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JOHN YOCUM, NEWLY APPOINTED DIRECTOR of the southeastern field research
jratory farm near Landisville looks over the new beardless barley held by the retiring
Ktor, T R. Terrill, right The new barley called Awnless Hudson has outyielded Wong
eats and may be released to farmers this fall. Yocum, a native of Catawissa, will re
:e Terrill in September. Terrill plans to work on his PhD degree at North Carolina
e University. ■ —L F. Photo
ounty Future Farmers
fin Seven Gold Medals
Twenty one Xancaster County Future Farmers this
k broke into the win columns in judging contests at
annual FFA week activities at the Pennsylvania State
mity.
wen of the youthful jud- their advisors as they ended
won Gold Medal awards; a three day convention which
were in the silver medal included educational demon
ic, six bronze medals, strations, athletic events and
three honorable mention the anhual state convention
mgs came to the Garden of the FFA in addition, to the
; county. contests,
»wds were presented on' Two gold medals went to
sday morning at a mass members of the Pequea Val-
of some 1,500 blue ley chapter and Warwick
cted Future Farmers and (Turn to page 12)
srgaard Family Retains Hold
Strawberry Title Third Year
5 Ann Overgaard, dau- Refton, took fifth place in
of Mr. and Mrs. Walt- the exhibits.
•jaard, Lancaster R 4, In the total scoring of both
11 competition in the the exhibit of four quarts of
er County 4-g straw berries and the management
roundup Wednesday, practices described in the
Hie blue ribbon to project, record book, the pi-
• gaard home for the
consecutive year,
ir-up in the field of
wherry growers was
°vorgaard, brother of
uin and top winner
i! *r Kenneth Nissley,
Mr and Mrs. Charles
V. Washington Boro
third to nose
Overgaard, a sis
first and second
'inners and first place
Mary Jane Herr, of
Calendar
to 8 pm - Straw
fcstival at tile Con-
McUiodisl Church.
’~- 7 -00 p. m. County
entomology club
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Pike.
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Traming Confer-
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community club
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acing was in the same ord
er. Lois Ann had a perfect
score of 100 points while
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SCD Sets Date
For Field Day
The second annual Lancas
ter County Soil and Water
Conservation field day has
been scheduled for August 2,
Chairman John Kitch an-
nounced Monday night
Patterned after the first
and highly successful field tost and a delegate
day last year which featured congress m 1957.
educational exhibits, demon- At Mansfield she has been
strations contests and tours, elected vice president in
the 1961 edition will attempt both Kappa Omicron Phi.
to show good conservation Home economics honorary
practices on the land. sorority and Kappa Delta Pi,
_Host for the event this educational honorary soron
year will be Gerald Darling- ty.' She holds membership in
ton who will welcome visit- Omicron Gamma Pi, Art
ors to his Speedwell Forge Club (an honorary society),
farm at Lititz Rl. Sponsors Women’s Athletic Associa
o£ the field day are the tion, The Student Christian
county soil conservation dis- Association and is typing edi-
trlct directors. tor of The Carontawan - the
In other business at their school yearbook.
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AGRICULTURAL LIBRAfiV
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COI
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 17, 1361
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SummerAssistani
Horae Economist
In County Office
Mary E. Gratae, Lititz R 3,
has been appointed Summer
Assistant Home Economist
for Lancaster County by the
Pennsylvania State Univer
sity,
Miss Gratae, the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. John B.
Gratae, has just completed
her junior year in the home
econhnics curriculum at
Mansfield State College.
Prior to her enrollment in
college, Miss Gratae was an
active 4-H member in the
county for eight years She
was a state winner in Poult
ry Food Demonstration con-
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New Research Director
At Field Laboratory
John Yocum, a former resident of Catawissa, will re
place T. R. Terrill as director of the Southeastern Field
Research Laboratory farm in September, it was learned this
week.
