Farm Safety Week Starts This Sunday,
But Should Be Observed Year Round
NATIONAL Farm Safety Week starts
Sunday For Pennsylvanians this week
should take on special significance, sta
tistics show that Pennsylvania farmers are
second only to Texans in the number of
on-the-job accidents.
On the whole, farm accidents are not
the result of major events that could be
likened to a mine cave-m or a refinery
fire Most farm accidents come from poor
housekeeping or from carelessness
By housekeeping we mean letting
wire nails and junk accumulate around
the place to be stepped or fallen on, thus
causing a puncture wound that may lead
to serious infections. You can also put
ladders with broken rungs, hammers with
loose heads and heavy objects placed hap
hazardly on shelves into the same cate
gory
But sheer, plain, lazy
causes most of the accidents
You drive a tractor. You get pretty
good at it Then one day as you are har
iowing, you make a fast sharp turn. The
next thing you know, the harrow is on the
seat with you.
Or you have a bull on the farm In
stead of using a staff to handle him (a ter
nble bother because you’ve let the snap
lust until it’s hard to operate) you try to
lead him by a rope through the nose ring.
You’re lucky if you only get knocked down
Many implements are operated from
the tractor power take-off Shields for the
PTO shaft are standard equipment when
\ou get the machine on the farm The
inanufactui er goes to considerable expense
Social Justice in the Home
It is haid to comprehend the
T , meaning of “social justice’’ m so-
JLancaster l 1 arming ciety at large The whole thing is
Lancaster County’s Own Farm Weekly so complex and enoimous that we
Alfred C Alspach, Publisher, Robert se <^om certain of the an-
E Best, Editor, Robert G Campbell, Bwers - But When we look at a
Advertising Director, Robert J single home, the pioblem is in
Wiggins, Circulation Director some ways cleaier For example:
Established November 4, 1955 The home makes it plain/that "]us
' Published eveiy Friday by OCTORARO ticc” is not the same thing as
, NEWSPAPERS, Quarryville, Pa - treating every one precisely alike,
after lepeated expcuments, came Pllone sxerimg e-sm or Lancaster, A good diet for mother may be a
to the conclusion that bumble Express 4-3047 poor one for father, and what
75 Years Ago bees wcie of considerable value Entered as Second-Class matter at both of them eat may be poison
in fertilizing the blossoms of yVIUC ’ Pa ’ u, * 4er for the baby Father, mother and
On Fnday July 20 1883, fire re d clover Subscription ’Rates- 53 per year, chlld have diffeient parts to play
ol mcendiai\ ougm broke out three years $5, Single copy price 5 m the home, they have different
■ bout 11 pm at Ephrata Pd. cents contributions to make, they need
and for a time it was fea t ed cr/\ Vm™ A„n, 111 the home diffeient benefits
that the entire town was doomed lealS Lancaster Tobacco Grower Th ® at many points deals
The file starting m the Bend- Fifty years ago this week a Plants Cuban Leaf with the home, and if what is said
i r r r. „ , ctmocrtf. hpiwpon i T arcjrfpr -r, T , ,„„ sounds too simple and common
mg Woks of Janies Biyson, was between a Lancaster Duung July, 19 q 8 Cyrus sense for msp.ied Scripture, we
fist scon b\ Alls James Dennis, constable and bulkier resulted Schroll, one oi the largest tobac- mU st recall that the home itself,
’he wife ot a watchmakei icsid ln the death ot a man named co gjoweis in Lancasteis East
in« neaiby w'ho saw the flames Flank Smith, of Philadelphia Donegal Twp , experimented with
horn hei bedioom and gave the Jhe goncial store of Wolf a ba i£ acre 0 f Cuban tobacco at
Maim Yofle Mount Joy, had been rob- the lequest of a Lancaster dealer
The flames shooting out of the oi mcichanchss valued at T [ le Cuban plant was planted in
building liom the second stoiy 5200 whlch was earned off in 10ws eighteen inches apart, with
spioad lapidh and by the time sc ' eial suitcases Two days later s talks fiom Bto 10 inches,
citizen-, wcic aioused'the entne jt was IcMrncd that tvvo men had apall It was claimed that the * TO PLAN FOR FALL PASTURE Late summer
stiuclmc was ablaze The town Jell the suitcases at the 1 ennsyl- tobacco required no suckenng, seedmgs of temporary pasture will stretch the
owned an old hand operated fire v ' dma "y load Elation al Lan- and tbe dea i C r had a g ree d to pay mt giazmg season and reduce feed costs The seeding
engine but it was found unfit c 15 J V1 2 lor shipment to Phila- Schroll the difleience if the yield W of winter ry or Dual wheat during August should
loi senic-o The citizens aided pbla dclcircsse “ to Hairy d i d not net as much per aere *** ’ giye extra grazing this fall Rye seeded at the rate
b\ summei vnitois at Ephiata, W lll , dccom P amccl by as Lancaster County seedleal. £ of 2V 2 to 3 bushels per acie of either Balbo or Tetra
tuined out in lull foice and by Constable Williams went to Lan- Petkus varieties The use ot three to four hundred
Satuidav noon biought the blaze msvilJc, wheie the men weie In a movc to cmtail diunken- pounds per acie of a somplete fertilizer should give
undei contiol iound ncss and swealln g on the streets. lank growth.
