AiO-lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 28, 1988
OPINION
Memorial
Memorial Day 1988 is a time for
Americans to reflect on the past as
we look to the future. It is a time for
us to remember and honor those
Americans who died in service to
our nation. It makes no difference
when or where these gallant men
and women served, but that they
served when called.
Since the beginning of our
nation, more than 200 years ago,
Americans have answered the call
to service. As Americans, we have
honored our servicemen and
women on Memorial Day since
1868. We know the price of free
dom is high and we understand that
to honor those who died in service
to the country is not only proper,
but much deserved. Without the
unselfish service of millions of
Americans since the Revolution
ary War we would not enjoy the
freedoms we have today.
Memorial Day is a time to
Farm Calendar
Wednesday, June 8
Maryland & Virginia Conference
on Aquaculture Development,
Holiday Inn, Woldorf, MD.
Contact Don Merritt
301/822-1166.
Thursday, June 9
Berks County Carcass Contest,
Peters Brothers, Lenhartsville,
7:00 p.m.
Friday, June 10
Butler County Dairy Princess
Pageant, Butler County Com
munity College, 8:00 p.m.
40th Delmarva Chicken Festival,
Wicomico Youth & Civic Cen
ter, Salisbury, MD. Cooking
contest also. Contact Connie
Parvis 302/856-9037.
Saturday, June 11
Franklin County Dairy Princess
Pageant, Kauffman Communi
ty Center, Marion, 7:00 p.m.
Somerset Dairy Princess Pageant,
Somerset High School, Some
rset, 7:30 p.m.
Lebanon County Dairy Princess
Pageant, Annville High School,
Annville, 7:30 p.m.
Bradford County Dairy Princess
Pageant, Canton High School,
Tuesday, June 7 Canton, 8:15 p.m.
Berks County Carcass Contest, Adams County Dairy Princess
Pcterp Brothers Lenhartsville, Pageant, Biglerville High
6:30 p.m. School, Biglerville.
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I always like to read Jay Irwin’s (Turn to Pago A 27)
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Saturday, May 28
Mifflin County Dairy Princess
Pageant, Belleville Lutheran
Church, Belleville, 8:00 p.m.
York County Dairy Princess
Pageant, 4-H Center, Bair, 8:00
p.m.
Clinton County Dairy Princess ,
Pageant, Nittany Grange, La
Mar.
Wayne County Dairy Princess
Pageant, covered-dish supper at
Bethany Methodist, Bethany.
Saturday, June 4
Bucks/Montgomery Wool Pool,
Delaware Valley College, Doy
lestown, 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Chester County Dairy Princess
Pageant, Spadzman Building,
Brandywine Hospital & Trau
ma Center, Coatesville, 7:30
p.m.
Tioga Dairy Princess Pageant,
Mansfield High School, Man
sfield, 8:00 p.m.
Cecil County 4-H Breeders Fair,
Cecil County Fairgrounds.
Monday, June 6
Eastern Shell Egg Quality School,
Ocean City, MD, 5:00 to 9:00
p.m.
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Day 1988
reflect on those freedoms and on
the sacrifices of the men and
women who fought, and died, to
keep the torch of liberty burning
brightly. As a nation we asked
them to serve. As a nation we must
honor their service. As a nation we
must remember their sacrifices.
As Americans we want to insure
their service does not go unnoticed
to honor these men and women.
So on this Memorial Day 1988 we
set aside a special time to honor the
heroes of our military who sacri
ficed their lives for the nation.
Our greatest tribute to their ser
vice comes when we honor their
memory and sacrifices. At the
same time we rekindle a sense of
pride that, as Americans, we live in
the greatest nation on earth.
Memorial Day is the day for all
Americans to honor those men and
women who paid the ultimate price
to preserve our freedom.
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NOW IS
THE TIME
By Jay Irwin
Lancaster County Agriculture Agent
To Be Alert For
Corn Pests
We are into the season for cut
worm damage and this includes the
black cutworm. Just a reminder to
keep a close check on all com
fields for the next few weeks.
Damage symptoms will b 6 plants
cut off just above the ground level.
The culprit will be hiding in the
soil a few inches from the cut
plant. We suggest a rescue treat
ment if 2-3% of the plants are cut
and you can find more than S lar
vae in 100 plants. Remember the
black cutworm is the one with the
granular skin. The control mater
ials listed in the 1987-88 Agro
nomy Guide include Lorsban or
Sevin or Dyfonatc or Penncap or
Dylox. Be sure to follow all label
directions.
To Be Aware Of
Fly Build-Up
There is considerable increase
in fly population in many of our
operations this spring. One of the
reasons is the build-up of resis
tance to materials presently used.
Your fly control program should
integrate several different control
techniques and insecticides, if you
are going to be successful. Hies
will become resistant to a particu
lar insecticide if exposed to the
same material several times in suc
cession. Resistance to the synthe
tic pyrclhroids has been evident for
several years. Some of our poultry
producers have found that flies are
more tolerant to Larvadex than
they were a year or two ago. For
best results, use a wide variety of
insecticide formulations (space
sprays, mist sprays, baits, residual
sprays, etc.) and different classes
of insecticides (synthetic pyre
throids, carbonates and organo
phosphates). In fact Dr. Clarence
Collison, Entomologist at Penn
State, suggests that if you have not
used a material for 2 or 3 years, you
may want to give it a try again.
