ather-Son Farming Foursome
Mention the name Ernie Pyle,
nd you immediately follow
hrough with the query to as
ociate the famed war-time cor
espondent. But here is Ernest
I Pyle, Rl Oxford, with four of
us seven sons, photographed by
Lancaster Farming at the recent
jiather-Son Banquet at Mt. Hope
Methodist Church.
“Yes, I’m a distant cousin to
Si me Pyle,” the southeastern
Lancaster Countian replied.
Few among us are smart
snough to admit we don’t know
■nough about a certain subject
o advice a mature opinion on
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Left to right: Mr. Pyle, Robert
Stevens, 11, p'nde and joy of
this farm family; Horace Walter
Pyle, Jerry Minshall Pyle, and
Theodore Bond Pyle. Needless
to-say, even with three sons
missing, the Pyles took top
honors for family attendance at
the banquet.
The Pyles in addition to
the seven sons there is a daugh
ter, Dons Virginia farm 180
acres near Union Presbyterian
Hydroponics On Market; Tomato
Flavor Debated Pro and Con Here
(Continued from Page One)
duce little. Hydroponics came in
to being. Chemicals were added
to the water as needed; should
a plant show a deficiency of one,
the flow of that chemical would
be increased.
Growing Seasons Cut
Growing periods were dras
tically reduced by hydroponics-
Ninety-day wonders became old
age members of the hydroponics
set. Thirty-day crops were not
unusual, some in less time.
According to Paul Scheid, who
operates one of the vegetable
stands' in Lancaster Cenrtal Mar
ket, the bulk of the hydroponic _ T . . , ,
tomatoes reaching Lancaster Hydrogomcs, tank farming,
come from Cowan Hydroponic water evening, whatever you
Farms. Inc. at Kendall, Fla, ™ ay . c , all /’ hasspreadfarfrom
Dade County - the same county the lslands of the South Pa * lfic '
as Miami. Prices at wholesale are Tt ’ s m ™ din e the South whole
quite close between the hydro- sale - where tlllable land may , b ®
ponic-grown and the reuglar gar- at a premium. It turns a cuy lot
den grown varieties. Cubans may into a 40-acre field production
sell for $3.25 a box, hydroponic, wise But most of all, today it
or hydro-organic grown, toma- is helping supply foodstuffs on
toes may bring $3 75. Common islands in the Bahama chain, the
grades, of course, run much low- Greater 'and Lesser Antilles,
er. On the other hand, the hydro- where prior to this time imports
ponic-grown tomatoes run much of almost 100 per cent of the
larger than vine-grown. Hydro- foodstuffs was necessary In this
ponies ship better, and arrive in airborne age, even meats are
a much better condition, the being flown in with fresh vege
skin, m Mr. Scheid s words, is a bi es to Nassau and other cities
oily, smooth alive, in contrast Qn sant jy is iands that can’t grow
to the vme-growns that arrive , „
somewhat soft, somewhat life- fj™}* cr °P; but may P roduce a
less, skins dry. tank crop '
As a rule, hydroponic grown Some day the Lancaster Coun
tomatoes are supported by trel- ty vegetable grower may control
Uses, several feet high. Larger his growing and marketing more
vines result, and a larger fruit closely through a modified type
also. The bulk of those received of hydroponics, overcoming
in Lancaster are of the three- drought and heat like that which
inch variety, some larger. put a deep dent in last summer’s
crop.
Church. -
Hus ancestry traces back to
some of the original Pennsyl
vania Quaker families, and is
directly associated with the
branch that moved to Arizona,
from whence the famed, -well
loved wartime correspondent
came. Mr. Pyle represented the
Rev Glenn Knecht at the ban
quet. Host pastor at the banquet,
attended by 110, was the Rev.
Delmar Probst.
Mineral enriched, nutrition fed
leads us all back to the -plight
of one 'western farmer, who in
paying has annual fertilizer bill
began to wonder if he too were
not growing' a couple hundred
acres of corn hydropomcally,
feeding necessary chemicals to
growing grains in a worn-out,
semi-sterile soil.
For flavor, we’ll still take
the Lancaster County va
riety, warmed by a summer
sun, or chilled, but advocates
assert in hydroponic-grown
tomatoes there is less acid,
a better flavor.
New York January
Milk Price $4.07
A uniform price - of $4.07 cwt
for January milk deliveries to
the New York metropolitan area
was announced this week. The
January producer butterfat dif
ferential was set at 5.4 for each
tenth of a pound of fat above or
below the standard 3.5 per cent.
January records in production
were set, and only four times
previous in any month has con
sumption of fluid milk been ex
ceeded.
The total of 645,858,741 lbs of
milk was 7.5 per cent higher
than the previous Fluid
milk consumption was up 1.6 per
cent to 275,355,267 lbs.
Lancaster Farming, Friday, February 24, 1956 —9
Eastern States
Exchange Meet
On March 2,3
Many farmers from this area
will leave Thursday, March 1,
to attend the 38th annual meet
ing of their cooperative, the
Eastern' States Farmers’ Ex
change at West Springfield,
Mass, March 2-3-
Local persons -attending are:
Paul L. Howard, mgr. of Quarry
ville whse. and Claude I. Herr,
prominent poultryman of Quar
ryville, RED 1, Pa.
J • Kenneth Stern, president of
the American Institute of Co
operation, wil be the principal
evening speaker. He"is a gradu
ate of Pennsylvania State Uni
versity and was employed for .12
years by Eastern States Farmers’
Exchange, nine years as a field
man and three as director of
public relations. He became pres
ident of the American Institute
of Cooperation in 1950.
Julian Her Thayer, prominent
dairyman and poultryman of
Rockfall, Connecticut, will pre
side at the annual meeting. Mem
bers attending will hear reports
on the 1955 operations and will
elect officers and directors for
the-coming year. Advance regis
trations indicate an attendance
of more than 1000 farmers from
nine northeastern states.
Eastern States Farmers’ Ex
change is one of the largest pro
cessors and distributors of such
farm supplies as feeds, fertilizers
and seeds in the Northeast- It is
a non-profit cooperative, owned
and-controlled by the farmers it.
serves.
Gerald Rohrer
Tops Countywide
Tomato Contest
Producing 5.8 tons of tomatoes
per acre that graded 68 per cent
No 1, Gerald C. Rohrer of the
Manor Chapter of the Future
Farmers of America, placed first
in Lancaster Countywide com
petition sponsored by the Camp
bell Soup Co.
A resident of Smoketown, he
received a 21-]ewel watch. This
is the fourth time in ten years
the Manor Chapter has placed
first. Howard P. Siglin is chap
ter advisor.
On the banquet program at
the Landisville Fire Hall, were
Associate County Agent Harry
S. Sloat, speaking on “Better
Production of Tomatoes;” H- R
Collardr who heads the Campbell
Soup Co- agricultural depart
ment; James Woodford, youth
representative; Wayne Rand
werk, assistant division manager;
and Dr. Donald Bradley of the
agricultural department-
The Manor Chapter received a
trophy for completing four years
of entry and three youths re
ceived cups for four years of
competition, three for three
years of competition.
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Grander .Leghorn Farm, Mount
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the 25th Pennsylvania Egg Test,
according to the State Depart
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Her record, from Oct 1 to Jan.
31, is 121 eggs and 129 points in
egg tests, a point equal to one
two-ounce egg- She is competing
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Standing in tenth place is
another Greider hen, and m pen
tests Greider stands second with
1385 eggs, trailing the leader by
but six points.
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