AlO-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Octobar 12, 1991
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OPINION
A Job Well Done
With all the activities packed into the five-day KILE in Harris
burg over last weekend at the Farm Show complex, we need to
say things ran smoothly, hi the largest show ever, animals were
housed everywhere. Almost every species and breed had addi
tional entries over last year.
Fourteen hundred sheep, 12 six-horse hitches and food stands
that were constantly restocking because of record crowds are just
a few of the statistics that say this was the largest and best show
ever.
Saturday night at the challenge of the breeds horse show, the
large arena was well-filled. And the small arena was well-filled
Sunday for the final judging of the Polled Herefords that included
genetic data gathered before the show.
When you consider the small number of people who made this
laige show function, we say it was a job well done.
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Farm Calendar
Saturday, October 12
National 4-H Week
Eastern Pa. 4-H Beef Lamb Sale,
Allentown Fairgrounds, 10
a.m.
Franklin Co. Roundup, Grcencas
tle Livestock Market.
Pa. Holstein Association Junior
Executive Committee meeting,
Pa. Holstein office. State Col
lege, 10:30 a.m.
Sire Power Open House, Freder
ick, Md.
Washington Co. Sheep and Wool
Growers banquet, Washington
Co. Fairgrounds, 7 p.m.
Harvest Days Festival, Landis
Valley Museum, Lancaster,
thru Oct. 13.
Harvest Days Festival, Landis
try Manage
Seminar, Kreider’s Restaurant,
Manheim, noon.
ADADC meeting, Town of Walk
ill Community Center, Middle
town, N.Y., 7:30 p.m.
ADADC meeting, Tally-Ho
Restaurant, Richfield Springs,
N.Y., 7:30 p.m.
Northeast Pa. Milking Manage
ment Seminar, Dept, of Ag
Building, Tunkhannock, 9:30
a.m.-3;15 p.m.
Sullivan Co. Milking Management
Seminar, Millview Wesleyan
Basic Arboriculture, Fairmount
Park, Phila., Oct. 16-18 and
Oct. 21-25.
Dillsburg Community Fair, Dills
burg, thru Oct. 19.
Northeast Pa. Milking Manage
ment Seminar, Claverack
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Building, Montrose, 9:36
a.tn.-3:15 p.m.
Lancaster Co. 4-H Swine Club
annual banquet, Bird-In-Hand
Family Restaurant, Bird-In-
Hand, 6:30 p.m.
National Meeting on Poultry
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Farm Forum
Editor:
Fellow dairymen, which brand
of supply management do you
prefer? An extension of what we
already have, with a graduated
milk tax according to some reports
could go as high as 750 for each
hundredweight of milk entering
regular market channels.
The time for decision is NOW
with supplies down partly due to
drought in many a r eas. Fellow
dairymen, we deserve better than
what the government is currently
proposing which down the road a
ways promises not only economic
disaster for many dairymen but
serious shortages for consumers.
Get real! Not many dairymen
can continue to produce milk
indefinitely given the current risks
and uncertainties including the
current drought situation. Without
a sizable price increase to $l4 or
$l5 per hundredweight, $ll or
even $l3 milk just won’t cut it.
There are those who are saying
consumers will not pay the
increased price, but really a $3 per
hundred increase to producers fig
ures out to just a little over 60 per
quart increase to consumers, not
an excessive price to pay to insure
AL, CAN YOU A
winterize: I
MV PICKUPj/
To Submit
Century Farm
Applications
Has your farm been in your fam
ily for 100 years or more? If so,
then you are eligible to receive the
Centuiy Farm Award.
This program is administrated
by the Pennsylvania Department
of Agriculture. To qualify as a
Century Farm, the farm must have
been owned by the same family for
100 consecutive years.
A family member must current
ly live>on the farm and the farm
must consist of at least 10 acres of
the original holding or gross more
than $l,OOO annually from the sale
of farm products.
A lot of counties recognize their
Century Farms at Farm-City ban
quets. Lancaster County currently
has 115 registered Century Farms.
a dependable supply for consum
ers. And I might add, give dairy
men those badly needed dollars to
replace old and worn out equip
ment providing more jobs for
those engaged in the manufactur
ing of some.
For too many years dairymen
have been led down the primrose
path of more, more, more. It’s
time to organize and adopt a pric
ing plan divorced as far as possi
ble from government domination
and control. We already have our
deductions for milk promotions.
Let’s review them and make them
more effective. We don’t need the
added financial drain of a govern
ment imposed milk tax.