In addition to using appropriate
insecticides when necessary, it is
important to develop an effective
manure management program to
keep the number of fly breeding
areas down to a minimum.
To Clip Pastures
Mowing permanent pastures at
this time of year is a very good
idea. Many of the plants will be
heading out and some will go to
seed; this means that the plants
should be mowed. This practice
will help control weeds and
encourage new growth of grass.
Livestock will consume the dry
clippings. Pastures should be
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clipped several times during the
season. In addition, the clipped
area will look much belter to the
general public as they travel
through the county.
Much has been written and said
about Johnes recently. Dairy
Agent Glenn Shirk says it is a dis
ease that dairymen should take ser
iously. It is known that older,
infected cattle can shed the organ
ism in their feces and that young
cattle can become infected by con
suming contaminated manure.
More recently, it has been discov
ered that the Johnes organism
might be able to cross the cow’s
placenta and infects her unborn
calf. The organism can also persist
in the soil, but some workers
believe the survival rate is reduced
when soils are limed to a pH of 7.2
or above.
To help reduce the risk of
spreading Johnes: 1.) Separate
calves from their dams at birth and
don’t allow the calf to nurse, 2.)
Background Scripture:
Hebrews 13.
Devotional Reading: 1 Peter
4:7-11.
The other day I had to pay a brief
visit to the local Texas Parole
Board office. The waiting room
was overcrowded with people,
mostly young men, with hopeless
ness written across their faces. The
parole officers and clerical staff
were harried and overworked.
There was a grim atmosphere
hanging over this office like a dark
grey cloud.
“Is it always like this?” I asked
an officer. “No,” he replied,
“sometimes it’s worse.” He went
on to tell me that, because the jails
are overcrowded, non-violent pris
oners were being released to the
Parole Board in overwhelming
numbers. “The halfway houses are
full,” he said, “most of these peo
ple have nowhere to go when they
get out and they can’t get jobs. If
they do and their employer learns
that they’ve done time, they’ll
probably be fired.”
BACK IN JAIL
I came away feeling over
whelmed by their hopelessness.
Soon, many of them will have
given up their brief experiments
with “going straight” and find
themselves back in jail. This will
occasion more newspaper stories
on “rampant crime” and public
outcries against “the criminal
element.”
If, at this moment, you are think
ing that this is simply a secular
social problem and not a matter for
Christian faith, let the writer of
Hebrews remind you about the
Christian’s responsibility to the
“misfits” of society: “Do not
neglect to show hospitality .. .
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To Be Serious
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Provide a clean maternity area, 3.)
House calves in individual pens,
away from older cattle, protected
from drainage and manures from
older cattle, 4.) Keep the calf area
well limed, 5.) Don’t graze heifers
on pasture infected by cows, 6.)
Avoid forages that have been
topdressed with manure from Joh
nes cattle, 7.) Have all visitors
wash boots between farm visits, 8.)
Keep visitors out of feed alleys and
feed rooms and locate the breeding
charts someplace other than in the
feed alley, 9.) Raise your own
replacements and if you purchase
cattle, including recipient heifers,
purchase from Johnes-free herds -
easier said than done, 10.) Test
suspicious cattle and cull positive
animals and possibly their offspr
ing too. The new, quick blood
tests, in spite of their higher error
rate, may have some value in help
ing to detect Johnes cattle. Consult
your Veterinarian for advice on
testing, culling and vaccinating.
The Cooperative Extension is an
affirmative action, equal oppor
tunity educational institution.
remember those who are in prison,
as though in prison with them; and
those who are ill-treated” (13:2,3).
He goes on to say: “Do not neglect
to do good and to share what you
have, for such sacrifices are pleas
ing to God” (13:16).
IF WE BELIEVE
There are lots of people in desp
erate need today, but in this brief
column I want to concentrate upon
the prisoners in and out of our jails.
There is probably no field of
human need and opportunity for
Christian witness and service so
generally ignored by the Christian
churches. A few churches here and
there have Sunday services in local
jails and occasionally there is a
Bible class offered. There is also
Charles Coulson’s prison ministry.
But that is about all and it is a piti
fully small drop in a very, very
great ocean of human need.
Is there nothing that Christians
can do to help solve these prob
lems? My own observation is that
there is a great deal that the chur
ches and individual Christians
could do—if we really believed in
the transforming power of the Gos
pel of Jesus Christ. But, for the
most part, we’re not even trying.
Providing Bibles and worship ser
vices for prisoners is fine, but it
means little if we cannot give these
people some support when they get
out. Churches could start halfway
houses, provide counselling, and
try to help parolees find work and
perhaps even train for a new voca
tion. Churches might sponsor par
olees in much the same way that
we sponsored refugees from Viet
Nam and Central America.
And that’s just for starters,
The writer of Hebrews says that
in ministering to strangers, some
Christians “have entertained
angels unawares” (13:2). There are
a lot of potential “angels una
wares” waiting for you and me
behind the bars of your local prison
and in the waiting room of your
closest parole office.
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