< X\iO- oU WHEN THE RAINS COME soil conservationists take the opportunity to catch up on required office work. Martin Muth, Work Unit Conservationist with the United States jarlment of Agriculture Soil Conservation Service, shows an aerial photograph of the inty to Amares Bose, Deputy Forest Conservator of Forests in West Bengal province, lia Mr Bose is in the county as part of the U. S. Technical Cooperation Mission to Idy Soil and Water conservation and watershed management with particular refeience reforestation Muth, left, is explaining how the aerial maps help plan conservation (grams for the county farmers. —LF PHOTO 16 Future Farmers ii Awards Columns j Future Farmers from the Garden Spot County gave pd account of themselves in the statewide judging con fitests at The Pennsylvania State University this week. 1 Sixteen of the county representatives broke into the Wrds celurans in the hard-fought contests. While none of s county boys managed to take the first place spot, three pond place winners and one third place judge will win bts on the three-man state teams. [a the dairy contest, the pst in the competition p 241 entrants, Roy Bre p»n, Willow Street Rl, Lhis second place win fag with two other boys, p represent Pennsylvania Khe National Dairy Cattle PSress at Waterloo, lowa F this year. r w ° other county boys l re in the awards ist m p Cdllle judging. Paul Ptnble, Quarryville Rl won. Farm Calendar !>e 18 10 a m.—Hamp- Hog field day at Farms, Annville p 19 to 21 _ state 4-H . ( ;' ,^ rsiil P training school I, tlle Pennsylvania State P'Veisfiy f. e 21 7 30 pm. ipflw Young Farmer’s l ociation meeting at the P nn ttlanor High School. be Civil Defense L , p m —■ Lincoln Com k f'' "'t-H club meets in L if ount Airy fire hall, bun, to Summer L fotion of Teachers of agriculture at Sullivan Co. L, 2 to 25 _ First an- r f fnr,i?v lvania 4-H SvW. gless at the Penn L 9 ~ la State University. Lhh 8 pm Hol- L, , club meets at k »fmo ol Elvin Hess, asburg Rl. A i oetin g of the r County Agricul- in the Farm hi iS‘ toltam ' Dil ‘ a gold medal for eighth pla ce and will receive a trip. Roy Mentzer, New Holland R 1 received a silver medal for 15th place. Nine judges from the co unty made the awards list in the second largest con test. A total of 176 entrants judged in the livestock con test. Dennis Sangrey, Lanc (Tum to page 5) 4-H'rsTo Attend Club Congress Thirteen boys and twenty girls representing Lancaster County 4-H clubs will treck to the Pennsylvania State University next Wednesday to participate in the Key stone State's first 4-H Club Congress. Designated for club mem bers over 14 years of age, the congress draws heavily on the national counterpart for its format. Scheduled to run from June 22 to 25, the congress will be preceeded by three days of leadership school for some of the more advanced youths in the 4-H work. Five young people from the co unty are scheduled to attend the activities for the full week. Darvin Boyd, Ephrata R 3, will return to the leadership school this year in the role of assistant instructor mak ing use of the knowledge he gained last year. Going with him to the school and con gress on Sunday will be (Turn to page 6) Lancaster, Pa.. Saturday, June 18, 1960 Donald Trimble Is Reporter In State FFA Donald Trimble, Quarry ville Rl, a recent graduate of Solanco high school and the secretary of the Solanco chapter of Future Farmers of America was elected state FFA reporter by the Penn sylvania association in con vention at The Pennsylvania State University this week. Trimble, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Trimble, farms with his parents and younger brother, Paul, at Chestnut Level. Active in 4-H work as well as FFA, the 17 year old dairyman has held the office of president of tire local com munity club and the county Holstein 4-H club. In addition to working with his parents on the 178 acres at home, Donald, in partnership with Paul rents a 60 acre farm where the 10 head of milking covte and 8 heifers belonging to the two boys are kept. The election of Trimble gives Lancaster county a run of three consecutive years with a Future Farmer in a state office Gerald Greiner, Manheim R 4, imme diate past president, was pro ceeded in the top post by Dean Hoffer, Manheim R 3. Greiner was succeeded this week by Dewey Wagner, of Tionesta Rl. Trimble, who was on the dairy judging team from So lanco last year, was prevent ed from