AiQ-Lancaslw Finning, Saturday, Decarabcr 31. 1994
OPINION
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose
under the heaven:
A time to be bom, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a
time to pluck up that which is planted;
A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and
a time to build up;
A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a
time to dance;
A time to cast away stones, and time to gather stones togeth
er, a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time
to cast away;
A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time
to cast away;
A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and
a time to speak;
A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time
of peace.
North Eastern Weed Science Soci
ety Meeting, Boston, thru Jan.
Bucks-Montgomery Dairy Day,
Family Heritage Restaurant,
Franconia.
Western Pa. Forage Schools,
Northwest Rural Electric Co-
Op, Cambridge Spring, also
Jan. 10.
Solanco Young Farmer meeting,
Farm Records Made Easy/Check
Writing Workshop, Willow
bank Building, Bellefonte, 10
a.m.-3 p.m., also Jan. 6.
Adams County Dairy Day, Exten
sion Office, 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
Western Pa. Forage Schools,
Brown’s Country Kitchen, Por
tersville, also Jan. 11.
Lancaster County Tobacco Show,
Farm and Home Center, youth
entries 9 a.m., adult entries
Editor:
The silo gas article on page B 2
of the December 24 issue of LAN
CASTER FARMING written by
Gay Brownlee of Somerset County
surely caught my attention and
hopefully the attention of every
other family who uses tower silos.
The tragic near-death incident
shows us how much we need edu
cation on biological hazards in han
dling stored high-moisture organic
Father Time
10:30 a.m., judging 1 p.m.
Chester County Dairy Day, East
Brandywine Fire Hall,
Guthriesville.
PACD Executive Council meet
ing, Holiday Inn, Grantville,
thru Jan. 6.
Sprayer Meeting, Elder’s Sales
and Service, Stoneboro.
Northeast Regional Tomato Grow
ers meeting, Thompson’s Dairy
Bar, Clark’s Summit, 9:30 a.m.
Western Pa. Forage School, Sandy
Kayes Restaurant, Shelocta,
also Jan. 12. '
Franklin County Dairy Day,
Kauffman’s Community Cen
ter, Chambersburg, 9 a.m.-2:30
p.m.
Bedes County Dairy Da;
Writing Workshop, Willow
bank Building, Bellefonte, 10
a.m.-3 p.m.
Penn Jefrsey Dairy Management
Seminar, Holiday Inn,
Bethlehem.
Potter County Holstein Annual
(Turn to Pago A3l)
matter. This tragedy has been
repeated so often that we MUST
do more, especially when children
are involved with the work we
farmers do. The writer of the article
told the story very well but failed to
suggest how to prevent future inci
dents. Please allow me to help from
my training and extensive experi
ence with tower silos.
A few years ago here in Lan-
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Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
', Berks
To Make New Year’s
Resolutions
Every year at this time it is the
custom to make New Year’s reso
lutions.
The key is in keeping them.
According to experts, most resolu
tions are broken very quickly into
the new year.
In order for resolutions to be
successful, they need to be few in
number, something you really
want to change and a reward sys
tem is in place to re-enforce doing
the resolution.
Some New Year’s resolutions
you may want to consider are:
Allocate at least 4 hours a week
to record keeping.
Do not allow work 'areas to
become cluttered.
Place tools in their proper place
after use.
Keep grass and weeds mowed
around buildings.
Start an effective rodent control
program.
Spend more time with family in
family activities.
. Institute and follow a safety
program especially for pesticides
and tractors aqd equipment.
1995 will bring us many chal
lenges and opportunities. Take a
few minutes and reflect on the past
so you may see ways to improve
the future.
To Plan For College Expenses
The Pennsylvania Tuition
Account Program enables people
to lock in a price today to pay for
tomorrow’s tuition at any of Penn
sylvania’s 32 state-owned and
state-related universities and com
munity colleges.
The Tuition Account Program
(TAP) allows families to pay for a
student’s entire tuition in a lump
sum, or in part by purchasing TAP
credits or units.
Units reduce the financial pres
sure on families by enabling them
to pay a smaller price for their
children’s future tuition. Twenty
tuition units equal one TAP credit.
Twenty-four TAP credits equal
the annual tuition for an under
graduate student at any of the state
owned or state related universities.
For community colleges, one TAP
credit equals one credit hour. Peo
ple may apply their TAP credits to
any licensed or accredited college,
university, or trade school in the
country.
A student who receives a schol
arship is entitled to a refund equal
to the amount of the scholarship. If
a student decides not to attend col
lege, TAP credits may be trans
ferred to another eligible benefi
ciary or the purchaser may receive
a refund. '
For information on this pro
gram, call (800) 440-4000.
To Handle Cattle Correctly
The Beef Promotion and
Research Board recently complet- •
ed a study called the “National
Beef Quality Audit.” What
emerged was a wide range of
problems that need to be
addressed if the beef industry is to
remain competitive with other
meats.
