Farm Calendar (If you wish your Coming Events listed in these col urns, write a card or letter to LANCASTER FARMING, Quarryyille, Pa, Be sure to include name of sender.— Editor). APRIL April 13—Talent Night, Ful ton Grange, Oakryn Hall. April 13 f 956 Agricultural Conservation Program discus sion, Brunnerville School, 8 p. m. April 14—Society of Farm Women 18, bus trip to Washing ton, D.C., Mrs. Raymond Stoner, reservations Chairman. April 14 —Farm Women 7, home of Mrs. Harold Keneagy, Paradise, 130 p.m April 14 —Farm Women 13 to be entertained by Farm Wo men 2, Penryn Fire Hall. April 14—“ Aaron Slick from Punkin Creek,” Fulton Grange, Oakryn Hall., April 14—Middle Atlantic Car nation Growers annual banquet, Hotel Sutter, Lititz, 7 pm. April 16 Lancaster County Holstein Breeders association tour, Everett Benjamin, R 2 Holt wood, reservations. April 16 —Farm Women 6 sew cancer bandages, home of Mrs. Milton Eberly, R 3 Elizabethtown. April 16 —Oxford Grange card party, Barnsley, 8 p. m. April 17 Eastern States local membership meeting, Hos tetter’s at Mount Joy, 7:45 p. m- April 17 —Farm Women 6, home /of Mrs. Ira Heisey, E 8 Elizabethtown, 2 p.m- April 19—Massey-Hams field demonstration by R M Bru baker, on Henry H. Eshleman farm, off Route 230 at Floyr’ Flory’s Mill- Rain date Tuesday, April 24. April 19 —Farm Women 23 visit Lancaster County Home. April 19—‘Farm Women 15 entertain Farm Women 17 and 20. Union Presbyterian Church, Kirkwood. April 20-21 Spring Week end, Pennsylvania State Univer sity. April 21 —Chicken Barbecue, Quarryville Memorial Methodist Men, 5 to 8 p. m. Apirl 21—Farm Women 1, an nual banauet, Zinn’s Diner. April 21—4 H Officers Train ing School, West Whiteland School, Oxford county. April 21 —Society of Farm Women 8, EUB Church Society Rooms, Mount Joy, ‘ Society 2- §U6StS< April 23—Elm and Penryn 4H Club, Penryn Fire Hall. .April 24 Lancaster County Guernsey Breeders association spring tour, leaves Conestoga bus terminal, Lancaster, 8 a. m. April 24 —Farm Women 23, home of Mrs. Roy Funk April 24 Manor 4-H Club, Cyrus Landler home, R 3, Lan caster, 7:30 p. m. April Zl> —j. n National Show, Milwaukee, Wis. May 2-3—Chicken barbecuer’s school, Struhridge Mass. May 3 Oxford Agricultural 4H Club meeting, 8 p. m. May 4 Farm Women 1, Mother-Daughter Banquet, Bnck erville. May s—Bergstrasse 4H Sewing Club meets May 7 ABC, Lancaster Chapter, honors County 4-H win ners, Arcadia Restaurant, Lan caster. May B—Mother - Daughter Banquet, New Holland Evan gelical United Brethren Church, Farm Women 13 serve. May 9 Annual convention, American Guernsey Cattle Club, Philadelphia. May 9—Farm Women 4 visit Winterthur, Wilmington, Del May 12 Farm Women 6, home of Mrs Elvm Keener, R 3 Elizabethtown May 15—Deadline, entries for Oldest Shipper, Chicago Union Stock Yards. May 39—Farm Women 9 en tertain Farm Women 6, Martic Forge, 1 30 p. m. May 23 Lititz ' celebrates 200th anniversary, Farm Women 1 sell sunbonnets for “Sunbon net Day.” May 31—Deadline for corn price support applications. JUNE June s—Executive committee, Lancaster County Farm Women’s Societies, home of Mrs. C. H. Reinhold. 5 Mi. west Lan caster on Rte 230, at 2 p. m. June 5-8 71st annual con vention, Holstem-Fnesian Asso., Milwaukee, Wis. June 12-15—Egg graders and quality school, Rutgers Univer sity, New-Brunswrck, N. J. June 14—Awards Banquet, old est shipper, Chicago Stock Yards ■■■llHlRiillillHHllii SUBSCRIBE FOR $l.OO MR. FARMER— HERE’S A CROP- TO PLANT THAT'S ESPECIALLY FOR YOU ... BE A CHARTER SUBSCRIBER TO LAN CASTER FARMING. THE NEWSPAPER CONTAINING ALL THE LATEST FARM NEWS, CROP INFORMATION, HOME FEATURES, MARKET DATA, AND MUCH MORE. