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OPINION
Let’s Find The Shooter
For the second time in as many
months, a farm animal has been
shot while sleeping in the pasture.
Last month a Hereford bull calf
was shot with an arrow. Not only
did the calf suffer, the fanner had
an unnecessary expensive hospital
bill from New Bolton Center. In
addition, a heifer calf was stolen at
the same time.
This week a bred Holstein heifer
was shot at night. This animal sur
vives only because the shooter was
a poor marksman.
We find it hard to believe that
anyone is so deranged that they
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Farm Calendar
Saturday, July 30
Brown Swiss Maryland Field Day,
Frederick, Md, 10:00 a.m.
Sunday, July 31
Wyoming/Lackawanna Holstein
Field Day, George Sheypuk’s,
Jermyn, noon.
Lebanon Area Fair, Lebanon,
through August 6
Mercer County Grange Fair, Mer
cer, through August 6
Union County West End Fair,
Laurelton, through! August 6
Monday, August 1
Tioga County Invitational Sale,
Gordon Wood sale manager.
Morrison Cove Dairy Show, Mar
tinsburg, through the sth
Goshen Country Fair, West Ches
ter, through the 6th
Cecil County Fair
Clearfield County Fair, Clearfield,
through the 6th
Potter County Fair, Millport,
through the 6th
Tuesday, August 2
Fayette County Holstein Show,
Fayette County Fairgrounds,
Uniontown, 9:00 a.m.
Franklin County Holstein Field
Day
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presented to him before the July 1
deadline, state funding would have
stopped: period.
In the meantime, he has and will
continue to urge the State Senate to
get serious about passing a budget
that is balanced and fair.
When that happens and I am
confident that it will we will
finally sec the true budget figures.
In the meantime, let’s hope we
get a lot less rhetoric and a lot more
rain.
Editor:
Mark Twain used to say there
were liars, - liars, and statistics.
I’d like to amend that and say that
there arc liars, - liars, and budget
figures.
Over the last several weeks, far
mers from one end of the state to
the other have been led to believe
that the Governor cut the heart out
of agriculture by signing a state
budget
Balderdash! What he did was
avert a budget crisis that could
have stopped state spending for
agriculture altogether. If he had
not signed the only state budget
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would want to cause animals to
suffer by pinging rifle bullets off
their heads and lodging arrows in
their throats. But deranged they
must be. Any true farmer at heart
hurts within himself almost more
for the suffering of his animals
than for his economic loss.
We can only hope that should
you know or see anything or any
one that may provide a clue to who
did these horrendous acts of vio
lence to these animals- we can
only hope that you will call the
police. You may remain anonym
ous if you wish.
Tioga County Holstein Sale
Butler County Holstein Twilight
Meeting, Ken Brennan farm
Ephrata Young Farmers Tour,
departs Ephrata Junior High
School at 3:00 a.m„ through
August 3
Jacktown Fair, Wind Ridge,
through the 6th
New Stanton Farm & Home Fair,
New Stanton, through the 6th
Sire Power Twighlight meeting, E.
James McMath’s home, 7:30
p.m.
Wednesday, August 3
Berks County Area FFA Swine
Show & Sale, Leesport Auc-
lion; show starts at 9:00 a.m.,
sale starts at 6:00 p.m.
Penn Jersey No-Till Conference,
Annandale, WJ.
Linesville Area Community Fair,
Linesville, through the 6th
Tioga County Fair, Whitneyville,
through the Bth
PA Bureau of Forestry, Northum
berland Co. Conservation Dist
Woodland tour, 6:30 p.m. John
Epler’s property behind the
Leon Epler Farm Market on Rt.
11.
Boyd E. Wolff
PA Secretary
of Agriculture
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NOW IS
THE TIME
By Jay Irwin
Lancaster County Agriculture Agent
To Attend
Ag Progress Days
Most farmers do not need much
prodding to visit an agricultural
show whether it is in the county or
half way across the state.
Each year thousands of people
have jammed Penn State Universi
ty’s Rock Springs Agricultural
Research Center, nine miles weset
of Boalsburg on Route 45, to
attend the Annual Ag Progress
Days. The dates are August 16-18.
Activities will start at 9:00 a.m.
and end at 5:00 p.m. each day.
This year’s show should be one
of the biggest and best ever. The
theme of this year’s event is “An
Industry Called Agriculture.”
Come to Ag Progress Days and see
how agriculture research affects
your life. Special exhibits will
show why agriculture is Pennsyl
vania’s #1 industry.
Take a day out of your busy
schedule (you’ve earned it) and
plan to attend Ag Progress Days.
Parking and admission are free.
To Observe
Poultry Month
The Lancaster County Commis
sioners have proclaimed August as
Poultry Month. So, this is a good
time to reflect on the impact this
important industry has on the eco
nomy of Lancaster County. Poul
try products in Lancaster County
provide nourishment for over 6
million people. The value of the
York/Lancaster Vegetable Grow
ers meeting, William Smith
Farm, Mt Wolf.
