is. NO- IS Shis IS THE WAY IT LOOKED. It probably is not news for anyone in the county, wr our friends in other states who might have been enjoying sunshiny weather on Hday morning, this is what Lancaster County looked like But no matter what the ■er, farm work must go on and livestock chores must be done. Farmers, in addition mging out from under one of the worst snow storms of the season, were trying to ■abreast of the many cancellations of agricultural meetings and public farm sa’es. Bster County Dairy Dsjy, scheduled for all day Thursday, was cancelled, as were ■ other meetings and all Lancaster County School. Smug members of the famed Byville Ground Hog Lodge were saying, “We told you so ” —LF PHOTO 111 A Elects K. Witmer inbers of the board of Ibrs of Lancaster Co ■ Dairy Herd Improve- I Association returned J ir Witmer, .Willow Str- I, to the office of Presi- Ifor another''year. Re- Kg Donald Eby as vice pent was Jay E. Landis fcter R 6. J. Everett iTurn to page 12) ■JEWLY ELECTED bFFICERS OF THE Lancaster ■tv Dairy Herd Improvement Association are left to ■ r l^ e P resi <ient, ,Jay E. Landis, Lancaster R 6; presi ■L" Rohrer Witmer, Willow Street R 2; and secretary, J. ■ c K reidcr, Quarryville Rl. The officers assumed their W alter their e'ection at the Farm Bureau Auditorium, mf lllf - Road, on Monday evening ■ —LF PHOTO -day leather forecast iturday - Wednesday smperatures will aver ei9hi to 12 degrees be normal for the next J*ays. Normal lempet- ; or *his time of year "on a low of 30 at .*° a hi 9h of 48 in the noo n . very cold con . trough today. V using trend in tem n Su nday through « 1,, Next precipi ty. s y nbout Tuesday ‘dnesday. p rec ipita- February 28 and ►on rl 2 lnches - The PmJ hursda Y built up t or x ; n J atel y 10 to 12 „ l>l inches melted Conservation District Members Near U. Of Delaware Dean “Use of water has q .ad ruoled in the past 50 years and is likely to double ag ain by 1975.'’ soil conserva tion district cooperators and their families were told at the annual meeting and ban quet of the Lancaster Cou nty District on Wednesday night. Dr. George M. Worrilow, Farm Calendar March 5 to 12—National 4- H club week. March 5—9.30 a. m - Exten sion Association executive committee meeting and el ection of officers, Farm Bureau Bldg. Dillerville Road. March 7—Delegation of county farmers to attend meeting of American Farm Bureau meeting in Wash ington, D. C. March 7 8:00 p. m. - 4-H county council meetings in the County Agent’s office, Post Office- Bldg. Lancast er. March 8— AE day - DHIA directors conference, Fleet wood Grange Hall. 7:30 p. m. - Coleraine 4-H comrau (Turn to page 5) Lancaster, Pa., Saturday. March 5. 1960 Dean and Director of the sc hool of Agriculture at the University of Delaware, sp eaking on the subject, “Why vve aie running out of wat er,’ blamed the urbanizat ion of our rural areas for the fact that water tables in some areas of the eastern United States have dropped as much as 40 feet. Dr. Wornlow went on to say that urbanization is on ly one of the reasons for the apparent shortage of water. “There are those who th (Turn to page 10) THE FACE OF 4-H LOOKS LIKE THIS These young people form the Lancaster countv 4-H council From left to right they arc: Front Row—Helen Musser, Mount Joy R 2 Home Ec game leaden- Bette Umble, Lancaster, Home Ec council president; Ralph Rreider QuarrvvilJe Ag Council song leader; Barbara Heisey, Sheridan Rl, Ag secretary, nrL d Mary Anne Musser, Manheim Rl, .Home Ec secretary. Second Row —Barbara Gam ble Colombia R 2 Home Ec song leader; Judy Ann Buch, Ephrata R 2, Ag game leader; Linda Stehman, Florin, Home Ec game Reader, and J. Dajvid Lapp Bareville Rl, Ag game leader Back Row—Sandra Myer, Lincoln, Ag reporter; Fred Barnhart, Mount Joy, AE president* Joan Cutler, Drumore, Home Ec treasurer; Pat Musser,Columbia R 2, Home Ec vice president; and Joanne Denlinger, Lancaster Home Ec reporter. Not present for the picture are Darvm Boyd, Ephrata, Ag treasurer; and Gerald Greiner, Manheim R 4, Ag vice president. Swine Show Is Success Sale Is Disappointing Comments ranging all the way from “Sort of easy” to “Downright dissappomting,” were used this week to de scribe the second annual market hog sale on Tuesday sponsored by the Lancaster County Swine Producers As sociation. The sale of 274 market hogs, entries in the show held during the morning, br ought a grand total of $8,887 but the average was only ab out in line with market pri ces for the day. The s4lper hundredweight top price for National 4-H Week To Be Marked Here Mar. 5-12 About 1739 young people in this year will join in ob serving national 4-H Club week from March 5 to 12. The local youth, 10 to 21 years of age, are among the 2*4 million 4-H’ers of Am erica who belong to some 93,000 clubs m rural, urban and suburban communities. Pennsylvania has 47,000; Lancaster County, had 1739 enrolled diiring the year. What 4-H Club Members Do: 4-H’ers carry on multi varied projects in farming, This is County Council Reporter Outlines 4-H Activities By: Sandra Myer, Reporter March 5 through 12 is4-H Club Week. During this we ek many window displays will be seen throughout the county in which the real id ea of 4-H is trying to be shown. What does 4-H mean? 4-H stands for head, heart, hand $2 Per Yeav the day for Grand Champ ion of the Show brought the sale average to $l5 93 per hundredweight Kunzler and Co. Inc , bid in the grand champion a 205 pound Hampshire barrow shown by John Stuber of Denver. The grand champ- ion and two pen mates also won the blue ribbon for pen of three. The reserve champion bar row, a 200 lb., Berkshire shown by Masonic Home’s Farms of E-town bought by (Turn to page ll> homemaking, community ser vice, and other activities. They' raise livestock and poultry, grow gardens and field crops, conserve the soil sew, cook, preserve food, and improve their homes in rural and non-rural areas. They apply the latest resear rch in home economics, ag riculture, and other areas—■ and learn the “why’s” as well as “hows” of what they do. For a well-rounded life, they enjoy play and recrea (Turn to page 5) and health. The motto is “To make the best better” It is an organization set up to encourage young people to learn newer and bettor methods of farming and ho memaking and to develop a charming all around per son. Members of the 4-H clubs (Turn to page 16) n i-■ i •m-MMr mrrfltr -i- -nw mm
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