AlO-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 11, 1987
OPINION
Now Is The Time
Now half the battle has been
won. The Pennsylvania State
Senate passed the Ag Land
Preservation Bill this week
sponsored by Senator Noah
Wenger. That’s good news for
every friend of agriculture.
why everyone who wants to keep
The major reason the ag land our heritage of balance between
preservation programs were not industry and farming should
effective up to now was because contact their state representatives
there were no funds available to today and tell from of the support
pay the difference between land for House Bill 442.
values for farming and the same If we are going to save our prime
land values for development. The farm land from eternal ruin, now is
Senate bill takes into consideration the time to do it. This generation
that every citizen benefits from holds the opportunity as well as the
open farm land and provides the responsibility for the future of ag
money to do something about it. land preservation in Pennsylvania.
| FARM FORUM our readers write Jj
Editor:
I am in agreement with the
gentleman that says the Co-ops are
for the over-order as they have the
most to gain.
Another article in the same
paper written by Mr. Zuber,
President of RCMA, says the
Northeast is closer to being united
than ever before. United is right,
right into one big Co-op. It seems to
me that they are trying to kick the
independent man right out the
door.
If we sit down and think about
what RCMA is going to do to us:
not for us, we should certainly be
able to see the writing on the wall.
If the Co-op gets control of all the
milk, which is what they want to
do, then they can set the price of
milk being sold to their individual
buyers who will not be able to pay
their prices because they will be so
high - then where will the fanner
be - worse off than we are right
now. Consumers won’t buy the
milk because the price will be too
high so there we are with an over
abundance of milk and no where to
go. I say forget about RCMA and
support the smaller individual
companies. You know it is not
always good to get too BIG.
Editor:
We have enjoyed your fanning
paper for sometime. We’ve had
good results selling items through
your Mailbox Market and through
your classified ads.
We were very disappointed that
John Brockett has retired and will
no longer have a column in your
paper. So you can imagine how
pleased we were to see the an
nouncement of the Penn State
Farm & Dairy Business Seminar.
Many of us should attend the
seminars put on by the professors
at Penn State, but all too often we
are so busy trying to make a
mortgage payment on the farm or
trying to get a crop to market that
there isn’t the time or money for
the education we need so badly.
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Now it’s on to the House ot
Representatives where an almost
identical bill is sponsored by
Representative Samuel Morris.
And while the Sanate passed the
bill unanimously, more opposition
is expected in the House. That’s
By running this material in your
newspaper, we can read it at our
convenience, reread it and save it
to check back on later. This is
better than going to a seminar and
taking reams of notes that are
thrown out in a wastebasket upon
arrival at home.
Thank you so much. It is difficult
to put into words the help we have
received from your good
publication—the articles, livestock
reports, auction notices, hay
market reports, the ads, etc.
Farm Calendar
Saturday, April 11
Maryland State Holstein Show,
State Fairgrounds, Timonium,
Md.,9a.m.
Pa. Jersey Bred Heifer Sale,
Mercer.
McKean County All-Ag Banquet, 7
p.m., Eldred American Legion.
Breakfast Meeting, N.W. Pa.
Sanitarians, Days Inn,
Meadvllle,Ba.m.
Franklin County Conservation
District Director’s Meeting, 8
p.m., Franklin County Con
servation District Office,
Chambersburg.
Graham
Christiana
Schuylkill County Beekeepers
meeting, “Introduction ,to
Beekeeping” video, Farm
Credit Service Building,
Begins, 7 p.m.
PAFC Dinner Meeting, Pat
Leminbach, speaker, VFW,
Venango, 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, April 15
Conewago FFA annual
parent/member banquet, New
Oxford High School, 6:30 p.m.
DOWN TO THE IMPLEMENT
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NOW IS
THE TIME
By Jay Irwin
Lancaster County Agriculture Agent
To Manage
Alfalfa Stands
With nearly every species of
livestock, the feeding of top quality
alfalfa hay or silage is highly
recommended.
At dairy meetings we hear how
good alfalfa is in the ration, and at
sheep meetings we learn that good
alfalfa hay is the backbone of the
ewe feeding program. Alfalfa meal
is often used as a source of protein
•in other rations. It all adds up to
the fact that alfalfa is one of our
most important forage crops.
Every farmer should make a
special effort to produce
maximum yield per acre. This
takes management along with
proper lime, fertilizer, insect and
disease control. Since we are now
at the beginning of another
cropping season, more attention to
alfalfa may benefit many farmers.
We look forward to each issue
and are deeply disappointed if it
isn’t in the mailbox on Saturday.
May 1987 be your best year.
Willard & Helen Redman
Shirleysburg
Lancaster County FFA
Land/Agronomy Contest,
Willow Street.
Thursday, April 16
Small Fruit and Bramble Meeting,
BiglervUle Fruit Lab, 9 a.m. to 3
p.m.
Saturday, April 11
Little International Livestock
Show, Penn State University, 8
a.m. to 4 p.m.
NW Pa. All-Breed Calf Sale,
Fairgrounds, Meadville, 12:30
p.m.
Tuesday, April 21
Ephrata Area Young Farmer
Association monthly meeting,
planning questionnaire and
FFA slave auction.
