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VanWagenen, director of research for the Northeast Poultry Producers Coun
)), right, explains the form used in the new record keeping and data proces
for poultrymen. Looking on is Mark Myer, Lampeter, president of the Lan
:y Poultry Association. NEPPCO presented the new system to poultrymen of
a meeting in the Poultry Center on Wednesday —LF Photo
Damage Varies County 4-H
dists Reveal Schedules
half a crop” is all Lancaster County peach pro- 3-Day Camp
counting on this year, growers indicated at a .
ndav meht - Lancaster County 4-H mem
naay nignt. ; , , , hers will camp at Chiquetan
its, meeting mso bad, he does not plan to ... - winthrop
with county bee- follow a spray program. county ag
the orchard of “In one two-acre block, I r^ l Jg l^i toUnty 8
iman, Ephrata R 2, don’t think I saw one bloom.” tfi’ers, for the sec-
Cail Bittner, Ex- he said. ©nd consecu ti V e year have
TTn? On the other hand, Ray reserved the Boy Scout camp
tCc+ffl Hahn, Columbia Rl, reports in the Susquehanna River
hr T an excellent “set” on hi§ hills for a three day camping
60 Z hillside orchard. He says he period.
per- cent ox wiU probably have to thin Registration of interested
the crop. county 4-H members between
hom county the ages of 10 and 21 years
icate crops rang- Amos Rutt, president of win begin at 1:00 p.m. Jime
ill” to “not worth the county fruit growers and 13 a t the camp,
spending mainly manager of Shank’s Peach The program this year will
>n of the orch- orchards at New Danville include first aid, handicraft,
on high ground estimated there will probab- swimming, riflery, and na
loar to be in ly be half a crop in that or- ture study. Recreation, even
condition, re- chard. We will follow a nor- i ng programs and campfire
while those in mal spray schedule, he" said, sessions will also be featured
. level ground We want to save all the Merriam said,
severely. peaches there are. Advance enrollment must
°f the Lancaster Bittner told the 50 bee- be made at the office of the
growers. Roy (Turn to page 14) County Agent before June 7.
Mdcr Ave said
nh« orchard is £| ear skies And Warmer Days
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Push Corn Planting And Haying
Clear skies and warm days excellent growth,
encouraged a few farmers in Prospects for strawberry
Lancaster County to begin yields are excellent, the
hay making operations this snows of the past winter ap
week, however, haymaking parently provided some pro
is still on a very limited tection during the cold wea
scale. Some pastures have ther and despite the cool
been clipped. nights there has been almost
The main activity on most no blasting of the exception
farms this week was corn ally heavy bloom.
planting With the absence (Turn to page 11)
of ram for over a week, _ . .
many farmers virtually OtnCSTS tiOCT6CI
“caught up” with corn plant- .
ing schedules. Very little Ru DOHGQaI rf A
field corn throughout the '
county is up, but a few very Glenn Musser, Mount Joy
early crops appear to be FI, was elected president of
making satisfactory growth. le Witness Oak chapter of
More warm weather is need- Future Farmers of America
ed for normal growth. at a recent ™f. etin S- “fis
_ , „ ser, the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Pastures in the Garden Musser, is a iunior in
Spot continue to furnish good vocat i o nal agriculture at the
supplies of feed, but many Donegal Joint High School,
dairymen are not making Moimt Joy R D The pre
full use of pasture because s j(jent elect is following in
of cool nights. the footsteps of an older
Tomatoes for the canning brother, Donald, who was a
crop are fair but are growing former president of the
slowly because of cool tern- chapter and holder of the
peratures. Peas are making (Turn to page 11)
•AGaiCULi UA A L lluiihiU
fHI PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE
Lancaster Farming. Saturday, May 27, 1961
NEPPCO's Record Plan
Presented To Poultrymen
A system of record keeping, similar in intent and pro
cedure to the well known Dairy Herd Improvement Associ
ation system, is being offered to egg producers by the
Northeast Poultry Producers Council,, county poultrymcn
were told this week.
