Standing in-new earn, Arthur E. Brown, R 2 Nottingham, just south of Little Bri tain in Lancaster County, here has as a background contours that helped him win Although the hills of his farm are not as rugged as many in Lancaster County, strip farming and better soil conservation practices have been put on a paying basis by Arthur E. Brown of R 2 Nottingham. i ..-n y y’u : I Wavac drinking-water vaccine, j j "easy”'is 'the key word. You j I just put Wavac in the water, | j chicks vaccinate themselves, j I Choose frqm 3 WaVac types: j j (1) Newcastle, (2) Bronchitis, j I or (3) Combined. Vaccinate { j at 4 days, 4 weeks, and again { i at 4 months to assure great- j • est immunity. Entire program j I costs about If. a bird, saves { | you time and labor. Ask for } I genuine Wavac, the original J j drinking-water vaccine, from J your Dr. 'Salsbury dealer. F. W. FISHER Rep.—Ph. Leola 6-2482 LEACOCK. PA. Contoured Corn Strip Farming by An Expert Fruit Outlook Declines; Cold Weather Cause HARRISBURG ~ In the first Pennsylvania fruit production forecast of the 1956 season the State Depaitment of Agriculture today said the peach crop is estimated at 2,450,000 bushels, 450,000 under last year, but 139.- 000 bushels above the 10-year 1945-54 average. As predicted, the May 17 freeze failed to affect peaches as much as other fruits, observers said Pennsylvania last year ranked third among all states in peach production Apple and red cherry estimates are not yet available. Sweet cherries and pears were hard hit by the freeze and were wiped out m many spots. The Federal-State June 1 fore cast for sweet cherries is produc tion of only 700 tons compared with 1,300 tons last year and the average of, 1,100 tons Pennsylvania’s .co m m e rcial pear crop this year is estimated at 80,000 bushels compared with 140,000 in 1955 and the average of 188,000 bushels. Killing frosts occurred gen erally over Pennsylvania on May 17 and 25, the latest of lecord in a number of localities, the De partment said. the title of Lancaster County’s Outstand ing Soil Conservationist for 1956. (Lan caster Farming Staff Photo). Here is a view of his farm, with the farm home across the pond, Guernseys grazing in the meadows, and, in the far back ground, strip cropping. (Lancaster Farm ing Staff Fhoto). We are still waiting on that flying platform—family size. J. C. Snavely & Sons, Inc. vXXXXXXX\XXV«XVVVX\*XV^\XVXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX^ Ful-O-Pep Pullet Growing Plan BOOST'S PROFITS g WAYS OVbu save about 30% feed cost... as much as 15$ per bird when you raise your pullets on Ful-O-Pep Growing Mash and the Restricted Feeding Plan. "ifet, you get a big, husky, fully-matured pullet. Your birds may lay up to 15 additional eggs or more as proven in the j Official Egg Laying Tests. In 15 years of test results, vZ 54,353 Ful-O-Pep-raised birds laid the equivalent of 15 more two-oz, V— 1 e gg S per bird than 133,055 other birds entered ir ffie tests but raised on other feeds. Yes, boost your profits these same two way . See us first.. „ Landisville, Pa. 3511 Ross C. Ulrich J. C. Walker & Son Millport Roller Mills Peach Bottom, R. D, Pa. riensel 19R3 Lancaster Farming, Friday, June 15, 1956 —7 Outstanding County Conservationist 40-Year Graduate of Penn State (Continued front Page One) Located across the load from con tour, each in 100-foot strips the new Little, Britain Blemen- cost was minute, tary School, are >hns colorful / ' *t was spread over four strip-cropped fields. Just south y ears to work the strips in,” of the village itself is his three- Brown told. Once establish quarter acre pond, protected by ec *> there has bean no need to an electric fence, a pond built work them up again, and the on a swamp, but whose depth Program of one plowed-up strip, ranges up to ten faet. A spring one strip in ciops has woiked feeds an adequate supply of wat- wett- er for livestock use. ! Describing the Lancaster County" Soil Conservation Dis trict, of which ha was the first president, Mr. Brown told, “The district was formed m 1938, made up of 15 townships south of the Lincoln Highway Betoie that time we had government demonstrations and the Civilian Conservation Coxps camps which did much of the early soil con servation work at no cost to th,e farmer. | He Was Skeptical Once ( “Before the district was form er,” he continued, “several in the neighborhood were anxious to organize, but I was a bit skeptical However they asked me to serve as supervisor. Two were appointed by the Governor, three were elected. “As a supervisor, I was less dubious,” Mr. Brown related. “for the idea of ‘one hundred per cent on the contour’ didn’t look too pratical There were too many points, too many corn ers, but farmers on the board looked for leeway ” And they found leeway as jtime went on The straight-edge |measunng gave way to practical ity This depression-born idea grew into something that today pauses Mr. Brown to conclude, I “There are very few farms that couldn’t use some conservation ” Those in the rolling hills of i Southern Lancaster County can well apply these principles The Brown farm is rolling, not hilly, hence he saw no need for diver sion ditches, although they were recommended originally. Today jhe’s holding his soil by contour stripping Fiom Steers to Dairying For the first ten years of his farming career, Mr Brown fed steers, then found the need for more crops, and finally he shift ed to dairying. | Sixty acres are cropped on D. W. Hoover PiMil M. Ressler & East Earl, R. D. 1, Pa. / New Holland 4-7201 Gap, P?. Hickory 24U.9 “There’s no question there aia some drawbacks to soil con servation, but it works out bet ter on some farms than on oth eis,” he advises Most crops not fed green go anto the 14-by-45 foot tile silo that holds 150 to 160 tons The ■ balance of the crops are picked for giam. Timothy, alfalfa and clover aie planted m wheat, to xound out the rotation progiam The Brown family, in addi tion to Mr and Mrs Brown, two daughters and a son, are also farm-minded. Wilfned T, 34, lives on an adjacent farm, and has been in the trucking busi [ness since 1950 Mis Charles (Elizabeth) Jackson, Jr, lives on a farm joining the homeplace |to the northwest, while Mrs. Kenneth (Veia) McCauley lives on a farm the other side of Chestnut Level Carry 600 White Leghorns One of the bigest helps to the Brown operation is that given Iby Mr and Mrs Clarence Wag jner who have full charge of the cows and chickens 600 White (Leghorns, from which the pullet crop provides replacements each year “They’re doing a nice job, and we’re well pleased,” Mr. Brown replied In addition to being the out standing conservationist, Mr. Brown has been a trustee of Little Brit a i n , Presbyterian Church 24 years, treasurer for 20 years He’s served 33 >eais as a director of Faimers Na tional Bank at Quarryville, now chairman of the Southern Lan caster County Joint High School, a member of the Quarryville Lion’s Club, a past director ot both the Lancaster County Farm Bureau and the Southeastern Pennsylvania Aitifieial Bi ceding Cooperative, and from 1944 to } 1947 was Clerk of Quarter Ses sions Court in Lancaster County. 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