VOL. 15 NO. 6 PFA Office Settlement Date Postponed The senamenc aaie for the proposed new Pennsylvania Far mers’ Assoc. Office has been re set for January 15 according to Richard L Prether, Public Re lations Director for the State farm organization The settle ment had been set for Monday but Prether said the paper woik and a number of heanngs in the Camp Hill Boro on zoning chang es held up the final agreement PFA has enteied into a work ing agreement with Irwin’s Dairy Inc to purchase the five year old office building former ly used by them The building is located on the Camp Hill Bv- Pass at 31st Stieet in Camp Hill President John R Pitzer said “By purchasing this building, we will be able to put our en tire operation under one loof” Presently the home office is at 21st and Chestnut Streets in Camp Hill, and they rent addi tional office space The new office has 4,200 square feet of office space and is situated on two acres of land. There is ample parking space surrounding the building. Funds are being solicited from local members foi the project. Coming Next Week The special Lancaster Farm ing Annual Farm Show Issue will be coming your way next week. It will have story pre views of the 54th Annual Pennsylvania State Farm Show; a complete schedule of events; short resumes of the 16 Lancaster County Keystone Farmers plus regular features and local news happenings. Watch for it. - Farm Calendar Monday, Jan. 5 7:30 p.m.—Garden Spot Young Farmers meet, Vo Ag room 7 30 pjn.—Ephiata Young Fann ers meet, Vo-Ag loom Tuesday, Jan. 6 4 30 pm.—Lancaster County Vo- Ag teachers meet, Ephrata High School 730 pm. Manheim Young Farmers meet, Vo-Ag room Wednesday, Jan. 7 7 30 pm—Lancastei bounty Soil and Water Dueclois meet. Farm and Home Center Thursday, Jan. 8 130 pm. Lancastei County Open and Tobacco Show, Faim Cen ter. " . 1 30 pm Southeastem Penn sylvania Nursery "Meeting, Hobday Inn, King of Piussia. 8 00 pm.—Lancaster County Po ultry Directors meet, Farm and Home Center. 4-H TOBACCO SHOW WINNERS are Don Thomas, Mill ersville Rl, (left) and Arthur Reist, 1050 Eden Road, Lan caster. Thomas showed the best hand of fillers at the an nual show Tuesday in the Farm and Home Center and Reist had the best hand of wrappers. L. F. Photo Fatal Farm Accident Rate Rises With Machines The Top Killers Faim machines reaped a grim toll of 912 lives in 1967, thus earning the dubious distinction of being the No. 1 killer on American’s faims In all, some 2.183 people lost then lives in faim accidents that year The number was 18 more than in 1866, despite a 720,000-peison decline in the faim population As a lesult, the fatal accident i?te in 1967 lose to 20 1 per 100,- 000 people, compaied with 18 7 the yeai befoie Of every 10 people who died in on-farm accidents during 1967, four weie killed by machinery Many of these weie accidents in Miss Joyce Stoltzfus Miss Stoltzfus In Guernsey State Contest A local teenage Miss will rep resent Lancastei Countj at the' State Junioi Guernsey Queen Contest to be held in conjunction with the State Faim Show in Harrisburg later this month, ac (Contmued on Page 7) Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 3, 1970 which tractors upset and crashed the operators Brownings and fireaim acci dents, second and Imrd in impor tance, claimed the lives of thi ee more Falls, blows, burns, poisons, and other types killed the rest The pi e-teen, teen and “gold en” years were paiticularly dan gerous times of life for farm peo ple Youngsteis between the ages of 10 and 20 accounted for neai ly 21 percent of all accidental deaths Fatalities fci those be tween 25 and 35 weie only 6 pei cent of the total, the fewest for any 10-year age grouping Acci dents rose significantly after age 50 and continued high for oldei people, despite their declining numbers <and lessened farm ac tivity. Machinery most frequently killed youngsters between 10 and 20 and people ovei 45 Di owning took mostly young