16—Lancaster Farming, Friday, !viay 4 24, 19^7 POTTED PETUNIAS are inspected by Mark Nolt, Landis jville, (left) and B~F. Barr, Marietta Avenue, Lancaster, at meeting of the Lancaster Florist’s Assn. May 16. Barr is charter member of the association and Nolt is president. J <LF Photo) County Florists See Program On European Flower Industry A slide and lecture presenta tion on European gieenhouse practices and flower breeding pro grams was given the Lancaster County Florists Assn at their reg li'tai meeting May 16 at the Farm Bureau Cooperative in Lancaster Giving the presentation was Put premium flavor under those feathers with BEACON TURKEY FEEDS - & f : 7 '7-^ ,Sry'%' / > % |*V*» j R -- S' \- ~ ,'*£>"&•>'f 2 X t v Vvv:AA3fi?'^^c^. |i'KW-W'- - r , .^7 X. ; 'T* - ?•'>, ■■■ ° ■ '* %„• •- ■' r 11 took a threefold increase in turkey production in the last 20 years to satisfy American appetites As this huge mountain of meat continues to grow, it is sure the market will seek out—at premium prices—carcasses of better qual ity and finish Here’s where the highly efficient Bea con-trolled Feeding and Management Program can help you. It builds moist, tender meat —deep meat —with the flavor that brings buyers back for more. And it builds it economically This year, feed for premium finish! Start right with Beacon Turkey Starter and follow through with the Beacon Turkey Grow ing program best suited to your flock. See your Beacon dealer now. Since 1927 when Beacon made the industry’s first complete line of com mercial turkev feeds, thousands of poults like this one have been raised at Beacon Poultry Research Farm. Cayuga, N Y. Constant research keeps the Bea eon-trolled Feeding and Management Program efficient and practical for turkey growers. nr BEACON FEEDS ME UNIFORMLY BETTER BECAUSE THEY’RE BEACON-TROLLED Beacon Dealers are located from Maine to the Virginias THE BEACON MILLING COMPANY, INC. Cayuga, n y • york, pa. • laurel, del. • eastport, n._y. BEACON-SHOWALTER FEEDS, INC , BROADWAY, VA. Charles Crownover. 405 West ' Rosedale St, West Chester According to Crownover, the European taste in floweis, es pecially chrysanthemums, vanes greatly from that in the United States There, reds and bronzes aie highly populai, while here LIVIN G PROOF \ * * # ‘ ' TenNalned To Be Honored As 4-H Friends Ten persons making outstand ing contributions to the nation wide development of the 4-H Club program have been named asf “Friends of 4H” to be honored here during the 27th National 4-H Conference from June 15 to 21. Selections announced by the Subcommittee on 4-H Club Work of the Cooperative Extension Ser vice include: E. R. Eastman edi tor of the American Agricultur ist; Mrs Emd A. Haupt editor of Seventeen magazine, Norman C. Mmdrum, executive director of the National 4-H Cttib Foundation Miss Mary Omen, head of the Con sumer Services Department of the J. C. Penney Co.; J. Homer Rems burg, president of the Maryland- Virgima Milk Producers’ Assn.; Charles B Shuman., president of the American Farm Bureau Fed eration, Dr. George Taylor, direc tor of agricultural development for the United States Rubber Co.; Howard F Todd, farm depart ment manager of the American Oil Co , Mrs. Ella Hale Weyant, research and educational program director of the Kerr Glass Manu facturing Corp , and Louis H. Wil son, secretary of the National Plant Food Institute Engraved piaques will be pre sented m a citation ceremony during the afternoon conference assembly on June 19. Emphasisi will be placed upon each recipi ent’s long and valued service to agriculture, and to the progress of 4-H Clubs whose membership now totals about 2,200,000 whites and yellows are in greater demand in most markets'on a year round basis Another European practice that drew comment from the florists was that of retailing through “green grocers,” comparable to a produce stand in this country.. The cut flowers sold in this manner are not arranged, but are ot high quality. Regular retail flower shops in England and other European countries retail spe cial pieces, displays and arrange ments. A true shell pink variety de veloped by English breeders drew looks of envy from the viewers. Crownover said that arrange ments are being made to intro duce this variety into the United States. At present, he said, there is no true pink variety available here. This was also potted plant night for the flower growers. On display were potted plants, mostly petunias, grown by Gir vin’s Floweis, Leola. The next meeting of the asso ciation will be held with the Funeral Directors Association in Lancaster. Poultry Auction Sale Observed By Visitors r our representatives of the Chester Delaware County Poul try Assn, attended the State Poul try Federation board meeting last week at the Lancaster Poultry Center. After the board meeting the group observed the sale of broil ers at the Lancaster Poultry Ex change. They also had opportun