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OPINION
Annual Trip
To Centre County
The time for the annual Ag Progress Days is here again in
Rockspring, Rocksprings, Rock Spring, or Rock Springs. We
have seen all these different spellings of the little place along
Route 45 south of State College where the 1,500 acre Russell E.
Larson Agricultural Research Center is located.
And this is where Ag Progress Days will be staged August 18
to August 20. We decided to use Rockspring because we found it
on the official Pennsylvania map from the governor’s office.
Each year many things remain the same: a large field full of
new equipment exhibited by the various manufacturing, distribu
tor, and dealer networks. And many of machines are demon
strated in the fields around the exhibit. More than 250 commer
cial exhibitors will display and demonstrate approximately $2O
million worth of agricultural equipment.
But also each year many new research projects and presenta
tions are given. This year’s theme, “Exploring the New World of
Agricultural Sciences,” will highlight many of the new ways that
agricultural scientists help producers and manufacturers to offer
better food and fiber products to the public.
Again, as in past years, these three days in the middle of
August promise to be an attraction you will not want to miss. We
believe you will find enough information at Ag Progress Days to
make your annual trip to Centre County rewarding.
Farm Forum
Dear Editor,
Thanks so much for your won
derful paper. We don’t live on a
farm but we sure enjoy your paper
& we are interested in farmers.
My husbands’ uncle has a farm.
I really enjoy your recipes &
articles on people & their lives. So
interesting and delightful. My
husband enjoys reading the prices
Farm Calendar
Ephrata Area Farmers Annual
Family Ice Cream Social,
Woodcrest Retreat.
Centre County District 4-H Horse
Show, Clinton County Fair
grounds, 9 a.m.
District Dairy Show, Alparon
Park, Troy.
Lehigh County 4-H Roundups,
Neffs Union Church, Neffs, 9
a.m. general projects, and 10
a.m. horse projects, Boots and
Saddles Riding Club,
Allentown.
Pa. Holstein Association annual
picnic, Wayne Harpster’s farm,
Huntingdon County Fair, Hunting
don, thru August 22.
Cameron County Fair, Emporium,
thru August 22.
Carbon County Fair, Lehighton,
thru August 22.
Chambersburg-Franklin County
Fair, thru August 22.
Washington County Fair,
Washington, thru August 23.
McKean County Fair, Smethport,
State Shorthorn Show, Lawrence
County Fair, thru August 22.
Harford Fair, Harford Fair
grounds, thru August 22.
Dayton Fair, Dayton, thru August
22.
Bullskin Township Fair, Mount
brought for items at public «ales.
We pass your paper to others.
Keep up the good work and
thanks again for good reading.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Jean Wilier
P.S. I’m from Washington Boro
transplanted to Perry Co. We’ve
been married 16 years and live in a
small town - New Bloomfield.
Berks County 4-H Fair Ag Center,
Lees port, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Northeast Pennsylvania Holstein
Championship Show, Troy
Fairgrounds, Troy, 9:30 a.m.
Huntingdon County Holstein
Show, Huntingdon Fair
grounds, 9 a.m.
Ag Progress Days, Rockspring,
thru August 20.
Olympic Gold 4-H Day Camp,
Shaffer Park, Carlisle, 9 a.m.-3
p.m.
Cut Flower Course, Howard Com
munity College, Md., 9
a.m.-3:45 p.m.
Pennsylvania Hay Show at Ag
Progress, thru August 19.
Blair Co. Junior Livestock Sale,
Morrisons Cove Memorial
Pennsylvania Performance-Tested
Boar Sale, Penn State Meat
Evaluation Center, State
College.
Tour of cut flower operation in
central Maryland at the Central
Maryland Research Center,
Clarksville, Md., 7 a.m.
Annual PFGC Summer Picnic,
Wayne Harpster’s farm along
Spruce Creek, 5:30 p.m.
Lehigh County 4-H Maricet Swine
Roundup. Leesport Livestock
Market, Leesport, show 8:30
a.m., sale 6 p.m.
NOW IS
THE TIME
By John Schwartz
Lancaster County
Agricultural Agent
To Attend
Ag Progress Days
The 1992 version of Penn
State’s Ag Progress Days will be
held August 18-20 at Rockspring.
Rockspring is 9 miles southwest
of State College on Route 45. This
year’s show will be open 9 a.m. to
5 p.m. on August 18 and 20 and 9
a.m. to 8 p.m. on August 19.
Educational programs, com
mercial exhibits, horse exhibitions
and clinics, guided tours of
research facilities, soil and water
conservation tours, youth activi
ties, and antique farm and home
implements are some of the many
activities planned. In addition,
people may receive pesticide edu
cation credits by attending the
morning educational presenta
tions. Composting exhibits and
educational presentations are sche
duled each afternoon.
Come and see and leant about
the latest in agricultural science
and technology and what Penn
State is doing in this area. More in-
Northeast Lamb Pool, Wyalusing
Sales Bam.
Ag Issues Forum, Kreider’s
Restaurant, 7:30 a.m.-9 a.m.
Southeast Pennsylvania Holstein
Championship Show, Kutz
town Fairgrounds, 10 a.m.
Franklin County Holstein Show,
Chambersburg Fairgrounds,
5:30 p.m.
Wye Field Day, University of
Maryland Research Farm, 8:30
p.m.
Pennsylvania Landscape and
Nursery Trade Show and Con
ference at Expo Mart in
Lancaster County 4-H Achieve
ment Night, Farm and Home
Center, 6:30 p.m.
