AlO-UncMter Farming, Saturday, January 18, 1997
OPINION
Quotable Quotes
We often look for what we call “quotable quotes” when
we talk to farmers or listen to public officials. And we are
more inclined to quote the former rather than the latter. But
we were in a press conference with Gov. Tom Ridge last
Saturday that was just prior to the governor’s annual tour of
the Farm Show.
As this conference ended, Gov. Ridge made an off-the
cuff statement to Pennsylvania consumers that we think
fallsvery nicely into our “Quotable Quotes” column. He
said, and we quote:
"I would say to all Pennsylvanians. ‘You have no idea when you go
to buy that box of cereal or loaf of bread or bottle of milk how little of
the price you pay ends up to go to the farm families who produce it,’”
Ridge said. “‘You should all know out there that our farmers arc the
most efficient producers of food and fiber in the world. Dispel yourself
of the notion that when you pay the price that it’s going to the fanner.
You might want to see how much they are paying the superstar for the
endorsement I’m just telling everybody, we have a lot to understand in
what our agriculture and farm community do for Pennsylvania and
appreciate the contribution they make to the quality of life in this
country.’
Thank you Gov. Ridge for this statement. With your per
mission, we will put your quote on our soon-to-be launched
home page on the internet where all the world can see
what’s really happening inside the farm gate.
SusquchannaCounty Holstein
Association Annual Meeting,
Montrose VFW Hall, Mon
trose, noon.
Northeastern Pa. Maple Produc
tion School, downlinked to
Wayne County extension, Hon
esdale, 9:30 a.m.-l p.m.
Potter County Holstein Associa
tion annual meeting, Commun-
Pa. Crop Management Association
Annual Meeting, Penn State
Scanticon, University Park,
9:30 a.m.-3 p.m.
New Holland Vegetable Day,
Summit Valley Elementary
Fairgrounds. Quarryville.
11:30 a.m.
Lime, Fertilizer, and Pesticide
Annual Conference, University
Park, thru Jan. 23.
Solanco Young Fanners meeting,
pesticide recertification, Solan
co High School, 7 p.m.
Pa. Fruit School, Using Weather
Forecasting to Manage Orchard
Pests, Biglerville Fruit Lab.
Lancaster County Farm and Home
Foundation meeting. Farm and
Home Center, 6:30 p.m.
1997 Equine Mini Series. Holiday
Inn. Carlisle, 7 p.m.-9 pjn.
Greenhouse Structures, Solanco
High School ag classroom, 7:30
p.m.
Farm Financial Management
Workshops, Wye Research and
Education Center. Queen
stown, Md., 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
Farm Financial Management,
Bradford Extension Office,
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Towanda, 10 ajn.-3 p.m.
Farm Bureau Issue Update Meet
ing, Best Western/Rcgency.
Binghamton, N.Y., 10
a.m.-2:30 p.m.
Farm Bureau Issue Update Meet-
ing, Holiday Inn, Auburn, N.Y.,
10 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
Capitol Region Greenhouse Semi-
nar, Trail Nursery, Dover.
Nutrient Management Certifica
tion School organizational
meeting, Lebanon County Ag
Editor:
Several years ago I wrote Joyce
Bupp expressing to her the plea
sure I received from reading her
column each week. My exact
statement to her at that time was
the first thing I read each issue
is the “Bible Speaks” by
Lawrence W. Altfaouse and then
turn to your column. Her gracious
reply was you have your priori
ties in perfect order, the Sunday
School lesson first.
I was surprised Friday, yester
day, to find this weeks issue
already delivered, ordinarily the
delivery comes on Saturday. As
usual I turned first to page 10 and
read the Sunday School lesson
then to Section “B”, and I looked
and looked and looked some
mote, finally 213 pages from the
front there was Joyce Bupp’s col
umn. I had already concluded that
the Farm Show had already
bumped from this edition, fortu
nately I was wrong.
To Look At
Nutrient Management
Regulations
The regulations for implement
ing the Pennsylvania Nutrient
Management Law are nearing
completion, according to Leon
Ressler, extension environmental
agent
It is expected that the law will
take effect in September 1997. The
first nutrient management plans
will be due one year later in Sep
tember 1998.
Plans will be required from
farms which have two or more ani
mal units per acre of cropland. An
animal unit is defined as 1,000
pounds of live body weight The
plans must be written by a certified
nutrient management planner.
Farmers may become certified
to write their own nutrient man
agement plan or they may hire a
commercial planner.
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To Become
Certified Nutrient
Management Planners
People who are interested in
becoming, certified nutrient man
agement planners must attend two
days of required precertification
training, according to Leon
Center. 10 a.m.-ll a.m.
Md. Cooperative Extension Mid-
Winter Meeting. Ag Cento',
Westminster, 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Ag Day. Frank M. Jarman Ameri
can Legion, 9:30 a.m.
(Turn to Page A3O)
Mrs. Bupp's picture with the
article is the third update thatl can
remember, and it almost seems
like she looks younger and more
attractive with each change,
almost like running a film back
wards. I am sure that she is
pleased with the current picture.
For what it’s worth, I want to
commend you on the excellent
paper delivered to me each week. I
was involved in the publication of
our Bi-Centennial Book “Alloway
Remembers,” a 400-page hard
cover in 1976 and an updated sec
ond edition in 1986 so I have a
slight knowledge of the work
involved in your publication. You
have evidently assembled a com
petent staff to have such excellent
results. 1 hope you continue to
provide me with Lancaster Farm
ing through my eighties and
nineties.