Which form of production con
trols will you as a dairyman apt to
follow? More of the same, or will
you join in a system of producer
dominated production controls? A
pricing system reflecting costs of
production plus a reasonable pro
fit for market clearing supplies. In
short a base excess plan tailored to
market needs with a minimum
price for any excess production.
Julius Replogle
Martinsburg
(Turn to Pago A2l)
If you are interested in becoming a
Century Farm, applications are
available at our office, 1383 Arca
dia Road, Room 1, Lancaster, PA
17601 or by calling (717)
394-6851.
To Be Careful
With Ladders
Ladders are very useful around
the farm to reach high places. At
the same time, many serious acci
dents may occur through improper
use.
When using your ladder this
fall, keep the following safety tips
in mind:
• Read ladder weight capacity
and use labels very carefully.
• Do not use a ladder which is
too short or too tall for the job.
• Inspect ladders every month
and discard unsafe ladders.
> Get help when raising and
lowering extension ladders.
• Always check the area above
ladders for obstructions and electr
ic wires.
• Do not expose ladders to the
elements and heat sources.
• Do not store wooden ladders
where moisture may weaken their
structure.
REGARDING
JESUS
October 13, 1991
Background Scripture: Acts
16:16-40.
Devotional Reading: Philip
pians 1:1-11.
Last week I saw a movie
entitled Regarding Henry. This is
the story of a very hard-driving
and successful lawyer who is shot
in the head during a robbery. The
bullet takes away much of his
memory and, during rehabilita
tion, while he is discovering who
he was, he comes to realize that he
doesn't much like the man he used
to be.
People want him to hurry up
and get back to being the old Hen
ry, but instead he decides to be the
new person that feels so "right"
inside him a man not driven by
compulsions to "succeed at all
costs." a man who appreciates the
values of home, family, friends,
justice and compassion over the
values of the marketplace and his
fast-paced society.
Reactions are very mixed. Most
of his old associates in the lawn
firm assume that the shooting has
left him a bit brain-damaged.
Others, including his wife,
daughter and secretary, find the
new Henry a much kinder and
admirable man. When he decides
his law career, they do not feel
that he has thus become a failure.
The new Henry is a success of
another kind all too rare today:
successfully human.
PUT A HEAVIER PIECE OF
CARDBOARD IN THE back
WINDOW.
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To Make Sure
Children’s Toys
Are Safe
Children are very special peo
ple. They provide us with a lot of
happy moments.
However, there are very few
things worse than accidents
involving children. Unsafe toys
pose many serious hazards. Toys
with parts that may come loose and
lodge in children’s throats are one
of the leading causes of choking in
children.
The holiday season is particular
ly critical, since so many toys are
sold. Parents and relatives play an
important role in protecting child
ren from unsafe toys.
Never give a child toys that are
meant for display purposes only.
Examples would include the
l/16th scale farm toy tractors. The
muffler, air cleaner, and wheels of
these replicas can separate from
the tractor’s main body and cause a
choking hazard.
Examine all toys your children
play with to make sure buttons,
wheels, and other parts will not
come off. Taking a few minutes to
examine toys could prevent a seri
ous and sometimes fatal accident.
PAUL: "OLD" AND "NEW"
So it was with Paul. The old
Paul had a reputation for his zeal
ous and relentless persecution of
Christians. He was a go-getter.
The new Paul, however, they
could not understand. And it was
this new Paul that caused some
people to think about the Christ
whom he served. So when Paul
and Silas are thrown into jail, it is
the new Paul who at midnight is
found with Silas, praying and
singing hymns to God. The old
Paul would have been breathing
threats and ultimatums, but the
new Paul was a very different man
who seemed quite unshaken by his
terrible ordeal.
Even more, when a great earth
quake damages the prison so that
Paul and Silas could have easily
escaped, the terrified jailer
knowing he would be held respon
sible finds his prisoners sitting
peacefully in their cell. The jailer
is dumbfounded: any other captive
would have fled, but Paul and
Silas remained behind out of con
sideration for him and his plight.
They don't seem to understand: he
is their jailer, but they are obvi
ously not his captives.
WHAT MUST I DO?
These men have something that
sets them apart from other human
beings. He doesn't know what it is,
but he wants it for himself: "Men,
what must I do to be saved?” What
must he do so that he, too. can
have this peace and serenity that
has nothing to do with their
troubled circumstances. The
answer. "Believe in the Lord Jesus
Christ and you will be saved, you
and your household." From that
day forward, he was a marked
man. He would forever afterward
stick out like a sore thumb in Phil
ippi, because his life would reflect
the life of Jesus, not the life of his
society.