VOL. 6. IMU. i COOPERATION OF THREE FARMERS AND THE TOWNSHIP SUPERVISORS in Strasburg township provides a safe channel for water runoff from a ong hillside. The large pipe under the road replaces three smaller pipes which carried water onto a wide area below the road. At the top of the picture can be seen some of the waste land caused by the spill over of water on about an acre of ground. Since the new pipe has been installed and water directed to it by a diversion terrace, only one we! 1-control ed waterway at the left is needed. —L. F. Photo 14 County Future Farmers Frosted Feeds Win Hiqhest State Degree Ma v Be Poison The I*6l State Fa m Shote wil. high honors to 14 Lancaster County vocational agriculture tect their livestouk against students who are members of the Future Farmers of Am- poisoning by keeping them erica - out of,.fields offrosted Su- In ceremonies here Jan- uary 11 nieeting The 14 in nan eraßs. or sorshum uary 11, these 14 farmJjoys grass or will receive - tlm degree of Cocalico Union H. S.: Ro- normally make excellent. “Keystone Farmer,” the hi- bert L . Hoover, Denver R 2; forage, but deadly prussic ghest degree which can be Donegal Union H. S.: Wil- or hydrocyanic acids form conferred upon an FFA boy Ham B . Earhart,, Columbia in them when they- are at the State level. Rl; Lampeter-Strasburg H. frosted, according to the Not more than two per S.. Clarence R. Bauman, Pennsylvania 'Vcterinary cent of the FFA membership Lancaster R 7 and Roy Bre- (Turn to page 5) can receive the award un- neman, Willow Street, Rl; der FFA rules and the' nam- Manheim Central -Union U. es of those who qualified we- S.: Wilbur H. Hosier, Ger re certified today to the aid L. Myer and Richard State Farm Slow Commis- Hosier, Manheim R 3, and sion by James C. Fink, State Glenn S. Henry, Manheim FFA adviser and coordinator R 4; Penn-Manor Jt. H. S.: of agricultural education in Melvin Dombach, Lancaster the Department of Public In- R 6, and Samuel L. Metzler, struction. Holtwood Rl; Pequea Valley The degree is" awarded to vocational students for out standing achievement in agri cultural and rural life. To be eligible, Pink said, the FFA members must have demonstrated marked leader ship, completed at least two years in vocational agricul ture instruction, earned at least $5OO in productive ag ricultural enterprises, _ and attained satisfactory achieve ment in improving his farms efficiency or his farm home’s comfort. On the basis of accomp lishments, boys to receive the Keystone Farmer degree ha ve been recommended by the State FFA Advisory Council, for approval by the FFA delegates at the Jan- Farm Calendar Nov 26—9 00 a.m. - Draw ing for Red Rose 4-H Baby Beef Club ca'ves at the New Ho land Sales Stables Nov. 28—7:30 p.m- County Future Farmers of Ameri ca meet at Donegal High School. 8 00 p.m. - Meeting of the Red Rose Dairy Herd Im provement Association board of directors in Pro duction Credit building. Roseville road. Nov. 29 — 8:00 p.m. - Meet ing of the American Dairy Association at the Landis ville Elementary School. All county dairymen invit ed. Jt. H. S.: Charles D. Lichty, Paradise; Sounthem Lancas ter County Jt. H. S.: Wil liam R. Maule, Quarryville R 2, and Barry H. Smith, of New Providence Rl; War wick Union H. S.: James C. Brubaker, Lititz Rl. County Boy Is Star Farmer A Lancaster County FFA member has been named Star Keystone Farmer of the 12-county Southeastern region. James C. Brubaker, 17, of Lititz, RD 1, a senior at Warwick Union High School has been selected for the high honor. Starting as a freshman with two dairy amma’s and eight fattening hogs, he now owns twelve purebred Ayshires, six pure bred Yorkshire sows, a Ten nessee walking horse, 45 shoats, and 100 capons. In his freshman and sophomore years he rented cropland and barn space from his father, but in his junior year he rented a 72-acre farm on which he raises corn, hay, wheat, tobacco and barley which also are parts of his farming project for this ye.ar He has won $225 in-prem iums at fairs since 1958. An officer of his FFA chapter his first two years, he has acted as the chapter’s junior = adviser in (Turn to page 5) Lancaster. Fa., Saturday, November 26, It»6 i State Association Growing w r Young Farmers Holstein Breeders Are Told Convention Set .... oc.axi.ip in the Penn- ing among farmers, but he , ~ ~ sy-vania Holstein Friesian pointed out the Experimental lours of the new meats Association has passed the Station at the State Univer- aboratory and the new 4000 mark, members of the sity is recommending the Research L.emer Lancaster County association use of dieldnn on alfalfa Pennsylvania State were told at their ' annual fields before November 30th University will be features of banquet Tuesday night. for the control of spittle "J 16 Program of the State bugs and alfalfa weevis on Convention of. the Pennsyl the hay crop next spring. 