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LOOKING OVER THE SITE OF THE PROPOSED AG CENTER just off Arcadia
load are (left to right) Elmer Esbenshade, 1320 Manhexm Pike, and publicity committee
0i Willis Z. Esbenshade, 1613 Esbenshade Road, Lancaster; Levi Brubaker, 2061 Mari
itta Avenue, and John Herr, Lancaster R 7, Chairman of the committee. In the left
background is the American Co. Tobacco warehouse while to the right in the background
b the Lancaster Pump Mfg. plant on tire Manheim Pike The men are looking in the
direction, of the Poultry Center on the 230 Bypass and Roseville Road. Herr holds a map
iowing the location of the proposed Route 30 By-pass which will form one side of the
lot on which the proposed Ag Center will be located. The Pennsylvania Highways De
partment will not locate an access to the Bypass m the vicinity of the site. —LF. Photo
Soil Tests Help Farmers
bap Record Harvests
No Penn State researcher has checked a com yield of
less than 100 bushels per acre this year if the farmer had
lis soil tested and followed recommendations of the Univer
sity, Professor James Eakin told county farmers this week.
Speaking to some 30 farm- :
its and seedmen at the Ex
teon Service com plots on
the Richard Hess farm south
tfStrasburg, Eakin said he
msiders soil testing one of
the most important steps in
Ike production of high yield
ill corn.
Eakin also sited the devel
tpment of' high yielding' hy
tnds as being one of the fac
tors in the record breaking 1
yields predicted in the coun
ty this year. He pointed out
Hut omy two br three of the
hybrids planted in the coun
ty demonstration plots in
IM9 had lasted to this year.
"The old standby, U. S. 13.
a still around. It is like a
Farm Calendar
Oct 29 7-30 pm- 4-H
County Council Halloween
Party at the East Peters-
burg School
1 4.30 - Meeting of
•he Lancaster County
teachers of Vocational Ag-
nculture at the Pequea
Valley High School.
Sov 2-8 8.00 pm - Red
Rose Baby Beef and Lamb
Club meets at the Landis-
Wle Elementary School.
So; 3 2 - 30 pm. - Lancas-
ter York area Future Far-
■tiers of America Leader-
'hip Training Conference
tt Penn-Manor High
School.
130 a m. - Lancaster Coun-
ty Livestock tour -leaves
I'ancaster by bus. Stops
arc scheduled in York Co.
nd northern Maryland.
*ov 4 —e to 9 p.m. - Open
House at Maurice Good’s
Eastern States Center.
800 p. m . - County 4-H en-
tomology club ‘ exhibit at
the Farm Bureau building,
Hillerville Road.
W 5 —10:00 a.m. - Conven-
Ron. of the County Farm
Societies at the
Township High
School Auditorium, Neffs-
vuiq. •
model T; it just won t wear
out.” he said. Most of the
commercial hybrids in use to
day have some of the same
inbred lines used in the orig
inal U. S. 13 cross, he added.
While many of the newer
hybrids will outperform U.
S 13, it is still used as a
yardstick in evaluating new
crosses.
Harvesting of the demon
stration plot at the Leroy
Butt farm, Elizabethtown El,
revealed the highest yield
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LIVeSTOCk IOUr
,
Will Visit
York Co. Farms
Livestock feeders will ob
serve P a P er making as well
33 livestock feeding opera
tions on the annual Lancaster
County Livestock tour next
week.
Beginning at 7:30 am. at
the Lancaster Bus Station
and ending again in Lancast
er at about 5 00 pm, Nov
ember 3, the tour will offer a
full day of sightseeing to
cattle and hog feeders and
their families
Edition to the trip thru
3 P a P gr m iU at Spring Grove
the group will make a stop
at Dewco fal ™s near Hanov
er where 720 steers are fed
automatically from- the 5 000
silage stored there,
-^l so 1° be seen will be auto
matic corn crib unloadmg
a “western style” opera-
Ambrose Keller, Freeland,
Maryland, feeds 150 head of
hogs with a mechanical feed
er which will be seen
Two other stops Include
60 cow herd of Herefords
at the farm of Edwin Caudill
Shrewsberry, Pa. and the
? ew steer barn and mecharu
l ca l hied handling operation
t°r the 200 steers at the farm
oi James Quisenberry, Stew
artstown. Pa.
Lancaster, Pa., Saturday. October 29, 1960
Farm Women
Plan County
Convention
. .
