—Lancaster Farmlm
6
THE OLD
OCTOBER 15-21,1973
The Sun withdraws and jiged grows the year.
Pick all apples before month’s end . . . Mata Hari executed
Oct. 15, 1917 . . . Last quaiter of the Moon Oct. 18 . . . Mars
closest to earth this week . . . Average length of days for
week, 10 hours, 50 minutes ... First ladies golf championship
tournament Oct. 17, 1894 ... Geese flying south ... If Oct. 16
(Callus Day) is dry, so will be next spring ... 11 Nazi war
criminals hung Oct. 16, 1946 . . . Pike’s Peak railroad com
pleted Oct. 20, 1890 . . . -Trees almost bare now ... If not
ruled by the rudder, you will be by the rock.
posed to prowl about on
earth and men were afraid
of being mistaken for him and maybe assaulted before they
could prove their identity. The devil’s left foot is supposed
to he cloven, sq men would put the right shoe on first to
prove that they weren’t afraid to exhibit the left.
Home Hints: One pail with two compartments is handy for
housecleaning; use one side for soapy water, the other for
clear water for rinsing . . . Save your fingers by placing
a tack between the teeth of a comb. Start hammering to
get the tack in place, remove the comb, and drive the tack
in place.
OLD FARMER’S WEATHER FORECASTS
New England: Cloudy and cool to start, then showers; gen
erally clear and warm latter part.
Greater New York-New Jersey: Week begins clear and cool,
then showers; end of week clear and hot.
Middle Atlantic Coastal: Cloudy and cool at first, then rain by
midweek; clearing and very warm latter part.
Southeast Coastal-Piedmont: First half of week rainy and
cold; end of week clearing with moderate temperatures,
Florida: Week begins cloudy and cool, then rain; hot tempera
tures by end of week.
Upstate & Western N.Y.-Torohto & Montreal: Most of week
clear and mild; light rain on weekend.
Greater Ohio Valley; Clear ancf cool to start, then rain; end
of week partly cloudy and hot.
Deep South: Light rain and cool to weekend,* then clearing
and hot.
Chicago and Southern Great Lakes: Partly cloudy and warm
for most of week; rain and cool on weekend.
Northern Great Plains-Great Lakes: Mostly clear and cool
through week; cloudy and flurries on weekend.
Central Great Plains: First part of week clear and warm;
cloudy and hot latter part, then rain.
Texas-Oklahoma: Clear and progressively warmer through
week.
Rocky Mountain Region: Most of week clear and very warm;
cooler temperatures end of week.
Southwest Desert: Cloudy and hot through week; clearing and
cooler on weekend.
Pacific Northwest: Clear and hot most of week; cloudy and
cooler on weekend.
California: Clear and hot to start, then overcast and cooler;
partial clearing end of week.
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Saturday. October 13. 197:
Ask the Old Fanner: A friend
and I are having a discus
sion about an old supersti
tion about which shoe to put
on first. He says it had
something to do with {he
devil, and I say no. Can you
straighten us out? G. 8.,
Omaha.
Your friend is right. An
ciently, the devil was sup-
Grange to Look
At Ag Problems
Action on serious problems
confronting agriculture in
Pennsylvania will be taken at the
101st annual convention of the
State Grange in Reading October
22-25.
Among the key issues to be
discussed, according to State
Master A. Wayne Readinger, will
be:
Effective implementation of
the state’s Clean and Green
program that is aimed at easing
the tax burden on productive
farm land;
The future of Pennsylvania’s
dairy industry and, particularly,
the future role of the State Milk
Marketing Board;
New regulations of the
Department of Environmental
Resources pertaining to
agriculture, especially those
relating to run-off of surface
water and drainage from farms
into streams;
Food prices and their impact in
agricultural income in Penn
sylvania.
“Agriculture, with an income
of more than a billion dollars, is
a major industry in the Com
monwealth,” Readinger pointed
out. “It is vital that we protect
the state’s agriculture, not only
because of its economic impact,
but also as a source of food for
millions of people.”
“The dairy industry is typical.
It accounts for more than 40 per
cent of the state’s farm income,
but production is slipping and the
number of dairy cows in Penn
sylvania is lower than at any time
since Civil War days.
“It is a serious situation,
especially since Pennsylvania is
the fifth largest mOk producing
Fuel And Food
The fuel shortage has become
crucial to food production in the
United States. Petroleum prod
ucts are needed for trucking live
stock and crops from farm to
market to processor to food store
and are essential to the operation
to today’s heavily mechanized
farms. Not only can a fuel short
age hamper production and
marketing of food products, in
creased prices for fuel are re
flected in the cost of food in the
retail stores.
The John Deere 300 Husker features a unique air system which helps provide
greater husking capacity and fast, clean harvest. Two air blasts—a 3,000-
cubic-foot-per-minute airstream through the first elevator and a 3,000-cfm
blast above the husking bed—remove some husks, loosen others, and blow
trash away from the husking bed. With trash blown away and husks already
loosened, the husking rolls can perform at peak efficiency, removing the few
husks which remain attached to the ears. This is the reason a John Deere 300
Husker can pick and husk up to three narrow rows at high speed.
See your dealer for more details.
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added.
Recommendations for meeting
these and other agricultural
problems will be made in a series
of resolutions that will adopted by
convention delegates
representing the 58,000 Penn
sylvania members of the Grange.
Important guidelines for future
Grange policy also will stem
from reports to be submitted
Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 23, by
the agriculture and dairy com
mittees, Readinger said.
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Brubaker Farm
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Changes Hands
L. G. Brubaker, Inc., 350
Strasburg Pike, Lancasterr-.has
been sold to Park Lefever for an
undisclosed sum. The farm
equipment business, formerly
owned by L. H. Brubaker, will
retain its original name and no
personnel changes are planned.
Mr. Brubaker, age 69, is semi
retired. He is a member of the
Board of Directors of The First
National Bank of Strasburg.
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