“OL. 5« NO. 45 MELVIN SHELLY, KNEELING AT THE LEFT EXAMINES the plastic sheet over ke tobacco bed just treated chemically to prevent weed growth. The two gas bottles are minted on a tool bar at the rear of tire tractor. One of the bottles contains the chemical, tone, while the other one contains nitrogen under pressure to force the chemical bough the hoses to the ground. The plastic wi.l remain on the beds until seeding time. Ihelly farms with Robert Henney at Lititz Rl. —L. F. Photo lampeter Dairy Show Has Four Champions Hie county Ayrshire knpionship continued to u-saw Thursday as Marilyn tanish, QuarryviUe ’ K 2, towed her aged cow to the lip spot over the two year lid entry of her cousin R. item Hamish, Christiana' SI In the Holstein judging, Richard Hess, Strasburg R 1 •is hard pressed by femin to competetors as he took to Grand Championship ro- Rtte over the Reserve ttompion entry of Mrs. Rob Kauffman, Manheim Rl, W the Junior champion town by Carol Ann Hess of toasburg Rl. Most of the Gu -rnsey hon ®s were garnerec by show ton by the name of Brene- Farm Calendar Dtt i District 4-H horse show at Ludwig Comer, in Chester county. W 4 to 6—Twenty-third an toial Northeastern Poultry froducers Cooperative (N -EPPCO) convention in the War Memorial auditorium Syracuse, N. Y. 3 7.30 p.m. - County council Executive committee meets in the Sarm ' Bureau building, Dillemlle Road, Lancast er s —i-oo p. m - Judging “I all crop, vegetable and ®°momaking homemaking exhibits, swine, sheep and Poultry at the Manheim Community Farm show. V SO - Judging of the Baby exhibits at the Man- Community Farm thow. . 6 —10:00 a.m. Farmers and pick up the bus- for Business Sarm day. Meeting is at Sales Pavilion, (Turn to page 14) ipah. The Grand Champion went to Arthur Breneman of Willow Street, John Brene man and,Roy Breneman, al so of Willow Street Rl, showed the Reserve and Jun ior champion respectively. Carol Ann Krantz, daugh ter of Mr. and "Mrs. Elvin Krantz, New Providence Rl, took the Jersey honors and went on to win the 4-H fit ting contest. Carol Ann won the fitting event at Solanco Fair just two weeks ago. Re serve Champion Jersey was exhibited by Lucille Kreider QuarryviUe Rl, while the Senior championship went to the entry of Phyllis Landis, Oak View Road, Lancaster, (Turn to page 6) County Farmers Take Two Crop Awards At New Holland Top places in the tobacco and corn judging at New Holland Fair this week went to Lancaster County farmers, but the big money prize for the top hay exhi bit was carried off by a Lebanon County Future Far mer. The $lOO grand champion bale slice of heat cured al falfa hay was exhibited by George Bryce, Lebanon R 4. William Rhinier, another Future Farmer, from New Holland R 2, took home the $5O grand prize for his lath of five wrapper tobacco st alks. The award ( for the best single ear of com was cap tured by Roy Musser, Blue Ball while the best ten ears were exhibited by Clyde Wlssler, New Holland Rl. The Cocalico chapter FFA prepared the top exhibit of 30 ears. The crop show, featured Lancaster, Pa., Saturday, October 1, 1960 Farmers' Assn. Plans Banquet The annual banquet of the Lancaster County Farmers’ Association has been schedul ed October 6 at Hostetters banquet hall, Mount Joy. Members and their wives are urged to be present for the business meeting when policies will be developed and and directors for the fol lowing year will be elected. For the members who are not able to attend the ban quet at 7:00 p.m., the invita tion is extended to hear the speaker, John W. Bittinger, president of Snyder County Farmers Association, at 8.00 pm. section of the fair, drew 105 hay entries, 75 tobacco ex hibits and 107 displays of field corn. Meanwhile, Nelson Wert, New Holand HI, took first place in the FFA fat lamb show with a Suffolk. Wert, a junior FFA member in the Grassland Chapter is an eighth grade student at the Garden Spot High School. Larry Carson, New Holland took both second and third placings. Kenneth Sauder of East Earl Rl, was fourth. Judges of the show were Garland Gingerich, teacher of Vocational Agriculture at Penn Manor H. S., sheep; James Stere, New Holland Machine Co., and Dr. John Baylor, Pennsylvania State University, hay; Richard Charles and Richard