KrrNQ. 40 ■ DISCUSSION OF THE EXHIBITS ON DISPLAY at the county Soil Conservation ■id Day was one of the items of conversation on Wednesday at the Jay Garber Farm ■castei R 6. Left to right in the discussion of the forestry exhibits are Jay Garber, ■ner on whose farm_the-field day was held; Elmer Huber, Pequea Rl, representing the ■nculture Stabilization and Conservation Committee; Abner Houseknecht, from the ■il Conservation Service; Martin Greider, Conservation Farmer of 1959 and Snavely ■her, Willow Street R 2, a member of the Lancaster County Planning Commission ■ ' —LF PHOTO Bounty Future Farmer ■ins Highest Degree ■ A 21 year old Lancaster R 7 farmer has been selected ■ receive the highest award of the national association of ■taro Farmers of America. ■J Robert Book, son of Mr ■ Mrs John H. Book, will ■ awarded the golden key ■ the American Farmer de ■k at the National conven ■a of the FFA in Kansas on ■tober 12. ■Busily engaged in harvest ■ his 35 acres of tobacco, ■ok hopes to have his farm ■ft “caught up” so that he ■ take a week off to jour ■to the Missouri city to ■*pt the degree. ■a addition to the tobacco, ■ok, m partnership with ■win Poifer, Willow Street ■arm Calendar ■l 27--1 pm. - First Co. ■We 4 H horse club round ■f -tl the Paul Martin ■«lcs Bam, Blue Ball. ■l 29—7 45 pm. - Meet ■S m the Gap fire hall. ■ fuml Fertilizer and the w iH be the subject of ■fmfesso! William H. Eys ■pvvoild famous bioHgist. ■jhst 29—Alternoon and ■•'fining, County 4-H coun l)ii , picni S at the home of ■Vm Brd Maule, Quarry ■i le R 2 All council mem ■s* 311' invited K t 9 am - Meeting of ■ ch S anca ster County Tea of Vocational Agri- K l nt the Warwick iff School. | ta ,A a m . Southeast dis- |‘ ct Pennsylvania 4-H dai itoH, at tbe Guernsey ■iw ! ° n on the Lincoln cast of Lancaster. 8 a.m. ‘ Southeast Idjj/p Pennsylvania FFA ■ hvm sl '° w at the Guernsey ■toft ° n on the Lincoln | east -of Lancaster. R 2, this year has 15 acres of peas, 22 acres of squash, 25 acres of barley, 35 acres of wheat and approximately 100 acres of corn which will be J. ROBERT BOOK fed to the livestock owned by the two young men The partnership began two (Turn to page 9) Farm Show Milk Deadline Nears Harrisburg State Farm Show Director John B. Mc- Cool today reminded Penn sylvania dairy farmers and milk dealers that requests to enter the 1961 milk show at the Farm Show must be made by September 1 McCool said that entries are running ahead of last year, with the deadline less than a week away. Milk competition is differ ent from other competitive events at the Farm Show. (Turn to page 5) Lancaster. Pa., Saturday. August 27. 1960 DARVIN BOYD, EPHRATA Rl COLLECTED the Dur oc Jersey breed championship with this barrow on the way to the grand championship of the 4-H pig club roundup at the Lancaster Stockyards Wednesday. The 205 pound entry sold for $1 20 per pound to set a new record for the sale of club pigs. Boyd also won three other breed titles on the way to the top honor. LF PHOTO Grange Honors Two Youths For Outstanding Club Work -Two youths from southern Lancaster county have been named the outstanding boy and girl of Drumore, Little Bntian and Fulton Town ships by Fulton Grange =66. The community service committee of the grange, in presenting $25. government bonds to the two young peo ple, cited the activities of Donald Trimble, Quarryville Rl, and Betty Jane Ulrich, Quarryville R 2. Miss Ulrich, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs Robert W. Ulrich, has had five years in 4-H club work specializing in free lance sewing. She is a member of the county 4-H council and past secretary of the sewing club. A junior in high school, she plans to en ter nursing. County Farms Rate Low In Soil Organic Matter Lancaster county farmers would do well to consider more extensive jise of fibrous rooted cover crops to try to build up the organic matter content of their soil, visitors at the first Lancaster County Soil Conservation Field Day were told Wednesday. Speaking to over 100 far mers and others interested in conservation of natural re sources, County Agent M. M. Smith said soil tests from county farms show that the Garden Spot farms rank low er in organic matter content than any other county in the state. “There are several reasons for this.” Smith said. He ex plained that the intensive Boyd Entries Sweep Show At County 4-H Pig Roundup Darvin Boyd, Ephrata RI,H Pig Club Roundup this almost made it a one-man week. show as he swept four of the eight breed championships and one reserve champion ship in his march on the Grand Championship of the Lebanbn-Lancaster County 4- Trimble, who farms with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Trimble on 178 acres at Chestnut Level, rents 60 acres of land where he has a herd of dairy cows. A grad uate of Solanco Pligh School Trimble is an active member holding the office of State Reporter in the Future Farm ers of America. He is presi dent of the county Holstein Continued on Page 8 $2 Per Year type of farming we do here tends to help the plant resi dues and manures rot up and disappear quicker than they would m areas where less in tensive types of farming were carried on. Working the soil frequent ly and keeping the soil open for row crops a large portion of the time also helps to de stroy some of the humus. Smith recommended the use of fibrous rooted cover crops along with more grass land farming to help the soil regain some of the needed organic matter content. A good crop of a - plant like Field Brome will add a lot more humus than a heavy (Turn to page 10) Boyd took Ins champion ship with a trim Duroc Jer sey barrow after collecting blue ribbons with his entries in the Berkshire, Hampshire and Landrace judging. He collected reserve spot if- the Poland China breed. His on ly entry in the Spotted Po land China classes won first in the heavyweight class while his other entry in the Poland China class finished in second place in the heavy weight class -behind that breed champion. Reserve champion o£ the show went to the crossbred entry of Donald Trimble, of Quarryville Rl. Trimble, long an active member of the dairy and corn clubs, had (Turn to ]>age 5) New Holland Fair To Offer Prizes For Crop Show President of the New Hol land Farmers’ Fair Board, S. O. Zimmerman, has just an nounced that the 1960 New Holland Farmer’s Fair will feature a new event when it opens on September 28th and continues through October 1. The event, a hay-corn-tobac co show, should stimulate in terest m the agricultural phase of the Fair which has been lagging in recent years Robert D Herr, agricultural instructor at Garden Spot (Turn to page 12) FIVE - DAY WEATHER FORECAST Saturday - Wednesday Temperatures for tee next five days will average 4 to 5 degrees above the normal range of 82 at night to 82 in the after noon. A rising temperature is expected through Mon day except rather cool to day. Continued warm on Tuesday and Wednesday. A few scattered showers and thunderstorms with rainfall averaging 1 1 to Vi inch are likely.
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