AlO-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 19, 1994
OPINION
FFA Week Feb. 19-26
More than 417,000 FFA members will promote FFA, agri
cultural education and the food and fiber industry during
National FFA Week, Feb. 19-26, 1994.
FFA members in 7,545 chapters across the U.S. as well as
Guam, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands will be organizing
events and activities to foster awareness of agricultural educa
tion and support for FFA.
This ydar’s theme, “FFA Leadership for America,” will
be seen through communities nationwide through promotional
efforts of local members. FFA activities and agriculture classes
emphasize leadership skills, analytical thinking and the appli
cation of both to the industry of agriculture.
Larry Case, national FFA advisor, said today’s young people
arc aware of their responsibilities as agricultural leaders for
tomorrow. “Our members realize the world in which we live is
growing larger and more interdependent,” he said. “These
young people will be leading the effort to provide food and fib
er for a growing population, as well as to keep America compe
titive in the global marketplace.”
National FFA Week is held each year during the week of
George Washington’s birthday to recognize his leadership and
commitment to American agriculture. Both the National FFA
Center and the National FFA Hall of Achievement arc located
on part of Washington’s original Mount Vernon estate near
Alexandria, Va.
FFA is a national organization of 417,462 members prepar
ing for leadership and careers in the science, business and tech
nology of agriculture. FFA’s mission is to make a positive dif
ference in the lives of students by developing their potential for
premier leadership, personal growth and career success. Local,
state and national activities and award programs provide
opportunities for students to apply knowledge and skills
acquired through agricultural education.
Congratulations FFA! Your vision of youth is needed in
today’s world. And your leadership will take us where we need
to go.
Farm Calendar
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Septic System/Well Protection
Workshop, Carroll Township
Municipal Building, Dillsburg,
9 a.m.-noon.
Bradford County Dairy Day, Troy
Middle School, 9 a.m.-3:30
p.m.
Adams/Franklin/Cumberland
Vegetable Growers meeting,
Penn State Fruit Research Lab,
Biglerville, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
Centre Co. Dairy-MAP, Grange
Hall, Pleasant Gap, also March
7.
New Holland Vegetable Confer
ence, St. Stephen United
Church of Christ, New Holland,
9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
DHIA Workshop, Kutztown High
School, 7:30 p.m.
Winter Forum Workshop, Holiday
Inn-Syracuse, Syracuse, N.Y.,
thru Feb. 22.
Mid East UDIA meeting, Mound
sville, W.Va.
Lancaster County Holstein Club
bam meeting, Gary and Robert
Lancaster County Dairy Day Part
I, Farm and Home Center, 9
a.m.
Pesticide management training,
Lancaster Farm and Home Cen
ter, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m.
DHIA Workshop, Tulpehocken
Hgih School, 12:30 p.m.-3 p.m.
Com Production Satellite Semi
nar, Upper Perkiomen High
School, Pennsburg, 7 p.m.-
9:30 p.m.
Dairy-MAP, Cross Keys Restaur
ant, Cross Keys, also March 1.
Md. Farm Bureau Women Farm
Tour, Frederick Co. 4-H Con
ference Center, 9 a.m.-3:30
p.m.
Mid East UDIA meeting, Travel
Host Inn, Marietta, Ohio.
York County Beekeepers, York
Mid-Atlantic Interior Landscape
Conference, Longwood Gar
dens, Kennett Square.
Lebanon County Dairy Day, Pre
scott Fire Hall.
York/Lancaster Counties Fruit
Grower meeting, Lancaster
Farm and Home Center, 8:30
a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Penn Jersey Crop Management
Conference, Holiday Inn,
Bethlehem.
New England Direct Marketing
Conference and Trade Show,
Sturbridge Host Hotel and Con
ference Center, Sturbridge,
Mass., thru Feb. 27.
Southeast Regional Vegetable
Growers meeting, Family Her
itage Restaurant, Franconia, 9
a.m.-4 p.m.
Southern Maryland Alternative Ag
Conference, Waldorf Jaycees
Halt, Waldorf, Md., 8 a.m.-3
p.m.
Adams County Dairy Day (resche
duled), extension office, 9:30
a.m.-2:30 p.m.
Bucks County development rights
NOW IS
THE TIME
By John Schwartz
Lancaster County
Agricultural Agqnt
To Review
Insurance Coverage
What does your insurance
cover?
If you arc like most people, you
do not know until you have a claim
to file.
The recent record snowfall has
caused many farm buildings to col
lapse. Unfortunately, several far
mers have found out their insur
ance does not cover snow damage.
Now would be a could time to sit
down and discuss your insurance
coverage with your insurance
agent Discuss with him what your
insurance covers and does not cov
er. Review all the types of things
you do or produce on your farm
with your insurance agent
Types of coverages you will
want to consider are fire, earth
quake, snow, flood, storm, water
damage, product liability, general
liability, business interruption, and
other types recommended by your
insurance agent.
If your agent is not familiar with
agriculture, you may want to con
sider finding a company with agri
culture experience and types of
insurance a fanner needs.
Do not wait for a accident to
occur to find out about your insur
ance coverage. Talk with your
agent today and secure the proper
coverage.
To Tune-Up Week
A preseason tune-up and calib
ration preserves environmental
quality by ensuring accurate
meeting, Bucks County Court
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Pa. State Holstein Convention,
Ramada Inn, Gettysburg, thru
Feb. 26.
Bradford County Dairy Nutrition
Workshop, extension office, 10
a.m.-3 p.m.
Penn Manor High School tobacco
and pesticide meeting, ag
department, 7 p.m.
Cambria County Dairy Nutrition
meeting, extension office, 10
a.m.-3 p.m.
