AlO-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 19, 1991
OPINION
A Vision To Fulfill
In an extensive and well written presentation to the Lancaster
Farmland Trust annual dinner meeting, Darvin E. Boyd makes a pow
erful case to preserve farmland. Under the title “A Vistion to Fulfill,”
Boyd looks at history, the benefits of preserving farmland and what
needs to be done by the year 2000. In his epilogue Boyd writes:
Lancaster County is a Living National Treasure. We owe it such
dignity. It is one of the most picturesque and fertile growing areas in
the world. Its total living and working environment have created a
quality of life that is greatly valued by those of us who experience it
and is cherished by the millions of outsiders who have witnessed it.
Let us learn from the wisdom of our forefathers in having a vision for
the future. It is our responsibility to be its good stewards and maintain
its rich natural resources to enhance the quality of life for future
generations.
“Lcl it be our legacy to help this Living National Treasure flourish
into the 21st century as a contributor to the ongoing quality of life,
rather than as a monument of past historic achievements. For those of
us who love this county, come from its roots and will return to its
dust, there can be no more noble and worthy cause than doing our fair
share in contributing to the fulfillment of this legacy. I ask each of
you to join me tonight in promoting this genuine cause with greater
fervor because the cause is right and the alternatives are devastating.
“Lcl us continue the action to fulfill the programs that arc evolving
from the consensus that has emerged from our citizenry during the
past two years. Lcl us continue dialogue, communication and cooper
ation among many individuals, groups and interests in channeling
combined energies into creative and productive approaches to best
utilize our resources. Let us reach out to hear and accommodate those
with differing viewpoints so that everyone who desires can be a parti
cipant in helping to further develop the ongoing emerging consensus.
Then let us be united in heart and spirit and common purpose as we
achieve our legac> for generations to come as we approach and enter
the 21st century. Yes, it is a challenge, but anything worthwhile is.
Nevertheless, it is a vision we can fulfill together, and to whom many
that follow us will be grateful. Let us do it together for us and them by
keeping Lancaster County an ongoing Living National Treasure -
indeed, a most noble and worthy “Vision to Fulfill.”
Boyd’s vision for Lancaster farmland should be the vision for
every acre of farmland in the nation.
Farm Calendar
Susquehanna Valley Dairy Day,
SUN Area Technical School,
New Berlin, 9 a.m.-3:15 p.m.
Dairy Women’s Seminar, Garden
Gate Restaurant, 10 a.m.-2:30
p.m.
Franklin Co. Holstein Club annual
meeting, Greenvillage Church
of God, 7 p.m. '
McKean Co. private pesticide
applicators exam, Kane Fish
and Game Club, 10 a.m.
Endless Mountain Maple Syrup
Producers Association annual
meeting/pancake dinner, Syl
vania Community Hall, 10:30
a.m.
Adams Co. Com Clinic, York
Tioga Co. income tax meeting,
Pomona Grange Hall, Wells
boro, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
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Berks/Southeast Cattlemen’s
Assoc. On Foot/On Rail Beef
Evaluation, Leesport Market
and Auction, Leesport, 7 p.m.;
repeats Jan. 24, Peter Bros.
Meats, Lenhartsville, 7 p.m.
Lancaster Co. Heifer Nutritional
and Management School, Farm
and Home Center, 9:30 a.m.
Lancaster Farm and Home Found
ation annual meeting, Farm and
Home Center, 6:30 p.m.
Franklin Co. Com Clinic, Kauff
man’s Community Center, 9
a.m.-3:15 p.m.
York Co. Computer User Group,
Gettysburg H.S., 7 p.m.
Adams Co. Milking Management
Seminar, extension office, 9:30
a.m.
Eastern Lancaster Co. pesticide
update meeting, Blue Ball
Elementary School, 7 p.m.-9
p.m.
South Central District Show and
nomination meeting, Western
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NOW IS
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By Jay Irwin
Lancaster County
Agricultural Agent
To Repair Farm
Equipment
This is the time to replace those
worn or damaged parts and tires
on your farm machinery.
Maintaining and restocking
needed spare parts should be a
must before the really busy spring
season is underway. Have the trac
tor engine timed by your local
dealer. Consult the operator’s
manual and adjust field machines
according to manufacturer’s
recommendations.
Order a supply of oils, filters
and greases that are needed to
maintain tractors and other equip
ment It pays to take time out to
start a system of record-keeping
for each machine. Keep good
records of maintenance and
repairs and you can save money in
this highly mechanized farming
operation.
Remember, a breakdown at
planting time is costly. The best
prevention is good maintenance.
To Recognize Stress
in Farming
Life can become so hectic... too
much to d 0... on the run. You’ve
been on the tractor or in the bam
almost nonstop since sunrise and
there’s too much on your mind to
notice the beautiful sunset. Farm
ing is still full of the best of life.
Probably many of the reasons you
wanted to be a farmer or live on a
farm arc the very things you don’t
pay much attention to anymore.
