VOL. 6. NO. 43 i „ A NEW MACHINERY SHED IN THE BACKGROUND is the item for discussion as a reign visitor to ihe county talks with a former countryman The building is to rep.ace destroyed by fire earlier this yedr on the farm of K. Deiter Linde, right, of Kirk- Expressmg his amazement at the work being done with farm labor is Helmut erz of West Berlin, Germany. Herr Scherz visited and talked with mers in the “Garden Spot' this ’week. Linde, formerly of Germany worked for Arthur iwn, Nottingham Rl, before buying his own farm near Kirkwood. He has construct two other buildings since purchasing the farm. —L P. Photo rm Fair Season Opens xt Week With Solanco The Lancaster County fair season opens next week i the Solanco exhibition acting as the bell-wether for three other fair associations now active in the county. ;ptember 20 to 22 will , . ;. toe exhibits displayed in show in conjunction /ville with the exhibit- ™ th its street fair during moving a few miles north the week of September 28. Lampeter the following A change in the show’s for- Lampeter’s show is mat at Solanco this year will iuled to open September move the street parade from tor a three day stand its traditional spot at the be humg the following week foaong of the show to the i exhibitions will round exposition, the local shows. The New Hel^ y D- Martin, chairman Hand Fair will begin on of the P a ™ de committee an icr '4 for four days nounc f n s 1 the parade will be te the Manheim Farm (Turn to page 11} w, begmmng the same A will have exhibits open I |Cr\ A rkarnoc the public for three days. wJ is v»l let Iycr j 'itilz, Mount Joy and Eli- n ar L ape rU; nc thtown, all three having rSCKerS, V-naillS ■ active in the fair circuit _ , _ . former years will not fvlCj rTICSS exhibitions -this ye&r. ‘fata will continue the 4- Seven meat packing com »b\ beef roundup and panics, three national food store drains and two lamb dealers yesterday were RM L/ALENDAR charged with violation of the Packers and Stockyards 16—District 4-H horse act, the U S. Department of <ow at Ludwig Corners, Agriculture announced. Sicken barbecue „ The complaint charges that 'onsored by the County , ( p f k “ g compan cs of Swift & Co, Wilson & Co., Jft! lb ~ lo ° a ’ , El f a ‘ John Morrell & Co., Path W ° Wn , * Donegal 4-H p ac ki n g Co., Armour & Co., r O ,. vegetable club j ames Allan & Sons, and S UP '^u the u MayiOW Goldring Packing Co.; and cran Church, sponsor- food chains of Amencarl bl Farm Womens So- stores Co-i The Great Atlan . - number six. tic and Pacific Tea Co. and ■ 10-—8 pm - Lincoln 4- Safeway Stores; and dealers -omnninity club meets at Dwight L. Heath, Lamar Col- U| H Airy fire hall. orado, and Perry Holly, Ag “o-22 Solanco Com- den .Utah, failed to conduct Jiity F a ir on the Fire their buying operations in jjj* grounds in Quarry- competition with, and inde e pendently of, each other, and “0—1.15 p.m. Corn tliat they made arrangements if urn to page 5) (.Turn to Page 5) V V W A V S' - \ A '■ Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 16, 1961 ASC Reelects, Plans Meetings Landis G. Becker, Lititz, was elected chairman of the county Agricultural Stabiliza tion and Conservation com mittee Thursday night at a reorgamzational meeting in the agency’s office, 119 N. Queen Street, Lancaster. Other officers reelected were vice chairman, Fred Seldomridge, Gap Rl and regular member, Elmer Hub er, Pequea Rl. Newly elected members were first alternate member, John J. Herr, Mfc. Joy and second alternate, Frank W. Aument, Holtwood Rl. Terms of office begin on October 1 The committee announced plans for two educational meetings meetings to ex plain the 1962 barley and wheat programs. The first Will begin at 8 p.m. Monday, September 18, in the New Providence elementary school while the second will be held at 8 pm, Thursday, September 21, in the Brun (Turn to page 10) Corn Field Day At Research Farm Commercial seed growers and farmers are invited to attend a corn field day on September 21 at the South eastern Field Research Lab oratory near Landisville. The program is set for 1:15 and will include a showing of field com hybrids