Landis of Bayuk Cigar Co., tobac co; and Frank'Earner, PSU, com. Tobacco Bed Steaming May Be On Way Out Another of the time-honor ed processes in the tobacco growing business may well be slated for the scrap heap, if the new process being tried on several county farms lives up to its advanced bill ing. To many tobacco growers, one of the most frustrating chores with the crop is the steaming of the tobacco beds. Not only is the job distaste ful to some farmers, it is time consuming as well. Mary Jane Herr Sweeps Lampeter Beef Show A chunky 875 pound Here ford named Chee-ze took ad vantage of the four leaf clov er found by his mistress as the steer was being loaded for the trip to the Lampeter Fair Wednesday. Mary Jane Herr, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Herr, Refton, with the thought of that lucky four leaf clover (the 4-H symbol) New Holland Beef Crown Goes To Carl Weaver A 1,130 pound Angus ste er named Shorty came out on the long end in the beef cattle judging Thursday at the New Holland Fair. Shorty, a Lancaster Co unty-bred calf, won for his master, Carl Weaver, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Weav er, New Holland Rl, the first grand championship rosette of his career which started eight years ago. Weaver a graduate of Gar den Spot High School receiv ed his steer from the herd of George Jackson and Son, of Christiana Rl when the ste er weighed 520 pounds. Rosemary Nolt, the 13 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chester Nolt, Barc ville, captured the runner up spot with a 1,015 pound Future Farmers From County On State Team Two Lancaster County Fu ture Farmers represented the state in the livestock judging contest at tire Virginia State Fair at Richmond this week. John Henry Hess, of Man heim Rl, who placed sixth in the state contest at the June convention paced the 3-man Pennsylvania team to a third place ribbon Monday. Larry Weaver, New Hol land, who placed sixth in state competition earlier this year, was the other team member from Lancaster Co. Hess is a student at Man heim Central High School while Weaver is enrolled in Vocational Agriculture at Garden Spot High School, New Holland. $2 Per Year Robert Henney, Lititz Rl, this week eliminated the steaming process on lus to bacco beds for 1961. Using a chemical sterilizing agent, Henney hopes to get as good weed control as with conven tional steaming methods, with the additional bonus of some nomatode control. Chemical soil sterilization is not a new idea. It has been done for many years in green houses and hot beds, but lar (Turn to page 14) she had just found, nudged hef charge to the grand championship of the show as well as the showmanship and fitting titles over thirteen other Herefords and four an gus. Roy Slaymaker, Stras burg Rl, showed his angusto the Reserve Championship of the show as well as the top (Turn to page 7) Angus in her first year of 4-H Baby Beef work. Champion Hereford was exhibited by Rodella Kurtz, Morgantown He weighed in at 1050 pounds. Meanwhile a 204 pound Duroc Jersey barrow, shown by John Eby, Gordonville, R 1 took the championship _in the swine show. Judge Lester Burdette, Livestock Extension Special ist from Pennsylvania Stale University, gave the nod for reserve champion to the 222 pound Landrace entry of Lavid Lapp, Bareville Rl. Third place award went to Glenn Smoker, Narvon R 2 for his 221 pound York shire. John Campbell, New Hollahd showed a 236 pound Yorkshire to the fourth pl ace in the show. The sale of show steers at the New Holland Sales Bam (Turn to page 5) FIVE - DAY WEATHER FORECAST Saturday - Wednesday Near normal to slightly below normal temperatures are forecast for the next live days. Normal tempera tures for this week range from a low of 51 at night to a high of 71 in the af ternoon. Cooler over the weekend with warmer ear ly in the week. Rainfall is expected to total 0.4 inch or more occuring on Sun day night and again about Wednesday. The 8.50 inch es of rainfall in the city and over 9 inches in other county areas makes this the wettest September on rec ord. Normal for the month is 3.32 inches. September temperatures averaged a bout one degree above nor mal.
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