AlO-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 13,1990
OPINION
National 4-H Week
October 7 - 13 is National 4-H Week. 4-H is the Cooperative
Extension Service’s dynamic, nonformal, educational program for
today’s young people. The program combines the cooperative efforts
of youth, volunteer leaders, state land-grant universities, federal -
slate - local governments, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
The mission of the Cooperative Extension system in conducting 4-H
programs is to assist youth in acquiring knowledge, developing life
skills, and forming attitudes that will enable them to become self
directing, productive and contributing members of society.
The 4-H Pledge is important to all members...
I pledge: My Head to clearer thinking,
My Heart to greater loyalty.
My Hands to larger service, and
My Health to better living, for my Club, my
Community, my Country, and my World.
The 4-H Pledge is an enduring symbol of the devotion generations
of America’s young people have given to the 4-H program. Its words
embody the goals of 4-H. The Pledge is the heart of a very special
union - the union among 4-H members, who leant and grow through
4-H programs; the staff, both volunteer and Extension, who make 4-H
a reality for young people throughout the nation; and the large and
growing family of 4-H supporters and partners who make it possible.
The Pledge is the measure by which 4-Her’s test their efforts to
become the very best they are capable of and to give, through 4-H,
that best back to their clubs, their communities, their country, and
their world. The support of private sector partners, recognizing and
rewarding their efforts on county, state and national levels, reinforces
the enthusiasm and dedication of 4-Hers throughout the nation as they
pursue their goals.
4-H is the world’s largest youth organization, And we believe the
interchange between rural and urban youths in 4-H clubs across
America helps close the communication gap between these two seg
ments of the population. Keep up the good work.
Farm Calendar
W. Va. Angus Fall Mountain
Classic, Jackson’s Mill.
Md. Sheep Breeders’ Association
annual banquet, Carroll Co. Ag
Center, Westminster.
Crop management meeting, Burd
Farm, Uniontown, 11:00 a.m.
National 4-H Week, Oct. 7-13.
Pa. National Horse Show, Farm
Show Building, Harrisburg,
thru Oct. 20.
Umonville Community Fair. _
Pa. National Horse Show, Farm
Show Building, Harrisburg,
thru Oct. 20.
Berks Poultry Fanciers Associa
tion Fall Show, Berks Co. Ag
Center, Reading, 4-H Facility,
Maryland Association of Exten
sion 4-H Agents fall meeting.
Quality Inn, Westminster, Md.,
thru Oct. 17.
Penn State Income Tax Prepara
tion Workshop, Holiday Inn,
Harrisburg, thru Oct. 16.
Berks Co. Cooperative Extension
76th annual meeting, Berks Co.
4-H Center, 6:00 p.m.
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Tuesday, October 16
Maryland Association of Exten
sion 4-H Agents fall meeting,
Quality Inn, Westminster, Md.,
thru Oct. 17.
Penn State Income Tax Prepara
tion Workshop, Holiday Inn,
Harrisburg.
Rutgers Coop Extension/Penn
State University Livestock
Seminar, Gardner Farm, Hamp-
Maryland Association of Exten
sion 4-H Agents fall meeting,
(Dualit^nn^Vestminster^d.
Meeting on poultry health and con
demndations, Sheraton Ocean
City, Ocean City, Md., thru Oct.
19.
Dillsburg Community Fair, thru
Oct. 20.
Lancaster Co. 4-H Swine Club
banquet, Bird-In-Hand Family
Restaurant, Bird-In-Hand, 6:30
p.m.
Herd Health Seminar, Brown’s
Restaurant, Portersville, 10:30
Meeting on poultry health and con
demndations, Sheraton Ocean
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NOW IS
THE TIME
By Jay Irwin
Lancaster County
Agricultural Agent
To Evaluate
Farm Records
The 1990 cropping season is
about over and soon it will be time
to summarize your farm accounts
and be reporting to the IRS. In
addition to the need of good farm
records for tax reporting purposes,
I’d like to suggest these farm
records be used for future farm
planning and in making major
farm decisions.
When time permits and as the
outside work winds down this fall,
it is a good idea to spend some
time in your office and do some
“pencil pushing” regarding the
most profitable parts of your farm
ing business. Your records of suc
cess or failure of the various enter
prises are the best guide to future
expansion or termination.
To Understand Natural
And Biological Control
Of Pests
The concept of Natural and
Biological control of pests is not
new. Farmers have been practic
ing it for several decades. They
have disrupted the normal life
cycles of pests by rotating crops
and by incorporating crop debris
into the soil.
Scientists have been breeding
and selecting new varieties of
City, Ocean City, Md.
Berks Co. Dairy Farmers’ Associ
ation annual dinner meeting,
Ontelaunee Grange Hall, 7:15
p.m.
York Co. Holstein Club banquet,
Thomasville Fire Hall, 7:00
p.m.
