B; ... , -- -
■Turkey Meat Test
■ng on June 18 To
Special Ceremony
ceremony is
lB when
7 Fifth Cen-
Turkey
Test come
at the
Ephrata.
the cere-
Sec. of Ag-
H. Hen
■K Bobb and Har
the llershey
the birds will
H Harry Kauff-
Buss of < the
of Agri-
of Elver-
Bi Bob Shearer,
1, are county
H|ers who have
the test, which
Hi widest of its
■nation. This is
Kbf the test, ac-
Hmateer, who al
■ the NEPPCO
K-be a luncheon
Hf morning cere-
K Edgewater in
Ihcy Cooperation Brings Conservation
, ABNER HOUSEKNECHT, at right in the upper photo, checks
B i.nnL+ as u R°we finishes the first rounds of terrace construction. The
® lur , bed below, with Paul Rowe taking the wheel and starting the
Btiio ■ as f “Plowing-in” the six rounds of loose dirt and piling it on top
Bium., Ulre d 1.2 feet depth. The three parallel terraces, so constructed be-
BV,n>,„ qu ? combination of circumstances, have a fall of tour-tenths of One
8100B 100 lmear fe et —LFPHOTOS
Ephrata.
Eggs for the test will be
set on May 20.
March
Egg Output Hits
Record High for Month
Generally favorable March weather, along with con
tinuing better management were largely responsible for
the record 342 million egg production figures for the state
in the month.
Production was 14 per
cent above February and 13
per cent above March of ‘5B.
An increased number of lay
ers on hand also contributed
to the increase in egg pro
duction. Average number of
layers in production in the
state during March was 17,-
734,000 —four per cent more
than a year ago.
The Feb. to March season
al decline in layers was only
two per cent compared to a
four per cent average.
The record rate of lay for
March of 19.25 eggs per hen
Lancaster. Pa.. Saturday. April 18, 1959
Ext. Marketing
Meeting Is Mon.
Wesley Kniebel, Penna. Ex
tension Service area market-
ing specialist, will be prin
cipal speaker for the Exten
sion Marketing Meeting, on
Monday at 8 p.xn., in the
SPABC meeting room.
was 16 per cent above Feb
ruary and nine per cent ab
ove March 1958.
The March egg-feed ratio
was 10.7 (lbs. of mash that
can be bought by one dozen
eggs), compared with 13 3
in March 1958 and 11-1 in
February, for Pennsylvania.
The U. S. ratio was 9.9, com
pared with 12 0 in March of
1958 and 10.4 in February.
The state broiler feed rat
io m March was 4.2, while
the national ratio was 3.5. The
state March, 1958 ratio had
been 4.7 and the nation’s 4.4‘.
Egg Producers
Urged To Attend
Market Study
Meeting Set For April 30
In Manheim Twp High School
Spokesmen for the Lancaster County Extension Se:
vice Poultry Assn., Feed and Egg dealers and hatcheryme
have announced a jointly-sponsored county-wide “Eg
Marketing Meeting” for 8 pm. daylight saving time, Apr:
30 in the Manlieim Twp. high school auditorium. Speck
invitations are being mailed to more than 3,000 egg produ<
ers in the county, according to Harry S. Sloat, assoc, com
ty agent.
“Purpose of the meeting is ducers on hand to hear tl
to study the impact of other various reports to be giv«
egg producing areas on the and participate in sessio:
market for Lancaster Coun- afterward.
ty eggs and look into ways Principal speaker for th
for improving the currently meeting will be Dr. Ralp
dismal egg market,” Sloat Baker, professor of marke
, ing research at Penn Stati
; ’ Dr. Baker will deliver a
A spokesman for the Coun- illustrated slide talk on h:
ty Assn, stated the sponsor- recent national tour, durin
mg organizations for the which he made an intensiv
meeting hope to have more study of the egg industry
than 1,000 county egg pro- (Turn to page 13)
An--outstanding example of cooperation between pub
lic and quasi-public agencies and a Lancaster County far
mer this month has resulted in a unique soil and water
conservation project’s completion. ’ '
The, project involved contour-terracing of an 18-acre
feld on the Paul Rowe farm, Strasburg RD 1. However, in
Dus particular instance, the three 650 foot terraces are ab
solutely straight and parallel.
The project started when
Kowe told Abner House
linecht, local Soil Conserva
tion Service aide, of his
ti oubles in water and soil
loss on the field He report
ed added trouble from hav
ing to carry water runoff un
der his 9,000 bird broiler
house by a large pipe, due
to the poor location of na
tural drainage.
The ideal thing, he told
Houseknecht, would be to
construct terraces to carry
the water over a reconstruc
ted road bank to the east of
the field, instead of letting it
run to the center and- out
the south side as it had been
doing.
But, smoothing the high
load bank and diversion of
■water into the road ditch
would require approval of
the state Highway Dept If
this could be secured, the
bank be used in
filling the low drainage area
at the bottom of the field,
permitting the terraces to be
installed on straight, parallel
lines. Rowe felt the latter
would be necessary to hi>
tiuck farming operation, if
at all possible
Houseknecht verified this
theory with a survey and
contacted Amos Funk, chair
man of the county Soil Con
servation District, and asked
him to act as a go-between
lor Rowe with the highway
department.
Department officials made
an inspection of the site and
quickly approved when they
saw the general improve
ment-plus finding that in-
$2 Per Year
stallation of terracing would
greatly reduce the amount
of'run-off into road ditches
from the hillside.
Also, the reduced run-off
will be distributed over a
length of road ditch, rather
than dumped In a silt-laden
stream at one spot, House
knecht reports. Water veloc
ity will be greatly reduced
throughout, because of the
terrace system.
Much of the work is on
an ASC-SCS cost-sharmg a
gi cement
Rowe contracted an earth
mover with heavy equip
ment to smooth the road
bank and make the fill.
He reduced the cost of in
stalling terraces by plowing
them in with his tractor and
two-bottom moldboard plow,
using the “island’ method.
This is a standard method m
conservation terrace con-’
struction.
(Continued on Page 13)
FIVE - DAY
WEATHER
FORECAST
Saturday - Wednesday
U. S. Weather Bureau,
Lancaster Office
Temperatures will aver
age 5-6 degrees above
normal range of 43-63-
Continued warm through
Sunday, slightly cooler a
boui Monday and Tuesday
Chance of showers begin
ning about Sunday and
continuing through Tues
day.