AGRICUir'RJL LSBRSRY THE pENf'CY STATE COLLEte lift Penna. State Oniversity f Vol. 111. No. 10. Tobacco Costs JWust Be Cut Ranck Tells TGA Milton Ranck, veteran tobacco bujer and handler from Lancas ter, remmsced about the “good” old days” in the tobacco business, spoke briefly about the “romance in tobacco” and noted the changes in public taste in cigar smoking in a talk Friday before the Lan caster County Tobacco Growers Assn. Eut, in the opinion of many growers present, he failed to ans wer the question most troubhng the grower today how is to bacco to be handled and grown in the future’ Ranck did say that with the ad v< nt of chemistry in the tobacco industry the farm handling of leaf has changed and is due to change considerably in the future. Getting into some of the chang es, Ranck said that experimental work is now being done in ma chine cutting of tobacco, and the curing of leaf in much the same manner as hay is cured by forced air today. One reason for this, Ranck said, is that costs must be cut in to bacco production while still a cluevmg a maximum volume. “You can’t afford to grow tobac co at today’s low prices,” he said, while sill using the mehods of yesterday.” ‘We must invent methods of getting away from hand labor” “Quality is getting to be a less er factor with volume the thing to try for now” Ranch said. “If I v ere a young man growing to bacco I would try to grow as many pounds as possible,” he said When reminded that volume and quality tend to go hand in hand, he said that quality will never be discounted, but that vol ume is what will be most desired Here specifically is what Ranch had to say about the handling of the 1958 crop: Watch moisture, (Continued on page ten) Now Is The Time . • . By MAX SMITH County Agricultural Agent TO PLAN FOR SPRING TREE PLANTING Now is the time to plan and order the evergreen or forest trees that y6u want to plant this spring. March or April is planting time and many nurs eries cannot meet the demand. Trees for idle land, Christmas trees, erosion control, wmd-breahs, or other ornamental purposes should be ordered. TO USE CAUTION WITH PURCHASES Southeastern Pennsylvania with it’s dense farm population is fertile ground for all kinds of sales man and sales organizations. Farmers are urged to be careful about buying from strangers or from concerns with unknown reputation; it is not good business to pay for an item before de- Max Smith livery unless you are certain the concern is re liable. Many times a bargain from a stranger results in a very ex pensive experience. TO IMPROVE FARM WOODLOT The winter and spring months are best to cut out undesirable trees in the woodlot and to give good trees a better chance. A number of woodlots in this area are in need of thimng and improving. Large trees may be cut for lumber with a ready demand. Extensive Service publications on this subject are available. TQ APPLY DORMANT BRUSH SPRAY—One of the recommended times to kill brush and small trees is in February and March when other trees and plants are dormant. Mixtures of 2, 4-5 T and fuel oil may be sprayed or sprinkled on tree trunks or clumps of bushes or briars for a chemical treatment. On trees over four inches in diameter it is recommended that a hatchet or axe be used to cut a nick into the tree and around the circumference of the trunk; the spray is then applied liberally into this cut. Quarryville (Lancaster County) Pa., Friday, Jan. 17, 1958 AN ENTIRE CLASS of Holstein heifers barely makes a good gathering in the huge main arena at the Farm Show Bldg. The ef- feet of freezing roads and rain on attend- 4-H Baby Beeves To Be Auctioned Today The 4-H baby beeves, darlings of the livestock department at the Farm Show, were weighed W ednesday, judged yesterday, and sold over the auction block today to become prime steaks and roasts. ance Tuesday is also evident in this picture, The estimated crowd totalled only 75,000 compared to the record breaking 135,000 crowd Monday. Junior Chicken of Tomorrow Entry Blanks Now Available Entry blanks for the state ] Junior Chicken of Tomorrow contest will be available at the Quarryville office of Lancaster Fanning until the Feb. 1 entry deadline, according to Robert E. Best, Lancaster Farming editor and member of the Coatesville Region Committee. The contest is open to any boy or girl between the ages of 10 and 20 or any junior agricultural group. The contestant must be sponsored by a Pennsylvania Poultry Federation member. Entry blanks must be post marked before midnight Feb. 1. They should be mailed to the Poultry Federation office, 1612 North Second St., Harrisburg. Either 50 