OPINION
Ag Fun Days
What would life be like on the
farm, in the rural communities or
even in the cities of Pennsylvania
without the research and experi
mental work that has been done by
our agricultural colleges and
Extension services? That question
cannot be answered because even
our wildest imaginations could not
conceive how bad it would be.
But we do know, on the other
hand, that a lot of credit for the
advancements in crops, animals,
machinery, forest products, water
quality, food science, rural deve
lopment, acid rain and horticulture
must go to the Pennsylvania Agri
cultural Experimental Stations.
So it’s fitting that the celebra
tion of the one hundredth anniver
sary of the Pennsylvania Agricul
tural Experimental Station should
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Farm Calendar
Saturday, August 15
Northeast District 4-H Dairy
Show, Harford Fairgrounds, 9
a.m.
Schuylkill County 4-H, FFA lives
tock sale, 6:30 p.m., Schuylkill
Fair.
National Red and White Dairy
Cattle Association, Mount Jef
ferson, Wis. Contines through
Aug. 17.
Ephrata Young Farmers Ice Cream
Social, Woodcrest Retreat, 6:30
p.m.
Virginia Angus Field Day, Wehr
mann Angus, New Market, 10
a.m.
Monday, August 17
Schuylkill Co. Grain Marketing
Meeting, Gratz Fire Hall, 7 p.m.
Cameron Co. Fair, through August
22, Emporium.
Carbon Co. Ag Fair, through
August 22, Lehighton.
Franklin Co. Fair, through August
22, Chambersburg.
Washington Co. Ag. Fair, through
August 22, Washington.
Huntingdon Co. Fair, through
August 23, Huntingdon.
McKean Co. Fair, through August
23, Smethport
Tuesday, August 18
Ag Progress Days, through August
20.
Huntingdon Co. Holstein Show,
Huntingdon, 9 a.m.
Elk Co. Fair, through August 22,
Kersey.
Lancaster Co. 4-H Fair, Solanco
Fairgrounds, through August
20.
Lawrence Co. Farm Show,
through August 22, New
Castle.
be held next week during Ag Prog
ress Days at Rock Springs.
While those who attend these
“ag fun days” will get a chance to
peak into history at the displays of
historical machinery and antique
items, they’ll look into the future,
too. That’s evident from the show
theme-The Agricultural Scientist:
Working For A Better Tomorrow.
From research plots, to live
machinery demonstrations, to
about 300 exhibitors showing the
latest in farm equipment and com
puter technology, all roads lead to
Ag Progress Days next week.
As general manager Joseph Har
rington says, “Each year gets big
ger and better.” From what we’ve
seen so far, we’ll have to agree
with that statement
Perry Co. Fair, through August 22,
Newport.
Cumberland Co. 4-H Pig Round
up at Carlisle Livestock
Market.
Wednesday, August 19
Perry Co. Holstein Show, New
port. 9 a.m.
Boar Sale, Meat Animal Evalua
tion Center, Penn State. 6 p.m.
Thursday, August 20
Washington Co. Holstein Show,
Washington. 7:30 p.m.
District FFA Dairy Show, Man
heim Fair Grounds, 9:30 a.m.
Pennsylvania Seedmen’s Summer
Meeting, PSU Agronomy
Farm, Rock Springs.
Friday, August 21
Southeast District 4-H Dairy
Show, Kutztown Fairgrounds,
10 a.m.
Saturday, August 22
Northeast PA Championship
Holstein 5h0w,9:30 a.m.,
Whitneyville.
Central PA Championship Hols
tein Show, 6 p.m., Huntingdon.
Cattlemen’s Field Day, Greystone
Manor Farms, 9 a.m.,
Lancaster.
Warren County Holstein Sale
Monday, August 24
Crawford County Fair, through
August 29, Meadville.
Somerset County Fair, through
August 29, Meyersdale.
Westmoreland County Fair,
through August 29,
Greensburg.
Fulton County Fair, through
August 29, McConnelsburg.
Tuesday, August 25
South Central District Dairy
Show, 9 a.m., farm Show Com-
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NOW IS
THE TIME
By Jay Irwin
Lancaster County Agriculture Agent
To Apply Lime
When Seeding Small
Grains
Preparation is being made for
fall wheat and barley seeding. This
is an excellent time to apply lime.
A soil test will indicate how much
per acre, if needed. This is doubly
important if you plan to seed a
grass-legume mixture next spring.
Many times a clover or alfalfa
producer will wait until spring to
have lime applied to his field. This
is not the best way to obtain a good
stand. Lime needs up to six months
to react to the soil and correct the
acidity.
If soil needs lime, it should be
worked into the topsoil when the
small grain seedbed is being pre
pared. Legume seedings are cost
ly; be sure the soil is between 6.8 to
7.0 pH so they have a good chance
to survive.
To Apply For
Gasoline Tax Refund
I would like to remind our far
mers that application for the Pen-
plex, Harrisburg.
Non-Point Source Pollution Sym
posium, Annapolis, MD, Holi
day Inn
Western Pennsylvania Potatoe
Growers’ Meeting, Francis Gri
fyi Farm, Prospect, Butler Co.,
6:30 p.m.
CONFORMED OR
TRANSFORMED?
August 16,1987
Background Scripture:
Romans 12.
