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benshade is President
Extension Association
His Esbenshade, 1631
,shade Road,- was re
>d to office as president
: he Lancaster County
ision Association exe
e committee at the an
meetmg of the group
hursday morning.
50 returning to office
Lloyd Rohrer, Lanc-
R 7, vice president and
Allen Risser, Bareville
secretary.
placing Snavely Garb
le is no longer a mem
of the executive com-
TREATING TOBACCO SEED with Silver Nitrate-solu
on the farm of Harold B. Endslow, Marietta R 1 is
>ciate County Agent Harry Sloat. The solution will help
rol wildfire in the tobacco bed, but since it is a poison
squires caution in handling. Here Sloat is giving the seed
first rinsing after the three minute soaking required to
he job. , —LF PHOTO
urtfy Agents T reatT obacco Seed
Help Control Wildfire Disease
obacco Wildfire disease
a setback on some Lan
sr County farms this
k as representatives of
extension service clean
and treated 125 batches
obacco seed at four dif
at location's.
ere Winthrop Merriam,
stant county agent, and
old Endslow, president
he Lancaster County' To
:o Growers Assn, discuss
old seed blower used to
v ,lie chaff and light sc
out of the good seed, in
slow’s tobacco cellar at
'etta R 1
dter tlie seed 'had been
mittee, was Richard Lefever
Quarryville Rl, treasurer.
In other business, the gr
oup set the last Tuesday
evening of every other mon
th as the regular meeting
dates.
Delegates from- the group
to the Southeastern District
conference of Extension As
sociates at Hershey on Mar
ch 29 are Mrs. Harry Mum
mau, Manheim HI, Mrs.
Robert Hess, Strasburg Rl,
Robert Groff, Quarryville R 3
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claned it was given a bath
in a solution of Silver Nit
rate by Associate' County
Agent .Harry- Sloat.
“Will that really keep
wildfire out of my tobacco
bed?” one farmer asked.
"Well, it' will kill the sp
ores on the seed, but they
could blow out from your
shed onto the bed. But this
is good insurance.” Sloat
answered.
Sloat cautioned the farm
ers that even though the
seed received one washing
after treatment, it should be
washed again before being
dried because Silver Nit
rate is a deadly poison.
4-H Holstein Club
Date Announced
The reorganizations! me
eting of the Lancaster Co
unty 4-H Holstein Club will
be held March 24 at 7 30
p m., at the Farm t Bureau
Building, Dillerville Road,
Lancaster.
According to Victor Plas
tow. Associate County Ag
ent, this is one of the lar
gest clubs in the county wi
th almost 90 members last
year.
In addition to election of
officers for the coming year
the program will include a
recently released moving
picture on detection and
treatment of mastitis in dairy
cattle.
All interested youth and
parents are urged to attend
the meeting.
Lancaster, Pa.. Saturday, March 19, 1960
NEWLY ELECTED OFFICERS OF the Lancaster Coun
ty Agriculture and Home Extension Association Executive
Committee are standing (L to R) Treasurer, Richard Lefev
er, Quarryville R 1 and Lloyd Rohrer, Lancaster R 7; seated
(L to R) Mrs. Allen Risser, Bareville Rl, secretary and Wil
lis Esbenshade, 1631 Esbenshade Road, Lancaster, president.
—LF PHOTO
ThreeWatershedMeetings
Are Scheduled By SCO
The Lancaster County Soli
Conservation District has
announced programs for
three watershed meetings
during March. Two of the
meetings are co-sponsored
by other agricultural groups
within the county while the
third one is to be held in
cooperation with the Leban
on County SCD.
First of the three meetings
is scheduled to be held in
the Donegal High School on
March 22 at 7:30 p.m. The
Fulton Grange
Passes Two
Resolutions
Two resolutions were pas
sed my Fulton Grange #66
meeting in regular session in
Oakryn Hall recently.
