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Vol. 111. No. 37.
$BO,OOO Premium
List for ‘Keystone
InternationaF
HARRISBURG The prem
ium list for the second annual
Pennsylvania National Livestock
Exposition, published today,
shows $BO,OOO in cash prizes, rib
bons and trophies offered win
ners at the event here next No
vember. William L Medford,
Chester, show chairman, said the
amount is approximately $5,000
more than offered last year.
The 1958 “Keystone Interna
tional’' exposition will be held
in the Pennsylvania Farm Show
Building -and Arena starting
Monday, Nov. 10 and running
through Friday, Nov 14 Clos
mg date for entries is Oct 1
Premium lists are now available
from the headquarters office,
1831 North Cameron St, Harris
burg
THE EXPOSITION, which last
year attracted entries of breeding
and market type beef cattle, swine
and sheep from 30 states and
Canada, will have a number of
new r attractions, according to
I,eon Falk, Jr, Pittsburgh, presi
dent of the Pennsylvania Live
stock and Allied Industries Assn ,
Inc which is sponsoring the
show again this year in coopera
tion with the State Department
of Agriculture.
Added features for the show
which is aimed toward advance
ment of Pennsylvania and na
tional livestock industries include
the following:
EXPANSION OF carcass shows
for market steers, hogs and
lots of fat steers, market hogs
lambs, addition of open class pen
and lambs; the 1958 National
Show of the American South
down Breeders Assn, with $1,300
in premiums, and addition of
Columbia and Rambouillet breeds
to the sheep show.
Sales of market steers, hogs
and lambs will be held Friday,
Nov. 14. Animals will be re
leased at 8 p.m. that day to en
able exhibitors to show their ani
mals at the Eastern States Live
stock Exposition at Timonmm,
JMd.
Also high on the list of new
features is the first annual Mid-
Atlantic National Truck Show m
June Chick Hatch in State 18%
Above Last Year; Egg Types Up Most
The 7,148,000 chicks produced
by commercial hatcheries in
Pennsylvania during June was 18
per cent above the 6.076,000
hatched in June last year. The
June hatch consisted of 5,029,000
broiler-type chicks and 2,119,000
egg type chicks.
The broiler chick hatch was 15
per cent greater than last year
and the egg type bird hatch
jumped by 24 per cent.
Eggs in incubators on July 1
in the Middle Atlantic states
were 12 per cent above July 1,
1957.
CHICK PRODUCTION in the
United States is ;27 per cent
above a year ago and 55 per cent
above thme 1952-56 average for
June Chioks produced for broil
er production were up 25 per
cent and egg type chicks were
Quarryviile (Lancaster County) Pa., Friday, July 25, 1958
WHEAT GROWERS finally got a break in
the weather this week allowing harvest to
begin Yields are much above average,
with frequent reports of 50 bushels to the
acre and better. Combines have some
the four-acre Farm Show exposi
tion hall Nov 10 through 15. It
will include exhibits of new
equipment by some of the na
tion’s leading truck and equip
ment manufacturers
World Championship Rodeo
will return for the second year
with seven performances in the
Farm Show Arena which was
filled to capacity for each of six
show last November. The rodeo
opens with a matinee on Vet
erans’ Day, Tuesday, Nov. 11, and
continues each evening through
Saturday plus a Saturday mati
nee.
up 40 per cent.
All sections of the country
had hatchings above June 1957.
BROILER TYPE chicks pro
duced during June totaled 177,-
131,000 compared with 141,861,-
000 in June 1957. Production for
January through June totaled
944,909,000, up 15 per cent from
the first six months of 1957.
Egg type birds hatched in the
first half of the year were up 12
per cent from the 497,715,000
number totaled last year. June
production totaled 39,087.000
head.
The demand for chicks remains
strong and larger July hatches
of broiler type and egg type
chicks than a year ago are in
prospect. More eggs were in in
cubators on July 1 for both types
than on Tuy 1, 1957. 1
trouble with the fank straw growth and
the amount of green weeds that have
grown in the wheat due to the wet weath
er.
(LF Photo)
County Co-op Council Names
Eight Youths to Attend AIC Meeting
The Lancaster County Co-oper
ative Council this week named
winners of the annual youth
awards program. This year eight
delegates will attend the Ameri
can Institute of Co-operatives
annual meeting to be held at
Penn State Au. 24 to 28.
Jr. COT Contest
Rules Modified;
No Big Changes
Some changes in the 1959
Junior Chicken of Tomorrow con
test were planned by the state
Poultry Federation COT commit
tee which met at Penn State.
The two major changes are that
Federation sponsorship will not
be required m the forthcoming
contest and a summary record
sheet will not be required.
