6 NO. 20 A / ' .livujUNG AT xHE MOSAIC and wildfire resistant strain of tobacco, Penbel 69, re ' for trial to Lancaster County growers this week, is T R. Terrill, Instructor in ag y and Superintendent of the Southeastern Field Research Laboratory near Landis- The picture, taken In 1960, shows part of the experimental plots where the new formerly known at Bel 2-69, was tested for resistance to mosaic. ■—L F Photo ware Swine rgo Lifted isburg, April sth Ivania Secretary of ■ulture William h. Hen today advised farmers an embargo which had placed on swine from tate of Delaware has removed I'etary Henning said Di W. R Teeter, Dela- State Veterinarian, advised that a slaughter serum treatment pro has ended the threat-of -ad of swine cholera in .ate embargo was placed in September 19. ''or, swine being im _ mto Pennsylvania Delaware or any other for bleeding or feeding ICS Mill must be certi ’ disease-free and vacci "dh an attenuated vir- s <.'nnon against swine [ Calendar ~~ 2 to 6 p. m. - ■ cn _ Barbecue at the Jsk'r County Poultry Roseville Road and b .'Pas,s, P m . Senior Exten- CJllb District Square ; at the Guernsey ’ l ' u hion, Lincoln ■*' East of Lancast mviled. *0 to 12—County Ag ’ c °nicicnce at Penn 7 00 pm. - Soil ■‘Uion District meets House County P j^ T * County wide 4. H dub 1 Production credit, 'Page H) i f ♦ •*¥* Changes Made In Penna Seed Labeling Law HARRISBURG Pennsyl vania Secretary of Agricul ture William L.'Henning to day announced provisions of a change in seed mixture la beling requirements. The new regulation says: “When labeling seed mix tures only components of 5 per cent or more shall be named on the label. The only exception shall be in the case of white clover where as little as one per cent may be listed. All other compon ents of less than 5 per cent shall be totaled and this sum listed as ‘other crop seed’ • any other listing shall be considered as misleading.” This new regulation, made under provisions of the Pennsy Ivania Seed Act of 19477' will become effective January 2, 1962. Secretary Henning said that advantage has been taken of buyers by the use of such terminology as “Contains Menon Kentucky Bluegrass” by printing this statement in large type on the bag or box of seed when actually the content of this aeed wgs on ly a small fraction of the total seeds in the package “Every bag or box of seed mixtures—lawn or field crop —must be labeled to show the contents of the mixture, and the purity and per cent of germination of each por tion of the mixture,” Secre tary Henning pointed out. “Seed buyers should keep in mind that if the desired seed variety is only 5 per cent pure and germinates at 70 per cent, the amount of (Turn to page 5) THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE (COLLEGE Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 8, 1961 * > County Boy Wins FFA Speech Contest Wilmer Martin, son of Mr. and Mrs. James H Martin, New Holland Rl, took top honors in the York-Lancaster Area Future Farmers Public Speaking contest this week. The vocational agriculture student from the Eastern Lancaster County Joint High School in New Holland, won the judges’ approval with a speech entitled, “Our Land - Man’s Greatest Resource.” Martin presented his talk on conservation at the an. nual area FFA public speak mg contest Monday at Spring Grove in York County. In the Parliamentary Pro ceedure portion of the con test, the team from Lampeter - Strasburg High School tied for first place with the “Dov er entry. The contest will be rescheduled at a later dale. V* * ** -M WILMER MARTIN County Farmers To Try Two New Tobacco Strains Lancaster County tobacco growers now have the op portunity to try out two new disease-resistant varieties of cigar-filler tobacco, U. S. Type 41. as a result of a coopera tive breeding and research project of the Pennsylvania State University and the U. S. Department of Agriculture. These varieties are the Ponnleaf l and Pennb el best of a large number of 59 are new varieties re disease-resistant lines that leased by the Pennsylvania have been under test since State University Committee 1950; The original crosses on Introduction of New Var were made by E. E Clayton leties and Strains of Plants, at Beltsville, and the selec- Seed will be immediately tion and testing of the prog- available to county growers, eny have been carried out by Penn leaf 1, known experi- H. B. Engle, research agron. mentally as S-IA, is highly omist at the Southeastern resistant to wildfire (rust), Field Research Laboratory and moderately resistant to near Landisville. (Turn to page 16) Farm Price Decline Noted For Third Straight Month HARRISBURG, April 3 ers, sheep, lambs, Prices received by Pennsyl- and feed grams vania farmers for their agri cultural products declined for In comparing livestock the third consecutive month, and livestock product prices the State Department of Ag- wldl those of a year ago, it nculture said today. , , ~ . . , * , . , . , , , is evident that higher egg According to tabulations of the Pennsylvania Crop Re- prices are mainly responsib porting Service, the average i e f° r an over-all increase price received for all agri- m the average prices in this cultural products in mid- field. At 41 cents a dozen, "March was nearly 3 per cent eggs were 5 cents a dozen lower than a month earlier, more valuable this year than However, the average level last. of farm prices was the same , ~ as a year ago. Prices received for all Seasonally lower prices crops in mid-March averag for wholesale milk (down 15 e d 2 per cent below a mon conts per Hundredweight to th a S° an d 6 per cent under 54.80) and eggs (down 3 last year. Lower prices for cents to 41 cents) combined potatoes, apples, and food with generally lower prices grains more than off-set the for hogs, calves and potatoes higher prices for soybeans to cause the drop in the in- an d fed grains Mainly x’e dex of prices received. sponsible for the 6 per cent The index of prices re- l° wer average price level is ceived, which is the barome- potatoes Spud prices are ter of farm income, was 230 down $1 20 per hundred per cent of the 1910-14 base weight from last years high of 100 in mid-March It was P rices an d the average pri -237 in* mid-February and ces dropped 15 cents a cwt. 230 a year ago. from mid-February to mid- Shghtly higher prices we- March, re recorded for steers, heif- Senior Extension Holds Election James A. Hess, Strasburg Rl, was elected president of the Lancaster County Senior Extension Club Thursday night at the reorganization meeting. He replaces Harold Musser, Mount Joy Rl. Hess is a former de’egate to Peru in the International Farm Youth Exchange pro gram. Other officers elected in clude vice president, War ren Miller, Columbia Rl; sec retary, Joan Michael, Litit? R 2; treasurer, Roger Thome, Mount Joy R 2. New Holland 4-H Elects Officers Richard Leaman, 2554 Creek Hill Road, was elected president of the New Hol land 4-H Community club at the reorganization meeting Thursday night. Also elected were vice president, Tony Folker; sec retary, Sandy Smucker; treasurer, John Eby Jr. Adult leaders will be elect ed at the next meeting. $2 Per Yea* Manheim YFA Plans Banquet Elmer Rock of Clay will show pictures and describe his recent hunting expedition to British Columbia at the annual banquet of the Man heim Young Farmers' Asso ciation next week. The committee has invited the public to attend the ban quet m the Poniyn tire hall April 11 at 645 pm Reser vations may be made by call ing Eugene Weaver, Man heim. FIVE - DAY WEATHER FORECAST Saturday - Wednesday Temperatures during the next live days will average near the normal range of 39 degrees at night to 59 degrees in the afternoon. Cool weather is expected with moderating tempera tures during the early part of the week. Precipitation is likely to average less than 0.1 inch occurring as rain late Tuesday or Wed nesday. soybeans
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