AlO-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 19, 1998
Dairy History
And Current Events
All In One Place
The All-American Dairy Show is scheduled for this week
from Sunday, September 20 to Thursday, September 24. Actual
ly, the event starts Saturday night, September 19 with the dairy
princess gala that crowns the new state-wide representative of
the dairy industry.
This 35th anniversary of the state’s premier dairy show tyill
not only feature some of the best dairy animals in the nation, the
added events this year will increase the reasons to visit the show.
First, a new idea involving old dairy items will be featured
this year. Dairy antiques and collectibles from a by-gone dairy
farm era will be exhibited to show how cows were milked, how
milk was handled, how cream was separated, and how butter,
cheese and ice cream were made on farms in the late 1800 s and
early 1900 s. Collectors from Pennsylvania, Maryland, New
York, and North Carolina have agreed to bring exhibitions.
Second, the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture will be
hosting a seminar focusing cm the mechanics of how to market
livestock internationally. If you are looking to sell animals inter
nationally or want to find new ways to increase farm income and
exposure, this will be an educational opportunity ill not want to
miss.
Of course, the main course of the event will be the showing of
six national dairy breeds, youth shows and contests, and will cli
max with the picking of a supreme champion on Thursday after
noon. Often in the past, the number of ringside spectators for
these major dairy shows has been less than these shows merit.
We believe this will change for the 1998 show. With all the
efforts to increase the interest in the event, many more breeders
and commercial dairy farmers will find a reason to go see dairy
history and current events combined nicely in one place, the
Farm Show building in Harrisburg. If you haven’t been to the
All-American in recent years, this will be the show to attend.
Phila. Harvest Show, Pa. Horticul
tural Society Hort Center, Fair
mount Park, thru Sept. 20.
National Eastern Regional Plow
ing Match, Harlow Smith Farm,
Canastota, N.Y., thru Sept. 20.
Adams County Farm City Festival,
Circle Oak Angus FArm, Bon
Pa. All American, Farm Show
Complex, Harrisburg, thru
Sept. 24.
Gratz Fair, Gratz, thru Sept. 26.
Beaver Community Fair, Beaver
Springs, thru Sept. 26.
Sheep Skill-a-Thon, Reading Fair,
3 p.ra.
Pa. Holstein Fall Championship
Show, Farm Show Complex,
Harrisburg, 9 a.m.
Harmony Grange Fair, Westover,
thru Sept. 26.
Ephrata Fair, Ephrata, thru Sept.
26.
Farm Science Review, Ohio State
University, Molly Caren Ag
Center, near London, thru Sept.
24.
Food For Profit Seminar, Conven
tion Hall, Pittston, also Sept.
29.
Lycoming Fall Crops Day, Gene
Sellers Farm, Montoursvillc, 10
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15th International Lettuce Confer
ence and Leafy Vegetable
Crops Workshop, Atlantic City,
N.J., thru Sept. 26.
Eastern National Holstein Sale,
Farm Show Complex, Harris
burg, 7 p.m.
West Lampeter Community Fair,
St. Maty's County Fair, Leonard
town, thru Sept. 27.
Eastern National Holstein Show,
Farm Show Complex, Harris
burg, 8 a.m.
Eastern National Livestock Show,
Maryland State Fairgrounds,
Timonium, Md., thru Sept. 27.
Pumpkin Twilight Meeting,
WREC, Queenstown, 4:30
Penn State Alumni Association
2nd Annual Golf Tournament,
Toftrecs Country Club, State
7th Annual Harvest Sheep and
Wool Festival, Salem County
Fairgrounds, Woodstown, NJ.,
thru Sept 27.
World Beef Expo, Wisconsin State
Fairgrounds, Milwaukee.
Eastern National Livestock Show,
Maryland State Fairgrounds,
Timonium.
Capitol Area Beekeepers Associa
tion Banquet, Summerdale Fire
To Remember Fly Free Date
Wheat growers for decades
have been concerned with the "Fly
Free Date".
According to Robert Anderson,
Lancaster County Extension
Agronomy Agent, the "Fly Free
Date" refers to the time which the
Hessian Fly, a serious pest of
wheat, is no longer active. Since
its introduction during the Revo
lutionary War, the Hessian Fly
continues to pose a threat to the
wheat crop.
The fly has two generations
per year. The second generation of
the fly emerges in late summer
and early fall. It then lays its eggs
on small wheat plants that have
emerged.
When the eggs hatch the
maggot begins feeding on the
plant It then passes the winter as
a pupa In the spring an adult
emerges and begins to lay eggs on
the leaves of the wheat When
these eggs hatch, the maggot be
gins to feed near the nodes of the
stalk and weakmg it This will
cause the wheat stalk to break
o\ er before harvest
By planting wheat alter the
Fl> Free Date", the burner is
"A BUNCH OF
OLD LAWS!”
September 20,1998
Background Scripture:
Deuteronomy 5.1-21
Devotional Reading:
Isaiah 49Y-6
“The problem with God,”
someone once told me, “is that
he’s forever telling us what to do
- and, if something’s fun, he’s
sure to be against it!”
I respected her honesty, even
if I couldn’t agree I suspect
there may be some Christians
who feel that way, even though
they may never verbalize it. God
may sometimes seem to be a
Hall, 6 p.m.
Bloomsburg Fair, Bloomsburg,
thru Oct. 3.
