• Soil Conservation
(From page 1)
February.
Planning to attend the
Bloomsburg session from
Lancaster County are Elmer
V. Good, Lititz Rl; Henry H.
Hackman, Manheim R 2, and
Amos Funk, Millersville Rl.
' Fifty - six Pennsylvania
counties have now created
soil conservation districts.
About 90 per cent of the
state’s land is included in
these areas and 27,000 land
owners have become district
cooperators.
• FFA Judging
{From page 1)
SCHOOL AVERAGES
3, Penn Manor, 410 4; 4,
New Holland, 408 88; 5, Eph
rata, 406 78; 6 Donegal,
389.0; 7, Pequea Valley, 382.-
.34; 8, Solanco, 379 3; 9, Eli
zabethtown, 377.2 and 10,
Laihpeter-Strasburg, 361.7.
HIGH INDIVIDUALS
3, Vernon Good, Lititz Rl,
Warwick,sl2.3; 4, Fred Hess,
Lititz R 4, Warwick 511.1; 5,
James Boose, Lititz, War
wick, 510 8; 6, Ray Hehnley,
Lititz R 4, Warwick, 504 8; 7,
Carl Gehman, Mohnton R 2,
New Holland, 504.2; 8, Ger
aid Kreider, Quarry ville Rl.
Solanco, 499 0; 9, Glenn
Musser, Mount Joy Rl, Don
egal, 497.0; 10, Lloyd Mar
tin, Bareville Rl, Warwick,
496 1.
DAIRY
2, tie, James Boose and
Donald Ranck, Paradise Rl,
Pequea Valley, 268.1; 3, Fred
Hess, 266 3; 4, Lester Houck,
Paradise Rl, Pequea Valley,
264.8; 5, Vernon Good, 264.6.
LIVESTOCK
3, Maynard Shirk, 271.3; 4,
Kenneth Meek, Willow Street
Rl, Lampeter Strasburg,
267.4; 5, Carl Gehman, 264.2.
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B—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 14, 1961
Tobacco Bed Fumigation
Powder Bids To Replace Steam
Tobacco bed steamers may as good a job as steam In
soon be ns obsolete as the the control of weeds, grass
steam engine on farms if the es, fungi and nematodes, the
new chemical tobacco bed manufacturers say, and- will
treatment being demonstra- do the job as cheaply as, or
ted on several county farms perhaps at slightly lower
fulfils the prolmises of its cost than, the steaming. What
manufacturers. is more important, they say,
The chemical, known as applied by the farmer at his
Mylone and marketed under convenience whenever the
the name Mico-Fume, will do ground temperature is tae-
tween 50 and 65 degrees.
Ross E. Holtz, representa
tive of Miller chemical Com
pany, distributors of the ma
in New Tripoli, terial, very' success
. Advance reservations will ful trials and demonstrations
be necessary for the_ bus conducted during the past
which is scheduled to leave four years by tobacco grow
the office at 825 E Chestnut ers in Maryland.
Street at 7:30 am. October Holtz, who has been co
-19. Reservations may be operating with Jere Rohrer,
made at the office of the local representative of the
County Agent in the Post company, in planning and
Office building, Lancaster by conducting the county dem-
Monday, Oct. 16. onstration plots, reports that
• Livestock Tour'
(From page 1)
Successful Dairyman Says:
"Farm Bureau's DARI-PAK
Program Right For Me"
Leon Kreider,
feeding his herd of "30" dairy cows.
Farm Bureau's 14%
He especially likes:
you'll like the many advantages of our feeding program.
feed manufacturing plants (New Holland & Quarryville) assure prompt de-
livery of quality "mill fresh" feed.
available in this tasty coarse textured ration.-
START TODAY...FEED THE FARM BUREAU WAY!
is that the material can be
Quarryville, R.
1. CONVENIENCE & ECONOMY --1 save time and labor !.s
2. PALATABILFTY - - quick, thorough clean-up!
3. GRAIN EXCHANGE PROGRAM - - retail price for my grain!
4. MILKMAEING POWER of Dari-Pak - - more for my money 1
Get the exciting details of Farm Bureau's new popular DARI-PAK
Qualified FIELDMEN are anxious to serve andassist you in
designing a PROFITABLE DAIRY FEEDING PROGRAM.
,C. C OUi
BUR^ 1
Maryland and North Caroll- into the soil and seal the
na tobacco growet% using -
the material because there “Application Is "as easy as
is no need to cover the beds one, two, three, four.” Roh
after treatment . as is neces- rer said this* week at a dem
sary with some materials onstration on the farm of
used for the purpose. Holtz Forney Longenecker, Lititz
said the active ingredients R. 3. “The steps are, 1, pre
go to work in the soil as soon pare the seedbed as you
as the beds are sprayed with would for seeding; 2, apply
water to wash the chemical. (Turn to page 7)
You Can Be Sure With —
Conestoga Brand Fertilizers
FOR
• Dieldrin Or Heptachlor mixtures for weevil
control
• All fall grains *
• Pastures & legumes
• Mico-Fume tobacco bed fumigant
• Weed killers - Insecticides
• Direct factory to farm service
• Spread, bulk or bag
Lancaster Bone Fertilizer Co.
QUARHYVILLE OXFORD
ST 6-2490 9-328-323
D. 1.
DARI-PAK.
i
Two protein levels, 14% and 16%, now
For Prompt, Courteous Service.
In Bags or Bulk. Ca 11....
Lancaster
EX 4-0541
New Holland Quarryville
ELgin 4-2146 STerling 6-2126
is
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Manhehn
MOhawk 5-2466
Two. modern