I 4. No. 10 ~ SIX ?, na^s^s Farm Show Baby Beef show marched into the Larue ■a Thursday afternonn, these Red Rose entries comprised two-thirds of the Champ ■Hackman M^eth^oßn 1 l 6 m a £ h RD 2 ’ Wlth hls Cham P ion Shorthorn; *^ aC i^ a h’ ™ abetllto^ n 3 > with his Reserve Champion Shorthorn; Don Herr K Champion Angus, and John Martin, Marietta RD 1, with his Re ■ Champion of the show, also Champion Hereford. EXTENSION PHOTO bD Awards Banquet - Feb. 27 KA. total of nine awards will go to outstanding figures in Baster County conservation farming circles to be honor- Hp’eb. ~7, during the 1959 Lancaster Soil Concervation »ict Banquet. By A. Brubaker, program ■man for the annual ev- B reports seven Conserva- B Achievement Awards to Bty farmers, presentation Be county plaque to the S land judging co itest Ber and the Outstanding ffiervation Farmer plaque, aB highlight banquet activ- Seme for the banquet be “Teamwork.” Special l gts for the event at the iSfryville. Methodist M’ch, 6 - 30"~p m., will be Bounty’s “Queens of the Sow ” Bmcipal speaker will be BjSbrt Struble, watershed |Kultant, Penna Soil com- H°n. 20-minute film on the ifflpnal Plowing Contest last twist at Hershey, entitled |®vn to Earth,” will be Smrn |#her program features 3M include the state cham t®ship FFA conservation «iker, Gerald Greiner, of Gffiheim, delivering his Js|e-winning speech, “Liq- Life”, special music by Oj*nco high school students, '-eporls ot 1958 activi- Miick Placement Jffiacement of broiler chi- SBm Penna for the week »ug Jan 14 totaled 784, lip according to the crop re service This was 10 below the previous but 15 per cent above [ WBsame week last year. Jwitshipments during the were 258,000, inship «ts weie 82,000 Hjdicated number of Penna »ers for market about 10 JB 8 now is 751,000, g >ared with 691,000 last ~e ggs set totaled down five per cent 9r week. Hatchings V; Jan !0 to 31 will be P seven per cent below Championship Quartet Cons. District Adds Three Cooperators The number of Lancaster County Soil Conservation District cooperators increas ed to 1705 this week with the acceptance of three more farmer-applicants by the di rectors A total of 680 acres were added to the district’s land area with the acceptance of William Fredd, Sadsbury Twp., Christiana ED 1—220 acres, Isaac S Shirk, East Earl RD 1—360 acres, and Ernest J. Sauder, W Hemp field Twp , Lancaster RD 1— 100 acres. The Soil Conservation Ser vice December report to SCD directors revealed completion of three new plans with 281 acres, three basic plans with 159 acres, 55 acres of cover crops, 108 acres of stubble mulching; four acres of pas ture improvement: 2,500 lin eal fee x of grassed water ways. and removal of ob structions from a half acre 15% Above 58 last year In the 22 important broi ler producing states, chick placements totaled 30,534,- 000. down three per cent j from the previous week This , was 13 per cent above last j year , Penna was among slates i showing the greatest decrease 1 in placements. The 22 state settings were 1 three per cent above the pre i vious week, and seven per ' cent above the same week « last year. ; Indicated broilers for mar- 1 ket about 10 weeks from now 1 is 28 6 million, compared 1 with 25 million last year. 1 Lancaster. Pa., Saturday, January 17. 1959 State Crop i Round-Up The longest continual cold weather for-several years has kept farmers nor mal field tasks in Pennsyl vania, Snowfall during De cember ranged from heavy in the northwest to light in this region. Major problem for area farmers at the moment is the lack of snow cover for small grain crops. The below nor mal precipitation has result ed in exposed fields and rap idly drying soils. The latter situation has been aided by prevailing high winds. In contrast, despite ex treme cold, the wheat out look on the plains is the best in years with a heavy snow cover from the Rockies to the Mississippi valley, except for the Southern Plains State Young Farmers Honor Elvin Krantz Elvin B. Krantz, of New Providence, was selected during the Pennsylvania, Young Farmer's convention at the Farm Show as one of the state’s four outstanding young farmers Krantz was selected as the southeastern area winner of the OYF plaque, which was presented by Dean Holler, of Manhoim, stale piesident SPABC Sire Wins 'Gold Star' Rank “McDonald Farms’ Pro Nugget”, a registered Guern sey bull owned by South eastern Pa Artificial Breed ing Cooperative has been named a Gold Star Sire by the American Guernsey Cat tie Club. “Nugget” was recognized by a progeny record which includes 25 daughters with 