On bei a farm -And o hazar Joyce B There’s just no understanding it. No understanding it at all. Here I’ve already given them the best years of my life, and this is the thanks I get. You give ’em your love, you give ’em your devotion and they turn around and treat you like this. And, to add insult to injury, I found it out in the rudest way. There I was peacefully snooz ing in my own living room, like I always do in early evening, curled up with the cozy afghan on the beanbag chair. Everyone else goes to the bam, the house is peaceful, and nothing disturbs my after supper nap. Then from out of nowhere, without even the slightest warn ing, mind you, this hairy, smelly beast came galloping through my house, invading my house. I leaped straight into the air out of a sound sleep and streaked into hiding. _ LEESON .FARM DUTY MOTORS^Bb PRICE $ 70 $ 80 $ 90 $lOO $135 $l4O $l7O $2OO $260 EXTRA Hl-T< $290 $390 I -H And he came after me. Run ning. Jumping. Barking. Likely to scare me to death. Such an indig nity. Such an embarrassment Life hasn’t been the same since. It’s an unforgiveable cat-astrophe. A dog in MY house. As if it wasn’t bad enough when they used to let that other dog in sometimes. He’d curl up on the basement stairs landing and I’d have to make a dash down the steps and past him to get down to my litter box. He never bothered me though, or chased me, or even paid any attention to the kittens I used to raise in here. Now, though, now it's a differ ent story. Frankly, I don’t feel comfortable setting a single paw down anywhere but upstairs, where there are beds to crawl under and an attic to flee to if I have to. Now he’s outside most of the time, so once in a while, I’ll let nm HP 1725 1725 1725 1725 1725 1725 1740 1740 1740 1/3 1/2 3/4 1 1/2 aw \<m 1740 1740 5 7 1/2 PRICES EFFECTIVE UNTIL 5-31-90 Huey equipment COMPANY, INC. Duignars if QaiUty Syitana for Panltiy, Swine and Grain Handlin§ them carry me back downstairs, or I’ll sneak down and peek around the comer. But even when he isn’t there, it smells like he is. That funny-looking dog food is in a bowl right next to my cat food dish. And he drops hair all over the rug where I used to stretch out to sleep on hot summer after noons. And the way they fuss over him! “Nice Solomon. Smart Solo mon. Pretty dog. Solomon’s a gooood boy.” Why, it’s enough to give a dig nified cat like myself a hissy fit. Miniature collie, I heard them say. Four years old. Has to be given away by a former neighbor. Barks, but wouldn’t bite. Grew up with a cat, so wouldn’t chase them. Ha! That’s what they think. Why doesn’t he go chase the bam cats? I wouldn’t mind help ing him with a couple of them, in fact. So what if he has a beautiful long coat and waving tail? So what if he catches Frisbees and fetches balls and sticks and bats balloons in the air and rides in trucks and barks at those big, gal loping cows? Next thing, he’ll probably even take over MY favo rite black rubber ball and chase shoestrings. SHAFT DIA. pmm E 56 D 56 E 56 F 56 HS6H JS6HZ EIB2T GIB4T JIB4T 5/8 5/8 5/8 5/8 5/8 7/8 1 1/8 1 1/8 1 1/8 1 3/8 1 3/8 H2IST K2IST And, bark. Why, he barks at everyone that comes close to the place. They seem to think that’s OK, that he’s letting them know whenever anyone’s around. Me? I’d like to sUp him a hairball to hush 'im up before he interrupts my catnaps one more time. VOLTAGE 115/208-230 115/208-230 115/208-230 115/208-230 115/230 230 115/208-230 230 230 230 230 SYCAMORE INO. PARK 255 PLANE TREE DRIVE LANCASTER, PA 17603 <717)393-5807 Well, I’ll show those ingrates. I’ll ]ust stay upstairs and sleep on the beds and hide in the attic and not sit on their laps and purr or mb against their anldes or keep their chairs warm or any of those housecat responsibilities they’ve come to expect. That’ll show ’em. Maybe they’ll get rid of this pest in MY house. Come to think of it, I did hear Association Takes Time To ‘Handspin’ LITITZ (Lancaster Co.) Members and guests of The Grea ter Appalachian Llama Associa tion (GALA) gathered at North west Farm on April 8, 1990 for a seminar, “Handspinning with Lla ma Fiber.” Co-chairing this event were Marj Gerhart, Northwest Farm, Lititz, and Lynn Zerphey, Sheep berry Farms, Lebanon, Pennsyl vania. Gerhart and Zerphey have been handspinning for several years and had participated in local and state demonstrations and competi tions. The seminar opened with a brief overview of llama fiber. Some of the positive characteris tics of llama fiber are warm, light in weight, soft, and many natural colors. On the negative side, lla ma fiber has little elasticity, is harmed by sunlight, and is subject CATALOG NUMBER 110085 110086 110087 110088 110089 110090 130042 130043 130044 140203 140130 Route 30 West at the Centerville Exit. Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 28,1M0-B5 them discussing something about getting him rtulHfied, or neutral ized, or naturalized, or something like that Seems to me I remember them talking about that before they took me to that awful place that made me feel so blah for a couple of days. Boy, I hope they go through that with him. Bet he wouldn't chase me for a while. Yep. Betcha’ that’ll fix him. to some shrinkage and moth attack. Participating in the seminar was Carol Sanderson, owner of the Golden Lamb spinning/weaving studio in Lititz. An accomplished spinner and weaver, Carol demon strated proper hand carding tech niques (combing the fibers). She brought two styles of spinning wheels, a Luet and an Ashford, and gave each member an oppor tunity to spin on each type of wheel. Throughout the seminar, there was lively discussion of llamas; when crias, baby llamas, are expected; and plans for llama fiber sweaters. Marj Gerhart modeled a woven/knitted vest made from the fibers of her llamas, alpaca, and sheep. Other natural fibers were on display, such as sheep wool, angora rabbit, mohair (goat fiber), and dog hair. A brief discussion on blending fibers and the tech niques for producing multi-fiber yams were also covered. GETTYSBURG (Adams Co.) A search for contestants for the Adams County Dairy Princess and the Little Dairy Miss contest is underway. The winner and alternate of the Dairy Princess title will receive a $lOO wardrobe and other gifts and incentives. The little miss contes tants must be between ages 4 to 6. The winner will receive a $5O war drobe. For more information, call Josie Hess (717) 334-8553. 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