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OPINION
Friendships Across
Farm-City Fencerows
Next week is National 4-H Week. 4-H’ers from around the
nation are joining together to celebrate the youth organization
and the ideals for which it stands.
When you ask someone to visualize a 4-H member, he may
think of a young boy leading a cow around a show ring or a girl
baking cookifts. The Lackawanna County cooperative extension
reports that 4-H isn’t just cows and cooking anymore. It is camp
ing, fishing, pet care, leadership skills, crafts, sewing, shooting,
archery, public speaking, gardening, child care, financial man
agement, woodworking, and much more.
4-H is an informal learning experience for all boys and girls,
ages 8 to 19. An educational program of the land grant universi
ties, 4-H focuses on developing the whole person, symbolized by
the 4-H’s head, heart, hands, and health.
The 4-H program reaches youth through community clubs,
special interests groups, and school enrichment programs. With
the help of adult volunteer leaders, each 4-H group designs its
own program to help members “leam by doing.” In Pennsylvania
4-H members have over 200 projects from which to choose.
Our hats are off to all the 4-H members and their volunteer
leaders, as well as the extension personnel who provide the back
bone of the programs. Because of 4-H not only do many youth
gain experience in practical arts, they make friendships across
farm and city fencerows that can last a lifetime.
Maryland Chapter of the Walnut
Council, Denton and Preston,
Maryland.
Falmouth Goat Race, Governor's
Pa. Association of Conservation
District’s Annual Conference,
Willow Valley Resort.
Solanco Young Farmers’ family
picnic, Aumcnt farm. Shoe
maker Road, 1 p.m.
John Deere Antique Tractor Col
lectors’ Show, Pikeville Equip
ment, Inc., 9 ajn.-5 p.m.
49th Joint Annual Conference of
State Conservation Commis
sion and Pa. Assn, of Conserva
tion Districts, Willow Valley
thru Oct. 10.
Manheim Community Farm
Show, thru Oct 11.
Septic Sand Mound Workshop,
Days Inn, State College, 8:30
a.m.
Two-session program on farm
record keeping, extension
office, Towanda, 10 a.m.-3
p.m. Also Oct. 14.
4-H Achievement Night, Dauphin
County Agricultural and
National Resource Center,
Dauphin, 7 p.m.
District 18 meeting for Dairy Far-
G ’ilia'' Dr
Meeting, Adamstown Equip
ment, 7:30 p.m.
Dclmarva Poultry Industry, Inc.
annual meeting, Delmarva
Conference Center, Delmar,
Md.
AD ADC DisL 16 meeting, Mains
burg Community Center.
ADADC Dist 7 meeting, Warren
side Tavern, Bloomsburg, NJ, 7
n.m.
Unionville Community Fair, thu
Oct 12.
Pa. National Horse Show, Farm
Show Building.
1996 Chesapeake Bay Program
Conference, Ramada Inn,
Market Square, Harrisburg,
thru Oct 11.
ADADC Dist 10 meeting, Brisben
Baptist Church, Brisben, N.Y.,
8 p.m.
ADADC Dist 17 meeting, Gibson
Poultry Management and Health
Seminar, Kreider Restaurant,
Manheim, noon.
ADADC District 6 meeting, Club
211, Middletown, NY, 7:30
p.m.
Berks Poultiy Fanciers 1996 Fall
Shr Berks 4-H Bull din; 9
Oct 19.
Pasture Walk, David E. Beilcr
farm, Narvon.
Dairylca Coop Inc. Annual Meet
ing, Four Points Hotel, Liver
pool, NY.
Pa. Council of Cooperatives
Annual Meeting, Nittany Lion
Inn, State College.
Pasture Walk Pequea-Mill Creek,
David E. Beilcr farm, 10
a.m.-noon.
Maryland and Virginia Milk Pro
ducers Cooperative District
To Pick Up
Farm Show
Information
The premium list catalogues for
the 1997 Pennsylvania State Farm
Show have arrived at your local
cooperative extension offices.
The premium list provides
information on all the classes and
competitions at the 1997 show. It
has all the rules, entry forms, and
closing dates for entries. Many of
the classes have a Nov. S closing
date while others have Oct 28,
Dec. 5, IS and Jan. 9-11 closing
dates. In addition, tentative sche
dule of events is provided.
The 1997 Farm Show will be
held Jan. 11-16. Pick up your free
copy of the premium list catalogue
at your local cooperative extension
office. Read carefully and make
sure you make your entries in time.
To Check
Forage Blower
A silage blower with a quarter
inch too much paddle tip clearance
suffers about a 20 percent loss in
blowing power, according to Brian
DeMaris, New Holland service
engineer.
Blower paddle clearance should
be checked and possibly realigned
every year. This clearance test is
the same for the discharge blower
on your forage harvester as it is for
the blower at the silo.
Clearance between the blower
paddles and the outside band
should pass over a dime but pick
up a nickel at the bottom dead cen
ter. Paddle clearance should be
tightest when the paddle hangs
straight down to the bottom and
increase as the paddle rotates
upward to discharge the silage.
Without the greater clearance on
the up thrust, the band would prob-
meeting, Fulton Grange Hall,
Wakefield, noon.
Dauphin County Farm Bureau Fall
Meeting and Banquet, Camp
Swine Producers Network Meet-
Farm Resort Oct. 17-20.
ADADC District 2 Meeting, Saha
ra Restaurant, Carthage, NY, 8
p.m.
