Nickels for Profit program faces tepid local support
Lancaster Farming notes weak response to the Nickels for Profit self help program among Lancaster County swine producers despite national praise and a large mailing. The piece credits nonpaid locals and laments lack of producer enthusiasm while praising Lampeter Strasburg School Board for sustaining the Vo-Ag program.
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Lancaster County Swine Association
Meat Board
National Live Stock and Meat Board
Harrisburg
Washington
Cato the Elder
Cato
Rome
Russia
Louis A. McLean
Lampeter Strasburg School Board
FFA
Lampeter Strasburg
Donald B. Witmer
Vo-Ag
Buckwalter Tops Swine Show At Annual Fair
Richard Buckwalter captured top honors at the annual swine show, earning multiple first place ribbons and high overall score. Local exhibitors praised the judging and the competitive entries across pork categories.
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Richard Buckwalter
Weather and Witty Medicare Row
A farmer asks about Medicare surgery, a patient wakes to a placard showing a tax dollar at work, and the couple jokes about shopping as a weather forecast promises stormy conditions with rain hail sleet snow thunder and high winds.
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Medicare
Five Day Local Weather Forecast
The forecast covers Saturday through Wednesday with highs in the low 80s and lows in the 60s. Weekend heat gives way to cooler conditions next week. Rain totals: one quarter to one half inch from showers Sunday afternoon or night. Normal highs and lows are 83 and 62.
Ezra and the modern dilemma of influence and
A August 25 1968 lesson discusses Ezra’s concerns about intermarriage with pagans and the risk of losing spiritual distinctiveness. It contrasts staying out of the world with maintaining saltiness, applying ancient caution to modern parental tests and teen influence. It cites Ezra 9 14 and emphasizes balanced judgment and Christian charity.
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Ezra
Jesus
Rat-Proofing Buildings and Silo Safety Advances
Instructions urge farm owners to rat proof buildings with sanitation and concrete to reduce harboring sites as fall arrives. Advice covers silo care and dangers from poisonous gases, with Extension Service guidance on Silage and Silos. Weed control in new alfalfa plantings requires early herbicide spraying for effective management.
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