servation Dist. Adds Farms With 496 Acres ;sion of eight new cooperators to the Lancaster ,!l Conservation District and plans for sponsorship irator’s school” highlighted the February meeting ircctors this week. ,1 of conservation , with operators ,res in the county contracts with: Earl Manheim RD 1, 52 G. Ruhl, Mt. Joy acres; Amos L. Quarryville, 48 ac r Z. Sensenig, Eph 3, 54 acres; Harvey Ephrata RD 3, 55 al R Martin, Nar 1, 70 acres; Paul K. Washington Boro R ires, and Abram K. Lancaster RD 2, imposed equipment j school was appro assist m acquainting moving contractors ! On Parlor' 'rom page 6) _jt the bulk feeding have planned I have there handy and je to haul it all a ;he barn Theres no over to put the mil or wash the cows ig is right there on ang level And this ;s down on chances kicked ” ' ease even goes into idling I just hang >r on a hook at each that’s that. The is just a few steps stead of a barn len ■e the cows do that Jkmg ” ilways here within a >t of one spot. This have an “intercom” nn with the house iio between the par milk room.” Bob finished his last added, “There are igs I’d do different, [y in saving the sedi •om parlor washings. E FOR YOU TO PROFIT “BUY” CONTAINS SWIFT SURE ALL \ ALL COMPLETE NECESSARY * S NECESSARY rrOTII I*7I7DC PLANT FOODS' ■ NT FOODS I 4 LK 1 ILIZrLKIJ AVAILABLE ; ER NOW and lake DELIVERY N YOB WANT IT! / Local Your F O R C E General agent, carl h. mosebach, Lancaster, pa. with Soil Conservation Serv ice requirements in constru ction of earthworks for con servation practices, where federal cost-sharing is appro* ved by SCS. Martin Muth, SSC work unit conservationist, told the board that instances have be en known where operators disregarded SOS standards, thereby preventing farmers from having their practices approved for cost-sharing. “’These standards are est ablished and cannot be chan ged, if the farmer expects to receive payment,” Muth em phasized -Thp directors voted to ap prove ,ths scnooi, ituim; ar rangements to hold it and notify all contractors of the datp and place. Wayne Rentschler, Lam peter, district secretary-treas urer and state chairman of the SCD Directors Assn. FFA Conservation Contest, repor ted Manheim Central and Pehn Manor FFA chapters have enrolled in the 1959 pro gram The county chapters were among 53 in 30 state counties to apply for the competition, which will in clude several hundred dollars in cash awards to winning in dividuals and chapters Approval for participation in 1959 watershed area meet mgs was given by the direct ors, along with entry in the Community Betterment Con test for 1959. Patronize Lancaster Farm ing Advertisers A lot of improvements are yet to be made, but dollar for dollar, cow for cow, or any way you want to put it, I wouldn’t trade this method ■Sir any other.” Businessman Can Serve BROWN & REA LE ROY SENSENIG HINKLETOWN ROSS H. ROHRER ft SONS QUARBYVILLE IRA LANDIS LANDIS VALLEY PAUL H. GERMAN DENVER EARL SAUDER NEW HOLLAND J. C. WALKER & SON. INC GAP, PA. WENGERS' MILL. INC. RHEEMS FERTILIZERS MANuFACTURED BY SHOEMAKER CD. M. L. DIVISION OF WILSON & CO. PHILADELPHIA 34. PENNA. ATGLEN Farm Calendar Feb 21—1 pm , Swine Pro ducers’ Bred Gilt Sale, Martin Sales Barn, Blue Ball Eastern States Ex change tram, Lancaster P RR Station, at 2:15 pm. Feb 23—Southern Lancaster Co. Tractor Club, Herr’s Implement Store, Willow Street 6 45 am, Chester County Dairy bus tour leaves from West Chester, pick-ups in Avondale and Oxford. Feb 24—Tobacco Referen dum. Northern Tractor Club, R N Brubaker Store, Salun ga Extension Marketing Com mittee, SPABC, “program projection” Feb 25—Celery growers’ meeting, at Amos H. Funk farm, Millersville, Ipm. Feb. 26—Poultry Assn, edu cation meet, Center, cocid iosis_ discussion, 7.30 p.m ence for Extension work ers, Hershey. 