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AlO-Linca«tw Farming, Saturday. February 17,1990
OPINION
LEADING Off CHALLENGE
FFA members all over the country will promote FFA, agri
cultural education and the food and fiber industry during
National FFA Week, Feb. 17-24. Members in thousands of
chapters across the U.S., and in the District of Columbia, Puer
to Rico and the Virgin Islands organize events and activities to
create awareness of and support for agricultural education and
the FFA.
FFA activities and programs are promoted through public
service announcements on the local, state and national levels.
And rightly so. This year’s theme is FFA Leading the Chal
lenge.
Agricultural education classes stress hands-on experience in
diverse areas of agriculture. FFA activities provide leadership
development, career training and award incentives for young
people. Donnell Brown, national FFA president from Throck
morton, Tex., said FFA Week is the chance for members and
communities to recognize achievements and activities avail
able through FFA and agricultural education.
“We’re proud of this commitment to young people and agri
culture,” Brown said. As FFA members and students in agri
culture classes, we are receiving the business, science and
leadership skills we need to prepare for the diverse and chal
lenging careers in agriculture.” *
Each year FFA Week is held during the week of George
Washington’s birthday (traditional) to recognize his leadership
and commitment to American agriculture. The National FFA
Center is located on part of Washington’s original Mt. Vernon
estate near Alexandria, Va.
A national organization of 397,115 students in 7,705 local
chapters, FFA prepares youth for agricultural careers. FFA
activities and award programs complement instruction in agri
cultural education by giving students practical experience in
the application of agricultural skills and knowledge gained in
classes. Developing agricultural leadership, cooperation and
citizenship is FFA’s major objective.
We believe an FFA Chapter in a local school is the best
hedge against urban ignorance of agriculture.
Farm Calendar
Saturday, February 17
Basic Sheep Management Meeting
For Beginners, Bill and Cindy
Bankhead farm. Rock Hall,
Md., 10:00 a.m.-noon.
Adams County Fruitgrowers
meeting, Bendersville Com
munity Hall, Bendersville, 6:00
p.m.
Woodlot Management Workshop,
Lycoming Mall Community
Room, Muncy, Pa., 9:00
a.m.-noon.
Potter Co. Holstein Club annual
meeting. Country Cottage,
Ulysses, 8:00 p.m.
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Monday, February 19
New Holland Vegetable Day,
Summit Valley Elementary
School, New Holland.
25th Annual Shade Tree Sympo
sium, Hershey Lodge and Con
vention Center, Hershey, thru.
Feb. 20.
Berks Family Dairy Day, Berks
Co. Ag Center.
Mercer Co. Com Day, Mercer Co.
Vo-Tech School, 10:00
a.m.-3:00 p.m.
Adams Co. Holstein Classification
meeting, Jeff and Mary Kay
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NOW IS
THE TIME
By Jay Irwin
Lancaster County
Agricultural Agent
To Protect Cattle
From Respiratory Problems
Many cattle are confined in
doors over the winter months. If
the windows and air inlets are
closed and the fans are turned off
to keep the stable warm, the en
vironment can become humid and
dusty. According to Glenn Shirk,
extension dairy agent, this can
cause respiratory problems in cat
tle, such as Pneumonia, Infectious
Bovine Rhinotrachertis GBR), or
Bovine Respiratory Syncytia) Vir
us (BRSV).
The risks are further increased
by weaning, overcrowding, rapid
changes in die weather, malnutri
tion, heavy parasite loads, etc.
To prevent these problems,
ventilate stables properly, reduce
animal stress, and ask your veter
inarian about recommended vac
cination programs.
To Prepare For
Dormant Sprays
Many types of trees are infested
with various kinds of scale insects.
These pests attach themselves to
the bark and twigs and shrubs and
suck the strength from the plant
One of the best treatments is to ap
ply a dormant spray oil before the
buds start to open. The date of the
spray will vary with the weather.
However, on many fruit trees and
shrubbery this will be late Febru
ary and early March. The spray
should be applied before the buds
open. In addition, a spray during
May or June while the insect is in
the crawler stage is strongly sug
gested; materials for this spray can
be Sevin or Malathion. Scale in-
But last week, during what was
to prove to be our last conversa
tion, he told me that, although
those beliefs were still unrecon
ciled, it didn’t matter any more. “I
don’t have to have it all together,”
he told me, “I know that I’m in
Christ’s hands and it will be all
right. I’m ready to go.” I said to
him: “Howard, you have not been
cured, but you have been healed.”
Less than 30 hours later, he was
gone.
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Quarryville, 7:30 p.m.-8:30 jx am.
