Soil Conservation Dist. Has 1,593 Active Plans The Lancaster County Soil Conservation District has a total of 1,593 active cooperators, it was announced at the regular monthly meeting of the district Monday night Since the district began in more farms under a soil con the mid 1930’5, a total of nervation plan, Lancaster ~972 agreement, have teen ngned wifh land ownej In ntents signed but not active, opcralln g farmers. many represent farms that * have changed, hands and The job of conservation is were listed again in the na- not complete in the county, me of the new owner. accoxdmg to a spokesman of Each of the 41 townships the district. He pointed out m the county has one or 'that West Earl township has BIG SAVINGS ! ! ! ! STANDARD EQUIPMENT'S BIG SPRING DISCOUNT BARN CLEANERS and COMFORT STALLS MIGHTY-MOVE barn cleaner easy-all comfort stall Discount Changes: Mar 14, Apr. 15, May 16, May 31st See Your Standard Dealer Today. Do Not Delay. GLENN H. HERR MANHEIM. H. D. 1 Ph. TW 8 7444 MINNEAPOLIS MOLINE FARM EQUIPMENT ir ■> « you have, a complete service department tor tractors, cars and trucks. Dynamometer tune up on any make tractor. Official inspection station, also painting and body repeal's. CUNNINGHAM CRIMPERS & TEDDERS BRADY HAY CRIMPERS & CHOPPERS WOOD ROTARY CUTTERS 127 FRONT ST., AKRON, PENNA, Left to right Roy Buch, Alvin W iso and Mrs and Mr Chester Long The personnel of Chet Long are ready to serve you with whatever problem MINNEAPOLIS MOLINE FARM EQUIPMENT CHET LONG SALES and SERVICE And many more brands not listed. only ‘two cooperating farm ers; Upper Leacock has only three; Leacock has only four East Lampeter has six, and Caernarvon has eight farms with conservation plans. Other townships and the number of cooperating farm ers are as follows: Bart, 30; Brecknock, 20; Clay, 21; Coleram, 63; Conestoga, 50; Conoy, 14; Drumorc, 64; East Earl, 46; Earl, 33; East Cocahco, 29; East Donegal, 50; East Drumore, 84, East Hempfield, 17; Eden 38; Eli zabeth, 15; Ephrata, 14; Ful ton, 63; Little Britain, 84, Manheim, 11; Martic, 52; Mount Joy, 32; Paradise, 41 *«■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ iiimiiiiamHimn>iai fl s S 1941 —2oth Anniversary ■ I SPRING SALES I 1 PROMOTION I ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Now-Blgger Than Ever!: | SAVE - Special Anniversary Prices | ■ ■ S MANY—MANY SPECIALS ■ ■ ■ 2 See Us Today! ■ : M 1 Charles B. Hooberi 5 MtUIOHU 2 ■ INTERCOURSE PH. SO 8-3501 2 s ■ GROVE FARM WAGONS MOJONNIER BULK COOLERS EZEE FLOW LIME DRILLS Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 15, 1961 Penn, 26; Pcquca, 73; Provi dence, 70; Rapho, 70; Sads bury, 41; Salisbury, 43; Stras burg, 80; Warwick, 37; West Cocahco, 26; West Donegal, 18; West Hempfield, 30 West Lampeter, 54. District directors approved applications for free conscr \ation plans for three other farms. New cooperators are Charles F. Weaver, 29 acres at Millcrsville HI in Manor Twp.; A. Robert Stottlemy er, 76 acres at Quarryville R 3 m Bart Twp., and Allen B Dourle, 97 acres at Man heim R 2 in Rapho Twp. Ephrala REpubhc 3-5522 In other business the di rectors announced the date and fcilace of the annual Fu ture Farmers Land Use and Management Contest (Soil Judging) which is held co operatively with the York County District. This year’s' contest will be held on the afternoon of Ap ril 19 on tlie farm of Ho ward Perry,.Route 111 south of York. The York office of the Soil Conservation Servi ce wall conduct the contest with the cooperation of the York County Soil Conserva tion District The directors announced they will cooperate with the national soil conservation agency in the obsci vance of Soil Stewardship week May 7 to 14 Members of the dis trict directors will present a television program on the local station on May 5, m conjunction with soil stc waidship week. County Boys Buy Heifers At State Sale University Park, Pa, —■ Twenty-three boys and girls, all prospective dairy farmers, paid $5,130 for 29 heifers at the fourth annual Guernsey junior calf sale at the Penn sylvania State University. Prices ranged from $5O to $430 The buyers . all of them 4-H Club members or Future Farmers of America youths from fourteen coun ties and Maryland will grow out their calves as ed ucational projects in deny ing and parley them into fu ture herds of their own. Two prospective dairymen from Lancaster County brought heifers back to the Garden Spot They are Dale Bushong, Columba -R2, and Harry S. Mumma, Manheim Rl. The boys, both members of the county 4-H dairy club will grow the animals as part of their project work HOWDY says WHEELHORSE and SIMPLICITY Garden Tractors Snavely's Farm Service NEW HOLLAND EL4-2214 ITHr Xr¥ r § Use • RAT KAKESI ; 26 or 32 inch Roto-Cuttcr; Sno- Densa-Thrower; Safe Speed Ed ger; Roto-Zephyr Sprayer; NEW Hilling, Marking and Furrowing device: Adapta Topi Cart and many others. See your dealer Choice of 3% or 5’4 hp engine ASK FOR A DEMONSTRATION LANDIS BROS. MANHEIM PIKE 19
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