KffsTMO. 25 CONTENTMENT OF BOTH SOW AND PIGS will produce weanlings ready to go the ted lot and do a job of growing. These pigs were born in a farrowing crate, vro put in this pen with the sow when they were strong enough to keep out of the if the sow as she lays down Guard rails around the sides of the pen also help it tiie pigs from being overlaid. The pig brooder in the corner, heated by an infra ,amp also contains a creep feeder where the pigs can be fed a ration higher in pro than that needed by the sow. Windows in the farrowing house make the pens light airy, and allow for ventilation during the summer months. The pigs show the influ i of the crossing of their Hampshire dam with a Landrace boar —LF PHOTO rotect Bees From Sprays ounty Beekeepers Told Stes should be moved out the orchard at blossom llfall, county beekeepers J- fnut growers wcr6 tola inesday night at a meet at Florin Farms, Mt. Joy 1 V W. Clarke, Extension l clalist m Beekeeping m the Pennsylvania State versity showed the ap- Ktmately 45 in attend e that unless the bees are loved dfrom the orchard ore the insecticide sprays begun, the beekeeper s the risk of poisoning "bees he honey bees in the or rd at Florin Farms ’had up the poisoning n the Dandelion blossoms -the orchard after the t blossoms had shed. A it half the adult bees and ty of the larvae were ef- |he situation can be cor- ‘arm Calendar fi 6 -? 30 pm. - Pequea alley FFA election of of oers at the high school. ![ to 00 am - Feeder ig sale a 1 the Farm Show oildmg, Harrisburg. " p 111 - Drumore com 'tv 4-H club meets in touse nUt Level Church IT--, 30 pm. - Lincoln ZJ. meets ln the at Any fi re hall. . 7 10 pm. - Hemp “ community 4-H club ” )n tlle Farmdale (the I jo , pm - - Meeting spot 4 - h tiro V lO home of Mau ‘ pm- New ; chih tnce community 4- .30 n ,necls in the school <,/4 H Sp f tm, , - 4 *H eiub meets ° f Maurice r ,° n> Ethe v 0 p m. - Meeting *ef cinK W Baby *Hi n at the home of ope R a i7 roff ’ BareviUe. dem ’ ° n by M. M. Smith. reeled, Clarke said by mov ing the hives a mile or more distant from the sprayed sres. Unless the bees have stored the insecticide in the pollen, they will clean their hives up very quickly. If some poison has been stored, it will take a considerably longer time, but the colony will eventually gain strength They will not produce a very large flow of honey-this year, Clarke said. When asked if sprays on alfalfa were a threat to bees, Clarke said, “Not usually, because most alfalfa sprays are gone before the crop comes into full bloom, but some of the wildflowers, such as upland cress, in the alfalfa field will be worked by the bees during the spray ing season ” ' Clarke said nackaeed bees iju P e f s could be introduced to help strengthen weak colonies, but packaged bees can never be counted on to replace a strong stand of wmtered-ov er bees. WitnessOakFFA Holds Banquet - Approximately ils Future Farmers, their parents and guests attended the annual parent and son banquet of the Witness Oak Chapter FFA in the Donegal High School cafeteria Saturday mght. Donald Musser, chapter president, received the chap ter Star Farmer award. On his way to the honor he was presented the award for out standing work in- dairying and public speaking. Clair Cinder and Walter Myers were presented a wards for their work in Farm Mechanics, While Glen Musser was chosen outstand ing public-speaker in the 11th grade. Guests in attendance in cluded National Regional vice president of the FFA, Dean Hoffer and State Presi dent of FFA, Gerald Grein (Turn to page -10) Lancaster. Pa.. -Satur'day, May 14, 1960 Agri. Council | hree ' rjU UGl©C)3t©S Three delegates and one alternate from the Lancas ter County Agricultural Co* un cil were elected to al tend the election of trustees a t the Pennsylvania State University at a meeting of the council Thursday night Lancaster is' entitled to cast three votes for the two agricultural members of the board of Trustees of the University at the June 9th election. Chosen to represent the Agricultural organizations in the county were Henry Ket tering, Lititz R 2, president the County Holstein Bre fitters; Richard Maule, Quar ryville R 2, Master of the Pomona Grange; and War ren Leimnger, Denver R-., president of the county Swine Producers - Alternate designated was Willis Esben sha | 1631 Esbensha de Rd„ resident of Lancaster Co unty Farm Bureau, j n o^ber business the co uncil heard a report from Walter Dunlap, Jr., repre senting the Lancaster Ch amber