AGRICULTURAL LIBRARY THE PENNSYLVANIA S 9 NO. 32 Hi Ann Wivell (left) and Pat Yunginer present a Shoo-fly pie and Apple vdy demonstration. Their demonstration was the dairy foods winner at the monstration Day held Monday at Penn Manor High School. nstration Winners Enter District Finals Everett Newswanger Staff Reporter top notch display of youth t was seen at-Penn Man igh School this week when 1H \gi icultural and Home nom i c s Demonstration s and the Public Speak contestants had their 1U play-off fen Bieneman and Linda >S emeiged as the County iei ' m Public Speaking t‘ le n outstanding presen n ol “Dedicated Youth” Breneman and “How 4-H Jibutej, to Good Citizen by Miss Young This ttle fiist time the county Public Speakers to the «ey Wins 4-H actor Contest lv ' cl Heisey, R D. 1, Sheri- the new cham n tractor driver yester tlle 4-H tractor driving held at the Ivan Nolt ’ mersville He is the (J ' II and Mrs Samuel in » Calendar 1*) I Q a 4-H Citizenship ~ Washington D C am Lan ll ‘ 4-H Sewing i gh p mt ots at Hempfield * St!l00 l do Dt ,, n s / m Soil and Watei ( 1 alion meeting at the Cihte ‘ Court House. 011 Page 4) district contest In The Agncultural Dem onstrations the six top teams are as follows Nancy Bol linger, Lititz R 4, and Nancy Stoltzfus, Ronks Rl, dairy, Nancy Frej, Marietta Rl, and Dallas Wolgemuth, Mount Joy Rl, beef Richard Buckwaltei and James Hershey,, of Lititz R 3, tractoi, Dennis Allen, Quanyville R 2, chickens, Fred Shaub, Drumore Rl, and Gei ald Wagnei, Quarryville R 2, horse, and Enos Leed Jr, New Providence Rl, pigeon The gnls did a fine job in the kitchen and sewing room and the Home Economics win ners aie Lilli Ann Wivell, Columbia Rl, and Patricia Yunginger, Marietta Rl, dairy foods; Eve lyn Groff, Gordonville, and Karen Melhnger, Bird-m-Hand, bread, Jane Smith and Joyce Horst, Farmersville, clothing The winners at the county level will compete in the Southeast District Demonstra tion Day to be held July 21 at the Allentown Fair Grounds with an eye on the State Fi nals, Aug 11 and 12 at Penn State Judges for the day’s activ ities weie Mi Richard Hack enberger Vo-Ag teacher at Penn Manor, Harry Sloat, for mer Associate County Agent, the Re\ James Ritter, pastor oi Grace Evangelical Congre gational Church in Milleis ville. Mrs Raymond Stoner, third grade teacher, Mrs Jean Breneism, 4-H local leader, and Mis Joanne Warner, Assist ant Extension Home Econo mist. Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 11, 1964 Pa. Farm Prices Up 1% In June Puces received by common wealth farmeis in mid-June m ci eased one per cent from mid- May, according to the Penn sylvama Crop Reporting Seiv ice Hog puces advanced 6 per cent fiom last month but lowei prices of other meat animals offset this mciease Higher pi ices foi poultry and eggs accounted foi most of the mciease in receipts from a month eailiei Chicken puces inci eased 8 pei cent, and egg prices 3 pei cent Egg puces, at 33 cents a dozen, were up a cent from May when they equalled the low May, 1963, puce Field crops, both food and feed grains and hay show a substantial decline from last month Most important of these declines is wheat 7 per cent, barley 7 per cent; and hay 8 per cent The wholesale milk price for June was estimated at (Continued on Pago 7) Co. Plow Meet Deadline July 16 The deadline for entries in the Third annual Lancaster County Soil Conseivation Dis trict plowing matches is this Thuisday. July 16 The contest is set for July 23 on the Roy Garber faim Fiuitville Pike, staiting at 1 pm Rain date has been set foi July 27 The plowing winnei will qualify for the state contest to be held Wednesday, July 29. at Ft McCord. Fiankhn County. V. _■wv Wade Groff Farm Prov That Excellent Soil Pay by Everett Newswanger County Agent Max Smith in Staff Reporter tioduced the host, Wade Groff “It takes three hundred to and his family who welcome! one thousand years to make everyone present an inch of top soil,” said Mil- Next Dr John Baylor, uh ford Heddleson, Extension Soil dei the topic heading