Lancaster' Firfttthg, Saturday, August 13, 1960—7 Southern Future Farmers Visit Lancaster County Future Farmers of America and their advisor from Wilkes County, North Carolina took a look at ag iculluie in the Garden Spot bounty this week and liked v |iat they saw’ The group, on a 2,300 mile Hip through all the North Atlantic coast states, except New Jersey,, and into Cana da stopped off to spend the mdit as the guests of the pcquea Valley FFA club. On Monday afternoon with Henry Givler, teacher 0 f vocational agriculture as guide, the visitors observed ,he farm of Ellis Mentzer and his son Roy at New Hol land Rl- where they saw a purebred Ayrshire herd, dried alfalfa, and growing tobacco Very little tobacco is giown m Wilkes County, the visitors said, and most of what is grown is Turkish or Aromatic tobacco selling lor about $ll5 per pound After a visit to see the MH-30-To sprayer not to spray? What does “Lancaster Farming” say about this?* I! all > ?. ost of th ? tobacco was sold be “ fore the conscientio’- ■’rmers had mine by Various statements have been circulated giving a mis leading impression of the U. S. Dept, of Agriculture's attitude on MH-30. Actually, the Department has refused to prejudge this chemical. It is engaged in careful, scientific review of MH-30.This will require many months. MH-30 has been tested for over a dozen years and used in the flue-cored areas for the past 5 years, in the burley belt for over 3 years and on cigar tobacco for 3 years. With efficient labor increasingly hard to find and costly, the farmer must rely on chemical control of plant disease, pests and weeds more than ever before. [rubber] Dist. Offices: Akron-Boston-Chicago-Gastonia-Los Angeles-Memphis -New York-Philadelphia-CANADA: Naugatuck Chemicals-Elmira, Ont.-Cable: Rubexport, N Y. PW m o n SMOKS.I3WN • L# rCooFsr oc Bro# &anc. sx 7-3539 new hog raising system be ing installed by John Eby, New Holland, another stu dent at Pequea Valley, the travelers cooled off from their l«ng trip with a dip in a farm pond Making their, way in a truck bought and outfitted with camping gear by the FFA club, the North Caro lina Future Farmers are co oking their own meals and bedding down in schools al ong their route as guests oi local FFA chapters. The eight members of t ic delegation wre juniors and seniors chosen from the chapter enrollment of 108 boys on the basis of Super vised Farming Programs, leadership qualities and at tendance at meetings throu gh the year The group in cluded the chapter president secretary, reporter, and the treasurer as well as two state farmers. Chaperoning the boys was United Naugotuck Chemical Division Naugatuck, Connecticut MH-30 Available Now At Slates I • m MEMBERS OF THE WILKESBORO, N C Future Fanners chapter prepare to spend the night at the Pequea ,Valley 'High School Six of the eight boys on the trip unroll some of their camping ’equipment under the watchful eye of their FFA advisor, S. R Pearson?-nearest the truck The visiting Future Farmers accepted the hospitality of the Pequea Valley chapter as they passed through the county on a 2300 mile trip through the North Atlantic coast states and Canada. The truck was bought and prepared or the trip by the boys and their teacher of vocational agriculture. L F. PHOTO S R Pearson, one of the two Advertisers will be glad teachers of vocational agri- to have you mention Lancas culture at the Wilkesboro - ter Farming when answering North Wilkesboro consoli- advertisements dated High School Patronize Our Advertisers Try a Classified. hand." What happened to the promised differential in price? Several farmers reported that the buyer did not even ask how the suckers were removed from the crop. While the buying companies insist they will not knowingly buy treated tobacco, they readily admit that treated tobacco, in many instances, does not show adverse physical effects that can be detected on the auction floor. Tobacco bought on the auction floor is one thing, but the Lancaster county tobacco market is another. In many cases - the buyers were on the farms during the growing season, and still no premium was paid for the hand suckered crop. If the tobacco companies intend to discriminate against the chemically treated tobacco, they made a poor start last season. There will be many more farmers willing to test them out again this year. At least that’s how it looks from where we stand. MH-30 is such a chemical. On the average it eliminates 30 costly man-hours of back-breaking hand-suckering per acre. It is very common for a single acre of tobacco fo be attacked by as many as 125,000 suckers. We believe anyone who insists on pulling them, by hand is fighting progress. With unseasonable weather delaying the crops in Lancaster County, MH-30 should be of extra benefit this season. This chemical control frees the farmer from hand-suckering and allows him necessary time to catch up with his corn cultivation, haying and other chores, THIS IS THE CHEMICAL AGE ON THE FARM. Rubber fill M fym ■rfix'XVv A, 5 Estimate Down On Pa. Apples Harrisburg About a 25 percent reduction in the Pennsylvania apple crop this year is forecast by the Crop Reporting Service of the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture About 5 8 million bushels of apples will be produced in the Keystone Slate this sum mer and fall Last year pro duction totaled 7 5 miLion bushels. Prospects for an above av erage peach crop continue good Orchards are expected to yield 2 9 million bushels, the same as the 1959 crop and 13 per cent greater than the average during the past 10 years A crop of 100,000 bushels of pears is expected to be harvested This is a s ight de crease from last year’s 110,- bu.hels Pennsylvania’s three lead ing apple varieties, York, Stayman and Red Delicious, have the poorest set this year The minor varieties all seem to have a good set and com prise aimost half the 5.8 mil lion bushel crop The apples are sizing well, and the mois ture situation is the best in a number of years With all the moisture, there has been some trouble with scab and other pests, but this condi tion is generally not severe Patronize Lancaster Farm ing Advertisers. 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