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Vol. IL No. 4
Scholarship
Fund Will Honor
Arthur Young
A scholarship will be estab
lished by the Pennsylvania Farm
Equipment Dealers Association
for a student to study farm equip
ment retailing at Pennsylvania
State University.
The scholarship will be in mem
ory of the laite Arthur S. Young.
Farm equipment dealers through
out the state will contribute The
group will! also donate $2OO to
Young’s church at Leacock.
Young, 66 pioneer Lancaster
County farm equipment dealer
fiom Kinzers, was president and
organizer of the Rough and
Tumble Engineers’ Historical As
sociation.
Young, highly respected throu
ghout the country and nationally
known for his outstanding col
lection of steam traction engines,
died Dec; 27. 1955
Starting in the farm imple
ment business in 1916. he es
tablished the Arthur g. Young
Co. m 1921. He was secretary
treasurer of the Pennsylvania
Farm Equipment Dealers 16
years, and was' treasurer’of the
County .association at-the time
of his death.
For 33 years he was an elder
of the Leacock Presbyterian
Church. He taught the Fellow
ship Men’s Bible Class there and.
was Sunday school superintendent
many years.
The association held their 43rd
annual state convention Monday,
Tuesday-and Wednesday at the
Penn Harris Hotel in Harris
burg with about 350 dealers at
tending* The convention theme
was "(Let’s Get Going.”
Or Eric "Walker, new presi
dent of the Pennsylvania. State
University, spoke on- "Let’s Get
Going for the-Future.” His. t>lk
concerned the rate at which our
national?resources are' presently
being kisedvAlsoon the program
was- Matt Triggs, of-Washington,
D. C., assistant legislative direc
tor of the American' Farm Bit*
leau'Fedeiatioo.-
Panel .discussions ’were held
op. management.'3Ulph Eby, Lan
caster attorney, headed the pahel
on TegaL'm and Jeff Coates.'
Akron, was management consul
tant.'
, Chariie-Passmore. assistant-sec
retary' of the state association,
of Lancaster,-was present
Vyrshire Breeders
Set Annual Banquet
The Lancaster County Ayr
shire- Breeders Association will
hold their annual banquet Friday
at 7:30 p. m. at Witmer Fire
Hall.
Guest speaker will be Ivan
Parkin, dairy specialist with the
Extension service of Pennsyl
vania State University, who will
give an illustrated talk, on his re
cent trip to South America.
PUMPKINS AND SHOCKS of fodder,
.trees whose leaves have fallen to
blasts of winter's coming; it’s the tihde-‘
termined season in Lancaster farming, be-
Seed Dealers Attend- _
Agronomy Meeting
Lancaster County dealers in
seed, lime fertilizer, and herbi
cides Wednesday attended a dis
trict agronomy meeting at the
Lancaster County Farm Bureau
Co-operative building, Diller
ville Road, Lancaster.
Topic of the all-day meeting
was a preview of the extension
services recommendations in
handling these materials during
1957.
Red ,Hose Clubbers
Get 58 Angus Calves
58 head of Angus -steers calves
were distributed to members of
the- Red Hose 4-H Baby Beef
Club- Saturday at the Mew Hol
land Sales Stables,
- The Angus completed the dis
tribution of club steers to be fed
-for 1957,. according „to County
"Agent Max' "Smith. „ ,
Earlier,. 55 head of Herfords
averaging, 409 pounds each and
12 Shorthorns weighing in at 436
poundSa.head went to 4H Club
members. All of the Angus'are
eastern steers,' coming dfom Pen
nsylvania, Virginia, Connecticut
and New York.
4-H Council Plans
Tive Skating Parties
Dates for five' roller skating
parties to be -held at Rocky
Springs Park over the winter and
spring have been announced by
the Lancaster County 4-H' Co
uncil.
The skating parties are plan
ned for Dec, 19, Jan. 16, Feb. 20,
March 20 and April 17. _
QuarryviUe (Lancaster County) fa., r riday,Nov. 30, 1956
The Undetermined Season
State Farmers
Making Census ,
Of Livestock
'Harrisburg More than 20,-
000 Pennsylvania farmers will
be counting livestock noses on
their farms dunng the coming
Week-
Reason;-They are helping agri
cultural statisticians reach a State
total of all horses, mules, cattle,
talk cows, Calves,’ hogs, goats,
sheep, chickens and turkeys.
| ■ Each of nearly 21,000 farmers,
with the wholehearted coopera
tion of their rural mail carriers,
has received a special card upon
which to report numbers of live
stock and poultry.
The, cards were left at random
in rural mail boxes throughout
Pennsylvania. -
When.filled out and returned,
the reports, will help Dewey O.
Roster, statistician in charge of
the Pennsylvania Crop Reporting
Service, reach a grand total of
farm animal population for Penn
sylvania as of January 1, 1957.
