Vol 11. No. 42
THE NEW STATE POULTRY QUEEN is
Miss Margaret McPherson, New Park,
York County. She was selected Saturday
at Dutch Days in Hershey. Runner-up was
Miss Penny Hoffman, R 1 Catawissa, left.
Countians Win
Two Seconds
In Contests
Lancaster County entries batted
000 by losing four contests over
the past weekend. But two of the
contestants came m second
In the state poultry cooking
contest held Saturday at Penn
sylvania Dutch Days at Hershey,
W R Hutchinson came in sec
ond Winner was Mrs Mann Wel
ler, North Race St, Richland,
Lebanon County.
And m the state Peach Queen
nnals, Miss Joanne Gamber of
Lancaster lost out to Miss Rose
Mane Fries, 16, of Chambersburg
M the peach desert baking con
test Saturday in York Miss Fries
naked a Bavarian cream pie
State poultry queen for 1957 is
a York Countian, Miss Margaret
McPherson, 18, of New Park A
enn State freshman this fall,
iss McPherson plans to go into
some phase of radio or television
dramatics.
Runner-up in the contest was
Miss Penny Hoffman, R 1 Catawis
sa ’ Columbia County.
The queen was crowned by Miss Elizabeth
Erb. Judges were Miss Mary Rissinger,
Penn State; Dr. M. W. Allam, University
of Pennsylvania; and Richard Clark,
WFIL-TV, Philadelphia. (LF Photo)
Red Rose DHIA Issues First Report
Of Production Under New System
The first report on dairy herd
improvement records under the
new,machine record keeping sys
tem was issued this week by the
Red Rose DHIA.
The records are for the month
of June; however it includes only
those herds which had been com
puted by July 10 Some herds
tested in June, therefore, will
not appear in the current report.
Curtis E. Akers, head tester who
prepares the report, said that
these herds will be included next
month.
The herd having the highest
monthly butterfat average wa
that of Ivan G. Martin, R 1 Eph
rata. This herd averaged 1,284
pounds of milk and 52 pounds of
butterfat. The herd of R John
Yost, R 2 Narvon was second with
The junior division of the poul
try cooking contest was won by
Miss Kathryn Yoselson, R 1 Mont
rose. Runner-up was Miss Pauline
Long, Myerstown.
The Lancaster County contest
ant was Miss Barbara Eby, 1013
Lititz Pk., Lancaster.
Quarryville (Lancaster County) Pa,, Friday, Aug. 30, 1957
1,310 pounds of milk and 48
pounds of butterfat.
The highest 305 day record
was completed by a registered
Holstein owned by John C. Met
zler, R 1 Christiana. This eow pro
duced 19,707 pounds of milk and
723 pounds of butterfat.
Second high 305 day record
was completed by a registered
Holstein in the herd of Albert R
Fry, R 1 Manheim. Her record is
17,044 pounds of milk and 707
pounds of butterfat.
Here are the 10 top herds in
June:
Herd Milk Fat
Ivan G. Martin 1,284 52
R John Yost 1,310 48
Harry S. Mumma 933 47
A. W Wickenheiser 1,304 52
John O. Hershey 1,182 47
Edwin N. Kurtz 1,303 46
John C. Metzler 1,226 45
Marvin A. Eshleman 1,303 45
Clair H. Witmer 929 45
Amos M. Stoltzfus 1,249 45
The usual of cows above
70 pounds of butterfat will not
be avaiable due to the change in
record keeping systems.
Drouth Damage $l2 Million;
Tobacco, Hay Crops Hardest Hit
n/ i
Total drouth damage this year
is estimated at $12,050,331 by
County Agent Max M Smith in a
special report released Monday
This would be a loss of about
32 per cent from the bumper crop
of 1956 and 40 per cent of the
value of the 1955 crop
Leader Says
Four Counties
Need Federal Aid
Governor George M Leader
said this week that although for
mal requests from Bucks, Mont
gomery, Berks and Chester Coun
ties for federal drouth aid have
not reached his desk, that he can
“in good conscience recommend
Federal disaster aid.”