First of the resolutions
places the group on record
as opposing House Bill 4700
and similarly designed legis
lation on the grounds thet
such bills would tend to en
courage socialized medecihe
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Tree Seedlings
Still Available
Harrisburg Secretary of
Forests and Waters Maurice
K. Goddard said today that
the deadline for procuring
seedlings from State Forest
Tree Nurseries has been ex
tended to March 21 in order
for the nurseries to dispose
of as much existing stock as
possible. Original deadline
was February 15.
Species aval’able are:
White Pine, European Larch,
Austrian Pme. Gfoddard said
that the White Pine, is par
ticular, is “an excellent three
- year stock.”
Interested land owners
may place orders for seed
lings and get planting infor
mation from John Kitch, ser
vice forester, Reinholds Rl.
Witness Oak Chapter FFA,
co-sponsors of the meeting
will furnish the entertain
ment and present several
short talks on conservation.
A panel, moderated by
Grant Miller, teacher of Vo
rational Agriculture at Don
egal high school, will dis
cuss observations they have
made concerning conservat
ion. Panel members will be
Hary Zerphy, Leroy Heisey,
Richard Yuninger, and Em
ory Herr, all farmers in the
county. John Melhorn, as
sociate Township Direstor of
SCD, is general' chairman
for the event.
Sharing the sponsorship
of the second watershed con
ferehce will be the Lampet
er Young Farmers Associa
tion. On the panel at the
March 24 meet will be Em
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Officers Elected
By Three 4-K
Community Clubs
Three community 4-H
Clubs, one county club and
the county 4-H leaders coun
cil held election of officers
during the week.
At a meeting of the 10
member executive board of
leaders council on Monday
night, Mrs. Harold Fry, of
Stevens R 1 was elected
president of that group. Mrs.
Fry, secretary-treasurer last
year, succeeds Victor Lon
genecker, the first year
president.
Other officers elected we
re Richard Lefever, Quarry
ville Rl, vice president, and
Mrs. Jean Singer Thomas,
Manheim, Secretary-Treasur
er.
Ayshire - Jersey
The county wide Ayrshire
Jersey Club meeting at the
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Farm Calendar
On Page 5
$2 Per Year
Grasslands
FFA Plans
Banquet
Lamar Hollinger, of Den
ver HI, will be one of the
guests present at the first
annual FFA Parent - Son
Banquet of the Grassland
Chapter, Future Farmers of
America of Garden Spot
High School, New Holland,
LAMAR HOLUNGEE
Lamar, who was the win
ner of the 1960 National
FFA Public Speaking Con
test held at Kansas City,
Mo., will present his prize
winning talk on conservat
ion.
The Banquet will be held
on Friday, March 25th in
the cafeteria of the Garden
Spot High School. Included
on the program will be the
presentation of awards. Four
local men will receive the
Honorary Chapter Farmer
Degree for their interest and
effort on behalf of the Vo
cational Agriculture depart
ment and the FFA. The men
receiving this honorary de
gree are: George C. Delp,
President of the, New Hol
land Machine Company; A.
B. C. Groff, owner of the
Groff John Deere Agency of
New Holland; Robert P.
Simon, Supervising princi
pal of the Eastern Lancas
ter County Joint School Dis
trict; and Ivan S. Witmer,
President of the Eastern
Lancaster County Joint High
School Board.
Twelve Certificates of Ap
preciation awards will also
be presented id men in the
area expressing the appre
ciation of the boys in the
FFA for the contributions
of these men to the success
of the Vocational Agricul
ture program this year
FIVE - DAY
WEATHER
FORECAST
Saturday - Wednesday
Temperatures will aver
age four to eight degrees
below normal for the next
live days. Normal temper
atures for this time of
year range from a low of
33 at night to a high of S 3
in the afternoon. Rather
cold over the weekend fol
lowed by a rising trend.
Some rain likely about
Tuesday. Precipitation dur
ing the past week was .56
inch of which about four
inches was snow and the
rest rain.