Janice Slio waiter,
John Schantz Win
Capon Roundup
A Reinholds Rl girl and a boy
liom Ephr„ta shared top awards
.it the Lincoln Community 4-H
C .ipon Club roundup Wednesday
night at the Ephiata Amencan
I egion Home
The roundup was sponsored by
the Ephiata Ralary Club and Ro-
Uiians purchased the dressed
l,ii ds for their Thanksgiving din
ncis at an auction following the
nidging by Prof Carl A Dossin,
Penn State University poultry
specialist
Best pair of birds exhibited
were the capons of Janice She
ll alter, Reinholds Rl. Janice,
ivlio recently topped the first
4 II Tuikey Club roundup, en
tiled birds weighing 7 1 and 8
pounds.
John Schantz, Ephiata Rl, who
placed fourth in the dressed ca
pon judging, complied an over-all
pi eject score of 98 25 to win the
pi eject award
Joyce Nolt, Reinholds Rl, and
John Moore, Hopeland, weie run
nel sup in the two categones
Jovce placed second m the ex
hibit and her project score of
07 45 was third best Moore’s 98
points was second and his pair
of birds placed third
Judy Bo’Lmger, Lititz Rl. won
fifth place m the exhibit and
\\ t is fomth in scoie with 97
points Tioy Schantz. Ephrata Rl,
older brother of the champion,
stood fifth with a score of 96 6
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Plenty of papaya, this Venezuelan lass might say oi the
Turen project of South America, where U S-built farm
machinery is producing fabulous ciops on former jungle
lands. (Hamilton Wiight Photo).
Venezuela Farmer
Handling a U S -built tractor is commonplace today in
the what was once tangled jungles of Venezuela in South
America. Operations of this project are described in an
accompanying story (Hamilton Wright Photo).
Venezuela Lures
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($15,000). In the future, ho will
be operating his farm with his
own capital, having already
planted 50 acres of beans, 40
acies of sesame, and five acres
of corn for his own consump
tion. All this he has accomplish
ed in two short yeais. He has a
Venezuelan wife, two children,
two ti actors and an American
car that cost him well ovei
$3,000 By the way, Popoft’s
crops represent a record for
Turcn and for Venezuela
for plantation of nee on dry
land
An Italian immigrant, Lori;
Mollo, was so moved by the
change of his family’s fortunes
since their ai rival in Turen,
that he caived a bust of the
Liberate! Simon Bolivar. The
bust is mounted on a pedestal
in Turen’s civic center.
Living together with the
immigrant farmers in Turen
are over 300 Venezuelan
families who previously had
no farms of their own. Nearly
63,000 acies now are under
cultivation. However, 10 mil
lion acres covered with jungle
aie available.
The Governments policy to
develop aguculturc as fast and
as efficiently as possible by
foundin moie than 20 centeis
similar to Turen in other parts
of the country, is attracting
many people seeking a better
way of living.
Lancaster Farming, Friday, Nov. 30, 1956
Potato Yields
Set Record
Despite Rains
Harrisburg, Nov Excessive
rains in wcstein Pennsylvania
counties during the latter part of
< l he potato growing season lesult
ed in losses of up to 100 bushels
per acre for some groweis when
tubers rotted in the ground, the
State Department of Agucultuie
said recently
In spite of adveise weather con
ditions, blight and mtenupted
spraying schedules a new all time
State record aveiage yield of 165
bags 'per acre was established foi
fa’ll potatoes
A new iccord yield per acie
was also established for late
summer potatoes, mostly Cob
bleis, at 170 bags of 100 pounds
each, Fedeial State surveys dis
closed
Old records weie 154 bags per
acre for fall potatoes, set in
1954, and 145 bags per acre for
•ate summer vaueties, set in
1950 and equalled m 1955
Fall spud production estimates
as of November 1 are for a total
crop of 7,425,000 bags compared
with 7,569,000 bags in 1955 and
the 10-year aveiage of 9,051,000
bass
This yeai’s Pennsylvania potato
cron was harvested fiom the
smallest commercial acreage ever
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