OOJB
rnHarvest
ill Along
( mers Say
, yield estimates from
{he county with over
t crop reported in the
iicate that most farm
re pleased with the
i ie lds of from 40 bush
(acre less than last
jo as good or better
than last year have
(ported from various
in the county. Most
t that the crop will
nmewhat less than the
r crop of the 1958
but will be consider
rftei than was estimat
iier in the summer,
e farmers report stalks
U off at the ground
the picker snout „ hits
while others complain
ir crop being some
diaffy and tending to
a the husking rolls,
ome areas of the coun
ts still contain enough
»to make baling im
;* until the fodder has
headed and dried for
I days, but generally
Hther has been favor
nd much of the fodder
ih stored.
tco is curing well in
lections. With the corn
cooler weather drying
itmued and sweating
■ barn is no longer a
sh and pumpkins con
lo move to market at
reased rate with the
of heavy frosts. Re-
Indicate yields of 12 to
s per acre and up
»ad squash of good
' Some crops are go
to storage in barns on
an, but most are mov-
nco Y.F.A.
Hold Meet
Bulk Tanks
ffl Davis, Oxford, field
ir Interstate Milk Pro-
Cooperative will be
Moderator at a public
t sponsored by the
8 Young Farmers on
1 at 8 pm. The meet
feduled to give dairy
t the area more irifor
-lon selection, installa
to care of bulk milk
"all be held in the
®ure Building of the
Lancaster County
School at Quarryville.
Panel, composed of
*' ls , Dr. Howard Rags
company represen
aarl Harnish, Quarry
® and Richard Maule,
tolle R 2, both dairy-
tank owners; and
topresentatives from
8 inaior types of bulk
"tould be able to ans
* questions of dairy
have been or will
to to install bulk milk
lent
15 not a sales meet
,ys William M. Fredd,
w f Solanco Young Far.
® u t an information
•°Pen to all dairy-
Jhe county. If you
. questions about
tanks or bulk
•Equipment, you are
10 attend this meet-
“THE FROST IS ON THE PUMPKIN and the fodder’s in the shock” may soon be
come one of the old phrases that have to be explained to the farm youngsters. Corn is
hardly ever shocked and the squash is fast replacing the pumpkin as a crop on the Am
erican scene
Ivan Bauman, for J. Mowery Frey and Son, Lancaster R 7 piles squashes in
heaps to help protect them from frost damage Light frost will not damage them, but a
freeze will cause the squash to rot. The ten acres in this field will yield an estimated 15
tons per acre as compared with 17 tons per acre the Freys produced last year in what
was considered an exceptional crop year. Squashes in this field were grown under con
tract with the Consumers Ice and Packing Co , Lancaster. —LF PHOTO
ing directly from field to
market
Apples are in abundance at
markets and quality is high
on most varieties. The most
plentiful varieties at present
are best for eating out of
hand or pie making. Some
good baking apples are avail
able, but are not yet as plen
tiful as the Mclntosh, Court
land, Jonathan, Stayman,
and of course the Delicious
varieties.
The Philadelphia market
reports that some nearby
spinich and lettuce is still
coming from the farms, but
quality is not high.
Farm Calendar
October 24 County 4-H
council Halloween party at
Leola fire hall, starting at
8:00.
October 26—Yoik-Lancaster
area FFA Leadership Tra
ining Conference at Dills
burg, York County.
October 27—Capon Roundup
9 a.m. Brunswick Hotel,
Lancaster
October 28 —8:00 pm Coun
ty 4-H baby beef club Par
ents Night at East Lam
peter High School.
October 29 —Annual Poultry
Banquet. 7 pm. at Blue
Ball fire hall.
October, 30 Entomology
roundup for all county 4-
H Insect Club members.
7-00 p. m. at Southeast
ern Penna. Artificial Bre
eders, Landisville.
October 31—5th annual Lan
caster Feeder Calf Sale.
100 pm Lancaster Union
Stock Yards.
November 3-4 Southeastern
District 4 H Baby Beef
show and sale at Lancaster
Stock Yards
Nov. 8-13 —Penna. Livestock
Exposition, Farm Show
Building, Harrisburg.