N.Y. Farm Show, State Fair
grounds, Syracuse, thru Feb.
26.
Winter vegetable meeting, Pine
View Acres, Pottsville, 9
a.m.-3;30 p.m.
Centre County annual meeting,
Logan Grange Hall, Pleasant
Gap, 7 p.m.
Bucks County pesticide update
meeting, Neshaminy Manor
Center, Doyleslown.
Mid East UDIA meeting. The Bam
Restaurant, Smithville, Ohio.
Corestates Hamilton Agri-
Education Seminar, Farm and
Home Center, Lancaster, 8:30
a.m.-2:30 p.m.
Winter Tree Fruit Growers mect-
(Tum to Pago A2S)
application.
A tune-up includes a check of
hardware and plumbing for signs
of wear and tear, calibrate and
replace worn nozzles, and review
safety supplies and procedures.
When checking for wear and
tear, look for damage to frame,
running gear and tank; check the
pump for cracks or leaks; test
throttling valves, pressure gauges,
hoses and clamps for leaks; check
nozzle gaskets for a tight fit; and
clean line and tip strainers with
fresh water and soft brush.
Calibrate. Make sure nozzle
size, flow rate, and spray pattern
are uniform across the boom.
Replace worn nozzles and keep
extra nozzles on hand for spraying
season.
Check and use appropriate safe
ty equipment. Basic equipment
includes longsleeved shirt, long
pants, sturdy shoes or boots,
chemical-resistant apron, gloves,
and goggles or a face shield.
S~T
BY .V ALtHOUSf
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LOOKING AT NIAGARA
February 20,1994
Background Scripture:
Luke 22: 1-30
Devotional Reading:
Mark 14: 1,2, 10-25, 42-45
Methodist Bishop Gerald Ken
nedy used to say that seminary
graduates ought to start as bishops
and then work their way up to par
ish ministers. I’d like to take that
one step further and suggest they
start as bishops and end up as lay
people! (I think this suggestion
was in the same vein as the ancient
academy where first-year students
were called “wise men”, second
year students “philosophers”, and
third-year student “learners”.)
However, I’m afraid the church
isn’t quite ready for that yet
All too often, we are back where
the original disciples were when
Luke wrote: “A dispute also arose
among them which of them was to
be regarded as the greatest”
This passage is particu
larly ironic because just preceding
it in the Gospel of Luke is the
account of the Last Supper in
which Jesus offers them wine and
bread as symbols of his body and
blood which he will be giving on
their and our behalf. In the
Gospel of John the account of
Jesus’ last supper with his disci
ples tells of his washing of the dis
ciples feet (John 13). So, in all
four gospels, the story of Jesus’
last supper evidences his self
giving love and humble service.
BISHOPS TOO!
How incredible then that,
immediately afterward, his disci
ples would argue over which of
them would be the most promi
nent in the kingdom of God. How
could they have sat with him at the
table in the upper room and
missed the whole point of what he
was saying and demonstrating?
How. in the presence of his
humble love could they be think
ing of “which of them was to be
regarded as the greatest”?
But it is not as difficult to do as
it may seem. Lay people do it.
Preachers do it And bishops do it
too. All of us are pulled and
shoved by our egos, by our striv
ing for recognition and acclaim.
Ninety percent of the nastiness
and heartache I have witnessed in
the church could be traced ulti-
Be sure to read all labels to iden
tify further safely precautions.
And finally, be certain pumping
and filling equipment has anti
backflow devices and check values
to protect groundwater.
To Secure
Pesticide Credits
We are in the heart of the winter
meeting season. Now is an excel
lent time to secure your pesticide
re-certification credits.
Do not wait to the last minute to
try to secure your credits. In Pen
nsylvania, you need to renew your
pesticide license every three years.
It is easier to receive a third of your
credits every year than wait and try
to receive them all in a short period
of time.
Stay current with your credits
and secure several this winter.
Feather Profs Footnote:
"Excellence may be attained if you
care more than others think is
wise.”
mately to both wounded and over
inflated egos. I was talking yester
day with a friend who is a member
of one of the largest churches of a
certain denomination. Knowing
the senior minister by reputation, I
asked my friend, “What’s his
greatest asset?” I expected him to
mention preaching, pastoring, or
church administration. Instead,'
my friend said somewhat sadly,
“He knows how to accumulate
and use power.” In the conversa
tion that ensued my friend made it
clear that the power is used not so
much in furthering the gospel, as
in advancing the minister himself.
John Trevor Davies tells of a
society woman who went to con
sult a famous psychotherapist. He
began their first interview, saying:
“Now tell me all about yourself.”
She did not only that day but
for twice a week for quite a few
weeks. Finally, the therapist said
to her; “Madam, I can do no more
for you now; I advise you to take
the first train to Niagara Falls and
there take a long lingering look at
something bigger than yourself.”
SOMETHING BIGGER
Actually, that’s what humility
is. William L. Sullivan said that
“Genuine humility does not arise
from the sense of our pitiable kin
ship with the dust that is unworthy
of us but from the realization of
our awful nearness to a magnifi
cence of which we are unworthy.”
Philips Brooks, an Episcopal
bishop, said much the same: “The
true way to be humble is not to
stoop until you are smaller than
yourself, but to stand at your real
height against some higher nature
that will show you what the real
smallness of your greatness is.”
An old adage puts it most simply
of all: “A mountain shames a
molehill until they are both
humbled by the stars.”
All too often the church seems
to have bought the secular world's
concept of greatness. Why don’t
we turn that around, demonstrat
ing it in our own lives, and selling
the secular world on both the
teaching and example of Jesus:
“Let the greatest among you
become as the youngest, and the
leader as one who serves” (22:27).
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