AlO-Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, July 16, 1968 opmoN Another Disruptive Road In Progress Discussion about a bypass for Route 72 around Lebanon has generated farmer dissatisfaction. If the proposed two-lane road were to be implemented, some farmers’ fields would be cut off from the main buildings and the country roads would dead end. And farmers aren’t the only resi dents who are concerned. Mem bers of RE-SOLVE (Reach Everyone-Save Our Lebanon Val ley Environment) have raised questions about PennDOT’s prop osals also. These members say a two-lane bypass would be too nar row and primitive. In addition, surveys show that the city of Leba non is the most common origin and destination. A survey of over 10,000 motorists, who were ran domly stopped and asked about their destination, indicated a need to get into Lebanon. Most of these local motorists do not use the other jj Farm Calendar ~ Saturday, July 16 PA Angus Summer Field Day, Loysville (Perry) PA Ayrshire Field Day, Went worth Farm, Quarryville, 10:30 a.m. Maryland Jersey Cattle Field Day, Frederick Co. Fairgrounds, Md., 10 a.m. Contact Stan Lutz at Ag Center, Westminister. Sunday, July 17 Schuylkill County Holstein Picnic New York State and Southern Tier Ayrshire Club Field Day, Blue Meadow Farm, Oneonta, N.Y., 10:00 a.m. Monday, July 18 Biotech Insect Management Con ference, Boyce Thompson Institute, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., through the 20lh. MAMMA Annual Meeting, Stouf fer Harborplace Hotel, Balti more, through the 19th. PFA meeting, Chesler/Dclaware Co. 7:30 p.m. Berks Co. Extension picnic, Shear er’s BBQ Ranch, 6 p.m. r —~~ I FARMFORUM OUR READERS WRITE j Editor: I think the author of the STU PID editorial in the July 2, 1988 issue suggesting that the Beef Referendum vote and passage drive down the price of cattle owes all cattlemen who worked hard and Lancaster Farming Established 1955 Published Every Saturday At Record-Express Office Building 22 E. Main Street Lititz, PA 17543 by Lancaster Farming, lp,c. A SMnimn Enfrprkt Robert G. Campbell -General Manager Everett R. Nawewanger Managing Editor IMS by Lsncastar Farming major travel routes in the area such as 1-81,1-76, US 322, US 22,1-78, PA 934, and PA 343. Of course, a lot of traffic on Route 72 has con nections in Lancaster, too. RE-SOLVE plans to have edu cational efforts at the Lebanon Fair and at shopping malls. And Pcn nDOT has now started the study to determine the feasibility of impro ving existing Route 72. Farmers in the area could prob ably tell you the common sense way to go without spending money on another study. To widen the existing route would accomplish the needed expansion of roadway and would not jeopardize nearly as many farms and would allow the existing side roads to continue as useful country routes through Lebanon’s fertile farmland. Let’s hope the farmers’ opinions are heard in Lebanon. Tuesday, July 19 Pennsylvania Holstein Executive Committe Meeting, State Col lege, 1:30 p.m. Ice Cream Social, Capitol Steps, Harrisburg Wednesday, July 20 Jefferson County Holstein Show, Sykesville, 9:00 a.m. Western Pennsylvania Tillage Field Day, Robert Smith Farm, New Alexandria, 9:30 a.m.; contact the county extension office for information Lycoming County Holstein Show, Hughesville, 10:00 a.m. Pennsylvania Holstein Board of Directors Meeting, Holiday Inn, State College York County 4-H Dairy Roundup Berks Co. Dairy Council Meeting, Berks County Ag Center, 7:45 p.m. Thursday, July 21 York County Holstein Show, York County Fairgrounds, 10:00 a.m Lancaster County Holstein Show, (Turn to Page A3l) long for this project an apology. When are you going to realize the sun does not rise and set by what you egotists in Lancaster County believe or say. You made a big issue over cattle dropping $lO per cwt., but nothing about big price WHAT ARE \ YOU DOING I r OTI3 ? J TT?|TT NOW IS THE TIME By Jay Irwin Lancaster County Agriculture Agent Annual crops AND weeds such as sorghum, sudangrass, sorghum sudangrass hybrids, com, johnson grass, ragweed and lambsquarters can accumulate toxic levels of nitrates in dry weather. The prob lem is worse on heavily-fertilized fields and in the 3 to 5 day period following a drought-recoving rain. Problems have also occurred in new seedings of alfalfa. If you sus pect problems, test feeds and water for nitrates. Dilute high-nitrate feeds with lower-nitrate feeds and water, and maintain adequate levels of vitamin A in the ration. Sorghums and sudangrasses can also contain toxic levels of prussic acid (HCN). Levels are highest in the young, rapidly-growing shoots, and in plants damaged by drought or frost. To reduce the risk of poisoning, do not harvest or graze sudangrass until it is at least 18 inches tall; sorghum sudangrass hybrids should be at least 30 inches tall. Dilute suspect forages with other good quality DO YOU KNOW IT? July 17,1988 Background Scripture: Devotional Reading: The Hebrews in the wilderness were much better off than they had been in Egypt. The problem is that many of them didn’t know it. They had forgotten the slavery imposed swing in gram prices. And now all we’ll hear for the next three months is how the poor dairyman will have to pay more for feed. I wonder how the dairyman would do if he had to take his milk to auction and take whatever he gets instead of the government buying up his surpluses that he had been bailed out over and over again by taxpayers’ money? JUST LOOKING OVER THIS DIAGRAM OF THE FAIRGROUNDS (I (V L l (L rlj#: rFAIR&BOONOSfr e-iif® i7T7-r-r-T-=3_. ■*v Prevent Nitrate and Prussic Acid Poisoning Exodus 16, Mark 6:30-44, Dick Price (Turn to Page A3l) feeds. Emergency Field Corn Management Decision For A Drought Stressed Crop Our Penn State Agronomy Specialist. Dr. Joe McGahen, gives us some valuable informa tion in guiding our decision mak ing process for drought stressed com. One study reports yield losses from four consecutive days of wilted com as: ‘Prior to silking - 5%; ‘During silking - 40%; ‘Blis ter stage - 20-30% loss; ‘Dough stage - 10 to 20%,1055. Extended temperatures - moisture stress per iods beyond the four days increase the percentages in all the above categories. Another report from the Nation al Com Handbook indicates that following crop losses: * Drought during early vegeta tive growth will induce deeper, expanded root systems which will tolerate more moisture stress later on. * Drought during later vegeta- now be in the planning stage, live growth (3 to 4 week period Winter wheat and barley seedings before silking) will result in a should be planned and orders 2-3% loss per day of stress. placed for the right kind of seed for * Drought during tasseling, your farm. Don’t wait until seed silking and pollination will result ing time and then discover the in a 5-13% loss per day depending supply is exhausted. Certified seed on the degree of stress. is highly suggested in order to real * Drought during grain filling ize the most from all inputs. period-a3to4%loss per day from if you plan to use homegrown initial grain fill to black layer, seed from a healthy field, they At this stage, we’ll continue to should be tested at the Pennsylva pray for rain. nia Department of Agriculture To Take Time seed lab; don’t waste time and To Be Safe money on poor quality seeds; you ■ Once every four years the aver- could be spreading disease and age farm laborer can expect to be more weeds., injured so severely that medical The Penn State Cooperative attention is required. Our safety Extension is an affirmative action, engineers tell us that agricultural equal opportunity educational workers arc much more suscepti- institution. upon them by the Egyptian Phar oah. They had forgotten all the hardships they suffered. They had also apparently forgotten the promised land to which Moses was leading them. How could they have forgotten all of that? I guess they forgot all those things the same way we forget our blessings whenever we are con fronted with challenges. We too may tend to concentrate on what we don’t have, forgetting all that we do have. We may concentrate on what has gone wrong, instead of all that has gone right. And when we concentrate on obstacles more than on blessings, the obstacles will dominate everything we do. WHAT WE HAVE Normally, many of us have little or no appreciation for all that bles ses our lives. It may be only when we lose what we have-a loved one, a job or situation, our health, etc.-that we suddenly come to realize what it is that we have lost. How often people find themselves saying, “Oh, if I could only have it -hcr/him-back!” As a pastor I have heard that lament many, many times. If only we could real ize how good God is to us every day! Having been led from their cap tivity and saved from capture by the Pharoah, one would think the ble to accidents and injury than industrial workers. Many pieces of farm machinery need to be repaired and adjusted on the job. Some of this is done while the machinery is operating and on the run. This is dangerous and we urge you to stop the machine and shut it off before any adjustments are made. Just a few seconds of patience could save a life or a vital part of the human body. Farm acci dents has replaced mining as the most hazardous occupation. Dur ing the hot summer weather our reflexes are slower, so be patient when working with all equipment. Keep in mind however, it is not the machinery that is at fault in most cases, but the operator who does not take time to be safe. To Plan For Fall Seeding The dry spell appears to be ’breaking a bit as a few showers move through the area. Hopefully this will continue as we plan for late summer and fall seeding. August seeding of alfalfa should people would be counting their blessings with joy. Instead we find them doing what it seems they do best-complaining: “Would that we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the fleshpots and ate bread to the full; for you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger.” (16:3). POSTPONEMENT & PATIENCE There are two reasons for this response from the people of Israel. First, they placed immediate sec urity over eventual fulfillment. They wanted God’s promises ful filled immediatcly-if not sooner! Instant gratification was more important to them than ultimate satisfaction. They failed to realize that often, for the sake of the long run goal, we must be able to handle postponement. Some of them, however, were un-willing to post pone anything—even though Moses sternly told them to wait. And the second reason is that they failed to consider and count all of God’s blessings to them. Like them, each of us is richly blessed every day. So the question is not whether we are blessed, but whether we know it. (Based on copyrighted Outllno* pro duced by tho Commute* on the Uniform Seri** end used by permission. Released by Community t Suburban Press.) WHEN VO O GET TO BE MY AGE, YOU TRY TO LOCATE ALL THE v REST A#EA$. y & I . (3
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