November 11 Agronomy
meeting for all southeast
ern Penna. counties 10:30
am. at the Farm Bureau
auditorium, Dillerville Rd
Lancaster.
Nov. 14-19 —Eastern National
Livestock Exposition Show
Tinionium, Md.
November 24 Feeder pig
sale, Farm Show Building
Harrisburg.
Nov. 23 to Dec. s—-Interna
tional Livestock Expositi
on in Chicago.
Lancaster, Pa.. Saturday. October 24, 1959
Postage Stamps Commemorate
Water Resources Conservation
A 4-cent commemorative
postage stamp calling atten
tion. to the urgency of water
conservation m the United
States will be issued April
18, 1960, by the Post Office
Department, the U. S. Dept
of Agriculture announced to
day.
The Nation’s first water
conservation stamp will be
formally released at the 7th
National Watershed Congress
in Washington, D. C. A total
of 120 million stamps will
be printed. Details as to de
sign and color will be an
nounced later.
“The stamp will help pub
lic attention to the fact that
nearly every community in
the Nation has a water prob
lem,” Secretary of Agricul
ture Ezra Taft Benson said.
“Most problems of water
shortage, poor water, or flood
trace back to the land—to
the small watersheds or
which rain or snow falls.”
Secretary Benson said
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WEARING A GREEN HAND OVER THE HEART is part of the initiation ceremony
these 25 Future Farmers went through this week when they received the Greenhand
Farmers degree to become members of the Solanco Chapter FFA. Inducted into the
chapter in formed ceremonies at the high school on Wednesday evening were T ne follow
ing freshman students in Vocational Agriculture; Kneeling left to right Richard Becker,
Robert Wolgemuth, Robert Findley, Leroy Sollenberger, Robert Sample, Alvin Dombach,
John Harmsh, Robert Mowery, Samuel Overly, Richard Hambleton, James Herr, and Lar
ry Hart Standing L. to R. Harold Beck, Richard Carroll, Eddie Harnish, Jay Ranck,
Wayne White, Crockett Halsey, William Wilson, Melvin Witwer, Jack Kilby, Paul Kise
111, Thomas James, Clair Mull, and John Roger Green. LF PHOTO
FIVE - DAY
WEATHER
FORECAST
Saturday - Wednesday
Temperatures will aver
age about 5 degrees above
normal here for the next
live days. Normal
atures for the Garden Spot
are a low of 42 at night to
62 in the afternoon. Satur
day-and Sunday will be
warmer with a cooling
trend on Monday. Tuesday
and Wednesday will be
mild.
Showers are expected on
Saturday and perhaps on
Sunday, but should clear
by Monday. Showers ate
in prospect again for Tues
day. Rainfall Thursday
night totaled almost an
inch bringing the total for
the month to about 2.32 in
ches.
$2 Per Year
4-H Leaders
HearPa.Club
Director
The second meeting of the
newly organized 4-H Lead
ers’ council for Lancaster
County held its second meet
ing Thursday evening in the
auditorium of the P P &L,
building for the purpose of
adopting the Consitiution and
By-Laws. Approximately 50
members were present.
Presiding was Victor Lon
genecker, Elizabethtown R 2,
president of the council. He
introduced the main speaker
of the evening Dr. William
Smith, State College, newly
appointed state 4-H club
Leader.
Dr Smith, a professor of
Family Relations at Penn
sylvania Slate University,
spoke briefly on what the
state organization sees when
they look at a local club lea
der. Dr. Smith listed five
qualities a good club leader
should have “We see a club
leader as someone who works
m cooperation with parents,”
Dr. Smith said, “4-H activi
ties must not take the child
out of the home but must be
part of the family activities.
Leaders must be adept at
setting the stage and working
behind the scenes in order to
let the youths find and de
velop their talents.
Leaders are. guides for the
young people with whom
they work, and this can only
be done if the leaders care
for the welfare of these
young people. And of course.
“Dr. Smith continued, “The
club leader is someone who
learns as the club members
learn.”
At the conclusion of the
remarks Dr. Smith divided
the group into five sections
and gave a written question
to each section. The sections
arrived at as many answers
as possible in the time allot
ted and then reported to the
entire group.
Questions considered were:
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