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
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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.