Vol. 1 No. 45
State’s Peach
Crop at Prime;
Northeast Wet
HARRISBURG Harvesting
ol the mam crop of late varie
ties of Pennsylvania peaches is
appioachmg its peak and sup
plies should be plentiful on local
markets over the next two weeks,
the State Department of Agricul
tuie announced today
Giant-sized Hales and early
Elbertas are being: picked in
the Adams-Franklin-York and
the Berks-Lehigh fruit belts
with the big crop of late El
hertas still to come, a Depart*
ment survey revealed. Summer
varieties are still-being picked
in Erie County with chances
that some late Elbertas may
not ripen due to the late, cool
season.
In an average year peach har
vesting in Pennsylvania usually
is completed shortly after Labor
Dav, but cool weather greatly
changed the situation this year,
obseivers said. -
Weather and working condi
tions on Pennsylvania farms
during-the week ended Monday
v\ ei e generally good with the ex
ception of the northeastern por
tion where ram and wet ground
icstncted activities, the Depart
ment said.' Farmers were busy
plowing for winter grams, mak
ing hay, filling' silos and harvest
ing oats
Cora is in excellent condi
tion in southeastern counties,
but elsewhere in the State
warmer nights are needed for
best progress. Third cuttings of
hay are underway in the
southeast while second cuttings
continue in the rest of the
rest of the State. Pastures gen
erally are in good condition.
Digging of early potatoes in
noithern areas has been handi
tappd by wet ground with some
tubers reported rotting in Ithe
holds Cutting of tobacco con
tinues m Lancaster County Har
ios ting of late summer apples
continues.
Harvesting of the staked toma
to ci op in Luzerne Coujity is
about completed. Most fresh
'egetables are in good supply,
cabbage and sweet corn in heavy
supply.
l onghin Ayrshires
tiled for Mouth
The purebred dairy herd of C.
Ell wood Laughm of Chester
Springs, has achieved top recog
nition during a recent month for
outstanding production. The 11
cow producers are credited with
a 'waging 1-108 IBs of 4.5% milk
and so lbs of butterfat, actual,
" hl °h placed them among the
nation’s top Ayrshire herds m
the Ayrshire Herd Test Division
01 cow's In accordance
w ith the rules of the Association,
' registered cows m the herd,
milking or dry, are included m
me average.
With 16,000 cows on test, the
s'rshire holds the record among
11 dairy breeds as having the
test GSt percenta S e of cows on
Peaches-are at their-prime in the-Gar*
den Spot, as “excellent growing and Har
vesting conditions have aided in moving
Loss $75,000 in
County Bam Fire -
Loss was estimated at $75,000
when fire caused by lightning
Saturday night destroyed the
stone and frame bank-bam and
machinery shed, a frame mach n
ery shed and corn cnb on the
Arthur ajjd Chester Tout Farm,
R 1 Lancaster, a mile north of
Oyster Point Saturday afternoon
Lightning caused other across
the county In the Tout fire, 75
tons of baled hay, 50 tons of
straw, and 2000 bushels of oa s
were lost- The barn was bui’t at
least 150 years ago.
Broilers Listed,
Offered Increase
During August
A marked increase in listings
md offerings in broilers is shown
n comparison of August 1955
md August 1956 receipts at the
Lancaster Poultry Exchange in
Rohrerstown However, total sold
ieclined by 2117.
In seven sales last month, 234
ots, 623,880 birds were, listed,
'■ompared to August 1955 with
->ight sales, 245 lots, 570,847 birds
l is ted; for Aug 1956, 232 lots,
>18;630 birds were offered, for
Aug. 1955, 245 lots, 568,622; and
sold in Aug 1956 were 203 lots,
517,455 birds, compared to Aug.
1955 with 220 lots, 519,652 birds
sold.
Eurther military manpower re
ductions could be possible with
the introduction of new weapons,
according to Admiral Radford.
yuanyville (Lancaster County) Pa., Friday, Sept. 7, 1956
Lancaster County Peaches
Northern Parts
Of State Slow
In Crop Growth
By ERNEST J. NEILL
COUDERSPOHT, Pa Crop
development in the northern
reaches of the Commonwealth is
slow, a trip through sections of
Potter County into New York
State last weekend showed.
Rainfall is more than adequate,
especially with the 19156 crop of
potatoes about ready for harvest
around the Potato capital of the
world Potato City, Pa.
Temperatures Friday and
Saturday were decidedly warm
with rains that made humidity
'high and ground underfoot
most soggy.
Monday morning a reading of
36 degrees chilled the neighbor
hood.
There is one bright note, for
ests seem to be in prime condi
tion and the supply of deer is
heavy feeding on good growths
of vegetation as a rule. In one
drive through Potter County
mountains, 14 deer were sighted,
and in another trip just across
New York State line, 17 were
seen.
