AlO-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 24,1990
OPINION
In case you didn’t know Governor Casey declared February as
Meat Month, as a tribute to the contributions the livestock and
meat industries make to the state’s economy.
Initiated by the Pennsylvania Beef Council, the Governor’s
proclamation serves as a reminder to the state’s citizens that
today’s meat products are changing to satisfy consumer expecta
tions regarding health, nutrition, and food safety.
The proclamation also speaks of a “renewed optimism for the
growth of the Commonwealth’s largest industry —* agriculture.
They, (farm families) and thousands of other employees employ
ed in occupations such as packing, processing, shipping and
retailing, are dedicated to quality meat products.”
The Governor’s proclamation is just part of an industry
supported promotional campaign created to boost meat sales and
improve consumer attitudes about meat. The Pennsylvania Beef
Council has installed attractive point-of-purchase material in
more than 1700 retail stores in the state, and have conducted
numerous in-store cooking demonstrations.
National Meat Month promotions are just part of a coordinated
beef and veal marketing plan funded by producers through the $1
per head beef checkoff program.
In his proclamation, the governor mentions the $550 million
that the state meat industry adds to the annual economic activity.
And this activity is important. But the real blessing comes from
the good food that is available for the family dinner table.
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Farm Calendar
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Saturday, February 24
60th meeting of the Cumberland
Valley Cooperative Associa-
tion, Shippensburg High
School, 11:30 a.m.-l:00 p.m.
Pa. Holstein Convention, Sheraton
Inn, State College, thru Feb. 25.
Berks Co. 4-H Leader and Mem
ber breakfast, Berks Co. 4-H
Center, 8:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Sunday, February 25
Pa. Holstein Convention, Sheraton
Inn, State College.
Monday, February 26
Cumberland Cooperative Sheep &
Wool Growers meeting, 7:00
p.m.
Westmoreland Co. Crops Fair,
Mountain View Inn, Greens
burg, thru Feb. 27.
Adams Co. Dairy Promotion Com
mittee, extension office, 7:30
p.m.
Potter Co. Dairy Nutrition School,
extension office, Coudersport,
thru Feb. 28, 9:30 a.m.-3:00
p.m.
AI School, West Virginia Univer
sity, Feb. 26-March 1.
Tuesday, February 27
Montgomery Co. Soybean Day,
repeats Feb. 28, Family Herit
age Restaurant, Franconia, 9:00
a.m.
Lancaster County Dairy Day 1,
Farm and Home Center, 9:00
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Meat Month
a.m.-3:00 p.m., repeats March
Milk Quality meeting 2, Harry
Schrader & Sons Farm, Ches
tcrtown, Md.
Bucks Co. extension annual meet-
ing, 7:00 p.m. (location to be
announced).
Milk Market Opportunities,
Adams Co. extension office,
Gettysburg, 10:00 a.m.
Southeast Pa. Garden Center Con
ference, Lansdale Holiday Inn,
Kulpsville, Feb. 27 & 28, 8:30
a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Clarion Co. Pesticide Update cre
dits, Clarion Co. Community
Park, 7:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
Potter Co. Dairy Nutrition School,
continues thru Feb. 28.
Schuylkill Co. Crops Day, Penn
State Schuylkill Campus,
Schuylkill Haven, 9:30
a.m.-3:00 p.m.
Cambria Co. Regional Green
house meeting, Days Inn,
Johnstown.
Sludge Management Program
Meeting, Cloister Restaurant,
Ephrata, 6:30 p.m.
Washington Co. Pesticide Update
Training, contact Washington
Co. extension.
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NOW IS
THE TIME
By Jay Irwin
Lancaster County
Agricultural Agent
To Keep Good
Pesticide Records
The arrival of March means the
beginning of a new growing sea
son and warmer weather. And, the
use of various spray materials and
chemicals will be a common prac
tice. They’re all intended for a
special purpose, if used correctly.
In order to protect the producer
from the danger of having excess
residues in food and feed crops, it
is very important that accurate
records be kept This is true with
crops as well as with livestock. In
case the producer is charged with
excess residues, these written
records may save your business.
Don’t rely on your memory or oral
statements; they will not stand up
at a hearing. Be sure records list
the name of the material and the
rate and date of application.
To Attend Poultry
Progress Day
The eighth annual Poultry Prog
ress Day will be held on Thursday,
March 1, 1990 in the auditorium
of the Farm and Home Center,
Lancaster. The program will start
at B:SS a.m. and end at 3:00 p.m.
Lunch will be available. An excel
lent and timely program has been
developed by the Poultry Educa
tion Committee.
Vandalism and break-ins are
increasing in our rural communi
ties; we’ll hear from an attorney
at-law, some of the things we can
do to protect our property and
ourselves. We’ll hear about some
exciting new egg products for
today’s consumer from a well
known innovator, Arthur Papetti.
