16—Lancaster Farming, Friday, May 30, 1958
Fayette County Form Soil District;
Total Now Stands at 49; 16 to Go
HARRISBURG, May 28 State
Agriculluic Secretary Wiliam L
Henning announced Wednesday
that Fayette County has become
Pennsylvania’s 491 h soil conser
vation district
As chan man of the State Soil
Consevation Commission he ac
knowledged receipt of a formal
resolution adopted by the County
Commissioners of Fayette, estab
lishing the entire county as a soil
district
Creation of the Fayette district
will make technical conservation
services available to some 2,500
additional Pennsylvania famers
About 82 per cent of all farms in
the State now are in district coun
ties. Henning said.
Fust step in organization will
be appioial of county fann or
ganizations by the State Soil Con
senation Commission Appioved
groups will nominate four farm
ers to seive on a board of district
directors The county commission
ers will appoint directors from
these nominations and name one
of themselves as a fifth director.
Farmers Supply
Hybrid Corn
Muncy Chief -H-780
Produced outstanding
yields during last years
drought conditions. Long
season growing corn has stiff
stalks, long ears that husk
easy Has excellent stand
ing ability
-Bushel SILOO
Muncy Chief f r H-398
110 Day Maturity, Bu $ll.OO
Muncy Chief #H-510
200 Day Maturity, Bu $ll 00
Muncy Chief AH-306
90 Day Maturity Bu Sll 00
U. S. 13
115 Day Maturity Bu S 9 25
EARLY SILO BU. Sll.OO
LATE SILO BU. $ll.OO
Field Seeds
Wabash Yellow Soj Beans
Black Ambei Sorghum
Hegari Soighum
Atlas Sorgo Sorghum
Sweet Sudan
Cert Piper Sudan
Domestic Rye Gras-
Oichaid Grass
S 37 Oichaid Gra^ ;
Pastuic Mixture
Pastmc Mixture with Ladmo
Timothj
Grow Better
Tobacco Plants
TRANSPLANTONE
1 LB. . . $4.00
Promotes loot giowth Makes
.stronger plants Put in water
when liansplanling
VHPF
30 LB. CASE 57.50
Insures rapid giowth and
bettor stands
ISOTOX PINT $1.85
Transplanting solution Use
to control wirewoiirm, cab
bage magots ana other ni
sei P on tomatoes ceieii and
tobacco at hmisplant’ng time.
NLTRI LEAF ‘-60”
5 LBS. $1.75
Feed-, plants thui the Ic-aie,
Foil' application- dm mg
gi ov mg season
FARMERS
SUPPLY CO.
137 E. KING ST.
Open daily 8:30 to 5‘30
Friday until 9.00
All directors will serve without
pay.
The district will provide de
tailed technical assistance to
farmers interested in conserva
tion. These services include soil
surveys, consrvation farm lanning
and help with establishment of
practices The program is en
tirely voluntary.
The Fayette resolution states
the district was formed because
conservation of soil resources and
prevention of soil erosion are
problems of public concern in
the county and that a substanual
proportion of the rural landown
ers favored establishing a dis
tict.
Henning termed the move “a
progressive step ” Closer coordi
nation of conservation services,
faster application of conserva
tion on the land, and self-govern
ment are benefits of the district
system, he said.
Crawford County
Picks “Queens”
For Plow Contest
HARRISBURG, May 27 En
tries are pouring in from Pennsyl
vania farm girls all over the Com
monwealth, and time is growing
short for those young ladies who
would like to compete in their
county for a chance at the grand
prize The grand prize will be the
choosing of a young lady to reign
as “Queen of the Furrow” at the
National Plowing and Soil Con
sevation Exposition to be held
at Hershey, Pa., Aug. 21-22
Each of the counties in Pennsyl
vania will have a contest to select
two girls to represent their coun
ty The county winners will again
participate in one of ten area
contests which will be held as a
feature of special county and reg
ional events. The winners of the
area contests then will go on to
Hershey to vie for the grand prize
on Aug 15 to be selected as
“Queen of the Furrow ”
The first of these colorful coun
ty contests was held recently in
the city of Meadville, Crawford
SILAGE is aFarm Investment
PRESERVE AND IMPROVE YOURS WITH
LANCASTER
Sweet Mix
A BLEND OF MOLASSES CONVENIENT and
ECONOMICAL AN IDEAL PRESERVATIVE!
Lancaster Sweet Mix can be fed into chopper or
blower, spread m silo or added m field as silage
is loaded
Add at these rates:
Chopped grasses—loo-150 Lbs per lon
Mixed Grass-Legumes—lso-200 Lbs. per ton
Legumes —200-300 Lbs. per ton
PRODUCE A BETTER SILAGE and MORE MILK
PER POUND OF SILAGE FED
Buy Sweet Mix fiom any of these Red Rose Feed Dealers
REICH POULTRY FARM E. MUSSER HEISEY
RDI Marietta, Pa RD2 Mt Joy, Pa.
CIIAS. E. SAUDER & SONS WARREN SICKMAN
RD 2 East Earl, Pa R,D 1 Pequea, Pa.
MUSSER’S AMMON E. SHELLY
The Buck R D 1, Quarrj villc, Pa RD 2. Lititz, Pa.
A. S. GROFF J. C. WALKER & CO.
21 S Queen St Lancaster, Pa Gap, Pa.
Donegal Parly,
Sewing Chibs
Meet Jointly
A joint meeting of the Donegal
Party Time and Donegal Sewing
4-H clubs was held at 7 30 p m.,
May ( 22, at the Donegal Club
House
It was the annual health meet
ing, and the following gave dem
onstrations Linda Sumpmdn, Mt.