Pa. Avicultural Society Third
Annual Tailgate, Lake Tobias,
Halifax, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Native American Festival, Indian
Steps Museum, Airville, thru
Sept 27.
Falmouth Goat Race, Falmouth,
Riding Program Benefit Horse
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simply planting the crop at a time
when the fall egg laying is over.
The "Fly Free Date" for Lancaster
County is between October 10 and
20. Wheat planted after this date
has little risk of damage from the
Hessian Fly.
To Lime Fields
Lime plays an important part
in maintaining productive soils.
According to Leon Ressler, Lan
caster County Extension Agricul
tural Agent, lime supplies cal
cium and magnesium ions that are
leached from the soil as a result of
rainfall. Soils naturally become
acidic as a result of this leaching
process.
An application of lime will
reverse this process and bring the
soil back to a desirable pH of 6.5
to 7.0. Adding too much lime
may be as harmful as too little
This may raise the pH above the
neutral pH of 7 0 and tie up
needed plant nutrients.
The proper amount of lime to
apply for your fields should be de
termined by soil test. Soil test
kits are available from your
county Penn State Cooperative
Extension office for $6.00. The
best time to apply lime is in the
fall This gives the lime several
months to react with the soil and
neutralize the acidity before plant
ing time arrives.
A single application will be
effective for several years. The
time elapsed until another apphca-
divine martinet who delights in
making us toe the mark. In my
earliest Sunday School experi
ence I was told that it is not for
us to question God’s command
ments.
Nevertheless, I did question
his commandments and found
that their purpose was not to
make life more burdensome, but
just the opposite. Gradually I
concluded that there is nothing
God requires of us that is not for
our own good “To have no other
gods” before him is not for the
sake of his ego, but for our own
welfare Worshipping and serv
ing a diversity of gods is not
good for us, individually and cor
porately (Deut 5 7)
FOR OUR OWN GOOD
Furthermore, it is not
because God is offended, but for
our own good that he commands:
“You shall not make for yourself
a graven image you shall not
bow down or serve them” (5:8).
Graven images do not injure
God, but they can do us a lot of
harm When we become enam-•
ored of things we make with our
own hands- material goods,
technology, wealth and power
we are creating substitutes for
God And when we run after
substitutes for God, we are the
ones who suffer the most.
What about when we “take
the name of the Lord your God
in vain”? (5:11). Surely that is
more an affront to the Lord than
it is a danger to us! But when we
take God’s name in vain - which
includes but does not end with
profanity- no matter how
unconsciously and habitual that
profanation may be, we weaken
our own faith in God.
So it is with observing the
Sabbath day and the command
“to keep it holy” (5:12-15), God
so commands us for our own
welfare, not for his. Jesus him
self affirmed this: The Sabbath
was made for man, not man for
the Sabbath” (Mk. 2:27). So, too,
although our parents benefit
when we obey his command
ment to “Honor your father and
your mother,” the net affect of
obeying this command is to
enrich ourselves as well as our
tion is required will vary depend
ing on amount of fertilizer ap
plied, soil type and amount of
rainfall. Therefore, it is a good
idea to soil test every two to three
years to monitor soil pH and nu
trients.
To Plan Ahead
Glenn Shirk, Lancaster
County Extension Dairy Agent,
reminds us as the 1998 harvest
season draws to a close, take time
to look ahead and make plans for
the next 12 months. Take an in
ventory of the amount, kind and
quality of feeds that you will have
in storage. Compare this to what
the herd will need.
If you will be needing more
feed, stock up when prices are
more favorable, even if you have
to borrow money to take advan
tage of good deals. What you save
in feed costs should easily pay for
the interest incurred. Plus, you
may be more sure of having the
quality of feed you need, so that
means more income and fewer vet
bills. When buying feed, negotiate
for favorable prices.
Be sure you are receiving the
kind, quality and the amount you
specified. Forage tests will help
you know the quality you are buy
ing. Also, be sure to adjust prices
for variations m moisture content
and feed analysis
Feather Prof \ Footnote
"Some people dream of \access
Otheis wake up and vi oik haul at
it."
parents. (5:16).
YOU SHALL NOT
Then we come to the “You
shall n0t...” commandments. We
are not to kill, commit adultery,
steal, bear false witness, or
covet. (5:18-20). True, the break
ing of any or all of these injuries
our neighbor, but we are harmed
even more. Killing brings
tragedy to both the person killed
and the one who. does (jie
killing- even if he or she seems
to get away with it. (Note; when
God says “You shall not kill,” he..
does not make any exceptions')
Adultery, whether discovered or
undiscovered, adulterates
(weakens, corrupts) marriage
and other relationships
Stealing and bearing false
witness against our neighbor
hurts us as well as our neighbor
Unfortunately, although most of
us wouldn’t think of stealing
from our neighbor, we might not
hesitate to bear false witness
against him or her.
That brings us to one of the
most difficult of command
ments “Neither shall you
covet...” Many of us who find we
can keep the other command
ments tend to overlook this one
It seems such a harmless act,
hardly a sin But that is only
because we do not realize how
destructive it can be in our lives
It can be the foundation of the
breaking of most of the others.
The Ten Commandments
may seem like “a bunch of old
laws,” but, when break them, we
hurt ourselves. When we live by
them, we reap the blessings that
God intended when he gave
them to us.
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