At a meeting Wednesday
afternoon in the Lancaster
County Poultry Center Al
bert Van Wagenen, director
of Research for NEPPCO, at
the fifth of six regional meet
ings scheduled by the poult
rymen’s group, told county
poultrymen, feed dealers and
university extension person
nel the fundamental purpose
of the program is to establish
a uniform language which
will give comparable data
for flocks in any area.
Van Wagenen cited the ex
ample of one flock which had
production records of 250
eggs and 197 eggs. The same
flock had records 51 percent
production, 60 per cent pro
duction and 75 per cent pro
duction. All the records were
for the same flock and for
the same period of time, all
were accurate and true rec
ords, but the method of com
putation was different in
each case.
The new record system is
a record of performance on
ly, Van Wagenen pointed
out. It is not merely another
pen record, but a method by
which the poultryman can
analyze his program. “There
Masonic Homes
Has Top Heifer
In Nat'l. Sale
A purebred Ayrshire heif
er consigned by Masonic
Home Farms, E’town to the
1961 Grand National Sale
at the Pennsylvania Farm
Show Building recently was
third high animal in the
sale.
The open heifer, Masonic
Homes Polly Ann 2nd, was
purchased by F. Ambrose
Clark, Cooper&town, New
York for $1,050.
Thirty-five head sold for
an average sale price of
$7ll 14 with a top price be
ing paid for a four-year-old
crow, Oakmore Fashion’s
Oueen. Consigned by Ray
mond C Bloom & Son, Oak
harbor, Ohio, she was pur
chased lor $1,125 by Joel
Eidson, Madison, Ga. Six
head sold for prices of $lOOO
or more and cattle in the
sale were purchased from
states of Connecticut, Mary
land, Massachusetts, Michi
gan, New York, Ohio, Pen
nsylvania, Rhode Island and
Vermont, as well as Canada
FFA Chapter w^f£gfe' r * Wednesday
“ WEATHER ert
Buys Truck
The Witness Oak chapter
Future Farmers of America
recently purchased a new
■ ! 4 ton pickup truck for use
in chapter activities, Grant
Miller, advisor of the group
said this week.
The truck will be used
primarily in chapter work,
the farming program and for
transportation on the annual
FFA senior trip.
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are plenty of pen record
torms now available from
commercial firms and experi
ment farms ” he said.
Under the proposed pro
gram, the poultryman would
keep pen records on forms
supplied by NEPPCO. At the
end of a four-week record
period, the data would be
mailed to NEPPCO for pro
cessing on electronic equip
ment An analysis of the re
port period would be return
(Turn to page 7)
Pequea FFA
Holds Election
John W. Eby, Jr. Gordon
ville HI, was elected presi
dent by the Pequea Valley
chapter Future Farmers of
America at a recent meet
ing in the high school. Eby,
the son of Mr. and 'Mrs.
John W. Eby, is a student in
vocational agriculture at the
Pequea Valley High School.
He. was named outstanding
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JOHN W. EBY, JH.
swine producer in the co
unty FFA last summer, and
exhibited a gilt at the 1961
Pennsylvania State Farm
Show.
Glen E. Esbenshade, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Elias B. Esben
shade, Paradise Rl, was elec
ted vice president of the
group. Other officers elected
were as follows: secretary,
Benjamin L. Clark, son of
Mr. and Mrs David R Clark,
Kinzers Rl; treasurer, Dale
B Hostetter, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Eby I Hostetter, Gap
Rl; reporter, Richard S.
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FIVE - DAY
WEATHER
FORECAST
Temperatures during the
next five days will aver-
age 2 to 6 degrees below
the normal range of 57 at
night to 79 in the after
noon. Cooler weather is
expected Saturday and a
bit warmer Sunday. Cool
again Monday and Tuesday
then warm about Wednes
day. Precipitation may to
tal one tenth to six-tenths
of an inch occurring as a
few showers late Sunday.
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