lOL. 6 NO. 10 ER of the Soil Conservation team in the minty gets a briefing on the soils and topography of the county by Martin Muth, Work Jmt Conservationist in charge of the local office of the U. S. Department of Agriculture igency. Mellott will work as farm planner for soil and water conservation in the local Iffice. ' ' —L. F. PHOTO ford Countian Fills al Conservation Post Henry S. Mellott, formedly ture, worked for the Soil Breezewood. Bedford Conservation Service in To i.ty began work this wanda, Bradford County. with the Lancaster He had served- in that of mty Soil Conservation fice for six months, making le. ' maps, surveying ponds and ellott, recently released diversions, and doing farm . service in the army, re- planning, before being called ted for work on Monday, to military service, will assist the office as a Upon his discharge, Mel conservationist on farms lott returned to the SCS and iesting such service. His was assigned to the Lancast ;ies will include farm er County office. inning for soil and water -ervation. Mellott, after graduation ford county and graduated The Pennsylvania State from Everett High School, iversity in 1958 with a He will take up residence in :ree in general agricul- Lancaster County. conomist Tells Members Op Reserves Growing eserves of $130,000 were ;d to the' holdings of the ;rstate Milk Producers' iperative last year, mem* of District 11 were told :sday at the annual ban -t of the group. Dr. Paul E Hand, Econo 't from the cooperative’s told the 260 members in attendance at the Quarry ville Methodist Church, the reserves will be rotated and returned to the members at the end of seven years. Dr. Hand reported that the number and volume of the bulk hauling contracts negotiated by the coopera tive had been, expanded dur _ ing the year. This represents ARM CALENDAR a P ermanent saving to mem bers, he said 30—730 pm. - County He also commented on iture Farmers meet at the work of Interstate in se >cahco High School, in curing a price increase of 10 inv er __ cents per hundredweight ov- J oop m, - Southern Tracer the 1960 price through tor Club meets at Wenger Federal Order 61. The in- Implement Company, Buck crease will be in effect thru • 31—8 00 pm. North- the first nine' months with a 'stem Tractor Club meets possible 30 cents increase the International Equip- during the last three months jt Co., Ephrata. of the year, he said. 2—B 00 p. m. Solanco In other business, 25-year »ung Farmer’s meeting pins were presented to A. the High School, Quar- Clyde Krelder, Roy Aument, tie- Steven Spencer, both of Quarryville Rl. hy Extension Specialist Pen and pencil sets were ,1 demonstrate proper awarded, to the four 4-H iking procedures. members having the highest 0 pm. - Meeting of the dairy club project book -tom of the Lancaster scores in the area covered by >unty Poultry Associa- District 11. The youths hon >n <? i le P° u ltry Center, ored were Paul Trimble, of pm. - Meeting Quarryville Rl, score 97.2; “t® Lancaster County Marilyn Karnish, Quarry- Growers at the ville R 2, score 96.5; Carol i A OlO3 Funk, MU- Ann Krantz, New Providence , ® Rl, score 92.6, and LucUle ‘-8 Small fruit con- Krelder, Quarryville Rl, *t Yorktowne Ho- score 96.0. Contact County Gerald Krelder, Quarry or details. (Turn to page 8) Mellott was reared on a small general farm an Bed- Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 28, 1961 \ i / " i" * * * , S * W Gerald H. Hess Is Appointed By PSU Extension An Elizabethtown R 3 resi dent has been appointed to the Pennsylvania State Uni versity Extension Service Staff as an assistant County Agent, it was announced tills week. Gerald H Hess, who grad uates from PSU today, will serve in Northampton Coun ty beginning Feb. 1, accord ing to Extension Service Di rector, Dr. H. R. Albrecht. Hess will be associated with County Agent Samuel D. Lewis in the Easton office Hess, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hess, is a graduate of Elizabethtown high school. He majored in Animal Husb andry at PSU. While at the University he was a member of the live stock and meats judging teams and the Block and Bridle Club He is married to the form er Helen Graybill, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J Homer Graybill, Manheim R 4. Mr. and Mrs Hess have