-• Several lessons have been products are entitled to a viAiifr Pvr\rArCAM learned from it. fair profit on their labor and UllwUlx TIwYT j tApiCabvU First, we learned that far- investment. , *■ a' ■ mers need to be represented / CountV harm Loadors around the bargaining table. W. Martin Muth, Work it* , Secondly we need to aid Unit Conservationist, United As the year draws to a close, farmers look back to see the distributor in promoting Slates Department of Agri ly lessons can be learned from the past year and for- the sale of our products. We culture, Soil Conservation to the plans for the coming growing season. Lancast- need to Jielp create a desire Service reports an increase inning asked several agricultural leaders in the coun- for wholesome food, not only in interest in soil and Water i express their views of the farming picture in 1860 ’conservation in Lancaster their outlook for 1881. County in 1960. One hund red and twenty secen new cooperators were added to the District rolls. Of these one hundred and four assisted the Soil Conservation Service vice technicians to develop S. Sloat, Associate ;y Agent says the poul tusines? looks somewhat • for the first half of Egg prices should im somewhat with fewer housed. There will ly be some evening •ing the latter half of HARRY S. year. filers will be on a pfet* Time, patience and work 'se competitive basis have brought 1960 to -a close. mble, Hackman Win rn. Tobacco Roundup 'aul Trimble, Quarryville Rl, made it three in a row as v he exhibited the grand champion corn-at the 4-H corn and tobacco roundup. Billy Hackman, o£ ■ethtown R 3, featured in both events at the Bayuk Company warehouse when he showed the grand ion hand of wrapper tobacco, the reserve champion of filler tobacco, and reserve champion exhibit of laid Trimble, older ir of Paul, finished in place in the corn con after being runner-up brother at both the and ‘59 shows. Calendar 3—7 30 pm. - Northern ; tor club holds organ tonal meeting at Ivan it’s, Farmersville. 'pm. - Solanco Fair i. meeting in the agri ire room of Solanco School, Quarryville. ion of officers. Pm. - Meeting the Lancaster County Conservation District >tors m the County c House, Lancaster. ■ p.m. - Organizational in ® 4-H electric at the PP&L building the square, Lancaster. & — 12; 15 p m . . County :o show at the Farm Auditorium, Dil ' Selection of “ for Farm Show. 13—Pennsylvania Farm Show, Harris- County Agriculture Leaders Look Toward depending on costs of pro duction. The margin is like ly to be narrow, but there will probably be a little bet ter demand by the consum ing public. Fruit growers are looking for a heavier crop than in 1960 and perhaps a little more competition price wise. It looks like the vegetable supply will be ample with probably a little better de mand because of a light car ryover from this year. Grain supplies for feed are ample the country over and in Lancaster County. Live stock feeders should have a good supply of feed grains, and here the efficient feeders who have kept careful rec ords &nd watched manage ment carefully will be the ones who will have good re turns. During the first half of the new year employment will be not quite as full as in 1960; therefore, consumer purchasing power may be a little less than in the first half of the present year. B. Snavely Garber, dalfy fanner at Willow Street R 2; Champion filler hand was shown fay Annette Long of Lititz R 3, whiles the reserve champion ribbon in the wrapper class was won by David Myer, Millersville Rl. ( Myer posted highest total project score with a total of 98.7 points of a possible 100. Kenneth Porter, Wash ington Boro R 7, was a close (Turn to Page 5) Four Argentine Agriculturists Tour County Four Argentine agricul turists spent some time m Lancaster County this week where they visited four firms to gain an over all view of agriculture and the poultry industry in particu lar. Aldo Conti operates a co operative in the interior of Argentina where he has 300 associated farmers raising laying hens. Arnaldo Franker* is the Buenos Aires manager of Alfa Laval, a branch of the DeLaval company handling . SNAVELY GAB, through the donation money, but through aci aid to the retailer of products. 'Production of is not enough. We have sell it too. Third, we should not be chagrined when the process or adds to or takes away from the product we send him, if It goes toward mak ing a better consumer pro duct. Furthermore we must realize that the assembler of farm products, the processor and the distributor of those Electric Club To Organize By; Victor Plastcw, Associate County Agent. The reorganization of the 4-H Farm and Home Elect ric Club tor 1961 will be held Wednesday evening, January 4, 1961 at 7 30 p ra in the Greist Building, lo cated on the square in Lan caster. During the first year mem bers will become acquainted with the electrical terms and tools, the many uses o£ el ectricity, the safe use of electricity, good lighting, and splicing and soldering wires and extension cords. It is hoped that each mem ber will have the fun of building something useful and displaying it at a “round up ” Secbnd year members will learn more details on. how electricity is to be handled safely, the value of electricity, especially com pared to manual labor, what makes a light work, how to care for electrical equip ment properly, simple elect rical repairs that can be done about the home, and care ahd use of an electric motor Adult leaders of the club this yea r will be Richard Green, PP&L Farm Concul tant, and John Wagner of Quarryville R 2. Any boy or girl between the ages of 10 and 20 is in vited to join the club at the initial meeting. poultry equipment in the Argentine. Christopher Seward is the manager of Cia Swift DeLa (Turn to page 10) W. MARTIN MUTH soil and water conservation plans for their farms. One on more conserva tion practices were applied on three hundred and seven ty-four farms, increases in application were noted in contour strip cropping up Ankrum Elected Guernsey Assn. President Paul Ankrum, Peach Bot tom, was reelected to the office of president by the di- rectors of the Lancaster Co. Guernsey Breeders Associa tion at their recent meeting. Meeting at the home of Harold Herr, Kirkwood, the PAUL ANKRUM directors also returned to office vice president Rohrer Witmer, Willow Street R 2, and secretary-treasurer, Har old Herr. President Ankrum then appointed the following two committees: Tour Committee Harry Mumma, John Landis and Stanley Hess. Field Day Committee: Rohrer Witmer, Samuel Myers and Robert Bronne man. 1961 three hundred and cighty-ona acres to a total of 2,87 S acres applied in 1960. Di version terraces were up more than a mile and tile more han fifteen hundred feet over 1959 We look for a continued interest and an increase in the rate of application of conservation measures in 1961. Willis Esbenshado, presi dent of Lancaster County Agriculture Extension Asso ciation: The Lancaster Coun ty farmer has had a good year in 1960 in respect to crop yields. Cash crops were good. Prices were about on a 1959 level. Eggs, beef and broilers were up a little at S Z. ESBENSHA the end of the year. For 1961 these prices will be back again where they were in a couple of months, (Turn to page 8) $225 Is Offered For Truck Essay Two Future Farmers in the Junior class at Solanco High School will carry away $225.00 in prize money from a contest announced this week. (Turn to page 10) FIVE - DAY WEATHER FORECAST Saturday * Wednesday Temperatures for the next five days will aver age near the normals of 25 at night and 40 in the afternoon. The range will be from slightly above nor mal over the week end to slightly below at the be ginning of the week. Pre cipitation may total Vz in. or more falling as rain or snow Monday or Tuesday. Snowfall during Decem ber was near the record of 15 inches which fell last year. The 1960 December total was 14.5 nches. December 1960 was also one of the coldest on rec- ord being about on a par wth the last month of '32, '35, and '5B. The only De cember on record being significantly colder was in *1917. Precipitation for the year to date totals 45.5 inches compared to the normal of 41.17 for Lancaster.
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