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Vol. 111. No. 1
Exposition Opens;
Couhtians Among
Early Winners
Nearly 3,000 head of the na
tion's outstanding beef cattle,
swine and sheep jammed the big
State Farm Show building in
Harrisburg Monday as the first
annual Pennsylvania National
Livestock Exposition started.
Although the official dates of
the affair are Nov. 12 to 16, judg
ing of carcass classes started'Mon
day. And in this early judging,
a Lancaster County beef cattle
breeder showed that the Garden
Spot can show up well in the face
of all comers.
Fred Frey, Quarryville, had the
on foot champion steer in the car
cass class. He showed in the sum
mer yearling class. Another An
gus, this one from the Pennsyl
vania State University, finished
first in the junior yearling class
and took reserve championship.
Another fast championship was
brought home by Fred Burnhard,
Mt Joy, by winning the purple
rosette in the junior baby beef
competition.
In the swine Masonic
Homes swept the Duroc "competi
tion and Stauffer Homestead
Farms showed well in the. Hamp
shire classes.
Stockmen from all parts of the
nation are lavish in their praise
of the facilities available at the
Farm Show site.
Oscar Anderson, Illinois Po
land China breeder, said that the
swine facilities were among the
best in all the shows. He should
know, having Shown champion
barrows in the National Barrow
show and at state fairs throughout
the nation.
Another bouquet was handed
Pennsylvania’s initial effort in
providing “big time” competition
for Keystone breeders Franklin
D. Roosevelt, Jr., president of the
Eastern Polled Hereford Assn,
and an exhibitor, said “It’s ter-
Now Is The Time . . . *
By MAX SMITH
County Agricultural Agent
TO ORDER YOUR CLOVER AND ALFALFA
SEED Be sure of your needs of these seeds
by getting your supply reserved before late
winter seedmgs are causing an active market.
Many times the recommended varieties are sold
out before the main rush of seeding gets under-way. Lancaster
county red clover growers cannot afford to be satisfied with any
other strain except Pennscott; it should out-yield all other varieties.
Max Smith
TO SPRAY WILD HONEY-SUCKLE Early winter is the best
lime to use'chemicals to kill honey-suckle vines. One of the recom
mended chemicals is to use one part of 2,4-5 T brush killer and 20
parts of No. 2 Fuel Oil; this mixture can be syrayed on the vines
during late November, December, and January with good results. Do
not spray on trees, shrubs or any other plant that is not to be killed.
TO ENROLL IN SHORT COURSES AT PENN STATE A wide
variety of short courses in many phases of agriculture are offered
at Penn State University each winter; Che four-week short course in
general agriculture starts the first of January and may be continued
for the second four-week period if desired. Details available at the
Extension Service Office, or by writing to Director of Short Courses,
Armsby Bldg, University Park, Pa,
COUNTY HERDSMAN SAMUEL LONG, '
R 4 Manheim, holds the Grand Champion
junior show steer named Tuesday at the
Pennsylvania Livestock Exposition. The
steer is owned and was shown by Fred
rific,” when speaking of the en
tire exposition. He said the Penn
sylvania exposition has the big
gest beef breeding show ever held
in the East.
For details on the various clas
ses, see the separate stories
throughout the paper.
TO WINTERIZE YOUR HOME Many doors
and windows of farm 'homes fit loosely and can
be tightened with weather stripping; tests have
shown that a reduction of 12 per cent in the fuel
bill is posssible by by weather stripping and the
installation of storm windows and doors. Every
door and window is a source of heat loss; attic
insulation will not only reduce heat losses this
winter but help keep your home cooler next
summer.
Quarryville (Lancaster County) Pa., Friday, Nov. 15, 1957
Filler Stocks Down 3 Per Cent
From Last Year, Oct. 1 Tally Shows
Cigar filler stocks are down
three per cent from a year ago
and binder stocks are down 11
per cent, according to the Oct.
1 tally by the U. S. Department
of Agriculture.
During the 1956-57 marketing
year, a total disappearance (ex
ports plus domestic disappear
ance) of some 87.5 million
pounds was noted for filler com
pared to 93.9 million pounds a
year earlier.
For binder the total was 45.7
million pounds compared to 50
million pounds the proceeding
year.
Stock reports of Oct 1 show
that 128,359,000 pounds of types
41-44 tobacco are on hand. This
compares with a 126,928,000
pound figure a year earlier.
Puerto Rican filler stocks are
down 7,000,000 pounds from Oct.
1, 1956, to 50,312,000 pounds
However fore'ign grown leaf
stocks are up by nearly 4,000,000
pounds.
(Total tobacco stocks in the
United States and Puerto Rico
total 4,918 million ipounds as of
Oct. 1. This is an increase of
135 million' pounds compared
with a year earlier.
Flue-cured stocks continued
higher than for the correspond
ing date a year earlier, up five
per cent, but this situation will
reverse by the next reporting
date because of the relatively
small 1957 crop which is now be
ing marketed by growers.
Holdings of Burley leaf this
Oct. 1 were about tihe same as a
year earlier while Maryland in-
Bernhard, Mt. Joy. The Angus, Maxie,
started as a buddy steer with the top rated
steer being shown and sold at the District
Roundup last Thursday. (LF Photo)
creased slightly, .up two per
cent.
Of the other kinds of tobacco,
CARROLL SHAFFNOR, Penn State shepherd, showed '
this 123 pound Hampshire wether to the top at the Ex
position. The sire is Penn State’s Bullmine Jr., and the
wether is of the same breeding of the International
Grand Champion last year. (LF Photo)
S 2 Per Year
4-H Delegation
Needs Funds
For Chicago Trip
Lancaster County this year is
the largest* delegation
of 4H members in its history to
che national 4-H Club Congress
in Chicago.
They are the three members
jf the livestock judging team,
the three members of the poul
try and egg judging team and
Jour girls with home economics
demonstrations.
'However this number of mem
bers attending is causing a prob
lem in financing the trip. The
average cost to each member will
be about $l6O for transporta
tion, meals and lodging. This
makes a total of $1,600 required
for all the members to attend.
The state or county 4-H office
does not have funds to cover
these expenses. So this week in
Lancaster County, a drive among
the agricultural organizations
and industries is being started
to raise funds for the young
men and women.
The drive is being headed by
Abram Bucher and Stanley Mus
selman, •'tj.asaaster.
as cf —■'-jrrvfol?
$2OO 'had been promised by
Lancaster County Society of
Farm Women, the 4-H and Ex
tension Councils. This leaves
$1,400 still to be raised.
The boys and girls will stay
at the Conrad Hilton Hotel in
Chicago and will 'be accompanied
by executives from the state 4-H
club office.
stocks of fire-cured an
increase, but decreases from a
year ago were shown for stocks
of dark air-ured, cigar filler and
cigar binder. 1