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PART OF THE GROUP OF 125 poultrymen and xamiues trora Lancaster Coumy are
iro as they listen to William Myer, Berks County farmer, tell about his operation,
r operates four farms north of Myerstown where he grows 26,000 broilers, 5,500 lay
-4 500 turkeys, 90 holstem cows and 50 heifers. Other stops on the tour included a
try die&sing plant, a pharmaceutical laooratory and a layer operation with 13,000
[city —L. F Photo
try Tour
5 Visit Two Counties
,iam Myer, the brother for the Lancaster Countians
:k Myer, president of who filled two busses and
ter County’s Poultry several cars on the annual
’lion, was one of the tour.
to the 125 poultrymen
lured two counties this
• stops in Lebanon and
counties made up the
activities Wednesday
e Teams
District
ations
4-H demonstration
will represent the
. Spot County in the
competition next mon
ie three two-member
won the right o com
-11 the state e -nt by
at the top com
m District elimin
at Kutztown fair-
Tuesday.
oi the teams were
agncullural clubs and
;ei in Home Eco-
thu leen county cli
ms were judged on
•nish system and any
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m Calendar
130 p m - Tomato
01 « mooting on vane
dl fie farm of Amos
Wil.eisville Rl.
■ County Future
s °t America meets
I,l '' iok Union High
hmtz
-'lO 00 am - Judg
n ,s< ' in cvs, Guernseys,
Swiss at the
olS !'in Artificial
L ‘ ,s Show at the bull
} , ol,te 230 By-pass
- Lancaster
p 10 a m. - Red Rose
and Lamb Club
at farm of Mer
, Landis, Bird-m-
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AGRICULTURAL LIBRARY
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At the Myer farm north of
Myerstown, the group saw
26,000 broilers at four weeks
of age. Myer told the group
how a windstorm had lifted
the entire roof from his new
ly constructed broiler house
in which he had 24,000 week
old birds. The broilers were
pushed down a hole into the
pen on a lower floor After
the wind damage had been
repaired, tire birds were
pitched back up through the
hole and completed their
growth where it was begun.
“We lost a few, but we got
a pretty good price for broil
ers that time and didn’t lose
any money, but that was
really a dark day.” Myer
said
At the Myer tarm the
group also saw a pole bam
and milking parlor system
where 90 head of cows are
milked. The barn was de
signed for 100 cows but “We
had 90 last year and it look
ed like there was room for
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Wildlife Club
To Make Feeders
Members of the latitz
Wildlife cub have -decided
to put up squirrel and turkey
feeders as part of the winter
program of the club.
The wildlife feeders will
be constructed near a hunt
ing lodge in Potter county
where the club \Vtll ho'd its
next meeting.
In further business, the
club decided to attend the
Woodsman’s Carnival at
Cherry Springs National
Park.
President Jay Foreman
presided at the meeting in
the home of J. Q Buckwalt
er, Lititz R 2 Linda Stauffer
is reporter for the club
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July- 29, 1961
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Soil conservation practic- on the farm, August 2 from
es will be replaced on the 10 am. to 3 pm.
farm at Speedwell Forge Wagon trains will trans
dunng the second annual port visitors to the tarm to
soil conservation field day' various sites where educa
next week tional exhibits and demon-
The farm had formerly (Turn to page 7)
been under a soil conserva
tion plan but most of the yi ii n X /"'I L.
practices, including the con- D66T LIUO
tour cropping had been . _
removed from the farm, but Plane Tnnr KOUIS
the present owner, Gerald
Darlington, realizing the Eight club members will
need for soil saving practic- have an opportunity to play
es is having the plan re- host to the rest of the Red
vitalized. Rose Baby Beef and Lamb
Realizing the potential club next week when the
educational possibilities on club holds its annual sum
the farm, the Lancaster Co. mer tour.
Soil Conservation District Tii e group will assemble
secured permission to hold at 8;3 o a .m., August 2 at
its second annual field day the £arm of Mervin W. Lan
dis, Bird-m-Hand Rl. The
Farm Show farm is located one half mi.
. , - north of Smokctown.
Milk Classes To Be Discontinued Other stops on the tour
14CcuntyYouths
To Co-op Meet
A contingent of 14 Future
Farmers and 4-H members
will leave the county Sun
day for three days of con
ferences on Farmer Cooper
atives at Joniata College in
Huntingdon, Penna.
