VOL. 9 NO. 11 CORN GROWING AWARDS are exhibited by Leo Martin, seated left, and Donald Herr, to classmates at the Lampeter-Strasburg High School. Looking on, left to right, are William Houser, Elmer Stoltzfus, and Clarence Neff. High Carbon Dioxide In Greenhouses Ups Yields 'Heavy concentration of car bon dioxide in greenhouses has doubled the yield of let tuce and increased tomato yield's by four or five pounds per stallc, a Penn State exten sion \ ogetab'le specialist sand Mondax Jaimes Dutt, speaking at a meeting of county yegetaibCe gioweife on the Farm of Ann os r unk, MJlersvuMe 81, said that while the work is still experimental, the introduction ot eVra eanbon dioxide into greenhouse atmosphere in -win ter appears to give excellent Farm Calendar Peh. 17 7:30 pm. Cen tral 4-H tractor cluto meets ait the shop of L. H. Brutoa ker, Lititz. 7.30 pm. Dairy meeting du the Panm Bureau build ing, DiMerville Rtoad, Lanc aster, sponsored by Fainm Bureau Cooperative. 7:30 pm. Adult class in iweldinig at the agriculture fehop of Ephrata High Sch ool. 7'45 pm. Manheim Young- Farmers class- at the GVlanheum Central High Sch ool Subject, Farm credit 'and financing 8 pm. .Reorganization imeetmg of dhe Lancaster County 4-H leaders council on the Production Credit ibnuMintg, Roseville Road. Peb. is 7-30 pm. Northeast 4-H Tractor club meets at the International (Harvester store in Eiphrata. (Continued on page results Researchers in England found that alfclout 300 1 partis per niiulilnon of cartoon dioxide in the atmosphere (albout the amount in outisiide air) is need ed for plants to make normal growth. Sometimes in winter the cartoon dioxide content in greenhouse atmosphere drops to 150 to 200 ppm, which stops plant growth even though l.ght, moisture, temperature and fertilizer conditions are ideal Dutt said, by keeping the cartoon dioxide content at 800 to 2,000 ppm, plants will pro duce more fruit out of propor tion to vegetative growth The extra carbon dioxide appears to partially compensate for (Continued on Page 12) Fulton Grange Adds Member Earl D Smoker. Quarryville R 2, was taken in as a new member of Fulton Grange #66 at a meeting Monday night” in Oakryn Hall. Master Gyles Brown appoint ed the home economics com mittee to take charge of the turkey supper to be held Apn> 4 The committee members are Mrs Charles Long, Mrs Haiold Alexander, Mrs Joseph Sin clair, Mrs. Wilmer Carrol, and Mrs James Mullen. W. Scott Ankrum is in charge of ticket sales. The Lecturer, Char'es Mc .Sparmn, presented the pro gram. Mrs. Donald MbSparran gave a talk on interior decorat - 4 Continued on Page 161 _ Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 15, 1964 ■Jkmtmf typoiimitied Mid^edp(mUn£itied fM IIE WEEK Kgp Local Future Farmers Of America Celebrate National FFA Week National Future Farmers of Aunerica Week is February la -22, and members through oat the nation are participating in activities to focus attention on the importance of aguculture Lampeter FFA Members Win Corn Awards Two Future Farmers from the Garden Spot Chapter a t Lampeter Strasbourg Higb Sch ool won awardls in the Pennsyl vania Crop Improvement As sociation’s one acre corn grow ing contest. They are Donald Herr, 2125 South View Road, Landaster, and Leo Martin, Strasiburg Rjl. Herr placed third an the Group IV maturity class of the contest. He grew 144 bushels of shelled corn to the acre with a cost of 47 cento a bushel and a profit of $lO3 00 per acre Martin placed in the 100-12'5 bushel class with a yield of 122 bushel per acre at a cost of 44 cents per bushel and a pro fit of $BB.OO for an acre Herr achieved his yield with DeKalib 8 0-5 while Martin used Funk G9l. The one-acre corn contest is conducted annually (by the Pennsylvania Crop Improve ■ Continued on Page 16) Milk Co-ops Eastern Milk Producers Will Insure Price In a (bid for memlberahnp in Lancaster County, Eastern Milk Producers Cooperative Assn , Inc , thus week guarran teed dairymen a full milk or der blend price The announcement, directed to dairy farmers in the Neiw Holland 'Farm's 'and Tri-Oounty Haines area, 'was made hy James Speer, Blairs 'HuUs, Pa He us the cooperative’s district director represent!rug produc ers in ilianca&tei, Chester, Berks and (Lebanon counties. He said the 9,000-memfber cooperative is guaranteeing the full order market price Hess (Continued on Page 5) College President Calls For Excellence In Education A collage president Tuesday night labeled as a “mrjth” the idea that the top college stud ents come from large metro politan high schools I>r Keith Spalding, president of Franklin and Marshall Col lege, speaking at the annual meeting and banquet of the County Extension Association, “AGRICULTURE . Dynamic Challenging” is the theme for this year Vocational agri culture teadheis are pointing out that farming is our largest and most vital industry, and becoming even more so as the population expands ‘Membership in the FFA is mbde uip of boys who are study ing vocational agriculture in high school The organization’s activities are designed to help develop rural leadership and good citizenship, and to stim ulate the boys to better achie vement in their study, and work toward successful posi tions in farming or other rela ted occupations. The national organization has 395,8(12 members with 3. 372 local chapters in 50 states and Puerto Rico Ten of th e local chapters are in Lancaster County Future Farmers choose the week of George Washington’s birthday each year for the ob servance of National FFA Week 'because Washington’s first love was the farm He Was the first to practice contour planting, crop rotations, fertil ization, and other soil conser vation and improvement meth ods. Most of the 10 local chapters are planning special programs to cedebrate the week. $2 Per Year Canvass Co. Metropolitan Agency Seeks To Form New Co-op 'Representatives of a I a rye ■dairy farmer Cooperative fed eration are currently canviase ing this area of Pennsylvania m an. effort to help dairymen form their own local coopera tives and find, better markets for their malic. A spokesman for the Metro politan Cooperative Milk 'Pro ducers Bargaining Agency, Inc., headquartered an Syracuse, N Y said it has representa tives in this area of Vne state who are contacting dairymen who sell their milk under the Xew York-Xerw Jersey market ing order. The spokesman said that the (Continued on Page 5) ’sard he is encouraging student 'from small rural high, schools to enroll in college The myth grew up because “ive do not have tests 'which, measure acourateily such thnn’gts ’as onginaiity, creativity, mo tivation, desire, and initiative ” iDr Spalding called for ex cellence in education, saying, ‘‘Education oif all kinds is im portant, but excellent education will be the saving of the na tion ” Excellence is elusive, but it is important enough, to he a national goal Excellence must he espoused across the /board. ‘We need the rigors of excell ence in all phases of oui na tional life, he said ■Calling attention to our gi owing population, Di. Sipdld ing said there is an “unsettMng factor” in tihe progress of out societj The urban-centered so ciety of tod/ay has in it more seeds of self destruction than did the agrarian society of a century ago. He said, “It does no good to be nostalgic”, about the chan (Continued on Page 7) FIVE-DAY WEATHER FORECAST Temperatures during the next live days are expected to average near noimal for this time of year. Xormal temperatures,range Irom a low ol 34 at night to a high ol 42 in the afternoon. Mo derating tojuporaturcd today will give way to colder Sun day with little day to day period. Precipitation may to change for the rest of the tal 0.1 to 0.5 (melted) oc curring as some scattered snow or rain late Saturday or Sunday and again at the end of the period.
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