In addition to the Bending When Williams attempted to Lancaster County’s Mt Joy Bor-
VvOiks building and Us contents airest the men they drew revolv- ough Council ordered the town’s TO CLIP SMALL GRAIN STUBBLE Stands of
ol equipment" and nearly 1000 dn(i made then escape, head- three constables to patrol the legumes will be improved if the stubble is clipped
-cts ol finished ums and 350 in 8 toward Lancastei Constable street sever* Salinday night, BB IIBHBI soon after gram harvest, this material serves as a
-hafts the- tesidcncc and chair Edward Gcrlach and Detective and agreed to pay them S 2 each mulch to hold moistuie lor the legume If rank
1 actoi \ol William Hcllig went Bioome were notified and found f o i their sei vices. Max Smith growth of weeds is present, it may be necessary to
tin in smoke The fumiluit m the alleged thieves beneath the ■ * remove the clippings in older to prevent smother
the Hcllig ic-sidonco was saved New Holland turnpike budge OCJ Y P o r(S mg Research woik has shown that the clipping of the stubble, and
but the entne contents m the Broome seized one ol the men. „ , lears A o° Perhaps a latei clipping may be needed if weeds get too high, re
c 1,.,,, burned Wh.|c Gc.Uch became engaged m W »"“.*■ Sr " > " ol> ' t, “ On rrom slMd
In order to bring the fne un- a desperate struggle with the Mrls N( | w Jeisey during the .
rln contiol it was necessary to othci who thiew the constable summer of 1933 were warned by TO CHECK LIGHTNING RODS The inspection of the rods at sev
,(ai down sc\oi al buildings An to the firing sevei a the Keystone Automobile Club eral times during the summer is advised foi full protection, extreme
estimate ol the total loss was shots a lh( ‘ , r^ hicb "^ se< J that the Traffic Act m New Jar- high temperatures usually bring violet electrical storms The rods
placed al Slo 0 * tu s °y Provided specifically that the ? ‘ nc * ground wires should be connected and it is very important that
was ama 1e 0 ca , amber traffic signal was a 'pe- ground wire, or pipe, be deep enough in the ground to reach
ei ac Ipand k 0 c l f a , w , ls destrian light” requiring cars to molf -turc Experience has shown little use of the rods if the ground
ic-vovc* l a aec our sos in o come a complete stop This ronnecUons are not in moist earth This may not be a problem at the
the hi east oi the man. who drop- rdcticc had ]ed tQ nunlerous moment but is worthy of inspection
tv. ?. 1° ' ,loUnc dn J ° ° Pennsylvania motorists facing
LI ( cdc fines m New Jersev ADJUST INSURANCE COVERAGE Many farmers may need
After the prisoner and the In Lancaster County, during !° inciease then insurance coveiage bec-riuse rising prices have made
dead man weie taken to the sum mer of 1933 Mille sville arm Property moie valuable Construction costs have risen 32% in
police station Gcrlach gave him- stal e Tcachcis College oflered a <he ltlSt 10 >edrs ’ thls means that replacement costs rather than the
sell up to the authorities number of unusually attractive tost °t the building should be the guide as to the amount of
The coroner s pirv found that entertainments and lecturers e tovcrattt
(ho kiHing of Smith was |ust fro eto the public The events Pa. Rural Mail Caniers with the Post Office Depailmcnt
iia o ,o s ops were taken wctc held in the chapel Make Pig Survey through the lural mail carriers,
agcimsl llv constable The other A feature speaker was Dr Ed- Twenty-five years ago an in . *
thief who gave him name as ward Howard Griggs, who spoke crease of about 4 per cent in For stealing a Bible, 25 years
Joseph Blown of Cleveland on “Education For The Ait of Pennsylvania’s pig crop was ago, Charles Hamilton, of Halls
Ohio admitted he and Smith Life’ and “A Survey and Diag- shown by the June, 1933. pig Run West Virginia, was sent to
had robbed the stoic at Mount nosis of the Present Age’. survey made bv the Department the State penitentiary for two
Io -' ‘ of Agriculture, an cooperation years.
m
BY JACK REICHARD
Else whole in upper Lancaster
C ounU that week John G Good
m eminent cattle dealei ol East
Call Twp was nut sin# a
son hand Ciood had been out
v orkinj* m his meadow that be
uiK howled with watei dm in"
j h.a\> lam when a laitte blister
iaised on one ol his hands 'I he
ok became woise uid attend
u phweiaiis thouphl the hand
vould hau to be amputated
Bumbb llees Make News
Ba(k in 1883 laimeis m tten
cial wcie mteiested m the lepoit
of Professor Beale ol the Michi
gan A"iicu!tuiai Collette who
carelessness
Week*
Lancaster Farming
m
to make these shiedls and you pay for
them There is hardly any reason, then, to
carelessly fail to put them in place when
operating the machine
Another thing that we often see on
farms is children operating powerful and
potentially dangerous' farm equipment. .
