82-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 20j 1993 a farm -**tl Joyce Bupp -And other hazards If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a thousand times. Milking time. Country music tunes keep time with the steady pulsation of eight milking machines and the roar of the vac uum pump and coolant compressors. Commuter traffic reports inter rupt the alternating country songs and commercial advertisements. A backup on Route 322 north out of Harrisburg. An accident at the Interstate-83 and Route 11 split at Camp Hill. Road work along the Route 30 by-pass around York. "Boy, I’m glad I don’t have to commute.” If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a thousand times. Creeping along the Baltimore Beltway in a 10-mile backup of rush-hour traffic a few mornings ago, enroute to an early meeting, again reinforced my appreciation for farm living. Periodic frustra- LAND PRIDE E SOLID STAND SEEDER r PENNSYLVANIA Straley Farm Supply, Inc. 1760 East Canal Road Dover, PA 17315 717-292-2631 Keller Brothers R 7 Box 405 Lebanon, PA 17042 717-949-6501 1950 Fruitville Pike Lancaster, PA 17601 717-569-2500 Marshall Machinery, Inc. Route 642 Honesdale, PA 18431 717-729-7117 Plkevllle Equipment Inc. RD 2, Oysterdale Road Oley, PA 19547 215-987-6277 lion with years of droughts, long hours, a flat farm economy and ever-increasing regulations are balanced every day by the joy for a super-short commute to the job. Still, despite the 50-steps or so between the house and the bams, “commuter delays” enroute are not unusual. A regular slow-down at the beginning of the commute is fre quent. That occurs when the dog, which wasn’t outside the door a minute before, shows up just as I step off the porch. And he’s already licking his chops in antici pation of a morning meal. Right now. Pedestrian traffic can some times be a major problem. The commute often comes to a complete halt when a pedestrian pack of a half-dozen cats comes dashing right in front of my “wheels.” Once aligned in the 48" and 72" widths Tractor Part* Co. 335 Central Road Bloomsburg, PA 17815 717-784-0250 Stouffar Bros. Inc. 1066 Lincoln Way West Chambersburg, PA 17201 717-263-8424 Stottzfus Farm Service Cochranville, PA 215-593-2407 M.S. Yearsley & Sons West Chester, PA 215-696-2990 Norman D. Clark & Son, Inc. Honey Grove, PA 717-734-3682 Loysville, PA 717-789-3117 Nlearry Equipment Co. RD 2. Rt. 61, 3 Miles S. of Leesport, Reading, PA 215-926-2441 flow of traffic, they tail-gate the rest of the way to the calf barn and crowd my parking place until breakfast is forthcoming at the cat-feleria. Then there’s the occasional incident of unexpected traffic. Generally this is the result of some high-spirited calf or heifer escap ing and meeting you face to face on a blind turn around the comer of a building. As it does for all commuters, travel becomes treacherous here during those inevitable periods of winter-weather icy conditions. Located on rolling York County farmland, our farmstead sits at the bottom edge of a long, sloping hill. All travels around the build ings are over slopes of some degree. Thus, The Farmer found me literally stranded in the perennial border one slippery morning some weeks ago. The border with its split-rail fence divides the lawn around the house from the blacktopped areas around the barns. And while the stretch from the house to the border was navig able with a little caution, I got halfway up the blacktop to the calf nursery and couldn’t stand up on the grass-slick ice coating. After teasing me about being stuck, he rescued me from my refuge among the stalks of dead chrysanthemums with a bag of anti-skid. It was either that or do my chores himsself! While wintry weather causes such occasional delays, the com mute back to the house in warm Deerfield Ag & Turf Center, Inc. RR 2 Box 212 Watsonlown, PA 17777 717-538-3557 NEW JERSEY Caldwell Tractor & Equipment, Inc. 480 U.S. Route 46 Fairfield, N.J. 07006 201-227-6772 Rodlo Tractor Sales North White Horse Pike Hammonton, N.J. 08037 609-561-0141 Frank Rymon & Sons, Inc. RD 3, Box 355 Washington, N.J. 07882 201-689-1464 Reed Brothers Petticoat Bridge Rd. Columbus,, N.J. 08022 609-267-3363 . . ( [ Heyl Folks I • If your cows are slipping and falling, it ain’t my fault because I have a machine called a Scabbier that will fix that concrete so your cows won’t keep slipping all the time. We’ve got service all around this section of the country, and I have a fellow Just jumping to do your job mighty fast. And that ain’t all, our prices are right reasonable, and if you’re 'a tightwad we’ll let you do the job yourself if you’ve got over 500 square feet. It can save you right smart a money. So call me on my nickel at 800-692-0123. If I’m not by the phone, some real live I [ person will take your number, and I’ll try to get back to you real soon. Usually somebody is awake in this outfit, so you Just call any time day or night. But, i please mind the Lord, and don’t call on Sunday. Just one more thing. We fellows make I our living doing this kind of work, and 1 we’ve got children to feed and bills. That’s our side of it, but you’ve got such things too. A lot of people tell us that I this Seabbling saves a whole lot more ' than it costs. So go ahead and do it. It’ll put shoes on everybody’s feet. } Be looking to hear from you folks right soon. The Scabbier Man weather causes the longest tie-ups Detours are a major culprit. There’s a detour around the flower beds, an alternate but much more scenic route put into heavy service in springtime when new greenery beckons. Bulbs pushing through the ground must be checked for progress, as well as the growth spurts of the various perennials reawakening to life. Travel is also prone to delays caused by side trips to the pond, Teen Does Well In National Wool Contest WAYNESBURG (Green Co.) Melinda Kovac, 16, daughter of Michael and Linda Kovac of Trafford, was fifth runner-up in the junior division of the National Make It Yourself With Wool Competition held January 20-22 at Dallas, Texas. Melinda brought home 4 yards of wool from Wool rich Co., a $5O savings bond from the Continental Dorset Club, a Bond Knitting Machine, and yam from the Jack Donavan Co. There were 37 contestants in this division. To achieve this honor, Melinda won the Pennsylvania MIYWW junior division with her jacket slack suit of a rust-burgandy wool that featured a fitted jacket with staggered points dipping below 800-692-0123 pauses to admire the first cheery dandelion blooms, and answering the mockingbird vocalizing from atop the electric transformer out side the dairy bam. Our travels to work are made with neither warming heaters nor cooling air-conditioning. Also, no traffic lights, no need for rader detectors, no “nuts” behind the wheel weaving around us. Boy, I’m glad I don’t have to commute. the waist at the center. To com plete the ensemble, she also make a tweed wool/silk boucle over sized coat The judges, nationally promi nent in various areas of the fashion industry, seemed to favor fashion able, casual styles that were suit able to the age and lifestyle of the contestant. In Pennsylvania, the 1993-94 state contest for pre-teen, junior, senior, and adult divisions will be held in mid-November, with the district contests being held a few weeks prior to that. For informa tion on the upcoming contest, con tact Janet Mawhinney, RD #2, Box 141 D, Waynesburg, PA 15370. TOWN AND COUNTRY POURED WALLS • Manure Pits • Retaining Walls ©JRmW • House Basements • Trench Silo Walls i*' ' (215) 593-5794 Ask For Ike \ % /VVw * «> * 9 f '. * '' / £ - , . *i-T u * /A-Jf ‘v * ■ „ * - . y/ » sr, • r J* " K * : ■ » «■■ «■ fSh X ? /?»- ' f- S ■' * I u ** & i
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