AlO-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 13, 1997
OPINION
We Love Milk!
Everyone knows that everyone loves milk. Well, maybe not
everyone. But the Dairy-L chat group on the internet recently had
a thing going where farmers from many different countries would
post the way they say “I love milk” in their native language. Here
are some of the responses.
In Danish: Jeg elsker maelk (really the “a & e” should be into
one letter, an extra letter in Danish.)
In Thai: Chan shob nom (compliments of a Thai foreign
exchange student).
In Spanish: Me gusta la leche; Yo amo la leche; or Yo quiero la
leche.
In French: J-aime le lait; or more sophisticated J’adore le lait.
In Mandarin Chinese, using the Roman alphabet rather than
characters: Wo ai nuinai.
In Japanese: Gyunyu ga suki desu.
In Portuguese: Eu amo leite; or Eu adoro leite,
In Afrikaans: Ek Hou Van Mclk.
In Zulu: Ngithanda Übisi.
In German: Ich Liebe Milch.
In Catalan: M’agrada la llet.
In Hebrew: Anee ohev halav.
In Dutch: Ik Hou Van Melk.
In Indonesian: Saya Suka Susu.
We found this an interesting and very international little exer
cise that helps solidify what we have all known for a long time:
people love milk in any language. And it also reemphasizes a
common denominator to bring all people together as neighbors in
this shrinking global world that we live in.
“We love milk!”
Editor:
Dairymen in Pennsylvania have
had a tough year with weather
related problems, low milk prices
and other crises to face. At this
time we need to look at the “big
picture” and give thanks for our
natural, home grown forages, com
silage, baled hay and pasture.
Dairymen and beef producers
today know that the growth,
harvest and storage of high quality
forage is critical to the productivi
ty and profitability of their dairy
or livestock operation.
The Pennsylvania Forage and
Grassland Council has an oppor
tunity for PA forage producers to
share the successes of their forage
program with other forage produc
ers here in Pa and also with forage
producers around North America.
Any forage producer that is inter
ested in telling the story of forages
Schacffcrstown Harvest Fair, Ale
xander Schaeffer Farm
Museum, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Cambria County District Horse
Show, Bedford.
Pasture Management Field Day,
John Rodgers’ Plum Bottom
Dairy Farm, Belleville, 11:30
a.m.-l p.m.
1997 Horsemen’s Event Chesa
peake College Center for Busi
ness and the Performing Arts,
♦ Farm Forum ❖
is encouraged to enter the PFGC
Forage Spokesperson Contest, to
be held on Tuesday, November 18
in Tunkhannock as part of the
1997 PFGC Forage Conference.
Interested persons should con
tact Mike Galbraith of the PFGC
to nominate someone, or to nomi
nate themselves:
Phone: 800-238-1037, Ext
#l3B ' FAX 814-793-4581
Mail: Young’s, P.O. Box 71,
Roaring Spring, PA 16673
Internet: Mike Galbraith@Car
gill.Sprint.com.
Forage producers who arc
interested should provide the
following information by Octob
er 4, 1997,
♦Spokesperson; Name, address
and phone/FAX number.
♦Nominator: Name, address
and phone/FAX number.
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❖ Farm Calendar ❖
Beaver Community Fair, Beaver
Springs, thru Sept. 20.
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Cambria County horse leader
meeting, extension office, 7
p.m.
Carroll County Master Gardener
course, extension office, 9
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Farm Science Review. Molly
Carcn Agricultural Center,
London, thru Sept. 18.
Cooperatives Mean Business
To Avoid Telemarketing
Telemarketing fraud is increas
ing, according to Dr Robert Thee,
Lancaster County Family Re
source Extension Agent There are
many scams being developed that
are designed to secure your credit
card numbers and credit history
Telemarketing fraud is a crime and
fraudulent callers are criminals
Do not tall lor a phony pitch
You should hang up immediately
if the person calling you does any
of the following If the person
wants money tor a prize you are
told you have won If the caller
asks for your credit card or bank
account number If the caller of
fers, for a fee, to recover money
you have previously lost It the
caller insists you make an imme
diate decision and If the caller of
fers to send a courier to take your
check
To Learn About
Homestead Exemption
On November 4. Pennsylvania
voters will decide whether a
method of real properly tax relief,
called homestead exemptions,
should be allowed in Pennsylva
nia Currently prohibited by the
Pennsylvania Constitution,
homestead exemptions aic a way
ol targeting real property tax rebel
to homeowners and other taxpay
ers A homestead exemption al
lows certain properties, such as
homes, to receive preferential
Workshop, the Clarion Holiday
Inn, Clarion, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Harmony Grange Fair, Westover,
Solanco Fair, Quarryville, thru
Food Safety Is Everybody’s Busi
ness Seminar, St. Joseph’s Uni
versity Professional Confer
ence Center, Philadelphia, 8
a.m.-4 p.m.
North East Community Fair, North
East, thru Sept. 20.
Oley Valley Community Fair,
Oley, thru Sept. 20.
Pa. Yorkshire Summer Show and
' f- 4,
Antique Tractor, Gas Engine and
Farm Equipment Show, West
End Fairgrounds, Gilbert, 9
Bloomsburg Fair, Bloomsburg,
thru Sept. 27.
