s. NO. 48
COUNTY FARMERS WILL SEE SOME TALL CORN when they meet at the two
i demonstration plots next Monday and Tuesday. Not pari of the regular demonstra
i plots, the tall corn was planted as a novelty by Harry Sloat, Associate County Agent
rathe rest of the corn was planed. Richard Hess, Strasburg Rl, stands beside some
iie tall maize, a Mexican variety, which bears its ears almost four feet above Hess’
dln the background can be seen a portion of the plo f of 30 commercial and experi
ifal varieties which will be husked out next week. The Mexican com is mostly
land not recommended as a commercial variety. L. F. Photo
ttnservation Through Education
Watershed Group Advised
kch individual in a water
<1 has a responsibility to
?> the streams in that wa
*sd pure, a veteran soil
wvationist told members
tot Conestoga Valley As
“lioti Thursday night,
fen A. Norton, North
-1 feld representative of
Sod Conservation Scr
olled for a sane educa
-1 Program by watershed
“Ps lather than scare
108 to get the job of water
Ovation accomplished,
wton portrayed the edu
t&al piogram as the life
* o£ a raindrop at its
J of contact with the
® through its journey
•the watershed.
* said the program of
Ration will move for
* as long as there are re.
"os to be used and peo
think as CVA mem
!|* 0 to use the resources.
Calendar
—District 4-H Tractor
* lVl og Contst at Allen-
J ll Fair Grounds.
24—8.30 a.m. - Husk
t of corn demonstration
J® on the farm of Leroy
Elizabethtown R 3.
1 25—8-30 am. - Husking
corn demonstration
j at the farm of Rich
ness, Strasburg Rl.
j; 0 am. - 4-H Capon
■■ roundup .at Hotel
j'swick. Sponsored by
faster Kiwanis club.
. Secretary of Ag
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Landowners have a respon
sibility to see that the sedi
ment load of the streams in
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Vo-Ag Survey
Conducted By
Ephrata H.S.
A survey to determine the
interest of students in vo
cational agriculture is being
conducted by the Ephrata
Union High School.
The school board is con
sidering offering such a
course from grades 9 through
12, but would like to deter
mine how many students
would enroll if the course
became available.
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State Grange
Convention Set
The 58th annual conven
tion of the Pennsylvania
State Grange will fie held in
Harrisburg next week, Mon
day, October 24th through
Thursday, October 27th.
At this convention repre
sentatives of the 56 Pomonas,
683 Granges and 73,500
members will hear reports of
Pennsylvania Grange activi
ties for the past year, elect
officers and make plans for
the coming year.
Awards for the 1960 Penn
sylvania Grange Community
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Lancaster, Pa., Saturday, October 22, 1960
Livestock Show
Officials Urge
Absentee Votes
HARRISBURG Penn
sylvania exhibitors at the
Pennsylvania Livestock Ex
position are being urged by
show officials to make use
of the new absentee ballot
which may be used by civi
lians for the first time this
year.
The livestock show opens
November 7 and runs thro
ugh November 11. Election
day, November 8, is schedul
ed as one of the busiest days,
of the show with the grand
champion steer to be select
ed that afternoon.
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THE POULTRY ASSOCIATION’S NEW GIRL FRIDAY
takes a few minutes out from her first busy week at the
Poultry Center. Mrs. June Sangrey, Manheun R 2, thinks the
name should be Thursday, since that is the day of the
weekly poultry auctioil and the day when the work of the
association becomes most hectic. Mrs. Sangrey replaces Mrs.
Clara Kopf, secretary of the Poultry exchange since its be
ginning, as office manager at the Center. —L. F. Photo
Farmers Invited To Help
Harvest Corn Plots
County farmers are being invited to help husk out the
extension service corn demonstration plots next week. Plots
in he northern end of the county will be husked Monday
while those in the southern end of the coun'y will bo har
vested on Tuesday.
Harry Sloat, Associate 1
County Agricultural Agent, ]
said this week county farm- i
ers will have an opportunity j
f o see the results of over 30 i
commercial and newer ex- ]
perimental hybrid corn vari- (
eties grown side by side on <
the two sites.
The county plots, begun .
with open pollinated varie- :
ties 26 years ago and contin- 1
ued every year since, show 1
how the varieties respond to -
fer ilizer, soil type and cli- 1
mate of the area. 1
In addition to adaptability
of the corn, the plots will
Agriculture Center
Committees Named
The board of directors of
the proposed Lancaster Coun
ty Agricultural Center, meet
ing at the Lancaster Poultry
Center, heard requests for
office space and special re
quirements from several or
ganizations last week.
Three committees were ap
pointed by Willis Esbenshade
president of the board. Max
M. Smith, County Agricul
Sloat Urges Fall Spraying
For Forage insect Control
There is considerable con-
fusion as to a safe and effec-
tive control program for the
alfalfa weevil and meadow
spittlebug. Associate County
Agent Harry Sloat said this
_ I f,
Poultrybecretary
, ,
Beams Duties
® _
Mrs. June Sangrey, Man
heim R 2, newly appointed
office manager at the Lan
caster Poultry Center brings
with her experience in the
poultry business dating back
to the time she was 13 years
old.
Mrs. Sangrey, the former
June Good, began working
part time at the Moore Farms
and Hatchery during her
early high school days at
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52 Per Year
help measure yield capacity,
length of season, ear place
ment, height of stalks, stand
ability and resistance to in
sects and disease. All the
plantings were made at 18,-
000 and 22,000 stalks per
acre.
James Eakin, Extension
Agronomist from the Penn
sylvania S’ate University,
will be on hand to explain
the merits of the different
varieties and answer ques
tions on fertilization and cul
tural practices.
First of the two plots will
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tural Agent and Mrs. Norma
DeLellis, Home Economics
Agent, will act as advisors
and ex-officio members of
the committees.
Committees appointed were
as follows.
Publicity: John Herr, Lan
caster R 7, Chairman; Levi
Brubaker, 2001 Marietta Ave
Lancaster; Willis Esbenshade
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week,
“After studying the per
formance data of various
chemicals we have decided
that Dieldrin applied during
October and November will
be the most satisfactory ma.
tcrial to use against the al
falfa weevil, spittlebug and
lesser clover leaf weevil on
next ear ' s crop.” sioat said.
Rate of application is one
pound of actual dieldrm per
acre... The material may be
applied as either a granular
formulation alone or mixed
with fertilizer, or as a spray
of an emulsion or a wcttable
powder. If the spray is used
Sloat suggests using at least
20 gallons of water per acre.
Sloat reminds farmers that
more data will be released
as it becomes available, but
at present, Dieldrm applied
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FIVE - DAY
WEATHER
FORECAST
Saturday - Wednesday
Temperatures for the
next five days will average
2 to 5 degrees below norm
al. Normal temperatures
for the week range from a
low of 43 at night to a
high of 63 in the after
noon. It will be cool Sat
urday, warmer Sunday,
cooler Monday with a ris
ing trend Tuesday or Wed
nesday. Precipitation may
total less than V 2. inch oc
curring early Monday and
again about Wednesday.
The rain of last Wednesday
night totaled 0.6 inch in
the city and 1.25 at Holt
wood. It was the first gen
eral rain of the month.