of Commerce. Dun lap expressed hope that the council would complete pl ans to have farmers in the county play host to the busi ness men m return for the program. sponsored by the business men during Farm- Business day last November. The council voted to have a committee formulate pl ans for such a day during October, 1960. PASTURE COWS CAREFULLY Dairymen like to see lush pastures come along for their- dairy cows. However, Joe Taylor, Penn State ex tension dairy specialist, sounds a' .warning. The winter feeding can cause mastitis. He ad vises feeding some hay and grain before the cows go out to pasture each day early in the season. Women's pages ibis week will be found on <• - pages 16 and 17 Canning Crops, Livestock Successful For Resslers Editors Note: This is the first of a series of two articles showing the farming operation of Charles A. Ressler and his two sons. Hershey and Charles E. Canning crops and grain crops balanced with a swine breeding-feeding and steer fattening operation add up to a successful program, for the three way partnership of Charles Ressler and his two sons. Hershey and Charles. Attention to careful de- tail and a strict sanitation program on the Rawlinsville farm are part of the formula for producing healthy feeder pigs for the fattening opera tion carried out by the bro thers. Beginning with operation on the home farm when they graduated from Quarryville high school, the two brothers have expanded their pro gram to over 300 acres this year with 80 acres in toma toes, 100 acres in corn, 50 acres in Barley and, for the first time this year, 20 acres in cauliflower. Hershey, the older of the two boys completed the course in vocational agricul ture in 1943 and went back LAZY AS A HOG is an expression that describes the feeder pigs on the Holtwood R 2 farm of Hershey and Charles Ressler. The hogs on this farm have no need to forage for food or run from danger. They have only to eat and grow fat in clean surroundings Top quality feeder pigs such as these in surroundings such as these mean top quality meat for the tables of America. LF PHOTO Plowing Contest Is Planned By Soil Conservation District Plans are being made by the Lancaster County Soil Conservation District direct ors to hold a field day and a plowing contest during the summer. Plans for either event are not complete to this date, but committees are working on the programs. Henry Givler, teacher of Vocational Agriculture at Pequea Valley High School, chairman of the plowing con test, said Monday night at a meeting of the District Directors the matches wo uld be either level land or contour plowing but not both The date, sometime late in July or early August, will bo announced as soon as the committee makes final de cision on the site of the con test A nominal entry fee, to -be paid by the contestant upon making application to enter the contest, will be re funded when the plowman appears at the site with his tractor and plow. Amos Funk, chairman of the Field Day committee, plans to request each coop erating agency to assist in presenting an all day pro- $2 Per Year to the home farm. When Charles finished three years later, he also returned home. Beginning with Yorkshire sows, the boys followed a program of crossbreeding which they feel has produc ed superior type feeder pigs for their fattening operation. With the exception of one Hampshire sow purchased 2 years ago and four Landrace sows imported from Georgia several years ago and since sold, all the female breeding stock on the farm has been raised on the farm. “We believe the boar is the most important animal in the breeding program.” Charles said. “It depends on (Turn to page 8) gram for the farmers in* the county. Details of the pro gram will be made public as the committee secures the aid of the agcncys. In other business, the di- rectors accepted the appli cations of 18 new cooperat ors lor free conservation plans on 1,55312 acres. The land owners, addresses, twp. and acres are as follows: Harry Myers, Pequca, Mar tic Twp., 100 acres; Willis (Turn to page 7) FIVE - DAY WEATHER FORECAST Saturday - Wednesday Temperatures will aver age near normal range of S 3 at night to 74 in the af ternoon for the next five days. A rather slow warm ing trend will begin today and continue through Tuesday. Precipitation for the next five days should average around U inch or less in showers on Satur day. Chance of some light rain~'again about Wednes day.
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