STNO- 24 ■HESTER MURRY, MANAGER OF THE MANOR POULTRY FARM, looks over ■6O-61 Random Sample Poultry Test entry clucks as they were placed under the ■ on the farm this week. Charles Dorsey, Poultry Inspector of the Bureau of Markets Bpisor of the test, (right) examined the chicks and remarked on. the uniformity of ■ and the apparent good health of the chicks. The Washington Boro R 1 farm will Be home of the chicks for the first 150 days, after which they will be placed in the Bu of Markets’ laying pens near Harrisburg, where they will complete a year of B records. —LF PHOTO ice Boyd Captures owmanship Trophy Lancaster County boy the championship tro tor showmanship at the International Livest how at the Pennsylva tate University for the 1 time last Saturday, ce Boyd, son of Mr. Urs Elmer Boyd, Eph- H 3, a senior in the »l Husbandry curricu lt the University col -1 the ribbon for champ wine showmanship and ' e Yorkshire fitter on f ay to the grand cham hip trophy for showing Jecios ir other students from *rm Calendar i ~ 630 pm. - Parent 1 son banquet sponsored the witness Oak chap- FFA at the Donegal !h School 8 7 30 pm. - Meet ■ of the New Holland 4- clnb m the New Hol o Farmei s Bank. 12-300 pm - Meeting he County Agriculture hncil at the Farm Bur “ hudiioimm, Dillerville id ® m Demonstration , , shredder-harves i, the Blue Bali" fire , U 15 m - Lester Burd in' Specialist tt Ul ° Pennsylvania ess ~ u ' rs hy will ad ib J e ( , Pa ' atllse Rotary « V’&. s ” brecl, th e "p 3o Pm - Meeting I |,' r Euots ‘“M Saddles tl rf , ~ ?nd Pony club kn m 'Y u 01 Woodrow ]7 ' an ‘ieim ! s.dl t . ° l ,°? J m - Feeder “■dinr' n ' 1G Farm Show 10 ILinisburg. tally 4 n , runi °rc com !Che,t.. oub meets m •use ul Church 18-7 -n the Cara m ' 'hat, ZT Spot 4 -H H «*r S,n° f MaU ‘ the county participated in the 43 staging of the event by the Block and Bridle club at the university. Mar ion Findley, Quarryville R 3 was named champion fitter in the Angus cattle division. Douglas Kent, Lititz, show ed Hampshire swine while BRUCE BOYD Carol Kroeck, Lititz, show ed an angus heifer, and Jerry Hess, Elizabethtown (Turn to page 5) 4-H Camp Set For June 13 -17 Camp Chiquetan, near Rock Hill, will be the site of Lancaster’s first 4-H Camp within the county in recent j cars. This year’s cam,) sec fm June 13-1/, is open to any iLguiarly cm oiled 4-H boy or girl It will ode’ mem bers a choice of six classes First Aid, swimming, nfiery nature study, handicrafts, and archery. Free swim per iods, recreation, vesper ser vices evening programs and group singing will be featur ed at the 4-day camp. Cam pers will be living in tents (Turn to page 11) Lancaster. Pa., Saturday. N Five Go. Men AreDelegatesTo Holstein Meet Five Lancaster County men have been elected dele gales to the Diamond Jubi lee convention of the Hol stein Fresian Association in Syracuse, New York, May 30 to June 2, it was announ ced this week. As elected representatives the delegates will represent the members of the Penn sylvania Assn, of purebred Holstein breeders. The total state delegation, based on active membership in the national association, is 19 members. Total attendance at the three day event is expected to exceed 2,000 of which 197 will be delegates from all parts of the country. Robert C Groff, Quanr ville R 3, and J. Mowrey Frey, Lancaster R 4, are the only two active farmers fr om the county in the dele gation David J. Yoder and (Turn to page 14) York Boy Wins Meat Judging A York County Future Farmer this week won the first annual meat judging con tost for FFA members in the York-Lancaster area. Donald Godiiev, the son oi a butcher and a senior at the Dallastown Ai ca High School, took the top spot over 14 other contestants fiom the two counties to win the right to repicscnt the area in the state contest at FFA week in June. Scoring 175 points out of a possible 200, the 17 year old York R 2 boy was head and shoulders above his nearest, competitor, Larry Keith, Reinholds Rl. icpre senting Cocaheo High Scho ol, who scored 110 4 points Third place in the contest went to Kenneth Saudcrs, East Earl Rl, from Garden Spot High School Dale Hos tetter, Gap Rl, Pequea Val ley High School was fourth, and Roy Weaver, East Earl ay 7. 