Farm-City Week
get Nov. 16-22
Nov. 16-22 has been designat
ed as Farm-City Week across
the' nation. Heading the Penn
sylvania observance planning
committee is L. H. Bull, deputy
secretary of agriculture.
A committee plans a brochure
explaining ''purposes of Farm-
City ' Week, 'with distribution
through service clubs. Kiwams
International will continue to
promote observance on a na
tional basis.
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Rain Boosts
County Crops;
Haying Begins
Ram last Saturday was cer
tainly a boost to all crops
throughout Lancaster County
and gave much encouragement
to Lancaster .County farmers,
County Agricultural Agent Max
M. Smith reported today.
These rains gave needed mois
ture to areas of the county
which were almost in need ot
rain.
Tomatoes are conning out of
their slump pretty good, but
not as well as would be if
they had not been frozen. Still
behind schedule, they are
showing limited improvement.
Tobacco planting is getting
underway and in some' portions
of the Countv planting is in full
swing Haymaking has started in
a great many areas Grass silage
making is also current on a
good many Ifarms
Down m Southern Lancaster
County, aerial spraying of peas
has been underway this week
Mr.- Smith suggests that now
is the time for clipping entire
pastures to encourage new
growth, destroy weeds and im
prove the general appearance ot
the area.
Rains totaled two inches in
parts of the region for the week
ending Saturday. On the last
day of May, temperatures soared
to a 91-degree high. Tempera
tures until Monday were run
ning about 5 to 10 degrees be :
low normal, but soared to 79
Tuesday, and approached •76
Wednesday.
The outlook is pretty good for
continued fair weather, with pos
sibility of scattered showers
Saturday and Sunday.
State Troopers to
Be State Troopers
State policemen come June 1
will be known officially as State
Troopers, an announcement re
ceived locally from the Com
missioner’s office in Harrisburg
reports.
This designation will replace
the rating of Private and Private
first class. Trooper and Trooper
Fist rClass will be the official
designation after that date.
•HWHATOHS Mr iHMKCTfCtM
AT YOUR DEALER OR
3-2489 3-0309
Lancaster, Pa.
Brubaker Buys
Son of Famous
Cow at Hardens
Everett E Brubaker, 33 Har
rison Ave, Christiana, has an
nounced purchase of HF King
1 Meridian, a bull calf that is a
son of Harden Farms Duchess
lone, prominent in Holstein pro
duction records
) The seven-month-old bull was
purchased from Harden Farms
at Camden, N J, and was jus-t
delivered this week
The dam of his new bull calf
stood second in New York State
and the nation in production
Jrecords for two-year-olds. At
'two years' and three months she
[had produced 19,028 lbs of milk
j and 698 8 lbs of fat; later she
produced 20,550 lbs of milk and
770 Bs.lbs fat, calved back in 12
months and 13 days At three
years, four months, she produc
ed 560 lbs of fat.
I Mr Brubaker, who operates
i two farms totaling 160-acres
near Christiana, is using as his
herd sire, King Valley Montirc
Pietertype, whose dam produced
161,190 lbs of milk with 6,320 5
lbs of butterfat in 13 years and
33 days of production.
Mr Brubaker’s cows average
for the year over four per cent
test.
Cooler Weather
Delays Crops;
Tomatoes Hurt
HARRISBURG Some farm
ers in northern Pennsylvania
counties have been held up to
such extent by cool weather and
wet ground in planting oats that
fields _ intended for oats will be
diverted to other crops, the
I State Department of Agriculture
reported today.
Freezes since mid-May have
forced some farmers to replant
tomato fields or portions of
fields for the fourth time, ac
cording to Federal-State surveys
| Planting of tomatoes should be
completed this week, but replace
ment plants are getting scarce,
the Department said.
Strawberries Delayed
[. Frost damage to the Pennsyl
va % apple crop has not been
fully determined by growers at
this time, the survey emphasiz
ed. Extent of the June drop will
tell the story, officials said.
Frost during the past three
Weeks have delayed the harvest
of strawberries several weeks,
hut pcking should'start next
week in southern counties.
Warmer weather during the
first part of the week ended:,
Monday allowed field work to
progress rapidly and aided
vegetative growth in all parts
of the State.
Rains toward the end of the
week improved soil conditions
but slowed field work and the
accompanying cooler weather
slowed growth.
First cuttings of alfalfa are
underway -an southern counties
where some farmers are begin
ning to cut grass fields for sil
age. Alfalfa weevil and spittle
bugs are active in hay fields.
Spraying for these pests is ac
tive m the south and increasing
in the north.
Conn Planting Nearly Done
Planting of corn ds nearing
completion in southern counties,
with earlier planted fields
sprouting. Barley is coloring in
the south where wheat is begin
ning to head.
Potato planting is nearing com
pletion an the southeast and is
underway in the northwest. Set
ting of tobacco plants'has start
ed m the Lancaster area. Plant
'ing .of peas for processing is
completed and the season will
be ten days to two weeks late.
The eastern Pennsylvania
weather "forecast is for tempera
tures averaging 3 to 6 degrees
below normal, -warmer (Friday
and Saturday and no significant
Lancaster Farming, Friday, June 8, 1956
Dam of County Newcomer
i -
Here is HF Duchess lone, whose son has joined the herd
of E. E. Brubaker at Christiana. (See accompanying story).
NOT PRACTICAL
Arithmetic is a science of
truth” said the professor earnest
ly. “Figures can’t lie. For in
stance, if one,man can build a
house m 12 days, 12 men can
build it in one ”
“Yes,” interrupted a quick
brained student “Then 288 will
build it m one hour, 17,280 m
one minute, and 1,936,800 in one
second. And I don’t believe they
could lay one brick in that time.”
While the protessor was still
gasping, the smart “ready reck
oner” went on- “Again, if one
ship can cross the Atlantic in six
days, six ships can cross it m
one day. I don’t believe that eith
er; so where’s the truth in arith
metic’”
Canada plans to sell surplus
gram to Russia
rainfall. In western counties
temperatures will average near
normal, warmer Friday and
Saturday and showers likely late
Saturday.
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brown sugar Blend well Split
three cups of canned sweet pota
toes and add to syiup mixtuie.
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