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OPINION
The Dutchman In Us
In Lancaster Farming Territory,
we’re often accused of being
“dutcfaman”. Those who use this
term often mean to imply that we
are a little slow to take on modern
things and ideas. Backward is the
word they use. Some of us still
farm with horses. And even if we
farm with modem equipment we
still get a bit giddy from the fast
pace of modem society.
The assistant to the state
secretary of agriculture John
Nikoloff last week called us
fiscally conservative. You can be
sure he was being respectful when
he said it. Nikoloff was simply
saying that because of our dut
chman characteristics we didn’t
get ourselves under as big a debt
load as some of our midwestem
brothers did. This hesitancy to go
into things in a big way has paid off
for a lot of us farmers during this
time of deflation.
And we are noted for our bam
raisings. When a farmer has a
disaster his neighbors come and
help him build up again. If a fire
destroys a bam, the loss is soon
forgotten because of the neigb
borliness of those persons in the
community who come help restore
the structure. If a farmer becomes
ill, his neighbors will move in and
take care of the farming operation
until the afflicted person has
recovered.
And if there is a drought-.
Farm Calendar
Saturday, August 2
Performance Tested Ham and
Invitational Ewe Sale, State
College.
Western Pennsylvania Cham
pionship Holstein Show,
SykesviUe, Jefferson County, 9
a.m.
Bradford County Holstein Picnic at
Ron Kline’s.
Clinton County Fair, Mill Hill;
continues through Aug. 9.
Master Farmer’s Association
Summer Picnic, Frederick, Md.
Contact Marion Deppen at 814-
863-0331.
Grand Squares Dance, East
Petersburg Fireball, 8 p.m.
Cumberland County 4-H Horse
Roundup, Long Acres Show
Ring.
Sunday, August 3
Berks County Dairy Fest, Grings
Mill Rec Area, 1:30 p.m.
Warren County Fair; continues
through Aug. 9.
Transfer Harvest Home Fair,
Greenville; continues through
Aug. 9.
Union County West End Fair,
Laurelton; continues through
Aug. 9.
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One of the beautiful happenings
that has covered national
agriculture in the last several
weeks is the outpouring of sym
pathy from farmers who have been
abundantly blessed with rain to
those farmers in other parts of the
country who have not been so
blessed. You might call it a
national bam raising. At least the
principle of helping ones neighbor
in time of need is evident.
National secretary of
agriculture Richard Lyng when he
visited Lancaster Farming
Territory this week spoke with
quiet amazement at the “out
pouring of volunterism” that has
been expressed since the USDA set
up the drought disaster hotline.
The first day the telephone an
swering service was available 900
calls were received. Of this huge
number of calls Lyng reported that
most of the calls offering to help
came from Lancaster Farming
Territory. That’s great.
But because of our natural
dutchman characteristics, we’re
not too surprised. Individual
farmers, farm organizations,
agribusiness and government
agencies all have joined hands to
help those who are hurting. And
because of this we can’t help but
think there must be a little bit of
dutchmanism in all of our farmers
and friends in Lancaster Farming
Territory.
Warren County Fair, Pittsfield;
continues through Aug. 9.
Lycoming County Farmer’s
Association annual family
picnic, Trout Pond Park,
Muncy, 1 p.m. Bring a covered
dish.
Potter County Fair; continues
through Aug. 9.
Bedford County Fair, Bedford;
continues through Aug. 9.
Butler County Farm Show, Butler;
continues through Aug. 9.
Green County Fair, Waynesburg;
continues through Aug. 9.
Wayne County Fair, Honesdale;
continues through Aug. 10.
State 4-H Achievement Days, Penn
State; continues through Aug. 6.
Ephrata Young Farmers
Educational Tour; continues
through Aug. 6. For information
call Samuel Martin, 733-7713.
York County Vegetable Growers
Twilight Meeting, RITC Farm,
east of EmigsviUe, 7 p.m. to
dusk.
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Monday, August 4
Tuesday, August 5
NOW IS
THE TIME
By Jay Irwin
Lancaster County Agriculture Agent
To Attend Ag Progress Days
Most farmers do not need much
prodding to visit an agricultural
show whether it is in the county or
halfway across the state.
Each year thousands of people
have jammed Penn State
University’s Rock Springs
Agricultural Research Center,
nine miles west of Boalsburg on
Route 45, to attend the Annual Ag
Progress Days. The dates are
August 19 to 21. Activities will start
at 9 a.m. and end at 5 p.m. each
day.
This year’s show should be one of
the biggest and best ever. The
theme of this year’s event, “Water
Quality And Your Life,” is very
fitting with the concerns for safe
drinking water. Since 1984, almost
half a million Pennsylvanians,
including 125,000 in the first four
months of this year, have had to
boil their drinking water.
Wednesday, August 6
Lancaster Conservation District
Board Meeting.
Carlisle Fair, Carlisle; continues
through Aug. 9.
Tioga County Fair, Whitneyville;
continues through Aug. 12.
Thursday, August 7
Pa. Christmas Tree Growers
annual meeting, Sheraton Inn,
Wexford.
Farm City Day, Penn Square,
Reading, 10;30a.mto3p.m.
Huntingdon County Extension
Executive Committee Meeting,
8 p.m., Extension Meeting
Room.
Cumberland County 4-H Dairy
Roundup, Carlisle Fairgrounds,
Carlisle.
Friday, August 8
Lancaster County Poultry Queen
Contest, Farm and Home
Center.
Chester County 4-H Swine Show,
New Holland Sales Stables,
New Holland.
Bradford County 4-H County
Council, 4-H Building, Troy,
7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Augusts
Eastern Pennsylvania Cham
pionship Holstein Show, Kutz
town Fairgrounds, Berks
County, 10 a.m.
