Onbei a farm -And o hazar Joyce V The grass is green, the roses are blooming, swimming pools are officially open. Shorts have replaced jeans for casual wear, weddings blossom with beautiful brides and nervous grooms and evenings beckon us all to linger out on porches and patios. Flies are back. Our calf pen is beginning-to fill with the early summer burst of black-and-white bawling babies. And strawberries are ripe! Celebrate! You betcha* ‘cause June THE CONSERVATIONIST. The proven Great Plains no-till system utilizes a coulter to prepare a mini-conventional seedbed for the openers to place the seed ...at the precise depth selected. Great Mains We lead because we listen. Dunkle & Grieb, Inc. R.D. 2 BOX 14 Center Hall, PA 16828 814-364-1421 Reed Brothers Equipment 13 Petticoat Bridge Road Columbus, NJ 08022 609-267-3363 Hines Equipment Rt. 28 West, Cresson, PA 16630 814-886-4183 and Rt. 220, Belwood, PA 814-742-8171 is here. June. The month during which we dairy fanners and we hope all milk and dairy product consumers of ours—celebrate the cream of the cow. Now plop a big scoop of vanilla ice cream down on top of that bowl of strawberries because we have some language studying to do. In order to best appreciate June Dairy Month, it helps to understand the lingo. So. class, we present: COWSPEAK See The Dependable Great Plains Dealers Listed Below: COW The female of a bovine animal (Thai’s real Web ster, friends.) COWNT To number your cows, as in: 1,2, 3,4, etc. COWNTER Person who numbers those cows. ACCOWTANT Profession al numbers person who keeps track of cow expenses. • COWCH—Furniture on which a cow stretches out to take a nap. COWNTY Municipality in which cows live; may resemble a pasture. COWNCIL Ruling board of officials who oversee the cownty. COWARD Whole bunch of cows, i.e. cow herd. COWCATCHER Person chasing that whole, blasted, cow ard that escaped through the fence. COWPUNCHER What this “cownter" chasing our escaped “coward” threatens to become if she ever corrals the rascals. COWSLIP What a cownter might do if she doesn’t watch where she’s running while chasing the coward. COWHIDE What cowards Lost Creek Implement, Inc. Rt. 35 Oakland Mills, PA 717-463-2161 D & E Equipment 307 Edgar Avenue Bloomsburg, PA 17815 717-784-5217 C.B. Hoober & Sons, Inc. Cld Philadelphia Pike Intercourse, PA 17534 717-768-8231 Norman D. Clark & Sons Main Street, P.O. Box 27 Honey Grove, PA 17035 717-734-3682 drives for transport. try to do after jumping the gate to avoid recapture. NO ACCOWNTS Mischief maldng cows that constantly stir up trouble. COWNSEL Legal advisor hired by no accownts to bail them out of trouble. COWLICK How cows groom one another. COWBOY Usually known as a; “bull;” with slight alterations, a * r steer.” COWGIRL Often called a “heifer”; a young female cow. COWLENDAR Record on which you keep track of important herd dates. COWLENDER Agricultural lender who finances the purchase of your dairy herd. And, in the interest of avoiding gender problems and eqcow rights, we include these terms as well: Lehigh Ag Equipment, Inc. 6670 Ruppsville Road Allentown, PA 18106 215-398-2553 Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, Junt 4,1994-B5 BULL The male of any bovine (That’* real Webster, too.) BULLHORN What the bull blows at you when you cut him off on the Route 30 Bypass. BULLHEAD — ; One end of bull, opposite of tail. BULLETIN Publication read by bulls to keep up with the cownty news. BULLPEN Where to keep a bull who leads the coward outside the fence. BULLFIGHTER Farmer (or farm wife) who didn’t pay atten tion to where the bull was in the coward. BULLION Broth made from bull who led the coward outside the fence one too many times or who threatened the bullfighter. There, Now that you’ve mas tered the lesson, reward yourself. Have another scoop of ice cream. Stouffer Brothers, Inc. 1066 Lincoln Way West Chambersburg, PA 17201 717-263-8424 Deerfield Ag & Turf Watsontown Exit of 1-180 Watsontown, PA 17777 717-538-3557
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