ki 0-Unc*«fcr Fannlngy 6atut*ay r October 44, UB7 OPINION We Better Here are some important facts about ice cream that we found in AMS Headlines. Of course, we know ice cream is an important part of the dairy food mix in this country. About 9 percent of the milk supply goes for ice cream. But did you know ice cream is consumed by over 98 percent of households in the United States— with 86 percent purchasing ice cream at least once a month. U.S. consumption of ice cream in 1986 reached a record 905 million gal lons, just over 15 quarts per person! Besides the appeal offered by the tremendous variety of flavors and novelty products on the market today, ice cream products are nutritious and mouthwatering. Not a caloric devastation—an average serving QA cup) of vanilla ice cream contains about 160 calories —it provides good energy value and is a source of protein and calcium. U.S. ice cream consumption is highest in June and July (National Farm Calendar Saturday, October 24 PA Simmental Assoc. Show/Sale, Green Co. Fairgrounds, Way nesburg Show 10 a.m., sale 1 p.m. Monday, October 26 PA State Grange Convention, But ler, Oct. 26 through 29. Central Susquehanna Local of Atlantic Dairy Coop Annual Dinner Mtg., Follmer Evangeli cal Luthem Church, Milton, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, October 27 Atlantic Dairy Co-op Mtg., Dis trict 31, Stockerton Memorial Hall, 7 p.m. Breed Improvement Conference, Karl L. Bender Farm, Accident, Maryland. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, October 28 Breed Improvement Conference, Joseph Schwartzbeck Peace & Plenty Farm, Union Bridge, Maryland. 7:30 p.m. Atlantic Dairy Co-op Mtg. Dist. 34, Prescott Fire Hall Co., Lebanon, 7 p.m. Huntingdon Junior Holstein Meet ing, Extension meeting room, 7:45 p.m. New Holland Sales Annual Diary Show and Sale, 9 a.m. Thursday, October 29 Lane. Co. Poultry Assoc., Annual Banquet, Olde Hickory Inn, 6:30 p.m. Lebanon County Holstein Club OTIS, I THINK ITS QUAINT Buy Two Ice Cream Month). This year the National Dairy Board is launching a $5 million joint promotion with the International Ice Cream Asso ciation under the umbrella of “Ice Cream For America.” The eight-week program of 15 and 30-second television commer cials and print advertisements is geared to the tastes of the U.S. adult population, 56 percent of whom would rather have ice cream than any other dessert. But ice cream is for the holi days, too. Eastern Milk Producers Cooperative Association Inc. makes sure of that with their three gallon bulk home freezer special. It is available for farmers from all of the cooperatives and organiza tions who use Eastern’s food buy ing coop approach. And it is avail able now for the holidays. The only problem we see is that if you buy a three gallon barrel now it will be all gone by Thanks giving. Then what will we do for Christmas? Guess we better get two! Banquet, Schaefferstown Fire hall, 7 p.m. Agway Annual Mtg., Syracuse, NY, Oct. 29-30. Del/Maryland Plant Food ” Crop Protection Assoc. Annual Mtg., Ramada Inn, Annapolis, MD, 8:30 a.m. Bux-mont Atlantic Local Co-op Mtg., Dist. 31 at Plain & Fancy Restaurant, Quakertown, 7 p.m. Open House Pintail Point Farm, Queenstown, Maryland, 10 minutes from Bay Bridge. Sponsored by Maryland Hols tein Association Breed Improvement Committee, 10:a.m Friday, October 30 Delaware Friends of Ag Breakfast, 7:30 a.m. Sheraton Inn, Dover. Southeastern Holstein Seminar and Show, Racetrack grand stand in Charlestown, West Virginia Saturday, October 31 Southeastern Holstein Sale, Berk ley County Youth Fairgrounds, near Martinsburg, West Virginia. First Payment of Maryland Futuri ty #7 due on this date. Esti mated purse value is $3,960 with $710.00 going to the win ner. $60.00 will go to the top production winner. Animals bom between September 1, 1986-August3l,l9B7 areelig NOW IS THE TIME By Jay Irwin Lancaster County Agriculture Agent To Hunt Safely The small game hunting season will open next Saturday. We need to remind ourselves to be courte ous and considerate while hunting on farms. We encourage all hun ters to practice good relations between farmers and hunters. Cri ticism of hunting often starts because a few hunters forget the landowner is his host. By observ ing a few sensible hunting man ners, hunters will keep themselves from becoming uninvited guests. Most landowners permit reason able hunting. Asking permission to hunt is a small courtesy in return for a pleasant day in the field; yet too few people follow this rule. Landowners may actually need protection from indifferent, care less and destructive hunters. When the trouble starts, many fanners post their land for protection from inesponsible hunters. ible. More information can be obtained by writing the Mary land Holstein Association. Sunday, November 1 National Conservation Meeting, Kansas City, Oct. 1-3. Monday, November 2 Berks County Farm-City Banquet, Sheraton Berkshire, 6 p.m. Octorara Young Fanners Associa tion, Dinner Meeting, 6:45 p.m. at West Fallowfield Christian School Tuesday, November 3 Franklin County Farmland Forum, 7:30 p.m. First Lutheran Church, Chambersburg. Wednesday, November 4 Lancaster County Conservation District Meeting, Farm and Home Center, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, November 5 Bradford County Extension meet ing, Towanda Elks Club, 7:45 p.m. Friends of Ag Land Preservation, Good ’N Plenty Restaurant, Smoketown, 7 p.m. Friday, November 6 Farm City Banquet, First UCC Church, Schuylkill Haven at 7 p.m. Wayne County Holstein Club Annual Meeting, Belmont