AlO-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 22, 1998
A Good Thing To Do
In many situations that arise in agriculture, what is good for
one segment of farmers is not as good for others. Livestock far
mers want low grain prices for feed. And grain farmers want high
grain prices to insure a profit from their fields.
So when you support the production of ethanol from our grain
crops, it may seem like you are talking against what livestock far
mers would want. But as Dan Glickman, national ag secretary,
wrote earlier this year in Farm Bureau News, ethanol is a clean
burning fuel that has created thousands of jobs and provided a
multi-million-dollar boost to our rural communities.
Of course, foreign oil companies want to see an end to the fed
eral tax exemption for ethanol. But the more we produce and use
homemade fuel, the less reliant our nation is on foreign countries
for oil. In addition, ethanol is good for the environment. New
research shows that ethanol can reduce greenhouse gas emissions
when used instead of traditional fossil fuels.
To bring the livestock industry along with grain farmers, we
need to keep the price of milk and meat high enough so eveiyone
can make a profit. To grow extra com for fuel need not disrupt the
agricultural economy. Let’s use a renewable source for at least
some of our fuel needs. This seems like a good thing to do.
Pa. Holstein Central Champion
ship Show, Huntingdon Fair
grounds, Huntingdon, 6 p.m.
Warren County Holstein Club
Sale, Warren Fairgrounds,
Pittsfield, 11 a.m.
South Central District Dairy
Show, Farm Show Complex,
Harrisburg.
Crawford County Fair, Meadville,
thru Aug. 29.
Susquehanna County 4-H Lives
tock Clubs 4-H Livestock Auc
tion, Harford Fairgrounds, Har-
West End Fair, Gilbert, thru Aug.
29.
Williamsburg Community Farm
Show, Williamsburg, thru Aug.
29.
Somerset County Fair, Meyers
dale, thru Aug. 29.
Garden Tractor and ATV Pull,
Kutztown Fairgrounds.
Hookstown Fair, Hookstown, thru
Aug. 29.
Mountain Area Fair, Farmington,
thru Aug. 29.
Elizabethtown Fair, Elizabeth
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Northeast District Jersey Show,
Troy Fairgrounds, 9:30 a.m.
2nd Annual Ephrata Agway/
EARS Golf Tournament, Fair
view Golf Course, Quentin.
South Mountain Fair, Arendtsvil
le, thru. Aug. 29.
Animal Production Food Safety
Workshop, Radisson Airport
and Hotel and Conference Cen
ter, Columbus, Ohio.
Narrow Row Com Field Day,
Penn State Southeast Field
Research Farm, Landisville 7
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❖ Farm Calendar ❖
Workshop, Embassy Suites,
Omaha. Neb.
{ Thursday. August 27 |
Animal Production Food Safety
Workshop, Doubletree Hotel
Denver, Denver, Colo.
Timber Harvesting In North Jersey
Woodlot, Lorenzen Woodlol,
Whitehouse, NJ., 6 p.m.
Field Day, Mahlon Lapp’s, Peach
Bottom, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
Pa. State Plowing Contests In Con
junction With Olde Tyme Days,
Manchester, seminar 1 p.m.,
matches begin Aug. 28.
York County Beekeepers, Penn
State Extension Office, meet-
•ping.
Days Inn, Penn State, thru Aug.
30.
3rd Annual Virginia Cattlemen’s
Summer Roundup, Wytheville
Community Center and farm
tours, thru Aug. 29.
Centre County Grange Fair,
Centre Hall, thru Sept 3.
Field D' Ai
Fair, Harrisburg, 8 a.m.-3 p.m.
Maryland State Fair, Timonium,
Indiana County Fair, Indiana, thru
The Great Allentown Fair, Allen
town Fairgrounds, thru Sept. 7.
Erie County Fair at Wattsburg,
Waltsburg, thru Sept 6.
Greene-Dreher-Sterling Fair,
Newfoundland, thru Sept. 7.
Big Knob Grange Fair, Rochester,
Stoneboro Fair, Stoneboro, thru
Sept. 7.
Sullivan County Fair, Forksvillc,
To Plan Fall Alfalfa
Seeding
According to Robert Anderson,
Lancaster County Extension
Agronomy Agent, alfalfa seeding
time is near In Pennsylvania the
current seeding rate for a pure
seeding of alfalfa is 15 to 20
pounds per acre The amount ot
seed needed for successful “Seeding
is dependent on the condition of
the seed bed and the seeding
method
Under ideal soil conditions, the
seeding rate may be reduced Fac
tors which allow for reduced seed-
ing rate include insuring good
germination by providing good
seed to soil contact, having ade
quate moisture and sufficient heat
units to have the plant growing
well before the first killing frost.
In Pennsylvania more seeds are
lost to diseases and insects
The recommended rate is 18 to
20 pounds per acre without a fun
gicide and insecticide treatment
and 15 to 17 pounds per acre with
a fungicide and insecticide treat
ment. This should give you the
optimum number ot at least 19
plants per square foot the seeding
year
thru Sept. 7.
Wyoming County Fair, Tunkhan-
Somerset County Fall Classic,
Fairgrounds, Meyersdale, 7
p.m.
Allegheny County Fair and Expo.