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY .... Mail This Coupon Today! YOU PAY LESS THAN PER WEEK Red Rose 4H Opposes Any Sale Changes Mei'bers of the Red Rose 4-H Baby Beef Club voted almost unanimously against any change in the present method of dis tributing proceeds from the sale of champion steers at the Penn sylvania State Farm Show, in a recent meeting Two new plans would with hold from exhibitors of the champion and top-selling steers part of the sale price. Money then would be divided: among all 4-H club members showing steers in the statewide show Now “Winner Take All” The present system, a “winner take all” plan, received 111 favorable votes, while three members voted for a change. Pennsylvania State officials presented the alternate plans at the request of several counties June 18-21 4th annual Ex tension Homemakers Week, the Pennsylvania State University. June 21-22—Business manage ment conference for egg and poultry marketing cooperatives, Summit Hotel, Uniontown, Pa. June 21—Farm Society 10, bus trip to New York City. Aug. 20-23^—11th Annual Nat ional Flying Farmers Associa tion .Convention, New Orleans. Nov. 3—County Convention, Lancaster County Farm Women’s Societies. lilllllilillllillililililllliiHllllllltllllii ONE YEAR ... 52 ISSUES . . . SC3 AUGUST NOVEMBER Lancaster Farming, Friday, April 13, 1956 APRIL CANCER MONTH President Eisenhower has pro claimed April as Cancer Control Month and urged all Americans to support agencies working to wipe out the disease. In 1938, Congress passed a resolution j calling on the President to set April each year as Cancer Con trol Month Mr Eisenhower urged governors of states, tern- 1 tones and possessions to issue similar proclamations who are seeking a more equit able basis foi rewarding 4-H club members who show steers at the Farm Show in hopes more youth will enter competition there The Red Rose Club showed the grand champion there the last four years Club leaders stated their op position to a change “Lessening prize monies also lessens incen tive,” they pointed out. Arthur MacArthur Speaks Guest speaker at the meeting was Arthur MacArthur, Polled Hereford breeder from Port De posit, Md., a recent exhibitor at the Eastern Polled Hereford as sociation show in Lancaster, who outlined “My Experiences in Feeding and Showing Fat Steers ” Mr. MacArthur, who has won numerous championships, pointed out that each of his four children have won a 4H championship in the Eastern National Livestock Exposition at Timonium, Md He gave'the group many good points on feeding, kind of foods, care and grooming of steers for show. liiiiunEiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiittiiiiiiiitiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii Lancaster Farming QUARRYVILLE, PA. 1 year $l.OO 52 Issues Please put my name on your list of charter subscribers for a one year subscription. Em closed find check, cash or money order for $l.OO. Name (Please Print) Address 'f |Elm-Penryn Four-H j Club Organized ! I Twenty-five have enrolled in J 1 the newly organized Elm and" Penryn 4-H Club, which, has , I scheduled another meeting for April 23 at the Penryn' sr "Eire rJ . Hall. Officers named include Don/-" aid Hosier, president, Dawn | Quinn, vice president; John; Michael, secretary, Kenneth' Brubaker, treasurer, Shirley, Brubaker and Wilbur Hosier, game leaders; Mary Esther news reporter, and Kathryn Hei-‘ sey, song leader. ] Mrs Raymond Michael is ad-.; visor ; Broiler Placements Hit Record Highs j Broiler chick placements ml 22 leading producing states 1 reached an all-time high of 25,-; 915,000 during the week ending l March 31. This is 20 per cent over the figure for the corres ponding week a year earlier. ,■ In this week’s report, the. Lancaster Poultry Exchange re-1 ports Pennsylvania placements! bit an average (9, 10, 11 weeks! earlier) of 723,000. i ENTER TALENT CONTEST | Members of Fulton Juvenile! Grange 343 will enter the Ta!ent| Night program held by Fultonl Grange 66 tonight Meeting Jfon-t day night in Oakryn Grange' Hall, Miss Patsy steward, presided ’ lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllillllillilllll N 0 W • • • ••• •• llllilllil iill 13