LIBRARY Vol. 111. No. 22 Holstein Tour To New Jersey Being Planned County Holstein breeders will bead north this spring on their annual tour. A 15 hour trip will ' allow the!m to visit Holstein herds in Pennsylvania and New ■Jersey. The tour is set for April 14 and will leave at 7 am r In Pennsylvania the breeders .will visit the famous Keystone Farms at Easton. This herd in 'dudes the grand champion at the state Black & White Show .held last August. The owners were ajso recipients of the pre mier breeder award and the pre mier exhibitor award, the first time that one farm had won both awards. In Pottstown the Firestone Tire 'and Rubber Co. plant will be toured. The three New Jersey herds to be visited are Pineyhill Farms Washington, Mulhocaway Farms Clinton, and Cedar Lane Farm, Oldwick. All of these farms have built reputations for quality both in showrmg and in the record books. The tour committee, Elvin Hess, Jr, Robert C. Groff, and J Rob ert Hess, say that a lunch should be packed to be eaten on the bus between stops at noon. A free beverage .will be provided Supper, however, will have to be purchased Total cost for the trip, including the evening meal, is $5.50. Reservations must be sent no later than today to Elvin Hess Jr., R 1 Strasburg, Pa. Those making the trip are urged to.ride the chartered bus. David Lapp Heads New Holland Club David Lapp, R 1 Bareville, was elected president of the New Hol land Community 4-H Club at a meeting held April 7 at the New Holland National Bank Other officiers elected were vice president, Donna Peters; sec retary, Anna Laipp; treasurer Mary Ann Wolgumuth, game lead ers, Alvin McQuate and Marie' Horning; song leader, Roy Ment zer, and reporter, Judith Anr Buch. LOOSE HOUSING need not be a reason for having dirty cows than any other system of dairying. And Henry 'R Wilson, R 2 Not tingham, has found that he oan save real Quarryville (Lancaster County) Pa., Friday, April 11, 1958 A FEW DAYS OF WARM dry weather last week allowed some, farmers to start their field work. Adin Sensenig, R 2 Quarryville, found plowing fairly easy in a field that was planted to corn last year. While the Series of Meetings on Quality Hay Making, Soil Testing to Be Held in County Next Week Three quality hay meetings and two soil testing meetings have been scheduled. for the coming week according to County Agent Max Smith. All the factors in quality hay making will be discussed. This includes the use of chrushers, crimper, mow finishers and other machinery. Joe McCurdy, exten sion agricultural engineer from money and time by handling his 65 cow herd in this manner. For the full story, see page 12 of this issue (LF Photo) ground was in fairly good condition for plowing, it was not ideal. Heavy rains Sunday, however, stopped all field work for a few more days. (LF Photo) Penn State will be on hand to lead the discussion James Aiken, agronomy spe cialist from Penn State will dis cuss soil testing, lime and fertiliz er applications. Several soil samples will be tested for lime requirements at the meetings Fanners are urged to bring samples from their own farms with them to the meeting. The samples should be dry, sieved and well marked. Remem bei to use care when taking the sample. Fertilizer recommenda tions are no better than the sample of soil on which they are based. Here are the dates and meeting places for the hay meetings. Tues, April 15 Bpm at the Ag Room of Solanco High School, Quarryville Wed<, April 16 9 30 a m. at the farm of George Rutt, R 1 Stevens. Turn left at the Reams town traffit light on Route 222 going north. The Rutt farm is the first on the right. Wed„ April 16 1 30 p m. at Masonic Homes Farms, Elizabeth town. The meeting will be held at the new'hay drying barn. Here'is the schedule for the soil testing meetings Both are to be heid'on April 17. At 9-SO a m the‘meeting will be m the base ment o t Kirkwood Hall in Kuk wood The 130 pm session will be m the Elizabethtown area, but the place is undecided Lancaster County Farmers’ Assn. Re-schedules Spring Meeting April 18 The spring meeting of the Lan caster County Farmers’ Assn, has been rescheduled for Friday, tpnl 18 at the Lancaster County Poultiy Center, 240 West Rose ville Rd , Lancaster. The meeting ,vill begin at 7 30 p m. C A, Hendrickson of the USDA market research division will speak on “Marketing Type 41 Tobacco.” Much of Hendrickson’s S 2 Per Year Part-Time Farmer Wants to Keep Things the Same Tuesday night the Part-Time Farmer Committee of Program Projection heard what part-time farmer think of themselves and what they plan to do. The in formation was obtained by a poll and was summarized by Emory J. Brown, rural sociologist from Penn State. The data were compiled from questionnaires mailed early this year to 370 part-time farmers in the county Brown summarized fiom 128 of the forms that were returned. This is what the farmers had to say • Fifty-nine felt that they are as well off as their full-time neighbors and 43 said they were better off. • Fifty said they were better oli than full-time hourly workers and 30 said they were as well off. • Eighty-one said that they in tend to continue farming on a part-time tyasis. Only 18 said they are working toward full-time farming and 17 plan to get out of farming entirely. • Eighty-nine per cent said said they make more money per hour at their off-farm job. • And 112 own their own farm eight are part owners and an equal number rent. ' To qualify as a part-time farm er, a man must get at least $l5O a year gross income from the farm. He also works 100 or more days a year away from his farm. According to Brown, there are some 2,000 such farmers in Lan caster County. Their farms range in size from an acre to 100 acres with the average size being about 40 acres. The most important enterprise of the part-time farmer is poultry, with steers and dairy cows follow ing closely Five listed swine as their main enterprise and two orchards. IN THE PART of the question naires designed to measure the extension service’s help to the group, 108 farmers said that they had received letters or read in formation prepared as guidance by extension Most said they preferred in formation by newsletter, farm visit, telephone or newspaper on farming practices None mention ed the impact of radio or tele casts. Harry F. Houser, R 7 Lancaster, chairman of the committee mak ing the survey, has set April 22 as the date when the group will draft recommendations to the ex tension service. The recommenda tions will first be heard by the entire Program Projection group at a meeting the first part of May. Other committees are studying Family Relations, Youth Pro grams, Agricultural Integration and Urban and Suburban Prob lems. recent work has been in estimat ing the impact of processed tobac co on the marketing situation. The president of the Pennsyl vania Farmers’ Assn , G A Biggs will give a talk entitled “What This Organization is Doing for the Public ” Non-members as well as mem bers are invited to attend the spring meeting.
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