Our daughter, riding along in the passenger seal of my little car, looked at me with a grin. “You need one of those ‘I brake for birds’ bumper stickers,” she suggested. It had been about the third time in this straight stretch of country road that a bird lingered extra long, pecking at the gravel dotting the road. Each time. I’d hit the brakes of the car to avoid turning the reluctant flyers into feather dusters. But we also brake for birds other than those directly on the pavement in front of us. General ly, though, only on back roads tz lanufacturad i Pound, Wisconsin Here is something often overlooked... Only Patz gives you 45 yean of experience with hook-and-eye chain, resulting in a chain so good that othen are attempting to copy it. Many Patz Gutter Cleaner chains are still working well after more than 30 years of use. After the Patz patent on hook-and eye chain expired, some other com panies have attempted to copy the Patz chain. Some promote 10- and 12-year warranties on chain—but they have not yet had 10 or 12 years of experience with hook-and-eye chain. What thousands of dairyman know: Patz chain is your best buy! SEE YOUR NEAREST PATZ DEALER ALEXANDRIA max isenberg 814-669-4027 bally longacre electric 215-845-2261 BEDFORD BENCE'S FARM EQUIP. 814-623-6601 bellefonte LUCAS BARN EO. 814-383-2806 BELLEVILLE MILLER-LAKE INC. 717-935-2335 Pat i where we take less chance on be ing rear-ended by other gawking drivers. Power-line sitting kestrels, eye balling prey in hayfields and fencerows, cause us to brake, as do the telltale, broad, white breasts of red-tailed hawks perch ed in roadside trees awaiting a passing meal. We brake to enjoy families of Canada geese on neighborhood ponds, the flash of bluebird color flitting somewhere along a dirt road and sometimes come to a dead stop mid-road to identify some less-obvious wing ed friend. Other critters command the Affordable Financing from Patz Financial Services LEBANON CEDAR CREST EQUIPMENT 717-27 Q-6600 MECHANICSBURG JOHN JONES 717-766-6582 MIFFLINTOWN ZUG FARM 8! DAIRY EQUIPMENT 717-463-2606 ORANGEVILLE FRANKLIN D. HESS FARM EQUIPMENT 717-925-6939 Patz has continued to improve its chain for 45 years with special formula steel, special forging tech niques and special steel hardening processes. Rely on the proven, long-life chain. Patz provides a 15-year chain warranty because so many chains are working well long after 15 years of use. Better yet, your Patz chain warran ty is backed up by a solid, reliable company that has been serving farmers for 45 years with the same family ownership. Insist on Patz chain! QUARRYVILLE UNICORN FARM SERVICE James E. Landis \ 717-786-4158 SHIPPENSBURG WITMER EQUIPMENT SERVICE 717-532-6139 SOMERSET GROVE EQUIP. SALES Mark Knepper - Cliff Lynn 814-446-6306 HAGERSTOWN. MD TRI-STATE FARM AUTOMATION 301-416-7340 'SAFETY! mnsiaotw brake-light warning as well: a rus ty-red whitetail doe nibbling alfal fa at dusk, a glimpse of the bound ing, bushy tail of a fox loping through tall grass, baby bunnies, squirrels, chipmunks, possums, even the occasional pedestrian tur- * tie or snake. Certain inanimate objects cre ate the same reaction. A gorgeous flower bed or unusual planting causes an immediate gas-to brake-pedal reaction when I’m be hind the wheel. Farm equipment especially something shiny new or big gets the same re sponse from The Farmer. (It no longer surprises me when he hits the brake to make quick side trips around equipment lots en route to anywhere. King of impromptu, farmer window shopping.) Thirty yean of farm living has trained me to brake for stuff lying in the middle of the road that most driven would ignore at least along our local road. Things like hitch pins for hay wagons or any piece in red or green paint that looks like it belongs to a piece of equipment very well might—and is probably something The Farmer is looking for at that very moment. KENNEDYVILLE. MD PINDER SERVICE CO. 410-778-0799 WHITEFORD, MD ENFIELD EQUIP. 410-838-0480 POUND, Wl PATZ SALES, INC. 414-897-2251 DISTRICT MANAGERS: Agn Bee Inc. James Bilski, Pres 814-696-9447 Fax 814-696-2606 James Smith 717-485-9585 Maybe what we really need is an “I brake for all kinds of stuff" bumper sticker. Including other driven who slam on theirs to stop at yard sales. Less than a mile from home one recent evening, he hit die truck brakes, did a double take in the rear-view minor and incredu lously said, “What was that?” Search me. I’ve been admiring the neighbors’ lush cornfields and hadn’t seen a thing. We did a quick turnaround at a side road to go back to investigate Affects HERSHEY (Dauphin Co.) Young folks ages 11 through 14 will “get a taste” of the science of chocolate in this class held at the Hershey Museum scheduled for Monday, August 14 through Thursday, August 17, from 9:30 - 11 a.m. Teacher Joan Bechtel will work with youngsters on a variety of experiments with chocolate and related products. The class illus trates how much science affects things we use in our everyday lives and is designed to be enter taining and informative. Visiting resource people and a class trip behind the scenes at LancMtar Farming, Saturday, July 18, 1995-B3 the object of his intense interest A rosd 1011. But not just any old road kill A weasel. A beautiful little critter, with almost no damage to its phy sical appearance. Fust one I’ve ever seen. It went home with us on the truckbed, with hopes that a taxidermy specialist might be in terested in the remains. Two days later, he found an other maybe a littermate? at almost the identical spot. Where can I find an “I brake for road kill” bumper sticker? Science How Chocolate Chocolate World are on the agen da for the four-day experience. Dr. Frances Seligson, senior manager of nutrition and food safety for Hershey Foods Corporation, will work with the class on calculating calories in chocolate products and other nutrition-related activities. Information about Milton Her shey’s many experiments, some successful, some not so success ful, will be provided by Pam Cas sidy archivist of the Hershey Community Archives. Class size is limited. Registra tion is required and there is a class fee. For more information call (717) 534-3439.
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