814-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 16,1986 1 -And Joyce Bnpp Home, someone once said, is where they have to take you in when you go there. Or something to that effect. Who first phrased that philosophy I’d hate to have to guess. But it’s generally a valid one. At home, we’re pretty much loved and accepted, sometimes in spite of ourselves. Even animals can sense that. Case in point... Last week, we emptied the dairy bam manure storage pit. This entails a sort of “blending” process, in which our stirring and loading auger is backed into the pit, and vigorously chums the contents. It’s a necessary preliminary step to the actual emptying process, since the manure waste flows in from the bottom, allowing a fairly rigid crust to form on top. While that crust helps contain odors and provides a handly place for birds to snag insects and cats oc casionally to snag birds it doesn’t flow very handily into a liquid spreader. Blending mixes the harder crust fir 223442 ANNOUNCING Price Reduction 2 Year Warranty Available dm-. P 0 ”* P«> cqupmenl (717) 354-4241 (717) 667-6504 (609) 228-4702 Whoa You Buy, Think Pouter Pro with the liquified contents beneath, so the whole business can be pumped out into the tank. And let me assure you even dairy farm families are never thrilled about the inevitable odors this necessary, periodic, job of livestock farming generates. But at least the odor usually retreats a bit overnight when the stirring and hauling shuts down. It was while I was sitting and tying my sneakers, still about half asleep that morning, that 1 spied on the kitchen floor tell-tale fresh drops of liquid manure. But why? At this early hour? No one was hauling the stuff; and regular dairy bam “droppings” on the kitchen floor usually arrive in clumps of sawdust, straw, etc. The farmer’s arrival for breakfast shed a bit of light on the drops. A strong liquid manure odor had assaulted him as he hit the bottom of the stairs on his way to the morning milking. And, while it was still plenty dark in the kitchen, there was just enough light for him to see a small body shaking Itself Performance Leader new holland, pa 17557 780 east main street milroy, pa 17063 p.o. box 567 - route 322 deptford, nj 08096 514 elm st. at route 41 off in the middle of the floor. He put the puzzle together in an instant: a cat had fallen into the manure pit. And not just any cat, naturally. This was loveable, tiger-striped, half-house-cat Rhett, who had fled to the house for comfort and consolation, after taking an ob viously unexpected plunge in the stirred, uncrusted pit. After eating, Rhett loves nothing more than being hugged or cud dled. And, comfort-loving pet that he is, Rhett learned long ago how to paw open the basement screen door. The farmer found him highly un huggable at that early morning hour, needless to say. The cat got a quick invite to the outside. When the poor, dripping, forlorn critter was back eyeing the basement door moments later, man opted to lend beast a hand. On his way to the dairy barn, he snagged the smelly, dripping cat and dunked him into a bucket of water in the greenhouse to remove the sticky pit residue. It was hours before the cat showed his furry face around the house that day. But, when he did get up enough courage to wiggle back into the kitchen, he looked his normal, beautifully-groomed, striped self. At least until you came within a foot of sniffing distance. A lap cat he wasn’t, not for a couple of days, Sm Us At Ag Progress Daysl ' "KENCOVE " CRIMPING TOOL 4 Slot—s4B.oo Cl 2 Crimping Sleeve, 14 gauge $6 50/100 C 23 Crimping Sleeve, 12 1 /* gauge $9 00/100 |CE|COVE NEW ZEALAND TYPE HIGH-TENSILE FENCE STRONG • LASTING ECONOMICAL 412 459 8991 f' V-T JM" KENCOVE T - 111 Kendall Lane , Blairsville. PA 15717 Get a "Super" Deal On aStihl® Super! Model 028 (717) 665-2407 anyway. . , He generally shuns his bedroom In retrospect, the individual who t » s bard ( 0 find a bed j n a landfill, really lucked out, though, was the youngest offspring of this family. (Turn to Page B 15) ATTENTION! (©*' oo ° A mm flgf^ffloster THE SILAGE INOCULANT THAT BEATS THEOTH 1 More palatable, "sweeter" fei 2. Greater uniformity in dry matl content. 3. Higher daily consumption. _ Result: You get a better milk-to-fi ratio because a better silage ratii allows your top cows to: 1. Reach their lactation peak fas! 2. Peak higher. 3. Sustain a longer lactation peal See You At Ag Progress Da LAWN & GARDEN DEPARTMENT $394.95 Extra Special! Chain Saw Case *lO.OO Extra With Purchase Of Saw! Hurry, Quantities Are Limitedi (Normally $29.95) ~~ J Buy 10 Packages... Get ONE PACKAGE FREE!! ★ Offer Good Thru August CALL YOUR MADISON SILO DEALER OR: HL SAW /save\ p»/ LUNG CHAIN SAW LIMITED QUANTITY > ELM, PA 095
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