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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1975
Page
2
Dick Warner reports a toll free line 800-252-3807 for fruit growers to hear updates from Penn State fruit specialists. Friday’s notes cover peach leaf curl, pear leaf blister mite, and apple powdery mildew with option to leave contact for follow up.
Farmers hiring tractor drivers must learn the new OSHA standards for roll bars. Effective June 1 1975. Part of OSHA standards for Agriculture appeared in the Federal Register. Obtain a copy by writing to your Congressman or to Mr J Stender Assistant Secretary of Labor OSHA Main Labor Building Washington DC 20210.
A proposed amendment to marketing legislation for peaches would require one third of the Peach Board to be consumers. Rep. Fred Richmond proposed the change, potentially setting a precedent for agricultural marketing orders. The bill, studied by the House Subcommittee on Marketing and Consumer Relations under Rep. Joseph Vigorito, faces doubt about committee passage if the amendment is adopted.
The report notes 1974 per capita meat consumption edged up slightly led by livestock foods, while crop related foods lag. For this year a drop up to 1 percent is expected to reach a six year low, with pork down 7 to 9 pounds per person and poultry and eggs also declining due to reduced production and lower supplies. Dairy products also fall about 1 percent.
April hatch for broiler type eggs fell to 274.4 million, down 5 percent from a year earlier, marking the 13th straight month below the prior year. Egg type hatch dropped 12 percent to 48 million, the 12th straight month under the previous year. Jan-April totals show broiler hatch at 1.0 billion, down 7 percent, and egg hatch at 166.4 million, down 4 percent. May 1 incubator counts show broiler eggs at 228.4 million, down 6 percent, and egg type at 44.3 million, down 7 percent.
A devotional piece links sacred words across traditions to action not merely hearing. It recalls Moses and the covenant, then Jeremiah, stressing that obedience follows instruction, with a practical shift to farming guidance on cultivation, record keeping, and weed control for crops and livestock.
Mas Smith county agr agent urges weed prevention in vacant lots and undeveloped holdings to reduce next year’s weed growth. He notes dandelions and Canada thistles and calls for enforcing local ordinances. He also advises cross ventilation and fans to prevent heat stress in hog cattle and dairy barns as hot weather approaches.
June farm schedule lists events from Lancaster County FFA at Solanco High School to a cloud seeding lecture by Dr. Edmund Hill in Manheim Union Hall. Also includes a Jeremiah verse reading at 9 30 am on Tuesday and a conservation district meeting at the Farm and Home Center with a vocational agriculture teachers association meet at Brownstown High School. A corn contest entry deadline on June 15 and a Bucks Montgomery Wool Poll Sale at Reading Freight Station in Doylestown on June 10 7 am to 4 pm.
A column quotes that power is not happiness and that security and peace are more desirable than a name that makes nations tremble. The piece weighs values over prestige and warns against chasing power for its own sake.
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