VOL. 6 NO. 21 UDDERS LIKE THESE mean milk in the pall for Mr. and'Mrs. David H. Breckbill Lancaster R 7. The Breckbills count, on a small herd of good cows and no labor prob to earn them a comfortable living. The 300 laying hens, purchased as pullets, help ilement the income, "but it is to the good Guernsey cows that the family turns for the it of the farm. Cows in this herd not returning a reasonable income must move out nake room, but'a cow with a good record, producing calves with good records can >t on a comfortable home for many years. L.F. Photo on Grange Renna. Farmers Behind Schedule Controls State Agency Report Shows Chemicals. ,fferrisburg It was a merit of Agriculture. ' hard winter for Pennsylvan- “Peach trees -have been „on Grange Numbered ja fruit growers,' according damaged in many areas and, gone on record as oppos- to a report issued today by in a few cases, severly by all controls on the sprays the Crop Reporting Service the extreme cold weather of Ito combat insects on of the Pennsylvania Depart- last winter. Rodent damage crops. to fruit trees has been unus grange adopted a res- I uall y savere . Particularly on ion at its regular meet- TWO SOthOHS young trees Mice damage Monday night calling for has f 1 * rabblts removal of controls and stripped the bark from tree • that adverse publitlty trunks above wire guards from such controls be and'chewed low limbs dur ing the deep snows. resolution said, is, there has never case of illness' or dis that can be „ traced use of Heptachlor or other chemical used in control of insect damage and—we believe that mtrols on such chemic re not put there to m Calendar 17—8 00 p.m. - Town Country Club meets at Farm Bureau Goopera i Dillerville Road. -8—9.30 a.m. to 4 p.m Jo clinic m Room A_of bchfgh Valley Co-op Allentown. pm - Drumore Com- ‘ty 4-H club meets in Cheitnut Level church Pm. . Lincoln 4-H nuimty club meets in Mount Airy fire hall. pm one of the Red Dairy Herd Improve- Assn. workshop in Mount Airy fire hall. Pm . Manor Young Assn, meets in ll gn school. Tobacco e to be discussed by Engle, tobacco re- from Southeast Fie]<j Laboratory. , 7 ' oo a.m. - Holstein . U)ur leaves the CTC terming 825 E . chest- ' York-Lancaster Vu 8011 judging con- Howard Perry 111 South of 10 Page 10) - At* yj * This week, because LANCASTER FARM ING is in two -sections, - the- women’s features will be- found on pages *l6 and 17 of the second section. guard the health of .the peo ple but rather to gain publi city for political purposes Fulton Grange demand that all controls be removed.” Copies of the resolution have been forwarded to the plant pest control division of the U. S. Department of Ag riculture, to newspapers and the Lancaster County Pomo na Grange 71. Ueptachlor has come in for a considerable amount of discussion since it was ban ned for use on forage crops by the Food and Drug Ad ministration last year be cause of the residues left on the plant. Heptachlor appear ed to be one of the most ef fective Insecticides used a gainst legume pests, and there has been agitation from farmers to have the chemical reinstated. Association Conservationist Cautions Against Bank Plowing Corn won’t grow on as phalt so why do farmers try 'to farm it? asks Amos Funk, chairman of the Lancaster County Soil Conservation District. According to Funk, so in this county are busy rais many Lancaster County far- ing the plows and getting mers plow right to the edge ready to turn around and of the highway that the Dis- (Turn to page 12) JHE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 15, 1961 Apple and cherry trees probably, suffered less from freezing than did the peach trees, although fruit trees are still dormant in all but the extreme southeast border areas and the condition of trees is difficult to asses ful ly at this time. Winter grains have suffer ed very little damage during the winter except for a very small amount of freeze dam age to barley in a few areas. Some alfalfa has heaved out of the ground in scattered lo calities Practically no growth has begun even in the south and in most areas of Pennsyl vania pasture grasses are just starting to turn green. Some field work has been done by farmers, although work has been behind sched ule. A few cobbler potatoes have been planted in Lehigh County, about half the cob blers are