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HEIFERS ON THE JAY LANDIS FARM have the run or a lot near the barn.. The
filers, calved early last fall are fed hay and grain m the barn but have some pasture
they want it These thirteen heifers are being kept as herd replacements m the ’4-eow
*rd of registered Holsteins. The farm house ,in the background shows the neatness and
■auty of the farmstead. - L F p^o
orn Crop Has Poor Coloring
lecause Of Cold Weather
Cora is up on most Lanc
rter County farms, but the
lor is poor. Most farmers
tl that the light color is
it to the cool temperatures
id will be overcome with a
w days of warm weather,
me fields have been given
si cultivations.
Hay end silage making is
ill under way in the Gar
n Spot with many farm
5. who did not spray al
ia fields last fall, trying
salvage the crop without
raying.
Moisture in the soil con
wed adequate for most
jps despite the small a
iunt of rainfall during
>y
Fragmentary reports of
i v temperatures on the
arm Calendar
le 3—evening - Senion
intension square dance at
he fan.i of H. B. Endslow,
Janetta Rl.
ic 5—4.30 pm. - Lancast
r County Vocational Ag
'eulture Teachers Associa
te meets at Lampeter -
'trasburg High School.
3 0 pm. - Elizabethtown -
! oncgal 4-H Strawberry
hib roundup sponsored by
le Krwanis club at Aunt
al ly’s Kitchen, Elizabeth
an
? 00 Pm. ■ County 4-H Of
acers Training conference
?: „ lht ‘ John Neff School,
Notl^aie
f. 00 P m - New Holland 4-
community club meets
the New Holland bank
“Ullclmg.
P® 6 —B 00 p.m. - Town &
t Unt 'y 4-H business club
uJ rs t,le Weis food mar
ct ° a the Lititz Pike.
Rl° a ?~' Boo P-m. - Lititz
cl 4-H community
Schoof ®' a^an<^
P m * Boots &
Cl Ub m hg < ht h ° rse & pony
V] C ,„ m ° et 'S at Mountain
h en Pony farm near
no J p T . ,
the v :f 01nt meeting of
oonhf. , , and Lancaster
tlio bab y beef club at
north? , of Ed ward Bishel
800 of York -
1 Coun <y 4 -H
ry Pr.n. meets at the Poult
®,oSeviUe Boad.
huttf... of exe cutive com
members.
mornings of May 30 and 31
indicate possible freeze dam
age to fruit and vegetable
crops in northwestern and
north central counties, the
Pennsylvania Crop Reporting
Service said this week.
Damage is apparently spot
ty and is limited to ridges
and areas with little natural
protection,
Weather during the week
which ended May 29 was fa
vorable for farmers to work
in the fields. Farmers plowed
disked and planted land in
com, potatoes and tomatoes
over much of Pennsylvania.
Oats were planted in north
ern counties.
Fresh asparagus continues
to move to market in good
daily volume. Strawberries
in southern Pennsylvania
have made good set and
early fields are starting to
show color. Limited picking
is expected during the first
week of June.
Lettuce and spring spinach
supplies are holding up well.
Green peas need higher tem
peratures for faster growth.
Harvest of early peas for
processing is expected to
start about June 20. Snap
bean and sweet corn planting
is making progress.
Tomato transplanting for
the processing crop is about
50 to 75 per cent finished in
» - v - JC* **»
southern and central counties
and is just getting started in
the Erie-Crawford production
area
Fruit tree bloom is prac
tically over and fruit devel
opment is starting in the
southern part of the state.
Most fruits seem to have a
fair to good set
Restrain Pets
Owners Asked
The Pennsylvania Game
Commission last week ap
pealed to dog and cat owners
to keep their pets restricted
during this critical nesting
season.
Most hunting dog owners
abide by the law which bans
dog training between April
1 and July 31. This is a wise
provision because' most game
birds are hatched and many
game animals are born dur
ing late May and the first
half of June.
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AGRICULTURAL library
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE
Lancaster Farming, Saturday. June 3. 1961
Future Farmer
Given Award
Clarence Bauman, presi
dent of the Lancaster County
chapter as well as the Gar
den Spot Chapter Future
Farmers of America, was
named county winner in the
state-wide Production Credit
and National Farm Loan re
cords contest Monday by
James C. Fink, state FFA
advisor.
The contest is based on
the terming program evalu
ation and is judged on farm
finance and production rec
ords.
State winner was Larry
Herr of South Lebanon high
school. The Lancaster Dist
rict winner was Ronald Buff
ington of Upper Dauphin
school. Bauman, the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Bauman,
Lancaster R 7 and a student
of Lampeter-Strasburg high
school, received a $5 award.
Freeman Asks
Dairy Month
Cooperation
Secretary of Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman today
called attention to the 25th
anniversary of June Dairy
Monthto be celebrated next
month by tire American
dairy industry, and praised
the Nation’s dairy fanners
for their contribution to al
most 350 years of dairy prog
ress in the United States.