Thursday, August 4
Mifflin County Holstein Show,
4-H Park, Reedsville
Friday, August 5
Lebanon County Holstein Show,
Lebanon Fairgrounds, 9:00
a.m.
Morrison Cove Holstein Show,
Memorial Park, Martinsburg,
9:00 a.m.
PA Seedmen’s Association Meet
ing, Hershey Motor Lodge,
10:00 a.m.
Lancaster County Poultry Queen
Pageant, Farm & Home Center
Berks County Holstein Club Picn
ic, Schuler Farm, between
Kutztown and Fleetwood, 7:30
p.m.
Saturday, August 6
1988 PA Simmental Field Day,
Windy Hill Farms, Titusville,
10:00 a.m.
PDA Performance Tested Ram
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poultry products sold totaled over
$193 million. It is estimated that
nearly 10,000 people are employ
ed in the many different areas of
the poultry industry in Lancaster
County.
The industry is strong because
of the dedicated, well-managed
poultry farms along with a highly
efficient and supportive allied
industry. Eggs and poultry meat
are two of the most nourishing
foods in your health diet Let’s be
supportive of this important part of
our agricultural economy during
Poultry Month.
To Communicate
With Legislators
How long has it been since you,
as a fanner, have been in contact
with your Senator, Congressman,
or Representative?
I’m afraid that too many of us
are reluctant to inform our legisla
tors how we feel on certain issues.
Yet we expect them to represent us
and support legislators to our
satisfaction.
It often has been said that far
mers do not make enough “noise”
when it comes to agricultural legis
lation. This is no doubt true, but it
should not be that way.
You have heard the phrase “the
wheel that squeaks the loudest gets
SHALL WE LIVE
BY THE RULES?
July 31,1988
Background Scripture: Exo
dus 19 through 20.
Devotional Reading: Exodus
20:2-17.
A little boy was asked by his
Sunday School teacher to name
one of the Ten Commandments. In
genuine puzzlement, the lad
responded: “Gee, I thought they
had repealed them!” I think I can
understand why it might seem the
Ten Commandments arc no longer
in force. It’s not just that people
don’t seem to be keeping them, but
that much of our society acts as if
they no longer apply in the present
age.
Many people, for example, see
nothing wrong with killing (“It’s
time to rid our society of certain
elements”), adultery (“We have an
‘open marriage’”), stealing
(another term for “shrewd busi
ness”), bearing false witness (“it
sells newspapers”), and covetous
ness (a basic ingredient of success
ful advertising).
THE OLD RULES GONE
The reason behind all of the dis
regard of the Ten Commandments,
as well as all other religious rules
and laws, is that * many people
believe that the old rules are no
longer valid for our times. The
days in which we live, they point
out, arc much too complex for us to
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the grease.” I feel that too many
times those who sound off the
loudest do not represent the major
ity views of the farmers.
Don’t hesitate to be on good
terms with your elected officials;
they will appreciate your opinions
and it will help them with their
major decisions.
To Be Aware of the
Pollen Count
The “hay fever” season is here.
Despite its name, “hay” is not nor
mally the cause of hay fever. Rag
weed is the chief cause. Ninety
percent of all allergic reactions to
grass and weed pollens are due to
ragweed.
Hay fever is a seasonal disease.
It’s a disease that many people
tend to minimize despite the fact
that one out of every three suffer
ers develop its serious form
chronic asthma.
In Lancaster County it is wide
spread from early August through
September when the weeds flower.
The best way to destroy ragweed
over large areas is by the use of a
weed spray such as 2,4-D. Cutting
the plant low, near the roots is
recommended for small areas. The
best way to prevent the spread of
ragweed is to keep idle land cov
ered with grass.
live by these old rules. Others
remind us that even Jesus didn’t
hold with the strict rules for the
observance of the sabbath. Actual
ly, Jesus urged his disciples to live
beyond the law, rather than in vio
lation of it. The law, including the
Ten Commandments, is a starting
point, not the end of the line. So, it
is not so much a matter of repeal
ing the old rules, but of taking
them several steps further to meet
the complexities of the times in
which we live.
Actually, there is something
even more important than the old
rules - and this is true even in the
Exodus 19 and 20 passages about
the Ten Commandments. For,
behind the rules and prior to them
is the covenant relationship
between God and his people:
“Now therefore, if you will obey
my voice and keep my covenant,
you shall be my own possession
among all peoples; for all the earth
is mine, and you shall be to me a
kingdom of priests and a holy
nation” (19:5,6).
A HOLY NATION
We must never overlook the fact
that everything begins and stems
from our relationship with god, the
covenant we make with him.
Recently a poll indicated that a
majority of Americans still hold
some belief in God. But the real
question is, not do you believe in
God, but have you committed
yourself to him. If you have, then
your morals and ethics will follow
from your relationship.
We still need the old rules, but
much more than that, we need to
commit ourselves to him and his
will.
(Based on copyrighted Outlines produced
by the Committee on the Uniform Series and
used by permission Released by Community
& Suburban Press)
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