Roche farm. New Oxford, 7:30
p.m
Tuesday, February 20
Vegetable As An Alternative
meeting, Solanco High School,
p.m.
Cecil Co. Dairy Day, Calvert
Grange Hall, Calvert, Md.,
10:00 a.m.
Clarion Co. Crop Day, Salem
Community Bldg.
Cumberland Co. Farm Transfer
Arrangements meeting, Bonan-
za Steak House, Carlisle. 9:30
a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Fanning In the ‘9os, Farm Man
agement meeting, Kennedyvil
(Turn to Pago A 39)
sects should be controlled the
way is to use a dormant spray.
To Mend Pasture Fences
And Remove Debris
Pastures can provide cattle a lot
of good, nutritious forage, and it’s
a place for them to get fresh air,
exercise and sunlight. Before too
long, we will be turning our cattle
out to pasture, but let’s not turn
them out too soon. It’s best to let
the sod develop and the ground
firm up. Spend the time now to fix
fences and pick up trash and de
bris before the grass grows too tall
and before you’re tied down with
spring field work.
It might also be helpfid to sec
tion off the pasture in order to
make best use of the grass. For ex
ample, wet areas and flat areas my
be fenced off from other areas.
This will enable you to keep cows
out of wet areas until the ground
firms up. and could help prevent
the development of foot problems.
During the early spring flush of
pasture growth, you could keep
cattle out of the flat area; save it
for hay, and feed it to cows later in
the summer.
WHEN YOU DON’T
KNOW THE WAY
February 18,1990
Background Scripture:
John 13: 31 through 14:14.
Devotional Reading:
John 13:31-36.
This past week I lost a dear col
league and friend to cancer. For
the past two years we have met
together periodically to talk and
pray for healing. Often, this deep
thinker confessed to me that he
had a hard time reconciling tradi
tional Christian beliefs about life
after death.
He had reminded me of some
thing that I know but sometimes
forget: we do not have to under
stand it all in order to commit
ourselves into God’s hands. I
think the human brain is a God
given gift that we should use just
as often and as fully as possible.
But, when I have thought my
deepest and finest thoughts, there
is still a lot left that escapes the
power of my intellect. If I wait
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To Be Aware
Of Gypsy Moth Eggs
From now until late April the
buff colored, inch-and-a-half long
fuzzy egg clusters of gypsy moths
are in view on bare trees according
to Bruce Hellerick, extension
horticultural agent. Each cluster
contains several hundred eggs
which means several hundred
caterpillars. You can spot them on
the undersides of tree branches,
along trunks, or in protected areas.
The trees gypsy moths like best
are apple, basswood, gray and riv
er birch, hawthorn, oak, poplar
and willow. They will also work
on black, yellow and paper birch,
cherry, chestnut, elm, black gum,
hickory, maple and sassafrass.
Once you find the egg masses,
scrape them off with a knife or a
flat wooden stick. Collect and
drop diem into a can of kerosene
or bum them. Merely scraping the
eggs off will do little good since
the eggs can still hatch on the
ground.
Destroying some of the egg
clusters will be of some help in
cutting down on the invasion of
the destructive moths later this
year.
until I understand everything
which, of course, isn’t even possi
ble I will never make the
commitment.
It is natural that we should want
to understand all that we can, but,
when we have done our very best,
we need to acknowledge that we
need to acknowledge that we will
always fall far short of our goal.
Even the most brilliant and inquir
ing of minds cannot “get it all
together” so that everything fits.
That’s why I like to say, if you
don't know the way, make sure
you know the guide. In a sense,
that’s what Christianity is all
about Like people all over the
world, we believe that behind us,
our planet and the universe, there ;
stands a single creative, sustain
ing, and providential power. Most
of us call this singularity “God.”
As Christians, we go one stejjftir
ther and confess that thttfeante
God can be optimally understood
and apprehended in human terms
in the person of Jesus Christ All
that we can possibly know abbut
God is what we-find revealed in
him. That’s what John tells us in
chapter 14. Jesus is talking about
his impending life beyond death
and the disciples are having a hard
time trying to comprehend what
he is saying: “Lord, we do not
know where you are going: how
can we know the way?” (14:5).
Jesus knows that Thomas has spo
ken rightly: they cannot know the
way because it lies beyond human
comprehension. So, Jesus says; “I
am the way, and the truth, and the
life; no one comes to the Father,
but by me" (14:6).
Knowing “the way” lies quite
beyond their finite minds, but they
can know Jesus, the Guide, who
will lead them on those paths that
go quite beyond human under
standing. And so can we.
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