14-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 6, 2003 B- On Being a Farm Wife (and other hazard Joyce Bupp It’s that delightful time of year. Breezes pick up and evenings cool down for comfortable sleep ing under a light cover. Chrysan themums burst into colorful, long-lasting blossoms. And the new lineup of fall television shows debut, including t|ie latest in “reality” show programming. Frankly, we could hardly care less about reality television. Our remote is heavily worn to ward The Weather Channel and informational/public/ education-oriented pro gramming. No doubt we are in a small minority, whose “reality” watching focuses on the evening news. Still, given the amazing popularity of reality television, perhaps these producers are missing the boat. How about a farming “reality” series? The possibilities are end less, incorporating drama, educa tion, human interest, geography, science, education, not to men tion popular animal humor. We could open the season with a segment labeled “Double Trou ble,” detailing the drama, cute ness and frustration of three sets count ’em of twin calves born here in the last month. Sev eral of them weighed in at about half the size of a normal Holstein calf. “Double Trouble” is that each set was one male and one fe male. In cattle, a heifer (girl calf) born twin to a bull (boy calf) lacks reproductive organs about 95 percent of the time, making How To Rear Boys LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.) Dr. James Dobson, a recognized authority on Christian family issues, can be seen live via satellite on Tuesday, Sept. 9, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., at St. Thomas Episcopal Church, 301 St. Thomas Road, Lan caster. The cost is $5 per person or $7.50 per couple. Child care will be available. Dr. Dobson will be discussing the important issues involved in “Bringing Up Boys,” the title of his latest book. For tickets or more information, call the church office, (717) 569-3241. s mers _ int circle, new jersey • , 27*7377 E T her naturally neutered. And, cows that deliver twins almost al ways have health complications of some sort, especially during the extreme heat of recent weeks. That’s reality. Then we could follow with our own sort of NASCAR excitement segment, featuring The Farmer as he recently raced with the clock and a rain deluge to get from one vendor to another for a much-needed haybine part. To his relief and the dealer’s sales staff irritation no doubt he dashed through their door just as they were locking up and turning off the lights. Hero of that seg ment is the parts specialist who cheerfully hung around long enough to pull from stock the re pair piece he needed. Our “X-Ag” segment will showcase farm-team extreme sports. Included are competitions of find-and-chase-heifers cross country relays (run in early morning fog), the fencing finals in which contestants race with the clock in digging post holes and stretching wire, and the hay baling/hauling/stacking in a 98-degree bam iron-man play offs. Every reality series needs a bit of “love” angle, plus some affec tion and cuteness “Reality Farming” will periodi- cally touch m E L£ on the love-life triangle of our turkey trio and the adorably-cute litter of roly-poly kittens endan gering walking at the calf barn. We also plan to include a hi larious piece based on farm bank ing, with our characters running around in typical sitcom silliness trying to pay their bills based on 25-year-low recent milk prices and income from a rain-sodden and badly-damaged summer wheat crop. Our “reality” series will even have a cooking piece Current plan is to include directions for simple and delicious basics. We’ll start with a recent dessert speci ality which appeared on our kitchen country recently, Fresh Peach Crisp. This tasty speciality originated in the kitchen of our daugh ter...who shipped it home with The Farmer...who parked it on the front seat of his farm pick up...which had recently been va cated by the crew of grandchil dren...who had released the front passenger-side seat to get out, but who had not completely pushed the seat back into lock posi tion...and the seat flipped fron t...and the peach dessert flipped upside down onto the floor mat. The Farmer simply picked up the floor mat and flipped the whole thing back over, then parked it in the kitchen. This was, by the way, all unkonwn to me when I happily cut a wedge for breakfast the next morn- ing. And it was delicious, however, it needed to be renamed. Something like Peach Flip. Or, Peach Crunch. On second thought, this “reality” series will proba- bly fall flat on its face. Just too much reality. 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