Junior probaby is a fairly competent trac
tor operator But there is one thing that
he lacks—it’s not his fault
That lack is judgment which comes only
with years and maturity Often he may get
a thrill out of doing something that will *—
turn an older and more experienced per- justice, uke chanty, begins at
son pale with horror *' hon ?«- People who don’t practice
Children should not be allowed to op- TnoSA^n!
erate machinery unless under the direct ed a ret reat, a place where one
supervision of an adult. At the same time can get away. But the home is no
they should be taught the rules of safe place to get away from the hu
operation until it becomes a habit. ™ an ra £ e > no place to get away
Another habit that children have— £ ld ° e m awa °
one that can be as dangerous as crimp- duty, in one
ing a dynamite cap with your teeth, is sense the home
wanting to ride on the tractor when pull- is easiest
ing a power implement, disc, plow, or P} ace to live
harrow » When-some one
narrow. , wants to express
The editor can remember a July day the idea of a de
about two years ago when he was required hghtfui situation
to cover a story about a little boy who was he win say it is -
swept from a tractor by a low hanging tree ' 1 ke “° n e b „ l s T ' °* en, f’ n ,
~ £ 17 a a happy family ”On the other hand
i* ~ , t , the home is a very difficult place
The fall wouldn t have been so bad, to live, just because those who
but the tractor was pulling a PTO oper- make it up are so very different,
ated rotary brush cutter There are no Anywhere else m the world, for
■words to describe what happened instance, a man has other men he
r-v . j. j j ctr o t-» x can. team up with, but in the home
Time IS important to a farmer But father is the only man He has only
take the time to do your jobs safely There «, woman and ciuidien for com
is never time enough to replace a lost pany. They love him and he loves
hand, foot—or little boy. Lhen u but they are all so different
- - that they are haid to understand,
- 4 * \
4—Lancaster Fanning, Friday, July 18, 1958
B?b1o Material: Leviticus 19 32, Prov
eibs 6 20-23, M*irk 10 2-16. Ephes
ians 5 21—6 I Timothy 5 8
Devotional Beading;: Malachi 2 13-16.
It Begins at Home
Lrsson for July 30, 1958
Now Is The Time 1
By MAX SMITH
County Agricultural Agent
which we take for granted, la It
self a product the religion ol
the Bible. One thing the Bible
makes plain is of the essence ofl
justice: rights and responsibilities
go together. The father and the
mother between them furnish the
support, they command and teach.
The Teaching Mother
No one will try to make light
of a mothei’s willing sacrifice m
bringing a child into the world.
But it all a woman does for her
to give them birth she
js wot the Bible’s idea of a goo'd
m 'itT'-'T. A woman who has a child
wt»j, because of her neglect, is
d*ly a future thief or killer, virj ht
Setter not have had the ch'fJ at
all. The Bible (as m Pt/jveibs)
often brings out Q r in
directly the imp«rra.iice of a good
mother in a ch’ld’s life. And the
thing often mentioned is her serv
ice as teacher. She is the principal
teacher —or she can be, if she
gives her time and mind to it—
of her child for his first six years.
What has all this to do with
“justice”? This much, at least:
One important featuie of justice,
m society or in the family, is giv
ing' each person an opportunity to
render all the service of which ho
is capable. Hence if mothers are
going to be good teachers, wo
must see how important the edu
cation of girls is “Educate a boy
and you educate a future man.
Educate a girl and you educate a
future family ” If mothers are to
be teachers, then justice requires
that everyone, husband and com
munity alike, give them every en
couragement and opportunity to
live with their children.
The Children
In the Bible's teaching about
the home, one feature is stressed
which is not at all popular today,
though our country would be a
better one if it were more pop
ular: namely the idea of obedience.
What is the best contribution a
child can mike to the well-being
of a home 9 Two things every
child can bring: Cheerfulness, and
obedience. And what has this to
do with justice ? It should be ob
vious: Justice does not require
that everybody in a given group
or situation should be the equal
of eveiybody else there. There is
such a thing as subordination
which is fair and right. Justice in
the home does not call for chil
dren to be treated dike grownups.
There is no conflict whatever be
tween love and obedience; indeed
the best obedience is the obedi
ence of love.
(Bast'd on outline* copyrighted by
tlit Dn isioq of Christian Education,
iVitlion.il Council of the Churches of
Christ in the V. S. A. Released by-
Community Press Service.)
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