Ressler, extension environmental
agent
This training will cover what the
Nutrient Management Law (Act 6)
will require in nutrient manage
ment plans. The training will
assume participants have a basic
understanding of soil fertility, crop
management, conservation prac
tices, and manure management
Optional one-day workshops
will be conducted for those desir
ing training in these areas. After
the required training is completed,
those desiring certification will
then take a certification exam. The
exam will cover nutrient applica
tion and management, soil science
and fertility, soil testing and
analysis, fertilizer materials, best
management practices for nutrient
and water management. Act 6 and
other applicable laws.
Contact your load extension
office for training and certification
exam dates. For Lancaster County,
the meetings will be held at the
Farm and Home Center. The train
ing dates are March 10 and 11 and
CHECK YOUR DIAL,
PLEASE!
January 19, 1997
Background Scripture:
Matthew 4:18-20; 16:13-23
Devotional Reading:
Luke 22:54-62
I double that there are many in
this land who have never seen or
at least heard that famous Bud
Abbot and Lou Costello routine,
“Who’s on first; What’s on sec
ond.” Much of its undying popu
larity is based upon our ability to
identify with the confusing vs. the
communicating power of human
language.
We have some of the same
problems when we by to under
stand the gospels and it seems that
this is why Jesus seldom accepted
or claimed titles for himself. He
knew, for example, that the con
notations of the word “messiah”
could convey so many different
meanings to people and he wanted
to avoid the word games which so
many of his followers continue to
play. We see this same paradox
when he tells his disciples “who
ever would be great among you
must be your servant” (ML 20:27).
It is this same ambiguity that is
the heart of the controversy over
“the primacy of Peter.” When
Jesus says, “And I tell you, you
are Peter, and on this rock I will
build my church,” is he establish
ing Peter as the first primate of the
church or is he simply speaking
about the faith which Peter exhi
bited in this incident? The Roman
Catholic church, of course,
believes the former and most
others the latter.
WHAT DO THEY SAY?
I really don’t care who wins that
argument it doesn’t really
change for me the meaning of fol
lowing Jesus Christ but I think
the subtlety of the words used here
are instructive for all of us. When,
stopping for a sojourn in Caesarea
Philippi, Jesus asks, “Who do men
say that the Son of man is?” He
gets a variety of answers from his
followers. When he asks, “But
who do you say that I am?”, only
impetuous, straight-forward Peter
blurts out: “You are the Christ, the
Son of the Living God” (Mt.
William Haskett
Elmer, NJ.
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CHECK YOUR DIAL,
PLEASE!
January 19, 1997
the exam will be given on March
18.
To Melt Ice
On Walkways
With the recent ice storms. Dr.
Tim Elkner, extension horticultur
al agent, reminds us to use sand or
kitty litter on ice instead of salt or
fertilizers.
Salt washed into lawns and beds
will damage plant toots. However,
you will not see the damage until
later in the year when wanner
weather returns.
Fertilizers, while generally
being good for plants in the yard,
tend to concentrate at the edges of
walks and driveways when the ice
melts. These areas of concentrated
fertilizers may cause the same type
of damage to your plants as salt.
You may use your fertilizer
spreader to sprinkle sand on icy
areas. This will result in a mote
even application of sand and will
be much easier than spreading with
a shovel.
Feather Prof.’s Footnote: "Do
more than look. Observe."
16:14-16).
Who is this impulsive Galilean?
His name is really Simon Bar-
Jona, meaning “Simon, son of
John.” When Jesus says, “And I
tell you, you are Peter, and on this
rock I will build by church,” he is
saying in Aramaic, you are
Cephas, a word very close to hep
ha, the word for rock. When his
words were translated into Greek
they became Petros (Peter) and
petra (rock).
We know that Simon Peter (as
we call him today) was a fisher
man and a if not the leader of
Jesus’ band of disciples. We know
he has outspoken and impulsive
and on Jesus’ last night on earth
Peter denied him three times. Nev
er a perfect man, Peter was never
theless a man of faith and I diink it
was Peter’s faith that was lifted tif)
by Jesus as an example to the rest
of his disciples.
FROM ‘ROCK’ TO
‘SATAN’
Actually, Peter’s faith is like
ours-imperfect. Not only did he
deny his Lord, but in Matthew 16
in just five verses he goes from
being the “rock” of faith to an aide
of Satan! When he protests Jesus’
prophecy of his impending death,
Jesus replies, “Get behind me,
Satan! You are a hindrance to me;
for you are not on the side of God,
but of men” (v. 23). What a slide!
Does it remind you of any of your
own descents from faith in God to
faith in human wisdom?
Earlier in this episode, Jesus
salutes Peter with these words:
“Blessed are you Simon Bar-
Jonah! For flesh and blood has not
revealed this to you, but my Father
who is is heaven” (v. 17). What
Jesus is saying here is roughly
akin to ‘Good for you, Simon,
you’ve been tuned into God.’ And
in contrast to that, he says later
“for you are not on the side of
God, but of men.”
So the crux of the matter is
being tuned into God or tuned into
society. Most often is makes a big
difference in the message we’re
hearing.
Please, check your dial!
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