a one month-old daughter. Dist. Forester John Kitch Is Promoted John Kitch, Reinholds Rl, district forester, was promot ed in grade by the Pensyl vania Department of Forests and Waters Tuesday. The promotion was one of 25 in the state’s 20 forest districts, Secretary Maurice K. Goddard announced. The program of promotion and transfers throughout the st ate is planned to assist small woodlot owners to grow* trees as a crop, God dard said. The program is aimed at increasing timber sales from state forests by 50 per cent. There were two million acres in state owned forests and 1960 sales were nearly $700,000. Goddard said the promo tions will cost the state near ly $15,000 per year. Kitch is presently presi dent of the Conestoga Valley Association, - TS. Broiler Prices Higher In 1960, Report Shows Broiler prices last year averaged almost a half cent higher than during 1959, but did not reach the high aver age price of 1958, Lancaster County poultrymen were tqld in a report at their annual meeting Monday night at the Poultry Center. Prices during 1960 averg ed out to 18 35 cents for broilers, as compared with the yearly average of 17 87 for the year previous. The 1958 figure was reported to have been 19.80. Volume of broilers sold declined from 4,533,460 head in 1959 to 3,819.945 head last year, but the increase in the volume of heavy fowl, leghorn fowl and roasters made up a part of the differ ence. Total volume during 1960 January 1 was $1,684.97. was 4,544,388 head compar- Five directors were re-el ed with 5,099,060 head the ected to three year terms year before. and one new director was Daniel Good, treasurer, in elected, reporting on the finances of Returned to the board the organization said the or- were Daniel K. Good, Colura iginal mortgage on the poult- bia Rl, a poultry buyer; C. Roy B. Herr Honored By Poultrymen Roy B. Herr, Pennsylvania of a breeding flock at Lan- Poultryman of the year in caster R 7. 1959, was honored by The Speaker of the evening Lancaster County Poultry was Professor R. W Schlos- Association Monday night. ser, Elizabethtown College. Herr was one of the foun- The program was directed ders of the association and'by Mark Myer, president of served as president for 1& the assn. ROY B. HERR, LANCASTER R 7, shown at the door to his incubator was honored Monday night by the Lancaster County Poultry Association Herr served the association as director for 27 years and was presented a plaque upon his retirement from the board. —L.F. PHOTO years. He was vice president during the first year of op- pjyg _ DAY eration and moved to the top spot when the organize- WEATHER tion elected officers for the ______ _ __ second year. He has also FOIttCAST served as president of Penn sylvania Poultry Federation Herr, who operates a White Leghorn breeding farm at Lancaster R 7, has been in the poultry business in the county for about 40 years. During the last 27 years he has served on the board of directors of the Lancaster County Poultry Association Upon his retirement this week, the association present ed him with a plaque and a life membership in the group. Presentation was made by Jay Greider, Mount Joy Rl, a member of the board of directors. $2 Per Year ry Center has been reduced to $19,000. Good also reported listing fees during the year brought in $10,278.62, the largest single source of income. An other large source of income was the Saturday Barbecues at the Poultry Center which brought in a total of $6,833.- 55. The report listed total re ceipts of $22,198.18 against disbursments of $21,371.52. Cash balance on hand as of Eugene Cassel, Manheim Feed Dealer; John Lpnge necker, Elizabethtown hatch* eryman and grower; Lewis Mortenson, Wabank Road, Lancaster, and Roy Erb, 118 Kreider Ave., Lancaster, an egg producer. The new direc tor is Glenn G. Herr, owner Saturday - Wednesday Temperatures during the next five days will average about eight degrees below the normal range of 24 at night to 39 in the after noon. Cold weather is ex- pected to continue over the week end with some moderation Monday and a return to colder tempera tures again about Tuesday or Wednesday. Precipita tion may total about 0.4 inches melted falling main ly as rain or snow Monday or Tuesday.
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