Corn Fodder Shocks Form Farm Scenes Around Ephrata
At the comer of Long Lane Road and Martindale Road.
Down and up Long Lane Road southeaat of Ephrata beyond Quarry Road.
Along Route 322 east of Ephrata beyond Reidenbach Road.
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EPHRATA (Lancaster
Co.) A time to relax on
the farm Just after Thanks*
giving with anticipation of
Chrletmae gives you a
good fsellng of content
ment and spiritual renewal.
The excellent growing sea
son helped the land to give
bumper crops. And good
fall weather helped with
harvesting so that only a
few corn fodder shocks
still dot the fields as remin
ders of the past year’s
activities.
For persons with a sub
jective bent and a pictorial
eye for farming, the low,
early winter, south after
noon sun that casts long
dark shadows across the
landscape, provides
Incentive to grab a camera
and spend a few moments
alone with God and nature
drinking In the quietness
of the countryside.
A more objective view of
the farm eituatlon comes
from the latest production
reports. Across the U.S.,
com for grain production
Is forecast at a record high
10 billion bushels, up 58
percent above the 1993
crop. Soybean production
is also forecast at a record
high 2.52 billion bushels,
35 percent above last year.
While many farmers
needed the bumper crop to
offset the damage from
droughts and floods of the
1993 growing season, the
glut of grain has depress
ed prices and provided
feed to expand beef arid
pork production to -the
point where meat prices
are also low.
While the business of
farming Is tough, scenesof
farming make the heart
soft In those who love this
business. Photon by Evaratt
Nnwnwnngnr, managing adltor.