On being ----- a a farm wife -And Joyce Bupp " Good grief! Can it really be? Just when I was finally getting in the groove of writing 1986, instead of 1985, on checks and correspondence, now it’s time to reprogram the old brain again. With past history in mind, by about September the use of 1987 will begin to feel comfortable. Is it indicative of aging or too many committments and too few days that time flies by so much faster with each passing year 9 Remember how long it once BEST BUY of the YEAR • 6” Steel Main Beam • 2” Vertical Tubing Drilled so that the 1” Horizontal tubing extends Full Length of Wagon • Front-Side and Rear Loading and Unloading • 2xB Pressure Treated Lumber Floor • 2x6 Oak Cross Beams • Beds are 8’ wide, available in 16, 18 or 21’ lengths. Racks are 90” high. • NEW FEATURE: 6” Channel across back for pushing wagon without damaging bed. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CALL YOUR LOCAL DEALER: LOST CREEK IMPLEMENT Oakland Mill, PA 717-463-2161 MELROSE FARM SERVICE Greencastle, PA 717-597-3138 KELLER BROS. Lebanon, PA 717-949.6501 OtINKLE & GREIB Mill Hall, PA 717-726-3115 WAITER G. COALE, INC Churchville, MD 301-734-7722 CLW MANUFACTURING, INC. seemed to take for Christmas or vacations to arrive? Now, it almost seems as if our lives have been shoved into -“fast forward,” like kids do with VCR’s to get to the good parts of the movie. But enough of that. It’s the little things that count, we often hear. And, that can be good little things that cheer us up, or small irritations which snag a day or a mood. “Warm fuzzies” the good little things that boost a day are sometimes called. Or TOBIAS EQUIPMENT CO., INC. Halifax, PA 717-362-3132 NORTHEAST DISTRIBUTING West Clifford. Pa. 717-222-9020 VALLEY IMPLEMENT SALES Harrisonburg, VA 703-434-9961 CHAMBERSBURG FARM SUPPLY Chambersburg, PA 717-264-3533 Manufactured By R.D. #2, Box 8 Newburg, Pa. 17240 717-423-6794 “cold pnckhes,” nasty in it aliens that otherwise snarl a good ‘Vein .g For 1987, it would be nice to do away with some too familiar “cold pricklies.” (Or “pwickwies” as our youngest called them years ago when they covered this subject in kindergarten.) Like nasty lightning storms. Broken fences and heifers in lush corn. Flat tires. Splinters. Ballpoint pens which leak ink all over your fingers or clothes Thread which snags and balls up under the sewing machine plate. Envelopes which don’t stick. Drawers that do. Boots with an unseen rip in them that turns up when I turn the hose on to wash them off. Socks with holes in the toes. And one of the worst “cold pricklies” of just this past year: a recorded message which greeted me one day when I answered the phone, and asked ME to hold. What I did to the phone receiver might have been considered a pricklie by the phone company. Cabbage worms and flies. Running wallets through the laundry. Dust. Weeds with thorns Having my precious house and OXFORD GREENLINE, INC. Oxford, PA 215-932-2753 PAUL SHOVER’S. INC. Loysville, PA 717-789-3117 A.B.C. GROFF New Holland, PA 717-354-4731 CARLISLE FARM SERVICE Carlisle, PA 77-243-4419 CLARK’S FARM SUPPLY Williamsport, PA 717-494-0060 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 27,1986-B5 tools snagged for barn and farm use. But I'd rather dwell on the “warm fuzzies.” An unexpected call from a friend. Chocolate candy. The warmth of the woodstove on an icy morning. Flowers of any kind. And the brilliance of the sunshine in the greenhouse against a snowy landscape. Laughing little children. The smells of fresh mown hay, pine trees, clean, freshly laundered sheets, and brownies baking in the oven. Canada geese resting over on the pond. Having Rhett, the tiger cat, curl up on my lap. Wind chimes. Black and white cows con- York Student Wins Daily Scholarship YORK A 17-year-old Penn sylvania student, who has raised and shown both Holstein and Jersey dairy cows, has been named one of six national winners in the 4-H dairy program. Sue Eisenhart, Rl, Thomasville, received a $l,OOO scholarship from American Cyanamid Co. and Land 0 Lakes, Inc., the program sponsors. Selected by the Cooperative Extension Service, the winners were presented with their awards during the 65th National 4-H Congress in Chicago, earlier this month. Awards are arranged by National 4-H Council. Eisenhart, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rodney and Sara Eisenhart, is a junior at Spring yli&Zr*' • HUSKY "unequalei for strength & durability” Imiilktm ** Hrs - 7 DayS A Week Re,r, B eration service SiksAni Service 505 E. Woods Drive (717) 626-1151 POLYVINYL P.V.C. 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The York County girl’s first calf was a Holstein. “We were buddies and learned to show together,” the 4-H’er said. “However, the calf grew too fast and by the second year I couldn’t see the judge over her back. So enter the Jersey breed. My mother felt it would be better for me to show a smaller animal. Her new dairy animal, Daisy, turned out to be a winner. “She has topped our Dairy Herd Im provement Association test on our farm several times. This is a large Holstein herd with 100 animals housed in a free-stall bam and a bunk feeder.” toll Us For An Fsfimte Today/ REPLACEMENT CHAIN & PARTS FOR ALMOST ALL MAKES OF CLEANERS 100’s Of Uses lAW MAI Taking the milker off the last WHY PAY MORE! Lititz, PA 17543 lAL PA 17557
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