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Henry E. Givler, secretary- May 22 to May 28 as Soil
treasurer of the Lancaster Stewardship week through-
County Soil Conservation out the county. Many county
District gave credit to co-op- churches cooperated by mak
erating agencies for making ing use of literature distrib
it possible for the district to uted by the District,
carry out its program during District members arranged
the year. and conducted a tour of the
Highlights of the year’s ac- county farms for the County
tivities, as listed by Givler, Commissioners,
include the following: Director Henry Hackman
Herbert. Wiggins, Millers- was elected to the State Ex
ville Rl was elected the out- ecutive Council,
standing conservation Farm- A District repre sentative
er m the county. attended meetings and parti-
Former District secretary ciDated m the wosram , nf
i 7% D S tr 5 Ct UckS B; Re ;' tSC “ e r’ Served the Lancaster County Agr t
tz R. D. 1, Henry Hackman, as judge for the FFA conser- 9 s
wd Witmer, County Commis- vation contest at Penn State. A LounclL
1711 Lincoln Highway East, __ ~ T , A county plowing contest
-L.F. Photo ,PS nct , heW , a L r! Mas sponsored by the Dls
rbert Wiggins Named - scd Has Plans
/Standing SCD Farmer For Coming Year M 0 JX
Conservation- Fanner said this woeh. . $£ “SLfSLrU* adopted the. J£ r
uhert Wigginsj Milters- r Wiggms f 01 '
;RX took nver operation At first Wiggins said, he R D j Millersville, district Commissioners designating ™
he home farm about 18 farmed at -right angles to ’ - (Tura to page 16)
sfio and. soon found rows liis dad liad used
(ng in the conventional but that was not the ans : The district directors will D.Lw R ee f Club frumf./
was putting most ofhis wer because there'were pi- sponsor a series of TV pro- OaUy DWI VIUU Y OLith
.ilizer in the creek. aces where the slope chang- grams with cooperating agen- Ran fit lot A ii- I
'Dad always farmed up e d and the water would cies, conservation field day, I IWIUb WIN Attend
I down ttie hill “with bor- break over and cause worse observance of Soil Steward- g now and s tonn failed to u ,i ** ri
I farmed, about one year damage than before, ship Sunday & neighborhood k igo memberJS of the Natl. COflldD
v horses but when I got Mtcr trying .straight 'strips watershed meetings to ex- Redßose Bab B eef & Lamb ' » , . .
tractor I saw lt wasn"t tried bending them". "Wig- available to Club and their from r ™ d^ te T sand t two al "
I go* tired afpKkmg gms said, but he failed to landowners through the dis- banquet j ast Friday. t °™ Lancasf;e r Co
the tomatoes when Td “ - the ctrrn<? on the con- tnct. ' , , unt y. this week were chosen
a basket down in a rut f our and, still was not satis-' Funk reported that 1.95& Presentation of club a- to represent Pennsylvania at
it would - turn over,” a d farms In the county are now wards was made after a din- the National Youthpower
. ‘ cased n“?^^eMfPUr'S?S.toC“CagolBtetof PUr 'S?S. toC “ Cag0l8teto
ension Meet d^r ic of'S coopera tors to be obtained " ’ -CO Ut hy par
;e Is Set I£-S*r^’sj ? AI S jZ. < T elery
•owing With Our Com- w^ erel , Funds will be used former- ApPtOVe H-40 „ A team of judges inter
dy will be the theme of 'Vhemhe got the level on the Funds wdl-be used tor cier # viewed the candidates and
main address at the an- (Turn to page 14) C nr TrAnchinCi chose Darvm Boyd, Ephrata
meeting of the Xancast- rw 27 Rl and Kenneth Brubaker,
County Extension/ Associa- County Celery growers Mount Joy Rl as delegates
generally agreed Monday to the national event. Six
that the H-46 strain: of celery other Pennsylvania youth
is the best variety available will make the trip,
for trenching since the old Chosen as alternates were
Houser strain was lost dur- Saralee Bradley, Holtvvood
m g World War 11. *}. a . nd P®? l Wolgcmuth, of
Jay Hodefcker, Lancaster Elizabethtown R 3.
R 3 expressed the view of Congress, the
most of the dozen growers second of its kind in the
present at the farm of Amps state > conducted in cooper-
Funk, Millersville, when he atlon with a national move
said. “H-46 looks good, but it (Tum to paee 9)
lacks a little in taste. It
keeps good though.” FIVE - DAY
Noah Snader, Blue Ball.
reported some black heart WEATHER
in his celery last year, but rARPrSCT
ARM VAT Pxm Ar> most growers felt the wet rL/tltWlol
1 season he i d that disease to a
II 2 to 5 pm. - minimum.
Lnicken Barbecue at the Snader was in agreement
Lancaster Poultry Center with other growers who said
340 W. Roseville Road, in the H-46 strain will not
i caster. . blight.
/• 13—4:30 p.m. - Meet- Growers agreed that per
lnS of the Lancaster Co- haps 50 per cent of the crop
unty Teachers of vocation- went into trenclies for sale
. a griculture at Cocalico during the winter.
J on High School. Martin Heisey, Washing
-0 Pm. . meeting of the ton Boro, has been growing
master County Soil Con _ . T Emerald. He said he liked
/ation District in the THE OUTSTANDING Conservation Farmer m Lancas- the quality and resistance to
«“t House? LancaSfer ter Count y is Herbert Wiggins, MiUersville Rl. Wiggins bLghtf but he said> “Emerald
pm. - Southern Tran who farms about ten acres of tobacco each year gays he is t true to type If we
4-H ri,, ooutaem Trac abou f half finished stripping this year’s crop. “The only 13 irue ™ ~
club meets at the pia Ce you can see the results of soil conservation with all could cross H-46 and Emcr
-4 8:00 p.m. - Meet- this snow on the ground Is in the amount of the crops tak- aid and get the best of both,
i-Tum to page 5) en off the land.” Wiggins said. L. F, Photo (Turn to page 16)
DIRECTORS OF THE Lancaster County Soil Conserve
ter Sensenig, New Holland RT; Elmer V. Good, of Liti
iheim R 2; Amos Funk, chairman, Millersville Rl; Rich)
ier, Lancaster, and Henry E. Givler, secretary-treasurer
raster.
Harold R. McCulloch, As-
Director of Extension
The University of Penn
ama will be one of the
speakers at the Febru
-16 banquet at the Plain
Fancy Farm near Inter
irse.
ilichael Lynch, Extension
ial Aids Specialist, will
an illustrated presenta
of The Penn State Story,
h lias given the presen.
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Lancaster County Soil Conservation District
Reports Activities of Agencies During Year
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 11
UBRM«
THE PENNSYLVANIA SPATE COLLEGE
County S.C.D. Agencies
Produce Varied Programs
— >. —^
Saturday - Wednesday
Temperatures during the
next 5 days may average
three to five degrees be
low the normal range of
27 at night to 40 in the af
ternoon. Little day to day
change in temperature is
expected. Precipitation may
total 0.6 to 0.7 inches,
melted, with scattered ar
eas of snow about Sunday.
The county has had a
total of 56 inches of snow
to date. The record for any
winter season is 59.3 inch
es.
$2 Per Year