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Vol. 111. No. 5. Quarryville (Lancaster County) Pa., Friday, Dec. 13, 1957 $2 Per Yeai
14 Square Dance Teams Competing
In Three Divisions at Farm Show
HARRISBURG—Square dance teams from 14 counties
will compete for $750 in prize premiums during the 1958
Pennsylvania Farm Show, Jan. 13-17, the State Farm Show
Commission said Tuesday.
A total of 312 dancers m 39 teams will dance through their
paces wearing special costumes, many of which will have
been designed especially for the contest which replaces the
Farm Show Rural Talent Festival, discontinued after 12
successful years.
There are three divisions in the'
folk dance contest, each to be
judged separately, according to
John B. McCool, Farm Show di
rector. Prize awards total $250
toi each division. Arrangements
for the contest are being made by
C J Lang, assistant state 4-H
Club leader at the Pennsylvania
Slate University.
Judges of the event will be
Duke Regnier of the University
of Illinois; Miss Bernice Scott,
Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y.,
and Charles Thomas of Wood
bury, N. J.
Dance teams in Division A, all
members under 21 years of age,
include:
Geiger Senior 4-H Club, Frei
dens, Somerset County, Penn Ju
venile Grange No. 419, Grampian,
Clearfield County, Kampus Kids,
Bloomsburg, Columbia County,
Better Farm and Home Club, Mid
dleburg, Snyder County, Wei
shcmpie 4-H Club, Ashland,
Schuylkill County, Berks County
4-II Council; Clearfield County
Team, Westmoreland County 4-H
Council; Youth Cential Grange
No. 1650, Germansville, Lehigh
County, Carlisle High School,
Cumberland County, two teams;
Lykens Valley Barn Dancers, Mil
lersburg Dauphin County, and
Jenners Township Community
Dance Team, Boswell, Somerset
County.
AH dance teams in Division B,
contestants 18 to 30 years, repre
sent senior extension clubs, ex
cept Johnstown Comet Club,
Johnstown, Cambria County.
Other entries represent clubs in
Adams, Cumberland, Schuylkill,
Berks, Lehigh, two teams, York,
Franklin, India and Lebanon
Counties.
Division C teams competitors
21 years and older, are:
Bedford County Senior Exten
sion Club, North Penn “Y” Prom
enaders, Colmar, Somerset Coun-
Now Is The Time . . .
By MAX SMITH
County Agricultuial Agent
TO PRACTICE SAFETY This is easy to say
but still important. The family Christmas
Tree is enjoyed by everyone but can be a fire
hazaid if improperly handled, be sure you get a
fresh cut tree, keep it in water or some moist
material, and do not smoke or have an open flame
near it
TO REDUCE SPEED With all vehicles both
cn the road and on the farm; with winter weather
conditions facing us, speed is one of the most
dangerous habits We are not referring only to
the automobile; the modern tractors on snow,
ice, or mud can get too much speed for the rest
Max Smith of the machinery and for general safety.
TO PRACTICE RAT CONTROL During the early winter months
rats migrate from the fields to the house and barn, they are seeking
protection from the weather and a food supply. If you have these
things for them, they will be with you all winter If they cannot
find a suitable place, they will move on Offer them the worst of
facilities and some poisoned bait and let’s keep down the rat popula
tion.
TO IMPROVE CALF RAISING Many new-born calves will be
raised during the winter months for replacements, since they will
be your future herd, they should get special attention so that they
will have a chance to be better than their mothers Clean, dry,
draft-free, warm, and sunny quarters are some of the equipment
essentials. Top-quality roughage and special vitamin enforced calf
growing rations should furnish the feed essentials. A special Calf
raising Extension Leaflet is available.
"ty; Adams County Senior Exten
sion Club, Better Farm and Home
Club, Middleburg, Snyder County;
Franklin County Senior Extension
Club; Schuylkill County Senior
Extension Club, Bradford Grange
No. 1219, Bigler, Clearfield Coun
ty; Penn Grange No 534, Gram
pian, Harmony Team, Westover,
Cleareld County, Lawrence Coun
ty Senior Extension Club, Circle
Eight Dancers, Lock Haven, Clin
ton County; Cumberland County
Senior Extension Club, Mountain
Aires, Nanty Glo, Cambria Coun
ty; Fleetwood Old Time iggers,
Berks County, and Klingerstown
Hoedowners, Millersburg, Dau
phin County.
Chicago Editor
Named Head of
Farm Writers
Richard Orr, farm editor of
the Chicago Tribune, was elected
president of the Newspaper Faim
Editors Assn at the association’s
annual meeting Sunday evening
at the Conrad Hilton Hotel m
Chicago.
James Colby, farm editor of
the Davenport, lowa, Democrat
( was named vice president and
'jack Putnam, farm editor of the
i Tulsa, Okla, World, was elected
secretary treasurer.
I Robert Jjorklund, farm editor
of the Wisconsin State Journal,
Madison, and Bernard Brenner,
United Press farm reporter at
the Depaitment of Agriculture,
Washington, D C, were named
j directors.
The only Pennsylvania farm
editor attending the meeting was
Robert E Best, editor of Lancas-
ter Farming.