“Constant attention to
breeding and farm manage
ment, coupled with advance
ments in processing and mar
keting, have resulted in a
continual abundance of nu
tritious, high quality milk &
dairy products for our grow
ing population,” the Secre
tary said.
The nutritional value of
milk and dairy products in
the daily diet of young and
old alike is widely recogniz
ed, Secretary Freeman said,
adding that the nutrients in
dairy foods represent a tre
mendo'us bargain the year a
round.
“We estimate that dairy
foods are about 28 percent
of our total food supply, yet
only 19 cents out of each
market basket dollar goes
for dairy products,” he point
ed out.
The Secretary urged con
sumers and all segments of
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Records Build Production
For DHIA President
Nestled along the east bank of the Conestoga Creek
just south of Millersville is the 120 acre farm operated by
Mr. and Mrs. Jay E. Landis and their three sons
The farmstead, almost hid-
den from traffic on Wabank
Road, is neat, clean and well
cared for. Buildings in excel
lent repair and painted a
gleaming white are set off
by well trimmed lawns and
carefully pruned shrubbery.
As you drive toward the
picturesque framslead, you
think this must be a show
place where most of the
time is spent keeping the
grounds in order, but you
soon find out this is a real
dairy farm.
With com planted and
first cutting of hay made, Jay
Landis, president of the Red
Rose Dairy Herd Improve
ment Association took a
breather this week to show
us around his barn and
grounds. All the work is
done by Mr. and Mrs. Landis
with an occasional assist
from a 17 year-old neighbor
Cutworm Damage May Be Severe
Spray Soil To Control Pest
Cutworm damage in tobacco fields may be severe be
cause of the recent weather conditions, assistant county
agent Arnold Lueck said this week. For control, growers
are advised to treat the soil before, transplanting the tobac
co plants into the field.
Wireworm damage is also
likely, but treatment for this
pest can be applied with the
transplanting water
Lueck recommends any of
the following chemicals and
amounts to be applied to pre
pared soil at least three days
before the transplanting is to
be done, Chlordane, three
pounds of 50% wettable
powder, three pints 45%
liquid, or 30 pounds of 5%
dust per acre; DDT, three
pounds of 50% wettable
powder, three quarts of 25%
liquid, or 40 pounds of 5%
dust; Toxaphene, four pounds
of 40% wettable powder, IV2
quarts 60% liquid, or twenty
pounds 10% dust; Heptachlor
two pounds 25 % wettable
powder, one quart 2-E, or 25
pounds of 2 J /a % dust. (Hep
tachlor Should not be used
this year on-ground growing
root crops or any forage
crops.
ADA Schedules
Dairy Month
Kickoff Dinner
Cleveland, Ohio - June,
traditionally a time of lush
pastures, contented cows,
and brimming milk buckets,
will literally bust out all
over Cleveland this year
The city will serve as the
launching pad for the 1961
edition of June Dairy Month
-—the milk-industry's nation
wide sales pi emotion festi
val
Launching ceremonies are
scheduled for June 7, at the
76th Annual Convention of
The Holstein - Friesian As
sociation of America in the
Sheraton-Cleveland Hotel
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$2 Per Yeas
student. The three Landis
sons are eight, five and two
years old.
The herd of about 24 milk
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Red Rose Herd
High In DHIA
Second Time
A registered Holstein cow
in the hez’d at the Red Rose
Research Farm completed
the highest 305 day lactation
during April in the Red Rose
Dairy Hezd Improved Asso
ciation The record of “Lora”
17,984 pounds of milk and
713 pounds of butterfat and
a 4 0 test, put the Reseai'ch
farm at the top of the list for
the second consecutive-month
The herd of George Rutt,
Stevens R 1 had the high but •
terfat average for the month.
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Lueck says the material
should be applied at least
three days before transplant
ing time in order for the ma
terial to kill the worms. The
chemical may be applied
with a high volume and high
pressure sprayer or a low
volume weed-type sprayer,
but at least 20 gallons of
the spray should be put on
each acre at 40 to 80 pounds
pressure.
For wireworm control,
Lueck recommends one
pound of 25% Aldnn, or Vz
pound of 50% Chlordane, or
Vi pound of 50% Dieldrin in
the wettable powder, or %
pint 5% Lindane liquid in
the transplanting solution.
The wettable powders should
be stirred occasionally to
keep the materials in sus
pension and get good distri
bution. Lueck suggests that
growers use ample trans
planting solution to insure
wetting ot the soil around the
plant.
FIVE - DAY
WEATHER
FORECAST
Saturday - Wednesday
Temperatures during the
next five days are expect
ed to average two to six
degrees below the nor
mal Tange of 59 at night
to 80 in the afternoon.
Somewhat cooler by Satur
day night followed by a
gradual return to season
able temperatures by Mon
day and a change to cool
er temperatures again on
Tuesday night or Wednes
day. Rain may accumulate
up to 0.6 inches falling
mainly Monday night or
Tuesday,