«. o 38 I Nancy Smith (left), Pennsylvania Peach ■Lawrence with an upside-down peach cake. Keen Miss Smith is from Perry County; Erthur Hill, Lititz R 2. The queens’ visit to ■Peach Time festivities. ■lt's Peach Time ■County Crbp Quality High B Prize peaches of top qual- Bty mark this year’s local Hrop A good supply of mols- Hure has produced fruit that Bs plump, juicy, full of flav nr and color. August is the Hpuk supply season for fresh Btee-ripened peaches, accord- Bng to Tom Piper, Penn State Bhrketing Agent, and is the Bight time to get a supply Bor canning and freezing. B-Fresh peaches are one of Bhe most popular fruits. ■Their delicate,' tart flavor ■pikes them a favorite whe- Bter eaten fresh out of hand, B»mbined with dairy prod- Bicts m salads, or used in a ■variety of desserts, B You can usually tell the Btuahty of peaches by look- Bug at them. Judge peaches Boor ding to the background Bcolor it should be yellow Farm Calendar lug 13 state Gladiolus show at Hershey. 100 pm —Landrace Swine sa'e m the Paul Martin Sale barn, Blue Ball. tog ’3—7 30 p.m - Meeting of Cocalico Future Farm ers of America at the High School w*g 16—8 45 a m - Mary land - Delaware dairy tour st °ps at the farms of Ray mond Witmer, Willow Stfef’l, and Mowery Frey, to L mcaster R 7 100 p m County 4-H vegetable & flower round *JP 'll the John Neff School Manheim Township l7—9 00 a m Garden “Pot Qaby Beef show at " e Lancaster Union Stock lam-. pjn Sale of the n Spot Baby Beef ?Pb steers. °°o o m FFA. Swine banquet'sponsored by 16 Soars Foundation at e Hotel Brunswick ™ •10:00 am - Guern to page 14) dessert queen, presents Governor David L. Looking on is Mary Jane Hill, National Peach Miss Hill is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs Governor Lawrence kicked-off Pennsylvania for yellow varieties and a white ground color for white peaches. Do not be fooled by the rosy blush color, because it is not an indication of ripeness. Peaches picked before they are mature have a green ground color. Such peaches will not ripen properly and will lack flavor. Ripe peaches have the best flavor, and when they are right for eat ing, they are right for can ning and freezing. During the plentiful peach season, it is more economical -to buy. peaches in larger size units, especially for preserv ing. One bushel, for example yields 18 to 24 quarts can ned or frozen, depending on the size and condition of the peaches. Remember to use the ripest fruit first, and al- low the firm peaches to rip en at room temperature Rough & Tumble Engineers Plan Meeting The Rough and Tumble Engineers Historical Associ ation, Inc . will hold its an nual meeting this year at the (Turn to page 10) ASC Funds Still Available For Fall Farm Practices Funds are still available for payment of practices car ried out under the Agricul ture Conservation Program, the Lancaster County Agri cultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee an nounced this week Farmers should enroll now for any fall practices they are planning, said Dorothy Y. Neel, office manager, in a recent report Applications must be filed and approved Lancaster Pa.. Saturdav, Auqust Co. 4-H Teams Bring Home Wins Lancaster County entrants in the first annual 4-H judging and demonstration days brought first place win nmgs back to the county. Two of the teams compet ed in the agricultural sect ion of the contests while the other two exhibited skills in Home making. Over 1,000 youth from over the state participated in the event Monday, Tues day and Wednesday of this week at the Pennsylvania State University. Formerly the state 4-li organization held judging and demonst ration contests during 4-H club week at which time educational demonstrations and leadership training pro grams were sponsored by the university This year, the youngsters held the lead- Guernsey Breeders Plan Field Day Thursday County Land Use Planning will be the topic for discus sion at the annual field day of the Lancaster County Guernsey Breeders on Aug 18 William Carroll from the Pennsylvania State Univer sity will be the speaker at the afternoon session of the by the county committee be fore the practice is started Cost sharing for lime can be approved for any field that is now in sod or will be seeded this year or next year. Lime will be approved on the basis of need shown on soil test made either by the county .agent or Pennsyl vania State University. The