. of
milk and 4.2 per cent fat and 37 lbs.
of butterfat which placed them
among the nation’s top Ayrshire
herds in the nation.
-Pike County and Mercer
County have become Brucellosis
free according to agricultural
secretary, William L. Henning.
-Hartford County, Maryland
and York County, Pennsylvania
farmers have been advised that a
fox that attacked cattle in the
Fawn Grove, Pennsylvania
community showed signs of rabies.
Dick Reynolds, a saw mill operator
killed the fox and Dr. Thomas W.
Brown, Fawn Grove Veterinarian
sent the head to the Maryland
Health Department where the
rabies diagnosis was made.
-A twilight meeting to be held in
the interest of dairy herd im
provement will be held at the
Wilbur Pollock farm located 3/4 of
a mile west of The Buck. This
meeting sponsored by the
Southeastern Pennsylvania Ar
tificial Breeders Co-op, will be
highlighted with Harvey
Schaeffer, Dairy Specialist of the
Pennsylvania State University, as
the main speaker.
-The United States Department
of Agriculture announced this
week that on the basis of the July 1,
1956 parity price for wheat, the
national average support price for
this year’s crop will be $2.00 per
bushel.
NOW IS
THE TIME
By Jay Irwin
Lancaster County Agriculture Agent
To Plan Your
Herd Feeding Program
The dry conditions in this part of
the state is developing a short
supply of hay. In fact the dry
conditions in some of the southern
states has created a serious hay
shortage in those areas. This will
be felt in the market place as
prices edge upward.
You should be reviewing the
situation on your farm; if hay is in
short supply, then consider culling
the low producers. When you
review the farm records it will be
apparent that you cannot afford to
feed expensive hay to poor
producers.
Many farmers from the south
are in the area now looking for hay.
They know it will be more ex
pensive later as the dry weather
continues. So, take a good look at
the situation on your farm and
determine the best course of ac-
Hickory Ridge Antique Farm
Show, Horace Potter residence,
Route 113, Milford, Del.;
continues through July 6. For
information, call 302-422-9308.
Youth Institute, PAFC, Juniata
College; continues through July
Summer Youth Camp, Pa. Far
mers Union, Camp Kanesataki;
continues through July 10.
Berks County Youth Conservation
Leadership Program, Camp
Joy; continues through July 11.
Pa. Lamb and Wool Crafts
Festival, Penn State Ag Arena,
continues through July 10.
Central Pa. Judging Contest
School; continues through July
9, Huntingdon County, noon to
noon.
Pa. State Lamb Cook-off Contest,
10 a.m. to noon.
Adams County fruitgrowers
meeting, Rice Fruit Co.
Delegate Meeting, Milk Marketing
Inc., Ohio State University.
NY Farm Bureau Dairy Policy
Forum, Mornsville College,
Morrisville, NY.
4-H Regional Achievement Day,
Juniata Valley Elementary
School, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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THEN YOU HEAD BACK OUT TO WORK
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tion.
To Control Canada Thistle
Canada thistles are listed as a
noxious weed in Pennsylvania;
this means they should be con
trolled and not allowed to go to
seed. Too often we see what some
people call “summer snowflakes”
floating through the air; these are
not snowflakes but thistle seeds.
We should insist that these be
mowed or sprayed to prevent seed
formation.
Most townships have noxious
weed ordinances to prevent the
spread, from farm to farm, of
Canada thistles and other noxious
weeds. These ordinances should be
enforced for the best interest of all
farmers. You can spot spray with
Banvel for control. Be sure to
follow all label instructions. We
urge everyone to do something
about this problem.
To Be Aware of
Feeding New Grain
The barley harvest is nearly
completed and some farmers may
be considering using this new grain
in their feeding program. Feeding
new grains to livestock is possible
under very careful management.
If fed in too large amounts,
digestive disorders such as
bloating and scouring may occur.
