,L. 6 NO. 32 ■ PART OF THE GROUP OF THIRTY THREE farmers who turned out at the June ■reeling of the Solanco Young Farmers to compare “wheeltrack” planting of corn be- B conventional plantings, examine a corn field. William Fredd, right foreground, tells Bf cultural practices were used on the plot on the farm of Ziegler Hess, Quarryville B Fredd is the advisor to the Young Farmer’s Association which held a winter meol- Bwilh a panel to discuss corn growing techniques and the follow-up meeting to see B> oi the ideas in practice. —L. F. Photo Bo County Herds Produce Tie ■cords In DHIA Testing In May I o cows in the Red i y Herd Improve- ( ciation made more pounds of butter- Jactations comple- < * May, the recent i of the assn, shows i ids in the associa- 1 '0 pounds of butter ] iw for the month cgistered Holsteins id of MowreyFrey ; ister R 7, made the . 1,750 pounds of : i a 4 0 per cent ; the 10 registered in the George d at Stevens Rl, • 1730 pounds of i 4 0 per cent test, cm cow owned by illy, Manheim Rl, Lbo highest lactat g the month. Judy ■ pounds of butter- SIS pounds of milk S per cent test, wo pounds of but bepa rated the two db a registered Hol v owned by Ray 'ovcr. Gap Rl, fin t Calendar i> 00 p m. - Red Rose lect and Lamb Club •it the home of J. Pvcy, ia mile west :■ town Safety pro •lolm Re if snyder of ■.s die speaker, - 000 a m. - South- ict judging day at ten Farms at Ann- Ldncaster County o“it at Clearview °n Houle 230. n > —County 4-H Bee v 1 'b at the apiary * ! l J b Camber, 910 I bt Lancaster 00 p m - County 4- iionsii at ion day at ‘ n County Farm building, Diller |^ l Wone Ram and “ »t the Farm Show 4 leadline for entry , Demonstration ''l’d] strict compe * Wztown, ished the year with 713 lbs, of butterfat. -Faye-made her record with 17,469 pounds of milk with a 4.1 per cent test Sixteen other cows in the association finished lac tations with better than 600 pounds of butterfat. Second place in the monthly averages belongs to the 43 registered Guernseys in the herd of Raymond and Louise Witmer, Willow Stre et Rl. The Pen-Del herd made 62 pounds of butter fat per cow with an average production of 1,221 pounds of milk with a 51 per cent test. Besides the three top herds no other herd in the as sociation produced better than 60 pounds of fat dur ing the month, but 66 herds had 50 or more pounds Crop Summary Barley Harvest Cautiously Begins Soil moisture continued to spur corn and tobacco growth this week, but rain made hay making headaches for some county farmers. Hay making and cultivat ion of corn and tobacco, on lighter sods where moisture was not a problem, contin ued to be the major portion of the farm work during the week A few scattered fields of baney around the county felt the combine during the week, but wet days and to ugh grain kept some farmers out of the harvest. Most barley crops were not yet ripe enough for good thresh ing, but the grain is colored and a few hot dry days will drive many combines into the fields. Pennsylvania farmers last ■week were singing, “Let’s make hay while the sun shines,” the State Crop Re porting Service said Tues day in its weekly crop and weather summary. Insect and weed control programs are in full swing in most vegetable producing areas The peak of the straw Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 1, 1961 H. J. Lindencamp Given Award UNIVERSITY PARK—J Harold Lindecamp, E 2 Peach Bottom, Pa, received a cer tificate of recognition for ser vmg 11 years as Dairy Herd Improvement Association Su pervisor in Lancaster Coun ty. The award was made at the annual meeting of the Association of Pennsylvania (Turn to page 14) Hot Hay Blamed. For Fire In East Lampeter Barn Hot hay was blamed for a fire that swept through a large frame barn in East Lampeter Township early on Tuesday afternoon. The fire caused an estimated Sl7 000 damage to the barn and con tents berry harvest has passed in southern and central coun ties, but a light volume will continue from most areas for several days Quality and volume has been generally good. Snap beans are showing rapid growth and processors (Turn to page 14) Wildlife Club Hears Report Members of the Lititz 4-H Wildlife club were asked to respond to roll call by re porting the kind of wildlife they had observed at their second meeting of the club Meeting at the home of John M. Buckwaltor, Lititz 83, the group heard a report from Melvin Long, one of their members, on the wild life he observed on a recent trip to Potter County, Pa. Long also showed a series of colored slides of his trip. President Jay Foreman presided at the meeting, ac cording to Linda Stauffer, reporter