A fashion show featuring
clothing made and exhibited
by county 4-H sewing club
members will be one of the
highlights on the program of
fte County Farm Women’s
Societies when they convene
for their annaul sessions on
Saturday, November 5.
Delegates from the 26 soci
eties, meeting in the Man
heim Township High School
Auditorium, will hold the
anxmal election and installa
turn, of county officers.
Shirley Hershey Exhibits
Champion 4-H Capons
A first year capon club
member carried off the big
award in the county compe-
tition Tuesday as 21 mem-
bers exhibited three birds
each at the luncheon of the
Kiwanis Club of Lancaster,
Shirley Hershey, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Hershey, Manheim Rl, dres-
sed out her three Barred
Cross birds during the morn-
mg before the show.
The capons, purchased in
BEAMING WITH PRIDE, Shirley Hershey proudly ac
cepts the compliments of Judge Harry Kauffman, extension
Poultry Specialist, for the work she did in winning the
championship of the 4-H capon club sponsored by the Lan
caster Kiwanis club Tuesday. Shirley, the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Richard Hershey, Manheim Rl, showed three of
her 12-pound birds to win the rosette. —L F Photo
Ag. Center Committees
Make Tentative Plans
Plans for the developmenl
Center were one step nearer
appointed last week began to :
The publicity committee,
with John Herr, Lancaster
R 7, as chairman met this
week at the site of the pro
posed bunding to map a pro-
See Map Page 8
gram of information for the
rural residents of the coun
ty.
The committee announced
that the highway department
has approved another right
Risser Is Head Tester
Of Red Rose D.H.I.A.
Jaj. Risser, Lampeter Rd.,
Lancaster, was appointed
head tester by the board of
directors of the Red Rose
Dairy Herd Improvement
Association, meeting m exe
cutive session Tuesday night
~
- Pisser succeeds Curtis Ak
erS) Quarryville H 2, who
leave the association
en ter farming near Mo
chamcs Grove, south of
Quarryville
other'business the as
sofnatlon heard a petl tion
from the testers foP a five
cents per cow increase to be
paid by the herd owners,
The request had been pas
sed unanimously by the
testers at their meeting ear
her this month, but upon re
consideration of the propos-
early June from Wilmarth
Farms, Kingsley, Pa., were
on feed less than five months
and averaged just about 12
pounds each.
David Lapp, Bareville Rl,
took top award in the total
score phase of the roundup
with a total of 98.8 out of
a possible 100 points on 200
White Rocks. The score in
eluded score of the exhibit
as well as management and
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$2 Per Year
it of the proposed Agriculture
realization as the committees
function
of way from the site to the
Manheim Pike. At the pres
ent time, the only access to
the ground is via Steelway
Arcadia Road.
It was also announced that
the proposed Route 30 By
pass will take 70 feet more
width than was originally
planned, therefore the plot
of ground on which the Ag
riculture Center will be loca
ted will be 35 feet narrower
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al, a committee of four test
ers decided that the raise
was too drastic and unfair
to the herd owners.
The committee represent
ed at the meeting by Jay
Risser and Harold Lmde
eamp, in a written state
ment, cited the additional
expenses to the association
in the form of Social Secur
ity payments and -wages to
the testers, and offcicd ua
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Beef Club
Plans Show
Members of the Bed Rose
4-H Baby Beef and Lamb
club will turn- the tables on
their parents next Wednes
day evening (November 2) as
the club holds Parent’s Night.
The program will be present
ed by the mothers and fath
ers of the club members.
Club members are request
ed to bring completed record
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County Boy Wins
Tractor Driving
RegionalGntest
Kenneth Butt, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Amos Butt, Quarry
ville R 2, won second place in
the Southeast District 4-H
Tractor Driving contest last
week end at the Allentown
Fairground.
Butt, who won the right
to represent the county by
taking first place in the com
petition at Solanco Fair last
month, placed first in the
“trouble shooting” phase of
the three event contest. Dis
trict competition was limit
ed to county winners.
FIVE - DAY
WEATHER
FORECAST
Saturday • Wednesday
Temperatures are expect,
ed to average two to live
degrees above the normal
range of 41 at night to 59
in the afternoon during the
next live days. Little day
to day change in tempera
tures is expected. Precipi
tation may total 1 1 to Vz
inch occurring Saturday
and again Wednesday.