Yocum, a June graduate curriculum,
in agronomy at the Pennsyl- At the University, Yocum
vania State University, will was president and vice presi
move onto the farm near dent of the Agronomy Club,
Landisville on September 1 president of Coalby Society
and begin his duties as direc- (Agn. honorary), treasurer
tor of the station at that of the Agri. Student Council,
time. At present time he is and held membership in.
assisting Terrill on the farm Phi Epsilon Phi and Gamma
and learning proceedures of Sigma Delta fraternities,
the laboratory. Terrill has resigned as di-
The 21 year old agronomist rector of the station to ac
was reared on a general farm cept a position at North Car
near Bloomsburg and grade- olma State University where
ated from Roaring Creek he plans to complete work
Valley Joint High School in for his PhD degree in agron
the vocational agriculture omy.
Three New Small Grains
Look Good In Tests
Three new small grain varieties, two of them released
to Pennsylvania farmers and one not yet released, received
glowing reviews Tuesday at tire small grains field day held
at the Southeastern Field Laboratory.
Redcoat wheat and Norline the new variety is the result
oats, both released for pro- c f irridiatmg Hudson seed,
duction within the past two in an experiment to find a
years are both living up to beardless barley resistant to
expectations, agronomists scald, researchers exposed
from the Pennsylvania State the seed of Wong and Hud-
University told seedsmen at son to radiation, hoping to
the field day. produce a Wong strain with
A new variety of barley, the desired resistance. The
not released but slated for Wong barley did not develop
recommended release this the resistance, but the Hud
fall if results this summer son came out beardless and
bear out expectations, com- with the scald'resistance re
bines some of the best quali- tained.
ties of Wong and Hudson. In yield checks at the uni-
Called Awnless Hudson, versity, the new Awnless
Hudson has outyielded Wong
by several busbies per acre.
Dr, Robert P. Pfeifer, agron
omist from PSU said. This is
mainly because Awnless Hud
son is scald resistant and
more winter-hardy than
Wong, he said. Pfeifer cau
tioned against the use of
Dayton and Decatur barleys
in Pennsylvania because they
are not winter-hardy.
In speaking of the recently
released Redcoat wheat,
Pfeifer said it is the stillest
strawed variety ever tested
at PSU, Redcoat is very win
ter-hardy and is resistant to
the Hessian fly. Redcoat can
be planted earlier than eith
er Seneca or Pennoll because
of the Hessian fiy resistance
and can be used for tempor
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Ag Teachers
Change Positions
Russell Drumm, teacher of
vocational agriculture at Co
calico High School for the
past 12 years will teach at
Manheim Central next year,
it was learned this week.
Drumm will replace Jo
seph McGahen who has tak
en a leave of absence to
complete work on his Master
of Science degree at the Pen
nsylvania State University.
A native of Lancaster Co
unty, Drumm graduated from
Quarryville High School avid
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5 County 4-H'ers
Af Leadership
Training Meet
Five Lancaster County 4-
H members will be among
the club officers from all
over the state attending the
annual leadership training
conference at the Pennsyl
vania State University June
19 to 23.
Those selected are Elvin
Hess, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Titus Hess, Barcville HI;
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day school class at the E.U.B.
Church at Ncffsville. She was
a junior leader in 4-H work
in the county for three years.
She will assist Mrs. Norma
DeLellis, associate home ec
onomist with both adult and
4-H extension work in Lan
caster
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FIVE - DAY
WEATHER
FORECAST
Saturday - Wednesday
Temperatures during the
'next live days are expect
ed to average two degrees
below the normal range of
63 at night and 83 in the
afternoon. Seasonable tem
peratures over the week
end will turn cooler in the
remainder of the period.
Precipitation may total .2
to .6 inches falling mainly
Monday night or early on
Tuesday.
During the first IS days
of June Rain fell in Lan
caster on 11 days, but the
total is almost an inch be
low normal for the period.
Temperatures averaged S
to 6 degrees above normal.