49 official production records averaging 10,461 lbs. of milk and 508 lbs. of fat. He also has 23 classified daughters with an average numerical rating of 83 5 ranking as Desirable. Garden Spot Holds Title During 1959 Farm Show Lancaster County farmer showmen returned home this week with a major share of trophies from the 1959 Penna. Farm Show in Har risburg While final totals are still being computed, it be came apparent as early as Wednesday evening that this year’s production was head ed toward new records in at tendance, quality and prizes. Garden - Spot showings were climaxed late Thursday when four of the six 4-H baby beeves in the junior Championship class were announced over the large Arena public address system as coming from Red Rose club. One of the quartet, 1,065 lb. “Buddy”, a medium weight Hereford owned by John D. Martin, Marietta RD 1, was awarded honors as Reserve Champion of the junior show. “Buddy” was edgetl from the Grand Champion’s spot by an Angus shown by Jack Gensler, Carlisle RD2, Cum- Six Meetings to Feature Plant Parasite Control Harry S Sloat, associate county agent, has announced a schedule of meetings in Lancaster County with Penna. Ex tension specialists to discuss and demonstrate methods of identification and control for insect and disease pests for plants. Sloat points out the rapid increase in air travel to all parts oof the world has brought new parasites, which increase crop production problems. “In many areas of the county, alfalfa has been sev erely damaged, while other fields have been affected by downy mildew, black stem or other diseases,” Sloat re minds. In cases, Red Clover was only a third of expected crop jield, due to lesser clover leaf weehl Chick weed has made heavy growth during fall months in many fields. "New chemicals are com ing on the market each month to control these pests The knowledge of how to spot infestations and apply timely control is of vital im portance to county farmers,”E Farm Management Short Course Scheduled by County Extension A special shoit course in Farm and Home Manage ment will be offered Lancas ter County farm families this year through programs con ducted by Penn State special ists in sessions within the county. Harry Sloat associate agent, and Cjnthia W Engle, asst Ext Home Economist ba\e announced the first of tour meetings will be held in the Assembly room of the North Queen Street Branch, Lancaster County National Bank, Lancaster. This meeting will start at 9 30 am, Jan. 22, with the morning and afternoon ses sions. Other days scheduled in the course are Feb 5 and 19, and March 5. $2 Per Year faerland County The victory was the county's first Farm Show Grand Championship m 4-H baby beef in 27 years. Martin’s victory returned Lancaster County to the pur ple after the county’s first shut-out in seven years had ocuired last year. Also in the arena for the final judging were; Donald M. Herr, Refton, showing the Reserve Cham pion Angus. Kenneth Miller, Manhehn RD 2, showing the Champ ion Shorthorn. Billy Hackman, Elizabeth town RD3, showing the Re serve Champion Shorthorn. Red Rose members placed 14 beeves in the top ten spots of 11 junior show clas ses. In the County Trio contest, an Angus group from Red Rose beef swept top honors, giving the club a collective total of five of the top seven spots in the junior event (Turn to page 12) Sloat states. Three meetings have been scheduled for general farm ers and three for specialized groups from Jan. 20 (Tues. to Jan. 23. Meeting with loc al farmers will be: Dr. Carlton Taylor, exten sion plant disease specialist; J. O. Pepper, extension plant insect specialist. and George Berggren, ex tension agronomist. The meeting will be; Jan. 20, 730 pm. general meet ing, Singer’s display room, table seed treating, Glick Ronks; Jan 22, 9am, vege plant farm, Smokctown; Jan. 22, 130 pm, Fruit Grow ers, Farm Bureau; Jan, 22, 730 pm, General meeting, Wenger’s, Buck;Jan. 23 9:30 am, nurserymen and greens keepers, Farm Bureau, and 130 p m , general meet, L. 3 Biubaker’s, Litilz RD 3 4-H Leaders Meet Set for Jan. 26 Cynthia W Engle, assistant extension home cconomiM, has announced a 4-H Club leadership Uaming meeting, for 130 pin Jan 26 at Dio Farm Bui can auditorium, Dilleiville Rd The meeting is the hist of a senes scheduled this win ter to replace the spring schedule, which had produc ed time conflicts at times, Mrs Engle repoi ted The first meeting discus sions will cover keeping rec ords, National Awards pro gram and special 4-H c\ cuts, she added
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