Onbei a farm -And a bazar Joyce 9 When I was a kid, I loved the wind. The wind was a companion of play. It toyed with kites, dipping and flipping their colorful paper bodies, tweaking their ragged tail s, gently dragging them high over our heads or rudely tossing them to the ground. Sometimes, the wind would macrame a kite through a tree, just like those flown by hapless, round-headed Charlie Brown of Peanuts comic strip fame. Wind enhanced the perfor mance of our toy airplanes of lightweight balsa, lifting them gracefully into the air, sometimes into stunt-flying loop-de-loops and onto the house roof on a regu lar basis. A stiff breeze likewise added a tailwind to the “birdies” we batted back and forth in endless summer time badminton games on the side lawn. 0% -12 Mo*. 5 Month* 4.9% -24 MO*. OR Walvar Of Flnancal ...Now Available On Most Badger Equipment! 7.9% • 36 MO*. 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Now, they chum images of weather maps overlaid with swirl ing cloud patterns ominously curl ing up the East Coast bearing loads of snow, sleet, rain, ice or hot, humid (remember that?), hur ricanes, and various other wind blown surprise weather packages. And while the “westerlies” usual ly generate drier winds, they do height in those gusty, summer time, thunder-rumblers tossing lightning, hail, and haysoaking cloudbursts. Wind lashed nights no longer generate that safe, smug, snug-in bed sense of my childhood. In stead, will the wind ... or blown sleet... or falling trees take out the power lines somewhere be tween the co-op’s sub-station and the dairy bam? Will heavy gusts yank bam roofing away from the rafters? Are all the wide, bam doors securely closed? Is some cow in premature labor off in some wind-battered pasture cor ner delivering a calf? Despite all that, I still welcome the wind when it’s on more benevolent bahavior. I like the way it flaps clean sheets on the washline and pur posefully shakes out wrinkles in the white, ruffled curtains hung to dry in the sunshine. It stirs the pond’s flat surface and breaks it into thousands of sparkling dia monds when it riffles across the waters. Grain fields do “the wave” as summer breezes dance over acres of golden, ripening heads. And wind is vital for drying and adqer Model 8N2060 Badgar Foraga Box** * Running Gaar... Tha Right Combination For Your Farm! @ EMPLOYEE-OWNED. DUAL Belt or Single Chain Conveyors... w 0% • 12 MOS. 4.9% • 24 Mo* 7.9% • 36 MO>. 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The Bucks-Montgomery Dairy Promotion Committee is gearing up for its 1994-1995 promotion year, which will kick off with spe cial activities during June Dairy Month. To prepare for the year’s upcoming programs, the commit tee is seeking candidates for its 1994 Bucks-Montgomery Dairy Princess Pageant. Any single young woman, between 16 and 24 years of age, whose parents or guardians are engaged in dairy farming is eligible to compete. A young woman also is eligible if she herself owns at least two dairy animals in a bona fide 4-H or FFA .ITY DRIVEN. See Your Local Badger Ring Drive Silo Unloader /SAFETTI\ Flnancsl Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 12, 1994-B3 melodious tinkling sounds are a musical accompaniment to the brisk breezes of spring and the faint stirrings of air through long, lingering summer evenings. Knowing what the winds of weather have delivered so far this year, our wind chimes will honor this traditionally-breezy month of March by remaining where they’ve been all season. Inside. Safe from the wind. program, or is a dairy farm employee, or is a daughter of a dairy industry employee. The committee also is seeking volunteers to help with promo tional programs and activities. During the year, the committee promotes milk and dairy products at schools, grocery stores, county fairs, community events, and farm meetings throughout the two county area. Anyone interested in competing in the 1994 Bucks-Montgomery Dairy Princess Pageant or saving as a member of the committee is asked to contact Tanya Martin, chairperson, at (215) 795-0454. Dealer HONESDALE SPREADING SERVICE INC. SOS Cliff St Honesdale, PA 18431 (717) 253-2410 CHIDESTER FARMS RD 2, Box 75 Kingsley, PA 18826 (717) 289-4260 MELVIN G. MILLER RT 2, Spring Mills, PA 16875 (814) 422-8279 PIKEVILLE EQUIPMENT INC. RT 2. 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