of ‘ For specialist, at the Lancaster iage Ciop Production and Util County Unit Demonstration ization,” told how the Grof Farm Field Day held July 9, Farm was selected as the Uni at the J Wade Groff Faim Demonstration Farm for Lan Therefore it took a long time castei County in the Spring o: to make the twenty-one inches 1959 At that time a compleb of surface soil found in the soil test was run and, smci soil demonstration plot then, the farm has been limec Mr Heddleson pointed out and feitihzed according to its that the soil on Mr. Groff’s need Mi Groff has seen £ farm has good lain and root nice improvement m the crop penatration This was shown yields Other changes in faim by the fact that the subsoil management have been con was still wet from the rains trolling eiosion, improved al of April, and the roots of the falfa varieties, elmination o£ thiee year old alfalfa stand in tomatoes, building calf pens, which the test was made were and bettei management of showing up at the depth of yeailing heifeis five feet The Groff Registered Hol- Answermg a question fiom stein dairy herd has been in one of the participants, he creased by only four cows said that as a general rule it fiom nineteen to twenty-three is not advantageous to use sub- but the income over feed cost soiling as a means of cultiva- has increased by $92 per cow. tion “There is nothing bet- When he started he got 2 6 lb. ter than a regular plow,” he of milk from one pound of said When you bring subsoil giain and now he gets 3 6 lb. up into the top layer, you do of milk from the same amount it no good. of feed The herd is artafical , , , , ly bred and DMA herd aver- In the icdcoat wheat test age has increased by 2i5 82 lb plot Associate county agent. ot milk and 95 lb of fat Arnold Leuck said, It is evi was brou g b t out by Dexter dent that you can apply up to p u t man> Dairy Extension Spe sixty pounds of nitrogen to cla j lS j- wbde discussing “Herd this variety with good results, p eec i in g anc j Management” maybe even moie But this -‘Wade has done a fine job must be put on early in the . , spring to keep from killing (Continued on Page 7) the wheat” It had been /-<, , aij 17* 1J planned to harvest the plots V>OUllLy fs“il JTIdCI at the demonstration meeting TN ¥ Tluweilan but this was cancelled due to i/fty IS 1 IlUi SQo.y weathei conditions . . TT , _ , „ A gieat time toi ail AHers Di Geoige Berggien, IS p i anne d foi next Thursday, sion weed specialist showed when their 1964 Field the com fields treated with u held at Lo ng’s 2, 4-D, Atrazine and Lorox. paik There wIU be ?ames to each of which is recommend- hel t aC q uain t e d, swimming ed for specific situations t B r ook si d e, a picnic supper Aft f K delicious dinner and hypnotlst served by the Happy G ean- , The c j imax 0 { the day will ers Sunday School class, com& at 7 qq p m when the Lancaster County 4-H Queen, and Junior 4-H Queen will be Marketing Cards crowned Competing m the 43 senior queen contest will be Not Required Carol Hess > daughter of Mr. and Mrs Elvin Hess - Stras ' pQ|* "04 (Continued on Page 8> The local Agricultural Sta bilization and Conservation Service office announced this week that marketing cards are not required for the sale of the 1964 wheat crop The office said that only those faimeis who enrolled in the 1964 wheat progiam, made the lequned minimum divei sion, and hai vested within their allotments aie eligible foi ceitificate payments All faimeis who have had then wheat acreage measuied and are within the allotment aie eligible foi puce suppoit Support rate foi farm-stoied wheat is SI 49 per bushel foi No. 1 wheat. $2 Per Yei FIVE-DAY WEATHER FORECAST Temperatures during the next five days are expected to average 2 to 5 degrees below the normal range of 87 in the afternoon to 65 at night. Seasonably warm at the beginning of the period and relatively cooler the re mainder. Precipitation may total 0.6 of an inch falling Sunday or Sunday night and again about Wednesday.
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