ipol. 11. No. 39
Red Rose DHIA
Admits Solanco
DHIA Members
The directors of the Red Rose
DHIA Tuesday night decided to
admit those former members of
the Progressive DHIA who live m
Lancaster County to the Red Rose
association.
The directors waived the usual
$5 membership fee on the pro
vision that the equipment now 1
owned by the southern Lancaster
County farmers be deeded to Red
Rose.
A change in the. terms of office
for members of the board of di
rectors of the organization was
also instituted at the special meet
ing. For the term which starts
this fall, directors from units
three, six, nine and 12 will servo
a one year term. Those elected
from umts one, four, seven, 10 and
13 will serve for two years The
remaining directors will serve for
three years.
The election has already been
held, but the ballots were not
counted until after the meeting
Tuesday night. Results of the elec
tion will be announced at the
association annual meeting sched
uled for 7 pm. Sept. 24 at Blue
Ball Fire Hall
Associate County Agent Vic
tor Plastow read a letter from
Herbert Gilmore explaining soma
of the delays and problems in the
machine record keeping system,
now in effect
Gilmore said that most of the
delay is due to a lack of trained
personnel at the University to run
the key punching machines, to a
breakdown m two of the machines
and m errors on the barn sheets
being sent to the university.
He said that sheets sent in from
June 26 to July 1 were mailed
July 3 and that those received
July 2 to 16 were to be mailed
Aug 1.
However many of the directors
reported that nothing had been
received from the University
The board decided to send a let
tei to Gilmore protesting the in
ci easing delays in returning rec*
ords to the farm.
It was announced that a ham
supper will be provided at the an
nual meeting. Cost per person
will be $2. A speaker and enter
tainment have not been secured
as yet.
ASC to Mail
Committeeman
Ballots Aug, 26
Election of ASC community
committeemen for 1958 will be
held by mail ballot the last of this)
month.
Community election boards are
now selecting nominees for com
mnuity committeemen Anyone
interested in having his name
placed on the ballot can do so by
submitting a petition to the com
mnmty election board Ten sign
atures are required.
Ballots will be mailed to all
farmers on Aug. 26 and must be
returned to the ASC office in,
Lancaster by Sept. 5.
The election tabulataion board,
yill count all ballots on Sept. 10.
Ihe newly elected community
chairmen will be delegates to the
county convention to elect the
county committee for 1958. This
conventon will be held Sept. 26.
Newly elected County and Com
munity committeemen will take
office Oct. 1.
NORTH LANCASTER Kiwanis Club agri
culture and conservation committee chair
man Gene Weidman presents a check tor
$2OO to Assistant County Agent Victor
Plastow. In the center is Gene Martin,
vice, president of the club. Of the total,
Detailed Soil Survey of State
Being Planned by SCS, State, PSU
HARRISBURG State Depart
ment of Agriculture officials and
representatives from other State
and Federal agencies have begun
to lay groundwork for the second
round_of a complete, modern and
detailed survey of the soils in the
Commonwealth
To be earned out over a 10-yeai
period, the program is a coopera
tive one carried out by the State
Soil Conservaation Commission,
the U. S. Soil Conservation Ser
vice and the Pennsylvania State
University.
The soil study will include field
work by the U S Soil Conserva
tion Service and laboratory an
alyses by Penn State soils specia
lists.
The 1957-59 State General As
sembly provided a $75 000 alloca
tion to be used during this bien
nium for the soil study. The Fed
eral goverment will match these
funds-
An earlier study and evaluation
of the soils in Pennsylvania was
begun during the 1955-57 bien
nium. A total of $75,000 was ap
propriated for the biennium and
additional personnel were added
to speed up the survey. However,
the most recent session of tho
Legislature, the State Department
of Agriculture requested $200,000
for a complete soil study program,
but this request was reduced to
$75,000 by the legislators.
State Secretary of Agriculture'
William L. Henning, who is also
chairman of the State Soil Con
servation Commission, said he
plans to visit the Penn State soils
charactensts laboratory to ob
serve progress being made in re
novating and equipped it for addi
tional research to be carried out
in this program.
Attending this meeting were:
Secretary Henning; Deputy Sec
Quarryville (Lancaster County) Pa., Friday, Aug. 9. 1957
retary Leland H. Bull, David Fmk
deputy attorney general in the
State Justice Department, David
Unger, State soil conservation ad
viser; Ivan McKeever State con
servationist for the U. S. Soil Con
servation Service; Dr. Howard
Sprague director of agronomy at
Penn State, and Dr Michael Far
rell, director of the agricultural
experiment station at the Univer
sity
Leaf Hoppers
In Alfalfa Show
Recent Increase
Most alfalfa weevils have gone
into hibernation, but leaf hoppers
have increased in large numbers
during recent hot weather, accord
ing to Associatae County Agent
Harry' S. Sloat.
