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Bounty Vegetable Growers
Announce Meeting Schedule
los H. Funk, Millers-
RDI, chairman of the
ster County Vegetable
ers Assn, has announ
tbe following schedule
he organization's 1959
ng in the Guernsey Pa
, January 21.
ocation by the Rev.
r Shreiner, Lititz RD2,
be at 9:30 am. First
am event will be a Na-
Planl Food Institute
citation on soil testing
’arm management.
10 am J A. McCurdy,
Extension Irrigation en
c will discuss improved
jds of determining when
bow to irrigate, water
y, costs and acreage ne
for profitable irrigation.
10-45, Dr. Carlton Tay
PSIJ Extension plant
legist, will present a con
program for the entire
a for diseases of toma
hma beans, peas, car
md pumpkins.
11:15, J O. Pepper,
sion entomologist, will
ss of recogni
and control” -of insects
e above vegetable crops.
M Wilson, Penna. Far
i Assn, secretary, will
on labor problems • fae
jrowers today. His talk
start at 11-30 a.m. and
de housing requirements
ition and other regula
farmers must comply
in hiring workers,
platter dinner, cafeteria
. will be served at the
ion at noon.
1:30 pm JO. Dutt, ex
on vegetable specialist,
discuss essentials in ve
>le production, soil buil
contouring, cultural
tices, fertilization and
■w*ed control.
WA.t 2 pm. tomato, peas and
Inpa bean yield and grade
I®pduction for
ljK5B will be recognized.
2!jSr. Collins McSparran, Dru
~n»re, and Master of the Pen-
>unty Crop Reporters
bbed for Recognition -
ARRISBURG—Two vet
i Lancaster County Far
s are to be honored Jan
s’’ T 5 at the Farm Show
35 or more years of ser
; as volunteer crop repor
'faey are H. S. Royer of
irata, and Ernest W. Esh
an, of Gordonville.
>ewey O. Boster, Statisti
i-in-charge-of the Pennsy
ma Crop Reporting Ser
5, said Royer and Eshel
n are among a t group of
Keystone State* farmers
o will receive certificates
punty IB Tests
[art Monday
f r - J. B. Mayer, Bureau
tAnimal Industry, Harris
jg, reminded county farm-
Ithis week the three-year
Bercukn retest of county
Be will begin Monday.
|he program will include
■county herds not partici
|ng in the individual herd
B of Tuberculosis eradi
bn.
|erd owners not enrolled
•He individual plan, may
bet a local tester between
K and pasture season to
B their cattle.
na. Grange, will discuss fu
ture trends, honoring of
contracts, quality demands of
consumers, regional compe
tition, Integration, marketing
and economic units in size
of operation, at 2J.5 p.m.
The meeting will close af
ter a question and answer
session at 3 p.m.
Local Trio
Reelected
Amos H. Funk
A trio of county farmers
were returned to top posts
in a state farm organization
this week.
Amos H. Funk, was re-el
, ected as president of the
■ Penna. Vegetable Growers
• Assn., during the group’s an
l nual meeting on the Penn
I State Campus.
Rudolph Grob, also of
I Millersville RD 1, was re
i turned to office as state sec
retary-treasurer; and Paul
Rowe, Strasburg RD 1, re
turned to the board of di
- rectors.
of appreciation for their crop
reporting activities.
Royer has been reporting
crop data for his locality sin
ce 1920 and has not missed
sending in a single report
since monthly reports were
begun in 1947. Eshelmanhas
been a crop reporter since
1924
Boster explained that the
farmers will receive their a
wards at a statewide meeting
of crop reporters. State Sec
retary of Agriculture W L.
Henning will present the
certificates.
County Farmers
Earn State Honors
Lancaster County will be
honored through two out
standing potato growers dur
ing the Penna. Co-op Potato
Growers Assn, banquet, Jan.
15, at Harrisburg.
Victor J. Denlinger, Para
dise, had the state’s thirdf
highest 1958 potato produc
tion with 773-bushel-per-acre
yield, while Leroy Kreider,
Kinzers, was 2nd with 726
bushels. Dilinger had the
1948 state championship.
Lancaster, Pa.. Saturday. January 10. 1959
Mr. and Mrs Robert H Kauffman. Manheim RD 1. center, receive congratulations
Tuesday evening on Kauffman’s award as Outstanding Young Farmer of Lancaster Coun
ty for 1958 Extending accolades are Mr. and Mrs Elvm Hess, Jr., Strasburg RD 1. Hess
was OYF for 1957 in the annual selections conducted by the Lancaster, Strasburg and.
