Aio-Umcaster Farming, Saturday, Novamb«r.4, 1995
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OPINION
Dog Law Reform
The state’s new Dog Law regulations are not in reaction to com
plaints from animal rights activists or their pawns.
These were a crafted set of revised regulations to bring the state
up to date and level with regulations at the federal level.
Nothing more should be read into it. but of course people will.
Sometimes news is real, accurate, informative and educational.
Many times it is nothing but cheap entertainment.
Despite the so-called “investigative" reports by news crews with
secret cameras trying to cash in on the popularity of the “puppy
mills,” officials at the state level and many within the state’s dog
industry know that the industry as a whole is far from being tolerant
of cruelty and neglect
The dog breeding industry is large in Pennsylvania.
But most breeders do not make money by selling neglected, mis
treated, or malnourished dogs.
The possibility of civil or criminal charges and the associated
costs in money and reputation is enough to prevent that.
Nevertheless, in every human activity there are always some
people whose sloth, disregard or incompetence disgraces and
demeans the respectable work engaged in by others.
All the tax-run programs in the world won’t do anything if peo
ple don’t have the courage to adultly address situations they
encounter, and to not patronize, recommend, or condone sub
standard or obviously negligent behavior.
The recent change in the state Department of Agriculture’s reg
ulations were created to bring state regulations up to federal stan
dards, and to make some clarifications, so as to prevent misunder
standings about what is expected in mimimal care and facilities for
keeping dogs.
The PDA Bureau of Dog Law is woiking with those in the dog
industry to improve the ability of the state to serve the dog
industry from those who breed dogs to those who buy dogs.
There are some dog-marketing channels that by their nature
can’t guarantee the conditions of the parent dogs or whether or not
proper vaccinations or papers exist. Those channels have served a
useful purpose, especially during times when neutering farm pets
was prohibitively expensive.
There is still a place for that dog-maiketing business, and there
are still outlets serving it, but it does not represent the main stream
of the dog breeding industry.
The mainstream dog breeding industiy is operated by state and
federally licensed kennels.
There are a few people out there who perhaps should tiy to find
something else to do that better matches their interests, skills and
abilities than breeding dogs.
But that’s true with every industry and every activity and job.
The majority of the Pennsylvania dog breeding industry has
been and appears that it will continue to be something of which to
be proud.
a.m..
Bam, grai
p.m.
Pa. Emu Farmers’ Association
(PEFA) Incubating and Hatch
ing Seminar, Centre County
Vo-Tech School, Pleasant Gap,
1 p.m.-6 p.m.
Adams County 4-H Dairy Club
Awards Banquet, Pine’s Luthe
ran Church, New Chester, 7
p.m.
Berks County 4-H Livestock Ban
quet, Kutztown Grange Hall, 7
Restaurant, Honesdale, 7:45
p.m.
Northampton County Extension
annual meeting. Extension
Office, Nazareth, 7:30 p.m.
Penn State Income Tax Institute,
Family Heritage Restaurant,
Franconia, thru Nov. 7.
Octorara Young Farmers Fulton
Bank presentation, Octorara Ag
, High „
Pa. Plastic Pesticide Container
Recycling Program, Helena
Chemical Company. Biglcrvil
-Ic, 9 ajn.-ll:30 ajn.
Pa. Plastic Pesticide Container
Recycling Program, Adams
County Nursery, Aspen, 12:30
pjn.-3 p.m.
Pa. Turfgrais Council Inc., Penn
State Golf Turf Conference,
Univenity Park, thru Nov. 9.
Agronomy Ag Service School,
Holiday Inn, Dußois, 9
ajn.-3:30 p.m.
Tuplehocken Young Fanners
Program, Utilizing Consul
tants, Way-Har Farm, 10a.in.-2
p.m.
S.W. Pa. Hay Auction, Wcstmore-
To Attend
Animal Housing Expo
The 1995 Animal Housing Expo
will be held Nov. 8-9 at the Leba
non Fairgrounds.
It is designed for farmers inter
ested in upgrading their livestock,
poultry or dairy facilities or in
building new facilities.
The Expo will give ideas on
ways to improve the animal’s envi
ronment to enhance its health and
comfort and boast production effi
ciency. Or you may team how to
create a better working environ
ment and improve labor
efficiency.
At the Expo, farmers will be
able to hear a variety of presenta
tions and see numerous exhibits
related to animal care and housing.
The Expo is sponsored by Penn
State Cooperative Extension and
local agribusinesses. Admission is
free.
For more details, see related
articles in this issue of the Lancas
ter Farming.
To Plan For
Fall Feeding
. Early fall signals the time most
beef cows in Pennsylvania will be
at the lowest feed requirement for
the year, according to Chester
Hughes, extension livestock agent
This means there may be some
ways to lower feed costs and save
expensive hay or stockpile
pastures.
Some feeding alternatives to
consider are:
• Use stalk or stubble fields to
extend fall grazing. Allow about
one-fourth acre per cow and
increase acreage weekly. Failure
to limit acreage will result in poor
land Fairgrounds, II a.m.
Penn State Income Tax Institute,
Kansas City, Mo., thru Nov. 11.
DPC 26th Annual Conference,
Holiday Inn Carrier Circle, East
Syracuse, N.Y., thru Nov. 10.
Animal Housing Expo, Lebanon
Fairgrounds, Lebanon, thru
Nov. 9.
