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Best Wishes New Princess
Once again, a new state Dairy
Princess has been chosen to repre
sent the dairy farms and dairy farm
families in Pennsylvania. Kimber
ly Bonzo, Rochester, representing
Beaver-Lawrence Counties,
received the crown from retiring
princess Becky Sonnen last Satur
day evening in a pageant orche
strated to properly showcase the
promotional efforts of the dairy
princess program and create an
emortional climax with the naming
of the new princess.
Many individuals worked
together to make the pageant a suc
cess. Jan Harding, princess direc
tor, had the young ladies ready to
make their best possible impress
ion on the judges. Grover Gouker
did his usual fine job of master of
ceremonies. To interview 40 con
testants and move the program for
ward takes the expertise of a
professional.
You could mention the coordi
nators, families of the princesses,
the judges, the volunteers. Typical
of the efforts put into the program
through the year can be seen in the
statistics racked up by the 1988
Blair County Dairy Princess, Jen
ny Sue Bigelow. During her reign
last year. Sue drove 7,200 miles to
a attend 353 events. That’s nearly
an average of one per day. For her
Farm Calendar
Saturday, October 1
Maryland Beef Tour ’BB, contact
Robert D. Halman
301/398-0200.
Sunday, October 2
Seventh Annual Heritage Celebra
tion, Berks Co. Heritage Cen
ter, Reading, noon until 6:00
p.m.
Monday, October 3
Conservation Directors Annual
Conference, Guthrie Inn, Sayre
National 4-H week
Tuesday, October 4
Atlantic Dairy Co-op Meeting,
District 35, White Horse Fire
Hall, 11:00 a.m.
Eastern Milk Producers Annual
Meeting, Syracuse, runs
through October 5
Atlantic Dairy Coop District 36
annual meeting, 7 p.m. Kauff
man Center.
Atlantic Dairy Coop Cumberland
County local of District 16
annual meeting, 7 p.m. at penn
Township Fire Hall, Huntsdale.
.Wednesday, October 5
Western Pennsylvania Sale of
Stars, Farm Show grounds,
Butler, noon
Thursday, October 6
Bucks County Bam Meeting
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efforts she received the Tina M.
Shultz Memorial Award, set up to
honor the Huntingdon County
Dairy Proncess of 1985-86, who
served her county’s dairy farm
families while fighting a losing
battle with cancer.
A look at the scrapbooks com
piled by each county princess as a
record of her year’s activities also
truly showed the amount of effort
and creativity put into the dairy
princess program. The prccen
dents set by past princesses will
give the new “class” something to
strive for. But as retiring state prin
cess, Becky Sonnen, said in her
farewell address, each county can
be proud of their new representa
tives. “They are a terrific group of
young ladies to represent the dairy
industry we love,” Sonnen said.
We want to congratulate the
new State Dairy Princess and the
first runner-up, Tammy Sue Balth
aser, Berks County, and second
runner-up, Laurie Sterner, Mont
gomery County. And we want to
congratulate all the new county
dairy princesses and their alter
nates across the state. As Becky
Sonnen so aptly said. “You are a
terrific group of young ladies to
represent the dairy industry we all
love.”
Yes, and best wishes, too!
Keystone International Livestock
Exhibition, Farm Show Build
ing, Harrisburg. Runs through
October 10
Lancaster County 4-H Leaders
Banquet, Farm & Home Center,
6:30 p.m.
Atlantic Dairy Coop Perry County
Local of District 16 annual
meeting, 7:15 p.m., Messiah
Lutheran Church, Elliotsburg.
AUantic Dairy Coop, Central York
and Delta Locals of District 24
annual meeting, 7 p.m., Winter
stown Fire Hall.
Wayne Co. solid waste disposal
meeting, Wayne Co. Court
House, Honesdale; 8 p.m.
Mercer County Fall Feeder Calf
Sale, Mercer Livestock Auc
tion, Mercer, 7 p.m.
Friday, October 7
Pennsylvania Livestock Associa
tion Annual Meeting, Shearton
Harrisburg East Motel, 6:00
p.m. Reservation deadline is
October 1, contact Herbert
Shick, 215/285-6519.
Maryland Egg Council Banquet,
Martins Westminister, Westmi
nister, Maryland. .
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By Jay Irwin
'Lancaster County Agriculture Agent
To Fertilize
Alfalfa Seeds
After the last cutting of alfalfa is
removed, it is a good practice to
topdress the field with a
phosphorus-potash fertilizer.
Many growers have been doing
this for years with good results.
The fall application permits time
for the soil elements to reach the
root zone of the plants and become
available for next spring’s growth.
Well fertilized alfalfa fields will
produce more top quality forage
and will be able to withstand
adversities much better. Also, after
the removal of the first crop next
spring, another application of fer
tilizer should be made. Research
continues to show that a nitrogen
application on established stands
of alfalfa is not a good investment.
Apply only the amount recom
mended by your soil test results.
To Prepare For
Wheat Planting
Wheat is an important crop in
many of our farming programs and
the selection of good seed will
result in a better crop next year.
Due to some infection of Scab and
Powdery Mildew in our winter
wheat over the past several years,
growers should be extra careful
this fall by planting clean seed.
Certified seed would be free of
these problems. If you are plan
ning to use homegrown seed, then
do an extra good job of cleaning
and treating. Vitavax 200 is a
recommended fungicide for seed
treatment. The fly-free date is
either after the first killing frost or,
in Southeastern Pennsylvania,
October 10.
