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Lancaster Farming

Location

Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Dec 30, 1972

Page

2

So Long 72 A Rough Year for Lancaster County Farming

Farmers endured record hardship in 1972 with floods drought and hog cholera hurting crops and livestock. Yet optimism grew as 1973 started with high egg beef hog milk prices and improving market sentiment despite continued feed cost pressures.

Free market beef helps abundance and fair prices

The industry argues that productivity gains since 1960 keep beef affordable as demand rises. Per capita consumption grew from 82 to 116 pounds by 1972 and may reach 135 to 140 pounds by 1980, with 85 million cattle needed to meet demand.

United States National Live Stock and Meat Board

Litterbug Critique Sparks Public Cleanup Message

TERRE HAUTE IND TRIBUNE condemns littering as careless and harmful. The piece argues both sexes contribute to the problem, comparing litter to a bird fouling its nest, urging respect for parks picnic grounds and roadsides and stressing that carelessness does not excuse the mess.

Terre Haute Ind Tribune Iit

Now Is The Time Max Smith County Agr Agent

Max Smith urges continued swine sanitation and restricted visitor access despite the hog transport ban lifting. Emphasizes disease prevention, reporting sickness, and cleaning to protect the swine industry’s economic role.

Max Smith County Agr Agent Telephone Pennsylvania Harrisburg Lancaster County

Beyond resolutions beyond resolutions

The sermon argues New Year resolutions need power beyond effort. God, the potter, shapes and remakes us if we yield to him, for change requires both resolve and divine power rather than self effort alone.

Jeremiah Israel God

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