AlO-L«nc*ster Farming, Saturday, May 22, 1999 Opinion Preaching To The Choir In times past, farmers were more respected. Today, you wonder why some people have no regard for the hand that feeds them. Robert Santim of New Village, New Jersey, says it's discouraging when you'ie pulling a plow down the road to get to the next field and somebody passes you yelling or gesturing obscenely You know that person is just huirymg home tcT get something to eat, and then jump in front of the TV Many of these people never stop to think where that food comes from. Or they have been fed (no pun intended) information that is totally out of touch with the real world of farming. Often when children from the city are asked where milk comes from, they say the store. Today's farmers not only provide an abundant food supply, they are doing it with crop planning, rotation schedules and insecticide, herbicide, and fertilizer applications that provide use only when needed. This not only lowers input costs, it benefits the land and the community as well. We know we are preaching to the choir, but this is the message that we need to get the consumers who eat well, but have no regard toi the source of then food SaUirda'. Ma\ 22 Berks County Dairy Princess Pageant, Berks County Ag Cen ter, Leesport, 6:15 p.m. Regional 4-H Achievement Day, Altoona Campus, 9:30 a.m.-4 n.m. Moii(la>. Ma> 24 Tuesday, Ma\ 25 Contaminated Soil Cleanup Short Course, Maryland 4-H Center, College Park, thru May 27. Mid-Atlantic Regional Post- Harvest Handling Conference, Sheraton Inn, Fredericksburg, Walk, Foulkeways Retirement Community, 3 pan. No-Till Vegetable Field Day, Wcsttown Rd., West Chester, bach’s Orchard, Catawissa, 6 SaluitliiN. Ma\ 29 Northwest Keystone Junior Beef Classic, Butler County Fair grounds, thru May 30. Blair County Dairy Princess Pageant, Williamsburg Elementary School, Williamsburg. Bradford County Dairy Princess Pageant, New Life Church, Canton. Clearfield County Dairy Princess Where's your mustache? “ ❖ Farm Calendars Pageant, Clearfield Agway York County Pork Producers Annual Meeting, York 4-H ■KBHSSOSH ing, Howard Johnson’s, Mil- Pageant, Marion Center United Presbyterian Church, Marion Center. Delaware Valley College. Clarksville Field Day, Ellicott City, Md. Antique Engine, Tractor, and Toy Club Annual Show, Kcmptoo Community Center, thru June Centre County Dairy Princess Pageant, Pleasant Gap Grange Hall, Pleasant Gap, 7:30 p.m. Lebanon County Daily Princess Pageant, Lebanon County Vo- MILK w-f >l To Bale At Proper Moisture Baling hay at the optimum moistuie content can be tricky business This often involves some guesswork and cooperation from the weather Baling at moisture levels above the optimum will cause heating and spoilage of the hay Conversely, baling at moistuie levels below the optimum causes excessive leaf loss which translate into lower quality hay The optimum moisture toi baling hay is not a constant and depends on the bale size being used According to Di Marvin Hall, Penn State Agronomist, moisture tor small rectangulai bales should be no higher the 20 pei cent, unless a preservative is used The upper moisture limit toi laige bales, both round and rectangular, is about 16 per cent to avoid excessive heating during storage It laige round bales are stored outside and uncovered, moisture content at baling may be up to 20 per cent To Determine Hay Moisture Determining moisture content may be done with a miuowave oven or Koster moistuie lestei before baling or an electiomc moisture meter at baling When using an electiomc immune metei, piobe hum the end of lectangular bales and through the lounded diameter ot round bales Di Man in Hall, Penn State Agronomist, recommends at least five piobes ot each bale should be taken and the readings aveiaged It the readings vary more than thiee peicentage points, moie probes should be taken and the aveiage recalculated Many factors may affect the meter's accuracy, such as bale density Tightly packed bales will give the most accurate readings The use of chemical preservatives is another factoi that may affect the accuracy ot electronic moistuie metei s Some chemicals, such as piopiomc acid, may increase readings as much as tour Lancaster Farming Check Out Our Web Site WWW lancasterfarming torn peiccntaee points It preset Natives aie used and the mstiuction manual does not piovide information about the effects of chemicals on meter peitonnance, you should contact the manutactuiei tor additional information To Ground Electric Fences When utilizing electric fencing, you cannot have too many ground rods, according to Chester Hughes, Lancaster County Extension Livestock Agent When an animal touches the fence, the