I No. 42. Kunty Crop Sudook Good; ■obacco Heavy County crops con growing under quite fa- conditions and with the f|gßfcent warm weather, further ;I||Korable growth is to be ex- Igßited, County Agent Max M. S®* lth advises today Tobacco is rapidly but unevenly, ■liß l “by weight, we’ll have one heaviest crops yet,” Mr. JHnuth added diß Corn is doing fine, but root are not too deep, due ■aSp continued wet weather. could cause damage if BSiey strike. Tomatoes look Jjßbod, hay and pasture condi- are the best in recent Sears. l&VSome seeding of—alfalfa is un- and August seedmgs m s t be made by the 20th for jßest results, Mr. Smith warns. |[nray for the fourth cutting, he IHBvises, a week or ten days la i|Br when growth is three to six inches Use three pints of me- MKoxaclor in 25 per cent liquid Bftution per acre are making winter rye now for cover crops or Some tobacco is being IBrvested, although the Landis gfille Experiment Station doesn’t Bppect to begin cutting until the igßiddle _of next week ■ On Aug. 5 and 6, the last rain was received here, SHin inch and a third. One-one- fell on Aug. 13, a Bsprinkle Tuesday. Tempera jjures are near normal or IjKslightlv above. Ninety de fflferees was recorded Aug. 9, |Saiul temperatures have ranged |Kn the middle or upper 80s |K (Continued on Page Five) Baturday 100th ahnniversary of Warmers’ Club |K Sessions will get underway at iBo Saturday morning as the SBktoraro Farmers Club begins its BRentenmal Celebration at Middle Presbyterian Church. Si Founded March 18, 1856, the jwClub 18,006 of the oldest in the ■nation President is Ammon G. ■Huber, recording secretary, Elma ■Waule, an d registration will be in Htharge of Almus Shoemaker ■ A Farmers Club quartet will ■furnish music, and visiting Farm- M£ rs Clubs former members and ■Knends will be recognized Dur ■J n 7 the noon recsss, members M Wlt ! Partake of a basket lunch, ■and interesting exhibits will be ■in charge of Sara Holmes Bn * Solanco Instrumental ■quartet, a b storical review by ■Howard K Walton, and Jerome ■rl Pasto - associate professor of ■i™ “anagment at the depart ■JT:, °r. agricultural economics Kama r s J OCI °J? gv at Penn «yl- Bmcit * State , University, will ma u e U P the afternoon BQuartet\ ,T h °, Farmer s Club R> nor tr, aISO furnish music *°r to adjournment The welcome mat’s out for the An nual Reunion of the Rough & Tumble En gineers Historic Association, Incorpo rated, now underway at the Arthur S. County Guernsey Breeders Field Day August 21 Lancaster County Guernsey Breeders’ will hold their annual county association field day Aug. 21 at the farm of Mr. and Mrs Frank Hershey, K 5 Lancas ter, two miles northwest of Wit mer Three classes of cattle will be judged, starting at 10 a.m., with AI McKay, American Guernsey Cattle Club fieldman as official judge. In the afternoon a busi ness meeting will be held, fol lowed by entertainment features and a talk by _AI Stag, feed nu tritionist from Westminister, Md. The Farm Women of Witmer will serve lunch at $l.OO per per son, -half price for children. On the field day committee are Melvin R. Stoltzfus, Ellis R Denlmger, and Frank L. Her shey. Featured at the Hershey farm are pen stabling, a milking par 'or with pipe line milker and bulb tank, an ungation system usincf a special nozzle which covers one acre, a mow finish er and a trench silo HOG HOGS ROAD Needham, Mass. It was a four-looted hog that hogged the highway, causing an hour-long traffic snarl recently. A 250- pound pig escaped from a truck oh Route 128 and its erratic am bhngs-along the highway slowed traffic to a snail’s pace until a crane-equipped truck arrived to ho’st the porker back into cap tivity. Quarryville (Lancaster County) Pa., Friday, Aug. 17, 1956 Steamer Signpost Lancaster Livestock Cattle Prices At Highest Level Since April 1955 Wednesday to Wednesday REVIEW By DAVID S. LORENSON USDA Market News Service " Lancaster, Aug 15- (Wednes day to Wednesday Review) (USDA)—CATTLE Supplies of slaughter cattle on sale at the