4-H Holstein Club, Farm Bureau, Lancaster Pancake Day’s at Chas. B. Hoober’s, Intercourse Feb 27—SCS Annual Ban quet, Quarryville Metho dist Church S E Dist 4-H conference, Hershey Pancake Day’s at Chas B. Hoober’s Intercourse Feb 28—Friendly Farmers Club, Mrs Fannie Walton Farm, Peach Bottom RD 2 March 2—Southern Tractor Club, Conestoga Farm Sup ply, Quarryville March 3—Market Hog Show, Lancaster Stock Yards ll—Da'ry Day March 13 —Fulton Grange Square Dance, Oakryn Hall March 19 —Swine Producers 4s=oc. annual banquet “Sure you have to learn a few tricks and it brings some new problems but I have come out so far ahead with it, I wouldn’t consider changing,” he concluded. Ask For Prices And Terms You Best o - R ,E R V c E Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, February 21, 1959—! FARMERS .^llp OF GROWING bigger-bettbr tobacco PLANTS Vigor o ““"by C thousM> ds l ! ‘X« «“» how K IUL , transplant;. Mail Your Order TOBACCO MUSLIN 2 or 3 yd. widths Penna. Certified TOBACCO SEED Swarr Hibshman rap me Swctrr / Red Rose g Greider Half ounce packet MICHIGAN PEAT For T'bacco Beds $40.00 Ton Order n-w for Match Delivery DRIED BLOOD s9*Bs per 100 lbs Graxi u-pei& assure you ev en, free-flowing distribu tion thr ugii any kind of fertilizer spreader--The flo flution nroces-; assures ev ery plant a full ration of nutrients. ’ TRGRO i .rmulated to meet pasture needs. It gives the balance of growth elements needed to produce grass with higher feeding value and greater carrying capacity. VEGETABLE SEEDS Large Se ection of Varieties Hull Peas 10 lbs. $4.50 Sugar Peas 10 lbs. $4.50 Green Beans 10 lbs. $5.00 Yellow Beans 10 lbs. $5.00 Lima Beans 10 lbs. $5.00 Sweel Corn 10 lbs. $3.50 FARMERS SUPPLY 137 EAST KING STREET. LANCASTER. PA. OPEN MONDAY Ope- lily 8:30 to 5.30; Friday Until 9.00 SUPPLY .',p Jtm FIELD SEEDS CLOVER Domestic Penna. Cert. Pennscott Cert. Kenland ALSYZE SWEET CLOVER Yellow or White ALFALFA Utah Alfalfa Utah Grimm Cert. Ranger Cert. Du Puiis Cert. Vernal ALFALFA No. 919 or No. 10-19 SORGHUMS & GRASSES Cert. Piper Sudan Hybrid NK 345 Hybrid NK 300 Sweet Sudan Black Amber Cane Atlas Sorgo Hegari Domestic Rye Grass Pasture Mix with Ladino SPRING OATS Cert. Clintland Cert. Garry Select Clinton Select Garry SOY BEANS Black Wilson Wabash Cert. Wabash HYBRID CORN (Muncy Chief) H—7Bo H—3o6 H—s2o H—39B US #l3 Late Silo Early Silo BRIMM GRAN-U -PELS lor Potatoes Corn STRAWBERRY PLANTS Large, sturdy -plants for Best Results. Orders must be placed early and pick ed up at store. Available April 3. Pocahontas Fairpeak Premier Catskill Fairfax Sparkle Temple 100 Plants $ 3.00 300 Plants $ 7.00 1000 Plants $lB.OO /egetables RHUBARB ROOTS ZSC ea. 6 for $1.25 Good Pastures Mean Good Livestock ASPARAGUS ROOTS Available about April 3. Older now. Big 2 yr. roots $5-75 per 100 $35.00 per 1000 White Globe bu. $5.00 Yellow Globe bu. $4.35 Bottle bu. $5.00 HORSERADISH ROOTS 20C ea. CERTIFIED SEED POTATOES (New Types) ONION SETS 1 Year Roots 6 for 90C ■7
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