Lancaster farming. (Lancaster, Pa., etc.) 1955-current, December 23, 1972, Image 11

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    THEIR THIRST
COMES FIRST
AUTOMATIC
LIVESTOCK
FOUNTAINS
Lowest cost, sparkling water
pipeline cool In summer,
warmed in winter for maximum
consumption...fastest gains.
Quick recovery, positive action
temperature control, completely
automatic. 70 styles, 26 mod
els. See or ca 11 ...
Lester A. Singer
(tonics. Pa.
WALTER BINKLEY & SON HEISTAND BROS.
Lititz
BROWN & REA, INC.
Atglen
ELVERSON SUPPLY CO.
Elverson
HENRY E. GARBER
Elizabethtown, Pa.
E. MUSSER HEISEY
& SON
R.D.2, Mt. Joy, Pa.
The 30-member National
Advisory Committee on Safety in
Agriculture concluded a two-day
meeting recently in which they
discussed proposed Occupational
Safety and Health Act (OSHA)
standards for Agricultural In
secticide Field Reentry Safety
Intervals and Limited Field
Reentry and approved OSHA
proposed standards for Per
manent Housing for Temporary
Agricultural Labor Camps. In
approving the standards for labor
camp housing, the Committee
urged that no standards be
developed for so called tem-
CUSTOM BUTCHERING
Hogs Processed the old fashioned way.
Sausage, pudding, scrapple. Hams and Bacon cured.
Beef cut, wrapped and frozen.
Dried beef and bologna.
WE ALSO SPECIALIZE IN U.S.D.A.
GRADED SIDES AND QUARTERS.
CALI PAUL A. HESS
464-3711 or 464-3127
687-6712
good wishes for the holiday season, and
with warm appreciation for the privilege of
serving you, now and in the years to come.
RED ROSE FARM MARTIN'S FEED MILL
SERVICE, INC. Ephrata,Pa
N. Church St., Quarryville
DAVID B. HURST
Bowmansville
G. R. MITCHELL, INC.
Ref ton, Pa.
MOUNTVILLE
FEED SERVICE
Mountville
Farm Safety
Elizabethtown
Committee Reviews Safety Standards
porary housing in agricultural
labor camps as such housing
undoubtedly would be
inadequate.
The Committee also heard
reports by the U.S. Department
of Agriculture (USDA)
authorities on the applicability of
American National Standards
Institute (ANSI) standards to
agricultural operations.
Among recommendations
made by the groqp were;
—USDA should continue to
review and advise the Committee
and OSHA on agricultural safety
standards.
MUSSER FARMS, INC.
Columbia
CHAS. E. SAUDER
& SONS
Terre Hill
SHELLY BROTHERS
RD 2, Manheim, Pa.
E, P. SPOTTS, INC.
Honey Brook
H. M. STAUFFER
& SONS, INC.
Witmer
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—Priority in developing
agricultural safety standards
should be given to areas in which
human life is endangered and to
making the standards practical
and workable.
—Safety education should be
recognized as the number one
priority in the prevention of farm
accidents since many family
members who work on farms are
not covered by labor legislation.
—Agricultural safety stan
dards should, insofar as possible,
be voluntary and, in instances
where they are not, they should
fall within the reasonable
Jeffrey A. Risser, left, son of Mr. and Mrs. Allen Risser,
Leola RDI, was awarded the Inter-State Milk Producers’
Cooperative grant of $5OO recently at The Pennsylvania
State University. A sophomore in agronomy, Risser is
congratulated by Charles E. Cowan, right, cooperative of
ficial. This year's agricultural scholarships and awards at
Penn State came from 56 donors and totaled over $34,000.
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LET US REJOICE ANEW IN THE SHINING
WONDER OF CHRISTMAS ... MAY THE PEACE
AND HOPE AND LOVE OF THIS HOLY SEASON
BE WITH US ALWAYS.
P. L. ROHRER & BRO., INC.
Smoketown, Po.
financial capacity of farmers to
meet them.
OSHA officials present as
observers assured committee
members that OSHA agricultural
safety standards are flexible
enough so that they can be
changed as new information on
their application develops
Lloyd Davis, chairman of the
USDA Safety Committee, served
as acting chairman of the ad
visory group in the absence of
committee chairman J Phil
Campbell, Under Secretary of
Agriculture
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