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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1975
Page
2
The narrator describes reviving a dust-covered combine after winter. Aether sparks life, it rumbles outside to greet the sun, then speeds through wheat fields devouring grain and leaving only stubble. The author finds joy in the cycle of seasons and bread.
US and overseas tobacco markets show exports and domestic use dipping from 1974-75 peak while overall disappearance stays above 1974 output. Carryover to 1947 lows, with cigarette use rising, inventories cut, and second half 1975 production boosted. Flue cured and other tobaccos see mixed trends.
A devotional reflects on spiritual growth guided by Ephesians Philippians and 1 John urging believers to grow in Christ not just older. It contrasts maturity with mere age and emphasizes moving toward the divine goal rather than reaching it. Separate notes discuss saving garden seeds and managing sudan grass for safe, productive future use.
Penn State Testing Laboratory offers soil, forage, mineral and nitrates tests with leaflets from the Extension Office. Farmers are advised to order winter barley or wheat now using certified seed and to test home grown seeds for purity weed content and diseases. The 1975 Agronomy Guide provides varieties and seeding rates. Don't wait for seed shortages.
District 3 Jersey Breeders annual picnic at Top-O-Hill Farm Downingtown noon July 12 with covered dish lunch. July 13 Elizabethtown Area Young Farmers picnic. July 14 PFA Region 2 Ladies Day Out Carlisle Penn Ram Inn. July 18 Pa Young Farmers picnic Shippensburg State College. July 19 Mercer Co 4-H Park show and Lancaster County 4-H Horse Show with venues in Mercer and Lancaster Riding Club.
Harrisburg launches an open air farmers market in the Farm Show parking lot with vegetables fruit baked goods and meat from 11 counties. State Agriculture Secretary Jim McHale will ring a bell to officially open the market which runs Tuesdays and Fridays 4 p.m. to 9 30 p.m. through October. Other Pennsylvania towns with markets include Wilkes Barre Erie and Heidelberg.
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