Pittsburgh, thru Sept. 7.
Vegetable Study Circle, Kutztown
Saturday, September 5
Northwest District Dairy Show,
Crawford County Fairgrounds,
Meadville.
Mon Valley District Dairy Show,
Washington County
Fairgrounds.
Juniata County Fair, Port Royal,
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Spartansburg Community Fair,
Spartansburg, thru Sept. 12.
Cambria County Fair, Ebensburg,
thru Sept. 12.
To Select Alfalfa
Varieties
Variety selection is a key factor
in maximizing alfalfa yields.
Robert Anderson, Lancaster
County Extension Agronomy
Agent, recommends selecting a
high yielding variety which is
disease resistant or tolerant The
Pennsylvania Alfalfa Variety
Trails for last growing season are
available at your county Penn
State Cooperative Extension of
fice This report ranks the alfalfa
varieties which were on test for
fall dormancy, bacteria wilt,
tusarium wilt, phytophthona root
rot, aphid resistance and verticil
hum wilt. In addition, the report
gives the yields over a one to four
year period, depending on the
number Of years the variety was
on test. The tests were conducted
at both Rock Springs and Hershey
PA
To Be Aware Of Silo Gas
Dangers
Each year at silo filling time
and tor a short period afterward,
farmers risk the danger of silo gas
THE CURE FOR ANGER
August 23, 1998
Background Scripture:
Proverbs 12:16; 14:17,29; 15:18;
16:32; 19:11; 22:24,25; 25:28;
27:4; 29:20,22
Devotional Reading:
Matthew 5:21-26
I have known a few people who
did not have enough anger for
their own good, 3s well for others.
But, mostly, I have known people
who have too much. For these
people, anger is a poison in their
lives that injures both themselves
and others. It is a sickness that
places us and others under a se
vere handicap. But it is one that
can be cured.
John Hunter, a doctor in 19th
century England, had a heart at
tack that nearly took his life. As a
physician, he knew that his emo
tions could affect his heart and he
said, “My life is in the hands of
any rascal who chooses to annoy
and tease me!” Yet, despite this
understanding, he became angry
one day and dropped dead from a
heart attack. We don’t know what
it was that angered Dr. Hunter, but
I wonder whether it was important
enough to die for.
When I lead congregations in a
two-day seminar, “Adventure in
Healing and Wholeness,” I ask
participants to write down the
three things that anger them most.
Then I ask, “Are any of these
worth dying for? Are any of these
worth poisoning your mind, body
and heart, as well as those of
others?”
THE WAY WE ARE?
Someone I was counseling ad
mitted he had a terrible temper,
but he brushed if off saying,
“That’s just the way I am!” as
if it were a condition of which he
had no control. Plutarch has writ
ten: “I learned that anger is not in
curable if one wants to cure it." I
agree: unless we are seriously
mentally ill, we can cure our anger
and temper problems.
Our mistake is assuming that
feelings are the scat of our anger
and feelings seem to be beyond
our control. But the scat of anger
is not in the feelings, but in the
which may cause death to humans
and livestock.
The greatest danger of lethal
gases is from 12 to 72 hours after
filling a silo Silo gas may be
produced by any crop that is en
siled regardless of soil type or
fertility level. There are three
gases produced by the ensiling
process. Nitrogen dioxide is red
dish brown Nitrogen tetraoxide is
yellow
The third gas is nitric oxide
which is colorless Following a
few simple rules will prevent the
tragedy of a silo gas accident.
I Run silo blower for 15 to
20 minutes before going into a
silo and keep it running while in
there,
2 Stay out ot the silo for at
least one week after filling, two
weeks if possible
3 Ventilate silo room for two
weeks after filling and 4. Keep
doors between silo and livestock
closed
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way that we think. Anger is
caused, not by what happens to us,
but by the way we perceive and in
terpret what happens to us. Thus,
angiy thoughts cause angry feel
ings and it is always possible to
change our thinking if we want
to.
Listen to Proverbs; “The vexa
tion of a fool is known at once, but
the prudent man ignores an insult"
(12:16). “He who is slow to anger
has great understanding . . ."
(14:29) “Good sense makes a man
slow to anger, and it is his glory to
overlook an offense” (19:11). He
is talking about how the man
thinks, rather than how he feels.
He thinks with good sense when
confronted with an offense. He
prudently ignores the insult He is
not interpreting these situations as
threatening to his well-being.
NO SUCH RULE
There have been more than a
few times when I have interpreted
something someone said to be a
challenge that demanded an angry
response. It is as if there is an im
placable rule: if he says this, I
must respond with this. But there
is no such rule. If I must respond
in a certain way to what another
says or does, then they, not me,
arc in control of my life. But they
are in control only if I permit them
to be.
Dr. Hunter said, “My life is in
the hands of any rascal who
chooses to annoy and tease me.”
Do you notice in these words a
mind-set that virtually guarantees
that he will lose control? These
people are * rascals ” and they
“choose to annoy and tease him.”
He has given control over his life
to these “rascals.”
To control the feelings that
have the power to poison and des
troy our lives, we need to change
the way we think about ourselves,
about other people and about what
is really important in life.” Plut
arch was right, if we want to cure
anger, we can!
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