Hoi. 1 No.4(T
wheat Receipts
Here at Peak;
Duality Lower
I- Although there is «txll some
fo ra in to be moved from -the
farms to terminals, most Lan
caster County grain centers are
passing the peak m truck traffic
this week'
I Prices are holding steady, with
|2 paid Wednesday at Quarry
fcille by Ross Rohrer & Sons, and
$2.08 was- maintained from Mon
day by ln c, at Marietta
for deliveries °t the elevator.
f Some Lancaster County farm
ers are finishing oats harvest,
• but as a rule most of the wheat
;has been harvested. "Tests
weights are reallv low Tn
* wheat,” Arthur Rohrer of
, Quarryville advises, with one
tshipment here weighing but
; 5314 lbs per bushel, and an
other shipment averaging '6l
Libs for a high.”
; Early wheatL|or milling aver
aged 57 to-58 lbs in the south
ern end. but now it probably
won’t average out over 55 due’ tc
damage from rains
?- Receipts are running about the
same as last -year. Mr Rohrer
Sold, - maybe a .little higher
yields are .better—3o to 50 bu
shels per acre—but quality is
hot as good.
In Marietta, the .Cargill firm,
f advMfci the general run is
! weighing 56 to 57 lbs, some 59
' a low of 51 and quite a few at
L 55. Recently harvested grain
5 may average out 5614 lbs. Any
scoring 61 lbs was probably
harvested three weeks ago.
. Wheat -is drying .down very
well, Cargill advises Tuesday
found as many as 15 trucks.
standing m line to unload there.
Wednesday the flow of trucks
was steady, but there was no line;
Cargill handles 100 cars in 12
hours, and being open 24 hours
a day may handle-. 200 cars.
Much of it is, going into storage,
and wild probably move back into
local flour mills Very little is
going under* loan.
Some Tobacco
Is Harvested
Outside Pequea
i What probably set an earl
.record m Lancaster County to
iJuly was the .harvest of som
this week near Pequei
| Harry S. Sloat, associate Lar
[caster County agricultural agenl
■ reports.
Harry Eschbach, owner of
Pequea Valley Farm, Willow
• Street, said this was the earli
, est in hiS more than 50 years
. of farming that he has ever
harvested tobacco. He 'started
r his plants in frames April 16
• an d transplanted them to the
; 5 -acre plot June 6.
In general, the Lancaster Co
unty tobacco outlook is “pretty
good.”
' Weather has improved th
• past few days, and increase
_dry weather here has permil
[Ted combines to keep busy. Th
cutting of hay i s bem
i made, and sprayers are running
f ' r «P«"".ed On Page Six)
Quarryviile (Lancaster County) Pa., Friday, Aug. 3,
Tom King, (left), livestock specialist at
the Pennsylvania State University, and
NeaLTX’lvey, >of .Jvy.LFarms, JMalvern, Pa-,
compare notes during lunch on the lawn
of the- Ivey home. The occasion wa*s the
County. Holstein
Group Field-Day
Tuesday, Aug. 7
Several ' hundred dairymen
and their families -are expected
"to attend the annual field day
of the Lancaster County Holstein
Breeders Association next Tues
day at the J Mowery Frey
Farm, five miles south of Lan
caster on Route 222, just east of
Mylm’s Corner
Addressing the group, accord
ing to J- Robert Hess, R 1 Stras
burg, field day comjnittee chair
man, will be Glenn M. House
hold di rp cto r of extension for
the HoMein-Fnesian Association
of America.
Events start at 9:30 a. m.
The Frey herd will be inspect
ed and judging contests' V)[lU
occupy the balance of the
morning session.
1 Families are asked to bring
basket lunches, and ice cream
will be provided for the noon
meal. Music will be offered by
Lee Wickenhe'ser of Mount Joy,
and a nna'Tet will sing during
the lunch hour
“Making Quality Hay” will be
the subtext of a talk bv Lancas
ter County Agricultural Agent
Max M. Smith, who will also"
1 conduct a 4H dairy demonstra
tion. Judging awards will be
made at 2:30 p m.
A swimming pool will be avail
able for use during the after
noon, and those interested are
reminded to bring their ' swim
suits.
Comparing Brandywine Notes
Lancaster County Youth Walk Away
With Brandywine Judging Prizes
By ERNEST J. NEILL
MALVERN, Pa Lancaster
County youth walked off with
judging contest prizes here
Saturday at the Brandywine An
gus Breeders Field Day on Ivy
Farms.,
For 'youth under 18, Wilbur
Hassler, 14, of Manheim placed
first in three sets of Angus.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. Mark
W. Hassler, he will be a Fresh
man at Manheim next month.
