Changing Agriculture Brings Unwelcome Revisions in County Extension
A county agricultural extension meeting discusses reducing extension workload by leaving soil conservation to the Soil Conservation Service and cutting fields like cattle grading and hog castration. Projections suggest agents shift from production tasks to roles as agricultural economists handling contracts and farm management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County
Agricultural Extension Association Council
Agricultural Extension Service
Congress
Soil Conservation Service
SCS
Lancaster County Prison Deaths and 19th Century Mock History
This week notes the death of a third inmate from smallpox at Lancaster County Prison and four others afflicted while in custody. It recalls a 75 year old charter grant to Lancaster Watch Co with $248 000 capital and a list of local incorporators. Mentions a former Pennsylvania treason messenger George Cornelius and a 1883 death from heat disease in Harrisburg. Also describes Civil War era arms and 1492 Portuguese mortars as part of a dated exhibit from 75 years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W H Riley
Lancaster County
Riles
Chester County
State Department
Tialishtug
Lancaster Watch Co
Abraham Bitner
A Bitner
J P McCashe
Henry Carpenter
John Best
John D Skhnes
Hugh S Gara Lewis
Huartman
P Miller
John I Huatmen
Hen Smith
G Tuke
B Kaufman
BT Prineman
Lanciste
Cornelius Messenger
Pennsylvania
Executive Department
Harrisburg
Cornelius
Philadelphia
Monument
Lancaster Farming: Worms Ravage Mercer County and Local Tales
A Sharon Pa dispatch reports army worm devastation across Mercer County orchards and fruit trees. Nearby farms in Lancaster County note a century old chestnut tree in bloom and a bumper strawberry yield in June 1908. Stories include a rattlesnake shipment to museums and a Lancaster scientist observing a wiggle of a goat’s horns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharon Pa
Mercer County
Amos G Gremer
Milton Grove
Lancaster
Mt Joy Iup
Greiner
Wind storm hits Lancaster area in 1933 damages and services
Twenty five years ago this week a severe wind storm swept Lancaster York and Chester Counties damaging buildings uprooting trees and blowing over power poles Trolley service disrupted many suburban cars ran late while lines were cleared Bus schedules were maintained The Hardy building on Locust Street Columbia housing Alto Theatre and apartments was destroyed by fire at 5 pm with $7500 loss insured.
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Lancaster
York
Chester
Hardy
Locust Street
Columbia
Alto Theatre
Seasonal Farm Advice And Techniques For Alfalfa And Crops
Guidance on spraying second and third cut alfalfa for leafhopper control using 3 pints per acre of 2550 Methynochlor emulsion, trench silo sealing within 48 hours, proper top mounding and black plastic cover, trimming Christmas trees to shape, cautious cultivations in corn to avoid stunting, and seeding domestic ryegrass or field bromegrass after last cultivation to prevent erosion and improve soil matter.
The Nation’s Lawlessness and God’s Providence in 1958
A Lancaster Farming page reflects on a moral plea that the nation, by ignoring God’s laws, invites disorder and ruin. The essay emphasizes divine providence preserving examples or warnings as a guide against licentious behavior and societal decay.
Time of Troubles Lesson on Judges in 1958
A Christian education analysis discusses why many Judges stories are rarely used in Sunday school. It argues the book mixes crime and adventure under a religious editor, highlights the phrase right in his own eyes, and contrasts anarchy with faith. It notes Deborah as a decisive leader and stresses that private morals affect public welfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Book of Judges Moe
Israel
Samson
Deborah
Joan of Ari
Division of
Christan Education
National Council of the Churches of Christ
LUSA
Community Press Service
Also Mentioned on This Page
BY Jack Reichard
Ncaster Watch CO
IRG
Penn Fron Worth
Huddle
John Vanatghers
Chestnut Street
Lancaster Farming
Qwn
Alfred C Alspach
Robert E Best
Robert G Campbell
Robert J Wiggins
Cctoraro Newspapers
Quallyville
Express
Quarryville
Lancaster Farm
John Weir
Fairview
Providence
Harry Eschbach
Rawlinsville
Bach
Frank B Armstrong
Brownsville
Tex
Varius Points
Armstrong
Columbia, PA
Fallington
Field Museum
Chicago
Lancaster Tobacco Grower's
Asn
Lancaster Newspapers
S S Bard
State College
Cih Good
Calvin Criswell
Highland Grange
Pomano Grange No 3
Delaware
Criswell
By Max Smith
Max Smith
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Uup
Kenneth J. Foreman
Dr. Foreman
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