Lancaster market this week wera the smallest of the current sea son and top prices pushed to the h’Phest level since April 1955 Fed steers by Wednesday were $lOO to $1.50 higher than a week ago. With Wednesday’s supplies very small the full advance in prices registered at midwest markets was untested locally for tha lack of stictly choice ani prime offerings. Stockers and feeders this week were strong to $lOO, cows around 25c higher Bulls held barely steady. In Monday’s trade bulk of the choice and prime fed steers 1000-1300 lbs sold or $25 50-27 50; .while individual leads of prime fed steers brouaht $2B 00-29.00 averaging 1350 lbs. and und°r Good and low choice steers brought $22 50-25.00 with stand ard grades from $l9 00-22.00. A few good and choice heifers $20.- 00-23 00 with •> few choice and prime 789-1095 lb heifers $24 00- 25.00 Utility and commercial cows mostly $ll5O-13 50 canners and cutters largely $8 50-12.00, thin canners down to $7 50 Utility and commercial bolls $14.- 50-17 50, good fed bulls 800-1050 lbs $lB 00-20 50, cutter grades $l3 00-14 50 Bulk medium and good 425-750 lb stock steer calves and yearlings $17.50-20.50 a few good and choice stock cal ves $2O 00-21 50„ common Stock ers $13.50-16 50. Fleashy 800- 1000 lb feeder steers mostly good $19.00-22 00; load partly fattened 1075 lb feeders $23.00 and one load 930 lbs. $23.25. Young Implements Co. in Kinzers. Here is the steamer along Highway 30 that ad vises passershy of what’s to come. (Lancaster Farming Staff Photo). " CALVES Veal calves mostly steady this week with bulk good and choice $20.00-23 50, high choice and prime $24.00-28.00; utility and commercial $l5 00- 19.00, culls down to $12.00 or be low. HOGS- Barrows and gilts about steady with a week ago, sows fully steady Bulk barrows and gilts Wednesday, U S. mixed 1-3, 200-240 lbs. $lB 25-18 50 a few lots mostly No 1 and 2, at $lB.- 75; 240-270 lbs. ,$17.50-18 25; 160-180 lbs $16.50-18.25 Sows Til weights $12.00-1400 Two southern Lancaster County brothers, John Frey, 8, (left) and Ernest Frey, 17, (right) Wednesday walked off with championship and reserve championship honors at the Garden Spot Baby Beef Show in Lancaster. (Lancaster Farming Staff Photo). Frey Brothers Sweep Garden Spot Awards By ERNEST J. NEILL Taking homo a check for $737- plus, John Frey, 8, Wednesday stepped into the grand champion ship ranks by topping the Garden Spot Baby Beef Club Show in his first experience on the tanbark. John was one of four Freys in the ring, sons and daughters of Mrs Fred Frey, Twin Oaks Farm down in the region below Quar ryville Matter of fact, there were five, for Fred, Jr., who now man ages the Angus farm, was there to pass on pointers to his bro thers, John and Ernest to his sisters Mane and Magdalina. John’s accomplishment Wed nesday was a repeat of his old er brother’s performance back in 1939, when it was Fred that took home the coveted purple ribbon. There was much debate in the final moments of judging, as the judges juggled the tops, pitting brother against brother But the smaller one won out, and Ernest, 17, placed reserve With a pedigree dating back to International grand champion Eileenmeres, John’s steer came to Lancaster County through the feeder calf sale last fall from Downsbragh Farms ut Far Hills, N J Included in his ration were 70 lbs of corn, 10 of oats, 10 cook ed barley and 10 protein supple ment. Ernest’s steer came from New Jersey too, purchased at the same Lancaster sale from a Rut gers University consignment,. New Brunswick, N J. John’s 945-lb champion sold at 78 cents a pound, grossing $737.10, going to E. H. Diem Sc Son, Lititz, through Armour Sc Co., while Ernest’s 1,080-lb Angus reserve champion sold at 50 cent a pound to H. F. Hildebrand, Strasburg, gross ing about $540. Although entries—totaling 62 were considerably below last year’s 98, prices ransed from $2B cwt to ten highs of 50 cents and (Continued on Page Three) Brothers Win $2 Per Year
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