84-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 24,2001
On Being a
Farm Wife
(and other
hazards)
Joyce Bupp
Ode To March Mud
Dark and gloomy, drizzly day
Fog rolls up from meadow way.
Seems forever here to stay...
Mud.
Harbinger of late-March weeks.
Passage to the house it seeks
Sometimes in our boots it leaks.
Mud.
Spring’s warming thaws the freeze It nurtures hosts of polbwogs
awa y Which hatch in countless soggy bogs,
So April’s rain grows flowers in May. “P ‘ nto fat ' ? reen fro?s
- we mop this mess away... Mud.
Mud. Vi e rod it. grade it. stone it, too.
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WILLIAMSPORT (Lycoming Co.) Lycom
ing County is searching for dairy princess and
dairy maid candidates.
Dairy Princess contestants must be between
the ages of 16 and 24. She, herself, or a parent
must be employed in the dairy industry. She
could also qualify by owning a 4-H or FFA Dairy
Project. She must also be single and never had a
child.
Dairy Maid candidates will assist the dairy
princess throughout the year. These candidates
must be at least 13 years old and have the same
qualification of dairy princess candidates.
Any girl interested should call Wanda Derr at
(570) 323-4949, Rhonda Fogleman at (570)
546-0714, or Donna Greider at (570) 398-2912 by
May 1.
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In it our livelihood is found
This dark, rich earth, this precious
ground.
Just now, a little moisture-bound.
Mud.
Beloved by our waterfowl
The geese and ducks moved in for now,
They seek out puddles, in they file...
Mud.
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So tractors keep on putt-ing through
This sticky stuff, this gloppy g 00...
Mud.
Cows seems to know exactly where
To coat it thickest on their hair...
...where we want to put the milker
there.
Mud.
Those who most embrace its joys
Are gleeful little girls and boys
Who’d rather slop, than play with toys.
In mud.
They cook up pies and cakes and such
With sticks and stones for festive touch:
“See, Mommy, what I made for lunch!”
Mud.
Our house is boasting tracks galore
Lebanon County To Hold Dairy Princess
Informational Pre-Tea April 12
LEBANON (Lebanon Co.) The Leba- have a desire to promote dairy products
non County Dairy Promotion Committee and the dairy industry.
is holding an informational pre-tea on Girls are also needed to serve as dairy
Thurs., April 12 at 7:30 p.m. at the Leba- maW (ages 13-16) and Li’l Miss Dairy
non County Extension Office. Princess (ages 4-7)
The Lebanon County Dairy Promotion 29th Le banon County
Committee is looking for enthusiastic girls ... . . , \
to promote dairy products throughout the Princess Coronation will be held
year. The qualifications for dairy princess Saturday, June 2at the Lebanon County
include being 16-24 years of age, never Career and Technology Center at 7:30
married, and have no children, be related P-m. Any girls interested in being part of
to the dairy industry or have parents re- the Dairy Royalty Team should contact
lated to the dairy industry, and of course, Sherry Bashore at (717) 865-3161.
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From endless feet across the floor
Good grief! I have to mop some more.
Mud.
By mid-July, when heat’s our norm
And drought starts flirting with fields of
com
We might start praying for a thunder-
storm
And mud.
So yank on boots and grab a kid
To dance and play and run through it,
These puddles scattered out amid
This mud.
Before moisture depreciates
I’ll try to not so fixate
But, rather, quite appreciate
March mud.
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