Every fanner who gets a card
is urged to fill it out as accurate
ly as possible and return it
promptly,” Roster declared re
cently. “The more reports we
get, the more reliable our esti
mates will be. We are most grate
ful to rural mas earners and to
participating farmers for their
cooperation in making this an
nual survey.”
Last January 1, the Pennsyl
vania estimate was 2,860,000 head
of all .livestock, more than 23
million chickens, Mod 175.000 tur
nkeys. ,
tween expressions Of satisfaction at, the
Thanksgiving table, and the, bright! cheer
that: comes’with tire Christmas season. It’s
between holidays, when Earth is at rest.
Cigar Leaf Tobacco
Crop Best in Years
Harrisburg Pennsylvania’s
1.956 cigar leaf tobacco crop was
described today by the State De
partment of- Agriculture as “the
best in years”.
Yield per acre is reported to
be an all-time record of 1,700
pounds. At this level, production
is estimated at better than 50
million pounds from 29,500 acres,
the same acreage as last year
when production totaled 45.7' mil
lion pounds.
iSome growers indicate that the
1956 tobacco chop is lighter in
weight than expected earlier in
the season. Weather conditions
were favorable for curing; Little
pole burn was evident at the time
of the Federal-State survey on
November 1. Leaves are thin and
have good color. Some early cut
tobacco had been stripped by
that da(te, but for most of the
crop curing was incomplete.
The early frost struck some
plants which have been selling
at 12 to 18 cents a pound. The
bulk of the crop is high quaftity.
In the Clinton County area a
late corn harvest delayed the
stripping of tobacco.
30 Dairymen Discuss
Cold Wall Tank
A group of 30 dairy farmers
this week heard a discussion of
dairying problems at a meeting
at the home of Ira H. Herr, two
miles south of New Danville on
the New Danville-Marticville
pike.
Ivan Parkin, dairy specialist
for Pennsylvania State Univer
sity, discussed the cold wall milk
tank and mastitis prevention.
County Agent M. M. Smith dis
cussed dairy bam ventilation.
$2 Per Year
(Merle Groff
One of Five in
State Contest
Merle Groc, a student at Lam
peter-Strasburg High School, will
be one of five Future Farmers of
America who will compete in the
Safe Tractor Driving Contest at
the 1957 State Farm Show.
Groff’s eligibility was an
nounced this week by H. C. Fet
teroff, state FFA adviser in the
state department of public in
struction
Groff a son of Mr and Mrs.
J Elvm Groff, Strasburg HI,
place fifth in the statewide run
off contest at Penn State in June,
thereby qualifying for the state
FFA finals.
Until he discontinued his ed
ucation this year at Lampeter-
Strasburg High School, Groff was
interested in tractor driving and
maintenance phases of the voca
tional agriculture course He had
previously placed in tractor con
tests at fairs at Lampeter, Man
heim, Ephrata and Mount Joy.
He now farms with his father,
but will represent his home
club in the farm show contest.
other entj-pnts will be: Robert
Derrick, East Lycoming Joint
High School, Lycoming County;
Larry Robinette, Meyersdale Joint
High School, Somerset County;
Charles Kershner, Greencastle-
Anitrim High School, Franklin
County; Richard Mowrer, New
port Joint High School, Perry
County.
Five other boys who are mem
bers of 4-H Clubs will compete in
a separate division of the contest.
In each division the awards will
be $25 for first place, $l5 for
second, and $lO each for third,
fourth and fifth places
The FFA entrants were select
ed by elimination contests. Boys
who demonstrate unusual skill in
safe driving practices and won
tractor-driving meets in their
school, county, and area, were
pitted against each other in a
State wide contest and the five se
lected to compete at the State
Faun Show scored -highest among
the 22 boys in the final elimina
tion demonstration
The tractor driving contest will
be held at 5 P. M of the Thurs
day of Farm Show week and will
take place in the Farm Show
Building’s large arena.
Although each contestant at
the time of making his entry is
allowed to indicate his-first and
second preference for the make
and model of tractor he would
like to use, the actual driving
will be on wheel-type, rubber
tired tractors supplied by the
Farm Show Commission, and
may or may not be of the type
preferred by the contestant.
The order'of participation will
be determined by drawing lots,
and each contestant must demon
strate efficiency in spotting the
drawbar, handling the equipment,
and belting up. Scoring will be
by the points-off system, and the
contestant with the low score
wins.
Farm Withdrawn
A 99 acre limestone farm in
West 'Hempfield Twp., two miles
south of Salunga, was withdrawn
at $306 an acre during a public
sale held Tuesday by Salom* S.
Musser, Mount Joy Rl. Edgar F.
Funk was the auctioneer.