Farm Show Opens in Harrisburg with Lancaster County Pride
The 1st Annual Pennsylvania Farm Show begins Monday in Harrisburg, the nation’s largest indoor agricultural exposition. About 10,000 farm and home exhibits expected. Lancaster County farmers historically win many ribbons, with 92 of 94 tobacco prizes last year.
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Farm Safety Tips For A Safer Farm
Farm safety emphasizes being safety conscious at home and work. Winter is ideal to implement fire prevention by cutting weeds near buildings and storing gasoline underground while grounding structures. Prepare fire supplies, guard against electrical overloads, train workers on machinery, handle livestock calmly, and secure play areas from tools and hazards.
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Twenty Five Years Ago in Dairy Wars and Oddities
This week recalls dairy cooperatives testing strength in New York milk wars and their impact on prices and workers. It also recounts quirky, dated vignettes from 1932 1926 and 1920s England Nebraska and Maryland including a fish bite incident a mortician dispute a long marriage a clergyman wage cut a kingston referee and a miner finding gold ore.
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Fifty Years Ago Inventions Transform Mexican Ranch Lands
Fifty years ago prospecting for guayule rubber turned barren northern Mexico into a mining boom with $3 million invested in guayule factories and plans for more. The shrub stretched into southwest Texas, previously a nuisance to cattlemen, while prairie chickens and blacksmithing fortunes also featured in Nebraska and Lancaster County memories. The pocketbook case from Intercourse shows justice and release after a road find.
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Temptation and Sin in Christian Thought Across Scripture
A reflective piece argues temptation does not imply sin and cites Hebrews 4 15 showing Jesus faced temptation without sin. It distinguishes serious-minded conviction from weak avoidance and notes Jesus began temptations after baptism, challenging the idea of life without struggle.
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