Gladioli are just in their
prime, but many fields of hay
are in bad shape, soaked after
cutting: by continuous rains.
Some residents say it rained
28 days out of the 31 in July.
Some 40 members of the Quar
ryville Memorial Methodist Choir
and families, spent their 11th an
nual Labor Day weekend at the
Quarryville Rod and Gun Club
in the mountains between Gale
ton and Coudersport. Due to
heavy rams, the choir attended
the Park Avenue Methodist
Church in Coudersport Sunday
morning and sang one hymn for
the host congregation and choir.
* th-e. 1956 crop.. Best buy, according to the
- experts, will be at the groves during the
next week.
Dairy Show Sept. 19
At Quarryville Fair
Farm Prices in
Pennsylvania
Up Seven Points
HARRISBURG The index
of prices received by Pennsyl
vamavama farmers for their
principal products during the
month ended August 15 showed
an advance of seven points, the
State Department of Agriculture
said this week. Federal-State
surveys set the overall index at
242 per cent of its 1910-14 aver
age.
For the same period the na
tional farm price index declin
ed seven points, to 237. The'’
Pennsylvania increase was at
tributed by observers largely
to marketing advantages held
by Keystone State farmers, the
seasonal advance in milk prices
and the inclusion of potatoes in
the August is survey.
These prices were omitted in
the July 15 survey due to light
movement at that time. This
price index report gives an Au
gust 15 average of $3.00 per
hundred pounds, 77 cents above
the national average. Pennsyl
vania potatoes early this week
were down to $2.00-$2.30 per
hundredweight wholesale, the
Department pointed out.
The price index fof ail Penn-
Due to a conflict with the
state show, judging of dairy
cattle at the Southern Lan
caster County Community Fair
in Quarryville will be Wednes
day afternoon, Sept. 19 at one
o’clock.
Dick Adams of the state ex
tension service will judge the
event, which will permit ex
hibitors to move on to the Har
risburg show the following day.
Dates for the Solanco Fair are
Sept. 19, 20 and 21.
(Continued on page 12)
$2 Per Year
Tobacco Here
Moving Quick,
Crops Excellent
There was no Labor Day holi
day Monday in the tobacco fields
of Lancaster County, where the
heavy 1956 crop is at its peak of
movement into drying sheds.
Farmers are working on a full
schedule to get the crop housed,
and many are hanging the new
cutting on outside racks for in
itial wilt and drying, until that
already filling the barns shrinks
enough to permit additional
hanging.
“Things are about normal
crop-wise,” M. M. Smith, Lan
caster county agricultural
agent said this morning,
“we’ve had no drouth, tobacco
is being harvested rapidly, and
some farmers are already fin
ished. This is rather early for
September, in fact the entire
crop is a bit earlier than nor
mal. Ripening was rapid.”
Silo filling is underway every
where Mr. Smith adds a word of
caution on _ sorghum-soybean
combinations: “Cut when sorg
hum heads have seeds heads in
the dough stage, and when there
are small beans in the soybean
pods, put in silos with no wilt
ing and no preservatives. Sorg
hum provides the necessary
sugars.”
Winter oats seeding: should
be completed by Sept. 15-20,
Mr. Smith tells, using the lead
ing varieties, LeCo'nte or Du-
Bois at a seeding rate of two
to two and one-half bushels
per acre on well drained soils.
“Fertilize heavier grounds
with 0-20-20 at the rate of 300
to 400 lbs per acre. If the soil
nature is such that there is no
danger of lodging, use a com
plete fertilizer at the same rate,
such as 4-12-12 or 5-10-10.”
Right now Lancaster County
peach producers are in the midst
of their harvest, and the crop
looks good/
Here are other crop reports is
sued by Associate County Agent
Harry S. Sloat:
Corn: Maturing rapidly, that
planted prior to May 20 has suf
ficient moisture for maturity.
Prospects indicate one of the
heaviest crops in years.
Alfalfa: Third cutting progres
sed rapidly last week, weather
favorable for good cure. Sorgo
and soybeans, maturing rapidly.
Peaches: Crop moving to mar
ket in considerable volume, sup
ply will be excellent for at least
another week. Consumers advis
ed to get tree-ripened peaches at
orchards for best dessert, fresh,
canning or freezing use; quality
good.
Early Potatoes: Harvest start
ing, yields favorable; prices
weakening with heavy digging in
progress in Delaware, New Jer-
(Continued on page 14)
Warwick Shorthorn
Bull Tops Maryland
Txmonium, Md Warwick
Beaming Boy, shown by Warwick
Farms, R 4 Lititz, won honors as
grand champion bull m the
Shorthorn show at the 1956 Mary
land State Fair.
Orus B King as herd manager,
won six first place blue ribbons
for the owner of Warwick Farms,
Irl A. Baffin. Eight herds were in,
competition in the Shorthorn
show.