Practical Aspects of Sheep Nutri
tion, Extension Conference
Center, Cook College, 9:00
118th annual Pennsylvania State
Grange Convention, West
Chester, thru Oct. 25.
Water clinic, Sheffield High
School, 7:30 p.m.-9;00 p.m.
Central Susquehanna Valley
greenhouse tour and meeting,
Dale Whitenight’s Greenhouse,
Northumberland Co., 4:30 p.m.
(Turn to Pago A 24)
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crops that are either resistant to, or
more tolerant of a variety of pests.
Over 20 years ago, parasitic ways
had been released to prey on the
alfalfa weevil, and the need for
fanners to rely on chemicals to
control this pest has been elimi
nated almost completely.
New biotech procedures, such
as genetic engineering and tissue
culture, are helping scientists
speed up development of new
control measures. Farmers also
are concerned about food safety,
environmental quality and health.
They prefer not to use chemicals
on the food their families cat, or
the crops their herds consume or
that which they market, if other
effective, safe and economical
alternatives exist.
Thus, the need for integrated
pest management (IPM) exists,
where chemicals serve as a back
up to natural control measures.
Com harvest for grain is a very
important crop for most farmers.
Therefore, good com storage is
very important. It should be pro
tected from the weather given
proper ventilation for drying, and
then protected from rodents. This
latter menace is one that needs
more attention on many farms.
Mice and rats like to make their
Background Scripture:
Devotional Reading:
A study conducted by Professor
Martin Seligman of the University
of Pennsylvania indicates that in
our era the American people have
repeatedly voted for the presiden
tial candidate who is most positive
and optimistic in his campaign
speeches. Time and again, accord
ing to this study, the American
electorate has rejected the candi
dacies of presidential nominees
whose outlook concerning the
nation and its problems was nega
tive. The majority of voters seem
to prefer candidates who do not
find much wrong with our situa
tion as a nation and, if they do find
something wrong, they want a
candidate who will tell them that
the situation can be simply
remedied.
THE BAD NEWS
MESSENGER
We all understand those find
ings, I think. It is understandable
that we relate better to the optimist
than the pessimist, even though
we know sometimes we need to
come face to face with the nega
tive realities. Sometimes we need
someone to tell us what is wrong
so that we may make necessary
changes in our community and
To Store
Corn Carefully
DON’T PROPHESY
AT BETHEL!
October 14,1990
Amos 7
Psalms 2:1-14
homes in com cribs and storage
places when given the chance.
Make an effort to eliminate all
nesting places and practice good
sanitation to keep the population
down. Keep in mind that rats have
a new litter every 30 days... multi
plying so rapidly a pair could have
15,000 descendants in a year’s life
span.
All rat baiting stations should
be located where children and pets
cannot come in contact with the
bait. Rats and mice are destructive
and are costing farmers a great
deal of money.
To Appreciate
Lancaster County
While attending the National
County Agent’s meeting in Seattle
Washington last week, we had the
opportunity to visit farms in the
beautiful Pacific Northwest area.
It was surprised to learn that their
rainfall is less than Lancaster (36”
per year to our 43”). Forest pro
ducers are lheir largest agriculture
industry; they also raise a great
deal of high quality potatoes.
The speakers were very infor
mative and inspirational but the
most important part for me was
the exchange of ideas and con
cerns with agricultural agents
from all states in the U.S. It makes
you really appreciate the many
good things that we have at home.
national life. Still, the fact
remains: no one likes a messenger
who brings bad news. We may not
kill them, as the Greeks and others
used to do, but neither do we elect
them to office.
The fact is, no matter how much
we may approve of prophecy in
general, few of us really can stand
it in particular. This is no less true
when our group is criticized than
when we are personally singled
out. In fact, when our community
or our nation is denounced, we
often react much as Amaziah the
priest reacted: “Amos has con
spired against you in the midst of
the house of Israel; the land is not
able to bear his words” (7:10).
“NO PROPHET!”
Get out of town, Amaziah told
Amos: “...go, flee away to the land
of Judah, and eat bread there, and
prophesy there; but never again
prophesy at Bethel, for it is the
king’s sanctuary...” (7:12). Ama
ziah had no problem with Amos’
profession so long as he practiced
it somewhere else. But Amos tells
him that this is not his profession,
but God’s call to deliver a mes
sage, and he does. It was not the
message Amaziah or the kingdom
wanted to hear. They would have
preferred to hear that there were
some problems in the land, but on
the whole, everything was pretty
good.
Has anything really changed in
the world in this regard? Are we
not just as resistant to a critical
report as they were? Prophets are
okay so long as they stay where
they belong. And where is that?
Anywhere but in Bethel and
where we live!
(Based on copyrighted Outlines produced by
the Committee on the Uniform Series and used
by permission. Released by Community & Sub
urban Press.)