If you're a stickler on
neatness, there's one place it
doesn’t pay to be neat. That
Is under the hood of a engine
when you are working on
spark plug wires. In this
case, it’s accuracy not
neatness that counts.
Some believe it’s best to
tape the plug wires in tidy
bundles after plugs have
been changed. By doing so,
they are only inviting the
dangerous condition known
as crossfire.
Champion Spark Plug
Company points out the
engine crossfire can be a
FIELD TRIP
500 SOW CONFINEMENT
OPERATION IN YORK COUNTY
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21
SPONSORED BY THE
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Bus will leave Lancaster Farm & Home Center
at 8:30 A.M. Return to Center at 3 P.M.
A stop will be made for lunch.
Also will visit Gettysburg Tower before
returning.
Price *2.50 per person
FOR RESERVATIONS CONTACT
Tony Folker at 717-354-9557
by August 14th.
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SHENK'S FARM SERVICE
Mr.
& Mrs. David H. McMichael
WITH THEIR NEW BOU-MATIC
PIPELI
Here's What The McMichaels Have to Say:
"Our new Bou-matic pipeline milkers take the
heavy work out of milking. It is easy on the
cows and there is no mastitis problem. We can
milk more cows in less time. We're glad we
have Bou-matic."
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Watch Out for Crossfire
When Working on Engines
cause of engine roughness,
backfire, detonation and in
extreme cases spark plug or
engine damage.
Ignition crossfire is a
condition in which the spark
plug is fired out of time due
to induction. A strong
magnetic electrical field
develops around a spark
plug wire when high voltage
travels through it on the way
to the plug. Sufficient energy
is created to induce voltage
into an adjacent wire if:
- The adjacent wire is
placed close enough and
runs parallel to the wire
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carrying the voltage and
• The adjacent wire leads
to a plug in an adjacent
cylinder which will be fired
next in the firing order.
As a result both spark
plugs will fire - one before it
is supposed to fire.
To prevent crossfire, it is
vital that all spark plug
wires be routed properly and
adequately separated. When
changing plugs it may help
to identify and match the
wire to the proper cylinder
Lane. Co. Farmers
Set Policy Meetings
Lancaster County Far
mers Association, as in past
years, will be holding policy
development meetings the.
next several weeks, ac
cording to Earl Newcomer,
Washington Boro Rl, policy
development chairman. This
is the method the Penn
sylvania Farmers
Association and the
American Farm Bureau use
to decide the stance mem
bers want to take on im
portant issues.
Some items for discussion
are: safeguards for coop
members; cost of OSHA
regulations and standards;
food and fiber 1 reserves;
sensible pollution control
enforcement; cost of
automobile safety and
pollution standards and
devices.
by placing a numbered
clothes pin on the wire while
it is disconnected.
Most car makers provide
plastic looms that secure the
plug wires to the rocker
cover. These help maintain
the proper wiring
arrangement and prevent
the wires from being burned
on the hot exhaust manifold.
Should these looms be
damaged or lost, they should
be replaced as a further
guard against crossfire.
A list of members holding
meetings at their homes and
the dates are listed below.
All meetings will start at
8:00 p.m., and Newcomer
said all PFA members are
invited to attend the most
convenient one.
Monday, Aug. 12 - Richard
Haas, Lancaster R 6.
Tuesday, Aug. 13 - Harold
Rohrer, Book Road.
Monday, Aug. 19 - Noah
Wenger, Rl Stevens. Earl
Smoker, Stevens Rl. Earl
Newcomer, Washington
Boro Rl. Donald Hershey,
Manheim R 2. James
Kreider, Quarryville R 2.
Tuesday, Aug. 20 - Paul
Hartz, Morgantown Rl. Ellis
Mentzer, New Holland R 2.
Charles Rohrer, Paradise
Rl. Ralph Hostetler, Mount
Joy R 2. Jesse Wood, Not
tingham R 2.
Thursday, Aug. 22 - Vemon
Umble, Christiana Rl.
Harold Ney, Marietta Rl.
Robert L. Kauffman, Peach
Bottom R 2. Frank Pieffer,
Mt. Nebo. Chester Weaver,
East Earl R 2.
Monday, Aug. 26 - Titus
Hess, Leola Rl.
Farm Women
Calendar
Tuesday, August 13
Farm Women Society 22
Chinese Auction at the
home of Mrs. Clarence
Rohrer, Smoketown.
Wednesday, August II
Farm Women Society II
meeting 1:00 p.m. at the
Paradise Mennonite
Church Christ’s Home.
Thursday, August 15
Farm Women Society 15
Family picnic at Huff
nagle Park, Quarryville
6:00 p.m.
Saturday, August 17
Farm Women Society 3
Meeting at the home of
Mrs. William Gerhart
HAY &
STRAW SALE
EVERY
WEDNESDAY
AT 12 NOON
PAUL Z. MARTIN
SALES STABLES
2 miles East of
Intercourse
Sale managed by
Harvey Z. Martin
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 10,1974
Seme Arabs believe that a heavy downpour can be (topped
by quenching a fire with water.
4?
Oo your own cleaning jobs fast. Blasts dirt and grease away Farm
Equipment. Dairy, Calf Barns.
WE ARE OFFERING A PORTABLE UNIT 600 TO 700 PSI. 3 GPM
TRIGGER GUN, CHEMICAL INJECTOR.
For Approximately the Same Price You Would Pay for a Smaller Unit,
500 PSI - 2 GMP
GIVE USATRYBEFORE YOU BUY
ZIMMERMAN’S Animal Health Supply
,3 miles W. of Ephrata along WOODCORNER ROAD
RDJ4.UHfa.Pa. 17543 Phone 717-733-4466
The satisfaction that comes
from doing a good job of farming
It’s a great feeling to know that you are the master of
your farmlands .. . that when you treat your soil right,
it will treat you right. Liming is one of the most impor
tant factors in keeping your soil in the highest produc
tive range. By raising the pH fiom a level below 6.0 to
6.5 or higher, you can expect to harvest as much as 5
more bushels of corn per acre, with similar increases
for all other forage and cash crops
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