cockerels or 100 straight run chicks may be en tered in the contest They must be wmgbanded by the hatchery and hatched from Feb. 27 to March 3. All chicks must be reared by the contestant on his piemises. Chickens will be dressed and judged May 5 in the regional con tests and the state judging will be held May 6 Birds entered will be judged on confirmation, fleshing, condition and uniformity. Most value is placed on fleshing. No homones or drugs may be used. The entry fee is $2. Floyd H. Moore, 780 Eden Rd., Lancaster, is the regional chair man. Other committee members are Henry E. Landis, Pennsyl vania Farms Hatchery, Abbotts town; Stephen Fredericks, Pro ducers Cooperative Exchange, Coatesville; Miles Moyer, Martin’s Hatchery, Lancaster; William Skcthway, Paradise. Arthur K. Groff, R 7 Lancaster Daniel K Good, R 1 Columbia; F. W. Fisher Leacock, Roy H. Heck enluber, Biglervdle; Victor Plas tow, PO. Bldg, Lancaster; Paul L Martin, Morgantown Feed & Grain, Morgantown; Robert G. Thompson, Indian ■ River Hatch ery, Lancaster, John Kreps, Ches ter-Delaware Farm Bureau, West Chester. Clyde Jackson Court House An nex, West Chester; Lowell Blass, 524 North 26th St, Reading: Fred Attinger, Court House, Gettys burg; Ernest O. Horn Jr, D E. Horn & Co., York, Charles Burk hart, Miller & Bushong Inc., Rohrerstown; Best; Thomas Mal in, 106 South George St., York; and Dale Anderson, Ilespenheide & Thompson, York. 13 County Women Win Prizes In Home-Ec Open Classes E t ght Lancaster County women placed in the open classes of the home improvement division at the Farm Show. Winners were- Class 81, table or chair mat, Mrs. William S. Longenecker, R 2, Mount Joy, fourth place; Class 82b, floor rug, Mrs. Elva Farmer, 215 Lebanon Bd , Manheim, second place, Class 82c, floor rug Mrs Farmer, sec ond place. Class 8?b, floor rug, Mrs Long enecker, first place; Class 83c, floor rug, Mrs Longenecker; Class 84, floor rug, Mrs Long enecker, first place; Class 86, Exchange May Merge to Form One Poultry Assn. Lancaster County poultrymen will vote Jan 23 on a proposition to merge the Lancaster Poultry Exchange and the Lancaster County Poultry Assn at the an nual meeting of the Exchange to be held at the Poultry Center. In addition to the proposed merger, three directors are to be elected. The meeting will be gin at 7 30 p m The proposition reads as fol lows “In the interests of greater working efficiency within ithe poultry industry and the elimi nation of duplication in their respective areas, the Directors of the Lancaster Poultry Exchange and the Directors of the Lancas ter County Poultry Assn, rec ommend to their membership the following resolution: “RESOLVED, That the Lan caster Poultry Exchange and the merge and retain the title of Lancaster County Poultry Assn, merge and retain the title of the latter, that the Exchange maintain its business name and continue to do business as 'at piesent, under the direction of a committee elected from and by the Directors of the Lancaster County Poultry Assn to whom it shall be responsible; that the new Board of Directors of the Lancas ter County Poultry Assn, will be the present Directors of the Poul trj Exchange plus the present Di rer tors of the County Association; that all of the above stipulations be contingent upon the approval of this resolution by both the Lan caster Poultry Exchange and the Lancaster County Poultry Assn.” Speaker at the Exchange meet ing will be the Rev. Nevin E. Smith of Hanover. His topic will be “Present-Day-People.” Nominees for the directorships are: Buyers and processors, Dan iel K. Good, Columbia, now on the board; John Keesey, Fredericks burg; Willis McCarty, New Hol land. Feed and Hatchery, Eugene Cassel, Landisville; Raymond Col vin, Lancaster; Wiliam Foreman, Lancaster; John Longenecker, Elipabethtown; Reyonlds Mon nich, Lancaster Producers, Har vey Brown, Birdsboro; Clair E, Fitz, York; Robert Harnish, Con estoga; Roy B. Herr, Lampeter, presentely a board member; and Joseph Lesley, Oxford. floor rug, Miss Ruth Shearer, R 2, Mount Joy, fourth place; Mrs. Ed na Shearer, R 2 Mount Joy, fifth place, Five county women placed in. the open classes for clothing. The only first place went to Miss Nor ma Siegler, Lancaster, for a pleated wool skirt. Miss Connie Miss ley, Landisviie. took a second place for a straight wool skirt Other winners were Miss Mary Jane Hill, Lititz, who placed sec ond with a dress and jacket; Miss Miriam Hershey, guarryville, and Miss Arlene Fry, Landisville, who placed third and fifth respectively vnth their entries of dressy suits. S 2 Per Year
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