10—Lancaster Farming,
Friday Aug, 24, 1956
Farmers Club
Hears Forecast
(Continued from page one)
creative thinking Costs'*, will re
-piain. Insects must remain tor
pollination purposes. It will take
a lot of pressure to make ad
justments on a long-range view,
and it will take no end of atten
tion to keep the mechanized
(push-button) plant (faim) op
erating.”
As the Octoraro Fanners
Club began one hundred
years ago, it began its second
100 years, with papers on
items of interest to fanners.
But there was a look into the
past, into the century covered
by the club, a historical ad
dress by Howard K. Walton.
The Walton family, well rep
resented at the centennial cele
bration, represents 64 years of
activity in the club. Among the
oldest members present, in a*
dition to Mr. Walton, were Mr.)
and Mrs. James L Hastings of
Kirkwood, Mrs Anna Walton
of Christiana, Helen M Walton
oi Cochranville, George W Jack
son of R 2 Christiana, W W.
Walton and Madison McElwain
of Christiana rural routes.
Two cousins, William and An
'Me Walton, are charter mem
•rs of the club, and their rec
.lections were among the most
avid at the meeting under the
trees and in the chapel. Mr
Jackson, who has also been long
associated with the organization,
added to these memories.
Presiding was Ammon G.
Huber of Peach Bottom, pres
ident. Mrs. Elma Maule was
Form Bureau
15% Porkmaker
A COMPLETE RATION
DELIVERED IN BULK OK BAC :
gßa FARM
W BUREAU
Dillerville Road, Lane.
MANHiIM - NEW HOLLANt
|.r
Robert S. Garber
Joins- Logan Staff
Robert S Garber has joiner
the L. L. Logan hatchery s.a*"
at Kennett Square as salesman
and serviceman. He is availabl
for assistance to any patrons o
the Logan Hatchery at any time
Mr Garber was born and rais
ed in Lebanon County, where h
also worked with his father on ?
poultry farm and assisted in
dressing plant operation
He has had sales experience
and has a personal interest i
poultry, plus a willingness to
work with individual growers,
helping with their problems as i.
they were his own
recording secretary and Al-
mus Shoemaker had charge
of registration. A farmers
club quartet offered music.
Members included Melvin C.
Boyce, first tenor; Mr. Huber,
second tenor; David Huber,
first bass; and Richard F.
Maule, second bass. Marj
Boyce was accompanist.
Visiting Farmers Club mem
bers, * former members and
friends were recognized. During
the basket lunch under the tree
of - histone Middle Octorara
Churchyard, more visiting was
in order Others saw interesting
histone exhibits, old yokes, bull
whips, utensils of a century ago,
m charge of Sara Holmes
An instrumental quaitet from
Southern Lancaster Count'
Joint Community High School ai
Quarryville offered music dur
mg the afternoon program in
the Chapel, decorated with
green corn stalks
Mr. Past© showed slides of
farming in 1856 the year
the club was founded on
the 18th of 3rd month, 1856,
at the home of Joshua Wood,
Octorara, Penn. the cradle,
scythe, oxen; slides of the de
velopment of agricultural sci
ence from the beginning of
man, and developments in the
past 100 years. He pointed
out the milestones in agricul
ture made by Pasteur, von-
Liebig in plant nutrients,
Mendel in heredity, all indi
viduals who lived during the
earlier years of the club.
Another Century has opened
for the Octoraro Farmers Club,
and its custom of presenting pa
pers will be continued. Yellowed
pages of a century ago still re
main in the original minutes
book that was displayed, and
more minutes will be recorded
as this club continues.
FANNY WAS ANGRY
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.
Fanny Stepney’s automobile
stalled and, Fanny tinkered for
a while under the hood, Fanny
lost her temper. She kicked the
car, beat on it with her fists and
threw rocks at it. Finally, po
lice arrived and arrested her for
‘attacking” her car. She was
ichaiged with drunkenness. •
Charier Members - Octoraro Farmers t Tj *
Among the oldest members of the Oc
toraro Farmers Club present at the cen
tennial celebration last Saturday were,
left to right, front row. Mrs James L.
Hastings, Kirkwood; Mrs. Anna Walton,
Christiana; Helen M. Walton, Cochran
ire is a view oi me spj.edu uauei me us cemeumai ceieuiduou. ijucuxcdaier rai
trees of Middle Octorara Church where ming Staff Photo).
Saturday the Octoraro Fanners Club held
County’s Crop
Outlook Tops
(Continued from Page One)
tures are expected to be 3 to
4 degrees below normal.
Hera are other Lancaster Co
unty crop reports as issued by
Mr Sloat ■■
Hay: With the first crop m the
silo, the second crop in the bale
or mow, the third crop now aver
igas 3 to 4 inches and should be
sprayed with IVl> quarts of meth
oxachlor to combat leaf hopper
lome second Jjrood alfalfa wee
vils have been found, and there
ire quite a few grasshoppeis
Tobacco: ’Hoppers are bother
ing both tobacco and tomatoes
Hay and gram stubble should be
sprayed with one quart toxe
phane per acre (which has a 40-
day clearance), or, if you make
hay, one quart of heptachlor
(which has a 7-day clearance), to
prevent grasshoppers from mov
ing into tobacco There’s an ex
cellent crop of tobacco in Lan
’aster County, but roots are
shallow and sun has scalded
mine of the top leaves Ram may
rectify this Many fields report
"onsiderable aphid trouble, and
'his will continue as long as
'eaves are green, even when
hanging in sheds.
If you plan to harvest tobacco
within the week, use melathion,
I’A pint per acre, oifethree
pounds of wettable ygwder,
and remember paiathion de
mands a 21-day clearance,” Mr.
Slota Sloats told.
Use of NH3O as a hormone
sucker growth inhibitor k under
way on the farm of IjjiymiMid
Sechnst, R 3 Lititz as w|JL as on
the Harold Rohrer Farm near
Lampeter Spraying by plane or
helicopter has proved its value
on Lancaster County tobacco
fields, and the cost of-$l 7 or so
per acre will be offset by addi
tional yields of 200 to 225 lbs
per acre
Tomatoes: Will bj late, mostly
a Sept .‘inbar crop "There’s mor.
late alight than we want, so we
would advise a spray of I’l lb
benzate or three pounds fixed
copper In a weekly spray Ssts
are good, vine growth heavy,
ville;,back row: James L. Hastings; W. W
Walton, R 2 Christiana; George W. Jack
son, Howard K Walton, and Madison Me-
Elwain, all of Christiana RDs. (Lancastei
Farming Staff Photo).
“but the crop’s not made yet, and
we’ve had more ram than we
need
Peaches: Ripening rapidly, but
three to five days later than 1955
Quality, size, and yields good
Apples: Crop a little heavier
than estimated -after late May
frost
Pastures: Good to excellent,.
Throughout, rams have delay
ed farmers find they are still be
hind in their schedules,, Mr.
Sloat advises
U. G. Jeffers, piano tuner:
“Rock-and-roll has a fixed place
in society now because there’s
something wrong with society.”
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