to L. 6 NO. 28 HEIFERS ON THE JAY LANDIS FARM have the run or a lot near the barn.. The filers, calved early last fall are fed hay and grain m the barn but have some pasture they want it These thirteen heifers are being kept as herd replacements m the ’4-eow *rd of registered Holsteins. The farm house ,in the background shows the neatness and ■auty of the farmstead. - L F p^o orn Crop Has Poor Coloring lecause Of Cold Weather Cora is up on most Lanc rter County farms, but the lor is poor. Most farmers tl that the light color is it to the cool temperatures id will be overcome with a w days of warm weather, me fields have been given si cultivations. Hay end silage making is ill under way in the Gar n Spot with many farm 5. who did not spray al ia fields last fall, trying salvage the crop without raying. Moisture in the soil con wed adequate for most jps despite the small a iunt of rainfall during >y Fragmentary reports of i v temperatures on the arm Calendar le 3—evening - Senion intension square dance at he fan.i of H. B. Endslow, Janetta Rl. ic 5—4.30 pm. - Lancast r County Vocational Ag 'eulture Teachers Associa te meets at Lampeter - 'trasburg High School. 3 0 pm. - Elizabethtown - ! oncgal 4-H Strawberry hib roundup sponsored by le Krwanis club at Aunt al ly’s Kitchen, Elizabeth an ? 00 Pm. ■ County 4-H Of acers Training conference ?: „ lht ‘ John Neff School, Notl^aie f. 00 P m - New Holland 4- community club meets the New Holland bank “Ullclmg. P® 6 —B 00 p.m. - Town & t Unt 'y 4-H business club uJ rs t,le Weis food mar ct ° a the Lititz Pike. Rl° a ?~' Boo P-m. - Lititz cl 4-H community Schoof ®' a^an<^ P m * Boots & Cl Ub m hg < ht h ° rse & pony V] C ,„ m ° et 'S at Mountain h en Pony farm near no J p T . , the v :f 01nt meeting of oonhf. , , and Lancaster tlio bab y beef club at north? , of Ed ward Bishel 800 of York - 1 Coun <y 4 -H ry Pr.n. meets at the Poult ®,oSeviUe Boad. huttf... of exe cutive com members. mornings of May 30 and 31 indicate possible freeze dam age to fruit and vegetable crops in northwestern and north central counties, the Pennsylvania Crop Reporting Service said this week. Damage is apparently spot ty and is limited to ridges and areas with little natural protection, Weather during the week which ended May 29 was fa vorable for farmers to work in the fields. Farmers plowed disked and planted land in com, potatoes and tomatoes over much of Pennsylvania. Oats were planted in north ern counties. Fresh asparagus continues to move to market in good daily volume. Strawberries in southern Pennsylvania have made good set and early fields are starting to show color. Limited picking is expected during the first week of June. Lettuce and spring spinach supplies are holding up well. Green peas need higher tem peratures for faster growth. Harvest of early peas for processing is expected to start about June 20. Snap bean and sweet corn planting is making progress. Tomato transplanting for the processing crop is about 50 to 75 per cent finished in » - v - JC* **» southern and central counties and is just getting started in the Erie-Crawford production area Fruit tree bloom is prac tically over and fruit devel opment is starting in the southern part of the state. Most fruits seem to have a fair to good set Restrain Pets Owners Asked The Pennsylvania Game Commission last week ap pealed to dog and cat owners to keep their pets restricted during this critical nesting season. Most hunting dog owners abide by the law which bans dog training between April 1 and July 31. This is a wise provision because' most game birds are hatched and many game animals are born dur ing late May and the first half of June. (Turn to page 14) AGRICULTURAL library THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE Lancaster Farming, Saturday. June 3. 1961 Future Farmer Given Award Clarence Bauman, presi dent of the Lancaster County chapter as well as the Gar den Spot Chapter Future Farmers of America, was named county winner in the state-wide Production Credit and National Farm Loan re cords contest Monday by James C. Fink, state FFA advisor. The contest is based on the terming program evalu ation and is judged on farm finance and production rec ords. State winner was Larry Herr of South Lebanon high school. The Lancaster Dist rict winner was Ronald Buff ington of Upper Dauphin school. Bauman, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Bauman, Lancaster R 7 and a student of Lampeter-Strasburg high school, received a $5 award. Freeman Asks Dairy Month Cooperation Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman today called attention to the 25th anniversary of June Dairy Monthto be celebrated next month by tire American dairy industry, and praised the Nation’s dairy fanners for their contribution to al most 350 years of dairy prog ress in the United States. “Constant attention to breeding and farm manage ment, coupled with advance ments in processing and