resistant to leaf blight and experimen tal hybrids with a tendency for multiple ears. The com research team from Penn State University will be on hand to discuss various tests THt AGRICULTURAL LIBRARY PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE _ w German Visitor Pleased At US Concern For Berlin A resident of West Berlin, Germany, in Lancaster County this week, expressed amazement at the amount of concern over the Berlin situation he found in Americans. Herr Helmuth Scherz, vis- , . , , . .. iting and interviewing ger- {° plcasa *} ml on « ie man-speaking farmers in the !? rtlle tarms of the comity. Garden Spot County said he He .. sp ? nt , 0IM ; day felt many Americans were wrth Amish farmers m the more concerned over the Christiana R 1 area and an situation in Berlin than are er day on . a of many West Germans. fa ™ s a ™ nd . th + ° , county - +1 One of the last stops on the t* > Scherz, a graduate of Ber- agenda was at the farm of lin University with a degree Karl Deiter Linde near in Agricultural Science found (Turn to page 13) Award Goes To Max Smith For Outstanding Service New York, Sept. 15— The National Association of Coun ty Agricultural Agents on Thursday night, Sept. 14, con ferred distinguished service awards on three Pennsylvan ia county agents, M. Max well Smith, Lancaster; Lyle M. M.. (MAX) SMITH A. Carter, Washington, and Charles I. Robertson, Potts ville The presentations were made by Paul B Barger, of Waterloo, lowa, chairman oi recognition and awards, at the association banquet at Waldorf Astoria Hotel as the Chairman Named Farm-City Week The seventh annual Farm- City Week will be observed in Pennsylvania November 17 - 23 by farmers, business men, government leaders and others. William Cochrane, Assistant Director of Agri cultural Extension, Th 6 Pen nsylvania State University, is chairman of this year’s act ivities in the Commonwealth Farm-City week is aimed at developing a better un derstanding between the rural and urban segments of our society throughout the United States. It is sponsored by the National Farm-City Committee, a non profit group of agriculture, business and civic organiza tions and government agen cies interested in promoting a better relationship between farm and nonlarm people and their interdependence upon each other. Plans for this year indi cate that hundreds of towns and rural areas in Pennsyl (.Turn to page 5) rw concluding feature of the 46th annual meeting (Sept. 10-14) All three Pennsylvania ag ents were cited for “meritor ious service” in agricultural extension work They have a total of 64 years of service, Smith and Carter each 24. and Robinson, 16. In his citations, Barger said the three Pennsylvania agents have given •‘distm guishcd educational leader ship” to the agriculture of their respective communi ties All of them, he said, have developed "outstanding extension programs,” includ ing marketing, mam theme of the convention. M. M “Max” Smith, na tionally known for his work in livestock production, in 1956 got the American Here ford Association award as one of the “Top Ten” coun ty agents in United States A year later the U. S Dept. (Turn to page 13) No Surplus Of Soft Wheat Committee Says There is no surplus of soil red and soft white winter, the wheats grown by farmers m the Eastern half of the United States, the National Soft Wheat Committee said this week. • With domestic and foreign markets consuming present production, the committee is actively seeking contact with farmers in this part of the country, encouraging them to continue to grow soft wheats up to the limit ol their acreage allotments At the same time, it is be (Turn to page 11) FIVE - DAY WEATHER FORECAST Snrlurdov - Wednesdcrv Temperatures during tLc next five days are expected to average two to seven de grees below the normal range of 56 at night to 76 in the afternoon. The cool temperatures with little day to day change through most of the period will moderate somewhat by Wednesday. Precipitation during the period may total 0.1 to 0.5 inch falling main ly as showers Saturday. $2 Per Yeat
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