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■ 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
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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.
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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
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$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
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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
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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
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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.