Devotional Reading: 2 Corint
hians 9:6-15.
I have a lot of trouble complying
with Paul: “Do not be conformed
to this world, but be transformed
by the renewal of your mind.”
Some of my friends - and others -
who may tend to think of me as
something of a nonconformist,
may find it difficult to believe me
when I confess that I have great
difficulties in 'not being “con
formed” to this world.” If there are
some places of conflict between
faith and the world where I have
been successful in not conforming,
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Farmers may apply fora 12 cent
per gallon refund on all liquid fuels
used in non-licensed tractors when
used off the highway for agricul
tural purposes, or non-licensed
power farm machinery used for
actual farm work. This includes
fuel used in all auxiliary engines
on balers, elevators and other sta
tionary equipment
The liquid fuel tax is for all farm
production fuel used between July
1, 1986 and June 30, 1987.
The people who have not
already received applications
should apply by writing: Board of
Finance and Revenue, Room 409
Finance Building, Harrisburg, PA
17120 or by calling 717-787-3365.
Remember, applications
received after September 30 will
not be honored: they must be filed
on time. The time to do it is now.
Keep in mind - this is not
money the State is giving you -- it
is money you already paid; you are
just applying to get it back. It may
not seem like much but 12 cents
per gallon on 5,000 gallons is
$600.00.
To Use
Equipment Safely
We are fast approaching the
harvesting of nearly 200,000 acres
of com in Lancaster County. This
harvest is the result of a big invest
ment of time, effort and money. A
good yield depends on your farm
ing skills, land resources and a
smile from Mother Nature. But
whether it’s free from a costly mis
hap depends on how well you pre
pare your equipment and how safe
ly you and your help run that
Wednesday, August 26
Northwest PA Holstein Show,
Meadville, 9 a.m.
Schuylkill Co. Grain Marketing
Meeting, Penn State Campus,
Schuylkill Haven, 7 p.m.
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there are nevertheless many other
places where I have allowed the
world to set the standards and call
the shots.
WHO MOULDS WHO?
J.B. Phillips translates this as:
“Don’t let the world around you
squeeze you into its own mould,
but let God re-mould your minds
from within...” Too much of my
life has been moulded by the
world; too little by God. For exam
ple, Paul counsels the Romans to
“Love one another with brotherly
affection” (12:10), but the world
counsels selectivity and economy
of loving. “Bless those who perse
cute you,” says Paul. But society
encourages a different kind of
response. “Repay no one evil for
evil,” Paul writes. But the world
makes it clear that if you fail to do
so you will be regarded as weak
and dishonorable and a natural
target for anyone. In fact, the
Christian message in regard to ene
mies is really at cross-purposes
with the world: “...if your enemy is
hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty,
give him drink.” (I have a hard
enough time helping those who are
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* Operate and maintain all
machines according to the opera
tor’s manual.
* Keep all shields in place.
* Shut off the power before
unclogging or servicing. Wait until
all parts have stopped.
* Adjust ground speed to field
and crop conditions.
* Use caution on highways with
SMV signs in place.
* Keep children and non
workers off and safely away from
harvesting equipment.
* Look up as well as to the front
and back when driving, moving or
positioning tall equipment near
overhead power lines.
Safely requires practice...let’s
practice it every day.
This is a good time to give some
thought to a winter cover crop on
land that has been tilled this past
season. The seeding of ryegrass,
bromegrass, or winter grains fol
lowing the harvesting of the main
crop this fall, will help reduce soil
erosion.
In addition, a cover crop adds
organic matter when it is incorpor
ated into the soil next spring. Cov
er crops are especially helpful on
slopes and hillsides where water
erosion is a problem. Just a word of
caution, some herbicides used on
corn (atrazine) may prevent
growth of any grain or cover crop
this fall.
The Cooperative Extension Ser
vice is an affirmative action, equal
opportunity educational
institution.
not enemies.)
WE SHALL OVERCOME
Paul is really out of step with the
world - which we persist in calling
“the real world”- when he says:
“Do not be overcome by evil, but
overcome evil with good” (12:21).
What the world says is that we
must “fight fire with fire” and no
unto others as they have already
done unto us. Otherwise, says the
world, they’ll win out and estab
lish their valws in place of ours.
Do you catch the irony of what the
world says to us? In order to pre
serve our values, we must fight the
enemy with their values. But, is we
use their values to defeat them,
then will we have preserved our
own?
Actually, if these values from
God are what we hold them to be,
why do we not entrust ourselves
and our destinies to them? If Paul
is right about what God asks of us
- how to respond to our enemy and
to those who practice evil - why
do we assume that we can meet the
problem of crime only on the
world’s terms: violence for vio
lence? If Paul is right, why do we
try to meet the threat of war with
the weapons of war? Why do we
assume that Christian principles
won’t work when we are dealing
with people who are not Christian?
The reason that the world and
Christian teaching are in conflict is
the Christians have too often, like
me, let the world do the moulding.
Christ came to transform the world
and each and every one of us is also
called to let God transform us from
within.
So we are called to be the moul
ders, not the moulded.
NOTE: Rev. Allhouse will lead
a 9-day tour of the Holy Land,
March 11-20,1988 with an option
al extension to Greece. If inter
ested, contact him at: Ist United
Methodist Church, Ross & Har
wood Sts., Dallas, TX 75201.
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