Poultry Sales and Service Con
ference, Keller Conference
Center, Penn State University;
continues through April 22.
Lancaster County Co-op Day,
Farm and Home Center, 9 a.m.
to 2 p.m.
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Don’t be satisfied with a poor
stand. The crop is worthy of our
best efforts.
This is the time of year when
relations become a bit strained
between farmers and non-farm
residents of the rural community.
This does not have to be this way if
each person tries to understand the
feelings and intentions of the other
person. When livestock and poultry
waste is spread on the farm land,
which is an excellent practice,
some people think they are going to
be permanently injured by the
odors. When farmers understand
the possible reactions from others
in the community, they should
attempt to spread this waste on
fast-drying days and then in
corporate it into the topsoil just as
soon as possible.
On the other hand, non-farm
people should understand this
practice is part of modern farming
and a part of rural living. It may be
unpleasant for a short time, but as
far as 1 know, rural odors have
never been proven to be health
hazards. We hope everyone tries to
understand the needs and cares of
others.
With the amount of moisture in
the soil this spring, warm weather
will bring growth very rapidly in
most pasture areas. This will also
be true with producers that are
planning to graze winter grains
such as rye or barley. The herd or
flock should be controlled at first
and not allowed on the area for
The story of Jesus’s Passion
makes it clear that the religious
leaders of Israel believed that
salvation was strictly a temporal,
physical reality. As Jesus hung on
the cross, Luke tells us that the
rulers scoffed: “He saved others;
let him save himself, if he is the
Christ of God, his Chosen One!”
(23:35). In their view of things,
Jesus would be “saved” only if he
could be freed from the cross and
escape death.
Devotional Reading; Psalms 22:1- IN YOUR KINGDOM
Background Scripture: Luke 23:26-
49.
That the secular authorities
Pilate and Herod should have
assumed that Jesus’s death would
settle the matter, is not difficult to
understand. Temporal authorities
seldom look beyond the realm of
the temporal. But how could the
spiritual leaders of Israel have
made that mistake? How could
they have assumed that the way to
resolve a spiritual dispute is to kill
Annual Fundraising Banquet, Pa.
Poultry Federation, Hershey
Lodge and Convention Center.
Lancaster County Ladies Day Out,
tour and luncheon, 9 a.m.
Witmer Fire Company Ox Roast,
noon, Witmer.
NE Regional Seminar, “Women in
a Changing World,” Bloom-
sburg University, Bakeless
Center, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Penn State Dairy Expo, Ag Arena,
8:30 a.m.
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To Consider
Others
To Start
Grazing Gradually
SAVE YOURSELF
April 12,1987
Thursday, April 23
Satnrday, April 25
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SEAT
Cushion:
more than a half hour; bloating
and scouring may result if they
consume too much of the lush
forage the first few days. Also, it’s
best to feed the animals some dry
matter such as silage, hay or straw
before turning them out to pasture
the first few times. Dairy farmers
should keep milking cows from the
grazing area at least 4 to 5 hours
before the milking period.
To Treat Farm
Pond Weeds
Early
Pond owners who experienced
weed problems last summer will
undoubtedly have similar or worse
problems this year. Aquatic
vegetation will have a tendency to
increase where no control
measures were taken the year
before. These weed problems
unfortunately multiply.
Early in the growing season is
the better approach to gaining
control of pond weeds. Aquatic
plants are most susceptible to
control by chemical herbicides
when the plants begin to grow
rapidly; if mechanical controls are
to be used there will be less bulk in
plant materials to contend with;
control of the unwanted plants
before flowering and seed setting
occurs has benefits. Early
treatment means less interference
with fishing, boating, swimming or
whatever other pond activities are
involved.
Always follow label directions
carefully where chemical controls
are used and be sure you have a
permit from the Pa. Fish Com
mission before applying any
chemical to your pond.
one of the disputants that the
spiritual is limited to a physical
dimension?
A similar challenge comes from
one of the criminals who is
crucified with Jesus: “Are you not
the Christ? Save yourself and us!”
(23:39). Once again, his concept of
salvation is that of the chief
priests: rescue from captivity and
death. In short: salvation is rescue
in the here and now.
How interesting, then, that one
person who understood that there
was a salvation beyond the here
and now should be not a priest, nor
a scribe, nor a pharisee, but a
common thief: “Jesus, remember
me when you come into your
kingdom” (23:42). He looked to a
reality that goes beyond the here
and now of the temporal world. Of
all those people there on Calvary
that fateful afternoon, he seemed
to be the only one beside Jesus who
realized that death on a cross
would not be the end.
TODAY: PARADISE
The response of Jesus makes it
evident that he shared the
repentant thief’s understanding of
what it would mean to be truly
“saved” from Calvary. “Truly, I
say to you, today you will be with
me in Paradise” (23:43). Yes,
Jesus would be “saved” and so
would the repentant thief. They
would be “saved” because there
was a reality beyond death, a
spiritual kingdom where no
religious or secular authority
would have any authority over the
will and purpose of God.
Furthermore, because that
spiritual kingdom is an even
higher reality than the temporal
world, the truth of Jesus was not
destroyed on a cross. As Martin
Luther was to put it in his great
hymn, “A Mighty Fortress”:
The body they may kill,
God’s truth abideth still.
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