AlO-Laucaster Fanning, Saturday, December 13,1986
OPINION
Dairy Of Distinction Says
This Is Where Milk Comes From
In the Dairy of Distinction
program we have a unique op
portunity to take advantage of the
consumers’ already developed
nostalgia for the farm. Deep in
side, the general public knows
their roots are in the soil. And
intuitively the public senses they
can’t long continue to suck the life
blood out of the farm with below
cost food prices. People empathize
with farmers. And they like the
farm.
So to recognize farms that keep
their homesteads beautiful and
give a good impression to all milk
drinkers who drive past the farm is
an excellent idea. This gives us
another opportunity to put pictures
(both word and photo) of nice
looking farms into the public eye
via the public media. Soon local
district committees in Penn
sylvania will be named and will
meet to get the program under
way. If you are asked to serve on a
committee, by all means take the
opportunity to serve your fellow
neighbors and the positive outlook
this program gives to dairy far
mers.
While the program is low budget,
Pennsylvania now has its own
treasurer to accommodate those
persons and organizations who
have a concern that milk
promotional moneys get used only
in Pennsylvania. With the state
organization in place, we can begin
our own program here and still
Dear Editor:
A well-known picture that I am
sure most of us have seen is of an
elderly man with his head bowed
saying grace for a small loaf of
bread and a glass of water. Yet
today I read in the Lancaster
Farming that they have collected
nearly $95,000 beef tax in Penn
sylvania alone.
The pork tax must have been at
least half that much. Yet at this
time of giving I have yet to see one
ad that says “this year give beef or
pork”. And if you think for one
minute elderly people don’t ap
preciate this type of gift, we have
done it for years.
Dear Editor:
My brother is a subscriber of this
newspaper and 1 read your
"Farmers Almanac” where you
answer inquiries on different
subjects.
I would appreciate it if you or
any of the readers could please
send me some simple and easy
intructions how to make plain,
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retain communication ties in the
larger northeast regional
organization. The chance to talk
across state and organizational
lines is one of the important con
tributions this program can make
to the dairy industry. When people
work together, they get together.
We have an excellent precedent
to follow in New York state. Their
program has been in operation
long enough to recognize more
than 300 farm. They have the
“bugs” worked out of the program.
And farmers who have received
the honor feel a sense of usefulness
in promoting milk right at home.
These farmers often share a
comradeship with fellow farm
family winners. And when they
decide to sell the farm, they often
mention on the sale bill that their
farm is recognized as a Dairy of
Distinction.
Since Pennsylvania has 10
districts and each district will be
allowed to recognize ap
proximately 10 farms each year,
we would expect that by May of
1967, we will have 100 pretty dairy
farms in Pennsylvania with at
tractive signs along state roads
and super highways that say,
“This farm has been designated a
Dairy of Distinction by our fellow
neighboring dairymen. Our pretty
farm is the kind of place where
your milk comes from.”
Well, the signs don’t say all of
that. But that’s what they mean.
FARM FORUM
lUR READERS WRITE
I have found clothes, ties,
cologne and pins left after
everyone went home, but I have
yet to have anyone forget their
meat or eggs. It would be better
yet to buy $150,000 worth of ground
beef and sausage and give it away
because I am sure the people who
write our ads are eating lobster
and caviar. Then maybe next year
we will find a picture of an elderly
person with a loaf of bread and a
glass of water and a small piece of
meat.
sturdy brooms from home-grown
broom corn.
I feel that possibly someone in
the Lancaster area knows how to
make brooms at home, and I hope
they would share this information
or advise where I can obtain it.
Thank You,
Ben G. Housman
Middletown, PA
Sincerely,
Miss Maria Sliiva
Lehighton
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By Jay Irwin
Lancaster County Agriculture Agent
To Sort Tobacco
Tobacco stripping is underway
in this part of the state and many
hours will be spent removing the
leaves from the stalk. The days of
special handling and sizing seems
to be over; however, it is still very
important that growers sort the
injured and ground leaves from the
good tobacco. This will be required
if the crop is being sold on grade.
With some “pull off’ crops this is
less important. On the other hand,
growers should be fair enough to
sort out the undesirable leaves. If
this is not done, the buyer will be
unhappy and look elsewhere for
tobacco supplies. Some sorting is
necessary with every crop
regardless of the method of selling.
To Check
Bam Ventilation
Proper ventilation of all types of
Farm
Calendar
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Saturday, December 13
Pa. Flying Fanner Christmas
Party, 6 p.m., Belleville
Mennonite School.
Sunday, December 14
Farmland Preservation Break
fast, Family Style Restaurant,
2323 Lincoln Highway East, 6
a.m. to 1 p.m.
Tuesday, December 16
Rutgers Pest Control Conference;
field, forage and vegetables,
Quality Inn, U.S. Route 1, North
Brunswick; continues
tomorrow.
Ephrata Area Young Farmers’
Association Christmas party,
7:30 p.m., Ephrata Junior High
School.
Wednesday, December 17
13th Annual Mid-Atlantic No-Till
Conference, York County
Fairgrounds.
Friday, December 19
Keystone Shepherds Forum,
Ramada Inn, Somerset; con
tinues through Dec. 20.
livestock and poultry buildings is
very important during the winter
months. When the warm,
moisture-laden air is not moved
out of the area, we usually see
condensation on the windows,
walls and ceilings. This is
especially true with little or poor
insulation.
