12—Lancaster Farming, Friday, August 15, 1958
LELAND H. BULL, center, Pennsylvania Deputy Sec
letary of Agriculture and general chairman of the 16th Na
tional Plowing Contest'and Conservation Exposition, and
Janies Bobb, right, hold an aerial map of the exposition site
as Hobart Sockman, State Soil Conservationist, points out a
contest location The big free event will be held Aug 21
and 22 at Hershey, Pennsylvania Bobb, vice president of
Hershey Estates, is chairman of the local arrangements com
mittee for the exposition, fiist ever held east of Ohio. Sight
seeing w agon tram trails to 30 conservation demonstrations
are outlined - on the map
Skills Needed
In Plow Match
Says L. 11. Bull
HERSHEY Pa. Uncanny and g° od among the
skills in “cutting a neat furrow” s P ectators Wlll be watching each
will have the limelight when plow I conteatant to SGGthat tractors are
mg champions from a dozen or opera ‘ ed > n a /f e manper * Dis "
more states vie for the national regard safety practices can
Plowmen’s crown here on August disquallfy contestants.
21 and 22 . In the contour contest, schedul-
What does a champion plowman ed fo f * he first , day ’ f dges wJ ]
have to do to wm the title’ , checck for quick Penetration and
The answer is “plenty,” accord- a fir f furrow that IS not unduly
ing to Leland H. Bull, general llg ® d ° th ® r important factors ■
chairman of the 16th National (Conhnued 011 P a S e thirteen)
Plowing contest and Conserva
tion Exposition
Thousands of farmeis includ
ing Pennsylvania's Governot
George M Leader, will be watch
mg contour matches when contes
tants plow furrows along the
curve of a hillside in limestoone
loam soil on Thursday August 21
U S Secretary of Agmulture
Ezra Taft Benson will be watch
mg the next day when furrow
will be plowed ‘ straight as an ar
row” m level land mat lies
So keen is the competition that
entrants will not use a borrowo r l
tractor, says Bull Thev will
bring then own machines over
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Routes of free bus and wagon
tiain tours and location of ac
tivities are shown on this map of
the site of the 16th National
Plowing Contest and Conserva
tion Exposition Aug 21 and 22 at
Herslpy' Pennsylvania.
Apply on
BULK OR BAGS
National Plowing Contest Features
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VANIA DUTCH DAYS •
IN STADIUM • ARENA • PARK AREA
More than 2,500 acres of the
12,000-acre Milton Hershey
Earns will be used for the ex
position which, for the first time,
is being held east of Ohio and
on a single farming operation
U S. contour and level land plow-
f/'
Injures uniform milking
Only the De Laval Com*
bine gives you this essen
tial uniformity because
only De Laval has mag
netic pulsation control.
Insures gentle milking No
heavy tugging or ierkmg
wetoht on the delicate
udders.
Insures perfect milking
De Laval made the first
pipeline and the De Laval
Combine has been per
fected by more than a
quarter cenlury experi-
ence.
Insures simple perfect
washing De Laval s ' In-
Place ' washing system
does a thorough job of
sanitizing Uses less
hot water and 90 per cent
less detergent.
De Laval COMBINE
—first since 1928.
SEE:
Landis Bros.
Manheim Pike, Lane.
Summers Bros.
Gap
Lane. Co. Farm Bureau
Dillerville Rd., Lane.
Conservation
LEGEND -
jrn + WAGON TOUR
PARKING AREAS
ing champions will be selected
and more than 30 modern con
servation practices will be dem
onstrated at Hershey' 13 miles
east of Harrisburg. Pennsylvania
Dutch Daj/, a gay folk festival,
coincides with the exposition.
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Weaver’s Farm Equip.
J. B. Zimmerman
Shotzbersier’s
Hershey, Pa.
Aug. 21 - 22
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