Ten of the youths will
represent the 10 Future Far
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HARRISBURG The Pennsylvania Farm Show has will include the homes of
, , , ~, Robert Landis, 2306 Horse
dropped its compeeitive mlk competition. shoe Road tho
John B. McCool, director ‘'The dairymen, both pro- ... . tllG . £
of the Farm Show, said to- ducer and processors, feel DavM Harold
day that the milk competi- that today’s milk is consist- and R i cliard Lea’man, 2554
tion, a fixture at the Farm ently a high quality, stun- £reekhill Road; David and
Show since its start in 1917, dardizcd product, McCool Anna Pearl Lapp, Bareville
has been dropped by the explained Because of tlus Rosemary Noll, 12
Farm Show Commission at the difference between the Q ray^lß Road, Bareville,
the request of the slate’s various milk entries are iela- where Mary and Verna Nolt
dairy industry. lively unimportant Wlll also show their s t ee rs,
milk show at the and j ane t Groff where the
n I Cl—-4. Farm Show has served its s | ecrs 0 f Ruth Ann and Lar-
Deekepers tlecr purpose splendidly. During H h Wlll also le SCGn>
. , the past 45 years this com- T t „„„
Ladd President petitive event has spotlight- Carl, , an< T. , P 1
Lapp rrebiaeni £ need qu^ lity e m Weaver at New Holland 111
Mose Lapp, Gap El, was milk. Producers, handlers there stems to the
elected president ol the Lan- and consumers were made a- * J ‘ g 1 vlsl ,
caster County Beekeepers ifurix to Page 5) lhe terms o£ William and
Association at a meeting of Robert Fisher, East Earl R 1
the group Thursday night, . ti-l-*. * n and Rhoda, Mae and Wcs-
Robert Landis, Lampeter, I lUI3I Cli I ley Mast, Elverson R 2.
was named vice-president ii Li!—U Plans call for a picnic
and Walter Becker is the rI3S rlign KGCO I Q (Turn to page 7)
new secretary-treasurer. _ „ , .
W W Clarke Lucifer Am°a Star VVGh a
SoSfylvJS SSe Un” reg,slci-cd Holstcm Friesian
7 t n „ m , cow owned by Pennsylvania
versity said the state honey , rjmversitv T Tnivcrsitv
flow for the year will be Suite umversitj jmvcisuy
below normal and supplies Park has _ completed n«n- *ec
will be short The county «id official record of LOGO
win u , . jbs of buttorfat or more
supply is a little above noi- productlon
m Clarke suggested the use testing programs of the Hol
of a queen excluder to keep slcin-Fncsian Association o
the queen out of the honey America She ranks among
frames He also told bee- 988 Registered Holstein cows
, " „ h „ ™, re to re- which have reached or sur
move the old queen when )>“=<='> «'« l.«»> lb mJ ,k
'TboiTdO poSdTS honey ° Holst
should be left with a colony «n s official 365-day Product
of bees for their winter sup- mn totalled 21,617 lbs £
plv of food, he said (Turn to page 11)
Production Over Type
Says Maryland Dairyman
Any time we can increase production or longevity by
changing the type of our cattle, we should do it, Holstein
breeders were told at the annual field day of the county
breeders association.
Alhe Musser, Holstein bre- ce the treatment for both
eder from Maryland told the the diseases are simple and
dairymen at Wick-Haven, fairly fool proof, we “can
the farm of A. W. Wicken- live with these diseases.”
heiser, Salunga, that breed- Braly said research has
ers should not be bound by shown no feed additive or
conventional ideas on type, drug is effective in prevent-
Dr. Joe Braly, DVM, of mg milk fever. He said a
Steeleville pointed out that better feeding program dur
only well fed, high produc- mg the dry period is an aid
ing cows are likely to be in preventing cows coming
subiect of milk fever and down with acetonemia, which
acetonemia He said poorly is caused by higE producing
fed animals very seldom aie cows milking well at the
victims of either of these expense of their bodies,
metabolic disorders, but sin- (Turn to page 14)
Field Day To Feature
Conservation Exhibits
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$2 Per Yea*
FIVE - DAY
WEATHER
FORECAST
Saturday - Wednesday
Temperatures during tne
five day period are expect
ed to average 2 to 5 degre
es above the normal range
of SG at night to 86 in the
afternoon. Warm is expect
ed, turning coo’er towards
the end of the period. Pre
cipitation may total I to
.6 inch falling mainly as
showers about Monday or
Tuesday.