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OPINION
Cornucopia Promotes Agriculture
Each year leaders from government, agriculture and the food
industry get together at what is called the Keystone Cornucopia.
This has been a yearly event since 1981. All kinds of scrump
tious food is served from Pennsylvania’s bountiful table. And
state legislators go home with baskests of food provided by the
many different food processors.
In past years this event, sponsored by the Pennsylvania State
Council of Farm Organizations, used a buffet style meal to give
the wide variety of food a chance to be served. But this year the
event scheduled for Monday evening, Feburary 6, will feature a
served dinner with two entrees to ensure that the diversity of the
State’s agricultural bounty is evident.
The event to be held at the Hershey Convention Center will
project a united front for Pennsylvania’s number one industry.
This is true because numerous organizations and associations
that serve agriculture join together to promote Pennsylvania
farm products through this yearly event. The Cornucopia shows
officials in Harrisburg that agriculturists work together for the
betterment of the state’s economy. Hopefully, after these offi
cials see the magnitude of the benefits offered to the public by
the food/farming industry, they will be more inclined to adopt
legislation sympathic to agriculture’s needs.
The tickets cost $35.00 each. That’s a lot of money even for
the good dinner if that were all you were getting for your contri
bution. But in this case your dollars help promote agriculture
and you get the dinner too. If you want to be a part of this premier
social and promotional event of the year for Pennsylvania pro
duced foods, call the State Council’s office now at (717)
232-7232 and make your reservations. We think you’ll be glad
you did.
Farm Calendar
Monday, January 30
Delmarva Dairy Day, Hartley Fire
Hall, Hartley, DE, 9:00 a.m.
Dauphin County Soil Nutrient
Management, Ag & Natural
Resources Center, 3 miles north
of Dauphin, 1:00 p.m.
Annual Meeting, District 13S,
Coba Select Sires, Days Inn,
Butler.
Tuesday, January 31
Cattle Feeder’s Day, Lancaster
Farm & Home Center, 8:30
a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Adams County “Planning For The
90s”, extenions office, 12:30
p m. to 3:00 p.m. Repeats Feb. 7 (Turn to Pag# A3o j
j* FARM FORUM our readers write J
developed into one of the headline
attractions and serves as a public
forum for projecting a very posi
tive image for sheep and wool.
The Pennsylvania Cooperative
Sheep and Wool Growers Associ
ation (PSWGA) is certainly appre
ciative of the positive publicity
generated by this event each year.
However, and unfortunately,
“behind the scenes” of the contest,
some negative undercurrents,
which have been “brewing” over
the past few years, are beginning
to surface. And so, in ordpr to pro
tect the reputation of PSWGA, it
Editor:
First, thanks to Lancaster Farm
ing on behalf of the Keystone
State’s 5000 or so sheep producers
for your coverage of sheep-related
events at the 1989 Farm Show.
Appreciated the article on our new
Lamb and Wool Queen, Carla
Clutter. Carla’s enthusiasm about
lamb and wool reflects the optim
ism and progressive attitude with
in our industry.
Your feature article on the 1989
Sheep-to-Shawl Contest under
scores the “draw” this extremely
popular event has at the Farm
Show each year, where it has
Lancaster Farming
Established 1955
Published Every Saturday
Ephrata Review Building
1 E. Main St.
Ephrata, PA 17522
by
Lancaster Farming, Inc.
A atlntmn EnWprh*
Robert G. Campbell General Manager
Everett R. Newawanger Managing Editor
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On-foot on-rail beef evaluation
program, live evaluation 7:30
p.m. Leesport Farmers Market
Carcass evaluation Feb. 2
District 13N annual meeting,
Coba-Select Sires, Days Inn,
Meadville,
Milk Quality and Somatic Cell
Reports Meeting, Jefferson
County Service Center,
Brookville.
Pennsylvania Vegetable Confer
ence, > Hershey Convention
Center; runs through Feb. 2.
LAND meeting, Community Cen
ter, Lancaster, 7:30 p.m.
(Turn to Pag* A 33)
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NOW IS
THE TIME
By Jay Irwin
’Lancaster County Agriculture Agent
To Protect
Your Lungs
Dust can be hazardous to your
health... it can destroy lungs.
Farmers who are exposed to dust
over long periods of time risk the
disabling disease called “farmer’s
lung.” As the dust accumulates in
the lungs the tissue hardens. This
can lead to a variety of respiratory
ailments including bronchitis and
asthma. If the condition is not
diagnosed soon enough, irreversi
ble lung damage may occur.
Preventing farmer’s lung
doesn’t necessarily require any
elaborate or expensive equip
ment.. a simple mask when dust
can’t be avoided... for example
when handling dry bedding,
sweeping dusty walls or walks or
grinding and mixing feed.
Keeping the overall level of
dust down is also helpful. There
fore as soon as feed sacks or
chemical containers are emptied
they should be discarded in the
proper manner. Regular house
cleaning or work areas is another
good idea. Not only will the area
look better... you’ll feel better
without all that dust in your lungs.
Contact your local Lung Associa
tion for more detailed information
on how to protect your lungs.
