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.