Notheast Greenhouse Seminar,
Luzerne County Community
College Center, Nandcoke, 9
a.m.-3 p.m.
Southeast Regional Christmas
Tree Growers meeting, Morgan
Auditorium, Schuylldll Haven,
7 p.m.
Agronomy Ag Service School,
Days Inn, Meadville, 9
ajn.-3:30 p.m.
Westmoreland County Farm-City
Dinner, Mountain View Inn,
Greensburg, 7 pan.
Dairy Feed Industry Seminar,
Ramada Hotel, Altoona,
(Turn to Pag* ASS)
use of die field.
• Use your wont quality hay
fine You may wish to limit graz
ing for a few weeks and feed the
poorer quality hay.
• Graze older cows behind
younger cows with calves or newly
weaned calves in a pasture
rotation.
• Use some food by-products.
Apple pomace is a good cow feed
either fresh or ensiled, but do not
add urea to it Potato chips and
bakery wastes are good sources of
energy, but cows will still need a
lot of fiber. Fresh vegetables are
fine, but with pregnant cows,
watch for mold and protein levels
in legumes.
To Look For
Frost Damage
If temperatures reach freezing
before com or soybeans reach full
maturity, damage will occur.
According to Robert Anderson,
extension agronomy agent, com
reaches maturity when the black
layer is framed at die base of the
kernel. Soybeans reach maturity
when the bean pods are no longer
FAILURE OR SUCCESS?
Novembers, 1995
FAILURE OR SUCCESS?
November 5. 1995
Background Scripture:
Acts 13 through 14
Devotional Reading:
Acts 13:13-26
When I was younger—when in
fact, I knew everything I
thought I pretty well knew what
was success and what was failure.
Today, however, I realize that
much that I thought was success
ful wasn’t, and often what I
thought was failure turned out to
be something else. In fact, I seem
to have learned that, not only is it
difficult sometimes to tell the one
from the other, but that neither is
nearly so important as I once
thought
Vince Lombardi, the great foot
ball coaching immortal, is said to
have remarked, "Whoever said, Tt
doesn’t matter whether you win or
lose, it’s how you play die game,*
' couldn’t have been a coach." To a
large degree, he was right* football
coaches get hired to win victories
and fired when they have too
many defeats. As one who started
his journalistic career as a sports
writer, I know that school alumni
and professional football clubs are
much concerned about how their
teams play the game if they lose it!
PLUS AND MINUS
But that doesn’t mean that liv
ing by that perspective makes for
successful living. Some of the un
happiest people I have known are
those who have been professional
ly and economically successful
Correspondingly, I have known
lots of people who never achieved
professional prominence or eco
nomic prosperity and yet. in my
eyes were very successful as hu
man beings.
When I read Paul and Barna
bas’ report on their first mission
ary journey to the Christian con
gregation at Antioch. I was inter
ests! to see how they would report
their experiences. In secular
•erms, the mission was not a re
sounding success. They had been
driven out of Antioch of Pisidia
green. At maturity, neither crap
will accumulate any more dry
matter.
Frost before maturity will
reduce both quality and yields. The
characteristics of frost damaged
com include small and misshapen
soft kernels, pithy kernel, and
breakage of a high percentage of
kernels.
Low test weight below 4S
pounds per bushel will result in
low protein levels and low digesti
bility. Green beans are often diffi
cult to extract oil from and the oil
content is reduced.
The best use of frosted com is
animal feed. However, it should be
tested and diets reformulated. Fun
gi are often a problem and should
be checked for in storage. Expect
storage time to be reduced by as
much as SO percent
Livestock feed may be the best
use for immature soybeans. Pro
cessors will discount for green
soybeans based on the color defini
tion in U.S. Grades.
Feather Prof.’s Footnote:
"When we combine forces, we
multiply our chances of success.”
(another Antioch); at Iconium
they were soundly opposed and
they fled for their lives; at Lystra
they were initially wildly success
ful but eventually stoned and ex
pelled from the city. In some of
the cities they had caused deep di
visions in the Jewish community
itself, and sometimes between
Jews and Gentiles. On the plus
side, there were many people who
gladly heard and responded to
their message; some churches
were established.
Paul and Barnabas, standing up
to report to the people of Antioch,
the church that had sent them out,
might have complained bitterly
about the way they were treated on
their journey, the hardships they
had to endure, the fickleness of the
populations. But, the writer of
Acts says their report was defin
itely upbeat: “And when they ar
rived, they gathered the church to
gether and declared all that God
had done with them and how he
had opened a door of faith to the
Gentiles” (14:27,28)..
OBSTACLES OR DOORS?
Note: not a word about whether
they had succeeded or Sailed in
their mission. The negative ex
periences they had along the way
, were interpreted, not as obstacles
or defeats, but as a “door” opened
to them by God. The way they
"played die game" had actually
been of mote importance than
whether someone decided that
they had lost or won. The “way
they played the game” was one of
obedience to the task, even in the
face of hostility and defeat
Later, writing to the Corinthi
ans, Paul saw his work from this
perspective, not in terms of suc
cess or failure: "I planted. Apollos
waters, but God gave the growth.
So neither he who plants nor he
who waters is anything, but only
God who gives the growth” (I Cor.
3:6,7). We do what we can and
leave to God the questions of ulti
mate success or failure. Obedi
ence, not success, is what we’re
called to.
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