Bradford County Holstein Junior
Club, Blueberry Festival at
Gary Kelleys.
Adams County Poultry Queen
Contest, 6 p.m., Dobbin House
Restaurant, Gettysburg.
Chester County 4-H Swine Sale,
New Holland, 9 a.m.
Old-fashioned horse pull, Wayne
County Fair, County
Fairgrounds, Honesdale, 1 p.m.
Wayne County Fair Livestock
Auction, Fairgrounds, 7 p.m.
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More than 300 commercial
companies will be exhibiting their
products for home, farming and
country living. Take a day out of.
your busy schedule (you’ve earned
it) and plan to attend Ag Progress
Days. There is no parking or ad
mission charge.
To Observe Poultry Month
The Lancaster County Com
missioners have proclaimed
August as Poultry Month. So, this
is a good time to reflect on the
impact of this important industry
has on the economy of Lancaster
County. Poultry products in
Lancaster County provide
nourishment for over 6 million
people. The value of the poultry
products sold totaled over $167
million. It is estimated that nearly
10,000 people are employed in the
many different areas of the poultry
industry in Lancaster County.
The industry is strong because of
the dedicated, well-managed
poultry farms along with the
highly efficient and supportive
allied industry. Eggs and poultry
meat are two of the most
nourishing foods in your health
diet. Let’s be supportive of this
important part of our agricultural
economy during Poultry Month.
To Communicate With Legislators
How long has it been since you,
as a farmer, have been in contact
with your senator, congressman,
or representive?
I’m afraid that too many of us
are reluctant to inform our
legislators how we feel on certain
issues. Yet we expect them to
represent us and support
SHAME IS
A VIRTUE
August?, 1986
Background Scripture: Ezekiel 36.
Devotional Reading: Ezekiel
34:11-16.
When I was a little boy, if
someone said to me, “For
shame!,” my reaction was
predictable; my head would tilt
forward, my eyes would be
lowered, my mouth turned down
and my upper lip stuck out just a
big. The word “shame” alone
could produce a look of shame on
my face. There was nothing unique
about my reaction: most children
tend to react that way. It is not
hard to make a child feel em
barrassed, and shame is just an
acute sence of embarrassment.
As we get older, however, many
of us lose some or all of our
Sunday, August 10
McKean County Fair; continues
through Aug. 17.
Huntingdon County Fair, Hun
tingdon; continues through
Aug. 16.
Washington County Agricultural
Fair, Washington; continues
through Aug. 16.
Delaware State Grange Picnic,
Wright’s Meadows, near
Reliance, 2 p.m.
Monday, August 11
South-Central Pa. Championship
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legislation to our satisfaction.
It often has been said that far
mers do not make enough “noise”
when it comes to agricultural
legislation. This is no doubt true,
but it should not be that way.
You have heard the phrase, “the
wheel that squeaks the loudest gets
the grease.” I feel that too many
times those who sound off the
loudest do not represent the
majority views of our farmers.
Don’t hesitate to be on good
terms with your elected officials;
they will appreciate your opinions
and it will help them with their
major decisions.
To Be Aware Of The Pollen Count
The “hay fever” season is here.
Despite its name, “hay” is not
normally the cause of hay fever.
Ragweed is the chief cause. Ninety
percent of all allergic reactions to
grass and weed pollens are due to
ragweed.
Hay fever is a seasonal disease.
It’s a disease that many people
tend to minimize despite the fact
that one out of every three suf
ferers develop its serious form -
chronic asthma.
In Lancaster County it is
widespread from early August
through September when the weed
flowers. The best way to destroy
ragweed over large areas is by
using a weed spray such as 2,4-D.
Cutting the plant low, near the
roots is recommended for small
areas. The best way to prevent the
spread of ragweed is to keep idle
land covered with grass.
The Cooperative Extension Service is an af
firmative action, equal opportunity educational
institution
capacity for shame. We learn to
cover over those feelings of
vulnerability or at least drive them
deep into the unconscious where
the reaction is less visable, if often
more dangerous. And most of us
regard this development as a
desired one: no one likes to feel
shame and it is more comfortable
without it.
LOATHED DEEDS
But comfort is not always the
healthiest condition. Although a
sense of shame that is too deep can
be harmful to our physical and
emotional well-being, too, little
sensitivity to shame can also be a
problem. The fact is, a balanced
sense of shame is a good thing, a
necessary thing, in our lives
because it helps us to recognize our
failures, sins and mistakes. There
are times when we need to be
ashamed of what we have done or
not done, said or not said, been or
not been. For, out of shame grows
the possibility of repentance and
out of repentance rises the
possibility of pardon and renewal.
Sin is tragic enough by itself, but
to sin without a sensitivity to our
wrongdoing can be spiritually very
dangerous, perhaps even fatal.
Shame is what can prevent sin
from becoming, not just an oc
casional act, but a continuing fact.
When the prophet Ezekiel
promised the exiled people of
Israel that they would be renewed
and restored, he also assured them
that their sense of shame would be
restored as well; “Then you will
remember your evil ways and your
deeds that were not good; and you
will loathe yourself for your
iniquities and your abominable
deeds” (36:31). There would be no
point in renewing these people if
their sense of shame were not to be
restored as well.
AHEARTOFSTONE
The people of Israel had been
sinning so long and so deeply that
they had lost their sense of shame
their hearts had figuratively
turned to stone. They could con
tinue to sin because, having denied
their feelings of shame so long,
they no longer had a deep sense of
right and wrong. Thus, prophesied
Ezekiel, “I will take out of your
flesh the heart of stone and give
you a heart of flesh” (36:26), a
hear that can feel and know the
spiritual pain of displeasing our
Lord.
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