New Holland Junior Chambers of Commerce Kauffman is an active community worker
and president of the County Holstem-Fnesia n Assn.
The annual Lancaster Farming
Farm Show Section will be found in
this issue on pages 5-12. The section
includes a complete preview story- the
show schedule and reports on the
county's 16 Keystone Farmer FFA a
ward winners.
Farm Calendar
Jan. 10 —Society No. 2 Jan
uary meeting, Society No.
7 Jan. meeting.
Lancaster Co. Poultry As
sn. Barbecue, 2-5 p.m. at
Center.
Jan. 12 —8 p m Fulton Gran
ge, Oakryn Grange Hall.
Jan 12 —7 30 pm Southern
Lancaster County 4-H Trac
tor club, 1959 organization
meeting. Conestoga Farm
Supply, Quarryville.
pike
Jan 14 —7 30 pm. 4-H Elec
tric Club meeting, PP&L
Building, Lancaster,
Jan 14 —10 am, Lane Co
ASC committee, ASC of
fice.
Jan 15—7 30 pm. Northern
Lancaster County 4-H Trac
tor dub, 1959 organization
meeting Landis Bros Farm
Equipment store, Manheim
Jan 15 — Society 15, Jan
meeting
Jan 17—Soc No 8, Soc. No.
3, Soc No. 9, Soc. No. 12,
Soc. No. 13 January meet
ing. ► _
Jan. 21—Vegetable Growers
Field Day, Guernsey Pavi
lion.—lo a.m ‘
■ Jan. 26 —8 pm . Fulton Gran
ge, Oakryn Grange Hall
Jan. 27 —8 p.m.* Lane. Co.
Extension Association,
Farm 1 ’ Bureau aud.
1 p.ip., Lane. Co. Farm
Bureau, Cooperative.
Outstanding Young Farmers
Farm Show Section
Broiler Chick
Placements Up
22 Per Cent
Placement of broiler
chicks for week ending Jan.
7. increased 22 per cent from
the previous week to a total
of 873,000. and were 25 per
cent above the same week in
1958.
Outshipments were 236,-
000, inshipments were 64,-
000. Indicated number of Pa.
broilers for market about 10
weeks from now is 791,000,
compared to 681,000 last year.
Eggs set for broiler chick
production totaled 1,477,000,
up 23 per cent from the pre
vious week
Total hatching of broiler
chicks during Jan 3-24 will
be about two per cent below
last jcar
22 Slate Report
Placement of chicks in the
22 broiler producing states
totaled 31,347,000, up 10 per
cent from the previous week.
This was 17 per cent above
the corresponding week last
year.
Pa., Del, N. Car., Ala.,
Louisiana and California
showed the greatest percent-
age increases over the pre
vious week.
Indicated numbers for mar
ket 10 weeks from now is
$2 Per Yeat
Farm Price
Index Drops
Three Points
HARRISBURG—A three
point drop in the index of
prices received by Pennsyl
vania fanners for all their
products in the month ended
December 15 was reported
today by the State Depart
ment of Agriculture.
The Pennsylvania Crop Re
porting Service said the in
dex for all farm products
stood at 238 on December 15,
eight points under the same
date last year. An index of
100 equals the 1910-14 base
price period.
Lower prices for wholesale
milk, eggs and broiler chick
ens were cited as the prin
cipal cause for the decline in
the index since all groups
except dairy products, poul
try and eggs recorded gains
in the 30-day period
Higher prices were recei
ved for corn, wheat, oats, soy
beans and apples, Boosting
the index for all crops four
points above the previous
month Corn, at $1 20 per
bushel, averaged five cents
above the November 15 lev
el, but except for last month
was at its lowest since Aug
ust 1943.
The higher prices received
for beef cattle cows and cal
ves were more than enough
to offset a drop of 40 cents
a hundredweight for hogs.
In view of this, the meat ani
mal index rose one point a
bove the November level.
Nationally, the index of
prices received by farmers
decreased two per cent (five
points) to 246 per cent of the
1910-14 average
28 5 million, compaicd with
24.6 million last year. Total
hatchings Jan. 3-24 will be
li per cent above last year.