This' statement followed his
tour of the drouth stricken coun
ties.
“As a man who has spent most
of his life on a farm, I think I
know a little about what farmers
believe The farmers we talked
with on this trip are typical of
farmers throughout the State.
They make a habit of standing on
their own two feet, with reliance
m themselves, and they don’t' ask
for any kind of help unless they
really need it,” the Governor
added
“It looks to me as if some areas
will get only one-tenth of the nor
mal yield of corn, one-third of the
tomato and potato crop and that
the beans are completely dried
out.”
United Kindom Taking
Less U.S. Produced Lard
Although total lard imports by
the United Kingdom during the
first five months of 1957 were up
considerably from the same
months of 1956, the U.S. share of
this market dropped from 86 6
per cent during the January-May
1956 to 65 8 per cent for the same
period of 1957
Now Is The Time . . .
Max Smith
returns next fall.
TO DETERMINE FORAGE NEEDS It might be wise to survey
your hay and silage needs for this winter and try to locate your
supply before next spring. If drouth conditions are removed m the
near future, it might relieve this buying pressure and purchases
could be made later in the fall. From all appearances at this time
roughage prices will advance in this part of the country.
TO PREPARE FOR WINTER OATS Winter oats should be seeded
in Lancaster County during the middle of September (10th to 20th).
LaConte or Dußois are the recommended varieties at the rate of two
bushel per acre. They should be seeded on well drained soil and
either a 4-12-12 or an 0-20-20 fertilizer applied Not any nitrogen on
soils where lodging is a problem.
TO BEWARE OF “SILO FILLER” DISEASE Silo-filling time is
at hand and many crops of drouth-stricken corn are being ensiled.
This requires a word of caution because of the poisonous gas that
may form m the partly-filled silo or in the silo chute during or short
ly after the filling operation. These nitrate gases are more severe
when filling with stunted corn in dry weather. Operators should
not go into the silo alone and not before running the blower for sev
eral minutes to remove any dangerous pocket of gas.
Smith based his figures on a
average of the 1955-56 crops
v.hich would make the overall
loss about 35 per cent of normal.
Hardest hit, according to Smith,,
is the silage crop which is cut 50
per cent At a 40 per cent loss
are corn, hay, pasture, and pota
toes, 30 per cent of the value of
the tobacco crop is lost; a third
of the vegetable crop, a quarter
of the oat crop, and a tenth of
fruit crop
However in dollar value, the
tobacco is hardest hit. $3,399,210
will be lost by county farmers in.
reduced yields and**quality this
year. The nexT'Kighest figure is
hay at $1,873,400 followed closely
by vegetables at a loss of $1,200,*
000.
The barley, wheat and ry©
crops, harvested before the dry
weather had a chance to affect
them, are listed as normal.
In addition to actual losses
from crops, Smith listed $472,000
as lost by farmers in trying to
establish new hay seedings He
estimated that most of the new
seedings are a 60 per cent loss.
The light rainfall which fell
generally throughout Lancaster
County Sunday is not expected to
help, the 'Situation appreciably.
For most crops it was a case of
too little too late.
With only 20 inches being re*
ported at Lancaster, the rain did
little more than settle the dust.
In the southern part of the Gar*
den Spot more rain was reported,
A heavy thundershower deposit*
ed at least half an inch of ram
generally, according to unofficial
observers.
The parched northern town
ships failed to better themselves
much with only about .20 inches
being measured.
Heavy rams fell in New Jersey
and Maryland effectively breaking,
the drouth in those states. New
Jersey, hit earlier by the hot dry
spell, had requested federal
drouth aid, only to be refused by
President Eisenhower
By MAX SMITH
County Agricultural Agent
TO BREED FOR FALL PRODUCTION Many
efficient dairyment are making a special effort
to have miximum milk production in the fall and
early winter when milk prices are more favor
able. It seems like good management to sell a
product when the prices are the highest. The
delay in breeding of cows at this time in order tO‘
fresh in August or September may mean greater
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