To Plan Legume
Seeding
It’s not too soon to make plans
for seeding clover or alfalfa or
winter grains. Many of our good
stands have been obtained by
making a broadcast seeding in late
February or early March. The val
ue of seeding at this time is to take
advantage of the alternate freezing
and thawing to work the small
seeds into the topsoil. Wheat is
usually the best grain to make late
winter or early spring legume
seedings. Barley and rye tend to
develop too much growth and
increase the potential for lodging
which smothers out the small
legume plants. Broadcast seeding
when the soil is “honeycombed”
in early March works very well,
but the use of a band seeder may
be a better way to establish a new
legume stand.
To Transfer
Silage
Some farmers use temporary
silos to store the extra silage for
their dairy and feeder cattle. Our
Agronomy Specialists tell us that
any silage to be moved from a
temporary storage to an upright
storage should be done in cold
o=
weather. When moved in warm
weather (over 40°) there mil be
mote chances of heating and
molding. Make the transfer in cold
weather and do it as rapidly as
possible. No additives or preser
vatives should be needed in this
process.
By transferring to the upright
silo, you can utilize the mechani
cal feeding equipment in your
upright silo.
To Correct
Drainage Problems
The late winter and early spring
provide a good chance to observe
the water drainage problems
around many homes and farm
steads. If surface water drains into
farm buildings or into homes, then
something should be done about it
soon. Surface water should be
directed away from buildings by
THE HEALING
TOUCH
January 29,1989
Background Scripture:
Luke 8:1-3, 40-56,
Devotional Reading:
Psalms 116; 1-10; Matthew 21:
The two healing stories in Luke
8 Jairus’ daughter and the
woman with the hemorrhage
have two things in common: per
sistent faith and the powerful heal
ing touch of Jesus.
Both the stories are dramatic.
The woman with the hemorrhage
had been ill for twelve years and
spent just about every cent she had
on doctors, but to no avail. She is
nameless and presumably humble;
she didn’t presume to ask Jesus for
healing, but she believed in him so
strongly that she was sure she
would be healed if she could just
touch his garment The press of
the crowd was so great that it was
difficult to get close to him, but
she was persistent in her faith.
And like the leper in Luke S, this
humble woman was also auda
cious with her discharge of
blood she was held to be spiritual
ly “unclean” and Jesus should not
have any physical contact with her
whatsoever. That’s probably why
she touched only the tassel of his
garment and it is also why she was
embarrassed when Jesus asked,
“Who was it that touched me?”
(Lk. 8:45).
SOMEONE
TOUCHED ME
The healing was not imaginary;
Jesus said, “Someone touched me;
for I perceive that power has gone
forth from me” (8:46). The name
less woman also felt that power
and knew she had been healed
instantly. Yet, Jesus focused, not
on his power, but on the woman’s
persistent receptivity: “Daughter,
your faith has made you well; go
in peace” (8:48). Years later,
Eusebius, the great church histo
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way of terraces or diversion
ditches.
Water should not be permitted
to flow down against buildings
from upgrade. This will weaken
the structure and wash soil away
from the foundation. Water that
seeps into a building from under
ground is a different problem and
more difficult to control.
However, the surface water can
be directed around and away from
farm buildings. Also, the area
around wells should be protected
from surface water contamination.
Water from feedlots and barn
yards should not be allowed to
flow directly into streams; pas
tures or holding areas will reduce
the possibility of pollution.
The Cooperative Extension is
an affirmative action, equal op
portunity educational institution.
rian (300 A.D.), wrote that this
woman, a gentile from Caesarea
Philippi, erected a Statue comme
morating her healing, and that it
stood until the Emperor Julian
destroyed it and replaced it with
his own.
The story of Jairus’ daughter
stands in stark contrast. The man
who comes to Jesus is an impor
tant man and well-known in the
community as the president of the
synagogue. This was a position of
power, honor and prestige. He
does not come for himself, but for
his young daughter in our soci
ety she would be an adolescent,
but in Jesus’ day she was on the
threshhold of being a young
woman of marriable age. Obvi
ously, she is Jairus’ only child and
that makes his plight even more
poignant One can’t help noting
that here is a man who has probab
ly risen as far as he can in his com
munity, but despite his success,
he is powerless to help his only
child.
SWALLOWED PRIDE
There’s another factor, too.
Jairus had probably not been well
disposed toward Jesus. As presi
dent of the synagogue, he must
have regarded Jesus as a threat to
the Jewish religion. So, we may
well assume that, in order to help
his daughter, he swallowed his
misgivings and pride and came to
Jesus because there was nowhere
else to go. His love for his daught
er was greater than his religious
ideology and his position in the
community. Although in practi
cally every other circumstance he
was unlike the woman with the
hemorrhage, what he shared in
common with her was a persistent
faith. Even when a messenger
came saying, “Your daughter is
dead; do not trouble the Teacher
any more,” Jairus was not
deterred.
We do not know whether the
daughter was in a coma and only
appeared dead, or whether she had
actually died and Jesus resusci
tated her. At any rate, he touched
her and said simply “Child, arise.”
And once again persistent faith
and Christ’s healing touch
prevailed.
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