7 ai ? ia You^, g Farmers Assoe _ . « . lation on November 30. The County Agent a Forney Longenecker, Man cautioned dairymen to exer- heun> wm bfi chairman of a cise special care in proven - discussion group which will mg damage to cows udders b - e the prob l em of doing during- colder weather He a better job Qf marketing ag . said mastistis is a matter of ricu tural pro ducts. prevention rather than con- other items f()r diseussipn trol “We can not rely on at the one . day event will in . antibiotics to do the whole clude> « what is the future job he said. for the small farm?”, “What In concluding his remarks infiuence do we h ’ ave ag Smith suggested that dairy Young Farmers in our com men check young stock munities? and « Are r carefully for internal para- pub _ ic relat i ons showing? .. .(Turn to page 11) Keynote speaker of the (Turn to page 6) Clarence Lyons, giving the State Director’s report told the approximately 400 in at tendance that the state or ganization has grown from a membership of 1.000 eight years ago to 2,000 four years ago to the 4,000 mark recent ly. In his remarks to the group, County Agent, M. M. Smith stressed the recom mendation to spray for al - weevil and spittlebug this fall He said there seems to be some misunderstand- POSING AFTER THEIR ELECTION TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS of the Lancaster County Holstein Friesian Association at the group’s annual banquet Tuesday night at Blue Ball are left to nghtr Clyde Buchen. Manheim R 3; Richard Hess, Strasburg Rl, and Jay Landis, Lancaster 86. The men ucie elected to serve three-year terms. —L. F. Photo Cooperative Conservation At Work On County Farms ‘Conservation through co- al Stabalization and Conser operation could very well be vation Committee ail cooper the title of a project being ated with the Lancaster carried on in Strasburg Twp. County Soil Conservation Three farmers, township su- district to complete a water pervisors, the Soil Conserva- shed project effecting farms tion Service, the Agricultur- (Turn to page 16) Penn's Woods Hunting Is Good Says Goddard Pennsylvania sells more out-of-state hunting licenses than any other state, Maurice K. Goddard, secretary of Forests and Waters, told Members of the Lancaster Kiwanis Club at their meeting Tuesday, The c ub made awards to 3 Must In The World Today.” 4-H club members for Soil Twenty five dollar bonds and Water Conservation es- were given to Barrett Borey, says. Gerald Hess, son of son of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Mr. and Mrs. John S. Hess, Borry, Bainbridge, and Geo. Washington Boro, a 17 year M. Clark, son of Mr. and old senior at Penn-Manor Mrs. C. Nei’ Clark, Lititz. high school, won a $50.00 - Secretary Goddard compli savmgs bond for first place mented the boys on their in in the contest. His essay was terest in conservation and entitled, “Conservation A (Turn to page 6) ETown - Donegal Capon; Club Trophy Won By Billy Hackman -Billy Hackman, Elizabeth-, At the roundup, on Tuesday town R 3, swept both the ex- his two exhabhS|>hrdc-; dressed , hibit judging and the pro- out over ninev i pobncfe "each, ject score contest at the E.i- The 14 year-old fremman, zabethtown-Donegal 4-H Ca- at Elizabethtown Area high pqn roundup Tuesday. school climaxed a four year Bily, the son of jVIr. and march on the championship. Mrs. Willis Hackman, started Two years ago he took third his project with 152 white place in the judging, and vantress capons on May 15. again last year his birds took (Turn to page 14) $2 Per Yea FIVE - DAY WEATHER FORECAST - 801111(107 - Wednesday Temperatures during the next five days will average eight or more degrees a bove normal range of ,33 at night to 49 in the after noon. Mild over the week end and turning colder to ward the end of the period Precipitation should total over Vz inch occurring to ward the end of the peri od. Rainfall during No vember has totaled 1.23 in ches. Normal for the month is 2.71 inches.
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