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By
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Credit Where
The American language is a
frustrating thing. A simple word
that has a certain meaning in one
generation can have a different
meaning in the next. Let’s consider
the word CREDIT, for instance.
I grew up with the understanding
that the word CREDIT meant
giving someone his due. Like, if a
friend does you a favor without
expecting anything in return, you
give him CREDIT for being
generous. Or, a child was given
CREDIT for being smart, or
beautiful, or strong or a football
hero.
CREDIT meant recognition,
honor and merit. An author was
given CREDIT for what he wrote.
A person was a CREDIT to his
school, church or community. Such
a person was trustworthy, reliable,
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and had a good reputation. A
CREDIT to society.
Well, it still means the same
thing, only the word has taken on
another meaning. CREDIT is
something you can earn, not only
in social circles, but in financial
ones as well.
The trouble is, Credit has taken
on a strong financial aura that is
threatening to obscure the broader
implications of the word. CREDIT
has come to be associated with
banks and other money lenders. Its
strongest implications have to do
with money.
You can get plastic credit with
Master Card, Visa, American
Express and Exxon. Sears, Watt
and Shand, Boscovs and Gimbles
all issue plastic credit.
Banks will issue a line of
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CREDIT to anyone solvent enough
to qualify, or to anj one who doesn’t
really need it. You can buy a new
pickup or tractor or even a
vacation to Florida with it.
CREDIT has taken the place of
money in our society.
That leaves me with a flat and
foolish feeling. Credit has no jingle
and no heft to it, and unlike solid
cash, there is no warning when the
pocket gets empty. Alas, that can
get you into trouble. You see,
credit has a way of petering out
just when it’s needed most.
Having no tangible substance,
the only way you know it’s there is
by consulting a well-kept record of
how much is spent and what for. Or
visiting your banker, who might
just be laying in wait behind his
desk to slap a delinquency notice
on you with an “I’m so sorry”
smirk on his face. I’d rather do my
cowering at home in my barn
clothes than get all cleaned up just
to shiver and shake in a plush bank
office.
Now I have to admit that the
financial definition of credit is
valid, sound and appropriate for
our time. In fact, we probably
couldn’t do business without it in
modern society. But by golly, we
had better learn early in life how to
deal with it so it doesn’t disappear
when we need it most.
There are times when the money
lenders fall all over themselves
trying to ply us with more credit
than we actually need. That makes
us feel like zillionnaires, and we go
aspending like there is no bottom
to the pot.
The trouble is, times change, and
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so does the credit line. The end of
the line makes our banker jittery
and gives him a hair-trigger
finger. Breathing gets difficult,
like a fish hauled out of the pond.
Like I said, CREDIT is a real
good word with lots of meaning,
not the least of which is the
Wilson Reaps Bucks
County DHIA Awards
DOYLESTOWN - The Bucks
County Dairy Herd Improvement
Association completed its 63rd
year in 1986 with 48 herds and 2,852
cows on test. These herds produced
a high average of 17,592 pounds of
milk and 636 pounds of fat.
In comparison to the other
county DHIA associations in
Pennsylvania, Bucks County herds
rank second for milk and protein
production and tied for third in fat
production.
Theodore Wilson lead the county
with the high herd for milk, fat and
protein. On 47 cows, the Richboro
dairymen averaged 21,220 pounds
of milk, 755 pounds of fat and 673
pounds of protein.
Willow Ridge Farm of
Buckingham ranked second in the
county for' fat production. The
farm’s 48 Holsteins averaged
19,292 pounds of fat, 742 pounds of
fat and 629 pounds of protein.
Delaware Valley College of
Doylestown reaped four awards at
the annual meeting of the
association. Starting the cascade
of awards for the college, its
Holstein herd earned the second
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financial kind. Teach the kids all of
its meanings, so that they know
what it means to be a credit to the
family, the school, the church, and
the community. And top it off with
a thorough understanding of what
financial credit means and how to
use it properly.
That is real CREDIT-ABILITY.
high honors in the county for milk
and protein production with an
average of 20,883 pounds of milk,
723 pounds of fat and 666 pounds of
protein.
High cow honors for milk
production went to “Astra.”
Owned by Delaware Valley
College, she completed her lac
tation with 28,907 pounds of milk. A
second cow owned by the College
earned the high lifetime fat
production by producing 9,090
pounds.
The final award for the College
was the low Somatic Cell Count.
The three breeds milked at the
College maintained an average
count of 74,200.
Bishcroft Farm owned the top
fat producing cow in the county.
“Julia” produced 1,326 pounds of
fat for the honor. The Fountainville
dairy merited the award for most
unproved herd with a 17 percent
increase.
The lifetime milk production
award went to Walter and David
Wurster’s “Petunia” cow. She
produced 258,179 pounds of milk.
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