—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 27, 1958 10 All Soil District Officers Returned To Posts for '59 Lancaster County’s Soil Conservation District complet ed 1958 with a total of 1,702 conservation coopetators, an- increase of 98 for 1957. The 98 district-cooperator agree ments signed during ’5B brought 7,031 more acres of coun ty crop land under SCD practices. With 1,248 acres in 19 new cooperators’ farm, East Earl township led the local area parade for the year. provision of technical as sistance for district coopera tors by the Lancaster Soil Conservation Service office FHA Farmers In Year-End Studies Lancaster County farmers who have previously quali fied for Farmers Home Ad ministration loans and are building their operations through the supervised use of this capital are participat ing in a year-end analysis with FHA supervisors, accor ding to Ricahrd W. Hoover, county FHA supervisor Hoover reports that “FHA farmers” are finding the use of capital combined with modem methods, is increas ing their income and a sec ond look at their records aids in outlining new pro grams Improved farming pracuc es which have paid off this year include complete soil analysis and the proper ap plication of lime and fertili-j zer; higher quality roughage and improved pasture, rye and Sudan for spring summer and fall supplemental pas ture DHIA herd improve ment and artificial breeding and soil conseivation meas ures tin ough the help of SCS technicians ' Lloyd M. BURKHOLDER Chick Hatchery Red or White f . Vantress Cross £ ** White Leghorns R-B Red Cross K -'Sv jSi U. S. Approved Pullorum Clean * Call RE 3-0613 R. D. 1, EPHRATA. PA. 1 Mi. NE of Clay on Stevens Hd ■ELEBRA TING OUR FIFTIETH YEAR 1909 - 1959 ' L. ZIMMERMAN & SONS Intel course. Pa. helped add a wide variety of resource conserving practices to county farms, according to Martin Muth, SCS work unit conservationist. These included conversion of 136 acres of cropland to 129 acres of grasslands and seven acres of woods Con tour and strip cultivation each crop rotations Fifty eight farmers included 3,618 acres in conservation farm plans developed during 1958 SHOWN FOLLOWING this week’s election of 1959 of ficers for the Lancaster County Soil Conservation District Officers Reelected Following the annual re- chairman, Elmer Good, director; Amos H Funk, chairman, ports and closing of 1958 anc * Wayne B Rentschler, secretary-treasurer Standing business, all district officers (±rom left), Charles Pierce, county commission director, El were nnanimonslv reelected mer Sensemg, director, and Martin W Muth, SCS work were unanimously reelected umt conservationist to their posts Amos H Funk, Millers- tnct’s annual banquet for viHe RD 1, was returned for Fcb 2 ? m Quarryville Meth his seventh term as district odlst church _ chairman m _ ~ Wanye B Rentschler, Lam- The y approved three new peter, who has served as sec- cooperator agreements, total retary-treasurer for the dis- ing 281 acres These mclud tnct since its organization in ed Harry E Landis, Stras -1950, and Henry Hackman, , T ~ Manheim RD 2, vice-chair- bur § RD X ’ 193 acres > Lath ‘ man since 1952, were return- r °P B Nelson, Lititz RD 3, ed to office to serve for 1959 74 acres, and Harold M. 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