AlO-Uncastw FimUng, Saturday, April 4, 1992
OPINION
Become A
Dairy Of Distinction
The Northeast Dairy Farm Beautification Program was first
initiated in 1983 to recognize the hard work and dedication of
dairy owner/operators who maintain attractive, well-kept farms
teads. Its purpose is two-fold: to promote a positive dairy industry
image and to instill in consumers a greater sense of confidence in
the wholesomeness of dairy products.
Since consumers generally observe dairy farms as they drive
by, farms that apply are judged on the roadside appearance of
buildings, grounds, and surroundings. Also taken into considera
tion are the conditions of other aspects of the farm operation such
as cleanliness of animals, the barnyard, feed areas and manure
management Roadside farm judging takes place in the month of
May each year. Winners are judged annually to ensure that they
continue to meet the standards of excellence set by the beautifica
tion program. All active dairy farms in New York, Pennsylvania
and New Jersey are eligible to apply for the award.
The program is adminstered by volunteers, and the operating
budget is very small. The program is worthy of any dairy farmer’s
support. And if you have a nice looking dairy farm, you will want
to apply for the distinction. Show your commitment to your
industry; become a Dairy of Distinction.
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Editor:
Here is one of the youngest readers of your paper. My husband loves
your paper so he shows it to everyone, even our youngest grandson.
Our children call the Lancaster Farming, dad’s bible, because he reads
it on Sunday mornings. Old ones are handed down to the grand child
ren. Mike here, thinks it is a paper just for him. He looks at the farm
machinery or for pictures of cows. It’s never to early to start the boys
dreaming about farming. Mike is only 17 months old. The Lancaster
Farming has taken us on many trips looking for bargins. It even got us
off the farm for four days when my husband saw a tractor he wanted
advertised for sale in Illinois.
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Farm Calendar
Saturday April 4
Pennsylvania Holstein Showcase
Sale, Ag Arena, State College,
10 a.m.
Bth and final Toastmasters’ Meet
ing, Farm and Home Center,
8:30 a.m.
Wye Angus Field Day and Sale.
Sheep Shearing School, Gary Van
horn Farm, Mt. Pleasant Mills,
9 a.m.-3 p.m.
Lancaster Farming
Established 1955
Published Every Saturday
Ephrata Review Building
1 E. Main St.
Ephrata, PA 17522
by
Lancaster Farming, Inc.
A Stemrrmn Entmpm*
Robert G Campbell General Manager
Everett R. Newswanger Managing Editor
CspyrtfM 1«1 by Untwtor Pvmlny
Mr. & Mrs. George Hines
Union Bridge, MD
Northwest Pennsylvania Sheep
and Wool Growers meeting,
Centerville Methodist Church,
7 p.m.
Northeastern Dairy Conference,
Omni Inner Harbor, Baltimore,
(Turn to Pago A3l)
Consumers Eating
At Home
People are eating more meals at
home. In 1989 and 1990, consumer
purchases of food to be eaten at
home grew faster than the total
amount spent for food away from
home.
This represents a reversal of a
30-year trend of increased food
spending at restaurants, fast food,
cafeterias, etc.
When consumers spend more on
food purchases for the home, the
farmer receives a largo 1 share of
the expenditure. If the food is pre
pared at home, the farmer receives
30 cents of every dollar spent com
pared with approximately 16 cents
for every dollar spent for food at
restaurants, etc.
To encourage this trend, farmers
need to be looking at ways to pack
age their food products to fit the
lifestyles of today’s consumers.
This includes packaging eggs in
smaller sizes than a dozen, veget
ables in packages ready to eat or
cook, and the development of
microwave products.
Also, more people are packing
their lunch instead of eating out
Now is the time to tap into these
new marketing opportunities.
Whenever you are able to add per
ceived value or convenience to
your product the more profit you
should generate.
Give consumers ideas they
could use in preparing your pro
duct at home or for their pack
lunch.
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To Evaluate
Irrigation
With last summer’s drought,
many farmers are considering pur
chasing an irrigation system.
The decision to irrigate is a diffi
cult one. If you are thinking about
Farm Forum
Editor:
I was confused by your March
14 story “Barley Withdraws Sup
port of Nutrient Management
Bill." I was confused for two rea
sons. First, you presented Rep.
Barley’s accusations that Rep. Jef
frey Coy kept him out of the nutri
ent management debate, but you
never gave Rep. Coy’s side of the
(Turn to Pago A 23)
buying an irrigation system. Dr.
