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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
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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
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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
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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
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$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
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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
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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
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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