ADADC District 12 Meeting, Sen
nett Church, Sennett, NY, 7:30
pjn.
Maryland State Grange Annual
Session, Venice Inn, Hager-
Show, thru OcL 20.
Maryland Delaware Grazing Con
ference, Frederick Community
College, thru Oct. 19.
Maryland State Grange Agricul-
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ably oveifaeat and rob power.
Remember it is the little things
overlooked now that waste time
and cost money later.
If paddles are worn, they should
be replaced. Normal wear would
cause paddles to wear beyond
adjustment in three to four years,
depending on use.
To Conduct
17 Cent
Blower Checkup
According to Brian DeMaris,
New Holland service engineer,
you should give your forage blow
er a 17 cent power checkup.
DeMaris states all you need is a
few minutes, a nickel, a dime, and
two pennies.
First, place a nickel and a dime
at the bottom of the blower case.
Slowly, by hand, rotate the paddles
in a clockwise manner pass the two
coins. When properly adjusted, the
paddle should pass over the dime
but push the nickel up the side of
the case to about the eight o’clock
SKIM MILK & WHIPPED
CREAM
October 6, 1996
SKIM MILK AND WHIPPED
CREAM
October 6, 1996
Background Scripture:
Jeremiah 5
Devotional Reading:
Jeremiah 5:20,21
As 1 write these words, we are
in the midst of one of the three
national political conventions. By
the time you read this piece, the
conventions will be over but the
presidential political campaign
will be in full swing. And between
now and the election itself, we are
not likely to hear the truth from
anyone involved in the political
process.
What if God were to say
through a prophet today, as he
once said through Jeremiah, “Run
to and fro through the streets of
(America), look and take note!
Search her squares to see if you
can find a man who does justice
and seeks truth; that 1 may pardon
her” (Jer. 5:1). Would they find
such a person in your town? In
your home?
You may think I am being too
harsh on the politicians, but I am
not blaming just them, but all of us
for winking at patent dishonesty
disseminated for the purpose of
inflaming the voters to vote one
way or another. We have accepted
the premise that we cannot govern
ourselves on truth alone. No one
gets too upset when political can
didates lie, for it is just the way
“the game of politics” is played.
AS THE LORD LIVES
If you wonder what all this has
to do with the prophet Jeremiah
and the religion of Israel, look at
his book and see why he is so pes
simistic about his own people.
“Though they say, ‘As the Lord
lives,’ yet they swear falsely”
(5:2). Jeremiah proclaimed doom,
not because the people were lax in
worship or public piety, but
because their morality had
become utterly corrupt.
And their corruption is not just
a mistake of understanding, but a
stubborn willfulness; “Thou hast
smitten them, but they felt no
anguish; thou hast consumed
thefn. but they refused to take cor
position before there is enough
clearance to let the nickel slip by
the paddle. If the nickel drops
before this, the clearance is
unnecessarily wide.
That cuts capacity and throwing
distance. Remember to repeat the
test for each paddle and make the
necessary adjustments.
DcMaris suggests using the two
pennies to adjust the paddles.
Loosen the paddle mounting bolls
and lay the pennies in the bottom
of the blower case about an inch
from each edge. Slide the paddle
down so they touch the pennies.
Proper clearance is a penny's
width.
Using two pennies, one on each
side, assure that the paddle will be
square with the band. Then retight
en the mounting bolts using a
torque wrench. Make sure each
bolt is retorqued on every paddle.
Feather Prof, ’s Footnote:
*Effort and courage are not
enough without purpose and
direction."
rection” (5:3). The people have
been arrogant in their corruption:
“They have spoken falsely of the
Lord, and have said, ‘He will do
nothing; no evil will come upon
us, nor shall we see sword or
famine’...” (5:12).
These words first spoken more
than 2,500 years ago are no more
obsolete now than then. Do they
not speak of our own morality to
day? Are these words not appro
priate for us: “When I fed them to
the full, they committed adultery
and trooped to the houses of har
lots. They were well-fed lusty stal
lions, each neighing for his neigh
bor’s wife. Shall I not punish them
for these things?” (5:7b,8).
DEFENDING THE NEEDY
During the political campaign
we will hear a lot about public
welfare and each party will try to
persuade the public that they are
the ones who will act in the best
interests of the needy. But the
words are barren without deeds.
The people of Jeremiah’s Day
were also full of words, but the
words wre insincere and self-serv
ing. So Jeremiah prophesied:
“They know no bounds in deeds of
wickedness; they judge not with
justice the caue of the fatherless,
to make it prosper, and they do not
defend the rights of the needy.
Shall I not punish them for these
things? says the Lord . . .”
(5:28.29z).
How did the people in Jeremi
ah’s day become so contemptuous
of the Lord? How have we? Isn’t it
because they persuaded them
selves that they could continue in
their corruption with no fear of
consequences? “But this people
has a stubborn and rebellious
heart; they have turned aside and
gone away” (5:23). It was not that
they didn’t know better there
were prophets enough to warn
them but that, knowing better,
they still trusted in deceitful words
rather than in obedient deeds.
“They have made their faces hard
er than rock; they have refused to
repent” (5;3c).
Their problem is our problem
too: talking whipped cream but
living skimmed milk!
Lancaster Farming
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-by
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Everett R. Newawanger Managing Editor
Copyright 1996 by Lancaster Farming