12 Lancaster Farming, Saturday. April 30. 1960 Crops Make • Land Judging r „ _ * (From page 1) rAWfll judges, seven other Future UOOQVjrOWTII jrarmem won the right to m , represent the area in the In C OUntV contest during FFA week at 111 VV/UIII 7 lhe Pennsylvania State Uni- General: Pastures, hay, versity in j U ne. These boys meadows, and winter grains with score s ranging from were in good condition 357 po j nts to 334 points are throughout most of the Key- Kenneth Myer, Elizabeth stone State as the season town; John Hess, Penn-Man progressed into the last or . u av id Stewart, Kennard week of April. However, the dale> Y ork County; Wilmer record hot, dry weather of Mart i n , New Holland; Ken the previous two weeks has n eth Heisey, Manheim, Rich rapidly depleted soil mois- ard Hosier, Manheim; and ture reserves and a soaking Kenneth Bricker. rain will b© needed, shortly to relieve this condition. After a late start pasture grasses have been growing rapidly but growth Is still shorter than usual and will therefore be quickly damag ed by continued dry hot weather. Only in scattered areas in the Southeast has any grazing .of pasture been done In northern areas of the State another two weeks growth is needed before gra zing. New hay seedings came thru the winter in good shape, but both old and new gelds need warm rains to bring growth up to seasonal normals. Both alfalfa and clo-tim fields have uniform ly good stands at the present. Preparation of ground for spring planted crops and planting of oats and early summer potatoes progressed rapidly during the week end ing April 25th During the early part of the week con ditions were excellent for working the soil but dry topsoil was becoming a prob lem in some areas by the end of the week. Nearly all of the intended acreage for oats in the southern third of the State has been planted. In the Central counties oat seeding is about half com pleted while seeding is just starting in the northern tier of the counties Apple blossoming should be at a peak for the Adams County Apple Blossom Fes tival on May 1, the Crop Re porting Service of the Penn sylvania Dept, of Agricul ture said m a weekly Bulle tin. Vegetable planting in most .areas is running some what behind schedule be cause of the late spring. There has been little or no planting in northern tier m m / ® dial ■ pn ij s Keeps Grass Silage Green/ W STA-FRESH Fresh, Sweet-SmelUngl During the same afternoon Paul Frey, Conestoga R 2, wpn the area FFA Horseshoe pitching contest. In beating out runner-up, Richard Erb, Manheim R 2, Frey, a senior at Penn Manor won the right to represent the area ab PSU during FFA Week. Cooperating with the Soil Conservation Service, the counties. Limited plantings of early peas, sweet corn and onions have been made in central and southwestern counties. However planting of most vegetables is in full swing in the warmer south eastern counties. There have been no re ports of setting canning to matoes in the field, but some fields of early sweet corn have been planted. Many of the early planted peas in the county are making good growth and will be helped by the cooler temperatures, but some are in need of moisture. Shavings HAROLD B. ZOOK 220 Lampeter Road LANCASTER, PA. Phone EX 4-5412 • CLEAN DRY OR GREEN PINE - MIXED • Bags or Bulk—Deliveries over 2 ton and trailer load prices • f • SILAGE-CRADE SODIUM METABISULFITE Penn Manor chapter pre pared the sites by digging holes to the full depth of the topsoil and to about three feet into the subsoil. , Amos Funk, chairman of the Lancaster County Soil Conservation District v pre sented a plaque to the win ner. Farm Calendar (From page 1) school, Neffsville. 2:00 p.m. - Meeting of Pennsylvania Best Eggs, Inc. at the Lancaster Poul try Center, Roseville Rd. May 5 730 pm. Meeting of Little Brittain Commu nity 4-H club- meets in the Little Brittain elementary school. May 7 6.30 p.m. - Parent and son-banquet sponsored by the witness Oak chap ter FFA at the Donegal High School. May 8 7:30 p.m. - Meet ing of the New Holland 4- H club in the New Hol land Farmers Bank. May 13—7 30 pm. - Meeting of the Boots and Saddles light horse and pony club meets at the home of Mr. Woodrow Sites, Manheim. 1 For every dollar in vested m limestone, ex periment stations con <B| W elude, three dollars are returned in increased crops. Sometimes the ratio climbs to one to 15. This explains why the Government a- applying limestone, RB- help is desired. The Government is convmc- ‘ ~ ed that farmers cannot afford to not use lime _ ' stone. Where else does dollar spent bring least three in return’' W* does pay to use good ' MARTIN’S LIMESTONE » •• «v .. • ni n_ii n Ph. New-Holland ELgin 4-2112 Ivan M. Martin, Inc., Blue Ball, Fa. Xerre Hil i HUiciest 5-3455 Gap Hickory 3-4148 milk and beef. Cattle just naturally pre fer it. In free-feeding tests, they eat up to four times more treated than un treated silage. Here’s why: STA-FRESH treated silage smells sweet—send is far richer in carotene (Vi tamin A), sugar, digestible dry matter, and total digestible nutrients (TDN). STA-FRESH is economical, too. Just one 80-lb. bag treats 10 tons of silage. It’s Soil Conservation District Nominated For Second Award Lancaster County Soli Con servation District, one of last year’s winners of the Community Betterment Ci tations presented by Lanc aster Community Council, is again in nomination for one of the 1960 awards. As before, the organizat ion is nominated in the field of Civic Improvement, for its continuing efforts toward conservation of soil, water, forests, wildlife and other natural resources. Two other nominees in this same category of Civic Improvement include: Lancaster Sertoma Club, for its continuing program of improvement at Long Park and the Pilot Club of Lancaster, for its project of restoring the Woodward Hill Cemetery burial plot *of President * James Buchanan. There were 2,910 pedes trians killed and 66,030 in jured on U. S. roads last year because they crossed between intersections. Grass Silage treated with mm a SU«go-Or»d« I AV “ I" lX C» ■ ■ Sodium M*tabl«ullit* silage treated :e big' gains in Citation awards will made during the annual 4 ner meeting of Lancaste Community Council at Hoi Brunswick, May 4. EVERYTHIN!! Grows BETTED With New Jersey Creep Sand and Calphos . , use for all field crops (corn, potatoes, tomatoes tobacco, etc ) as well as gardens, lawns, fl oWw beds. BROOKLAWN FARM 118 Kreider Avenu# Ph. LO 9-1580 H. MERVIN JdcMICHAEL Lane.. R. 6 Ph. TR 2-437; or your local dealer easy to apply at blower or field chopp® ... works well in upright, trench an bunker silos, on all grass and many legume forage crops. To put up the freshest, greenest, svvee * est-smelling grass silage you’ve ever see your dealer for STA-FRESH no GENERAL CHEMICAL division BBjHHgH ii nth Sum*. Any quantity available Bag or Bulk Ton or carload lots,
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