On Being a
Farm Wife
(and other
hazards) ]
Joyce Bupp
Uh huh.
So who’re you gonna’ believe?
Reports are that the almanacs
for next year (which I haven’t yet
read) are foretelling of another up
coming Arctic-reminiscent win
ter. Long. Cold. Snowy. Blustery.
Good for skiing and snow
boarding/ Good for hot chocolate
and marshmallows in front of a
fireplace full of crackling logs.
Good for snuggling down with an
afghan, a good bode, and the cat
curled up in your lap.
Good for stocking up extra
bread in the freezer and stashing
away a few quarts of long-shelf
life milk in your pantry.
Wait.
Before you dig out the heavy
comforters for the bed ... before
you go stock up on bags of melt
ing salt and an extra snowscraper
... before you stuff the cellar
with potatoes, consider this.
Have you checked out the Woo
ly Bears?
You know, Wooly Bears. The
fuzzy, fall-appearing, Teddy-bear
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like caterpillars endowed with
mystical, magical weather-fore
casting abilities. Wooly Bears, ac
cording to our Golden Nature
Guide of Insects, is the larvae of
the Isabella Moth, a common spe
cies of moth we probably all have
around but few of us think about.
If I recall my Wooly Bear lore
correctly, the intenseness of win
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the amount of black on the cater
pillar’s furry hide.
All all-black Wooly Bear por
tends a winter of “I remember
whens ... .** Like, “I remember
the year we had a snow that
dumped 32 inches in one storm
and gave us a whole week off
from school.” (1960,1 think.) Or,
“I remember the year we all
climbed up on the bam roof to
shovel off snow because we were
worried about all the long-span
bam roofs that were caving in.”
(1996)
A more normal winter what
ever that is would have a cater
pillar of about half black and half
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the toasty brown shade. Stripes
would indicate periods of “bad”
with periods of a more pleasant
kind of cold weather. The kind of
winter that lets you round bale
com fodder on New Year’s Day
and then shovel snow to get to the
Farm Show.
So consider this, friends; I’ve
seen four Wooly Bears thus far
this fall. Two of them were a light
brown color with small bands of
black at either end. Two of them
had NO black on their coats at all.
An indicator of a very mild winter.
Who’rc you gonna’ believe?
A dairy farm friend from lowa
further complicates the weather
prognostication with more “facts.”
He says that you can predict the
winter by the husks of sweet com.
If the husks on those wonderful,
delicious treats are tightly wrap
ped, Nature’s providing a snug co
coon in which those baby seeds
could hibernate—if you, the deer,
the raccoons and the groundhogs
didn’t get them first. If they’re
more loose, and the ends quick to
protrude, look for a more pleasant
stretch.
Every sweet corn ear I’ve
husked this year was wrapped as
thick and tight as if a professional
gift wrapper had personally pre
pared them. I don’t recall a single
ear tip protruding through the
heavy husk layer.
So, who’re you gonna’ believe?
Perhaps it’s best to play safe
against the odds.
Get your salt. Get your extra
snow shovel. Make sure your tires
are well-treaded and the stack of
firewood plentiful and dry.
I’ve always have had a special
affection for those cute, furry
Wooly Bears.
So don’t bury your shorts and
sneakers too far away in the back
of the closet.
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Penn Yan FFA Makes Its
Mark At The State Fair
Marcy Quackenbush
Penn Yan FFA Reporter
The Penn Yan Chapter of FFA
was well represented at the Great
New York State Fair, Aug. 22 -
Sept. 2 in Syracuse.
Penn Yan FFA members com
peted in three difficult and chal
lenging career development event
contests.
On the opening day of the 150th
Great New York State Fair, Aaron
Vaughn (PY FFA sentinel) of
Marcus Whitman participated in
the state FFA tractor operators
contest, senior division. The con
test consisted of a quiz based on
the Federal Hazardous Occupa
tions Order Training Program,
tractor operation, and the identifi
cation of tractor parts. Aaron also
had to maneuver a two-wheeled
and four-wheeled wagon to com
plete the contest. Aaron, out of the
many participants, placed 11th in
the state.
On Tuesday, Aug. 27, three
Penn Yan FFA members com
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judging contest The members in
cluded Natalie Jsnsen (PY FFA
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treasurer), Marcy Quackenbush
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and the judging of six classes of
cattle. Oral reasons were given for
two classes. Approximately 19
teams from all over the state parti
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Yan Chapter of FFA placed sixth
overall in the state. In the indivi
dual placings, Natalie Jensen
placed third out of approximately
50 participants.
On Saturday, Aug. 31, Scott
Fisher and Matt Fritz (PY FFA
vice president) participated in the
welding contest. The contest con
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three plates together, making two
fillet welds and two lap welds, us
ing two different electrodes, pierc
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pass. The team placed third out of
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ings Matt Fritz took fifth, and
Scott Fisher took eighth.
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