UPCOMING AUCTIONS

April 10th: Har-Go Farms/Windy Acres Farm/Kingsley Brothers Farm LLC

Online Surplus Machinery Auction

Pavilion, NY • Preview: April 10th from 9am until Noon

Selling: Claas Jaguar 800 chopper with hay and corn heads; JD 6620 combine; NH 1431 discbine; NH rakes & double hitch; JD Gator; Unverferth 130 6 row zone builder; Unverferth 1245 rolling harrow; Kverneland NGS451 tillage tool; JD chisel; IH 4 row planter; HLA defacer; Richardton dump wagon; GT grain dryer; Balzer silage table; augers; elevators; mowers; fert wagons; trailers; generator; Mueller 250g bulk tank; pasteurizer; and more!

April 11th: Berghorn Farms Online Machinery Auction

Akron, NY • Preview: April 11th from 9am until Noon

Selling: IH Loadstar 1600 truck w/ hoist; Killbros gravity wagons; IH grain drills; AC 333 planter; Transport drag; Brillion cultimulcher; Ditcher; rock picker; rake; augers; elevator; and more!

April 17th: Estate of Donald Martin Online Machinery, Tool, Antique & Toy Auction. West Batavia, NY • Preview: April 17th from 9am until Noon

Selling: IH 424; Farmall 350; Farmall Cub; JD 400 lawn mower; JD 332 lawn mower; JD F725 lawn mower; JD 314 with sno wblower and cab; Boylens tractor with snow blower & decks; BH RDTH72 nish mower; sickle bar mower; 2002 Chevy Blazer; plus tools; antiques; vintage toys and much more!

April 26th: April Online Consignment Auction • Western New York

Accepting consignments through April 10th. Selling: 2013 Outback 316RL travel trailer; Farmall 656; Farmall H; Farmall 400; Case S series; tillage; weights; wheels; haylage and more! Watch for additions!

THE CONNECTION BETWEEN BEER & LENT

In the weeks leading up to Easter, practicing Christians commonly commit to a period of fasting and abstinence known as Lent. This commitment commemorates Christ’s 40-day journey into the desert, and the sacrifices modern day Christians make are meant to replicate those made by Christ duringthatperiod.ManyChristians abstain from alcohol during Lent, but those who do may not realize that beer played a significant role in helping a small community of 17th century monks survive the Lentenfastingseason.Monksfrom the Order of St. Francis of Paola, often referred to as “Paulaner monks,” fasted from all solid foods throughout the season of Lent during the 1600s. According to the Paulaner Brewery, the monks, originally from southern Italy, relocated to Bavaria, once an independent country but now a southern state in Germany, in the 1600s. Their strict religious orders forbade the monks from consuming solid food during Lent, but they still needed nutrients to sustain them. So the monks concocted a strong brew loaded with carbohydrates and nutrients. The monks must have liked the beer, as they continued to brew it and even began selling it in their community. An early doppelbock, the beer was one of the first offerings from the Paulaner Brewery, which opened its doors in 1634 and remains open today.

By Lucie Winborne