. «.. .«-. T«. a ICAR iSL. 10 NO. 10 B& H Campaign Mowing Support ,|fit Farm Level |Bolunteer solicitors serving infflhe Farm Gifts Division of tMlFarm and Home Founda tion! Campaign turned in “en cqraaging reports of support,” acceding to campaign officials, itf'tbe first progress report of Reports from 30 of campaign “districts” of the;)!county indicated that in terest in the building of an agricultural center is wide spwsad, and that a great many m. families and agribusi nesses are willing to contnb ulgKoward the establishment oraF center. The over-all cam paign is for a minimum of $375i000 I&vi H Brubaker, Chairman Farm Gifts Division, comjiosed of more than 500 farmers and businessmen of thetfcounty, indicated that sol icitors have gotten off to a prompt start in calling on assigned prospects The chive was launched the week Continued on Page 12) Begins Series Of Mlormation Meetings Referendum Ii Lancaster County Agri •al Stabilization and Con :ion 'Service held the of a series of meetings iday night at the Poul enter on West Roseville Lancaster, i meetings are designed form growers on the de )f the pending tobacco al nt referendum OFebru ar®!B), and on the-1965 feed g|||| piogram JmSese two programs were exmluned by Richard Pennay 'anaßßaymond Connally of the -.-Stlp ACSC office. told the small group ,-dMbcal farmers that braved ‘fnSfcold night to come to the flagging, that the feed grain ';p|S||'am, m its fourth year, ,ha®helped reduce the carry from 85-million tons in to 45-million tons, esti 'frSSgd, for the 1964 crop. He example how a gfajmner can estimate his in from diverted Acreage nESßiients versus the cost of fwSßf Continued on Page 4) i&rm Calendar Ill* 8 — 840th; State Hort. Ik** 11 ’ rul *- Growers Meet jagjgg at Yorktowne Hotel, tpgork IUSF 730 P Ephrata Young- Farm Welding Class IpEy Ephrata High School. iiiSPb] “Welding Mild Steel.” 9 12 noomS pm. Gar [ajErll Spot Young Farmers; |Hfcld trip to Veterinary Col at New Bolton Center; and wives leave |^B m Garden Spot H.'S at Continued on Page 10) PAUL E. BALMER SHOWN TRAYING EGGS brought to a central collecting point directly from the nests by an endless belt system. This operation is done three-four times daily. By raising the plywood panel to his right Balmer can view the birds without entering the pen L. F. Photo. Farmer Degrees Awarded To 36 Co, FFA Youths The Farmer Degree, the highest award that can be giv en at a county level, was be stowed on thirty-six members of the Red Rose Chapter of (Continued on Pae:e 6) FUTURE SHOW CHAMPIONS FOR COUNTIANS? TWELVE MEMBERS OF THE RED ROSE 4-H BABY BEEF CLUB who had volunteered to take younger animals this year drew their choices last Saturday from among eighteen purebred Angus calves. With the exception of two animals these were all from Old Home Manor Farm, Homer City, Pa. One of the members, Preston Lefevre, Jr., Quarryville R 2, may be seen in the background making his selection. These calves averaged 360 pounds. Ninety-nine other members drew their animals, Angus and Hereford, last November. Eight Shorthorns will be chosen shortly, completing the selection of the 119-member club. L. F. Photo. Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 6, 1965 Clair Zerby To Begin Vo-Ag Teacher Duties At Warwick Mar. 1 Clair Zerby, Lititz R 4, will become the vocational agricul ture teacher at Warwick High School, Lititz, starting March 1 He is presently fulfilling his student teaching require (Oontmued on Page 16) Automated & Controlled Environment Also Works Well With Floor Layers Most of the new laying houses that have been going up around the county in re cent years have been for caged birds. The reasons for this have been listed as “more economical;” “greater bird density possible,”' “lends it self better to automation,” etc One man who recently put up such a building does not agree with that line of rea- USDA Adds New Bovine TB-Free Qualifications Two new methods have been added to the two adopted in 1964 for establishing and main taining areas free of bovine tuberculosis in cattle, accord ing to the U S Department of Agriculture. The new methods, recom mended by the U S Livestock Sanitary Association and ap proved by USDA, permits States or areas to qualify as bovine-tuberculosis-free in two (■Continued on Page 13) $2 Per Year soning. Paul E. Balmer, lit itz R 2, feels that for one thing a floor operation offers greater flexibility than cages. For ex ample, ‘llf I wanted to I could ;keep breeders in this house; something I couldn’t do with a cage plant,” Balmer pointed out. This operation is automated to a greater extent than the typical floor bird laying house. To illustrate that point, there has even been provision made to remove the hens from the nests at quitting time and close the nests automatically. The system works on com pressed air, much like a hy draulic door closer When the lights go off with the time clock, the compressor goes to work to build up 50 pounds pressure The nest bottoms in the roll-out type community nests respond to the com ’pressed air by slowly raising up from the back while pivot ing from their front anchor. As they raise, they gently but firmly push any would-be roosting birds out of the nest. When they are fully raised, the nest openings are closed (Continued on Page 12) Vo-Ag Teachers Hear Power Co. Rep. Review Mech. Project Contest In a meeting at Penn Manor High School, Millersville, the county’s teachers of vocation al agriculture heard James Metzler, farm representative for the Pennsylvania Power & Light Co, describe the contest rules and objectives for the annual FFA Individual Farm Mechanics Achievement Award. The awards are sponsored by the Pennsylvania Farm Elec trification Council in coopera tion with the Department of Public Instruction Division of Agncultui al Education. All active FFA members are eligible, Metzler said, and the project may cover any ap plication of farm mechanics. The pioject entered must have been completed m the current school year Judging (Continued on Page 7) Weather Forecast Temperatures for the five day period Saturday through Wednesday are expected to average above normal. It should be considerably warm er through the weekend, but cooler again Monday with little day-to-day change thereafter. Normal high for the period is 40 degrees; low 23. Precipitation is expected to total about V* inch melt ed. This will occur as rain or snow toward the end of the period.
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