COT Contest
Chairman to Be
W. B, Rentschler
E I. Robertson, Lancaster,
president of the Pennsylvania
Poultry Federation announced
Tuesday the appointment of
Wayne Rentschler of the Lancas
ter County Farm Bureau, to fill
the position of general chairman
of the 1958 Chicken-of-Tomorrow
Contest Committee The contest is
sponsored by the Pennsylvania
Poultry Federation.
Application blanks, rules and
icgulations for this 1958 Chmken
of-Tomorrow Contest will be
made available from the Federa
tion Office, 1612 North Second St,
Harrisburg, Pa , to all applicants,
hatcheries, feed companies, VoAg
teachers and County Agents the
latter part of December
Dates for the contest aie as fol
lows Closing date for entries—
Feb 1, 1958 Chicks will be start
ed during the week of Feb 27 to
Mar 3 Dressing and judging
dates for regional contests will be
May 3 in the Franconia Region
and May 5 in the other five reg
ions State finals of the contest
will be May 6 in the Farm Show
Building, Harrisburg, with May 7
as the date for the regional auc
tion sales.
The legions and their chairmen
are as follows
Altoona region- Gilbert Kes
sler, Tyrone Milling Company, Ty
rone, Pa.
Butler legion Ivan Reimold,
Route 2 Butler Pa.
Coatesviiie region Floyd H
Moore, Moore Farms, 780 Eden
Rd , Lancaster, Pa.
Franconia region Co-Chairmen
—Charles Price, 111, Telford, Pa.,
C F H Wueslhoff, Doylestown,
Pa.
Fredericksburg region Lloyd
H Lebo, Lebanon County Schools,
Lebanon, Pa
Mandata region T Dean Wit
me r Court House Annex, Sun
bury, Pa.
Restaurants
Being Checked
For Oleo Use
State Secretaiy of Agriculture
William L. Henning has warned
proprietors of public eating places
that they are in violation of a
state law when they use colored
oleomargarine.
“We are cracking down on es
tablishments where colored oleo
is used,” Henning declared “Col
ored oleo cannot be used on din
ing tables or in the preparation of
food in public places in Pennsyl
vania.”
According to the State Oleo
margarine Act of 1947, colored
oleo can be sold only at wholesale
and retail outlets for use in pri
vate residences, provided a spe
cial State license has been pur
chased by the seller.
Fines ranging from $6O for a
first offense to $l,OOO for third of
fenders can be assessed against
violators of the law.
The State Bureau of Foods and
Chemistry in the Department of
Agriculture is responsible for en
forcing the oleo law and other
regulations. The 26 food agents
in the state collect samples of
products, tag each and forward
them to one of the five state lab
oratories for analyses by chem
ists. This service is provided to as
sure consumers of wholesome pro
ducts and to prevent misbranding
and adulteration. Laboratories are
located at Philadelphia, Harris
burg, Wilkes Barre, Erie and
Pittsburgh.
HOLDING THE Grand Champion Hampshire ram at the
International Livestock Exposition in Chicago is Norman L.
Hess, father of Edward and Arthur Hess who operate
Green Meadows Farm, Bareville. The ram, out of Perfect
ion, was judged best of the breed by Alex McKinzie of Okla
homa State University. (LF Photo)
ANOTHER GREEN Meadows entry was this ewe which,
also won a grand championship at the International. Hold
ing her is Lloyd Smiege from Michigan who is also a Hamp
shire breeder. Green Meadows also had the best pen of
rams, best pen of ewes, best flock, and won trophis on two
ewes. (LF Photo)
County Soil District to Supervise
Tree Distribution, Planting Work
The Lancaster County Soil Con
servation District Monday night
look on the responsibility of dis
tubuting and supervising the
planting of some 500,000 tree
seedlings
The seedlings are being made
available by the Glatfelter Puln
Wood Co, Gettysburg. They will
be purchased from the state de
partment of forests and waters
and given to the conservation dis
trict free of charge.
The only restuction on their
planting is that they be distribut
ed to farmer-cooperators in the
district and that they be planted
under the supervision of the SCS
work unit and forest conserva
tionists.
In a letter to the conservation
district, the firm said that a recent
survey of reforestation in the
state showed the greatest need to
be in the southeastern portion of
the Commonwealth
M Martin Muth, unit conser
vationist and John Kitch, district
forester, will be m charge of the
work. Preliminary discussion at
the meeting indicated that some
of the trees may be made avail
able to the FFA and Boy Scouts
who annualy plant trees on plots
designated by the county district.
The first in a senes of reports
from cooperating agencies in the
i district was made by Rudolph
, York of the Farmers Home Ad
ministration. He said that the
organization is presently concen
trating mainly on two types of
loans' those for the purchase of
li\ estock, machinery and supplies
and to institute soil conservation
piactices, and to build or repair
farm buildings.
j A popular misconception of
FHA, he said, is that the agency
is in business to make loans to
I “down and outers ” He said this
was far from the truth because
there are very strict lules of
eligibility for loans from FHA.
Muth reported the following
accomplishments duung Novem
ber 12 new cooperators, 16 basic
plans, 111 acres in conservation
rotations, 90 acres stubble mulch
ing, 137 acres strip cropping, 131
acres woodland protection, 18
acres woodland harvest cutting;
800 linear feet grass waterways;
4 350 feet of diversions and two
acies of obstruction removals