Aphids are appearing in a few
locations and can multiply rapid
ly if weather continues hot and,
dry.
After taking off second cutting
and new growth is two to three
inches high, apply a quart and a
half of 25 per cent Methoxychlor
emulsion using 40 to 100 gallons
of water an acre.
Sloat says that if aphids are pre
sent in large numbers, a pint and
half of 56 per cent Majathion per
acre can be applied , but that
this will not have as long residual
effect for leaf hopper aas Methox
ychlor
If alfalfa is alongside wheat of
barley fields and grasshoppers are
moving into alfalfa, spray a strip
20 to 30 feet wide of where the
grain was harvested and the same
width of alfalfa beside it. Use a
quart, of 25 per cent Heptchlor
emulsion per acre in 25 to 100
gallons of water or a quart of
Toxephene.
$l5O goes into the general 4-H fund and
$25 went to the top fitter and showman at
the 4-H dairy show Friday. This is the
largest single contribution ever made to
the-Lancaster County 4-H Clubs
(LF Photo)
California Reports
Newcastle Vaccine Found
DAVIS, Calif. A living, non
spreading vaccine for Newcastle
disease of poultry has been deve
loped here by poultry pathologist
Raymond A. Bankowski of the
school of veterinary medicine of
the University of California.
The vaccine is reported to hold
off Newcastle for at least 13 weeks
on the first injection and for at i
least an additional 53 weeks on |
Now Is The Time...
TO PURCHASE QUALITY SEEDS It is strongly recom
mended to sow quality seeds of the recommended varieties if you
expect top yields. Many other kinds of seeds are on the market. Lime,
fertilizer and labor costs are just as high on poor seed.
TO IMPROVE YOUR LAMB CROP You might easily do
this by using a registered ram on your flock this fall; this good prac
tice may easily result in clipping an extra coupon on your investment!
for each lamb you sell next year.
TO APPLY FOR YOUR STATE AND FEDERAL FUEL TAX
REFUND The deadline for making this application is Sept, 30
Form 2240 from your Internal Revenue Office is to be used for the
federal tax State lax forms are available at the Board of Finance
and Revnue, 132 Finance Bldg., Harrisburg Records are needed to;
show gas used for agricultural purposes.
TO USE CAUTION WITH SUDAN GRASS New growth
of sudan grass after being stunted by drouth or frost is considered
dangerous to livestock After planting we urge that producers allow
the crop to reach 15 inches before grazing. One of the best summer
pastures if handled carefully.
TO TURN FAILURE INTO SUCCESS Several discmgs of
your small giain stubble where the legume seeding failed and a
summer seeding might get the right kind of a forage crop for you,
next year. Lime and fertilizer needs should be met and the band
seeding method used on legumes in order to get best growth. Many
successful seedmgs of alfalfa and clover havfe been secured.
By MAX SMITH, County Agriculture Agent
Farm Price Index
Jumps 5 Points
During July
HARRISBURG Pennsylvania
farmers for the month ended in
mid-July received higher prices
for eggs, broiler chickens and
hogs than they did a year ago, the
State Department of Agricultural
said today
A larger than usual seasonal in
crease in milk sold at wholesale
was reported and contributed to
the price index increase for Penn
sylvania farmers The average
milk increase was 400 a hundred
weight over the same price paid
last year.
A Federal-State Crop Report
ing Service survey shows the
price index for Pennsylvania!
farmers was up 12 points or five
per'cent from a month ago. At 243
per cent of its 1910-14 average,
the index is nitie points above that
of July 1956. The national index
was up three points, or one per
cent from the previous month
Farmers averaged six cents per
dozen more for their eggs, the re
port showed, but the price was
still six cents below the 45 cents
a dozen paid at the same time last
jear Farm chicken prices were
steady at 17 and a half cents,
while broiler chickens brought
an averagt price of two cents
more per pound
The Pennsylvania crops index
advanced slightly for the month
when seasonal declines for small
grains were offset seasonally high
er hay prices, averaging 300 a ton,
the survey showed
the second injection
Also, according to Bankowski,
the vaccine “can be given to
chicks of any age, does not spread
the disease to unvaccinated or
partially susceptible pen-mates,
does not produce symptons of
Newcastle itself and, perhaps'
most important does not cause a
flare-up off other latent diseases
the chicken may be carrying”
$2 Per Year