NO. 12 « Broiler cements I™ p 29%, ■ Broiler chick place e week ending Jan. ased 29 per cent previous week, with ihicks going out. vel was 12 per cent ist year. Outship ere 232,000, inship ere 60,000. ed number of Penna jr market about-10 im now is 672,000 with 652,000 at time last year. ;t for broiler chick i totaled 1,365,000 per cent from last otal hatchings of icks during the per !4 - Feb. 14 will be ic per cent below ►arable peiiod last Slate Report gnt of broiler chicks important producing led 30,356,000. This e per cent from the was among states greatest increases, ire, W. Va., Wash., d, and Delaware. state placements per cent above last rated number for mar tout 10 weeks from now [6 million, compared (16,1 million at the lime last year. Settings Ihree per cent above week, eight per cent Hast year. B 22-state hatchings pier chicks during the 1 Jan. 24 - Feb. I'4 will put seven per cent ab- It year. [•op Slates 59 Youth rivities County Co ive Council has an |d plans for the 1959 ptive Junior Activities Sm to include partici tin the American In |t»f Cooperation, Care ? and the Annual Co if. [program is sponsored 2 Lancaster County Cooperatives as an edu d feature to "develop tending of the Ameri jvate enterprise system, iness and to encourage |to participate in farm peratives in their com j according to Wayne ptscler, Council youth tve committee chair ty-three county youths ng three FHA, girls, imports 4n last year’s p, while J9O attended Rjay, Seven hoys and received awards of BP and tuition to the pwner session which pdycted at Penn State I of the program per [hoy or girl under 21 N age living i n the I Pennsylvania, and a L* » n organized adult leadership. F- To receive the AIC F summer, the con pnust be in the 16-21 : F n to page 16) i Lancaster County’s 1959 Queen of the Apples, Miqs rwla R™hki? OIU T!w. ia + Rr Li’ , cei ?!f£; displays her joy in the title just awarded her. fmwn M Ephrata RD 1, 1958 Apple Queen, right, helping straighten the £ £S 10 -, na L cr °wn-wreath-banner royal trappings. Helping at left, Simon ?C’on *P *’ Fr } ll }. Growers secretary, is accepting Her Majesty’s invitation to a .? ple ’ th eyre delicious.” Later, Snyder reported to the 67 Fruit Growers pres ii e am \ ual banquet at Hagstrom’s Smorgasbord, Lampeter, “She was right, re^ y an< ? ®be should know. After all, her dad } Robert Herr, has a lot of apples on his 400 acre farm.” ; - I, . LF PHOTO Junior Chlcken-of-Tomorrow Contest Deadline Is Monday Deadline for entries to the 1959 Pennsylvania Poultry Federation s “Junior Chicken-of-Tomorrow contest is Feb ruary 2nd at midnight, according to Wayne B. Rentschler, chairman of the PPF general committee. C-O-T is a youth project of the statewide poultrymens organization designed to stimulate interest in poultry husbandry among state youth, encourage production of su perior meat-type chickens, promote more extensive use of poultry meat products and develop agricultural leader ' ship. Any boy or girl between the ages of 10 - 20 years who has not reached his 21st birth day before May 4 and is a Penna. resident is eligible to enter the contest. Entry blanks are available aT all state hatcheries, feed stores, poultry suppliers, from PPF members •'and other business places. Entries must be post marked before 12 p.m., Mon. Each entry must consist of 100 straight run chicks or 50 sexed cockerels, hatched from Feb. 26 to March 3, 1959 inclusive. Only chicks wing banded by the hatchery are eligible. A total of 15 live. Tobacco Referendums Feb. 24; Quotes Stable . Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson has pro claimed national marketing quotas for tobacco crops. February 24 is the date for a growers’ referendum on quotas for the next three crops of Type 41 Pennsylvania seedleaf, 90 per cent of the U. S. output being grown in Lancaster County. The 1959 allotment of 41.8 million lbs. is based on to bacco acreage history for the years 1954 through 1958. At least two-thirds of Type 41 producers must vote in favor of marketing quotas for them to go into effect, something which has never happened for Pa. filler. Lancaster, Pa., Saturday. January 31, 1959 wingbanded cockerels shall be delivered to the dressing plant each contestant