84-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 28, 1992
On being
a farm wife
-And other
hazards
Joyce Bupp
Tis a good weekend not to be
traveling on any of the state’s key
highways into the mountains.
Unless you’re headed south.
Or unless you’re headed for
'“deer country.” And then you’ll be
joining two bazillion cars, pick
ups, four-wheel-drives, vans,
motorcycles and other assorted
vehicles headed for deer camp and
buck fever.
When our daughter worked at a
local convenience store a few
years ago, she was fascinated with
the standard shopping list of the
obvious deerhunters doing their
last minute shopping. Major
items: propane fuel, potato chips,
candy bars. Not necessarily in that
order.
Some of us don’t have to set
foot off the property to stalk game.
Some of us hunt minus the heavy
coveralls, blaze orange hats, hot
scat cushions, electric socks or
smelly buck lure scent
In fact last year’s opening day
of deer season saw me tracking
down one of the biggest trophies
of my life.
I nailed it
But it got away.
It was a gray, damp, chilly
morning, the kind that makes you
wish you had sprung for a pair of
battery-powered electric socks -
and matching gloves. Morning
bam chores were nearly finished
as I returned to the heifer pens
under the old bank bam. The
supply of hay and straw bales the
dog and I had dropped through the
hay hole lay piled in the walkway
and needed to be stacked out of
the way.
Loafing around the heifer’s
feed trough was one of the resi
dent bam cats. The cats had
already had their morning milk
feeding and this one was busy
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doing what cats typically do after
breakfast licking the milk spat
ters from its face and grooming its
already shiny coat.
Most of the bales had been
stacked along the side when I sud
denly spied the wild game. A big,
fat, sleek bam rat
The rat dashed out from under a
bale and streaked toward the end
of the alleyway, where the bed
ding pack of the heifer pen begins.
If it made it past the gate and
across the open bedded area, the
vermin would disappear into some
crack in the bam foundation to
continue its ratty lifestyle.
But before the rat covered more
than about two feet, the cat struck
like lightning. That a cat could so
clamly be sitting, casually groom
ing itself, and in a split second be
wrestling with this humongous rat
several feet away just boggled my
mind.
This was one speedy hunting
cat
And one determined rat
It swung around and nipped a
painful bite in the cat’s face. And
the cat, in stunned surprise at the
rat’s attack, let go of its catch.
In the brief moment it took the
rat to realize it was free, I did what
any hunter would do to back up
his htmting companion.
I shot... my rubber-booted foot
out and stomped the rat.
The force effectively halted the
rat’s escape and offered the bitten
cat a chance of revenge.
With renewed strength bom of
anger, the cat snatched the rodent,
made a flying leap and landed in
the feed trough. Reestablishing its
grip on the rat’s neck, the cat
proudly stuck its head in the air,
limp game dangling between its
whiskers and pranced off to enjoy
dessert.
ANY SIZE TO MEET YOUR NEEC
Agent’s Life
(Continued from Page B 3)
understanding, desire and popular
ity of agricultural studies, the ag
industry, and the opportunities
available through Penn State.
Opportunities now include con
tacts being made now by young
agricultural enthusiasts which, as
history has shown, tend to stay
with the individual for life and are
of help in personal life and
business.
He also said the college should
consider that the 4-H and FFA
youth programs and the livestock
shows and competitions are the
best advertising and promotion for
the college, because of the col
lege’s association with youth
developmental events.
Winebark said those programs
naturally stimulate interest in agri
culture and in the college.
Furthermore, Winebark said
that he wouldn’t be where he is,
and have the education he has,
without the competitions of his
youth.
“Without it I wouldn’t have
gone to college. Extension’s peo
ple were continually prodding.
‘To me, those are some of the
elite extension agents in my mind
and they have brought in tremend
ous support to the program.”
Winebark said that having
extension agents help out with
So buck season last year was
still in its infancy when the cat and
I put on a brief drive and bagged
our game.
As you might guess, the meat
was not wasted. The cat enjoyed
every morsel.
But, after lenthy consideration,
we decided to forego getting a
head mount of the trophy.
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such public agricultural events
such as the All American Dairy
Show, the Keystone International
Livestock Exposition, and the state
Farm Show exposes thousands
of people to the fact that Penn State
supports the industry and the
youth.
The arguement from the com
mittee to support its position that
extension people should cut their
involvement with competitive
livestock showing is that such
involvement is not educational to
the public.
“Wrong,” Winebark said
matter-of-factly.
He pointed to such programs as
the Southeastern 4-H Hog Derby
and the adult market hog derby and
the hoof-and-rail contests which
combine live showing of the ani
mal with record keeping of growth
rate, feeds and investments, and
also a yield and quality evaluation
of the carcass.
Such contests teach youth and
adults the value of record-keeping,
the truth about quality of animal
and what the market values and
how to raise animals for the market
and how to determine what kind of
livestock-raising system would
best match up with desired results,
etc.
Winebark also said that as an
extension agent he also gets
involved with youth helping with
commodity promotion programs
at grocery stores.
“The educational value is
enormous,” he said. “There is
information about the real-world
applications of the end product of
(die youth’s livestock raising)
work. It affects the state of under
standing of agriculture by the gen
eral public, and it provides a means
for the youth to get the type of fac
tual information they should have
in order to discuss a product or an
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aspect of commercial agriculture
intelligently.
“It’s a tremendous opportunity
that, without the large animal pro
ject, disapears.”
He cited various programs, such
as the Master Gardner program,
expanded food and nutrition prog
ram, and other programs not really
in the forefront, such as an urban
gardening project in Philadelphia,
etc., that provide quiet, but effec
tive local inroads in public
education.
“The playgrounds had youth
programs.” Winebark said, “now
they don’t exist or they get very
stingy budgets.
“It’s true I spend a lot time at
contests and programs. I just feel
it’s a tremendous opportunity
working with our youth.
“For me, it’s a way I can prom
ote agriculture and get kids excited
about agriculture’s career oppor
tunities. These large animal events
are a way for me to give something
back to a system that’s been
extremely beneficial to me.”
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LEESPORT (Berks Co.) To
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tages of the various models of
bread machines, attend the prog
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held at the Berks Agricultural Cen
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9 p.m.
Tips and hints on adapting
recipes, adding fiber, and making
substitutions will also be pre
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bread will be made for participants
to taste. Recipes and discount cou
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Cost of the program is $l. Con
tact the Berks County Extension at
P.O. Box 520, Leesport, PA 19533
or call (215) 378-1327.
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