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OPER HERD MANAGEMENT was the theme of the panel of local dairymen mod
by Joe Taylor, Extension Dairy Specialist from the Pennsylvania State University,
g) at me Lancaster Dairy Day on Tuesday. Seated left to right are the panel
■s who all had a better than 500 pound average of butterfat from their herds last
itus M Hurst, Lititz R 2; David H. Breckbill, Lancaster R 7; J. Mowery Frey, Lan
n, and Parke Ranck, Ronks Rl Consensus of the group was that udder troubles
ii )v always be traced to some form of udder injury —LF Photo
p Hold Road Banks
) Directors are Asked
mbeis of the soil conservation district were asked
meeting Monday night to remind farmers that
! out to the edge of the highway right of way is one
ay to fill gutters with topsoil off the farms.
Del/, Assistant Co.
tendent of Highways
;tnct directors, meet
the county court hou
t one of the largest
time expenses in
lamtenance is clear
tters ot soil washed
fields along the roads,
the principle causes
problem, he said, is
light out to the
loads
asked also that farm
ir m mind the right
of roads as well as
lines when planting
tn many cases Detz
ees glow up to over
roads or interfere
ie lines
18 was set by direc
the date of the York
ei aica FFA soil
contest The event
ed to begin at 2:00
all bo heid on the
j Amos Funk, Millers
will bo judged at
shes on the farm
embers of the county
-onsorvalion Service
os official judges.
And Pony
) Elects
W Groff, Denver was
Piesident of the
‘ n “ Saddles, 4-H light
j P° n v club at the
Galen Sweigart.
> recently
r ofßceis elected al
nt were vice
" w °odrow Site of
tie “Notary, Carol
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Manh ClCl& aie Harold
S n and Paul
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ar c n ws reporters
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»’AfevTw® will be
•droiv the home
fiirn ,r d Steven Site
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In other business the dir
ectors accepted applications
for free conservation plans
on 40 farms and 3,333 acres
in the county. Most of the
applications came as a re
sult of the five watershed
meetings held m various
parts of the county since the
first of the year.
Approval of the new plans
makes a total of 1903 co
operators signed up with
the district. Seventy-six
farms have new plans this
year to date exceeding last
year’s total to this date by
five farms.
New cooperators, address
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Witmer To Be
Speaker At
Homemakers Day
Richard Witmer, Lancaster
County Commissioner, will
be one of the featured sp
eakers at the annual County
Homemaker’s day, April 21.
Witmer, along with Wil
liam F. Hoke, trust officer of
a local bank, and William
M Musser, Jr., Atorney at
Law, and m cooperation wiit
h the Lancaster Bar Assn.,
will present, “The How and
Why of a Will” at the 10:00
am. meeting in the Moose
Hall, 220 East King Street,
Lancaster.
Reservations for the event
must be made no later than
Monday, April 18, accord
ing to Mrs Norma DeLellis,
Associate Home Economist
Mrs. DeLellis suggests that
interested persons call the
county agent’s office to ma
ke reservations.
Miss Elinor Harsh from the
Lancaster Free Library will
provide an exhibit on “Read
ing for the Homemaker.”
Care of house plants will
be discussed by Mrs. Lynn
B. Smith, extension floricul
turist from the Pennsylvania
State University Dr. James
Becker, head of the Depart
ment of Elementary Educa
tion at Millersville State Col
lege will discuss some of the
work being done with retard
ed children.
During the noon hour the
annual fashion show and en
tertainment will add one of
the highlights of the day.
Lancaster. Pa., Saturday. April 16, 1960
NewHolland4-H
Elects Officers
Roy Mentzer, New Hol
land R 2, was named presi
dent of the New Holland
community 4-H club meeting
in the New Holland Bank
Building Monday night.
Other officers elected we
re vice president, Glenn
Smoker, Narvon R 2; secre
tary, Lynette Burkholder,
New Holland; treasurer, An
thony Folker, New Holland
E 2; news reporter, John
Eby Jr, Gordonville Rl;
song leader, Nancy Horning
Ephrata R 3; game leaders,
John Campbell, New Hol
land and Linda Weaver of
Bareville Rl.
