iL. 6. NO. 16 aCCEPiijNG COIMGRAiULATIONS trom tuenc many friends and assoc.ates at'a ban tin their honor Wednesday night are Mr. and Mrs Harry Stoat. Sloat retired as As ate County Agent on February 1, after 40 years of Agricultural Extension work in caster County. Approximately 300 persons -were at the banquet. —L. F.' Photo auffman Herd Is Tops D.H.I.A. in January The 23 head of registered Holsteins in the herd of •t Kauffman, Manheim Rl, posted the highest B’utterfat ie in the Red Rose Rairy Herd Improvement Associa during the month of January. ■ wording to records- re- c. Akers, Quarryville Rl. this week, the Kauff- This ‘mixed herd of 29 cows herd gave an average, mil ked 1,532 pounds with a iw, of 1,408. pounds of 3 3 test an( j averaged ~59 lbs. vith a test of 4.2 for a 0 f butterfat per cow. Curtis at average of 60 lbs. Akers is ther- former head the runner up spot was tester in the association, icrd of CT Kreider. and Calendar 11 2:00 to 6:00 p.m. 'ken barbecue at the 'try Center, Roseville and 230 by-pass. 13—7:00 p. m. County Conservation District tors meet in the t House. pm. - Reorganization- Meeting of the county 'hire - Jersey 4-H Club Two Lancaster County 'reduction Credit, Rose- farmers were elected to 3- •e Road year terms on the board of Perm Manor^FFA ath- directors of the Eastern •s meet at Penn Manor States Farmers Exchange at !h School. the cooperative’s annual Pia - Southern Trac- meeting last Saturday. 4-H Club meets at "the B Snavely Garber, •stoga Farm Service, ryville. 14 8:00 p.m. - Penn Young Farmers As ll °n Corn Growing, a I of local fanners, at Manor Agri. room. Pm - Lampeter and mn FFA athletics - a t Manheim Central School. m - Elizabethtown- Community 4-H meet- Donegal H. S. 900 am. - Hog county swine pro assn. at the Lan- Stock Yards. ~ - Southeast Di- H dairy show com nioets at SPABC I on 230 by-pass.’ !”• - Cocalico and valley FFA ath ct at Pequea Val- j ow street R 2 was returned - Reorganization- to the board whlle John to page 14> Melhorn, Moimt Joy, was el- Highest 305 day lactation was- completed by “Burke”, a registered Holstein in the herd of Titus M. Hurst, Ltt itz R 2. Burke produced a to tal of 24.021 pounds of milk, (Turn to page 5) Two From Co. On Co-op Board B. SNAVELY GARBER Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 11, 1961 <><v. V V & m.-» Tobacco Seed To Be Treated Tobacco seed will be cleaned and treated at a ser ies of meetings next week, the Lancaster County Exten sion Service announced - Fri day Members of the County Agent’s staff will be on hand with seed cleaner and chem icals to treat seed for county growers at the following lo cations on Tuesday, March 14: 9:30 a.m. Farm of Clyde K. Eshehnan, Washington Boro HI, V 4 mi. Southeast of Le tort. 2:00 _ p.m. Basement of Witmer fire hall, Witmer. - 7:30 p.m. Farm of Clayton Sangrey, Lltitz R 2, farm 10-' cated between Lititz and Manheim near Erb’s church. At the above meetings ex tension personnel will clean and treat up to 1 qt. of cleaned seed per grower. The seeds will be treated with silver nitrate and given one rinsing. A nominal charge will be made to cover the cost of .materials, the extension of fice announced. ccted a director, Wil- Melhorn, who operates a 300' acre diversified farm op eration, has been a member JOHN E. MELHORN The sale will be conducted of Eastern States since 1928 the Lancaster Livestock and has served as county Exchange with Abe Diffen representative since 1931. auctioneer (Turn to page 7) • bacn as aucUoneer ' agricultural library »ENN£7LVANIA STATE COLLEGE County Says Thank You" 300 Farmers Honor Sloat “I didn’t know so many nice things could be said about a person in such a short time.” said Harry S Sloat Wednesday night. Speaking in a voice filled with emotion, the retired county agent was expressing his gratitude to the three hundred friends and former associates who had come to honor him for his 40 yeais of service to agriculture. “Sloatie”, as