OUR FARMING INDUSTRY: GROWING BETTER ALL THE TIME! National Ag Week We’d like to honor our American farmers for the great job they do providing us with all the best that nature’s bounty has to offer. Mhtewnak BEHL Umbcrger’s of Fontana, Inc. ■t. 4. B.S MS. Ufeaaoa. PA 17042 • mOn taf Rmkfp Rt. 323 717-867-5161 HOOK*: Kaa«-Tkui. 7:30-8, Fit. 700-0, flat. 7:30-4 a Serving lh* Farming Industry For Over 25 Years. JSSl I*™ 1 *™ (717) 569-2610 MESSICK. FARM EQUIP., INC. Rhaama Exit Rl. 283, Elizabethtown, PA * 717-367-1319, 717-653-8867 Toll Free In PA: 1-800-222-3373 BHM FARM & LAWN EQUIP. Rt. 934 l^J) 2 mil** north of Annvllle, PA ~ (717) /9 *~' — =ir '^ SK]g| 867-2211 WALKER COMPANY Newport A Raquea Ava. Gap, PA (717) 442-4169 Quality and Sarvlca Slnca 1855 SBBN3 BLUE BALL NATIONAL BANK Solid banking with frlenda you tniat. (717) 384-4541 1188 Entflrprtofl Rd. Ea*t PfltflrtDurg, PA 17520 *3 adqer, March 15 - 21,19»2 For all the fruits of your labor, we offer our thanks and best wishes for a successful season. Jim fyy I 555 wmow st. Lebanon, PA 11 (717) 274-6906 HERNLEY’S FARM EQUIP., INC. “Your Noanot Daua-Allla Daalar" 2095 S. Markfll St. r :— » Elizabethtown, PA I JjL I ogur* (717) 367-8867 I'SSsl 118 Janna Pro Feeds The Calf-Manna* Company. 1-800-488-9675 LANCASTER SILO CO.. INC. 2008 Horaflahofl Rd. Lancaster, PA (717) 299-3721 t SHOW-EASE STALL CO. 573 Willow Rd., Lancaster, Pa. Ph: 717-299-2536 in Mcif/.. Complete Farm Equipment (717) 859-4598 151 Coealieo Crack Bd. i?«pOl' Ephrata. PA Penn State Establishes Ag Endowment UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre Co.) —The Pennsylvania Agricul tural Safety Council (PASC) has given $12,000 to create a farm safety endowment in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences. “Our purpose in establishing this endowment is to promote agri cultural safety and health among the citizens of Pennsylvania,” said Robert E. Faubel, PASC president and property staff adjuster at Old Guard Mutual Insurance Company in Lititz. “This endowment will be used to develop strong linkages for the dissemination of safety informa tion and to promote overall public awareness of the risks associated with farming activities,” said Faubel. The fund will support extension programs, research, and other components of the Agricultural Safety and Health program in Penn State’s agricultural and biological engineering department. “We’re delighted to accept this generous gift from the council,” said Dr. Lamartine F. Hood, dean of the College of Agricultural Sci ences. “This endowment will ben efit the entire agricultural community.” “Farming remains one of the most hazardous professions in the nation,” said Sam Steel, senior project assistant in the agricultural safety and health program. “Our goal is to raise public awareness of the risks faced by farmers and other agricultural workers. This fund will help us reach more people.” The endowment may support the purchase of a farm safety van. Lancaster Farming Saturday, March 14,1992-Dll which would transport agricultural safety exhibits and demonstrations to functions ranging from county fairs to extension meetings. “The van would make it easier to bring those exhibits to a wider audience,” Steel said. “Our ulti mate goal is to reduce agriculture related accidents and health prob lems by making agricultural work ers more careful.” One exhibit demonstrates how quickly accidents can occur around power take-off shafts that drive grain elevators and other farm equipment. ‘This demonstra tion tests an individual’s reaction time, revealing the nearly superhu man speed necessary to avoid seri ous harm when accidents occur,” Steel said. “People leave the exhi bit realizing that powered machin ery should be treated with caution and respect.” Other exhibits compare various types of respirators and air filters, demonstrate the hazards of impro per com harvester operation, and illustrate how tractor rollovers occur and can be prevented. To raise additional support, the PASO is offering a limited edition Keystone Farm Safety Tractor model. The collectible model rep resents a 1967 Allis-Chalmers Model 170, which featured an ear ly version of a factory installed rol lover protection structure with seatbelt. Proceeds from the sale of 500 numbered tractors will go to the endowment. For more information about the model or farm safety issues, con tact the Pennsylvania Agricultural Safety Council, 246 Agricultural Engineering Building, University Park, PA 16802, (814) 863-7710.
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