84-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 29, 1994 Onbei a farm -And o bazar Joyce B But all I said was “We really oughta’ have a little snow” That was back around the holi days, when the first blast of icy cold set in across fields of small grains unprotected from bitter, killing winds. Stands of fall-plant ed wheat and barley and fields of alfalfa are more prone to devastat ing and costly damage when there is no sheltering blanket of snow to provide nature’s own insulation. Thus:. “We really oughta’ have a little snow.” That was three Arctic cold fronts, two Siberian express blasts, four dumpings of snow, se veral freezing rains and we stop ped counting how many bone chilling, lung-paining, record breaking, sub-zero, power-shortage days ago. After the morning the thermometer re gistered minus-IS on our base ment porch, temperature became a comparative thing. 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Even The Farmer, who has al most unlimited patience, grew weary and quietly frustrated after the second pickup had died, equip ment wouldn’t start and each day froze up more water fountains and lines in the bams. And when he tried to start the shop furnace to thaw out the second frozen truck, the stovepipe fell down. I’m not going to complain as long as the power doesn’t go off,” became my mantra, chanted re peatedly for morale purposes, even before regional suppliers called electricity cutbacks. “I’m not going to complain ...” helped while dumping buck ets of hot water to thaw heifers’ water fountains and the water lines in the calf nursery. “I’m not going to complain ...” kept me company while stapling feed bags over cracks and crannies in the old • Chip Resistant • Resists Acid & Chemicals • Smoother Finish Stays Cleaner bam walls, while skidding down icy slopes toting bags of feed, while piling on seven layers of winter-clothing “armor” to fight the wind chill battle. Even though this worst-cver-in memory cold snap, demanding all day to just get the basic bam chores done, there were lighter moments and some birdbrained diversions. Thawing pipes to the heifers’ fountain. The Farmer tossed hot water into an access hole under the cement-block-based feed trough, under which the water line runs. Barreling back out of the access hole came Fuzzy Gray, a furry haired bam cat, dripping wet. Cats often snooze in this very sheltered spot, one of the last places to ever freeze up in the old bam. From there. Fuzzy Gray appar ently took off on a hunting expedi tion The Farmer spied him later, after the cat had successfully snagged a barnyard bird for break fast. Frozen to his face and whisk ers were small bits of bird feathers - “tarred and feathered” noted The Farmer. Foxy, rat-catcher resident cat of the dairy bam, fared better. 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