committee recommends that lime be applied now as (Turn to page 10) 13, 191 Conservation Field Day To Feature Wagon Tours Wagon tours over one of the nearly perfect con servation farms in Lancaster County' will be one of the outstanding features of the first cojhservation field day sponsored by the Lancaster County; Soil Conservation Districts The day long event, sched uled ta be held on August 24 at the Jay Garber farm near Niw Danville, will fea ture exhibits and contests by most of the cooperating agencies in the SCD, it was announced’ l at the regular monthly meeting of ' the group Monday night. The High way commission, under the direction locally of John Detz, have exhibits of County Contestant Is Second In State Plowing Matches Lancaster county’s entry in the state plowing contest this week finished in second place just five points behind the winner in the level land portion of the contest. Christ Miller, son of Mr. and Mrg. Christ, Miller of Eli zabethtown Rl, was runner up to Frank Cocevar of Har risburg Rl. Winner of the contour phase of the contest was another Dauphin Coun ty entry, Morris J. Lebo, of Millersburg. ership meetings earlier -in the year at the first annual state 4-H club congress. The Agricultural winneis this week were both demon stration teams. Mary Jane Kreider, Manheim R 3 and Esther Hess, Manheim R 3, took first place with their demonstration. The entomo logy demonstration, outlin ing control of alfalfa insects presented by David Denlin ger, Horseshoe Road and Wilmer Wenger, Greenfield Road also received the judge’s nod In the Home Economics (Turn to page 12) event to be held on the farm of Mr and Mrs. David Breckbill, Lancaster R 7. During the forenoon, Ken neth Berry of West Chester will have charge of the judg ing contests on the farm lo cated on Rt 222 just south of Elliot’s Corner. At Maple Springs Faun, Mr and Mrs Breckbill ha\e developed an outstanding herd of Guernsey cattle The herd has a 20 year aveiage of' 4 21 test. At the completion of the nidging contests, scheduled to begin at 10am, lunch will be available on the grounds from the ladies of the Willow Street Mennomte Junior Sewing Circle. In addition to the talk by Carroll, the afternoon pio gram will include remarks by M. M. Smith, County Ag ricultural Agent. $2 Per Year grasses used for road banka and fanning practices to be used in road bank control. A tree planter and an ex hibit of forest trees showing growth from year to year ’ will be presented by John Kitch, service Forester with the State Forestry service. Kitch has also set up an in teresting contest complete with prizes for visitors at the farm. John Eicholtz of the Game Commission will have an exhibit showing the approv ed kinds of shrubs for wild life feed and cover. A pond stocking demon stration will be presented by members of the fish com mission. Landis Becker ot (Turn to page 14) The two first place win ners also won the right to represent Pennsylvania in the national plowing matches at Sioux Falls, S. D on Septem ber 21 to 23. Miss Daunna Doebler, Na tional Queen of the Furrow presented trophies to each of the winners. Miller, a 20-year old farm er chosen to represent Lan caster County at the local plowing matches revived this year by the Soil Coservation District, was sponsored in the state contest by the district. Trucking costs and entry fees were paid by the county district. Garden Spot Beef Show Set The Lancaster Livestock Exchange has sent out notic es to members of the Garden Spot Baby Beef Club con cerning the show and sale of the steers to be held August 16 and 17 at the Lancaster Union Stock Yards. The Baby beef steers will be brought to the yards on the morning of August 16 for weighing Judging will begin at 9 ara on August 17, with the sale scheduled to get underway at 1 pm. Officials of the show ex pect about 100 entries tins year. FIVE-DAY j WEATHER " J FORECAST Saturday - Wednesday Temperatures during the next five days will average near the normals of 64 de grees at night and 84 m the afternoon with only normal day to day changes Showers at the beginning of the week are expected to average ! i inch. Tempera tures during every day of first 11 days of August were above normal. Aug.- ust temperatures thus far have averaged about 2Vz . degrees above normal. Light rain fell on six of the first 11 days for a total of one inch.
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