in the ground in Lancaster County, some oats have been seeded in southern areas, and in Lancaster County about half the tobac co beds are under cloth. trict and the Pennsylvania Department of Highways have united in a campaign to cut down on the practice. Funk cited the practice as extremely dangerous. “The slow-movmg tractor turning around on the highways is a hazard to auto traffic, he said. Many farmers observed Maple Springs Guernseys On A Real Family Farm At least one Lancaster County Dairyman does not agree with the philosophy that you have to have a big herd to have a good herd. David Breckbill, owner and farmer of Maple Springs Farm, Lancaster R 7, has 18 cows in the milking string, but he can show you some of the’ best production rec ords in the county. Mr, and Mrs. Breckbill live on the 25 acre farm where Mr. Breckbill has lived since he was born some 70 years ago. Here they have reared four sons and two daughters and seen them many and start families of their own. My family has' owned the land since it was split off the original Hans Herr farm MR. AND MRS. DAVID K. BRECKBILL often study the Dairy Herd Improvement records on their cows. Mrs. Breckbill knows the breeding and records of many of the cows without looking m the book. It is this kind of famili arity with the production of the herd that makes high rec ords possible. L. F. Photo Holstein Club Plans Day Tour Visits to a paper mill and ‘three outstanding dairy farms are on the schedule of county Holstein breeders as they take their annual spring tour next Wednesday. First stop on the tour will be the Glatfelter Paper mill in Spring Grove, York Coun ty. From there the Hplstein dairymen and their families will go to Monacoy farms where Ray Smith and son Silage Clinic To Be Held The . Southeast Regional Silo Clinic will be held Ap ril 18 in Room A. at the 'Le high 'Valley Farmers’ Coop erative at Allentown. Three experts will discuss selection, and care and mana gement of silos. Dr. John Bratzler, Department of Ani mal Science and Nutrition; A. R. Carlson, Extension Ag riculture Engineer; Fred A. Hughes, Extension Farm Management -expert, -and John E. Baylor, Extension Agronomist will be on hand to lead the discussions. Subjects to be discussed will include types and care of silos, crops suitable for ensiling, preservatives to be used and their value, unload ers and their selection and care, the economics of mak ing and using silages, and recent research on silos and silages. All Lancaster Comity for mers are invited to attend. $2 Per Year of 2,000 acres, Breckbill says. His Grandmother .was a Herr and one of the heirs of a portion of the original farm. With only 25 acres o£ ground, Breckbill buys all his grain feed He grows on ly enough corn for silage and green chop in the summer when pastures will not car ry his cows. “I have not had to buy any hay for 2 years.” he says, but he does purchase some straw He plants only enough small grain to get his hay crops established. Many dairymen who feci (Turn to page 6) milk 80 to 90 head of Hol steins in a “herringbone” milking parlor. The Smiths have had a consistent aver age over 500 pounds of but terfat. The group will also see their All-American heif er. Leslie King and son at Kingstead farms will show the Garden Spot dairymen their herd of 90 to 100 cows in a stanchion barn. The herd, second highest average herd for type in the United States, has 3 excellent cows The herd average of 665 lbs. of butterfat is the highest av erage in the U. S. At, Rolling Knoll farms, Ralph and Grover Walker will exhibit their Dunloggin herd, showing several excel lent cows in their herd with a 615 pound herd average. The tour bus will leave the terminal at 825 East Chest nut Street, Lancaster at 7 a. m. on April 19. FIVE - DAY WEATHER FORECAST Saturday ■ Wednesday Temperatures during the next five days are likely to be very close to the norm al range of 41 at night and 62 in the afternoon. Near normal temperatures are expected over the weekend with warmer Monday and turning colder Tuesday. Wednesday will be cool. Precipitation .during .the period may total over a half inch falling possibly late Saturday and again towards the end of the per iod. Temperatures for the past 15 consecutive days have been below normal.
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