AlO-Lanctstcr Fanning, Saturday, Hay 27,1989
OPINION
The Family Depends On It
The bill to help keep future generations from the need to sell
the family farm for estate taxes was introduced in the US Con
gress last week by Representative Dick Schulze (R Chester
Co.). The federal estate tax is levied on a farm when its owner
ship is transfered due to death or through a gift.
“The tradition of family farming in America is being
threatened by the spiralling value of farmland in proximity to
urban areas,” Schulze-said in a statement. “As the value of land
rises with increased development, the ability of families to pass
their farm on to succeeding generations is being eliminated by
enormous estate tax burdens.”
Of special note is that one individual with a real desire to pro
tect his family’s farm provided the impetus for Representative
Schulze’s bill. Bob Lange in Malvern proposed the federal
legislation to Schulze so that he and other farmers would not
need to sell 25 to 75 percent of their land to pay the federal estate
taxes. Lange farms a 207 acre farm that has been in the family
since 1896.
The bill would cut the federal estate tax fey 20 percent on any
family farm owned and operated for 10 years. Qualifying farms
must be located within 50 miles of a city. After each subsequent
five year period, the tax payment would drop another 20 per
cent. After 30 years of owning and operating the farm, the fami
ly would not need to pay any federal estate tax. So the Lange
farm would be exempt. And that’s the way the family wants it.
“We don’t want to sell any ground,” Lange said. “We want it
to stay as it is.”
So we have a perfect example of how one person with a sin
cere desire to protect family farms can influence national policy.
The bill has already attracted at least 11 other sponsors across
the nation. And we believe this bill should be passed by both the
house and senate. The family farm depends on it.
Farm Calendar
Saturday, May 27
27th Kentucky National Jersey
Show & Sale, Kentucky Fair &
Expo Center, Louisville, Ky.,
9:30 a.m. show, 1:00 p.m. sale.
Third annual Baltimore Herb Fes
tival, Leakin Park, Baltimore.
Md., 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.;
call 301/448-0406 for more
information.
Northwest Pennsylvania Keystone
Junior Beef Classic, Crawford
County fairgrounds, through
May 28.
Sunday, May 28
Pennsylvania Fair sheep show,
Philadelphia Park Race Track,
Bensalem, 12:30 p.m.; for more
information, call Susan Smith
at 215/679-0321.
Tuesday, May 30
Steps In Settling An Estate, Penn
State Allentown campus,
Fogelsville, 1:00 p.m. and 7:30
p.m.; for information call
215/740-1970.
Thursday, June 1
Bradford County DHIA Directors
meeting, Bradford County
Extension office, Towanda,
8:00 p.m.
Annual Meeting of Mid-East
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Friday, June 2
Washington Sheep & Wool Field
Day, Washington County fair
grounds, Washington; runs
through June 3.
Vermont Dairy Festival, Enosburg
Falls, Vt.; runs through June 4.
Saturday, June 3
Cecil County 4-H Breeders Fair,
Cecil County fairgrounds, Fair
hill, Md., 9:00 a.m. to noon.
Carroll County, Md., farm ponds
tour, Ag Center, Westminster,
Md., 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Herb Fest, Herb Hollow, East
Otto, N.Y., 10:00 a.m. to 5:00
p.m.; continues June 4. Call
716/257-5105 for more
information.
Berks County Spring 4-H Festival,
Berks Heim Annex, Leesport,
11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.; con-
tinues June 4.
Seventh annual Franklin County
beef and market lamb preview
show, Shippensburg fair
grounds, Shippensburg, beef
show at 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.,
lamb show at 11:00 a.m. to 2:00
p.m.
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By Jay Irwin .
'Lancaster County Agriculture Agent
To Prevent Fly Problems
There is considerable increase
in fly population in many of our
operations this spring. Keep in
mind that one of the best ways to
prevent fly problems is to elimi
nate fly breeding opportunities.
Flies are almost impossible .to
control with the use of chemicals
only. However, chemicals are
helpful if combined with other
management practices. To help
prevent flies from breeding, clean
up accumulations of manure and
spilled feed along feed bunks and
at the edge of feed lots. Design
lots and alleys so they can be
scraped thoroughly and frequent
ly. When manure is hauled to the
field, incorporate it before flies
have a chance to hatch.
Your fly control program
should integrate several different
control techniques and insecti
cides, if you are going to be suc
cessful. Flies will become resis
tant to a particular insecticide if
exposed to the same material sev
eral times in succession. For best
Bucks County Dairy Princess
Pageant, Richland Mall,
Quakertown, noon.
Centre County Dairy Princess
Pageant, Logan Grange Hall,
Pleasant Gap, 7:30 p.m.
Tioga County Dairy Princess
Pageant, Tioga County fair
grounds, Whitneyville, 7:30
p.m.
