Alo—Uncerter Fermint, Saturday, September 17,1983
I don’t think many people would deny that a
farm is a great place to raise children. I know I
wouldn't trade my years growing up on a farm
for anything. Unfortunately, children growing
up on a farm are exposed to many more
hazards than are most nonfarm children,
simply because the farm work place is also
their playground.
Farm kids a/e often exposed to the same
dangers as an adult, but they lack the ex
perience and comprehension to recognize and
react to these dangers.
One of the best methods an adult has of
protecting and educating children from danger
is by setting an example of good safe work
hdu.i_ adoption of safe work practices at
an early age earn c-ult in life long benefits.
uuru l'fl'6 r UlUl" It’s not enough to say ‘be careful’ In fact
that frequently used expression is so very
vague, it is little more than a phrase of en
dearment.
Giving specific instructions on what and how
to do something go much further toward
encouraging positive attitudes towards ac
cident prevention and safety practices.
Educating children is a major step toward
their self preservation, but it is not enough.
Eliminate safety hazards on the farm wherever
possible. Your child's friends who visit with
them on the farm are less aware of the
dahgers. Keep guns, chemical products,
medications, matches, tools and such inac
cessible to small children. Make sure shop,
grain bins, animal quarters, silos, and other
potentially dangerous areas on the farm are
off-limits to young children.
They say, the gift of life is the most precious
gift given. Then teaching children how to
protect that life has to be a lesson of equal
value.
BY IRISH WILLIAMS
Tomorrow marks the beginning of the 40th
Annual National Farm Safety Week. This year
the National Safety Council, who sponsors the
annual observance, has focused the week's
theme on children, with the slogan, ‘Safeguard
the Future.’
No group of our farm population has greater
potential or more to loose by an unnecessary
farm accident than do our children. And the
future of American agriculture will soon be in
the hands of our farm youth, let's work year
round to insure these are able hands.
I’m sure it is no mistake that the National
Safety Council chose to observe safety week
just prior to the fall harvest season. Probably
no time of year poses more threat to life and
limb than the fall scurry to bring the crops in.
Harvesting equipment is designed to roll,
snap, and chop whatever is run through the
machine, and that is exactly what it will do
regardless if it’s corn or an appendage.
Most accidents occur in a rushed effort to
get the job done. Injuries are of a more en
during nature. Protect and educate children to
prevent such tragedies.
NOW IS THE TIME
To Be Aware of
the Century Farm Program
The Century Farm Program is
aimed at recognizing the efforts of
Pennsylvania’s farm families
which have preserved the
traditions and the rural heritage of
the pioneer farm.
The program was initiated as
part of the Nation’s bicentennial
observance in 1976, but is being
continued for its value in
promoting the ideals of the family
farm and the importance of far*
mmg to Pennsylvania’s economy.
To be eligible for certification as
a Pennsylvania Century Farm, a
farm must have been owned by the
same family for the last 100 con
secutive years, and a family
member must currently reside on
the land. In addition, the farm
must consist of ten or more acres
of the original holdings or gross at
least $l,OOO a year from the sale of
agricultural products.
We encourage you to participate
m this program that is ad
ministrated by the Pennsylvania
Deparment of Agriculture.
Applications are available at the
County Extension Office.
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By Jay Irwin
Lancaster County Agriculture Agent
Phone 717-394-6851
Many homeowners are planning
to use more wood for heating their
homes this winter. This is a
national trend resulting in a strong
demand for all kinds of wood.
Prices are also reflecting this
increased demand. Woodlot
owners might be in a position to do
some tree culling and thinning and
realize some extra income from
the area. It's not too early to be
getting this wood on hand or to do
some cutting. Since dry wood will
give better results than green
wood, it will be best to have the
wood supplies cut and drying
before cold weather arrives. As 1
have traveled the county in recent
weeks, 1 have noticed more and
more wood piles in rural areas.
Wood is a renewable natural
resource and deserves our at
tention in production as well as
marketing for fuel saving pur
poses.
To Check Ventilation Systems
in Poultry Houses
Understanding the principles of
the basic fan laws are critical to
understanding our ventilation
Make safe work practices a year round
habit.
When you head out to the fields to bring in
the crops, take your time. Have a safe harvest,
and a long healthy, productive life.
To Secure
Wood Supply
system-and why we should not do
some things and why some things
cost us money.
There are three basic fan
principles:
U) "As we vary the speed of a
fan the volume of air vanes in
direct proportion", it is a one to
one ratio-if we double the speed of
a fan, we can double the capacity
of air. We could do this by
changing pulleys, but IX) NOT do
this, as the fan systems are
designed as received by you.
Principle 2 and 3 wilt explain.
(2) "As you vary the speed
(volume) of the fan, the pressure
varies by the square". In other
words, if you would double the
speed of the fan by changing a
pulley, the pressure would go up
FOUR TIMES. The reverse is also
true-if you restrict the inlets,
raising the static pressure, you
slow the fans down.