Elected as junior leader
PRESENTING AWARDS FOR HIGH QUALITY MILK at the county Dairy Day on
Tuesday, Max Smith, Comity Agent, said, “These awards were won at the Pennsylvania
Stale Farm Show, but are uSually presented at Dairy Day.” Accepting awards for milk
scoring over 92% or better are from lejft to right Robert Keene, representing Queen
Dairy Co; Melvin Stoltzfus, Ronks Rl; Howard D. Wagner, Quarryville R 2 and Charles
Frey, representing Turkey Hill Dairy, Conestoga R 2. Stoltzfus and Wagner received a
wards in the wholesale milk division while th other two awards were m the retail divis
ion of the contest. —LF Photo
Home Ec Leaders
Meet Is Scheduled
The first of the 4-H home
making club leaders’ meet
ings is scheduled for Mon
day, April 18, Mrs Norma
DeLelhs, Associate Home Ec
onomist announced this week
The meeting is scheduled
for 7.30 pm in the Farm
Bureau Auditorium, Diller
ville Road, Lancaster.
Project materials will be
distributed. The new 4-H
Camp will be discussed and
also some of the changes in
state-wide activities explain
cd.
The schedule for leader
training in projects and jud
ging and special round-up
and district events as well
as county-wide meetings will
be presented and discussed.
Any person interested m
Dairy Day Draws 200
In Spite Of Weather
Lancaster County Dairy
Day 1960, proved to be a
success in spite of the wea
ther. Twice the weather
conspired to keep dairymen
away, and once it succeeded
completely with the snow
storm on the original date
in March.
This week it was the oth-
Mark Witmer
Is President
Of Breeders
Mark N. Witmer, Dalma
tia, Northumberland County
was elected president of the
Southeastern Pennsylvania
Artificial Breeding Coopera
tive Tuesday night.
Witmer, a Guernsey bre
eder, succeeds Earl L. Groff
who has held the post since
the inception of the cooper
ative 17 years ago.
Returning to the offices
they held last year were
Abner Risser, Bainbridge Rl
vice president and Lee M.
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and representative to the co
unty 4-H council was J.
David Lapp, Bareville Rl.
Leaders for the group are
James and Mary Martin of
East Earl; John Lapp, Bare
ville Rl, and John Eby, Sr,
Gordonville Rl.
Farm Calendar
April 18 7-30 p.m
Eastern States Member
ship meeting, Hostetlers
m Mount Joy.
April 18 8.30 am—Co
operative Career Day. Co
unty high school seniors
will bo the guests of the
County Council of Farm
er cooperatives. Meet at
the Farm Bureau Auditor
nun.
7 30 pm. Home Econo
mics 4-H club leaders me
eting at the Farm Bureau
Building.
8 00 pm. Southeastern
District Baby Beef Show
committee meets in the
Livestock Exchange Room
at the Lancaster Stock
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coming a leader is urged to
attend.
$2 Per Year
er extreme. Warm tempera
tures and sunny skies taun
ted the approximately 200
in attendance with spring
work undone because of
rain and cold
But along with the com
ments of the farmers who
telt the pressure to be home
and at work, were the com
ments that this was one of
the more successful meetings
of its kind
Extension specialists from
the Pennsylvanai State Uni
versity brought down to ea
rth advice on many phases
of the dairy business. Dairy
specialist Joe Taylor listed
five factors which will low
er the fat percentage in
milk. Not feeding cows en
ough roughage, feeding heat
ed grams, grinding hay, fish
oils, or anything else that in
creases total milk product
ion will tend to lower fat
percentage, he said.
Temperatures high enou
gh to lower total production
will tend to increase fat
content in the milk as well
as almost any other thing
that lowers total milk pro
duction. Excess oils in the
ration will increase butler
fat content, but only tempor
arily. A small amount of ex
citement at milking time
can be counted on to increa
se fat percentage, but if the
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FIVE - DAY
WEATHER
FORECAST
Temperatures for the
next live days will aver
age 8 to 12 degrees above
normal. Normal tempera
tures for this time of year
range from a low of 42 at
night to a high of 63 in
the afternoon. Warm con
ditions will continue thru
Saturday, not so warm on
Sunday. Warmer again on
Monday and Tuesday turn
ing cooler Wednesday.
Chance of showers late
Saturday or Sunday and
again Tuesday. Precipita
tion is not expected to to
tal over Vi inch. Only pre
cipitation during the past
week was the trace of rain
on April 11.