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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1961
Page
11
The article warns that spontaneous combustion in high moisture hay stored in barns can ignite within days or weeks. It explains moisture limits, safe storage practices, and a simple hay mow thermometer method, advising immediate fire response if temperatures exceed 175 degrees. It stresses letting hay dry fully and keeping barn roofs leak free to prevent losses.
Lancaster County produced nearly 90 million dollars in farm value in 1960 led by milk at 24.16 million and eggs at 23.09 million. Corn topped crops with 91 000 acres harvested valued at 7.76 million, and tobacco remained a major though down from 1959 at 13.50 million.
Lancaster Farming, Lancaster County's Farm Weekly, lists editors and staff including Jack Owen and Robert G Campbell. The paper, established November 4 1355, is issued weekly from Lancaster Pennsylvanian offices with Mount Joy entry and subscription details.
Elmer Piter, a Penn State extension agronomist, says the right time to combine small grains is when moisture does not exceed 14 percent. All county agricultural agents provide a simple moisture test to aid in timing the harvest.
Penn Del Actors Fors ty Maid owned by R. F. and L. A Witmer of Willow Street Pennsylvania finished an official DHIR production record of 14 050 pounds of milk and 675 pounds of fat on two milking sessions daily over 305 days as a five year old.
A devotional excerpt discusses Mary’s motherhood as a lifelong vocation. It contrasts Protestant depictions with biblical humility, notes Mary’s youth and piety, and emphasizes the influence of a good home on Jesus. It highlights Mary’s quiet obedience and the value of steadfast prayer.
Max Smith outlines timing for corn cultivation grazing Sudan grass and alfalfa management. He cautions operators to slow combines to reduce grain loss, grazing Sudan grass carefully to avoid prussic acid, allow alfalfa to bloom to strengthen roots, and spray corn only when tall with drop nozzles to prevent stalk breakage.
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