ter. NO. 37 [iuMAX’O GROWERS INSPECT NEW V-itUE li&S lor s- Quar . p Btocoeds to go to n FtUr Boaid t?. n i ' State Sheep j'-arhsle fairgrounds lb Uooc B |llc f° r entry m ® Lancaster County 0 in K contest " Lancaster Coun bcv dl ' ncrs Association Meeting at the Ua. n „ 11 ' oau Cooperative aJL° r n DiUerville Rd. ■g ' am - Guern lfann C 'of S w Fleld Da y on )g. (1 Harry Mumina, le J p,lss near Landis- aur fl , 0 Pm. - Coun -11 10 Page 14) the Ayrshire champion to the winner last,year, rela tionship to former winners showed up m the Holstein event. The Holstein champ is the daughter of Wightwick Glenafton Rachel, a winner at many shows in the past and still a high producer in the Frey herd. Osborndale Ivanhoe showed that blood lines pay as his gets carried off a major portion of the ribbons in that competition The Ayrshire winner has been classified Excellent by the official classifier for the breed association She was purchased by Brubaker at the dispersal sale of the Ab ram Flory Herd Following are the results of the judging in the Ayr shire and Holstein judging Thursday AYRSHIRE Junior Calf —1, John B (Turn to page 13) Farmers Assn. Holds Meeting In Lancaster Lancaster County had ] eight members attend the i Pennsylvania Farmers’ Asso- *; citation District meeting ; held at the Stock Yard Inn on August 1, according to i Harold G. Rohrer, president i of the Lancaster County Far- , mers’ Association. i Other members in attend ance from the county were ■ James Garber, Ray Young, Herman Shirk, Robert Brin- ■ ton, Isaac Miller, Lewis Bix- ■ (Turn to page 12) 1 AGRICULTURAL LIBRARY THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 5, 1961 Compomise Reached On Farm Biii A joint Senate-House com mittee this week resolved the differences of the two bodies to come up with a revised farm bill which bears little resemblance to the so-called Omnibus bill asked for by Secretary of Agriculture, Orville Freeman. Working late into the mte Wenesday the joint session hammered out a bill aimed at reducing the huge surpas ses of wheat,-corn and other grains, according to Senator Allen J Ellender, D-La , who called the bill a “Catch all” After a series of comprom ises had been worked out, (Turn to page 5) Guerney Men Set Field Day The Annual Field Day pi the Lancaster County Guern sey Breeders Association will be held at the farm of Harry S. Mumma, August 9 The meeting • will begin promptly at 10 00 am. with a sketching and a judging contest and prizes being a warded to the winners. John Smith of the Milk Control Commission is sched uled to speak Additional features of interest include committee reports and in spection of the Mumma herd and farm. The Mumma’s have a well managed and successful farm operation with a number of outstanding cattle, including quite a few Resolute daugh ters The farm is located oil route 230, near Landisville. The field day committee includes J. Rohrer Witmer, Robert Breneman and Sam uel Myer Staked Tomato Growers Seek Improved Strains Lancaster County’s staked tomato growers this wee] asked Dr. Roy Creech, plant breeder at the Pennsylvanii State University, to work for the release of two experimen tal varieties. Growers meeting with uni versity experts at the Farm of Amos Funk, Millersville Rl, Monday were in general agreement that two strains grown in small quantities by several farmers in the Wash ington Boro area this year are definitely superior to any commercial variety now av ailable. Experimental strain, num ber 167, lived up to expecta tions from the preliminary re ports of last year Most of the growers present agreed it was the most outstanding of all the strains tested, but there was general agreement that number 159 was a little earlier and definitely had a place in the Washington Boro producing area. Producers voiced fear that loss of acreage in that area is putting the early market Two Cow Championships To Lancaster County Lancaster county entries carried away two of the three grand championship rosettes in the first day’s judging of the two-day dairy cattle show at the Southeastern Pennsyl vania Artificial Breeders Cooperative Tuesday. Raymond and Louise Wil mer, WiPow Street Rl, show ed their Penn-Del Kings Pol ly Anna to her second con secutive purple ribbon in the Guernsey show while Wil liam Arrowsmith, Peach Bot tom Rl, guided Judy's Jenni fer G. to the top spot m the Jersey competition.. Adrienne Luckenbaugh, of Spring Grove Rl, (York Co) climaxed a two year assault on the Brown Swiss champ ionship with Hyble’s Sue, the Sr. Yearling heifer winch took junior championship honors last year Junior championship hon ors m the Guernsey classes went to a senior yearling ex hibited by Rutter Brothers, York. Runner up in Jersey judging was the junior year ling exhibited by Mary Lou ise Herr, Lionville The sec ond place animal, and senior champion m the Brown Swiss Plowing Meet Set Next Week The dale of August 10 has been selected for the stag ing of the 1961 Lancaster County Plowing contest, County Agent, M M Smith said this week Smith, chairman of the event announced the contest will be held on the farm of Roy H Garber, Lititz R 3, beginning at 12 30 pm Rain date will be the following day at the same place Sponsors of the event is the Lancaster County Soil Conservation District who last year sent a representa tive to the state contest. The county champion will represent the Garden Spot in the state finals in Lehigh County August 18 The coun • (Turn to page 12) $2 Per Yei in jeopardy Because of the amount of work involved in transplanting the big plants from the cold frame to the fields, producers have regu lated their acreage to con form to the amount of family labor they could count on. Only about 35 acres of staked tomatoes were planted this year where formerly ov er 85 acres were put out each year. The market, because of the reputation for high qual ity of the Washington Boro tomatoes, could absorb over twice as many fruit, growers say. Martin Heisey, Washing ton Boro Rl, who has kept accurate records on his acre of staked plants figures at least half and perhaps two thirds of the value of the fruits is realized before July (Turn to page 13) competition was, also from York County, a two year old heifer shown by Wilson W. Glatfelter, York RD. Fierce competition marked most of the classes as high quality cattle was the order of the day. In the thrce-year« old Guernsey cow class, the judge, James R. Nichols, working under - the Danish system of scoring gave each of the seven cows in the class a blue ribbon. Nichols, Associate Professor of Dairy Science at the Pennsylania State University commented several times on the quality of cattle on exhibit at the show. In addition to the double win of senior and grand champion repeated from last year, Witmor entries also carried off the Got of Sire trophy Runner up was the three cow entry of Rutter Brothers. Brown Swiss Get of Sire honors went to the herd of Bette Ahren, West town, while Jersey Gel of Siie was awarded to the on (Turn to page fi) FIVE - DAY WEATHER FORECAST Srrturdov - Wednesday Temperatures for the next five days are expected to average two to six de grees below the normal range 0f~65 at night to 85 in the afternoon. General ly cool temperatures are expected except for season able weather about Satur day and, again Wednesday. Precipitation may total more than .6 of an inch falling mainly as showers about Saturday night or on Sunday.