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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1969
Page
1
The piece reflects on farm accidents and the social reaction to fatalities. It notes repeated injuries and deaths among farmers, the financial and managerial drain they cause, and presses for the untold stories behind these incidents rather than sensationaling individual cases.
Planning committee for Lancaster County Livestock Field Day cancels local summer event. The statewide Penn State Livestock Field Day will be held as planned, with attendees to participate at PSU.
Local Inter State Milk Cooperative members met to hear Dr. Paul Hand discuss merging federal orders and base plan changes to be made by the cooperative with a hearing set for August in Baltimore. Hand said the goal is to improve Class I utilization and a better blend price amid rapid moves by dealers and plant closures in Washington shifting to Baltimore or Philadelphia.
Farm calendar notes a safety week with events in July. Lancaster County field day at Hal stein Field Day, Paul Zun merman Farm near Eph rata.
Lancaster County Farmers Association women host State Ladies Day Out at the Farm and Home Center on Thursday July 24 starting at 10 am. The program includes a safety quiz a PA Medical Society speaker a county talent contest a consumer consultant from the Food and Drug Administration and tours of the center facilities. Luncheon smorgasbord style at $3. reservations via Mrs Clyde Wivell 717-426-1303. Region I includes Berks Bucks Chester Lancaster Lebanon Montgomery Northampton Schuylkill and Carbon Counties.
A group of agronomists from seven states visited the Reas mond N Buche farm to study soil fertility practices and crop rotation. They discussed fertilizer decisions soil sampling techniques sampling between rows and monitoring yields across fields including a 25 year continuous corn site and a 210 acre farm with 12 or 13 corn varieties.
On Hershey’s Lititz farm a trial of the Blue Boy wheat variety was conducted on five acres. Plowing used a six bottom implement by US Steel Co. A split plot received fungicide and a control. Early results show Blue Boy’s winter hardiness and yield potential compared with Red Coat, though height and stem strength differ and raise concerns about nurse crop suitability Icont.
The Atlantic Breeders Cooperative cancels Parade Day announced by Assistant Manager Harry Roth. Highway construction on Route 230 past the bull chains limits capacity, so the open house event will not be held though visitors are welcome in other times.
Tiny fish about three inches long arrived in Lancaster this week and were moved to various ponds in Lancaster County from a Federal Fish and Wildlife tank truck based at the Lamar National Fish Hatchery.
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