The major complaints of retail
ers and restaurant owners were
related to waste (waste fat and
trimming required due to injection
blemishes and bruises) and lack of
uniformity in size of cuts, etc.
Packers were concerned with
problems directly impacting their
profits. Their top 10 concerns in
order of importance: 1. Hide
defects. 2. Injection site blemish
es. 3. Excess carcass weights. 4.
Bruises. 5. Low quality from
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THAT YOU MAY KNOW
January 1,1995
Background Scripture:
Matthew 8:1-9:8
Devotional Reading:
Luke 4:16-21
We are so accustomed to visu
alizing the crowds that followed
Jesus, that we tend to forget that
“when the Gadarenes saw Him,”
there were many who wanted Him
to get out of town right away. If
Jesus were walking in the flesh
through our world today, I think
he’d get the same mixed recep
tion: acceptance from some, rejec
tion from others.
In the past when I have read
this passage, I have often won
dered why, if Jesus got rid of the
two troublesome demonics, the
Gadarenes would have begged
him to “leave the neighborhood.”
Surely, being rid of these two dis
turbers of the peace was beneficial
to that community! And, if the
Gadarenes had heard anything of
the miracles Jesus performed on
the other side of the lake, wouldn’t
they want him to stay in their
midst and do likewise?
Not necessarily. If it were
merely a matter of having Jesus
around to do healings, I’m sure
they woultHiave wanted Him to
stay. But the Gadarenes must have
suspected that there was more to
this man than His miracles of heal
ing. The two demon-possessed
men said aloud what other
Gadarenes were possibly thinking:
“What do you have to do with us,
O Son of God? (8:29).
MORE THAN MIRACLES
Up to this point in Matthew,
only one other person has identi
fied Jesus as the Son of God—in
Matthew 4, the tempter challenges
Jesus, saying, “If you are the Son
of G0d...” The Gadarenes must
that Jesus was more
than a miracle worker. Being in
His presence was like being in the
presence of God. As I write this, it
is Halloween and it occurs to me
that in the midst of ghosts and gob
lins for a really profound, fear
nothing can compare with being in
the presence of God. That’s
scary!” “Scary” in the only way
that humans ought ever to be
afraid.
Another reason the Gadarenes
wanted to banish Jesus from their
neighborhood was He had a habit
of making things and people
whole. In our passage Jesus has
performed several miracles of
healing and cleansing.
implant use. 6. Condemned livers.
7. Not enough' choice. 8. Too
mahy yield grade 4/S. 9. Low uni
formity. 10. Dark cutters.
The study also looked at the
economic impact of these quality
problems. AH together, we waste
$2BO a head.
Quite a few of the problems
need to be handled at the farm.
Harold Harpster, Penn State ani
mal scientist, said we need to be
feeding the right type of cattle,
marketing them at the proper end
point, and practicing careful
health and handling management.
Gentle handling and injecting cat
tle only in the neck muscle instead
the rump are two simple changes
we can make to help the industry.
Feather Profs Footnote: “The
sky’s the limit when your heart is
in it. ”
TORMENT OR HEALING?
It appears that Jesus would be a
good man to have around, but the
Gadarenes looked beneath the
healings and discerned that Jesus
brought something else to their
midst—wholeness. Lots of people
would like to be rid of physical
pain and impairments, but that
doesn’t mean they want to be
whole. Wholeness is a condition,
not of the outside, but of the
inside. It determines the way we
live, what we value, and what our
lives are all about. Some people
and some communities don’t real
ly want wholeness or holiness, for
they either thrive on their broken
ness or have become housebroken
to it. To people such as these the
presence of the Christ is seen as
torment rather than healing.
“Faith” here is trust, not just
belief. These people are healed
and helped because of their trust in
His authority. “Lord, if you will,”
says a leper, “you can make me
clean.” Note the authority in
Jesus’ reply: “I will; be clean.”
The Roman centurion comes to
Jesus, not to ask Him to come to
his house to heal the paralyzed ser
vant, “but only say the word and
my servant will be healed.” And
Jesus replies,” Go, let it be done
for you as you have believed”
(8:8, 13). To the two Gadarene
demoniacs He said simply, “Go”
and the demons were cast out. To
the second paralytic Jesus says,
“Your sins are forgiven” (9:1-8).
But the scribes question His
authority and so Jesus says to
them—and to us “But that you
may know that the Son of Man has
authority on earth to forgive sins,"
and He turns to the paralytic and
says, “Rise, take up your bed and
go home” (9:6). What does the
paralytic do? Does he ask to see
Jesus’ ordination certificate or a
license from the state medical
board: Does he discuss doctrine
and creeds with Jesus? No,
Matthew simply says, “he rose and
went home.” He trusted in Jesus,
acted on that trust, and was
healed!
Jesus makes the same offer to
each of us today: “That you may
know that the Son of Man has
authority on earth...” Ask what
you want in His service and do
what He tells you to do.
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