electi icity must travel through the animal into the soil, then through the soil to a ground rod The current then travels from the ground rod to the ANOTHER COUNSELOR May 23,1999 Background Scripture: John 1; 16:4b-15 Devotional Reading: Hebrews 2:10-18 Intellectually, there is little more difficult for the Christian to sort out and understand than the doctrine of the Holy Spirit. Contributing to this difficulty is the variety of terms that seem to be related: Spirit, Spirit of God, Spirit of Christ, Spirit of the Lord, Holy Spirit, and the term that is peculiar to the Gospel of John, Counselor. When we speak of the “Spirit of God,” do we mean the “Holy Spirit”? How is “Holy Spirit” different from “the Spirit of Christ”? I frankly do not know. I assume that all these terms point to the same reality, a real ity that is virtually impossible to define and explain. By the very nature of what ‘spirit’ repre sents —a non-material reality— it defies tangible analysis. It is a lot easier to experience the Holy Spirit than it is to explain him. (Even the term “him” causes some difficulties in understand ing.) I have personally experi enced God in Christ on a non material level, a level I choose to think of as “Spirit.” When I was doing my gradu ate work at Union Theological Seminary in New York City, I wrote an extensive paper on the “Doctrine of the Trinity.” In preparing that paper, I found that this has long been an area of theological confusion and doc trinal combat, primarily because of the questions concerning the Holy Spirit. EXPERIENCING THE SPIRIT But the disciple of Jesus Christ is not called so much to explain or define the Holy Spirit as he or she is called to experi ence the Spirit in his or her inner life. The knotty questions need not prevent us from know ing the Holy Spirit first-hand. I cannot adequately define or explain God either, but that need not keep God out of my life. Actually, if I could give you a very precise definition, then it would not be the Holy Spirit I had captured on paper. Jesus hkens the Spirit to the wind: “The wind blows where it wills, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know whence it comes or whither it goes; so it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit” (John 3:8). The Holy fence charger, wheie the cucuit is completed Only then does the animal feel the shock Theietore, the more ground rods, the more electricity gets back to the fence chai ger That is why the best giound system consists of thiee galvanized ground rods, at least six feet deep and spaced 10 feet apart. Foi best results, install your ground rods wheie soil moisture is constant Always use clamps to attach the ground wire to the ground rods Remember, your electric fence is only as good as its ground system Feather Prof's Footnote "Do it tight the first lime " Dad Spirit cannot be captured by our minds, although the Holy Spirit can capture us. Jesus promises us, “And I will pray the Father, and he will give you another Counselor, to be with your forever, even the Spirit of truth...” (14:16). And again; “But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you” (14:26). Parakletos is the Greek word which the RSV and some other versions of the Bible translate as “Counselor.” But there is really no one English word that ade quately translates parakletos. Most translations render it as “Advocate” and the Twentieth Century New Testament spells that out as “one who pleads our cause.” Other translations include “Comforter,” “Helper,” “Counselor,” “One who is called,” “someone to stand by you,” and “he who is to befriend you.” BUT HOW? Jesus knows that his physical demise is immanent. He will no longer be able to be with his dis ciples—at least on a permanent basis—in the flesh. He promises them, however, I will not leave you desolate: I will come to you” (14:18). But the disciples are understandably confused and one asks: “Lord, how is it that you will manifest yourself to us, and not to the world?” (22). How indeed 9 It is then, that Jesus makes the promise concerning the com ing of the parakletos and, how ever this word is translated, it is obvious that this non-material presence will do all the things for and with them that Jesus has been doing in the flesh: teaching, counseling, helping, comforting, consoling, befriend ing, and standing by them. By the power of the Holy Spirit, we today who follow Jesus Christ are brought the same abiding presence that powered early Christians and the Church. It is also the Spirit that is able to make and keep this promise: “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be trou bled, neither let them be afraid” (27). 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