Machinery Firm plans Field Day .fichmery valued at $lOO - will be on display at .0° u annual International Investor field day on Aug ust 24 Visitors to the Norman Jr farm on Route 501, jnile north of Schaeffer °nC vV iil see 14 machines tO V a total of 40 bottoms Sowing at one time. V Following the plowing Homoiistration, scheduled to “0* underway at 10 am , a Lp lunch will be served by , he cooperating dealers. During the afternoon, any of the 80 new mach ines on dls P lay Wlll be used n the forage and hay mak j a demonstration. Balers fflt h bale thrower, field chP ppcrs of the auger blow er and the direct throw type, power forage feeders, har vesters with cutter bar, row cro p and pick up attach ments and mowers and hay Quality Feeds at Low Cost.... ★ Labor Saving Bulk From Our Facilities to Our Exce’lent We Can Serve Your Individual Needs Call M t. Joy 3*2411 Today! Wolgemuth Bros., Inc. • Honorary Degree (From page 1) ly from all tne states to re ceive the degree, the highest award made by the Future Farmer organization Myers, graduated from East Berlin High School in Adams County where he was a charter member in that FFA chapter, began his FFA activities there and was nam ed the‘'school’s outstanding senior FFA member in 1941. After graduation from the Pennsylvania State Univer sity with aB. S. degree in Agricultural Education in 1949 where he had been re porter for the collegiate chapter FFA, Myers accept ed the teaching position at Lampeter - Strasburg where he has been since that time In addition to completing work for ,a Master of Science conditioners will be among die machines m action dur ing the afternoon program Rain date for the event is Friday, August 26 at the same farm. ree wr:rr3 Kills Quack Grass roblem grasses choke out crops, reduce yields, make extra iltivatmg work! Clean up your fields with Dowpon*. It’s lore economical . . . more effective . . . kills grasses, roots ad all. . , reduces regrowth pioblems. Will not injure grazing vestock if accidentally eaten. Apply in spring or fall before lanting, or as a selective spray, or as spot treatment on certain •ops. ome in for your f/ee sample. Enough Dowpon to spray 225 ft. of problem grass. Vc demark of The Dow Chemical Company HESS BROS. PHONE OL 3-7195 Modem Manufacturing Service— FLORIN, PENNA. degree in Agriculture Educa tion at the University, Myers has found time to carry an active role in the local, state and national teachers organ izations. He is at present the secretary-treasurer of the Pennsylvania Vocational Ag riculture Teachers Associa tion and a life member of the National Education Asso ciation. Under his guidance, Myers has seen 45 young men earn the Keystone Farmer degree, and eight have been awarded the club’s highest award, the American Farmer degree. Myers has coached five par liamentary procedure teams to regional wins and one state championship. He has seen five of his students be come State FFA officers one of them becoming State president. Myers received the Honorary Keystone Far mer Degree in 1956. Myers served four" years with the army during World War II He is at present a Major m the army active re serve. FLORIN. PA. BAGS BULK ★ Easy Handling 50’s Lancaster Farming, Saturday. August 20. 1960 Married to the former Gladys Stover of Louisville, Ky, he is the father of two sons, George, Jr, and Char les, and one daughter Maur me. The degree will be present ed during the national con clave in the municipal audi torium, Kansas City, Missou ri. NEW WHEAT Redcoat, a new soft red winter wheat, will be the recommended variety for Pennsylvania farmers in ’6l, announces Elmer C. Pifer, extension agronomist at Penn State The Pennsylvania Foundation Seed Cooperative has 29 acres of Redcoat now which will be so d to seed growers for production of registered and/or certified seed for sale next year. Read the Classifieds. The power idea Chop-AE9 with ground-line gathering chains right te the toe of taller row shrouds, nothing sots by a Gehl. Down and tongieJ cr goosonecked you leave a clecicr field. SNAVELY’S FARM SERVICE NEW HOLLAND • Crop Summary (From page 7) mount of blight being report ed It is possible that pota toes will be harvested earlier than anticipated if growing conditions remain favoranle. Above average yields aro being obtained from most vegetable crops. Quality is, for the most part, higher than usual for this time in the season. Barring drastic weather changes, record high yields may be obtained from several vegetable crops. Summer apples such as Rambo, Transparent, Duchess and Lodi varieties continue in light supply and a few Wealthy ■ trees arc about ready for harvest. How things change! Now adays when the doctor finds a patient in a'rundown con dition, he prescribes less gplf and more time at the office, This two-row capacity champ elides under down corn, leaves short stubble . . . takes all the tallest com can dish out. Biggest reason is the Gehl power idea...smoothest no-lost motion design for clipping off heavy corn. Twin shear plates, 3 power-driven compression rolleis, and fast sweeping fan pull the rug from under restrict ed capacity. Gets more corn in when it’s just right for silage. There are more facts we’ll performance-prove ’em for you. ■op 6-ft. mtwtr bir S»lf-proptllod Chop-All GEHL PUTS ALU PRICE FACTORS IN YOUR FAVOR PHONE EL 4-2214 13
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