—Lancaster Farming, Saturd 30 Md. plans mall exhibits ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Maryland Agriculture Week will tour the state’s suburban areas with a colorful array of exhibits through the entire month of February asking Marylanders to “Bee In The Know About Agriculture.” Ag week exhibits com mittee chairman Roy Porter of the University of Md. says exhibits are all of an in formative nature designed to tell the story of various agriculturally-related aspects important to all consumers. The Ag Week ’77 Exhibit schedule is as follows: week of February 3 - 5 - Security Square Mall in Baltimore County; week of February 7 - 12 - Harundale Mall in Anne Arundel County; week of February 14 - 19 - Mon Edward Lanius honored Edward Lanius, left, received the 1977 Award for Outstanding Swine Service at the Farm Show earlier this month. The York Countian was given the honor on behalf of the Swine Breeders Cooperative Association. Making the presentation is Dennis Grumbine, president. Lanius has been a Farm Show exhibitor for nearly 50 years. HEATING SYSTEMS .▼PPiPt, - Permanent or portable comfort for those “hard to heat” areas! Oil or gas. AUTHORIZED DISTRIBUTOR FOR: SIEBRING STEAM CLEANERS FARMERS Clean tractors and other farm equipment Also sanitizes barns, brooders, hatcheries, etc. Complete Sales, Parts & Service LEID’S DIESEL SERVICE RD3, New Holland Jan. 29, 1977 tgomery Mall in Mon tgomery County; week of February 21 - 26 - Salisbury MalL in Wicomico County. Among the organizations participating and having exhibits are; Cooperative Extension Service, University of Maryland College of Agriculture, Maryland Turfgrass Association, Maryland Pork Producers Association, Maryland Beekeepers, Maryland Dairy Industry organizations, and the various County Farm Bureau organizations from the counties hosting exhibits. The displays are open to the general public and are free. Hours coincide with the normal business hours of the various malls involved. Ph.(717)354-8024 The Farmers’ Almanac doing OK this Winter By JOANNE SPAHR In a Today show interview aired Wednesday morning, January 26, the present editor of The Old Farmers’ Almanac, Ray Geiger, affirmed that although the publication makes its weather forecasts 14 months in advance, for the majority of this erratic Winter, they have been accurate in their predictions. Using a “secret formula passed down from editor to editor;" a NASA technician working out of Norwich, Vt.; and the contributions of their staff, the almanac comes up with its monthly predictions which are based primarily on sun spots. “No, we don’t use woofy worms or other signs of nature,” Geiger admitted. Continuing in his tram of thought he added, “That’s primarily because the wooly worms don’t get their coats until after we go to press - but I do believe in those signs because I think nature prepares her creatures for the climatic changes such as the geese flying south for the Winter,” he noted. This Winter the almanac did fairly well with its predictions. It said the weather would be severe, and that the western regions would have a milder trend, all of which happened. However, the Old Farmer did misread the Ohio River Valley. “Considering the sporadic Winter we’ve had, we did pretty good," Geiger responded when the topic was brought up. The publication has had several successes in its time which keeps the public reading. One Winter they predicted snow in July, which everyone - until it did snow in Boston during that month. Another piece of publicity that has kept the almanac in the limelight was an incident during World War II - in 1944 to be exact - when the publication was banned. In the 47 nations where bowliny is popular there are an estimated 60 million bowlersl <ZZ>I “It seems that a German- agent was ap prehended in this country with The Old Far mer’s Almanac in his pocket,” Geiger noted wryly. “So, apparently, the government thought the Germans were using the book as a reference source in their warfare against the United States, and the book was banned.” Then, he added in an offhand manner, “Maybe they did use it - they lost the war.” At any rate, just like the effects of prohibition, the banning of the book kept the readers interested in the publication. And what does that national weather service think of the almanac? “I think they take us with a grain of salt," Geiger remarked with a smile. After 160 years, The Old Farmer's Almanac is the oldest consecutively published gazette of its type in the nation. HIGH PRESSURE WASHING OF POULTRY HOUSES AND VEAL PENS BARRY L. HERR 1744 Pioneer Road Lancaster Pa Phone 717-464-2044 NOW AVAILABLE Perkins Diesel Engine D-3-152 Bamford Diesel Engine Z 410 CALL HORNING'S WAREHOUSE 717-354-7792 OR AMOS SMUCKER 717-768-3996 IF NO ANSWER CALL 717-354-4374 DIESEL A CAS SALES A SERVICE SMUCKER'S ENGINE SHOP RDI.GOROOWIILE.M 17529 SLANZI DIESEL Also Good Used Diesel Engines (1) SR2 Lister Diesels 12 HP. air cooled 25 to 30 HP 10 HP
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