1960 Random Sample Chicks In County Brooder House Chicks in the 1960-61 Ran dom Sample Poultry Test are on the floor and growing at the Manor Poultry Farm, Washington Boro Rl, where they will stay for the first 150 days of their lives. The 2,976 birds in 48 en try lots were hatched May 3 at the Aaron Hess Hatch ery near York where they were randomized (put in 12 groups with five birds from each entry in each group) and wing banded. The test, supervised by personnel of the Bureau of Markets of the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, began with the setting of a sample of 225 eggs from the entrants Of the chicks hat ched, 62 pullets were band ed and placed for rearing at the Manor Farm, research farm of Miller and Bushong, Hearing Date On Egg Market Regulations Set The Pennsylvania Depart ment of Agriculture has set May 18 as the date to hear arguments on the revised Egg Marketing Standards which went into effect on February 20. The Pennsylvania Poultry Federation in objecting to the revised standards main tains that compliance would put burdensome costs on the small producer-retailer and asks members to keep rec ords and collect data on the cost of marking and dating egg containers. In the announcement of the meeting, John L. Rain ey, Director of the Bureau of Markets, said, '‘The Poul try Federation has a long standing request for a re evaluation of the dating pro vision. We need accurate data to determine if burden some costs for small produ cer-retailers actually exist.” The formal hearing set for 1:00 p.m in the Slate Farm Show Building is to consider provisions for eli mination of the registration of the dating method, and several language changes to keep pace with the use of multiple dozen packages. Federation members are requested to have records available for presentation at the hearing. DHIA Workshop Well Attended Dairymen from the sur lounding area met Tuesday evening, May 3. in the Con ference Room of the Eliza bethtown Trust Company for a Record Workshop. The Workshop, sponsored by the Pennsylvania State University, was under the direction of Victor W. Plas tow, Associate County Ag ent of Lancaster County. Ea ch dairyman, using his own (Turn to page 11) Rl, and also from Garden Spot High School, was fifth. Tire contest was held at the Lancaster facilities of Kunzler and Co, Inc. $2 Per Year the Rohrerstown Feed Firm. Chester Murry, manager of the farm will raise the pullets under the supervision of a team of five inspectors from the Bureau of Markets Heading up the team will be Charles W. Dorsey, In spector II from the Harris burg office of the Bureau. Disease outbreaks will be referred immediately to Dr. Seitz, veternanan of the Pennsylvania Department of (Turn to Page 5) Crops Need More Rain In County “We could use a good soaking rain ” was one of the most often heard phra ses among farmers in the county this week as plowing for tomatoes and corn pro gressed into the final stages. Reports of general toma to transplanting early in the week seem to be unfound ed. A Lancaster Farming re porter could confirm only a very few instances of any transplanting before Thurs day of this week. Two of the large plant suppliers in the southern part of the co unty reported that they had not received any plants un til Wednesday afternoon. Plowing for tomatoes has been pretty well completed but reports from around the county indicate that the soil is very dry for so early in the season. » Early tobacco plants are making satisfactory growth, but some farmers, delayed by the weather, are just how seeding the beds. A few reports of spittle bugs and alfalfa weevil br ought a go-ahead signal to the spray operators from the County Agent’s office. Har ry Sloat, Associate County Agent, recommends three qts per acre of a 25 per cent emulsion of Methoxychlor or 40 pounds of five percent dust Malathion can be us ed in place of Methoxychlor but it is not as effective ag ainst spittlebug, However, if aphids are present m lar go numbers at the first sprav Malathion should be used instead of Methoxychlor. Sloat cautioned farmers (Turn to page 12) FIVE - DAY WEATHER FORECAST Saturday - Wednesday Temperatures for the next five days will aver age four to live degrees a bove the normal range of 49 at night to 71 in the af ternoon. Warmer Satur day and Sunday with cool er through Tuesday and then beginning to warm up again. Scattered thun dershowers may average about Vi inch. Light south erly winds will probably increase today. Precipita tion during the past week was .24 inch of rain dur ing Saturday Night.
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