12—-Lancaster Farming, Friday, Feb. 15, 1957 THIS IS ONE years growth for the hybrid pqjjj.ar trees planted by Miles Fry The young trees were ' , ut back even with the ground last year. All the growth was made The inset shows the diameter Coimtian Developing New Cash Crop Of Hybrid Poplars on Family Farm A mew crop is being developed were cut back even with the for the 195 year old Miles W. Fry ground The second year, they & Son Farm, Frysville, R 3 Ephra- grew as tall as 14 feet- and had a xta. stump diameter of about an inch It is a hybrid poplar,tree that Fry plans to plant in the farm’s 80 ac,re woodlot for pulpwood pro duction. Fry said that he sent for six seedlings of the newly developed treejwhen it was offered in a farm magazine two years ago. The plants were offered by the U. S. Forest Service free on a coopera- tive reporting basis. The seedlings grew about waist high the first year, he said. Then according to instructions, they ■ Myer’s Metered Gas Service Home Heating Warm Air and Hot Water Caloric, Tappan and Wincroft Gas Ranges Lawson Stone Lined Water Heaters Serve! Refrigerators Revco Freezers Cabinets for Kitchens—wood and metal Maytag Washers and Dryers tBBBBfIBBBfIfIBBBBBBBfIBBBfIBfIBBBfIfIBfIfIBBB and a half Fry now plans to develop seed lings for planting in the farm woodlot To do this, 12 inch cut- tings are made from the branches of the young trees. The butts of the cuttings are coated with a harmone to force root growth, and the cuttings are planted in a rich, mellow soil. They will be allowed to grow for a year before transplanting in. the woodlot. Fry said that as far as he For All Homes MYER S METERED GAS SERVICE Manheim Phone MO 5-2775 of the trunk at about a foot from the ground. Fry hopes to develop the poplars for pulpwood production on his farm. (LF Photo) knows, this is the first hybrid tree that has been offered farmers. He compares the impact on farming as similar to that of hybrid corn “Now for the first time, the farmer" has a pulp producing plant that will produce market able logs in a few years rather than in a decade or more,” he said. And Fry knows what can be done with hybrid corn. He was second in Lancaster County in the DeKalb production contest this year with an average of 138.91 bushels an acre for five acre fields. To get this production, the land was manured heavily and 700 pounds of 10-10-10 fertilizer was applied. Four hundred pounds was drilled before planting'and the other 300 pounds was applied in the row. The .field was also top dressed with ammonium nitrate in sandy spots and where an old bank had been graded down. Fiy and his son, Morton, are milking 26 head of Holstemes and their herd numbers 42 cattle in all. The gave up tobacco raising a few years ago and concentrate on their dairy cattle, corn, 2,600 white Leghorn and hybrid layers and the farm woodlot. The farm has been in posses sion of the Fry family since 1762. The house was built in 1773 and one of the barns was built in 1795. “My poor brother,” paid the in mate of a rest homi, “is saff .rin J from fallen arches.” “What a shame 1 ” soothed the visitor from the public welfare committee. “Flat feet, eh?”" “Not at all,'” corrected the in- mate. “A bridge fell on him.” NOT THAT KIND Eleven County Holsteins Complete . Herd Improvement Registry Tests Eleven Holstein cows belong ing to County dairymen have completed Herd Improvement Registry records, according to the Holstem-Friesxan Assn, of .Am erica. The breeders, cows, and their .records are: Harry S. Aungst, Marietta, Bal lard Farm Fobes Susie 2nd. Milk ed twice daily for 365 days, pro duced 18,452 lbs. of milk and 738 ,bs. of butterfat as an eight-year old. Everett E. & Louise J. Benja min, Holtwood, Penncroft Sover eign Lucy. Milked twice daily for 343 days, produced 12,043 lbs. of milk and 411 lbs. of butterfat as a two-year-old. Issac M. Brubaker, Lititz, Bruk Vil Tet Bess Emperor. Milked twice daily for 298 days, produc ed a total of 11,270 lbs. of milk and 442 lbs. of butterfat as a three-year-old < Albert R. Fry, Manheim, Honeycroft Admiral Nora. Milked twice daily for 335 days, produc ed 15,725 lbs. of milk and 631 lbs. of butterfat as a five-year-old. Galen W. Herr, Elizabethtown, Herlandia Evelyn Rosie Lucifer. Milked twice daily for 307 days, produced 115,356 lbs of milk and 579 lbs. of buttefat as an eight year-old Hertzlers Dairy Farm, JEliza bethtown, Rosa Star Jo Ann Walker Milked twice daily for 352 days, produced 18,859 lbs of milk and 785 lbs of butterfat as an eight year old Henry Hess, Mt Joy, Qlovena Lucifer Sue Milked twice daily for 305 days, produced a total of 14,467 lbs of milk and 448 lbs of butterfat as a four-year-old. John C. Metzler, Christiana. Winding Glen Dunwood Tritomia. Milked twice daily for 336 days producing a total of 16,155 lbs of milk and 687 lbs of butterfat as a seven-year-old. Highest TEXACO QUALITY HEATING OIL GARBER OIL COMPANY Mt. Joy, Pa. Phone 3-9331 Here is the NEWEST Simply Dust Your Flock With " Convenient, effective, and economical treatment of CRD (Chronic Respiratory Disease) or AiR SAC INFECTION in chickens. For less than one cent a bird, YOU can treat your flock. Most effective if caught in the early stages. Ask for it by name At your local Feed Dealer I New Holland Supply Co. Ph. EL4-2149 New Holland Also King Valley Dean Segjs. Milked twice daily for 313 days, produced a total of 15,540 lbs. of milk and 54<* Sbs. of butterfat as a six-year-old. Earl L' Umble, Atglen, Molly Apple Milked twice daily for 292 days, produced 11,826 lbs of miKk and 473 lbs. of butterfat as a four-year-old. [ John M. Umble, Atglen, Locust Ford Ormsby Papoose.' 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