VOL. 6 NO. 11
. TRYING TO SEE THE EFFECTS OF DRAINAGE tile under several inches of snow
is not the easiest thing. James Kreider, Quarryvxlle Rl, right, explains to George Dab
rowski, Warsaw Poland, how he put a length of metal pipe at the end of the tile drain
age pipe to prevent trampling of the clay pipes by his cattle. The old, discarded bath
tub, almost buried by the snow, makes a very serviceable watering trough for dairy cat-
Ue —L. F. Photo
34 County Future Farmers
Win Red Rose Farmer Degrees
Thirty-four County Future
Farmers Monday night won
the Red Rose Degree during
the first year the award has
been offered.
The degree, which will be
I conferred on the blue jacket
ed future farmers at their
regular county meeting 'Feb
ruary 27 at New Holland, re
quires that the recipient be
engaged in a farming pro
gram to the extent of $lOO
or more investment.
The applicant must have
completed at least two years
of instruction in vocational
agriculture, have held - the
chapter farmer degree for at
least one year, and have held
Positions of leadership in
rhe local chapter.
Following are the FFA
fnembers who have earned
the degree: James Benedict
Mountvilie; Samuel Metzler,
»>ltwood Rl; John H. Bru
oaker, Willow Street Rl;
br. lV o? Dombach . Lancaster
’ t>o rling ® mer > Lancast-
Bioh c v ll o£ Penn Manor
«igh School.
Also Irvin W. Engle, Mari
Parm Calendar
■ +t~' 1:0 ° pm - ' Meeting
I rLi- Lanc aster County
I &Ti!5 y Growers the
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M< etinf, o£ the *’
iLTf er County Teach
[PtuL* Y,° C * tion,tl Agricul- :
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etta Rl; Kenneth D. Myer,
Elizabethtown R 3: Paul Wol
gemuth, Jr., Elizabethtown
R 3; and Jacob Saylor, Eliza
bethtown R 3, all of Elizabeth
town Area High School.
Also C. David Lichty, Par
adise; James R. Eby, Kinz
ers Rl; and John W. Eby,
Jr, Gordonville Rl, all of
Pequea Valley High School.
Also Larry H. Rohrer, Lit
itz R 2; Clarence Bauman, of
Lancaster R 7; Leslie Risser,
Lancaster R 4; Paul Welk, of
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Ranck Herd Tops
D.H.I.A. Records
The 22 registered Holsteins
in the herd of Parke H.
Ranck, Ronks Rl, posted the
high butterfat average for
the month of December,
1961, a report made public
ths week shows.
The Ranck herd produced
an -average of 1,487 pounds
of milk with a 4.1 per cent
test, and 61 pounds of but
terfat during the month.
, Three herds tied for sec
ond place with 56 pounds of
fat for the month. George M.
Weaver, Narvon Rl, with, a
herd, of 23 mixed cows-made
the record with 1,440 pounds
of milk with 3.9 per cent fat.
'The -23 registered Holsteins
in the herd of Robert Kauff
man, Manheim Rl, produced
1,318 pounds of milk with a
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 4
Mark Myer
Elected By
Poultrymen
Mark Myer, Lampeter, was
reelected to his second con
secutive term as president of
the Lancaster County Poult
ry Association at a meeting
of the board of directors on
Thursday night.
Charles Warfel, Conestoga
R 2 and Daniel K. Good, Col
umbia R 2 were returned to
the offices of secretary and
treasurer respectively.
Ben Burkholder, New Hol
land was elected to succeed
Eugene Cassel as vice presi
dent.
The board voted to contin
ue Glenn H. Herr, of East
Petersburg, as auction man
ager for another year.
Treasurer Good reported
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Abe Bucher On State Committee
For Farmers Home Administration
Abram G. Bucher. 1114
Ross Street, Lancaster, has
been appointed to the state
advisory committee of the
Farmers Pome Administra
tion, it was announced last
week by state director Geo.
M. Hummer.
Bucher succeeds James A.
Beaver, Bellefonte,
term expired • December 31,
1360.
Bucher, who was manager
of fanner Relations with
the Lancaster - County Na-
Co. Colder Than Poland
Visitor Said This Week
Winters in Poland are colder, but not as rough as here, a
visitor to Lancaster County said this week.
George Dabrowski, a farm years.
planner in the Bureau of Re
clamation, Department of
Agriculture, Warsaw Poland,
when asked about the weath
er in Poland as compared
with the weather he has seen
during the last month here,
said, “We have more frost in
Poland. Maybe a week of
zero temperatures, but here
every day is different. It is
much rougher here.”
He immediately got assur
ances that it is much rough
er here this year than most
Vegetable Growers Elect,
Funk To Serve sth Year
Amos Funk, Lancaster
County’s largest vegetable
grower was reelected to his
fourth consecutive term as
president of the Pennsyl
vania Vegetable growers’ As
sociation this week.
The Miliersville Rl vege
table farmer was named to
Ills fifth term by members at
the annual meeting at Penn
sylvania,„,.State U niversity.
Funk served one term as
president in 1948
Another Lancaster Coun
tian was returned to office-by
the state organization. Ru
dolph Gorb, also of Millers
ville R 1 was elected to his
fourth term as secretary
treasurer.
The state association is
planning exploration of a
program of roadside stand
labeling, Funk said, to identi-
Breeding Co-op
District Meet
Is Scheduled
Delegates to the seventh
annual meeting of the
Southeastern Pennsylvania
Artificial Breeding coopera
tive will be elected at the
annual district meeting of
stockholders February 23 at
the Landisville fire hall.
One delegate for each 300
members plus a member for
aach breed reporting commit
tee will be elected at the
meeting scheduled to get un
derway at 7:30 p.m.
Harvey Shaffer, dairy
specialist from Pennsylvania
State University will discuss,
‘Dairying, Yesterday, Today
and Tomorrow”.
The date-of the seventh an
nual meeting of the coopera
tive is March 8.
tlonal Bank for 15 years will
assist the FHA in adapting
the agency’s policies to meet
the needs of Pennsylvania
farmers.
A member of the North
east and American Societies
of Farm Managers and Rur-
al Appraisers, Bucher man
ages nine Lancaster County
farms including 1,000 acres
and does appraising and con-
sulting work.
He is a member of the
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$2 Per Year
Dabrowski, spending a
year m the United States un
der the auspices of the Breth
ren Service Commission, is
at present living on the farm
of James Kreider, Quarry
ville Rl, where he will learn
dairying and drainage.
His major field of interest
is irrigation and drainage,
but his secondary interest is
dairying. At the Kreider
farm he helps to care for the
40-plus head of dairy cattle.
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fy stands selling farm-fresh
produce.
Too many stands are sell
ing store purchased items un
der the guise of freshly har
vested produce, Funk point
ed out.
Consumers, by checking
the of the stands can
AMOS FUNK
be sure of freshness, he_said.
Funk called attention to a
similar program recently in
augurated in New Jersey,
which, he said, lias been
very successful.
In other action the associa
tion approved the formation
of a canning crops research
committee composed of grow
ers, processors and govern
ment research officials.
The committee is expected
to take immediate action
aimed at combating the large
cutback in processing toma
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FIVE-DAY
WEATHER
FORECAST
Saturday • Wednesday
Temperatures during the
next fire days are expected
to average five to ten de
grees below the normal
range of 23 at night to 38
in the afternoon. Cold
through Saturday with a
moderating trend thereafter
Precipitation during the
period may total 0.1 to 0.4
inches, melted, occurring
as snow Saturday and a
gain at the end of the peri
od.