6 NO 4 iOST 'THfJEE HUNDRED" CHRitoTMAS TREES xeady for delivery are loaded ;ruck., Joseph Lesley, standing beside the truck says a load like -Hiis has been it every day since Thanksgiving, day. Most of,the trees on this load have been ere are several “dug trees” in baskets at "the bottom of the load. These trees for wholesale* on the-Philadelphia main line where much of die production :y farm ends its; journey. —L.F. Photo Christmas Tree Time Year For The Lesleys 1° do you go nbout get- ern tip of the county. COflt© Fence a family: forming Supplying Yuletide cheer The first Southeastern ui£U is mfferKrt, iri the form erf -well grown Pennsylvania QuaUty Hay T g «:i^ d and sha P ed 1x668 18 real * Conference has been schel „ * ; ization of a dream the l.es- uled far January 19, 1961 at ‘X'li “&SL2 (Tum “ 6) % <=> tfeef V© Ag CoUrSG have been held annually, in a; Is Approved y= y S^ e tC^J by the Lesley fami- r pi, e2 * bay sam^ es . bave been * For cphrata exhibited and audged by . “ competent hay authorities, oi trie trees moving The Ephrata Union School Nearly one third of these . lakesi “ e farm have board this week approved samples (951) were shown at ong way on their the establishment of a joint the Southeastern district to Pennsylvania liv- vocational agriculture course show held annually each forests i n the new high school for August at Hershey during ia, but most of the students in both the Ephrata Pennsylvania Dutch Days. tested 3 on^the^'hip 1 an ? Cocalico Union High Subjects such as Random over ookhm Scho °l S ' . n Handling. A Balanced For at the extreme qnnth- - Students fr° m Cocali- age p ro gram, Home Made the extreme south. C o Union district will be en- and Handy _ Gadgets to rolled on a tuition' basis and m gke hay handling easier, will remain at the local high Latest Achievements in Cut school for all other subjects, ting and Handling Hay, and Transportation will be pro- A Look at Field Wafermg of vided by the Cocalico dis- jjay will be discussed by trict. The course is to be set specialists from industry and up in time for the 1961-1962 Pennsylvania State Uni school term. versity, and successful farm „ „ At the sme time the board ers to T pl ° y - % VO f a ' Highlight of the afternoon ’reducers Cooperative ' Coatesville TVmr«- VT r l f^ us , P J fns ior aa f armers moderated by Dr. I ’ r ult night classes in the same j E Baylor> extension for j , su b]cct. age s p ec i a ii s t a t P S.U. The officers named at In reaching an agreement, topic wUI be « Ho w We Han . al reorganization Dr. William Bixler pointed dlp A ~ d utilize Fnraee” .of the marketing out to the board that it has 6 Foraf ■ive’s board of direc- an obligation to fulfill. He program is scheduled lude vice president, said the promise for a voca- *°. begin at 9.45 a m , and Hess, Hershey, and tional ag course was made to conclude with the panel , John H. Herr, of the taxpayers when the dis- discussion at 2.30 pm. !r H 7; trict was formed in 1956, if G. Carlin, Coates- such a course was requested, ing principal, said the pres , was elected treas- Space has been provided in ent enrollment in vocational succee< * Hbner F. the plans for the new high ag at Cocalico , totals 20. Kheems. school, now under construe- There are 12 students at cooperative held its tion, and the cost of equip- Ephrata who indicated they membership meeting ment is estimated at $8,400. would take the course next r Allen Hammon, supervis- term. Melhora esident Egg Co-op La least' 3 ►'a., Saturday, December 17, 1960 Quality Hay Hu • .■ _ <_ ; >; lt 7y WS PiNHSitLSHkIA STATE COLLEGE Harry S. Sloat To Retire, Served County 40 Years Harry S. Sloat, Associate County Agent, this week an nounced he will retire on January 31 after an even 40 years of service to Lancaster County agriculture. Known to county farmers as “Sloatie”, he has become h* March 1949, Sloat became a familiar figure at agricul- the first agent in the state ture meetings in the Garden to be so designated. Spot where he usually chose Sloat is recognized -thru to take the role of advisor ou t the state and beyond as and let others take'The bows. an authority on tobacco, as Sloat came to Lancaster w ®tt as other field crops. County as an assistant in Agronomists .at the Penn- Farm Management in Febru- sylvania State University ary 1921. Three years later have said the field corn vari ety demonstrations conduct ed for the past 26 years by Sloat as the most signifi cant trials in the state. Realizing the importance of forage crops to the dairy and beef cattle operations in the county Sloat was one of the pioneers in developing a spray program for the con trol of spittle bugs, alfalfa weevil, and clover bud wee vil. Farm management studies started and conducted con tinuously by Sloat are in their 40th year—the longest continuous program of its kind in he United States. Long active in poultry management activities, Sloat assisted in the development of the Lancaster Poultry As sociation, The Lancaster Poultry Exchange, The Lan caster Poultry Center and he was appointed Assistant the Producer’s Cooperative County Agent. Exchange, Coatesville. When the post of associate He still serves on the County Agent was created (Turn to page 14) Outlook Panelists See More Production Boosts Farm production has been, and continues to be increas ing faster than the population of the country. This was-the main point of agreement between farmers and economists at the Agricultural Outlook conference Thursday night. Representatives of various . , , ~ segments of the agricultural hurricane - damaged citrus economy, one after the other, crops counted for smaller reported increases in the supplies of these commodi production of milk, meat ties. eggs, grain, and even farm Milk production this year machinery and credit. About ran about six to seven per the only cutbacks in produc- cen *- above the 1959 figure; tion noted were in the fruit production per producer in line where apple yields and creased about seven or eight percent. Paul Hand, econo mist employed by the Inter- I imnafAK VC A state Milk Producers’ Coop- LdlTlpGT6f II A erative, told the group if the r| , trend continues through ’6l elects Utticers the New York blend price is likely to be 10 to 25 cents West Larrme-er Young hundredweight lower Farmers Association return- Dre Sent levels ed two officers to their posts A fi P nal decislon was hand . and elected three new offic- ed down on federal milk ers Thursday night. marketing order 61 for the Returned to the post of pi d i ade iphia market Thurs president for the second (Turn 13) term was Alfred Overly, QuarryviHe Rl, who was re- _~.pi DAV cently elected regional vice flVt • Unl president of the Pennsylva- WEATHER ma Assn, of YFA. Also returned to his office for a second term was chap lain Wilmer Kraybill, Lam peter Road. Other officers elected were vice president, Lester Weng er, Lancaster R 7; secretary, Elvm Rohrer, Jr, 2529 Horseshoe 'Road, Lancaster, and treasurer, John Jacob Oberholtzer, Bird-In-Hand Rl. The meeting was held in the agriculture room of the Lampeter - Strasburg High School. $2 Per Year FORECAST Saturday - Wednesday Temperatures for the next five days will average two to nine or more de grees below the normal range of 28 at night to 41 in the afternoon. Turning colder tonight and moder ating about Wednesday. Precipitation may total one half inch or less occur ring as rain or snow about Sunday.
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