District Dairy Show, Kutztown
Fairgrounds.
State Junior Dairy Show, Farm
Show Complex.
Southeast Pennsylvania Dairy
Show, Kutztown Fairgrounds,
10 a.m.
Central Pennsylvania Holstein
Championship Show, Hunting
Somerset County Fair, Arendtsvil
le, thru August 29.
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10th annual Wayland Potato Festi
val, Wayland, N.Y.
South Central District 4-H Dairy
Show, Farm Show Complex,
Harrisburg.
Centre Co. 4-H Roundup, Centre
Hall.
Pennsylvania State Grange Pre-
Convention Legislative Con
ference, Sheraton Inn, Harris
burg, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
(Turn to Paga A 47)
depth deoils fist this year’s Ag
Progress Days are in this issue of
the Lancaster Farming.
To Be Aware
Of Consumer Trends
Today’s agricultural production
is being driven by consumer pre
ferences. In order to stay competi
tive, we must be aware of current
consumer trends.
Six consumer trends were
recently identified at the National
Broiler Council’s Marketing
Seminar. These were; 1. Working
women 63 percent will work
outside the home by the year 2000,
making children more important
food purchasers. 2. Aging of
America consumers over 50
years of age will increase in num
ber by 19 percent by the year 2000
while those under 50 will increase
by only 3.5 percent. 3. Accelera
tion of adult wellness programs
70 percent of consumers have
altered buying and eating patterns
to eat healthier. 4. Further popula
tion fragmentation of society
product appeal is moving from
“mass” to “me.” 5. Decade of val
ue: challenges margins con
sumers ate “raising the bar” in
what they accept as value. 6.
Return of the “old value system”
more reliance on brand names
without having brand-specific loy
alty and greater concern for the
environment
To successfully meet these
trends, farmers must be become
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RIGHT WORDS &
WRONG DEEDS
August 16,1992
Background Scripture:
2 Timothy 2:1-19.
Devotional Reading:
Phillippians 1:12-18.
Somewhere in the writing of
Soren Kierkegaard there is a com
ment about a certain bishop. “Oh,”
says Theologian Kierkegaard, “his
sermons are all right, I suppose,
but soon God will call him to
come home, and when he does, it
will not be to preach, but to be
judged.” Ouch! That hurts preach
ers where we live. To be sure, we
know better; still, we tend to act as
if our spoken words will make or
break our relationship with God.
After all this time, we still have
trouble getting it right: being a dis
ciple of Jesus Christ has more to
do with deeds than it does with
words. The writer of 2 Timothy
says clearly, “charge them before
the Lord to avoid disputing about
words, which does no good, but
only ruins the hearers” (2 Tim.
2:14). How many Christians and
their churches have we seen
ruined by “disputing about
words”? Tlie epistle to Timothy
goes on to say, “Avoid such god
less chatter, for it will lead people
into more and more
ungodliness”(2:l6).
THE RIGHT WORDS
That may sound strange, but
“disputing about words” and
“godless chatter”, no matter what
the religious context, does actual
ly lead us “into more and more
ungodliness.” When we think we
have the right words about God, it
inflates our egos and we become
very proud of those words. So,
although we are talking about
God, we act very ungodly. Isn’t
that one of Jesus’ criticisms about
the Pharisees? They knew the
' Wore involved in marketing. We
need to change the message we are
presenting to the public. This
begins at the farm and expands to
Farm-City Week open houses,
commodity promotion programs,
and our agribusinesses. Expand
your thinking and look for new
ways to address the changing con
sumer preferences.
To Market Feeds
As Milk
Glenn Shirk, extension dairy
agent, asks “Have you ever
thought of dairy farming as a busi
ness of increasing the sale of feeds
by marketing them as milk, as
genetically superior cattle and as
meat?”
That is what really takes place.
As such, dairy farmers should be
measuring crop yields as pounds of
milk produced per acre rather than
tons or bushels of the harvested
crop.
Feed is the raw product It may
be homegrown or purchased. The
success of this feed conversion
process, or dairy business, requires
good yielding, high quality crops,
plus good producing, healthy
cattle to consume and convert the
feed.
To make this all work, a good
manager is required to fit all the
pieces together.
Feather Profs Footnote:
"Farming will always be a way of
life for those who treat it as a
business."
right words, but they still didn’t do
the right deeds.
I’m not saying there’s anything
wrong with talking about God
with words. We have to use words
to communicate with each other.
And certainly some words, when
speaking about God and our faith,
are better than others. But, what
we must always remember is that
all words are, at best, inadequate
to capture the fullness and the
depth of our encounter with God.
If we could adequately express 4
our relationship with God in
words, our relationship would not
be worth very much. Our words
should make us humble, not
proud.
The same is true with Jesus.
None of our titles for Jesus cap
tures the full meaning of him and I
suspect that is why in the gospels
he is so reluctant to accept the
titles they wanted to give him.
Even the term “Messiah” seemed
to make him uneasy because he
knew people’s false expectations
could lead them into the wrong
ideas about him.
WRONG/DEEDS
What is important to the writer
of 2 Timothy is the way his read
ers live their lives. After admon
ishing them to “avoid disputing
about words,” he goes on to say;
"Do your best to present yourself
as one approved, a workman who
has no need to be ashamed, rightly
handling the word of truth” (2:15).
How do we “rightly handle” the
word of truth?
The answer: by doing and even
being the truth. If we do, “The
Lord knows those who are his”
(2:19).
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