Two nationally known veterina
rians will tell us how to deal with
the Bronchitis and Rcoviris
problems.
Dr. William Porter, Department
of Pulmonary Medicine, Lancas
ter General Hospital will give us
some information on what we can
do to protect our lungs from the
various particles around the home
and farm. Other speakers will deal
with good employer-employee
relationships; pride in your pro
duct and your work, pesticide stor
age and other areas.
This meeting qualifies for core
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credits for your Private Applicator
Pesticide License. Please bring
your license.
To Be Remlbded of Our
High Quality Milk
A number of tests are per
formed on milk to assure its qual
ity. One of the more important
tests that reflect the degree of sani
tation under which milk was pro
duced and handled, and how well
it will keep on the shelf and in the
home, is the preliminary incuba
tion count (PIC).
Milk is pasteurized to destroy
disease spreading organisms that
may be present. The bacterial con
tent of milk, prior to pasteuriza
tion, is kept low by sanitary pro
duction practices on the farm by
keeping milk equipment clean and
sanitized, by cooling milk quickly
and keeping it stored at about 36*
F., and by keeping the herd free of
communicable diseases.
Locally, nearly every tank load
of milk, if not every tank load, is
screened for antibiotic content. If
antibiotics are detected, the tank
load is dumped, the contamination
is traced back to its source and the
producer is penalized.
The farm is inspected period!-
WHAT KIND
OF PEACE?
February 25,1990
Background Scripture:
John 14:15-31
Devotional Reading:
John 14:18-31
I cannot even remember
attempting something for Christ
that asked of me more than I was
able to give. No matter how diffi
cult that task might seem in pros
pect, if I took up the challenge of
it, it was never too much.
In fact, the “too much” always
proved to be the result of my own
misjudgment and there were times
when I backed off from the chal
lenge because I was sure that I
could not see it through. The
“impossibility” was only in my
mind, for when I have been will
ing to tackle the “impossibilities,”
I have found a source of power
that has always been more than
enough to supply my needs.
BEYOND HUMAN
POWER
No less than three times in John
14:15-31 Jesus makes this point
and each time he makes it even
clearer. “If you love me,” he says,
“you will keep my command
ments” (14:15). And that is what
sounds so threatening and impos
sible to us. Keeping his command
ments seems quite beyond our
powers. So, he says again, “He
who has my commandments and
keeps them, he it is who loves me;
and he who loves me will be loved
by my Father, and I will love him
and manifest myself to him”
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cally by federal, state and local
officials to see that the farm meets
minimum standards for producing
milk. If they fail they can lose
their market.
That is the reason our consum
ers can be assured that milk pur
chased at the local market or v
supermarket is the best that it can 1 Q
be.
To Be Alert For
Farm Hazards
With the arrival of warmer
weather, outside activity picks up
as people - young and old - enjoy
the arrival of spring, and as farm
ers rush to get a head start cm
spring chores. Don’t let accidents
spoil your enjoyment of this won
derful time of the year.
Be alert for active and curious
children around farm vehicles.
Fence off manure storage units to
discourage their accidental
entrance. When working around
manure pits, be aware of the risk
of toxic gas. Some gases strike
people and animals with no warn
ing, and others can be explosive.
So, provide plenty of ventilation, (
don’t work alone, and avoid
sparks and flames. Safety is no
accident.
(14:21). And then a third time: “If
a man loves me, he will keep my
word, and my Father will love
him, and we will come to him and
make our home with him” (14:23).
What this means is that living
by Christ’s teachings brings us
into close communion with him
and the Father and from this close
communion comes the power
quite beyond our normal human
capacities to keep his command
ments. But, if we don’t try to keep
his commandments, we will not be
close to him, and if we are not
close to him, we will not experi
ence his power in our lives.
NOT AS THE WORLD
Jesus goes on to say: “Peace
leave with you; my peace I give to
you; not as the world gives do I
give to you. Let not your hearts be
troubled, neither let them be
afraid” (14:27). The peace of
Christ is different than the peace
that the world offers us. The peace
of the world is to be saved from
trouble. The peace of Christ, how
ever is to be saved in trouble. The
world deceives us in promising to
keep us out of trouble. No one
alive, including Jesus, can escape
from trouble. So, if trouble is our
common lot, what we need is to be
saved in the midst of it, to know
that even as we suffer and
struggle, Christ is with us,
strengthening and empowering us,
just as God was with him on
Calvary.
This, then, is the kind of peace
he offers us—the power we can/Jjfe
experience in the midst of life
we live as close to him as we can.
His union with us—whether you
call it the Indwelling Christ, the
Spirit of God, the Counselor, or
the Holy Spirit—gives us the extra
power that will make us victors
with him instead of victims.
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