Vol. 1 No. 47 Cool Weather Retards Corn, Some Oats Uncut HARRISBURG The prevail ing cycle of cool, Wet weather continued in Pennsylvania thiough the week ended Monday and gave farmeis generally poor working conditions, the State De paitment of Agriculture said to da\ Frequent showers and cloudy weather made hay dry ing difficult'as wet ground re tarded field work. Low temperatures during, the eailv part and near the end of the week retarded ripening of com In northern districts scat tered frosts hurt some corn but damage was not extensive, the Department reported Some corn is being shocked in the South east Th effect of unusual weather this season is pointed up in the tact that in northwestern areas oi Pennsylvania some fields of wheat and oats remained to be hai rested in tom to six weeks behind normal schedule. During the growing season coiering the past 23 weeks central-western counties have received the largest amounts ot rain. The 12-month average for the State' is 42 inches hut the Indiana .County area has had 30 inches since April 10. The Brookville recording sta tion reports 28.78 inches fol lowed by Emporium 27.11 inches, and State College with 35.32 inches. Pittsburgh has recoided 22.65 inches and Erie 20.46 inches. ..Allentown, Sel ins,?rove and Montrose had be tween 20 and 21 inches. Areas with 15 to 20 inches include Altoona, Wellsboro, Williams port, Harrisburg, Safe Harbor, Reading, Scranton and- Phil adelphia. Peaches are still being picked m all areas and volume is in ti easing rapidly -m northern counties, the survey report dared Fresh market vegetables aie plentiful but movement of tomatoes and corn for processing is past the peak. Three Philippine Bankers In County - Three bankers from the Phil-' ippine Island this week studied nual banking and agricultural loans with Lancaster County hanking firms, working Tues day and Wednesday with Co l>nty Agent M. M. Smith, and Stanley Musselman, manager lariri relations,' Lancaster C - unty National Bank. The visitors are Miss Adriana Wvcoco Almeida, an assistant manager; Melito Concha Sala a cashier, and Bernardo Villanueva, a bank manager. I hey represent newly formed banking establishments . in San, “ l, an, Rizal; Bacelod City, and] uluan City, banks designed to ve agricultural interests in ewiy developed farming dis uicts | They spent Thursday with aui Leaman, farm representi-l p e of Conestoga Nation-1 ’ and leave today for New Vork City. PumpMns—a sure sign of fall—contrast their-orange colors with the brilliant reds of- Scarlet Sage—at Blue Bell Market on Highway 72 south of Lancaster. The John Neighbors Help In Clean-Up of Storm Damage By LF Staff Reporter l Neighbors and friends moved in within almost a matter of hours to help clean up wreck age of a tobacco barn blown 15 feet from its foundation bj Monday night's terrific storm that raked the northwest pait of the Garden. Spot On the farm of J 8.-Hostet ler & Sons, tenanted by Donald Newcomer, R 2 Mount Joy, the 40 by 70 foot of new crop .tobacco, was blown away Tuesday morning crews came in to pull away wrecked lumber and timbers to salvage what they could of the still green crop. Helping were Clarence, Ar thur and Paris Hostetter. Clar ence