ity to visit the first random sam ple laying test. Plans were discussed for the annual meeting of the Pennsyl vania State Poultry Federation to be held at Penn State University Junp 11-13. Chester County poul trymen are urged to attend this meeting. A report was given by “Sol” Shearer on the publicity for the coming Chicken Barbecue season. Many barbecues are planned for the summer throughout the state. The Chester Delaware County Poultry Assn mam event is to be held June 18 at the New Bolton Center after which all are in vited to Longwood Gardens for a colored .fountain display. Those attending the state meet ing from Chester County were Walter Carlin, Coatesville; Harold Thomforde, Victor Leto, and L. L. Logan, from Kennett Square. Connecticut Tobacco Growers Using Irrigation Extensively By ERNEST J. NEILL HAZARDVILLE, Conn.—Acres and acres of northern Connecticut land are covered with cheesecloth supported by poles as the 1957 crop of shade-grown tobacco en ters the seeding stages. This is the higher-priced wrapper var iety.. - It-has been a dry season'here near the Massachusetts border, and a weekend tour of the terri tory from Hartford east, north to Scioto and west into Hazardville shows ‘ irrigation is coming into its own rapidly. Implement dealers now carry stacks and stacks of irrigation pipes and pumps in addition to (heir lines of farm machinery., Despite weekend showers more minor drizzles, perhaps irriga tion equipment was pouring tons of water on dairy pasturelands at many places in the rustic country side. Villages in this section have grown tremendously the past few years to help house the ever ex panding rolls of industrial work ers in such towns as Springfield, Mass., and Hartford, Conn At thei same time, water supply problems have been added to overcrowded school conditions to worsen mat ters. In one former village now grown to a city of 5,000 only a tiny trickle of water flowed from household faucets until the lines were connected to an abundant supply of water from a well dug by the builder of a housing proj ect, and sold to the village for $30,000. > Although Connecticut has not been troubled with forest fires, many areas were closed several weeks as the northern drought expanded, until showers damp ened woodlands. Qun Powder Hoi- MORE SHEAR POWER To chop big tonnage The cupped, curved and spiraled knives of the yard-long cylinder of the Allis-Chalmers Forage Harvester provide a full 12 feet of cutting edge more than any other chopper in the business. What’s more, those knives are easy to keep razor sharp with a built-in sharpener. And a “stone stepper” safety clutch keeps out objects that can damage the knives. The positive-action feed rolls comb and regulate crop flow to within 2 inches of the knives. ' No wonder this chopper keeps going where others slug down! Let us show you how this extra shear power makes tough chopping easy. Jk. TUNE IN, ALUS-CHALMERS4O^r^,. SALES AND SEUVICE N|r NBC, Saturday Nissley Farm Service Washington Boro, Pa. llann & Grumelli Farm Serv. R. S. Weaver Quarryville, Pa. Stevens. Pa. L H. Brubaker Snavelys Farm Service# Lancaster. Pa. New Holland, Pa. N. G. Myers & Son I. H. Brubaker Aheems. Pa. Lititz. Pa. low in Hazardville, now a city park, was reopened last week. Contractors in one community have been asked to cooperate in solving the overcrowding of schools. Many pupils now can at tend on only a half-day basis. It has been suggested, and favorably},/ received, that when a develop ment is completed one or two houses will be left vacant tempor arily, with partitions unfinished, to provide a classroom next Sep tember when even a larger enroll ment is anticipated. Communities in the Nutmeg State rely heavily on the old township arrangement mid school construction on- a township basis—especially where heavily populated encounter?!)} many a political and sentimental snag Ground has been freshly plowed in the shade-grown tobac co areas, poles erected to stand about six feet above the ground, and cheesecloth stretched to pro vide a finer, more mellow “Shade grown” leaf. Atop Mount Holyoke m Massachusetts Bennett State Park, scores of these covered fields may be seen along the fer->) tile banks and bottomlands of the Connecticut River Valley as the wide stream wanders between, mountains and bends around the landmark known as Oxbow. Today it’s possible to drive*a car-to the top of Mount Holyoke for a birds-eye view of the noted Connecticut River Valley. But signs are still evident of the grand era when guests of the j j mountaintop inn on Holyoke came half-way up the mountain by carnage, then completed their trip by cablecar. Terminals stand yet at each end, but the trackways' and shelters, covering the tracks are rapidly rotting. The crop season has started, but in northern Connecticut more rain would be welcome. i.** ♦ uJ *» k O'
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