(3) ‘As you vary the speed
I volume) of the fan, the power
vanes by the cube”. So if you were
to double the speed of the fan, it
would take EIGHT TIMES the
power to do it. Power m Hus case is
eleclncily-so you can see fan
WHATTHEPROPHETS
ARE SAYING
September 19,1983
Background Scripture:
Deuteronomy 18:15-22; Amos 7:10-
15; 5:21-24; Micah6;B.
Devotional Reading:
Amos 7-.1-9
There has always been one main
problem with prophets and
prophecy; how do you determine
which prophet speaks for God and
which prophecy is true?
It may seem to us that the Bible
is loaded with prophets and
prophecies, but actually they are
but a very very small proportion of
those who appeared m what we
regard as Biblical times. The Bible
records for us the names and
words of those who in retrospect
are regarded as having been
authentic messengers of God. With
few exceptions, it has not recorded
for us the names of those who were
ultimately judged to have been
false prophets—a multitude by
comparison.
How May We Know?
Something else becomes ap
parent: many of the prophets were
not regarded as God’s messengers
during their own time. More often
than not, these judgements were
made later—meaning: usually too
late! Deuteronomy acknowledges
this problem: “And if you say in
your heart, 'How may we know the
word which the Lord has spoken?’
when a prophet speaks in the
name of the Lord, if the word does
not come to pass or come true, that
Farm Calendar
Saturday, Sept 17
Delaware Valley Old Time Power
and Equipment Association
antique exhibition at
Washington Crossing State
Park, N. J. Continues tomorrow.
N.E. Pa. Sheep Show and Sale at
Harford Fairgrounds.
Bradford Co. 4-H County Council at
8 p.m. at the Extension office.
Sunday, Sept 18
PEMA meeting at 4 p.m. at the
Warren Miller residence.
Columbia.
Pa. Brown Swiss state meeting at
7:30 p.m.
Monday, Sept 19
Eastern Bradford ABC Committee
at 8 p.m. at the Extension of*
fice.
Milk Marketing meeting at 8 p.m.
at the Joe Terry Civic Center,
Montdale.
motors burning out if you change
pulleys or a shutter sticks shut
creating too much back pressure.
Give these fan principles some
thought, for efficient ventilation
and even in some cases, the safety
of the birds and the building.
To Stop Fertilizing
Trees and Shrubs
During this tune of the year we
should not be applying any fer
tilizer to rose bushes, trees or
shrubs. The season’s growing
period is about over and the new
growth should have a chance to
harden before cold weather
arrives. When we fertilize during
the fall we encourage new growth,
which will be tender, and will
winter-kill in very cold weather.
it is best to wait until spring to
apply any plant food to these types
of plants. Mulching is a good thing
to preserve moisture and control
weeds, but keep the fertilizer in the
bag until 1964.
is a word which the Lord has not
spoken." (18:21,22).
The problem is that we often do
not have the luxury of waiting to
see if this prophet or that prophet
is confirmed by history. For
example, two years ago a religious
prophet of sorts proclaimed that in
November of that year a great
natural disaster would strike
Florida and it would be utterly
destroyed. Inasmuch as we had
accepted * speaking engagement
in Florida at that time, we were
placed in the position of making
some evaluation of this prophecy.
Of course, we decided to keep the
engagement and as I write these
words Florida stands pretty much
as always. Yet, some people we
know heeded the prophecy and
moved to another state.
He Has Showed You
Yet, we must remember that
God's messengers are not just
foretellers of future events. They
come to tell us about what is
happening in the present, too.
Amos came to tell the people of his
day what was displeasing to God:
“I hate, I despise your feasts, and 1
take no delight in your solemn
assemblies." Even more,
however, he came to tell the people
what God really wanted: “But let
justice roll down like waters, and
righteousness like an ever-flowing
stream.” And Micah’s message
was just as contemporary. “He
has showed you, O man, what is
good; and what does the Lord
require of you but to do justice, and
to live kindness, and to walk
humbly with your God.”
We may not always be able to
discern prophetic predictions of
the future until it has become the
present. But when we hear voices
talking to us, like Amos and Micah,
about what God really wants from
us—justice, righteousness, kind
ness—we need not wait to know
what God has raised up a prophet
in our midst.
Gratz Fair opens,
through Sept. 24.
Tuesday, Sept
Pa. Dairy Princess Contest
sponsored by Atlantic Dairy
Association. Reception at 9:30
p.m., and banquet at 6:30 p.m.
at the Marriott Hotel,
Harrisburg.
Ephrata Fair opens. Continues
through Saturday.
Thursday, Sept. 22
Wayne Co. Extension annual
dinner meeting at 7:30 p.m. al
Bethany Methodist Church
Hail.
Sulbra Sellabration Sale at 7:30
p.m. at Troy Fairgrounds.
Pesticide update training at 8 p.m.
at the Bradford Extension of
fice.
Agricultural Export Seminar at
the PDA regional office in
Summerdale from 2 to 5 p.m.
Friday, Sept 22
Pa. Maple Tour, NE Pennsylvania.
Continues tomorrow.
Saturday, Sept 24
Bth annual Home Gardener’s
School at Cook College,
Rutgers.
Safeguard
Continues