I. 34
My Land Is The Way I Want If
GREIDER rests from early morning chopping to inspect a vigorous tobacco
iof the contoured strips on his 52-acre home farm “In years as dry as this”,
“you really appreciate the water saving value of conservation on the land.”
E 1! DERI , y°. un Ser member of the family partnership, points to an area
Htn L I Productive despite -the dry weather, where' only seven years ago,
» to drive a tractor across. ThTs field has tripled production
„„ ir went into effect. In the background can be seen the expanse of
iffmnn lhl si 120-acre farm. A program the'three-man partnershin credits
s money m the bank and keeping our land and water where they belong.
,eas t Pa. Hay Show Set For Aug. 27 : 29
°n muod emphasis on better hay crops, the
u a senes of district Hay Shows will be held
ve in Pennsylvania, The first will be
a Heishoy for the 16-county Southeast district.
rs will be conduct-
extension staff,
° ln E Baylor, in
Operating will be
[friers and a score
1 sponsois
r 'he other shows
S , trict Sept 22 at
IVT Slate Um
> !. C 1 Bum near
! r Northwest,
, , n eo Tur h farm,
‘eni's. Soulhw cst,
} State research
r wgonioi North-
Gl 'ing c Hall,
e°oni' arb ' onl N
vis.on‘ CCi ‘ n Glther
h-i, ~ one for
, no other for
tad, ~ a dozen
v 1 dnislon
lace *° t 0 the
on to S * an
und a ° d ' Vlslon
the , bronze
s| io\ v grand
champion The trophy is be
[ mg awarded this year for
. the first tmie
: - Winners of the first three
places will get free chemical
analyses of their hay* and
; first and second place win
-ners will be entitled tp ex
hibit hay in corresponding
classes at the 1960 Pennsyl
vania Farm Show.
Selected again as judge for
all of the shows is William
H Hostcrman, Washington,
D. C, a native Pennsylvan
ian from Spring Hills, Centre
county
Hay expert with the U S
Department of Agriculture,
he' has judged nearly all of
the district "shows "and also
the Farm Show hay exhibits.
At Hershey the defending
grand champion will be the
Hershey Estate farms which
won last August with field
cured, late cut alfalfa.
Lancaster. Pa., Saturday, July 11. 19597
The sixteen counties - em
braced in the Southeast show
—Dauphin, Lebanon, Berks,
Schuylkill, Bucks, Lehigh,
Northampton, Montgomery,
Philadelphia, Delaware, Ad
ams, Chester, Lancaster,
York, Franklin and Cumber
land—will bring, or send,
their hay samples to Hersh
ey the morning of Aug. 27
, They will be nidged at 1
o'clock that afternoon The
show, in Ilershoy stadium,
will be open to the public
Aug 27, 28 and 29
A Hay" Day will bo held
as an added attraction Aug
28, from 10 30 am to 3 pm.
in a 40-acre alfalfa field ad
joining the stadium All
phases of haymaking are to
bo demonstrated from
mowing to baling _
Among equipment to be
featured will be a self-propel
led combination mower
ci usher-wmdrower that - does
all three in one operation.
Others will be tandem rakes,
bale throwers and -batch hay
drying equipment.
Here's How Mark Greider
Became 'Farmer of the Year'
“When we took over this place, every time it rained
we had a river right through the lots and around the barn
from that field. Now even after a hard rain, you have to
hunt a puddle of water.”
These words were spoken,
not by the subject of this
article, but by his son. The
words tell an outstanding
success story of conservation
farming in Lancaster Coun
ty; the choice of source—a
typical Lancaster County
story of family farm opera
tions.
Our subject is Mark Grci
der, Lancaster RD 2. A na
tive of the county with some
60 years residence here, Mr
Gr eider has established a
long and enviable record of
farming success and com
munity service.
The veteran Manor Town
ship Supervisor was honored
this year with selection as
“Conservation Farmer of the
Year” for the local Soil Con
servation District, which he
also serves as an associate
director.
But when it came time for
an interview on his selection
he stated bluntly, ‘lf it had
n’t been for my boys’ insist
ing on it‘back in 1951‘, I
might not be farming on the
contour yet. We have to
look to our youngsters for
progress, and on conserva
tion I’m very thankful for
my sons.”
It was Harold, 29, father
of a boy and girl, and a part-
Broiler-Type
Placements Off
Broiler-type chicks placed
in Peona— during the week
ending July 4 totaled 814 000
up 11' per cent from the pre
vious Week, hut down 14 per
cent from the same year-ago
week, according to the state
crop reporting service.
Penna. hatcherymen ship
ped 190,000 broiler - type
chicks out of state, with 49,-
000 m-shipments
Indicated number of Penna
broilers for market m about
10 weeks is 705,000, compar
ed with 929,000 last year
Broiler-type eggs set dur
ing the week totaled 1,256,-
000, up three per cent from
the previous week, but down
16 per cent from the corres
ponding week last year
Placements in the 22 im
portant broiler producing st
ates during the week ending
July 4 totaled 33 7 million,
up slightly from the previous
week, down five pei cent fl
ora last year
Penn State's Baker
died for Survey
Dr Ralph L Baker,Pro
lessor of Marketing at the
Pennsylvania State Univer
sity, was recently cited for
his contributions to the woi k
of the poultry survey com
mittee of the American Feed
Manufacturers Association,
Inc
A member of the poultry
survey committee. Dr. Baker
served with four other prom
inent researchers in land
grant colleges and state uni
versities.
$2 Per Year
ner in the Greider operation,
who told of the difference in
water runoff from conserva
tion.
Harold and C. Robert, 31
and father of four boys, live
on the “upper place” on Co
lumbia RD 2. It is there
Greider contouring started.
But, to start at the begin
ning-
Hark Greider was born
some 60 years ago on what
is known now as the Ferris
Miller tarm in Rapho Twp.
He was plowing behind hor
ses at age 11.
He started on the “home
place”, between Mountville
and Millersville in 1931.
On this 52 acre farm Mr.
and Mrs. Greider raised
their family of four sons,
which also includes Martin,
a Lancaster electrician—with
two girls and two boys
and Kenneth, a pre-engineer
ing student at E-town Col
lege, top hand on the home
place and father of two girls.
About here a proud grand
father points out that if you
have kept count, that’s 11
grandchildren.
In i 960, the family opera
tion was expanded with the
purchase of 120 acres, six
miles northwest, to provide
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Conestoga Collegian
Earns National Honor
„, , „
Roland P. Gehman, Cone
s*°Sa R® 2, a June graduate
o£ Penn State, ranked first m
-undergraduate awards for
technical papers, as announc
ed at the recent meeting of
the American. Society's of Ag-
Engineers at Com
ell University,
Gehman received S5O and
expenses to the national
meeting. Majoring in agricul
tural engineering, Gehman
wrote a report entilled ‘ A
Proposed Reserving Clutch
and Control System for Sett-
Propelled Windrower
FIVE - DAY
WEATHER
FORECAST
Saturday - Wednesday
U. S. Weather Bureau,
Lancaster Office
Temperatures will aver
age about normal to three
degrees below normal
range of 66-87. Cooler ov
er weekend. Warmer Tues.
or Wed. Showers occurring
mainly over weekend. Lit
tle hone for substantial
rain from Hurricane Cin
dy. At last renorts storm
expected to move out to
sea off Virginia Capes, lea
ving little but showers in
S. Er Penna,