Vol. IL No. 35
Tobacco Price,
Use Show Drop;
Acreage Same
Domestic use of cigar filler
and binder tobaccos in 1956-1957
is indicated to be lower than in
1955-56, according to the latest
Tobacco Situation Report from
the United States Department of
Agriculture.
-Acreage of Pennsylvania 41 is
lexpected to be about the same
this year as last, but Ohio types
42-44 may be down about seven
and a half per cent. Growers of
Ohio filler have placed 375 acres
in the Soil Bank acreage reserve.
If. -1957 yields should equal
the) 1952-56 average, filler
uction this year would be around
54'million pounds, six per cent
less ttym in 1956. In this area,
which has comprised 85 percent
or more of continental filler acre
age, in recent years, yields in
1956 were above those of any
previous year. ~
Stocks ot continental filler on
Oct. 1, 1957, may be about 125
million pounds, one or two per
cent less than-last Oct. 1. The
1957-58 total supply—this year’s
crop plus carryover—may approx
imate 179 pounds, three per cent
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World Championship Rodeo Booked
For First Livestock Exposition .
Thrills and spills, of a World
Championship Rodeo will be an
outstanding feature of the 195 T
Pennsylvania Livestock Exposi
tion in the Farm Show Building in
Harrisburg next Nov. 12-16.
According to agreements made
this between Jhe exposition and
rodeo producer Tommy Steiner
of Austin, Texaas, the champion
ship rodeo, will come to the Farm
Show Arena for both the 1957
and 1958 Pennsylvania inter
national Livestock Exposition.
Sanctioned by the Rodeo Cow
boys Assn, of America, the events
will attract more than 200 of the
nation’s top professional cowboys
seeking points in competition for
world championship honors.
.Livestock exposition and rodeo
officials say that one and possibly
two of the nation’s most promi
nent western movie and TV stars
would be signed for personal ap-1
YOU CAN SEE HERE the difference in
heat resistance of the Brahmas and An
gus. Notice that the Brahma cattle are ly
ing out in the open in the hot noon-time
swjq, while the Angus take refuge from the
Poultry Barbeque
Nets $1,318
Above Costs
A profit of $1,318 02 was realiz
ed from the Lancaster County
Poultry Assn, barbeque accord
ing to preliminary figures re
ported by Chairman Lew Morton
sen Tuesday.
Mortenson told committee
chairmen that if the value of the
equipment is added to that figure,
the total worth of the barbeque
next rises to $2,906.80.
He also appointed a committee
to work out improvements in serv
ing procedures at the barbeque)
next year- Members of the com
mittee are Mortensen, Jay
Greider, Walter Aierstuck, Mark
Myer and Mrs. Clara Kopf.
Plans for expansion of the cook
ing contest were discussed.
It was also announced that all
appliances used in the contest
next year will be,gas. This year all
electric appliances were used.
At a meeting of directors of
the association following the bar
becue committee meeting, pre
liminary reports were heard from
the poultry tour committee.
The committee reported that
plans are not yet complete, but
that a letter announcing the tour
date and places to be visited will
be mailed to all association mem
bers in the next fortnight.-
parances at each six rodeo per
formances, Tuesday through Sat
urday.
The rodeo, officials said, is
the first world championship cahb
er to be produced in the East in
“over a decade” and the first pf
its scope ever held in Pennsyl
\ania. It will include the regula
tion five competitive events for
cowboys - bareback bronc, saddle
bronc riding, calf roping and
steer wrestling Prize money is ex
pected to exceed $15,000
An added event, the “Ranch
world’s champion cowgirl and two
former world champions, will be
open to local girl riders Apear
mg also will be Virginia Hadley,
champion tnck rider and roping
star who has been featured at
Madison Square Garden and
Boston Garden rodeos for the past
few yeaars.
I Steiner, one of the country’s
heat under the trees. The calf with the
white markings in the center is not a
Brahma-Angus cross. All the other calves
are. (LF Photo)
Quarryville (Lancaster County) Pa., Friday, July 12, 1957
top three professional ro'deo pro
ducers, stages champion rodeos
in indoor arenas in such cities St
Louis, Sheveport, La., Montgo
mery, Ala , and Evansville, Ind ,
as well as top professional rodeos
in the Southwest.
Participating in the contract
signing were John Bloom, Ebens
burg, chairman of the Livestock
Exposition’s rodeo committee
and Buff L Coleman, Easton, ex
position manager. '
Now-Is The Time...
By M. M. Smith, County Agricultural Agent
To plan for silage feeding
Research work shows that any crop made into silage will yield more
feed nutrients that by harvesting or preserving any other way. Many
upright silos throughout the county are evidence of this practice,
lowever, many farms do not have silos where this storage practice
’ould be profitably used We recommend the use of the trench silo as)
i cheap, practical method of making silage Literature and assistance
is available at the Extension Service.
To make plans for summer seedings
The summer seeding time will be at hand in a few weeks. Birdfoot
Trefoil should be seeded from July 20 to 30, alfalfa from Aug. 10 to
10, red clover from Aug. 20 to 30, and pasture mixtures from Aug. 25
o Sept 10 In all of these seedings careful planning is essential; start
■vith a complete soil test and follow recommendations. It is not too,
?arly to start planning now
To support county organizations
To work together as a group in the best way to reach any goal, many
of the major enterprises here in Lancaster County are represnted by
a county association We urge producers and all interested to join
these groups and help control the activities and harvest the benefits.
One of the newest organization, the County Swine Producers Assn-, is
worthy of your interest and membership.
To adjust fire insurance coverage
The value of buildings has increased greatly in recent years; the re
placement costs are staggering. Real estate owners are urged to check
their policies to be sure they are sufficiently covered.
$2 Per Year