participating in the (Turn to Page 5) Cooperation Impresses Forester From India “The relationship between officials and the farmer in the United States is very impressive, but for the sue- cess of any program, this relationship is necessary.” is the way Lancaster County agriculture was summed up by Amares Bose, Deputy Conservator of Forests in West Bengal Province, India Mr Bose, in the county for four weeks to study watershed management and soil and water conservation with particular reference to reforestation, is assigned to the local office of the USDA Soil Conservation Service As a trainee under the Technical Cooperation mis sion of the federal govern ment, Bose will receive his subsistance during his six months’ stay from the Uni ted States. “I was allowed to bring only 70 rupees (ab out $45) out of the country ” he said In speaking of his trip to the county, Bose told of his indoctrination stop in the nation s Capitol. “In Wash ington, we were allowed to ask any question, and I Craft Days To Be Held At Landis Valley Museum Craft skills of olden days farm equipment. will be demonstrated for the public at the fifth annual Craft Days celebration of the Pennsylvania Farm Mu seum of Landis Valley, Sat urday and Sunday, June 18 and 19. A “quilting bee” will be held by the women pembers of the Landis Valley Men nonite Church, under chair manship of Mrs. Charles Landis. Broom making will be shown by Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Nissley, of Manheim. Mrs. Jack. Zook, of Paradise, will demonstrate decoration of tin and chairs. The annual event, which draws thousands of visitors to the noted museum, brings back memories to older per sons who attend, and helps acquaint the youngsters with the ways in which the early settlers made their 1 own furniture, houseware 0 , and Egg Marketing Code Changes Are Suggested HARRISBURG- Proposed changes in the Pennsylvan ia Official Standards for the Grading and Marketing of Eggs are being circulated by the Bureau of Markets of the State Agriculture De partment. The proposed ch anges stem from a hearing on egg standards held May 18. Mandatory dating of egg receptacles and registration of dating methods are eli minated in the proposed standards. It had been sug gested at the hearing that a series si exemptions from these requirements be es tablished. However, John L. Rainey, director of the Bureau of (Turn to page 6) $2 Per Year must give them credit, they answered all our questions and they were not embaras sed ” As a Deputy Conservator of Forests, Bose has the re sponsibility of caring for a ranger station and the for ests in his district Under the second of the five-year plans instituted since India gamed her independence, the Bengal province, has be en reforesting about 10,000 acres per year. Most of the reforestation must be done by artificial means because thick undergrowth makes natural restocking of tim ber trees impractical Under a system of land reform, many of the semi nomadic peoples of the In dian forests have been per manently settled on govern ment forest lands. In ex change for two years labor in the government reforesta tion program, the Indian worker is given his plot of ground and urged to settle permanently. The Govern ment hopes this permanent agriculture will encourage (Turn to page 12) Members of the Landis Valley Associates will serve as hosts and hostesses in period costume. Work done by the craftmen will be on sale at the new gift shop operated by the Associates, on the Museum grounds. Also to bo demonstrated are. Conestoga wagon driv (Turn to page 12) County Granges In Community Project Contest Subordinate Granges in Lancaster, Chester, and Leb anon Counties are presently participating in the 1960 Community Service Contest, “Build Better Your Com munity”. The purpose of this con test is to encourage the Sub ordinate Grange to serve well the community of whi ch it is a part As a public service, this contest is spon sored jointly by the Nation al Grange and the Scars (Turn to page 10) FIVE - DAY WEATHER FORECAST Saturday - Wednesday Temperatures for the next five days will average two to six degrees above the normal range of 83 in the afternoon and 62 at night. Cooler temperatures are expected Saturday with warming Sunday thru Wednesday. Scattered thun dershowers are expected a gain about Tuesday or Wednesday and may aver age around Vz inch
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