We suggest that the grain be
allowed to go through a two-week
curing period before being fed.
Then it should be included into the
grain ration at a slow rate 10 to
20 percent.
Barley is a popular livestock
feed and is a good substitute for
corn. In a week or two wheat will
Thursday, July 10
Western Judging School, Crawford
County; continues through July
11, noon to noon.
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OLD COVENANT
LIVING
July 6,1986
Background Scripture: Jeremiah
31.
Devotional Reading: Jeremiah 30;
18-22.
One of the truly high moments in
the Old Testament is in Jeremiah
31 when, through the prophet
Jeremiah, God says, “I will make
a new covenant with the house of
Israel and the house of Judah”
(31:31). And, of course, if you look
on the title page of your New
Testament, you may find these
words, “The New Covenant
commonly called The New
Testament.”
What makes Jeremiah 31: 31-34
such a high moment in the Old
Testament is not just that the term
“new covenant” is carried over
into the New Testament, but that
the principle is at the heart of the
be ready and should also be fed
with care. Again, it should be
allowed several weeks to cure
before feeding. Wheat is not used
as much for feeding purposes
because of the digestive problems.
Smaller amounts in the ration,
compared to barley, are
suggested. Barley and wheat can
be used as livestock feeds, but need
special care when mixing in
livestock rations.
Top Use Caution
When Shipping Hogs
Far too many hogs are fed up to
market weight each year only to be
lost because of careless hauling
during hot weather.
There are ways to prevent these
losses. Whenever it’s possible, haul
these hogs to market early or late
in the day when it’s the coolest.
Avoid mid-day or early afternoon
trips. That’s when temperatures
are the worst.
While the hogs are being loaded
onto the trucks, take things easy.
Don’t hurry them. If you do, they’ll
just become overheated. And, to
make sure they can be comfortable
in the truck, use wet sand for
bedding. Don’t use straw or other
materials that hold heat and fail to
help cool the animals.
Once the animals are loaded,
start right then for the market
and go directly to the market
without stopping. Take these few
precautions and you’ll market all
your hogs instead of just some of
them.
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message of Jesus
I will put my law within them, and I will
write it upon their hearts; and I will be
their God, and they shall be my people.
And no longer shall each man teach his
neighbor and each his brother, saying,
“Know the Lord," for they shall all know
me...
UPON THE HEART
Essentially, the religion of Jesus
was the law written upon the heart
rather than the law written on
scrolls and in books. As Jesus had
to point out time and time again,
his purpose was not to do away
with the laws of Israel, but to go
beyond them. In contrast to the
Judaism of his day, Jesus offered a
religion of the heart and the per
sonal encounter with God. This is
what Jeremiah had prophecied
some 500 years before the coming
of Christ and this was the new
covenant which the early Church
offered in place of the old covenant
of legalism.
Christians like to emphasize this
superiority of the new covenant
over the old. How strange, then,
that while we celebrate God’s
giving of the new covenant in Jesus
Christ, we fashion our Christianity
on the old covenant, as if the new
had never been given, as if the
prophecy of Jeremiah were still
waiting for fulfillment. What I
mean by that is that for many
people, Christianity is still a
legalistic approach to life. We not
only still live by religious laws and
rules, but we spend a lot of our
time proclaiming the superiority of
our rules over those of others who
are just as certain that their rules
are the “truly Christian” way.
NOLONGER
How wonderful to proclaim that
God will put his law within us and
write it upon our hearts. But many
of us do not trust for God to do so.
We are unwilling to trust our own
hearts and even less willing to
trust the hearts of others. So,
despite what we find in Jeremiah
31:34 “And no longer shall each
man teach his neighbor and each
his brother ...” we are still
saying to each other, “Know the
Lord.” And what we mean is not
only “Know the Lord,” but “Know
the Lord. . .my way!"
It matters little that Christ
brought us a new covenant to
supercede the old if, in fact, our
religion is still pretty much old
covenant living.
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