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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