Onbei a farm -And o bazar Joyce B rf t A A„’ t i tm You know they’re there. But declare fometimes they fig- ***** find when ** me^eir° f more sensed " Farmers - . than seem Like classic ghosts. Springtime planting season stus though, they leave behind distinc- their ® lu f sive act,vltlcs Wlth live clues. Objects moved around, schedule early Clutter strewn about. Cupboards Ihey . ol ? early and refrigerators emptied of their aSgSSSgg contents. Fmgerpnnts. 6 ADC Meets Farmers’ Needs More Than $llO Million in Extra Payments "At Atlantic Dairy Cooperative, our mission is to maximize returns to members. In the past four years, we returned more than $llO million to members in equity payments, over-order premiums and quality bonuses. That’s an average of $31,500 per member. And these extra dollars are continuing at the rate of $1.5 million a month. "When non-members ask me why they should belong to Atlantic Dairy Cooperative, 1 am happy to report that we are financially healthy, strong in membership and growing in sales. ADC is the region’s largest and most fiscally-sound cooperative, with a 'guaranteed market and outstanding benefits. "More dairy farmers joined us last year than at any time in the past decade. If you are not an ADC shipper and are worried about your own milk market, then you should talk to the cooperative that is facing the future with confidence.” AMwMc Dairy Cufrtlw 75 Years of Service to Dairy Farmers 1225 Industrial Highway, Southampton, PA 18966 1-800-645-MILK their wake. Their nebulous travels seems to center around in the area of the milk jug and powdered cho colate mix, the coffee pot, the fruit, cookies, and granola bars. Soon after, they turn noisy, marked by banging, clanging, pounding and roaring sounds echoing from various directions around the farm. On occasion, then even clank and rattle chains, the heavy sort used to tow stalled or stuck equipment. Hammering from the direction of the farm shop telltales phantom fix-it sessions. And a steady clat ter of drag chain and heifers crowding around the feed bunk says a phantom is running silage. But just try and find one of ’em. The phantoms whisk by on trac tors, bundled in hooded sweat shirts and coveralls if the day is cool and windy. Though their faces are a blur at best, familiarity with clothing patterns usually offers fairly-dependable identity In PA and Surrounding State* Custom Rout David N. Groff RD 3 Lewlsburg, PA (717) 868-1420 Schnupp'i Grain Roasting, Ino. RD 6 Lebanon, PA 1-800-452-4004 Horst Grain Roasting 717-865-6611 3040 Psnns Grove Rd. Roast-A-Matlc Lincoln Unlv., PA 19352 Grain Roasting (Chester Co.) Sslee-Servlee (215) 869-8834 Custom Work Roast-Cool Unit Available Robert B. McSparran President clues. Sometime I pick up the office phone and hear a phantom voice on the bam extension hooked up to a vet, equipment parts dealer or feed firm. Or the sound of foot falls overhead or a slamming basement door hints that a phan tom has again crossed the threshold. Yet, even with my fastest ghosts with ravenous appetites. SO-yard-dash time, or leaping two The returned trash, however, is steps at a time, the elusive pre- very real, including thick and dur sence will have vanished in the able coatings of field dust on the time it takes to gallop that direc- white lids of the drink jugs, tion and holler, “Hey, are you Phantoms occasionally surprise there?” you with mysterious "leavings” They aren’t. a bunch of your favorite wild dais- Sometimes they leave behind ies from a fencerow, an armful of solid evidence of their passage, lilacs from a long-abandoned Dirty boots. Dirty dishes. Dirty farmstead, or a couple of Johnny clothes. Greasy bearings or tom Jump-Up plants rescued ahead of sections of hydraulic hose. Hunks the plow, of dairy bam manure or size 12 Like classic phantoms, they are muddy footprints. (Three size-12 most likely to show up long after pairs of feet can leave a LOT of dark, reeking in a aura of oil and phantom tracks.) grease and manure and alfalfa And phantom notes. Like innoculant and dropping bits of Need two plowshares.” “Order hay and straw as they float on minerals.” “Bossy in heat.” clouds of chisel-dust residue pow “ Planting at Grandma’s,” or dering your clean kitchen floor. “Won’t be back for lunch.” They’ll edge closer and closer t Th' s l as l usually found after as you shrink back from their Ive just finished putting lunch frightful (read filthy) appearance, together. 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