he is familiar ly known in the county, was referring to the many per sonal testimonials from far mers and extension workers he has helped and advised through his years in the ag ricultural extension service. Wednesday night they came to his banquet. Exten sion specialists from Penn sylvania State University, county agents and former county agents from several counties, and the great and "Green” Eggs Will Promote Hen Industry Saint Patrick’s green will be the color of the hard cooked eggs given out by the Lancaster County .Poultry Association next Friday. In an effort to promote the use of eggs during the month of March (National Egg Month) the county associa tion is cooperating with the Lancaster Sertoma Club in distributing free eggs on the square in Lancaster on St. Patrick’s day. In keeping with''the theme of the day, the eggs will be dyed a bright green. Preparation of the eggs will be done by Spring Glen Farm Kitchen, Ephrata. In addition to the free eggs and egg sandwiches on the square, the association, working with the chef at the Stevens House, will provide a special egg menu for the members of the Sertoma Club at their noon luncheon. Each diner will consume sev en eggs in special dishes planned for the meal. Guests at the luncheon will include, Mayor Thomas Monaghan, County Commis sioners, City Council mem bers and officials of the Pennsylvania Poultry Feder ation. Eugene Cassel, a member of the Poultry Assn, is m charge of the promotion committee. Swine Assn. Sale Date Set The date of the Annual Hog Show and Sale sponsor ed by the Lancaster County Swine Producers Association in March 15 Judging of the high quali ty hogs will take place at 900 a.m. with auction of the entries beginning at 1 pm- in the Lancaster Stock Yards.- $2 Per Year small in farming in the Gar den Spot county. They paid homage to their friend and counselor tor hia unselfish devotion to his work. This spirit of unselfish ness was evident in the re marks Sloat directed to the group. He gave credit to the cooperation and assistance of his wife, the former Emma L. Carey, who he said, “was my strength through all these 40 years ” During one stay in the hospital, Sloat said, Mrs. Sloat visited him every day. “I didn’t find out till later that she did this despite the fact that there were four children at home with the whooping cough.” Recalling the 40 years of achievements, Harold R Mc- Culloch of the Pennsylvania State University Extension Service summed up the feelings of the group when he said,” “Someone recently asked me, Who is going to replace Harry Sloat’’. You don’t replace 40 years of experience overnight. You hire someone to work where Harry Sloat has been work ing and hope that someday he will turn out to be anoth er Harry Sloat.” McCulloch paid tribute to Sloat for his ability to und erstand and work with peo ple. “It is a rare thing to find a man like Sloat with his knowledge of agriculture (Turn to page 12) Milking Systems Demonstrated At Dairy Day Ivan E Parkin, Extension Dairy Specialist from Penn sylvania State University, Friday told farmers milking injury is one of the most im portant causes of mastitis' in dairy cattle. Speaking at the annual Lancaster County Dairy Day in the Leola Memorial fire hall, Parkin said there are two tilings that cause milk ing injury: defective milking systems and improper man agement of milking ma chines,, or a combination of the two. On hand to demonstrate Penn State’s new mobile milking machine, Parkin showed dairymen the differ ence between a good milking (Turn to page 11) FIVE - DAY WEATHER FORECAST Saturday - Wednesday Temperatures for the next five days will average near normal range of 3l> at night to 50 in the after noon. Milder today, season al Sunday and Tuesday with cooler Monday and Wednesday. Precipitation may average 0.2 to 0.6 in. falling as showers late on Tuesday or early Wednes day,
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