Albert Janett, Penn State Agricul
tural Engineer, offers die follow
ing points to consider
• Do you have adequate water
supply? Sprinkler irrigation sys
tems require approximately
30,000 gallons of water for every
inch of water supplied to an acre.
Flow rates may be as high as 10
gallons per minute per acre. Drip
or trickle irrigation systems will
require less water per acre.
• Are you willing to dedicate the
time and energy necessary to man
age the irrigation system? System
installation, moving, maintenance,
and management all take a firm
time commitment
• Are you willing to invest in the
long-term future of your opera
tion? Planning, designing, and
installing an irrigation system
takes time. It is seldom possible to
buy and install an irrigation system
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CAN YOU
COMMAND LOVE?
April 5, 1992
Background Scripture:
Deuteronomy 6:4-9; Mark
12:28-37.
Devotional Reading: John
15:9-17.
It is said that the rabbis of Israel
in the time of Jesus calculated that
the Law contained 365 prohibi
tions one for every day of the
year! and 249 positive com
mands. Some rabbis contended
that among these 613 command
ments, that they were equally
important. Obviously, not a|J rab
bis felt that way, because one of
the scribes came to Jesus asking
"Which commandment is first of
all?" (Mark 12:28).
Jesus could have given a much
safer answer than he did. He might
have said "Well, this one is prob
ably first, but all the others are
important, too." Instead, however,
Jesus boiled down all the com
mandments to just two: "Love the
Lord Your God" from Deutero
nomy 6:4 and "your neighbor as
yourself from Leviticus 19:18b.
"There is no other commandment
greater than these," concluded
Jesus (12:29-31). Apparently, the
scribe's question had been sincere,
because when Jesus answers it, his
response is very positive and Jesus
commends him, saying: "You are
not far from the kingdom of God"
(12:34).
So, Jesus and the scribe both
agree that all of the Jewish law
could be summed up in the com
mandment to love both God and
one's neighbor. That's quite a bit
of distillation! Six hundred thir
teen commandments summarized
in two! And actually, that sum
mary is still good for Christians
today. When we get confused and
lost in theological questions and
conflicts, we need to remember
that the essence of Christianity is
a
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in the middle of a drought and
receive any benefit The system
must be installed and ready to go
when dry weather hits.
Remember, if you are in the
Susquehanna and the Delaware
River Basins, you should contact
them and discuss your irrigation
plans to avoid future problems.
This weekend we turn our
clocks up one hour for daylight
savings time. Do not forget to turn
your clock up one hour before you
go to bed Saturday night
Nothing is more embarrassing
than to show up for church one
hour late on Sunday morning.
Feather Prof s footnote: "We
are what we repeatedly do. Excel
lence then is not an act, but a
habit."
not the way we verbalize what we
believe, but to love both God and
one's neighbor with all the fullness
we can muster.
But there's the it?
How much love can wemuster?
Jesus describes it as loving God
"with all your heart... 50u1... mind
... and ... strength." That's quite a
bit of love, isn't it? Maybe it is
more love than many of us can
manage. Have you ever been
around someone who seems to be
pure love? My own reaction has
vacillated between admiration,
shame and annoyance. In the pre
sence of a truly loving person I
may feel very inadequate. I con
fess this freely because I rather
imagine that some of you readers
have the same problem. When
Jesus commands us to love God
and our neighbor, I can't help
wondering if it is possible to com
mand love.
AGAPE LOVE
The problem is that, although I
know better, I keep forgetting
what love really is. I keep thinking
of love as something that primari
ly is feeling. In his little book,
New Testament Words,* Wil
liam Barclay reminds us that,
although we have but one word for
love in English, the Greeks had no
fewer than four: eros or love
between the sexes, storge which is
family affection, philia meaning
affectionate regard, and agape. In
the first three, there is a consider
able feeling of warmth from
lukewarm to hot! These are emo
tions of the heart But according
to Barclay, agape has to do with
the mind. Says Barclay, "It is a
principle by which we deliberately
live. Agape has supremely to do
with the will." It is a deliberate
willing to seek the highest for
others, regardless of how we may
feel about them. They are lovable
only in one sense we cannot
feel loving toward them but
they are not really unlovable
because we can always will to do
the right thing for them. In love,
good feeling is nice, but not
essential.
So can love be commanded?
God cannot command us to feel
loving toward everyone, but he
can and does—command us to
do the loving thing, no matter how
we may feel.
To Turn
Your Clocks
Up One Hour