84-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 8, 1994 a farm -And I Wf - 2*~ i Joyce Bnpp v '" MKSM j Our in-house sundial says that the golden season has begun., Orientation of our farmhouse windows to the compass points is such that at only certain times of the year does the early-morning sunshine wash across the break fast table. In Springtime, the flood of light into the kitchen-dining area ushers in the green-up sea son, as grass stretches upward, buds push out, and life renews all around us. But the bright sunshine of October mornings, poking inquis itive fingers into dark corners of the house, signals an opposite message. The flush of golden color pour ing through the southeastern-fac ing panes of glass is a cover-up for the chill lurking just beyond the screens. Hints of frostiness nip at the fingers as I push open the back door to let the cat inside, and swirl in with her in that brief moment when the door is opened just a few inches to let her slip through. As the warm, yellow light brightens into broad, clear day, another kind of gold now com mands center stage on the farm. Corn. For both forage and grain, com is king of the fall har vest season. And blessed with bounteous weather around most of the countryside, local com grow ers are - pardon the pun - up to their ears in golden kernels this year. From the office desk. I mark the progress of the harvest season by the welcome roaring sounds of equipment doing its thing - or the uncomfortable silence of break down. Too much quiet stirs the Leola / Produce Auction will have a special Annual .Ornamental Craft Sale Wednesday, October 12, 1994 9:00 A.M. Featurii • Pumpkin Creations • Dried Flowers • Corn Dolls • Dressed Geese • Corn Brooms Gourds • Neck Pumpkins Notice: Limited Amount of Woodcrafts & Painted Items Chicken Bar-B-Que Available Notice: There Will Be No Produce nr Biiifc Loads of Pumpkins, Indian Corn or Gourds Sold Leola Produce Auction, Inc. 9)ekSsiL Wholesale Auction of Lancaster Co. Vegetables Brethren Church Road sinking feeling in the pit of the stomach, wondering what broke, how long it will take to fix....and what the repairs might cost. Regular passes of tractors pulling loaded forage wagons are almost immediately followed by a loud roar as the silage blower is stated up. An occasional thunk in the steady hum telltales a clump of lump bumping the metal pipe carrying the finely-chopped stalks and ears that steadily pile up inside the silos’ walls. High-energy corn silage itself is golden as it arrives*fresh out of the field, ideally with an abun dance of yellow kernels coloring the greenish-brown chopped bits of stalks and leaves. It never ceas es to intrigue me how, despite the blending of kernels through the chopped stalk portion, cows (especially certain ones) can root through the stuff with those big, broad muzzles and nibble out the grain from the stalk part. Glancing out to check progress of the outside operations, other golden changes taking place are readily apparent. Mulberry trees in the fencerow below the house are beginning to fade from deep green to a yellow ish-hued shade. A stalk of poison ivy on the backyard bank, on that escaped a mid-season attack from my garden sprayer, is going gold en from the ground up, leaf by leaf. And the late soybean planti ngs have finally developed yel lowing sections, signalling matu rity of the stalks with their many pods of tiny, round beans. Meanwhile, The Farmer reports another harvest well underway. With each trip he makes on the At This Sale Lic„#AHoooo2B-L Office 717-656-9592 656-9580 Manheim Farm Show Queen Is Tracy Bollinger F S oSd?’'“ BhtS l/AXIUCTLI /T anjl an|. r p A \ F UII ftl tII6 IBIT. pBSI 12 0 CIOCK, MANMbiM (Lancaster c. 0.; Anticipation and cxcitmcnt in see- H eartbroken when I sold my first One minute Tracy Bollinger. £ who steer that helped me win St* R isgreatbutitpays showmanship off ® the end. O nlooker spectators cheering us minute, she was dressed in astylish M eri t depends not on winning or on and showing interest in navy blue suit being crowned Man- losing but on gam g ag. .. . heim Fann Show Queen. W ork to get things runnmg. This fast switch was easily Without any one of these ele accomplished by Tracy who is ments, it wouldn’t spell Farm accustomed to working hard and Show, quickly to get everything done. She has been showing hogs and sheep at local county fairs for many years. The 17-year-old daughter of Eugene and Carol Bollinger of Manheim, placed third in the hog showmanship class and had two first placings in the market hog classes on Monday night when the coronation was held. Readers may remember that Tracy needed to have her sister Amy show her sheep at the New Holland Fair last week while she was interviewed by judges in pre paration for the coronation this week. Tracy did not know that she had won the coronation until Monday night’s coronation. She needed to prepare a speech on “What Farm Show Means to Me,” and answer in impromptu question before the crowd. Here is a brief version of her speech. road through the small woodlot between fields, he has spied a squirrel scurrying along the packed-dirt passage. And each time, the squirrel "has been lug ging along a hickory nut, the thick outer shell still intact. 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