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
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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
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BLUE BALL NATIONAL BANK
Solid banking with frlenda you tniat.
(717) 384-4541
1188 Entflrprtofl Rd.
Ea*t PfltflrtDurg, PA 17520
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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.
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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.