Placing second in the youth
division was Darwin Boyd, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer BoycT R 1
Ephrata, who will be in the
tenth grade next year. William
McDonald of Buttonwood Farms,
Millersville, scored first m heif
er judging, adding to Lancaster
County t laurels
•- Weather Hot, Sunny
More than 200 were guests of
the association and Neal D.
Ivey,»owner of Ivy Farms.
Weather was hot and sunny,
but a broad, interesting pro
gram made most ignore the siz
zling temperatures. Experts in
the field conducted demonstra
tions, a panel discussion and ex
planations of various factors in
the current cattle business.
Wilbur received a grooming
stick as his prize, Darwin a
grooming brush. In adult clas
ses, Association President Or
ville F. Haas of Cloud Valley
Farms, Pottstown, presented
first place award to Art Neuen
schwander, herdsman at Millar
den> Farms, Annville, second to
E. L. (Bud) Jenks of Boudmot
Farms, Chester Springs.
During the afternoon program,
a drawing was held for youth
and the tidy young Angus heif-
Saturday field day of the Brandywine An
gus Breeders, where guests were 4-H and
.FFA boys and girls. (Lancaster Farming
Staff Photo).
er donated by Warren Putnam’s
Echo Falls Farm at New Hope
was awarded Edward Radomski,
son of Mr and Mrs Frank B.
Radomski at Belfrey Farm, R 1
Norristown Presentation was by
Robert L. Montgomery of" Ash
(Continued on page 12)
Green Tomato
Prices $1.75
$l.OO Last Year
Prices of green pack tomatoes
in Lancaster County are running
75 per cent above a year ago, a
check today reveals At the re
ceiving station of Parke Eshle
man, R 2 Holtwood, prices start
ed at $175 per five-e'ghths bu
at the beginning of the season
and have remained at that figure,
compared to $l.OO a year ago
now
Most southern Lancaster Co
unty receiving stations are sc
heduling receipts, and the station
of Ben S Warfel & Sons on 72
south of The Buck was open
from 1 to 5 p m. Thursday
According to the Warfel’s the
first ripe tomatoes were receiv
ed at their station from the
Washington Boro area Wednes
day, about 400 baskets in all.
“Heavy foliage due to the rains
will retard ripening, but this
is good growing weather,”
they told Lancaster Farming
This firm looks for a very good
crop once the tomatoes start
to ripen.
Quality is improving as time
goe son, the Eshleman station
advised Lancaster Fanning
and the season will probably
continue five weeks.
$2 Per Year
July Second
Coolest for
Past 44 Years
July normally one of the
warmest months of the year
departed Lancaster County with
a near record for coolness. Ten
tative figures at the Lancaster
Water Works indicate an aver
age for the month of 71.5 de
grees, two and one-half degrees
below normal.
Throughout the mo.nth the
weather was discussed and
cussed as crops made bound
ing- growth and field work
and harvesting were delayed.
. In general, it was the second
coolest July on record here
since 1913.
Precipitation too went out of
bounds, according to Bernarcf
Whits, weatherman in Lancaster,
with a July total of 566 in the
city, one and one-third inches
above normal.
Those complaining can but
look back to July 1952 when
seven inches pouied down on
the Garden Spot.
Only five days in July, 1956
found temperatures of 90 or
more, and there were about
16 days of the 31 wh*n some
rain fell- here,_
In the five-day outlook, temp
eratures are to average about
two degrees below normal
through Monday, with warmer
temperatures Saturday, cooler
by Monday
There may be a "chance of
showers Friday night or Satur
day, Mr. White reports
Poultry Sales
Higher, Prices
Down for Year
Although receipts at the Lan
caster '"Poultry Exchange are
soaring to new records, with
another new weekly receipt rec
ord being established this week,
prices are running considerably
below a year,ago
Such is the case statewide,
for today’s farm puce index re
port shows that as of July 15,
1956, chickens advanced 1.2
cents from June 15, 1956, but
averaged 4.7 cents below mid-
July 1955
Where broilers sold from 22
to 30 cents a year ago on the
local auction, averaging 28.5,
sales this week Tuesday ranged
from 21 to 22k, averaging 21.21.
Here is a tabulated compari
son:
1956 Week Birds Avg.
Ending July Sold Price
7th 160,250 23.98
14th 176,865 23.32
21st " 194,735 2133
28th 180,995 2100
31st 56,100 2121
Total 768,945
July 1955 Six Sales
1955 Week Birds Avg.
Ending July Sold Price
9th 100,750 29.10
16th 115,860 27.94 ,
23rd 126,190 28 93
30th 159,570 29.65
Total 502,370
Difference- 266,575 more sold
in July this year than in July,
1955.