AlO-Lmcastw Farming, Saturday, June 27,1987
OPINION
At another place on this page,
you’ll find a letter from a reader in
Maryland who likes our dairy
month features. But this dairy
farm woman makes an interesting
point about some non-dairy
ingredients that fill-in for the
“real” thing in some of the dairy
recipes sent to us for publication
during June.
Ellen Armacost writes; “I
cannot help but be distressed that a
number of the recipes feature
margarine and cool whip (or
frozen whipped topping). In your
June sth issue, I note at least three
times that margarine is listed as
an ingredient. The June 13 issue is
not any better-at least eleven
recipes feature non-dairy items.
And even the FEATURED
RECIPE in the latter issue used
frozen whipped topping. It makes
me wonder how many counterfeit
products will be used in the two
remaining issues for dairy month.
Your office should be over
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Editor
“June is Dairy Month” and I
congratulate you for your salute to
the dairy industry featuring ad
ditional articles about dairy farm
families, items about lovely dairy
princesses and for the highlight of
a dairy recipe feature. It is com
mendable.
I cannot help but be distressed
that a number of the recipes
feature margarine and cool whip
(or frozen whipped topping.) In
your June sth issue, I note at least
three times that margarine is
listed as an ingredient. The June 13
issue is not any better at least
eleven recipes feature non-dairy
items. And even the FEATURED
RECIPE in the latter issue used
frozen whipped topping. It makes
me wonder how many counterfeit
products will be used in the two
remaining issues for dairy month.
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Farm Calendar
Saturday, June 27
Cherry Fair, Routes 501 and 897,
Schaefferstown, 717-949-3685 or
949-3638.
Kutztown Folk Festival, Kutz
town; countinues through July
Crawford County Dairy Princess
Pageant, Jon Reese Farm, R 1
Guys Mills.
Indiana County Dairy Princess
Banquet/Pageant, Indiana
University of Pa., Indiana.
Western Pa. Sheep Field Day,
Harold Dunn Farm, Butler, 10
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whelmed with irate letters from
dairy farmers, but I doubt that this
is the case. Far too many dairy
farmers use margarine (my
husband refers to it as “goose
grease”) routinely by saying, “I
cannot afford to use butter”. My
rebuttal to that statement is, “You
cannot afford not to use butter”. I
believe that we dairy farmers may
be our own worst enemy. If we all
used the products we produce, we
might not be in the dilemma we
find ourselves with a glut of milk.
We certainly agree with this
idea. And we are especially cap
tivated by the name “goose
grease” for margarine. Now if we
can find an appropriate name for
artificial whipped topping—. Like
what a goose would excrete if
allowed to run loose in the bam
yard. Oh, well! After this editorial
no dairy farmer in his right mind
will get near a goose when he’s
ready to eat dinner.
Your office should be over
whelmed with irate letters from
dairy farmers, but I doubt that this
is the case. Far too many dairy
farmers use margarine (my
husband refers to it as “goose
grease”) routinely by saying, “I
cannot afford to use butter.” My
rebuttal to that statement is, “You
cannot afford not to use butter.” I
believe that we dairy farmers may
be our own worst enemy. If we all
used the products we produce, we
might not be in the dilemma we
find ourselves with a glut of milk.
You may be interested to learn
that this is the third time I have
written to Lancaster Farming
concerning the recipes submitted
to your paper to herald “June
Dairy Month.”
JUNE DAIRY MONTH
DESERVES A BETTER SHOW!
Ellen K. Armacost
Upperco MD
a.m. to 3 p.m.
Clanon-Venango Dairy Princess,
Snyder Valley Farms, Perry
Township.
Ephrata Young Farmers Annual
Picnic, Ephrata Community
Park, 12:30 p.m.
1987 Pa. Greenhouse and Allied
Industry’s Conference, J.O.
Keller Conference Center, Penn
State University.
American Seed Trade Association
Convention, Boston, Mass.;
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Sunday, June 28
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NOW IS
THE TIME
By Jay Irwin
Lancaster County Agriculture Agent
To Combine At
The Proper Speed
We are in the last stages of
barley harvest, and in a few weeks,
the winter wheat crop should be
ripe. Both of these crops require
mechanical harvesting equipment
and good weather. From the
amount of volunteer grain I’ve
seen growing after barley and
wheat harvests, it is evident that
too much grain is being left in the
field.
I am concerned that high
combine speed might be part of the
reason that grain is thrown out
with the straw. The manufac
turer’s recommendations should
be followed in this respect. Also,
there are times when the grain
may be too tough to combine. This
is often the case when the crop is
quite weedy. The important thing
continues through July 2.
Monday, June 29
PennAg Chesapeake Bay Sym
posium, noon to 5 p.m.,
Shawnee Lancaster Resort. For
information call 733-2238.
Tuesday, June 30
Bradford County 4-H Day Camp,
Memorial Park, Towanda, 1 to 8
p.m.
Wednesday, July 1
Lancaster County Conservation
District Meeting, Farm and
Home Center, 7:30 p.m.
Sundae Celebration, Independence
Mall, Philadelphia.
Hunterdon County Board of Ag
Monthly meeting, Extension
Center, 8 p.m.
Thursday, July 2
York County 4-H Livestock
Judging Contest, 9 a.m.,
Warrington Green Farm,
Wellsville.
Saturday, July 4
Cumberland Valley Jersey
Breeders Sale, Shippensburg
Fairgrounds, 12:30 p.m.
Seventh Annual Hickory Ridge
Antique Farm Show, 9 a.m. to ?,
Horace Potter Residence,
County Road 124, Route 113. (1
mile north of Milford, Del.) For
more information call 302-422-
9308 or 302-422-6153.
