84-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 16,1989 to***. ii*. © a farm wife -And *m^mm Joyce Bupp Year, after year after year, you can expect it. Year, after year, after year, we know it will eventu ally come. Year, after year, after year, there are the same good intentions. Yet, year, after year, after year, winter weather whistles in and catches us not completely pre pared for that inevitable, unwel come, frozen, frigid, first Arctic cold air mass. Problem is that balmy, bright fall weather lends itself to so many other more pressing demands at the time. There are corn and beans to be harvested, ground to be worked, fall grains wailing to be planted, stables needing cleaned, and the list goes on and on. Indeed, we know that too soon the day will come, when freezing winds come blasting around cor ners and through windows which somehow got broken but not fixed. One cold night, fingers of icy air will work their way into hidden nooks and crannies of the bams, to solidify the water flowing to foun tains, and halt service to thirsty barnyard residents. And, while the old saying claims that blood is thicker than water, so is ice. If you question that, try to start a “non wintcrizcd,” water-cooled engine on a ten-degree morning. So, in spite of good intentions and best-laid plans, it is thus that I found myself not too many weeks ago, standing beneath the bright starts on a brilliant and cold night. Holding a flashlight. Aim ing it strategically toward the spot in various engines where the youngest was pouring ncon grecn-colorcd antifreeze. Actually, some antifreeze had already been added earlier. This was an extra measure of cold weather engine “insurance,” to protect the motors to the area’s most unlikely extremes. Earlier that day, I’d climbed up into the old feed room, to unearth the wooden frames that fit into the heifer pen windows. The heavy- duly, reinforced plastic used for feed bags provides an ideal mater ial for winterizing these windows. A staple gun is the handiest fastener for the job. So, after shov ing the frame into the block wall, you begin stapling the plastic to the wood. Brisk, cold wind whips ’round the comer and yanks the bag from your chilled, numb fin gers. A curious heifer begins nib bling at the fastened section of bag. And the stapler runs out of staples, leaving half the bag still flapping in the breeze. I Calf pens in our nursery have (cutouts through the outer wall, where each calf can poke her head outside. After years of trial and error with various materials. I’ve discovered that gallon-size, zip lock-lype, freezer bags make an ideal winter “curtain” for the hcadholcs. Calves can still poke their heads outside, but the bags lay against the opening when the wind blows. And, the heavier plastic at the zipper part doesn’t tear away as quickly. 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