The $2 entry fee will be retain
ed despite objections by some
members of the committee. Part
of the fee will be returned to the
region for use as necessary.
The awards committee was di
rected to consider a prize for the
top weight entries- The possibil
iy of giving Savings Bonds as
prizes will also be considered.
The 1959 contest will be held
from March until May.
More participation by hatch
eries and feed dealers is to be en
couraged during the coming year.
It was noted by the committee
tha hatchery participation has
been dropping, although there ap
pears to be slightly more interest
on the part of feed dealers.
The winners are Robert W
Armstiong, 18, of R 1 Drumore,
son of Mr. and Mrs Ralph C.
Armstrong, Charles H. Rohrer,
18, of Rl, Paradise, son of Mr.
and Mrs J Arthur Rohrer; Wil
bur (H. Hosier, 16, of R 3 Man
heim, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mark
W. Hosier; John S. Yost, 18, of
R 2 Narvon, son of Mr. and Mrs.
R. John Yost;
Luke Brubaker, 17, of Rl, Mt,
Joy, son of Elam R. Buckwalter;
James L Nolt, 16, of Rl Man
heim, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mar
tin R Nolt; Richard L. Hackman,
17, of Rl Willow Street, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Ira L. Hackman;
and Miss Dons M. Sollenberger.
16, of R 2 Holtwood, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. Ivan Sollenberger.
Thirty-three FFA, FHA and
4-H members participated in the
Increases Expected for All Fruit
Crops Except Apples This Season
HARRISBURG Increases in
Pennsylvania fruit crops ex
cept apples were forecast to
day by the State Department of
Agriculture. Some early peaches
fiom Pennsylvania orchards are
expected to appear in local mar
kets within a few days.
The Pennsylvania Crop Report
ing Service said crop increases
were expected this season for
peaches, sweet cherries, red sour
cherries, grapes and pears.
Pennsylvania’s peach crop on
July 1 was estimated at 3,100,000
bushels, 35 per cent above the
1957 production and equal to the
1954 record output Sweet cherry
$2 Per Year
Early Sweet Corn
May Start
Moving This Week
Home grown early sweet corn,
tomatoes, Cobbler potatoes and
some early peaches began moving
to Pennsylvania markets in limit
ed volume during the past week,
the State Department of Agricul
ture said today
Heavy rams halted farm activ
ity in Northwestern counties dur
ing the week ended Monday, the
Pennsylvania State Crop Report
ing Service said In a number of
other areas, showers hampered
haymaking and gram harvest
Ram throughout the state caus
ed a hay spoilage problem. Many
fields had been cut but the crop
spoiled on the ground because of
unfavorable weathei.
PENNSYLVANIA FARMERS,
unable to cultivate land because
of unfavorable conditions, have
attempted to overcome the weed
pioblem by using sprays
Pastures have been thriving on
recent rams and provide lush
grazing m most areas, the Crop
Reporting Service weekly sum
mary added The second cutting
of is under way in Southern Coun
ties
While wet weather has caused
some potatoes to rot in he ground
m Northern Tier counties, early
potatoes are being marketed in
Southern Counties and early sum
mer cabbage is moving to markets
m volume
THE RED SOUR CHERRY
harvest has passed its peak in the
Adams-Franklm fruit belt. Tobac
co is showing progress and some
early plants are expected to be
ready to top by July 26
Pennsylvania’s wheat harvest is
at its peak in the Southern and in
some Central parts of the state,
with good yields reported. Winter
oats harvest is under way in
Southern counties and spring oats
is maturing rapidly in Central
areas. Corn is beginning to tassel
in Southern Counties but a warm
dry week is neded for proper
pollination.
competition. All will receive a
tour of a poultry processing
plant, a cigar manufacturing
plant, a milk processing plant,
and a food distribution center on
July 30. The- tours will end by
attending a baseball game in
Philadelphia that night.
Wayne B. (Rentschler is chair
man of the Council and Lee
Brobst is secretarytreasurer. The
tour committee is composed of
Charles Cowan. George Myers and
Kenneth Souder.
production was fixed at 1,100 tons,
10 per cent above last year’s crop.
The red sour cherry crop was
forecast at 9 500 tons, compared
with 8,300 tons in 1957.
Grape prospects were termed
good, with a crop of 29,000 tons
indicated for the year compared
wnth 19,500 tons in 1957. A 110.-
000-bushel pear crop was forecast,
lu per cent above 1957.
Poor pollination weather caus
ed a relatively light set of apples
in most Pennsylvania commercial
areas and the heavy June drop
virtually eliminated the need for
thinning the crop by hand.