Just a few reminders on planting
wheat - it should not be planted in
the same field more often than
once every 5 years; this lime per
iod will reduce the fungus carryov
er in the soil. Plow the field as early
as you can, then disc and harrow to
kill as many weeds as possible. It’s
also a good idea to harrow the field
thoroughly the day of seeding.
KILE Jr. Livestock judging
contest
PA Livestock Association annual
meeting, Sheraton Harrisburg
East Motel, 6 p.m. Reservation
deadline is Oct. 1. Contact Her
bert Shick, 215 285-6519.
Monday, October 10
KILE Keystone Stockman’s
contest
Lancaster County Poultry Health
Seminar
(Turn to Page A 27)
To Watch For
Unwanted Guests
Now that the weather is getting
cooler you may find some
unwanted guests in your bam and
home. You won’t see them too
often perhaps, but they’re there.
These guests in question are rats
and mice. As the weather gets col
der, they migrate from outdoors to
indoors.
Are you aware that one rat can
cost you $2B a year, and that rats
cause an estimated 25% of all farm
fires, and that rats destroy about
20% of all crops planted each year.
Rats have a litter every 30 days ->•
multiplying so rapidly a pair could
have 13,000 descendants in a
year’s life span.
They kiU small animals and
chickens and also carry diseases to
people and animals. Reasons
enough to start a good rat control
program.
ON YIELDING
WILD GRAPES
October!, 1988
Background Scripture; Isaiah
Devotional Reading: Matthew
4:17-22.
When I was a youth contemplat
ing the ministry, our church was
explicit in stipulating that no one
be accepted as a candidate for the
ministry unless he had received a
“call” from God. It was generally
understood that the candidate had
to have had some kind of experi
ence in which God’s “call” was
heard or felt in some way.
In time, we came to realize that
God’s “call” comes not only to the
clergy, but to all of us. All of us are
“called” to something because
God has something for each of us
to do, a purpose to fulfill. In other
words, we' all have a vocation
(“calling”) from God. The prob
lem is not that God doesn’t call
each of us, but that so many of us
don’t listen to hear what God is
saying; and, even if we do hear that
“call,” we may not answer it.
THE KING IS DEAD
Isaiah 6 is often called “the Call
of Isaiah.” One does not know if
this was the first time he called
Isaiah, but it is obvious that it is the
first time Isaiah listened to that call
and answered. Perhaps God had
been calling Isaiah for some time
and it is only in this incident that
Isaiah responded.
Isaiah was in the temple for wor
ship. He starts out noting that it
was “the year that King Uzziah
died” (6:1). Very likely, like many
of his countrymen, Isaiah felt
despondent over his death. King
Uzziah’s death was a tragic loss for
the nation. I can’t help remember
ing that the Sunday after President
John F. Kennedy was assassinated,
record numbers of people were in
To Protect Plants
For The Winter
Plants with shallow roots such
as azaleas, rhododendrons, moun
tain laurel and flowering dogwood
need frequent watering. And it’s a
good idea to continue watering
these plants on a regular basis until
the ground freezes this fall.
A shallow-rooted plant that has
most of its root system in the upper
three to five inches of soil. Since
this is the first layer to dry out, it’s
very important that these plants
receive at least an inch of water
each week through the season.
Also, the more water your plants
can take up before the ground
freezes, the better they will with
stand the severe winter conditions.
Keep in mind that once the ground
does freeze, there will be no free
water for the plants to take up. But
even though the ground is frozen,
that parts of the plant above the
ground will continue to lose water.
churches all across the land. I
remember that on that Sunday
there were quite a few people pre
sent in my worship service whom I
had never seen there before. It was
a time of national tragedy and peo
ple flocked to the churches for
reassurance. Sometimes, it is only
when something tragic or disap
pointing happens to us that we can
open ourselves to God’s “call.”
It is important for us to note that,
when it seemed Isaiah and the
nation were stricken with this
sense of loss, the prophet-to-be
was able to find an exalted vision
of God’s majesty: “In the year that
King Uzziah died I saw the Lord
silting upon a throne, high and
lifted up...” (6:1). Often when we
are low down, it is then that we are
able to be lifted up with a realiza
tion of God’s glory.
WHOM SHALL I SEND?
What is the natural result of such
an experience; a deep sense of
humility. We can understand
Isaiah’s response: “Woe is me! For
I am lost; for I am a man of unclean
lips...” (6:5). I am reminded of the
story about the woman who went
to a counsellor to get help for her
“nerves.” After a number of ses
sions that seemed to go nowhere,
the doctor wrote on his prescrip
tion pad: “Take a trip to Niagara
Falls.”
When the woman asked the rea
son for this strange prescription,
the counsellor replied that what
she needed was to take “a long, lin
gering look at something bigger
than yourself!” Actually, that’s
what all of us need and that’s what
worship is supposed to be all
about.
Isaiah’s humble contrition
opened the door for his forgive
ness: “Your guilt is taken away,
and your sin forgiven.” But for
giveness is not the end of it all, for,
like Isaiah, when we have been
cleansed there comes a voice to
each of us, saying: “Whom shall I
send, and who will go for us?”
(7,8). When at last we hear that
call, it is time for us to answer it as
Isaiah did: “Here I am! Send me!”
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