Mary K. Bettendorf, Librarian. - . Agricultural Library »w Bfrßl(nJLr* ,yr * < 1 r '’r?6KY The Pertna. State Ottiverelty PEWWSYu •//-*«*; "■ "Alt tilL£«l Vol. I SPRING PLOWING OF contour strips makes an interesting design from the air. The photo shows part of the farm of Amos H Funk, R 1 Millersville At the controls C of C Task Croup Hears Farmers 9 Views The task force studying expan sion of the Lancaster Chamber of Commerce activities in the field ol agriculture heard three things that could be done trom a farm ers viewpoint Tuesday night at a meeting in Lancaster. B Snavely Garber, R 1 Willow Slreet, a dairy farmer, said that there should be more visiting and understanding between farmers and their city and suburban neigh bors Appreciation of the stand ing of agriculture and an under standing of the problems of the laimer on the part of urban dwell eis is needed, he said Another sore point among farm eis is finding refuse, junk and garbage dumped in their fields and lanes by city dwellers An education program to stop this piactice is sorely needed, Garber said Tax equality is the third prob lem that the farmer and the ur banite have in common Garber said that in these three could and should be worked out by the Chamber of Commerce He also said that there should be more farmer members of the Chamber He noted that in the past, many Lancaster County fuimers were Chamber of Com merce members, but that m the last 20 years, farmer member ship has dropped due to a lack of interest and a lack of a construc ted farm program on the part of the Chamber. I Abram Bucher of Lancaster, w ho has acted as a one-man Cham bei of Commeice for the agncul (Continued on page twelve) Vl ( , Farm Field Work Starts as Warm Sun Makes Appearance; Season Week Late Farming in Lancaster County began this week as the sun finally shed its winter coat of clouds and shone forth to warm the air and soil. I Although spring has been for some three weeks, according to the calendar, residue of the rec ord breaking snowfall delayed planting for at least one full week Rains and chilly raw wea ther kept the soil wet and cold. Only scattered plowing in the state had been reported as of April 1 Such plowing as had been done before last weekend was in spots and patches that were especially well drained Some farmers plowed, although j they said that conditions were farj from idsal and that trouble might develop later. j Snow cover has been the great est in recent years for winter wheat and pasture grasses and many of these fields reportedly have survived winter conditions successfully Snow produced con siderable protection from freez-: mg and thawing during the win-1 ter. I The county is beginning to green up considerably, although I pastures still do not show much growth. It is estimated that small grains will not be suitable for pasture for another week. Some farmers are still buying hay, a necessity brought on by a combination of poor crops last year and the lateness of the pas ture season this year. From the air Monday, when, the air photos m this edition were) being taken, one sure sign of. spring was very much in evi dence. On almost every farm itij Quarryviile (Lancaster County) Pa., Friday, April 18, 1958 when the pictuie was taken was Flying Farmer J. Homer Graybill, R 3 Manheim. (LF Airphoto by Bob Best) the center of the county, next to the house or barn, were either one or two, or in some cases, three white stripes, the sign that (Continued on page 13) A SPRING CHORE UNIQUE to Lancaster J County is the annual practice of steaming tobacco beds. It used to be that steam 1 engines would puff up and down the rural lands, but that has been changed now by Poultry Assn. Plans Gripe Session; Set Dates for Two Barbeques The directors of urn Lancaster Poultry Assn plan to stick their i»cks out for even one to have a vvhack at a meeting planned for \pnl 24 at the Poultry Center The association is asking lor comments, suggestions and ques tions on “Ways and Means to Im prove the Poultry Auction *’ The last time such a meeting was held was in April of 1956 However the directors feel that such a meeting will bring out shortcomings of the auction and will allow members of the asso ciation, producers and buyexs alike, to vent their wrath on things they feel are wiong and pomt up some of the better piac- Uces that are being followed WHILE QUESTIONS will be accepted from the floor, the diree tois are requesting that comments be diopped off at the Center or mailed m ahead of lime This, they believe, will facilitate get ting the discussion started The directors at a meeting Ap ril 10 made plans for two barbe ques The first of these will be held May 10 at the Poultry Cen tei as a function of Broiler Week The birds will be on the pits from 2 to 7 p m Other organizations having bar beques the same day may contact the association to make arrange ments for pre-cooked birds Some 27 winners of the Opti mist Club, Lancaster, Bicycle Saf ety Round-up will be honored guests at the barbeque. THIS WILL BE a take-out only barbeque Prices are to be a dollar lor half a bird, thiee halves for $2 75, and half a dozen halves for $5 The annual Poultry Assn barbeque at Lititz Springs Paik faster moving rigs Shown here are Har old Shearer, R 2 Mt. Joy, left, and J. Robert Ruhl, R 3 Manheim, at the farm of Benja min Bucher, R 3 Manheim. (LF Photo) S 2 Per Year has been set for June 7 General chairman year Will be Jay Gi eider, R 1 Mt Joy Greidcr, who is also president of the associations, announced the membership of the standing com mittees of the association for the coming year. They are POULTRY EXCHANGE Direc tors—Noah W Kreider, R 3 Man heim, Levi H Brubaker, Rohrers town, Glenn H Herr, R 1 Man heim, C Eugene Cassel, Landis \ille, Mark Myer, Lampeter, Carl B ■ Risser, 347 Broad St, Lititz; and William C Schultz, Fairfield, Youth Awards —Glenn H Herr, Richard Kreider, R 3 Manheim, and Eugene Cassel Tour Mark Myer, Arthur Graybill, R 1 Stevens, Richard Ki eider, and Harry S. Sloat, P 0. Bldg, Lancaster Education—John H Herr, R 7 Lancaster, Noah W Kreider, Har ry S Sloat, P 0 Bldg , Lancas ter, Levi Brubaker, and E I Rob ertson, 937 Fountain Ave, Lan caster PROPERTY AND Grounds Roy Erb 118 Kreider Ave, Lan caster, Paul Rowe, R 1 Strasburg, and Roy B. Herr, R 7 Lancaster Membership—Daniel K Good, R 1 Columbia, L. Howard Martin, 2823 Columbia Ave, Lancaster, and Arthur Graybill Publicity Lewis Mortensen, East Petersburg, Mrs Clara Kopf, R 1 Columbia; and Charles Warfel, El Conestoga. Banquet Donald Wolgemuth, Florin; Martin Miller, Florin; and John Longenecker, illO South Market St., Elizabethtown. Egg Promotion —Martin Miller; F. S Fisher, Leacock, and Ray mond Souder, R 1 Lititz The egg promotion committee is new this year.
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