It’s more than machinery or
livestock, bills or market fluctua
tions - it’s a way of life which in
itself holds much to be desired and
Sizzler Restaurant, Harrisburg,
10:30 a.m.
Clarion Co. Farm Records Course,
Clarion Co. Park, 10 a.m.-3
p.m.; repeats Jan. 24 and 29.
Delaware Horticulture Industry
Expo, Sheraton Inn, Dover, 8
Warren Co. income tax meeting,
Perkins Pancake House, War
ren, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
York Co. Com Clinic, 4-H Center,
Bair, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
Schuylkill Co. DHIA annual meet
ing, Andreas Fire Co. Hall,
Andreas, 12 noon.
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appreciated.
We must not let the excessive
stress on the farm interfere with
our home and family life. Medical
research estimates as high as 90%
of today’s illness and disease is
stress related. Fanning is one of
the most stressful occupations
today. We must admit stress
before we can deal with it. Most
importantly, take time to “smell
the flowers,” and say to yourself -
just for today, I will live through
the next 12 hours and not try to
tackle all life’s problems at once.
Every year grain in storage or
grain which is being moved into or
out of storage claims the lives of
farmers or farm family members
across the United States, accord
ing to Robert J. Anderson, Exten
sion Agronomy Agent. Rowing
grain can trap and suffocate a per
son very easily. Many accidents
Background Scripture:
Devotional Reading:
Normally, the parables of Jesus
have but one important truth to
impart in each. But in the story of
Dives and Lazarus, Luke
16:19-31, we find a teaching story
that is used to impart several
important teachings.
It is interesting to note that there
is a similar story from ancient
Egypt. In the Egyptian version a
rich man dies and is carried in fine
raiment to his elaborate tomb. At
the same time, a poor man, clothed
only in linen garments, is buried
ignominiously. An observer notes
the obvious advantages of the rich
man. But then the observer is
taken to the underworld and there
he finds that the fortunes of the
two men have been reversed: the
poor man is in the place of honor
and the rich man suffers torment.
The story concludes with the mor
al; “He who is good on earth fares
well in the realm of the dead, and
he who is evil on earth fares ill.”
DIVES & LAZARUS
The story of Dives and Lazarus,
while a bit more detailed, is simi
lar in its intent. After death, the
fortunes of the two men are
reversed. It is interesting to note
that even in the midst of his tor
ment the rich man continues in his
arrogance: “Father Abraham, have
mercy upon me, and send Lazarus
to dip the end of his finger in
water and cool my longue; for I
am in anguish in this "flame”
(16:24). He still regards Lazarus
as someone quite beneath him.
It is believed by some that Jesus
was directing this parable at the
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with grain involve children. Often
farm children are more excited
about playing in the pile of grain
than they are aware of the safety
hazard involved.
We must constantly warn all
children of the danger of grain.
Grain can trap a child in as little as
two or three seconds and pull them
under in less than 10 seconds.
A few simple rules will help
keep everyone safe if followed.
Always keep all access openings
and doors to grain bins locked.
Make sure the outside ladders on
grain storage facilities are out of
reach of children. Keep children
away from any grain being trans
ported by wagons or trucks
between storages. Don’t allow
children to play in or near grain
storage facilities. Never allow
anyone to enter grain in storage
without rescue procedures under
stood by someone who will be in
contact with that person.
Sadducces who were very wealthy
and materialistic in their outlook;
they lived to get all they could in
this life because there was nothing
else after that. They lived to get
their reward on earth. This was
obviously the. attitude of Dives (a
Latin word for ‘rich’). He not only
lived in great luxury himself, but
ignored the plight of those like
Lazarus who were poor and
destitute.
Now, however, the situations
are reversed and upon dying Dives
goes to a place of great heat and
torment, while Lazarus goes to be
in the presence of the patriarch
Abraham. Jesus is saying that the
poor of the earth will experience
God’s plenty after they die. The
rich have already experienced
their reward in this life.
DIVES IN TORMENT
But, what of Dives? Why is he
consigned to torment? The parable
doesn’t tell us that he is an evil
man, except that it suggests that he
knew of Lazarus and knowingly
failed to help him. To ignore the
needs of those around us will have
grave consequences for us. Dives
may have been a very faithful Sad
ducee, attending the temple regu
larly, making the required sacri
fices, etc. But all of that counted
for nothing, because he saw but
did not respond to the needs of his
brother.
Finally, Dives gels the message
and decides to warn his brothers
who live pretty much as he did.
“Then I beg you, father, to send
him to my father’s house, for 1
have five brothers, so that he may
warn them, lest they also come
into this place of torment” (16:27).
It sounds like a bright idea.
Surely if Lazarus’ ghost brings
them a warning, they will heed it
and repent. But Abraham replies:
“If they do not hear Moses and the
prophets, neither will they be con
vinced if someone should rise
from the dead.”
Not even a ghost will reach us
when we have our hearts set on
material rather than spiritual
things.
(Based on copyrighted Outlines produced by
the Committee on the Uniform Senes and used
by permission Released by Community St Sub
urban Press)
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