UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre
Co.) Dr. Dennis Murphy, pro
fessor of agricultural engineering
in Penn State's College of Agri
cultural Sciences, has been named
the editor of a new quarterly publi
cation. the Journal of Agricultural
Safety and Health.
Published by the American So
ciety of Agricultural Engineers,
the Erst issue will be available
February 1995, with subsequent
editions appearing in May,
August, and November. It is being
launched iff response to a growing
awareness of the unique safety
and health concerns in agriculture
and rural areas.
"The National Safety Council
reports that agriculture is the na
tion’s most hazardous industry,
with a work-related death rate 22
percent higher than the second
most hazardous industry, mining
and quarrying,” Murphy said.
“Fanning is not keeping pace
with other hazardous occupations
in improving its safety record.
This new journal will help scient
ists, engineers and others concern
ed about farm and rural safety
keep in touch with new research,
opinions and theories.”
The Journal of Agricultural
Safety and Health will address
farm and rural safety and health is
sues confronting all parts of the
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education, industrial hygiene and
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“The journal will contain scho
larly, peer-reviewed articles as
well as abstracts of articles from
other journals,” Murphy said. “It
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and National Institute for Farm
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agency'activities and other an
nouncements.”
The journal welcomes articles
on original research projects,
evaluations of current intervention
and demonstration projects, litera
ture reviews, new or modified
theories and models concerning
agricultural safety and health
problems, commentaries and edi
torials.
Before joining Penn State in
1976, Murphy was employed as a
safety engineer by the Argonne
National Laboratory and the Crum
and Forester Insurance Company.
He was the first recipient of the
Packer Engineering Safety Award
presented by ASAE and has serv
ed as president of the National In
stitute for Farm Safety. Murphy is
the author of “Safety and Health
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GREENSBURG (Westmore
land Co.) Livestock and (fairy
fanners should plan to attend the
fall Ag-Tech day on Sept IS from
1 p.m.-4 p.m. at Westmoreland
Fairgrounds.
Theme for the day is “Forage
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Directions to Westmoreland
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Farm Credit Declares Patronage Refund
LEWISBURG (Union Co.)
Northeastern Farm Credit, ACA
distributed $2.42 million in pat
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31. 1994.
A total of 3,392 borrowers of
the cooperative received checks
totaling $483,000 in cash
dividends and the balance of tbe
patronage in allocated equity. Pat
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south about four miles to fair
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lop of hill) and continue to next
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eastern Farm Credit has paid
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