Cor ners Fire Hall, Pleasant Mount, 8 p.m. Saturday, November 7 North Ameriga International Livestock Expo, through November 20. Louisville, Kentucky. Nittany Lion Fall Classic, 11 a.m., Ag Arena at Penn State Univ. WELL, IT ISN'T W IVE DECORATED IT IN A‘l93o'S STYLE; , BUT RATHER... It takes very little time and costs nothing to observe a few common courtesy rules while hunting; ask permission before hunting, close gates, pick-up litter after eating luncft and stay out of unharvested crops. Keep a safe distance from buildings and livestock while hunting and be sure to respect the property of others as you would expect others to respect yours. To Plan Winter Weed Control In Alfalfa As the alfalfa plant slows down and prepares to go into dormancy, other plant populations in that same field can be increasing in vig or and growth. These are the wint er annual weeds: chickweed, she pherds purse, yellow rocket and some grassy weeds which over winter. All are in their young stages of growth. You’ll not see crop injury now, but wait until that first cutting comes off next May. Those same little weeds all will have flowered and set seed by that time. Not only do yield losses occur but field cur ing problems and lower hay qual ity results. Fall applied herbicide(s) will largely eliminate the costly winter weed problem. The Agronomy Guide lists a number of effective materials. To Inspect Heating Systems With colder weather just ahead, we’ll be using different types of heating units. In order to prevent the potential for fires and other j FARM FORUM our readers write \ I wish to tell you how much I appreciate your article in the October 3rd issue regarding the above. I think that it is totally TAKING ANOTHER’S BLESSING October 25.1987 Background Scripture: Genesis 2:19-24; 27:1 through 28:5. Devotional Reading: Genesis 25:19-28. In some ways the story of Jacob and Esau seems quite inapplicable to our own times. It’s hard for us to understand why Jacob and Esau should have contended for the blessing of Isaac, their father. What did it matter who he touched and said the words of blessing over? In the time of Jacob and Esau, however, the “blessing” of the dying father was extremely impor tant and no mere symbolic gesture. People in those days believed that in pronouncing this “blessing,” the patriarch of the family actually conveyed something very real and ... X JUST HAVEN 'T BOUGHT ANYTHING NEW SINCE THE 1930^. problems. I’d suggest that all chimneys and flues be checked for cracks and places where sparks can escape. In this part of the country, tobac co sheds have stoves to provide comfort for the winter job of strip ping tobacco. Many of these have been in operation for a number of years and may need some atten tion. The mortar around pipes and between bricks may have fallen out; in some cases a repointing job with mortar will make the system much safer. Don’t take chances on a faulty system; it could start a major fire or the fumes could cause suffocation. To Be Aware of Evergreen Needle Drop Don’t push the panic button if some of your evergreens are drop ping their needles this fall. It’s nor mal for pines, spruce, and similar evergreens to drop one year’s growth of needles this lime of year. The needles you see falling are those nearest the center of the tree. The younger, green needles are at the ends of the branches. Scotch pines will lose their 3-year-old needles... while red pines drop its 4-year-old needles. During this period of shedding, the trees may look like they’re dead or dying. But as soon as a hard wind or rain hits them, the old needles will fall to the ground and the tree will look normal again. The Cooperative Extension Service Is an affirmative action, equal opportunity educational Institution. inconceivable that the state could consider putting a new bypass through the BEAUTIFUL LAN (Turn to Page A 23) valuable. ONLY ONE? Thus, when he realized that his brother had tricked Isaac, he pleaded with his father: “Have you but one blessing, my father?” (27:38). But Isaac had no more to give, because he had already given it all, albeit unwittingly, to Jacob. It is understandable that “Esau lifted up his voice and wept.” What he had lost to his conniving brother was a lot more than a few words and a pat on the head. Actually, when we look more closely at this story we find that it is still applicable in our own times. For all the basic ingredients in this story are very much present in our lives today. This is a story about a divided home, parental favoritism, sibling rivalry, jealousy, deceit, and hatred none of which have ever been repealed from the field of family relations. We may not see sibling rivalries for the sake of a "father’s blessing, but over just about everything else. ESAU HATED JACOB Much of the conflict in our world today arises when one per son convets the “blessings” of another. This may mean parental favor, it may mean another’s suc cess, prosperity, or happiness but it breeds all kinds of wrongbe ing and wrongdoing. It may even amount to hatred, just as we’re told that “Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing...” and end up with violence, as Esau planned it (27:41). That is why, according to police reports, the majority of homocides in the USA take place ‘ in homes between members of families. No the story of Jacob and Esau is not obsolete. I wish it were. (Based on copyrighted Outlines pro duced by the Committee on the Uniform Senes and used by permission Released by Community & Suburban Press)
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