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NEW COUNTY COUNCIL of 4-H clubs met for the first time this week and
Bded this group of officers as the executive board. They are as follows front row L
Br Wibur Hosier, vice president of the agriculture section, Judy Stauffer, v p of the
Bbe economics section; Londa Boyd, president of PI E. Darvin Boyd, president of Agr.
Bond row, Glenn Foreman parliamentarian Agr; Joyce Denhnger, parliamentarian H
Blterlm Cassel, treasurer Agr ; Mary Alice Moore, treasurer H.E; Joyce Kreider, secre
Agr, Julia Hecker, secretary H E Thir d Row, Sue Eshleman, member at large form
Shirk, member at large Agr; Beverly Meiskey, member at large from H E;
Bin Hess, Member at large from Agr.; Nan cy Keener member at large ±rom H.E , Dav-
Btapp, publicity director for Agir; Phyllis Heisey, publicity director for HE. Back row,
Bf Ann Ressler and Paul Trimble, member at large from Home Economics and Agri-
B»rc respectively. —L F. PPIOTO
bH County Council Gives
Ijp Posts To Two Boyds
Hhe Lancaster County 4-H
Hnnl elected two of its
Hnbers named Boyd to the
Hsidency of the agricultur-
BM home economics divis-
Hs of the organization at
Hit meeting in the ’ Poultry
Hter Monday night.
Hiirvin Boyd, Ephrata Rl,
■ Londa Boyd, Manheim
B no relation, were named
flfthe top spots in the agri-
Bure and home economics
Bis respectively.
Bliss Boyd, elected to the
Bncil as the representative
Bn the Mastersonville Sew-
Bclub, succeeds Betty Urn-
B 2350 Old Philadelphia
Bwvm, one of the tepre-
Btatives to the council from
B Red Rose Baby Beef and
B>b club succeeds Gerald
Bner, Manheim R 4, who
B burned to the execu-
B board as a member-at-
Bther officers elected in
B harne economics section
B e Stauffer, Manheim
■ Vlc ‘e piesident; Julia
B™ r , 63 Spruce Street,
■ «^r' SION fo RESTER, ED FARRAND, demonstrates
m °thod of pruning pine trees for Christmas tree
B Oiv,- 0 ,. as F. L. Olweiler of Elizabethtown looks on.
Blion was one of the 19 tree growers at the demon-
B 1 U 1 © farm of C H. Good, Manheim R 2 on Tues-
B —L. F. PHOTO
Ephrata, secretary; Mary
Alice Moore, 2459 Marietta
Avenue Lancaster, treasurer
Joyce Denhnger, 6025 En
field Drive, Lancaster, parlia
mentarian, and Phyllis Heis
cy, Elm, publicity director.
Elected to the executive
board of the council by the
29 members present in the
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Prune Pines Kow
To Grow Good
Christmas Trees
Now is the time to shear
pine trees if they are to form
a good shape for Christmas
trees, Ed Farrand, Forestry
Extension Specialist from
the Pennsylvania State Uni
versity told the 19 tree
growers at the pruning dem
onstration on the farm of C.
H. Good, Manheim R 2, on
Tuesday.
Shearing for Christmas
tree production should be
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Lancaster, Pa.. Saturday. June 11, 1960
County Future Farmers
Attend Convention
A contingent of fifty-six
Future Farmers will repre
sent Lancaster County in
contests, musical organiza
tions, and meetings at the
annual convention of the
Pennsylvania Association of
the Future Farmers of Am
erica at The Pennsylvania
State University next week.
The three day event will
pit boys from the county a-
Suggestions
For Farm Plank
Are Requested
The editorial staff of Lan
caster Farming has received
requests from both the major
national political parties ask
ing for suggestions to aid the
party leaders in drafting the
platform planks for the
forthcoming campaign.
One of the letters received
states, “Surely the first step
in developing a desirable
farm program is to bring in
to focus the many good ideas
and suggestions from all peo
ple devoted to agriculture.”
Lancaster Farming solicits
your letters on this vital sub
ject. After being printed in
the letters-to-the-editors col
umn, letters will be forward
ed to the political party des
ignated by the writer
Address letters to Editor,
Lancaster Farming, Box
1524, Lancaster, Penna
FIVE - DAY
WEATHER
FORECAST
Saturday - Wednesday
Temperatures will aver
age near normal to about
four degrees above the
normal range of 61 at
night to 82 in the after
noon during the next five
days. Pleasant tempera
tures are expected over the
weekend with warmer
days about Tuesday or
Wednesday. Little or no
rainfall is in prospect for
the period.
Problems Can Be Solved
Henning Tells Kiwanians
The United States Gov
ernment has more money
tied up in metal stocks than
it has in grains, but the pub
lic never hears about them,
Pennsylvania’s Secretary of
Agriculture, Dr. William L.
Henning, told members of
the Lancaster Kiwanis Club
at their meeting on Thursday
The remark came in res
ponse to a question consern
ing the wheat problem and
the effect of stored wheat
and other grains on the live
stock economy.
Dr. Henning said, “Of
course we have some prob
lems in agriculture, and if I
had the answer to all of
them, I wouldn’t be here.
But we can lick the prob
lems if we sit down around
the table with the best brains
in the country and go after
the problem.”
The Secretary went on to
gainst FFA members from
all over the state in judging
contests, mechanical demon
strations, and athletic con
tests Included 'in the pro
gram will also be the annual
speaking contest and the con
test in parhmentary proce
dure for chapters.
Each of the ten chapters-in
the county have a quota of
one contestant for each paid
membership in the associa
tion, in addition to any band
or chorus member, State of
ficer candidate, or public
speaking contestant.
From Lancaster County al
so will be the state president,
Gerald Greiner, Manheim R 4
and National regional vice
president, Dean Hoffer, Man
heim R 3.
The members from each
school will be accompanied
on the trip by the teacher of
vocational agriculture.
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DR. WILLIAM L. HENNING, State Secretary of Agri
culture, center, was introduced by County Agent,
Smith, right, at the dinner meeting of the Lancastc^ij^^^^^^H
is Club at we Hotel Brunswick on Tuesday.
left, chairman of the Agricultural Committee
is Club, made the arrangements for Dr.
speaker at the meeting.
$2 Per Year
say part of the problem lies
in ineffective legislation, and
the way to solve that prob
lem is to get the legislation
changed in Washington.
“Some people want to re
turn to the old principle of
the law of supply and de- .
mand” he said. He went on
to point out that law will
work, but it will create eras
of boom and bust with many
fanners being forced into
bankruptcy each year. “We
have to decide if we want to -
do that.” he said.
Production must be limit
ed, the Secretary said, but
you can not limit it on acres.
The farmer will just put the
poorer acres in the soil bank,
put more fertilizers on the
good acres and produce
more Limits must be put on
tons or bushels
In answer to a question as
to what affect the supplies of
com stored in the mid west
stales would have on live
stock production, Dr Henn
ing predicted a greatly in
creased beef supply with re
sultant depression of live
beef prices
This build up of market
able beef will take several
years, but Dr Henning be
lieves that cheap feed grams'
makes the situation certain
to come.
In listing some of the ag
encies over which the Agri
culture Department has jurl
diction, the Secretary point
ed with pride to the work
done in brucellosis eradica
tion, gypsy moth control and
in the efforts of the milk
control commission. Dr. Hen
ning said Pennsylvania is one
of the largest Eastern States
to be modified certified for
brucellosis.
A large gypsy moth infes
tation was attacked last
year in the state and was
found to be completely con
trolled this year.
“Dairymen, we are lucky
to live in Pennsylvania.
There has been a lot said
pro and con on the milk
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