Joy HI, proper way to do your
nails, Linda Stehman, Florin,
exercises to help you grow right;
Helen Musser, Mt. Joy R 2, proper
way to wash your face; Sue Mar
lin. Marietta Rl, proper way to
walk and sit; Pam and Coral
Cupper, Mt. Joy Rl, proper way
to brush your teeth.
The theme, chosen by the girls,
for the next meeting will be
Spate. Since the project is party
time, members will plan parties
and learn the proper way to
give them,
The Space Party will be held
at 7 pm, June 9 at the Donegal
Club House.
Chairmen for the following
committees were chosen Re
freshment, Carolyn Becker, Flor
in, decoration, Joanne Bixler,
Marietta Rl, games, Rachel Ann
Nolt, Mt Joy Rl, and invita
tions, Joyce Hawthorn, Mariet
ta Rl.
County, located in the northwest
ern part of the state That pic
turesque farming and manufactur
ing community had over fifty
“Furrow" aspirants. At the con
test two Crawford countians Wtere
selected Miss Vivian Heffernan
of Cochranton, and Miss Winnie
Lee Hogan of Saegertown. Both
girls are now on their way to ad
ditional competition in regional
contests. They will compete with
winners from other counties. It
is possible that one of these you 1 .
ladies will go all he way to be the
pride of Pennsylvania farmland
as “Queen of the Furrow ”
In addition to reigning over all
the activities in the National
Plowing Contest, the young lady
selected to be “Queen of the Fur
row’’ will appear on national radio
and television shows; receive a
complete wardrobe, and enjoy
with her parents a “Dream Week
end” in New York City.
Three Vital Factors Affect Hay
Quality; Two Easily Controlled
By MAX SMITH
At the pesent time there are
many acres of excellent hay in the
making on Lancaster County
larms. Growth is rank and heavy
yields should be expected from
this first cutting
Three vital factors will largely
determine the quality of hay that
will be made from this forage
crop
The mixture of grasses and
legumes in the crop;
The time of cutting (stage of
maturity), and
The amount of bleaching and
leaching that is permitted.
In the case of the first point
mentioned little may be done at
this time to change the propor
tion of grasses and legumes (or
weeds) in the hay mixture How
ever, current plantings for tem
porary hay crops should include
legumes such as soybeans
In the future legumes such as
led clover, alfalfa, or trefoil
along with one of the grasses will
gne excellent mixtures Alfalfa
is considered one of the very best
producers of top quality hay.
CUTTING AT THE PROPER
stage of maturity is one of the
most important practices in qual
ity hay making. Alfalfa research
work has shown that the plant is
the best in feeding value in the
bud stage, we suggest that it be
cut when in the bud or very early
bloom stage of maturity.
With red clover feed value is
the highest from the bud stage to
the early bloom period Trefoil
and ladmo clover should be cut
when in the full blossom stage
All of the grasses should be cut
just at heading time, or within a
few days after heading; this in
eludes timothy, bluegrass, or
chardgrass, bromegrass, or sudan
grass. Many growers allow their
grasses to get too mature before
cutting; the percentage of feed
nutrients is reduced and the
amount of fiber increased.
Look TWICE before you buy...
See UNDER the' tractor, too
Take a crop’s eye view of the tractor you’re sizing
up... look at the daylight under the rear axle of a
D-Series Tractor. Here’s room underneath to span
tall crops, and to work over high ridges or levees.
And look again at the low hood line, step-aboard
platform, and ground-hugging stability of these
utility-type models.
Only the D-14 and D-17 Tractors have this
Low-Line,, High-Crop design that brings you the
2-in-l benefits of full-clearance, row-crop power,
and timesaving utility tractor convenience.
PLUS
TRACTION BOOSTER and SNAP-COUPLER aie
Allis Chalmers trademarks.
ALLIS-CH ALMERS <^>
SALES AND SEKVICE
L. H. Brubaker
Lancaster, Pa.
Mann & Grumelli Farm Serv.
Quarryville, Pa.
Snavelys Farm Service
New Holland, Pa.
iV. G. Myers & Son
Rheems, Pa.
THE THIRD POINT regarding
bleaching and leaching losses m
the field is most difficult of all
because we have the weather con
ditions to inject uncontrollable
factors In the first place we
strongly advise the use of one o£
the hay conditioners in the field
(either crimper or crusher) to
reduce the drying time; also along
this line we feel that the mow hay
finisher has a definite place m
the quality hay program.
The use of one of the condition
ers in the field and the finisher
in the mow will surely help hold
the green color and the leaves
on the hay cron It simply means
that the crop can be brought into
the barn much qiUker than if all
field curing is needed In larger
operations the use of heat with
the finisher at the barn, or on
wagons, is certainly apother way
to get top quality hay.
Research work has shown that
losses of feed nutrients are great
er with field curing than with the
use of -the mow finishers With
any method a certain amount of
good weather is required to make
hay, with the use of the above
equipment and practices much
less good weather is needed and
injaany cases the crop can he
stored before the rain arrives.
With field curing it is very es
sential that the hay crop be rak
ed into small windrows before
the top leaves are dry and brit
tle; this will allow air to pass
through the hay and help to dry;
also, it is best if partly cured hay
is in windrow rather thani n
swath over-night because the deW
will not bleach out the green
color as much. '
In many .cases" this windrow
should be turned around noon of
the second day in order to com
plete the curing process. Every
effort should.be extended to hold
both the green color and the
leaves for a top quality hay crop.
• Power Director
• TRACTION BOOSTER system
• Roll-Shift front axl», power-shift rear wheels
and SNAP-COUPLER hitch.
Nissley Farm Service
Washington Boro, Pa.
R. S. Weaver
-Stevens, Pa.
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L. H. Brubaker
Lititz. Pa.