Annual Farm-City Festival and
Farm Open House, Yellow-
Buttercup Farm, Mummert
Family, East Berlin, 10 a.m.-3
p.m.
Timber Marketing Workshop,
Dauphin County Ag and Natur
al Resources Center, Dauphin,
Fraud
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treatment under the real property
tax. If approved during the No
vember election, the Homestead
Exemption Amendment would
change the Pennsylvania Consti
tution to make homestead exemp
tions possible To better under
stand the Homestead Exemption
Amendment, Dr Timothy Kelsey,
Penn State associate professor of
agricultural economics, has devel
oped a brochure to explain the
amendment, what it does and does
not do and the implications of
your vote Your local Penn State
Cooperative Extension office can
secure a copy of this publication
for you
To Control Johne's
Disease
Johne's disease is a devastating
dairy disease that is best controlled
by preventive management, ac
cording to Judy Stabel, USDA
National Animal Disease Center
The disease is usually picked up
by dairy calves but does not be
come evident until they are two to
five years old Meanwhile, pro
duction and reproductive perform-
RSVP
September 14, 1997
RSVP
September 14, 1997
Background Scripture:
Isaiah S 3
Devotional Reading:
Isaiah 49:8-13
The Godfather, both as a novel
and a series of movies, put into
our language an expression that
endures, “I’ll make you an offer
you can’t refuse.”
Actually, the best offer we can
get in life is the kind that we not
only can refuse, but often do. Our
problem is often that we know we
want something, but don’t quite
know what it is we want. There’s
an emptiness in ourselves and we
want to fill it with something. But
what?
Very often that which we seek
fo fill the void within is a thing of
some kind, a material object. Our
problem is that we want immedi
ate gratification and things may
very nicely fill the void for a little
while. The thing may be a symbol
of success a new car, a bigger
house, a better job. Even other
people can be the things with
which we try to fill the emptiness.
But have you ever noticed how
none of these things really satisfy
us for the long haul. All of them
fade, tarnish or wear out but the
hunger within us, never!
What all of us seek even if
we don’t realize it—is something
to permanently fill the voids in our
lives. But what can do that for us?
Ah, that’s the question and how
elusive the answer is for so many
of us.
COSTS A BUNDLE
A cartoon 1 clipped from a
newspaper several years ago
shows a wise man or guru sitting
atop a very steep mountain. Stand
ing before him is a man who has
crawled to the top and asked him a
question. “Yes," replies the wise
man, “I have the answer to the
meaning of life, but it’s going to
cost you a bundle!”
Many of us suspect that, what
ever the answer is, it is going to
cost us a bundle. It can only be
purchased with material goods
and it is going to be very, very ex
pensive perhaps more than we
ance begins dropping. The cows
lose weight and they spread the
disease Calves get infected by
their mothers before birth,
through contact with manure con
laminated food (hay and grass)
and by drinking milk from in
fected cows Farmers need to fol
low these herd hygiene Move
new calves away from dams as
soon as possible Isolate calves to
minimize contact with adult cows
and their manure Feed milk re
placer or colostrom from cows
known to be free of Johne's Iso
late purchased replacement heifers
from calves and Evaluate your
manure handling habits to prevent
disease spread through contami
nated tools and equipment Be
cause of possible human health
issues, this disease uncontrolled
could have the biggest impact on
milk sales To protect your busi
ness, start eliminating Johne's
from your herd
Feather Prof's Footnote
"Think only of the best, work
only for the best and expect onh
the best "
can ever scrape together.
So, God comes to us with an of
fer we can, but ought not refuse:
“Ho, every one who thirsts, come
to the waters; and he who has no
money, come, buy, and eat!
Come, buy wine and milk without
money and without price” (Isaiah
55:1). What an offer! It’s better
than winning the lottery, the Irish
Sweepstakes, or a prize from Ed
McMahon all material things.
FOOD THAT’S NOT BREAD
But God’s offer is not about
material things. It will not neces
sarily bring instant gratification. It
is about eternal realities and an ul
timate gratification that is lasting.
And because God’s offer docs not
satisfy our aspiration for things,
we tend to be suspicious of it and
disregard it. The very offer we
need and long for is the one we re
ject or ignore. So, God asks us,
“Why do you spend your money
for that which is not bread, and
your labor for that which docs not
satisfy: “Incline your ear, and
come to me; hear, that your soul
may live” (55:3).
The offer God makes is the
world’s only really “Free” offer.
We can have it without exchang
ing things for it or accumulating a
pile of money to pay for it Now
that’s an offer we shouldn’t re
fuse! But will we?
Although the offer from God is
a free offer, it doesn’t mean that
the promise is automatic. We can’t
pay for it that’s grace but we
have to accept it. God doesn’t slip
his promise into our hip pockets
for us to discover at a later time. If
we are to take advantage of his of
fer, we have to put out our hands
to receive it. And to receive it, it
takes repentance. “Seek the Lord
while he may be found, call upon
him while he is near, let the wick
ed forsake his way, and the un
righteous man his thoughts; let
him return to the Lord, that he
may have mercy on him, and to
our God, for he will abundantly
pardon” (55:6,7).
It is the best offer any of us will
ever get. But it takes an RSVP to
get it.
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