Southern Maryland 4-H/FFA
Spring Show, Charles County
fairgrounds, LaPlata, Md.; runs
through June 4.
Thursday, June 8
Adams County Christmas Tree
Growers meeting, working tour
at Paul Denlinger’s Red Bridge
Rd., Hunterstown, 10:00 a.m.;
working tour at Alex Kessel’s
Seven Springs tree farm. Cash
town, 1:30 p.m.; educational
meeting at Penn State Fruit Lab,
Biglerville, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, June 9
Pennsylvania Polled Hereford
Association Junior Preview
Show, Penn State Ag Arena,
University Park; runs through
June 11.
Bedford County Dairy Princess
pageant, Northern Bedford
High School, Loysburg,
Saturday, June 10
Franklin County Dairy Princess
pageant, Kauffman’s Com
munity Center, Kauffman Sta
tion, 7:00 p.m.
(Turn to Pago A3l)
results, use a wide variety of
insecticide formulations (space
sprays, mist sprays, baits, residual
sprays, etc.) and different classes
of insecticides.
Always follow label directions
when using any pesticide.
To Be Alert For Corn Pests
We are into the season for cut
worm damage and this includes
the black cutworm. Just a remin
der to keep a close check on all
com fields for the next few weeks.
Damage symptoms will be 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 1989-90 Agro
nomy Guide include Sevin, or
Lorsban, or Pydrin, or Ambush, or
Penncap, or Dylox. Be sure to fol
low all label Erections.
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 meas that the plants
should be mowed. This practice
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Background Scripture:
Ephesians 5:21 through 6:4.
Devotional Reading:
1 John 4:7-12,
Today, Paul takes a lot of heat
for his view of the family. In a
time when Christians have
struggled to rid themselves and
the church of male chauvinism,
some of Paul’s advice, particular
ly his admonition to wives to “be
subject to your husbands” (5:22),
seems out-of-date at the very least
1 think, however, that Paul is
getting a bum rap. For one thing,
we must keep in mind the nature
and state of die family in the day
in which he wrote this letter.
Except in Christian homes, the
man was the undisputed head of
the family—a virtual dictator and
tyrant. Women had virtually no
rights and children were often
regarded as justified targets of
adult prejudices and vices. Fathers
did not worry about not provoking
their children. Husbands didn’t
have to be concerned with loving
their wives, because basically they
owned them. Wives had to take
whatever consideration and kind
ness they could get
SUBJECT TO
ONE ANOTHER
So, Paul’s letter was revolution
ary. To Christian men, Paul
counseled loving their wives “as
Christ loved the church and gave
himself up'for her...” (5:25). Paul
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will help control weeds and
encourage new growth of grass.
Livestock will consume the dry
clippings. Pastures should be
clipped several times during the
season. In addition, the clipped
area will look much better to the
general public as they travel
through the county.
To Reduce Rural Crime
Rural crime has become a sad
fact of life. Most facts and figures
that we read indicate an increase
in rural crime. There are many
things you can do to “make crime
more trouble than it’s worth.”
That would include installing and
using locks, bringing your equip
ment inside, or putting it in a well
lighted area at night. Also, do not
keep loading chutes near gates.
One of the most important things
you can do is to establish “crime
watch” with your neighbors.
You also may be able to borrow
an engraving tool from your local
police department to mark your
equipment with your driver’s
license number. Do not use your
social security number because it
is not retrievable.
The Penn State Cooperative
Extension is an affirmative action,
equal opportunity educational
institution.
also asked a different standard of
treatment {pr children:'. “Fathers,
do not provoke your children to
anger...” (5:4). Following the atti
tude in secular society, Paul could
have called the wives to obey their
husbands. Instead, he counsels
them to “be subject to your hus
bands, as to the Lord” (5:22). And
note that, when he asks of the
wives, he asks of both husbands
and wives: “Be subject to one
another out of reverence for
Christ” (5:21).
I rather imagine that when men
read these admonitions in the let
ters of Paul, some of them were
incensed. Paul’s picture of the
Christian family was quite diffe
rent from the usual family model.
Some of them probably had trou
ble understanding what being a
Christian had to do with such radi
cal views. Those who felt this way
had time and tradition on their
side. This is the way it had been as
long as people could remember.
Why should there be any changes
in an institution, which, as far as
they were concerned, had worked
well just the way it was?
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THE PROFOUND
MYSTERY
But Paul knew that, when peo
ple took Christ into their lives,
nothing could ever stay the same.
The old models were no longer
good enough. The only model
worthy is the model presented by
Christ in his love for the church
a relationship of self-giving, self
sacrificing love. Since Calvary,
nothing else would ever be good
enough to define the relationships
between husbands and wives,
parents and children.
So let us be subject to one
another as Christ willingly bore
his cross for us.
(Based on copyrighted Outlines produced by
the Committee on the Uniform Series and used
by permission. Released by Community A Sub
urban Press.)
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