Monday, July 6
North East American Dairy
Science Association/American
Society of Animal Science
regional meeting, University of
Delaware. Continues through
July 8.
Junior Dairy Judging School,
Chester County; continues
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is to have the combine adjusted to
the best of your knowledge and
then drive at recommended
speeds. You’ll need every bushel of
grain and every bale of straw from
your crop.
To Clean
Pesticide Sprayers
The use of various kinds of spray
materials in one sprayer is risky.
This is especially true when you
are using any type of weed killer.
In too many cases the sprayer
carries sufficient residual weed
killer material to injure a
susceptible crop. Farmers who are
spraying com fields with weed
killers one day and then spraying
alfalfa or tobacco plants the next
day with the same equipment had
better do a thorough job of
cleaning the sprayer.
Some materials can be cleaned
by using warm water and soap
detergent. However, materials
such as 2,4-D had better be cleaned
with one pint of household am
monia in 25 gallons of hot water.
Allow this mix to remain in the
sprayer overnight and then spray
it out through the system on the
lane or driveway. Don’t be guilty of
harming good plants. One of the
best practices is to have one
sprayer for weed killers and
another for other purposes.
To Prepare For
Fire Protection
Our bams are filling up with new
crops of hay, straw and grain so we
need to be concerned with fire
protection. We urge farmers to
give some thought to water sup
plies for fighting fires. Many
Background Scripture:
Romans 3:27 through 4:25
Devotional Reading;
Romans 4:16-25/
The Apostle Paul seems to
confuse a lot of people. Writing to
the church at Rome, he puts quite a
bit of effort into emphasizing the
need for righteous living and good
works (1:6,13). Then, just when we
think we’ve gotten that message
straight, he seems to change his
mind; “we hold that a man is
justified by faith apart from works
of the law” (Romans 3:28). So,
what is it, Paul? The “works” you
specify in chapter one, “For he will
render to every man according to
his works,” or the “faith” you hold
is “reckoned” to us as
righteousness in chapter three?
For centuries Christians have
been battling over this issue of
“faith or works?” It was one of the
great issues of the Reformation
and, in fact, it is a continuing
controversy within Christianity.
Some have characterized it as a
controversy between Paul (“faith
alone”) and James (“works
alone”), but, as we can see in
Romans alone, Paul himself seems
to come down on both sides of the
argument.
If we look closely at Romans,
however, we find that this “faith
vs. works” is a phony proposition.
We have polarized in our
theological thinking what is not
really a polarization at all. One
does not have to choose-up sides -
as so often Christians have done -
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fanners indicate that their fire
company would be unable to
supply adequate water; this in
creases the risk of serious fire
losses. Farms with streams
nearby should have plans
developed to move the fire engine
within 25 feet of the water. Owners
of ponds should have all weather
driveways to the pond. There have
been cases where buildings burned
while the fire truck was mired
down in the mud trying to get to the
pond. It’s a good idea to inform
your local fire company of the
sources of water supplies for
fighting fires. A good water supply
for fighting fire is good insurance
against severe losses.
To Consider Lightning
Rods on Trees
How many times have you
driven past a pasture field or
exercise lot and noticed dozens of
cattle or other livestock grouped
together under one or two large
trees? During severe thun
derstorms, livestock will gather
under these trees. If lightning
strikes the tree, many of the
animals will be killed. A number of
farmers in the county can attest to
that. For the protection of valuable
livestock, we suggest that some of
these individual trees be fitted with
a lightning rod system. If there is a
woodlot or a number of trees in the
pasture, it may not be practical.
There is a Lightning Protection
Institute at Harvard, IL 60033 that
lists the certified installers in your
area. You can call them collect
through their LPI Hotline 815-943-
7211.
because this is not a case of
either/or. We do not have to choose
between either “faith” or “works”
because they are not really
separate or opposing realities.
This old “faith vs. works”
dilemma is like trying to decide
whether pants are singular or
plural. Actually, as one wag put it,
“they’re singular at the top and
plural at the bottom.” It depends
upon one’s perspective. Faith and
works are actually com
plimentary-rather than opposing
perspectives on the same reality.
Both of these are singular response
to the goodness of God. If we focus
on the results of that response, we
see the works that issue from it. If
we focus on the motive, however,
we see the faith that evokes the
works. In the very beginning of his
letter to the Romans, Paul focused
on good works, but later he shifts
his perspective to the motivation
and power that produces those
works.
Actually, it is when we separate
faith from works that we run into
trouble. Is it possible to have works
without faith? Of course it is - we
may do the right thing, not because
we love and are grateful to God,
but because we are trying to “buy”
or “earn” his salvation. We can
produce the results, but our
motives are selfish and unloving.
This is the motivation of a person
who refrains from breaking the
law, not because he is honest, but
because he’s afraid not to uphold
it.
Similarly, it is possible to have
“faith” without works. We may
believe all kinds of religious
teachings as “true," without
letting those teachings affect the
way we live. But, you’ll notice that
I put quotation marks around
“faith” above. That’s because we
may call that belief “faith,” but it
isn’t. Belief is faith only when it
motivates us.
This is what Paul was saying
about Abraham in the long passage
in Romans 4. Abraham lived his
life in obedience to God because he
first believed that God woiild keep
his promise. If he had believed, but
lived disobediently, his faith would
not have been “reckoned as
righteousness.” If he had, on the
other hand, been obedient out of
fear, that would not have sufficed
either. But Abraham was loyal to
God because he really had faith in
his promises. Abraham trusted
God and everything he did was
founded upon his trust, which Paul
calls Abraham’s “faith.”