mar keting, have resulted in a continual abundance of nu tritious, high quality milk & dairy products for our grow ing population,” the Secre tary said. The nutritional value of milk and dairy products in the daily diet of young and old alike is widely recogniz ed, Secretary Freeman said, adding that the nutrients in dairy foods represent a tre mendo'us bargain the year a round. “We estimate that dairy foods are about 28 percent of our total food supply, yet only 19 cents out of each market basket dollar goes for dairy products,” he point ed out. The Secretary urged con sumers and all segments of (Turn to page 12) Records Build Production For DHIA President Nestled along the east bank of the Conestoga Creek just south of Millersville is the 120 acre farm operated by Mr. and Mrs. Jay E. Landis and their three sons The farmstead, almost hid- den from traffic on Wabank Road, is neat, clean and well cared for. Buildings in excel lent repair and painted a gleaming white are set off by well trimmed lawns and carefully pruned shrubbery. As you drive toward the picturesque framslead, you think this must be a show place where most of the time is spent keeping the grounds in order, but you soon find out this is a real dairy farm. With com planted and first cutting of hay made, Jay Landis, president of the Red Rose Dairy Herd Improve ment Association took a breather this week to show us around his barn and grounds. All the work is done by Mr. and Mrs. Landis with an occasional assist from a 17 year-old neighbor Cutworm Damage May Be Severe Spray Soil To Control Pest Cutworm damage in tobacco fields may be severe be cause of the recent weather conditions, assistant county agent Arnold Lueck said this week. For control, growers are advised to treat the soil before, transplanting the tobac co plants into the field. Wireworm damage is also likely, but treatment for this pest can be applied with the transplanting water Lueck recommends any of the following chemicals and amounts to be applied to pre pared soil at least three days before the transplanting is to be done, Chlordane, three pounds of 50% wettable powder, three pints 45% liquid, or 30 pounds of 5% dust per acre; DDT, three pounds of 50% wettable powder, three quarts of 25% liquid, or 40 pounds of 5% dust; Toxaphene, four pounds of 40% wettable powder, IV2 quarts 60% liquid, or twenty pounds 10% dust; Heptachlor two pounds 25 % wettable powder, one quart 2-E, or 25 pounds of 2 J /a % dust. (Hep tachlor Should not be used this year on-ground growing root crops or any forage crops. ADA Schedules Dairy Month Kickoff Dinner Cleveland, Ohio - June, traditionally a time of lush pastures, contented cows, and brimming milk buckets, will literally bust out all over Cleveland this year The city will serve as the launching pad for the 1961 edition of June Dairy Month -—the milk-industry's nation wide sales pi emotion festi val Launching ceremonies are scheduled for June 7, at the 76th Annual Convention of The Holstein - Friesian As sociation of America in the Sheraton-Cleveland Hotel (Turn to page 12) $2 Per Yeas student. The three Landis sons are eight, five and two years old. The herd of about 24 milk (Turn to page 6) Red Rose Herd High In DHIA Second Time A registered Holstein cow in the hez’d at the Red Rose Research Farm completed the highest 305 day lactation during April in the Red Rose Dairy Hezd Improved Asso ciation The record of “Lora” 17,984 pounds of milk and 713 pounds of butterfat and a 4 0 test, put the Reseai'ch farm at the top of the list for the second consecutive-month The herd of George Rutt, Stevens R 1 had the high but • terfat average for the month. (Turn to page 121 Lueck says the material should be applied at least three days before transplant ing time in order for the ma terial to kill the worms. The chemical may be applied with a high volume and high pressure sprayer or a low volume weed-type sprayer, but at least 20 gallons of the spray should be put on each acre at 40 to 80 pounds pressure. For wireworm control, Lueck recommends one pound of 25% Aldnn, or Vz pound of 50% Chlordane, or Vi pound of 50% Dieldrin in the wettable powder, or % pint 5% Lindane liquid in the transplanting solution. The wettable powders should be stirred occasionally to keep the materials in sus pension and get good distri bution. Lueck suggests that growers use ample trans planting solution to insure wetting ot the soil around the plant. FIVE - DAY WEATHER FORECAST Saturday - Wednesday Temperatures during the next five days are expect ed to average two to six degrees below the nor mal Tange of 59 at night to 80 in the afternoon. Somewhat cooler by Satur day night followed by a gradual return to season able temperatures by Mon day and a change to cool er temperatures again on Tuesday night or Wednes day. Rain may accumulate up to 0.6 inches falling mainly Monday night or Tuesday,
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