Lancaster farming. (Lancaster, Pa., etc.) 1955-current, September 05, 1959, Image 13

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    Forming* Saturday. September 5. 1959—13
farming may Diversion terraces are con
t|lC land as fire structed to allow mowing
t 0 buildings! and harvest of hay. They
-ancc against have dual use protection
and production.
BIN LAYING
FEEDS
Designed to Meet the
s of Every Poultryman
COST PER DOZEN
.ENT FEED CONVERSION
QUALITY EGGS
Your Laying Flock on
Florin La-Mor
(ALL MASH)
OR
Egg Producer
(MASH - GRAIN*
emuth Bros., Inc.
PHONE MT. JOY OL 3-2411
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Sauder Bros
New Holland
Phone EL 4 8721
Elizabethtown
Farmers Supply, Inc.
Elizabethtown
Phone EM 7-1341
Haverstick Bros.
Columbia Pike, Lancaster
Phone PV 2-5722
Cloudy, Humid Weather
Remains on Area Scene
HARRISBURG Some apples are being picked in ail
major producing areas of the Commonwealth, the Pennsyl
vania Crop Reporting Service said Tuesday in a summary
of crop and weather conditions for the week ended August
31.
The apple crop is desenb- area, is expected to begin a
ed as “clean, good sized, fair- bout Sept. 20.
ly well colored and of good principal field activities
quality” by the State Dept, during the week were cut
of Agriculture agency. ting corn for ensilage, plow-
Bartlett pear harvest is ing for fall seeded grains and
progressing rapidly. Plums grasses, hay making, com
are being picked and grapes bining clover seed, cutting
are maturing rapidly. tobacco and havesting fruit
Some Pennsylvania grapes and vegetables,
are now on the market, but Good local supplies of
general harvest in Erie most vegetables continue a-
County, the most important vailable, although sweet corn
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We get the jump on weather
Like hundreds of other farmers, you can pick your
entire com crop earlier ... at 26 te' 32% moisture
... ahead of bad weather. You can shell directly into
a Hakvestore without drying . . . feed anytime you
wish. It’s possible because Hakvestobe’s exclusive
eealed, oxygen-free construction lets you process this
nutrition-packed com at peak feeding value. You save
labor, cut feeding costs to the bone, get your com
off in time\to seed a cover crop. And you can plant a
higher-yielding, later-maturing corn. Put these profit*
making benefits to work on your .farm now. &
today.
Seated, oxygen-free HARVESTORE*..
the landmark of high-profit farming
KNIPMEYER, INC.,
Harvestore Sales and Service •
NEW HOLLAND, PHONE ELgin 4-2351
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COMPANY
has passed its peak.
Some farmers are husking
early corn in southern coun
ties Small grain harvest is
virtually completed through
out the stale Buckwheat and
soybeans arc growing well.
There is some'' concern a
boufc tobacco shed-burn due
to poor curing weather for
the cigar leaf m Lancaster
County.
About half the acreage
has been cut with the crop
consisting mostly of large
leaves which have good
weight.
Pastures have -been helped
by recent rams and in some
areas are normal for this
time of year. Some early
grass seedings did not ger
minate due to (dry weather
and are being reseeded.
• Dairy Show
(From page 1)
Ankrum, Quarryvillc RD 2.
Twoyr.-old —1, Linda
McClure (GC); Wm. Ferg
uson, Kirkwood."
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Three-yr.-old —1, William
Ferguson. _
County groups- Lancast
er, Montgomery, York, Cum
berland and Bucks.
Lancaster Master Fitters—
Ankrum, H. Robert Mumma,
and Wm. Ferguson.
Lancaster Master Show
men Mumma', Ankrum,
Ross Ferguson-, Kirkwood
RD 1, and Wm,-Ferguson.
Ayshire
Breed Champion Ralph
E Harnish 111, Christiana R.
D. 1, Sr. yrlg. -
Reserve champion Mar
ilyn R. Harnish, Quarryviile
RD 2, three year-old.
Jr. calf —1, Glenn Seidel,
Berks.
Sr. Calf —1, Ronald H.
Horn, York; 3, "Florence Mae
Flory, Manheim'RD 3.
Jr. Yrlg. l. Geo. Seidel,
Berks.
Sr. Yrlg. 1,-R. E. Harn
sh, (GC); 2, James C. Bruba
ker, Lilitz RD’l, 3, Gerald
Kre’der, Quarryviile RD 1.
Two-year-old Clarence
Minnich, Lehigh.''
Three year-old'— 1, Mari
lyn R. Harnish (RC).
County Groups '— Lancas
ter, Berks, Dauphin, Lehigh
and Chester
Lancaster Master Fitters—
Florence Mae Flory, R. E.
Harnish
Lancaster Master Show
men—Florence ' ~Mae Flory,
R E. Harnish, Marilyn Har
nish.
Breed Champion. Merle
Eugene Miller, Jr.- Cumber
land, three-year-old.
Reserve champ on— Merle
D. Miller, Cumberland, Jr.
yrlg.
Jr. calf —1, Randy Groce,
Franklin.
Sr. calf —1, Dorothy M.
Gerberich, Lebanon.
Jr. Yrlg. M. D. Miller
(RC).
Sr. Yrlg. —1, Harold Len
ker, Dauphin
Two-year-old —1, Daniel
Tice, Dauphin.
Three-yr.-old
Miller (GC).
County Group Cumber
land, Dauphin, Chester, Lei*
anon, and Lancaster.
Lancaster County Master
Fitters Phyllis Landis, of
Lancaster. M. Lucille Kreld
er.
Breed Chamgipn.
Miller, Berks, Jr. yrlg
Reserve champion Don
ald McCleary, York, Sr. calf.
Jr. Calf —i, Sylvia Mc-
Cleary, York.
Sr. Calf
Cleary (RC),
Jr. Yrlg. J, James R.
Landis, Berks; 2, Earl Miller,
(GC).
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Sr Yrlg. —l, Robert R.
Landis, Berks.
Breed Champion Jean
Gladfelter, York, Sr. yrlg.
Reserve Champion Jean
Gladfelter, York, Sr. yrlg
Reserve champion— Shir
ley Mummert, York, Junior
calf.
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County group
county.
* Jersey
1, M. E
Milking SKorihorn
Donald Mc-
Brown Swiss
Earl
York