Vol. 1, No. 33
Octoraro
Farmers Club
10(1 Years Old
By Nance Mooney
(Special to Lancaster Farming)
Fifty"years ago, Saturday-June
16, '1906 the Octoraro Farmers’
Club celebrated its 50th anniver
sary in a woodland grove on the
property of James J Jackson,
along the Valley Road, about one
mile east of Green Tere
The various committees in
charge of the celebration made
special efforts to make the event
one long to be remembered
The decorating committee was
no exception Over the driveway
leading to the grounds was su
spended a large banner of red
cloth which carried the follow
ing inscription ‘ “Octoraro Farm
ers’ Club, 1856-1906.” The letters,
in large size were made entirely
of wheat heads taken from 1906
crops
Strawberries on While
At the speaker’s stand was
erected another banner bearing
the same inscription with the
letters formed out of ripe straw
berries pinned to a white cloth
On the posts were placed pump
kins cut and shaped to resemble
jardinieres, filled with flowers
Honeysuckle and rambling roses
completed the decorations
The popular Sadsbury-orches
tra, many of its members from
Philadelphia, was engaged to
furnish music for the occasion
According to the records Al
ban Walton, of Nine Points, head
of the organization in 190'6, call
ed the gathering to order, with
Josephine W. Bnnton, of Chris
tiana, as secretary. In addressing
the group, Walton stated that the
Octoraro Farmers’ Club was the
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Haymaking. Top
County Duty;
Corn Spraying
Good yields at least aver
age or a little better are re
ported from Lancaster County
hayfields where the top farming
duty of the day is haymaking.
Excellent weather, hot and clear,
has helped speed this job along
as a follow-up to tobacco trans
planting.
Throughout the County some
post-emergence spraying is be
ing done to combat weeds in
corn, which has reached ankle
height or more. Corn is being
cultivated for the first time.
Drop Nozzles Advised
County Agricultural Agent
Max M. Smith advises corn
should be sprayed when six to
12 inches in height After it
reaches a foot tall, drop nozzles
should be used to lower the
spray-
Hail damage last weekend in
the County was spotty, striking
just west and northwest of Lan
caster in the Rohrerstown,
Mountville and Landisville
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Winner of 1956 Lancaster County Out
standing Conservation Farmer ot 1956
title was Arthur E Brown R 2 Nottingham, '
pioneer in Garden Spot soil conservation
Outstanding County Conservationist
40-Year Graduate of Penn State
By ERNEST J. NEILL
Lancaster County’s “Outstand
ing Conservation Farmer of
1956” wil celebrate his 40th an
niversary as an agronomy gradu
ate of the Pennsylvania State
University this weekend
He’s Arthur E Brown, 65, of
R 2 Nottingham who first looked
upon contours as impractical,
but in Uie 18 years since that
time has has moved to the fore
ground as one of the County’s
top-notch men in that field.
Conservation on the 103-acre
Brown farm, 6 just south of Elam,
or Little Britain as it is well
known, Js keyed to dairy pro
duction, and ■conservation has
proved its worth.
| Taking an hour or so before
spraying .for weeds in corn
Tuesday morning, Mr. Brown
described his interest in soil
conservation which won him
the County title Wednesday
night last week in -Lancaster.
He was born on the farm
where he lives, and started
farming for himself on a cash
rent, basis with his father That
was in 1919, shortly after he had
completed two years at the
Franklin and Marshall Academy,
and four years at State College
where he was a graduate in
agronomy There was a brief
period of fertilizer salesman
ship before - he came to the
farm purchased originally by his
father, George H. Brown.
i Since his crops "are patterned
primarily for dairy, and the 40
Quarryvilie, Pa., Friday, June 15, 1956
Soil Conservation Winner
f Guernsey milk cows and 25
heifers, 20 acres have been de
voted to hay, 15 to wheat, 25 to
'corn each year Strip farming
| enables him to move up the rota
tion and the same acreage is
.devoted each year to those
crops
"Cash Crops History
“The day of cash crops as
such tomatoes, tobacco, is
'gone,” he told Lancaster Farm
ling as it applies to his own
case. Outside of six acres in
.woodland, the balance of his
I farm is in bluegrass and white
clover. Uplands are pastured,
and the sole feed purchase for
livestock falls m the protein and
mineral class.
Marketing his Golden Guern
sey milk through Abbotts in
Philadelphia, Mr. Brown has
just recently installed a stain
less Steel railfc cooler in his
milk house, where a two-day
Stock Yards Story
Shown in Booklet
Compiled by Frederic Shnver
Kline, professor history at
Franklin and Marshall College,
a new booklet, “The Story of
the ‘ Lancaster Union StocK
Yards” has been published for
limited distribution.
Sixteen full-page illustrations
and a two-color cover highlight
the text An aerial view of the
Lancaster Stock Yards forms
the back cover. Announcement
of the booklet was made June 5
at a meeting of the Lancaster
Live Stock Exchange.
At the same meeting, Aug 14
and 15 were designated as dates
of the Garden Spot Baby Beef
Show, and the Southeastern Dis
trict 4H, Baby Beef and Lamb
roundup and sale will be Nov
6-7-8, both events at the Stock
Yards.
activities. His accomplishments along this
line and in fields other than farming
are described in the accompanying story.
(Lancaster Farming Staff Photo)
collection is picked up by bulk
tank trucks.
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Miss Nancy Newcomer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. _J.
Raymond Newcomer of R 2 Lititz, is shown as she was
crowned Lancaster County Poultry Queen at Lititz Springs
Park Saturday afternoon. With her is the retiring queen,
Miss Ruth Ann Weicksel, R 1 Christiana. (Lancaster Farm
ing Staff Photo).
Nancy Newcomer
Crowned County
Poultry Queen
By ERNEST J. NEILL
Nancy Newcomer, 20, daugh
ter of Mr and Mrs J Raymond
Newcomer of R 2 Lititz, will
reign during the coming year
as Lancaster County Poultry
Queen, attend functions of state
THAT’S A LOT OF FOOD'
In the estimated 7100 or
7200 servings of barbecued
chicken at the Lititz Sixth
Annual Broiler Barbecue Sat
urday, at least 8850 pounds of
Chickens were consumed
almost four and onehalf tons-
Forty racks were in operation,
and two pits, each 65 feet
long, were in use. Gallons and
gallons of barbecue sauce
were also consumed.
required 'by her regency and
compete for the title of State
Queen.
| Miss Newcomer, winning from
a field of nine, was crowned m
ceremonies Saturday evening at
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Poultry Queen
?3 Per Year