lives Seventj percent of the drowning victims were under 20, 17 peicent weie under 5. Accidents with firearms were heavily concentiated among people between 10 and 20 years of age. Falls, the fomth highest cause of on-farm deaths, took only a small toll among people under 50 But they weie the leading cause of death among oldsters Two-fifths of all fall deaths oc curred in the 70 or-ovei gioup The Coin Belt had more on farm fatalities than any othei region in 1967, the Mountain States the fewest Howevei, when compared with the number of people living on faims, the Mountain States had the highest late of fatalities 28 9 pei 100,- 000 people The late was lowest in the Delta States, 15.2 per 100,000. ' Top Corn And Tobacco Shown By 4-H Boys In Annual Round-Up A pair of County 4-H boys showed top hands of tobacco Tuesday to win the annual 4-H tobacco Round-Up in the Farm and Home Center Arthui Reist, 13-yeai-old sou of Mr and Mis Arthui L Reist, 1050 Eden Road, Lancaster, showed the best wrappers and Don Thomas, 14 son of Mr and Mis John Thomas. Millersville Rl, showed the best fillers Reist, a membei of the Lititz Manheim Club showing for ' the second time, was second in both fillers and wiuppeis in the 1968 show Don, a Penn Manor Commun ity Club member showed Tobacco at the annual event 4 years, but nevei won before Maik Hess and Ray Link, both of Agvvay, Inc, called the win ning entnes of good quality with good standing Arthur also had the best tobac co record book and was followed by his brother Alfied in second place In the 4-H corn show at the same time and place, Steven Ney 15, son of Mr and Mrs Harold Ney, Marietta Rl, showed the best coin Harold, a member of the Elizabethtown-Donegal Club 4-H CORN SHOW. Steven Ney, Marietta R 1 showed the best 10 ears in the show held with the tobacco show. L. F. Photo 52.00 Per Year also had the best com in tho show in 1967 Judge John Weid raan, Pioneer Seed Com Com pany at Mount Joy, said the win ning entry was sowed with ex cellent unifoimity Eugene Bollmgei, Denver R 2, had the top com lecoid book foi lowed by Richaid Yumnge*, Marietta Rl Placmgs aie as rollows Wiappei Division, Ist place, Aithur Reist, 1050 Eden Road, Lancaster, 2nd, Don Thomas, Millersville Rl, 3id, Cail Thomas Millersville Rl, 4th, Richard Yunmger, Mauetta Rl sth, Al lied Reist, 1050 Eden Road, Lan caster, 6th, Audisy Yunmger, Marietta Rl, 7th Steven Ney, Mauetta Rl, Blh, Philip Bixler, Marietta Rl, 9th Darwin Nissley, Mount Joy, 10th, Keuy Boyd, Ephrata, 11th, Eugene Clemens, Conestoga R 2; 12th, Eugene Bol linger, Denver R 2, and 13th, Marlin Bollinger, Denver R 2. , Filler Division, Ist, Don Thont . as, 2nd, Carl Thomas, 3rd, Rich [ ard Yumnger, 4th, Alfred Reist; , sth, Arthur Reist, 6th, Audrey Yuningei, 7th, Eugene Clemens; Bth, Philip Bixlei, 9th, Steven Ney, 10th, Keny Boyd; 11th, Eugene Bolhngei, 12th Marlin Bollinger, and 13th, Darwin Nis sley Recoid Book Scores for Tobac co Ist Aithur Reist, 2nd Alfred Reist, 3rd, Eugene Clemens; 4th Dai win Nisslej, and sth Audrey Yumnger Com Division Ist, grand cham pion, Steven Ney, 2nd, Eugene Bollinger, 3rd, Mailm Bollinger; 4th, Donald Bolhngei, sth, Judy Thomas, Milleisville Rl, 6th, Richaid Yuningei, 7th, Philip Bixler, Bth, Audrey Yumnger; and 9 th, Keuy Boyd. Recoid Book Seoies for Com: Ist, Eugene Bollinger; 2nd, Richaid Yuningei, and 3id, Judy Thomas. Open And FFA Tobacco Show Set Jan, 8 The Annual Lancaster County Tobacco Show will be held on. Thiucday afternoon January Bth, at the Faim and Home Center in the Extension basement meeting looms To get to the Farm and Home Centei, entei Seivice Rd. f' om the Manheim Pike (Rt. £72) just South of where the pika goes undei the Route #3O Bypass The show will be conducted accoidmg to the following sched ule 10 00-11 30 am —F F A entries due. 12 00- 1 30 p m.—Adult entries due 1-30 p m —Judging be gins (Continued on Page 6)
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