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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1965
Page
11
An editorial stresses farming as a dangerous occupation noting 2400 farm deaths in 1964 and many more injuries. It urges a family risk-reduction program, safer machinery use, and elimination of hazards like loose wire, rusty nails, and unsafe tractor practices to protect children and workers.
The Maytag encyclopedia notes Victorian era ladies wore up to 40 pounds of clothing including corsets and bustles. Washing was outdoors in boiling water with lye soap and manual stirring, unlike today’s sub two pound outfits and under an hour of work.
Marietta R1 and Quarryville R2 led a regional 4-H event with a Shape Up and Ship Out demonstration in livestock conservation. John Frey won the boys public speaking contest on education needs. Blue red and white ribbon awards went to multiple entrants for clothing, forestry, poultry, tractor maintenance, and horse divisions. Quarantines for hog cholera urged farmers to keep diseased hogs isolated to prevent spread.
Lancaster Farming is a weekly agricultural newspaper based in Lititz Lancaster County. Editor Ben Timmons oversees content and Robert G Campbell handles advertising for the Lititz based operation established in 1953 with offices on 22 East Main Street Lititz Pennsylvania and mailing address P O Box 266 Lititz.
Farm Calendar notes events for Elizabethtown and surrounding townships including Corn Chime at Rohrer & Son Smoketown and vegetable growers meeting at PSU Southeastern Field Research Farm near Landisville. County beekeepers meet at Daniel Fitzkee's Manheim and 4H Horse Show at Glick's Show Ring Leola plus a Drumore 4H Club Chicken Barbecue at Holtwood Athletic Field.
Devotional reading contrasts egg head religions with Christianity centering on being and doing. It notes truth serves goodness and stresses Bible study as essential for all, not just specialists, urging listeners to know and apply Scripture in daily life.
A reflective piece on how the Bible transforms readers when engaged deeply not just read. It argues that the Bible is inspired, demands sincere effort, and shapes Christians into God’s people through humble, persistent study and contact with God’s truth.
County agribusiness guidance emphasizes efficient cattle handling with gates chutes pens and loading ramps to reduce labor and stress. It cautions on self feeders wasting feed and stresses July August forage and water for dairy heifers with possible hay racks to supplement pasture in hot months.
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