for the club. -thc * GRICR LTURAL library v HE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE Corn Growing Panelist Updates His Practices Ziegler'Hess, a poultryman at Quarry ville R 3, last winter served on a panel of corn growers to explain his corn growing program to the Solanco Young Farmers As sociation. Another member of the panel reported on the suc cess of several “Wheeltrack” plantings of corn in the county. At the meeting Mr Hess explained that he had always tried to cultivate his corn several times during the growing season, but he said, “I guess we are never too old to leam something new in this business of farming.” Mr. Hess has passed his 63rd birthday. This week, Hess, through the Solanco Young Farmers Association and their advisor Wm Fredd, invited the group to his farm to observe his own experiments with wheel track planting. As an outgrowth of the winter meeting, Hess became interested in trying some corn planted in the tractor wheeltrack but was not con vinced he should abandon his conventional method of soil preparation. However, he purchased a new planter and rigged it to follow the tracks of aT* four wheel type tractor He plant ed a total of 70 acres on two farms. On one plot, Hess plowed with a moldboard plow and disked the ground once be fore plantmg On the second plot he plowed with a mold board plow, disked once and The burned barn was on the farm owned by Aaron Kolb and farmed by his son Melvin at 621 Willow Road. The owner, who said the loss is covered by insurance, es timated the value of the building at $15,000 and the hay and dairy feed at $2,000 Responding to the alaxm turned in about 12-30 pm were fire companies from Wilmer, Eden, Bird-In-Hand and Ronks Firemen from Leola and Leacock stood by in case they were needed. Between 250 and 300 vol unteers. including firemen & neighmonng fanners, worked into the evening with trac tors and wagons to haul the smouldering hay away from the buildings and dump it in nearby fields. The spontaneous combust ion was caused when hay with a high moisture content was stored in the barn. Fer mentation of the hay produc ed enough heat to bring the materials to the kindling point. Japanese Beetle Invasion Coming Tho beetles nve coming' Millions of Japanese beet les are ju«t about ready to invade this area, warns Chester County Agent, Robt. A. Powers, Jr. And before long, unless stern measures are taken to stop them, they will be eating roses, grapes, (Turn to page 14) $2 Per Yeai worked the soil once with a Graham - Hamme cultivator before planting in wheel tracks On the third and lar gest plot he plowed with the moldboard plow and immedi ately planted in the wheel tracks. Each of the three plots have been sprayed with LV-4 but none of the plots have been cultivated. At the Tuesday night meet ing of the Solanco Ypung Farmers, some 33 farmers turned out to compare the three treatments with the corn fields of James Lefever across the road. Lefever worked his corn ground in the conventional method by preparing a good seedbed be fore planting and planted the corn behind a tractor with wide wheels. Reaction to the results were varied, but most of the farmers agreed they were supriscd at the few weeds in the plow-plant plots as com pared with the plots that re ceived come cultivation be fore planting. Ralph Harnish, Christiana R 1 said, “That’s clean enough for me. It all my corn fields wore that clean I wouldn’t cultivate them.” James Jackson, Christiana Rl, one of the members of the winter panel on corn growing, said, “I’m not con vinced yet. It is too rough for me, but maybe I will like it better this fall. It looks too much like the hogs have been rooting around ” Everett Kreider, Quarry ville Rl, who does some cus tom corn picking thought the weeks would not be a prob lem, but wondered if the tTurn to page 16) Cooking Club Elects Officers Miss Lois Clymer was named president of the Con estoga 4-H Cooking club on Tuesday night at the reorg amzational meeting in the Conestoga Valley high school. Other officers elected In clude vice resident, Ellen Overgaard; Secretary, Jean Clymer; and treasurer, Julia Landis. Adult leaders of the club are Joyce Denhnger, Mrs. Alvcra Hess and Karen Bor an FIVE - DAY WEATHER FORECAST Saturday - Wednesday Temperatures during the next five days are expect ed to average near the nor mal range of 65 at night to 85 in the afternoon. Cooler air Saturday and Sunday will be replaced by warmer Monday. Cool er again toward the end of the period. Participation may total .1 to .5 inch oc curring towards the end of the period.
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