Exhaust fans will move air out,
and protect the building. This time
of year the bams are filled with
livestock; these animals give off
large amounts of body fat. When
condensation occurs, it is a sign
that some attention is needed. In
most cases it is a problem with
ventilation or with insulation.
To Use A
Real Tree For
Christinas
This is the time.of year that most
people are considering the type of
Christmas tree to buy. And I hear
objectives to using real trees as
being wasteful. So let’s take a look
at this situation.
Actually, the Christmas tree
farmer is raising trees as a crop,
and a source of income. This is
much the same as the farmer who
raises wheat, com or soybeans to
sell or use on his own farm.
Christmas trees are raised on land
not suited for other crops not
even pasture land. It’s mostly
rolling land and highly acid.
Also, remember that these
Christmas tree farmers are put
ting this land to good use by con
serving the soil and providing an
excellent water shed. Keep in mind
that Christmas tree farmers have
NOT
“UNTIMELY BORN”
December 14,1986
Background Scripture;
1 Corinthians 15:1-8; Luke 1:1-4;
John 20:30,31;! John 1:1-4.
Devotional Reading;
John 21:24,25.
The Apostle Paul makes a very
curious statement in telling the
church at Corinth about the source
of his Christian experience and
gospel. Speaking of Christ’s ap
pearances to the various disciples,
he concludes, “Last of all, as to one
untimely bom, he appeared also to
me” (1 Cor. 15:8). What did he
mean by “untimely born”?
Scholars are not certain, but it
would seem that his words must be
a reflection upon a criticism that
was almost surely leveled at him:
although he was presuming to
preach the Good News like Christ’s
other disciples, he had, in fact,
come along too late to ever have
known Jesus in the days of his
earthy ministry. How could he
preach with authority when he had
never met, let alone sat as a
disciple of, Jesus Christ?
EYEWITNESSES
Paul’s problem with this is also
our problem. Like him, we are not
what the other disciples of Jesus
most certainly were: eyewit
nesses. Much of what we find in the
gospels is based in some way upon
eyewitness experience. Luke tells
us that his narrative is based upon
the testimony of those “who from
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a very slow turnover in their
capital from the time they plant
the tree till it’s ready for your
living room can be from five to six
years for small trees and 10 to 15
years on the larger trees. Another
fact to consider is there is nothing
like the fresh aroma of a real tree
in your home during the Christmas
season.
To Protect
Trees and Shrubs
Your trees and shrubs will be
able to withstand the winter
conditions in better shape with a
little help from you. Some winter
protection might help save your
valued trees and shrubs.
Thin-barked trees can be
damaged by sunscald in the
winter. That’s why it’s a good idea
to wrap the trunks of such trees as
sugar maple, tulip tree, American
linden, flowering dogwood and
plum. You can wrap them now, but
be sure to take the wrapping off
late next spring. You can use
commercial tree wrapping,
starting at the ground level and
working up the tree, overlapping
about every half inch. Tie the wrap
with twine or use a waterproof tape
several places along the stem.
Smaller ornamentals should be
mulched; this will not keep the soil
from freezing but it helps keep the
soil frozen to prevent root injury
caused by alternate freezing and
thawing of the soil. The mulch
should be loose, but it should stay
where you put it. Shredded bark
does a good job.
the beginning were eyewit
nesses...” (Lk. 1:2) and John says
that his gospel is dependent upon
some of Jesus’s “signs in the
presence of the disciples” (John
20:30). We are dependent, to some
extent, upon the witness that is
passed on to us by those who were
eyewitnesses. So we acknowledge
that our faith rests in part upon
that, as John puts it, “Which we
have heard” (1 John 1:1).
But there can be and must be
more to our faith than what we
have heard from others, important
as that might be. Paul speaks not
only of what the other disciples
have seen of the resurrected
Christ, but also that “he appeared
also to me” (1 Cor. 15:7). Although
Paul had never met Jesus of
Nazareth, he did experience the
Risen Christ on the road to
Damascus—and that, along with
what he had “also received” from
Peter, the twelve and others,
formed the basis of his ministry.
What he heard from others and
what he experienced himself—that
was his authority. And is it not
ours, too.
TO KNOW HIM
Our Christian faith is not to be
founded merely upon what we have
heard from others, important
though that may be. In fact, what
we heard from others is meant to
enable us to experience Christ for
ourselves. The words that the
writer of the Fourth Gospel put
together “were written that you
may believe that Jesus is the
Christ, the Son of God, and that
believing you may have life in his
name” (John 20:31). The gospels
were written, not just so that we
may know about the Christ, but
that we might know him ourselves.
That doesn’t mean that we will
all “know him” in the same way.
Even the disciples whom Paul
referred to had different ex
periences of the Risen Christ and
reported those experiences in
different ways. Although we may
not meet him as Paul did on the
Damascus road, Paul expects that
we will know Christ just as he did.
John also refers to this when he
says, “...that which we have seen
and heard we proclaim also to you,
so that you may have fellowship
with us; and that our fellowship is
with the Father and with his Son
Jesus Christ” (1 John 1:3).
Thus, when it comes to ex
periencing the Christ, no one is
“untimely born.”
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