LOOK (From page 8) seedbed management , id and insect control, was done witli irradia- [cco with disease con- mind. Tobacco was in several M-H 30 ex its again . this year. - e not" yet received test information on leaf from the 1958 ,9 crops. ,61 .all of the above j will be continued, [ease of any of the isease-resistant tobac -1961 will depend up .ie test information four large cigar com- No recommendations ung the use of M-H [I be made by the sta intil results from the comprehensive experi of 1960 are in. and small grain ig tests should give ial information on i- EASY BUDGET. PLAN! i pay in eqnal install its spread over the year raiding big biHs- in cold \ths when oilconsump increasea., " GARBER OIL CO. 105 Fcdrview St. MOUNT JOY. PA. Ph. OL 3-2021 1941 SPRING SALES Starts January 2nd SAVE—Special Anniversary Prices—SAVE NEW EQUIPMENT 240 International tractor and Sander loader $2290. 340 International tractor fully equipped with pow er steering, $2970 No. 6 McCormick hammer mill No. 35 McCormick PTO Spreader $775. (with tires) Remember this equipment available Early Traders Bonus. See Us For Details! MANY PRIZES TO BE GIVEN.AT OUR FIELD DAY. (DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED LATER) Bin RVL Wltlilllliii those best suited to Lancast er County and adjacent at eas. Henry E, Givler, teacher of Vocational Agriculture at Pequea Valley H. S. and sec retary of the Lane. County Soil Conservation District says; Ojj looking back over the past year of Vocational Agriculture it is satisfying to realize that it has withstood the test of “Sputnik” and is probably better off due to the panic. Certainly weneer scientists, etc, but we ala need good farmers. Many people have madt the old statement, “My £ ther, or I, didn’t go to schoi to learn to farm. He probal ly didn’t raise 120 bushels » corn per acre; he was proi ably lucky to raise 60 busl els per acre. He didn’t haw a herd of cows capable producing upwards of 12,00 i pounds and more of milk pi cow; it was more like 5,0(K or 6000 pounds per cow. We can go into many other en terprizes of the farm and find the same advances being: made. We might also look at an other important phase of Ag riculture, that of Cohserva Here are just a few of our many specials — CHARLES B. HOOBER INTERCOURSE tion of our land. Granted this job is not done, but there are a few in the Coun ty working hard to educate the people to this fact and hoping the job will some day near completion. Lan caster County, I feel, did a good job this past year in bringing the farmers to real ize the importance of Con servation. Vocational Agri culture, directly and indirect ly, gave young men aback ground m Agriculture, con- fidence in themselves, and a determination to make farm Hfe- better and more profit able. In looking back at the progress in Lancaster County 20th Anniversary 1961 $125. thru our SEE US TODAY! HENRY E. GIVLER - Bigger Than Ever! USED EQUIPMENT Used Farmall A tractor plow and cultivator John Ceere MC Crawler - Completely recondition ed McCormick PTO Spreader SOME PAST FIRST PRIZE WINNERS; 1959 Irvin Engle, Cochranville (pony) 1958 Raymond Hershey, Kinzer, R. D. 1 (pony) 1957 H. S. Lapp. Gordonville R. D. 1 (tractor) Lancasier Farming. Saturday, December 31, 1960 —9 —from about 1935 to 1955 program in 1961. This is e> there were six departments pccially true as the total cap of Vocational Agriculture in ital needed by farmers for Lancaster County. Since ’55, operating expenses continues a period of five years there to increase substantially, were four new Departments Farms are 'becoming larger, started. Likewise the enroll- costs arc higher and a larger ment went up. Many of the percent of the items used in results of Vocational Agricul ture don’t show up until years later. As Agriculture changes and improves Vo. Ag must and will be ready to change and meet the new i demands, In 1961 and the years that follow there is still a great task to be done. Vo. Ag. and other Agriculture Education al Agencies will not be fin ished until every farmer can go to his record books and tell y j how much it is cost ing him to produce a bushel of grain, a hundred pounds of meat, or a hundred pounds of milk The Education of farmers to Conservation will not be complete until you can go to any stream right after a rain and find it clear and not clouded "by the top soil that has been washed out of 'some farmer’s ' field. Or until the Highway De partment does not have to go out after a heavy ram and use tax money to' re i move the topsoil from the road. These are some of the tasks for us to accomplish in 1961 and the few years ahead of us. With the loud cry to abol ish or hold still Vocational Education. (Agriculture) I would like to see the day when every student complet ing High School, even if he is preparing for college, has had at least a general course in Agriculture. It would cer tainly broaden their under standing of how complex and interdependent our society is. Stanley Musselman, Direct or of Personnel & Communi ty Relations: FmanluaF management will" milk and 505 ibs uuuellci continue to be a very impoi- m 317 days on dai y lant part of each' farming milking as a 4-year-o’d. Used Super C Mower Used Fast-Hitch Plow STANLE production are purchased. Therefore, the use of farm credit will continue to be necessary to.'furnish the nec essary capital The interest rates have tended to level off However, if there is 'any lessening of interest rates in 1961 it will probably mortgages rather than on - short term loans. The farmer’s credit pro gram will heed to be based on earning capacity as well as collateral' in the period ahead. Financial manage ment, increasingly, will de termine which individual farmers will remain in agri culture, Revar Inez rapst 4057451 owned by -Vernon R. Umble, Atglen, produced 16,750 lbs. PH. SO 3-3501 (MURKATIONAL harvest:*
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