selects on May 2, for dressing and regional contest judging. State judging finals will be conducted on May 5, with the contest sale on May 6, at the Farm Show Building in Har risburg, Pa. Each contestant will be paid the price received for his individual lot, less hand ling costs. ' Prizes' and awards are Grand and Reserve Champ ion trophies, an award for the entry with heaviest dress ed weight and plaques and ribbons for placings down to white by the DaDnish system. Entry fee is $l. Entries of 15 cockerels weighing less than 50 lbs' (liveweight) at judging date will be ineligi ble for. competition. Judging be on confor mation, fleshing, condition, and uniformity. The last fobacco quota ref erendum in the county for 1956-1958 crops were reject ed by an 88 7 per cent ma jority of 1,887 growers vot ing. Under quota, tobacco pro duced in excess of farm al lotment will be subject to a marketing penalty of 75 per cent of the average market (Turn to page 5) Bred - Feb. 21 Entry blanks for the 1959 Lancaster County Swine Producers Assn. Bred Gilt Sale have been mailed to county swine breeders, as well as breeders in other areas, accord ing to Kenneth A. Skiles, association secretary. Skiles reports that entries must be returned to him by bred fall boars will be ac- Feb. 10 to qualify animals cepted for the auction. These for the Feb. 21 sale. Gilts should be farrowed between must be at the Martin Sales July 15 and Oct. 1, 1958. Barn, Blue Ball by 10.30 a. Rules apply to all entries, m. the day of the sale. The Sale Committee of Sale time is 1 p.m. Earl Fisher, East. Earl RDI; Breeders are reminded rlie Anderson, EUzabeth they must present a Brucel- P' losis Blood Test Health Chart ? t Marietta RD 1 will cull for each animal, hog cholera boar entriea * 10 a an ex vaccination certificate, and cess are en^ere d. proof of breeding if required. Skiles reminds consignors Gilts will be accepted pro- and prospective buyers that viding they are purebred, all animals in this sale will cross-bred sired by a regis- be sold under the code of tere’d boar or bred to a reg- Fair Practices which is adop istered boar, or a grade sired tad by all the Breed associa by or bred to a registered tions. boar of a common breed. All Any association member, gilts for this sale must be or anyone outside the county bred after Nov. 10, 1958, ac- who pays associate-member cording to Skiles. ship dues is eligible to con- A maximum of 10 pure- sign, Skiles added. Co. Extension Banquet, Feb 12 Lancaster County Agricultural and Home Economics Extension Association will observe its annual dinner-meet ing at 6.30 p.m., Feb. 12 at Hostetter’s Banquet Hall, Ml. Unger Heads Group For Soils Lab. David G. Unger, executive secretary of the Penna. Soil Conservation Commission, announced this week that Stanley Hamilton, Millerton, Tioga County has been nam ed to head a committee of district directors to follow up efforts to secure a conserva tion research laboratory for the Northeastern region of the United States. $2 Per Year FIVE - DAY WEATHER FORECAST Saturday - Wednesday U. S. Weather Bureau, Lancaster Office Wfeather in the Lancast er County area is expected to be somewhat colder on Saturday and Sunday, partly cloudy. Predictions are for milder tempera tures, with a chance of rain and snow, Monday through Wednesday. Tem peratures will average slightly above normal for the entire five-day period. Producers' Livestock Co-op Meets Today Louis Moore, extension eco nomist, will be principal speaker today during the an nual stockholders meeting of Producers’ Livestock Co-op, beginning at 1 p.m. The 16th annual meet will be in the Farm Bureau Audi torium and will include elec tion of five directors to the co-op board ' Joy. A business meeting, with election of five members to the Assn, executive commit tee will be conducted. Exten sion worker reports will be given. The program will include musical entertainment, with Mr. Ralph W. Schlosser, head of the English Department, Elizabethtown College, as guest speaker. Advance reservations for the meeting must be made by Feb. 7. Tickets are avail able from Executive Commit tee members or at the Exten sion office in Lancaster.
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