[HE PENNS YiVMiIr I'AiF. COL' VOL. 6, NO. 48 HANDLING OF CORN IS CUT TO A MINIMUM with the set up on the Zeigler Hess farm at Quarryville R 3 Shelled corn from the pickcr-sheller is hauled from the field in i dump truck. It flows by gravity into a pit and is elevated by auger to a holding-bin over -a batch drier. Talking over the operation are, left to right, Hess, William Fredd, teacher of vocational agriculture at Solanco, and Henry Hess, son of Zeigler. Fredd is working with Hess on corn growing and yield checking. —L. F. Photo Poultryraen; Tell Board To Move To Ag Center Members of the Lancaster was, That the board of direc- County Poultry Association tors be authorized to com gave their board of directors plete all negotiations for the a vote of confidence ThUrs- move to the Agriculture Cen day- night when the members ter. “All negotiations”, the voted to back the board in a secretary, Charles Warfel ex proposed move to the plan- plained, “Includes the collec ned Agriculture Center. tion of land damages from The decision came in the the state when approximate wake of a two hour discus- ly .8 of an acre of land be sion which ran the gamut of longing to the Poultry Asso arguments for and agamst ciation will be used for con such a move. struction of the proposed After a 29 to 2 paper bal lot vote approving a propos al by the directors to move the facilities of the Poultry Center at 340 W. Roseville Road to the proposed Agri culture Center on the oppo site side of the Rt. 230 By pass, the membership passed a resolution confirming the power of the board to act for the membership. The resolution as passed Farm Calendar 1 >ct. 20—7 pm. - Meeting of the Lancaster County Farm Equipment Dealers Associ ation at Kauffman’s Tea Room, East Petersburg Oct 21—7 pm, - 9 p, m - Halloween party for coun ty 4-H members between 10 and 13 9 pm - Halloween Square Dance for 4-H members over 13, at the larm of Clarence Keener, Manheim R 3. ( )ct. 23-26—Annual Conven tion of the Pennsylvania State Grange, Hotel Wash ington, Washington, Pa. Oct. 24—8.30 a.m. - Harvest ing of Extension Service com variety plots on Lime Spring Farm on Running Pump Road between the Columbia and Marietta Pikes. 8 p.xn. - Civil Defense for farmers. Meeting in the Rawlinsville fire hall. (Turn to page 12) Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 21, 1961 east-west bypass, the disposal of the present building when the Agriculture Center is completed, and dispersal of any funds remaining after (Turn to page 12) State Grange Announces Annual Meeting The 89th annual conven tion of the Penn State Grange will be held in Wash ington, Pa. next week, Mon day, October 23rd through Thursday, October 26th, ac cording to information re ceived this week from J Collins McSparran, Master of the State Grange. At this convention repre sentatives of the 73,500 mem bers of the 56 Pomona and 685 Subordinate Granges_will hear reports of Pennsylvania Grange activities for the past year, elect members to the Executive and Finance Committees, and adopt policy positions for the coming year, McSparran said. Awards for the 1961 Penn sylvania State Grange Com munity Service Contest will be presented, along with nu merous other awards for Grange activities during -the past year. A Youth Confer ence will be held Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 25. (Turn to page 12) “We will definitely plant our corn in the wheeltrack next year.” Zeigler Hess, a Quarryvxlle R 3 poultryman said this week after analyzing his success with the method this year. With a good portion of his tried to cultivate his corn corn crop harvested with a several times during the picker-sheller and dried with year, but he added, “Maybe hot air to about 12 per cent we have been going about it moisture, Hess is in a posi- all wrong. I guess we are tion to look at lus expen- never too old to learn some ment and compare it with thing new m this business ot the conventional way he farming ” grew corn for years. Deciding to to try the A series of events begin- minimum tillage system, ning last winter makes the but not ready to go all the statement of Hess a sigmfl- way ’ ,? ess “plowed and cant one. During the winter, planted some of Ins 70 Hess served on a panel of (Turn to Page 6) corn growers at a meeting of the Solanco Young Farmers Cat-mfirc --J rv Association At that meeting, rdrinclS allU V*.L/. another panel member re ' T-. C L.' x. ported on the success of sev- JO D 6 <bUD jOCT eral “Wheeltrack” plantings f i i . of corn in the county. (Jl iWOQTinCJ At that meeting Hess ex- . . plained that he had always + A meeting of vital uneiest J to farmers of Martic and Providence Twps. has been Q * |_ scheduled for next Tuesday, • O r ICK v-orn October 24 at 8 pm., accord > » • , ni , mg to Colnonel John Ken- Variety r IOIS derdine. Deputy Director of , _ . . „ Civil Defense in Martic Twp. The Lancaster County Ag- The meetmg will be held m ricultural Extension Service tbe R aw i msvl p e gj. e p a u. Pllltnn Granfl© corn va^, 1 f t 7 plot®* called by Dr. George L. Smith, vet runon . r ßfg>n State corn researcher. er inarian of the Permsylvam Plarfc mos L Sl ® n^ ant , I^°£ n ia Department of Agricul- CieCTS moparran trials m the state will be | ur g ; stationed at the Lan- Charles G. McSparran was ’ Arnold paster Stockyards, will ad elected Master of Fulton dress the meeting on thesub- Grange 66 at a recent meet- The pTots by form- ject) ‘ Tl f ° ai f to the Far ms in the Grange Hall ine P lots > D( '°r i n ° y . _r°f, mer and Wliat Can Be Done Other officers elected in- er county agent Floyd (Dutch About Ir> eluded Gyles Brown Over- ® uc^ier and continued for Richard Hoover of the seer- Mane M. Murphy, lec- ma . ny year f by f ° r ™ er as 32" Lancaster office of the Far ther; Ambrose Giffing, Ste- | iate ’ contained , Ho s“ Administration ward: Clair Murphy, assist- bloat ’ or gma . y , contained wl n also be on the program, ant steward; Maurice Gregg, ™ an y °P en T>ollinated vane- subjects under discussion chaolain- Walter Wood bes corn. The two plots in Wl n mclude; .What can be treasurer; Mrs. Laura B. Me- the . *? 61 scason include 30 done before an enemy attack Snarran secretary George varieties new and t G minimize the effects of Lamborn, gatekeeper; Cathy _ eS^^ llsl T*, ei radiation and oth cr potential Gilbert, Ceres; Betsy Sin- but they are all bybrids ' hazards?; What can be done clair, Pomona; Geraldine Originally the plots tested after the attack?; Will farm Arro’wsmith, Flora; Mary varieties as well as popula- land be usable after an at- Lou Wesley, lady assistant hen differences, but the cur- tack?, and will dairy pro steward; Robert Reed, execu- rent P lots were all Planted ducts bo marketable? Ques tive committee; Thomas at the 18,000 plants per acre tions from the floor will be Galbreath, finance committee rate since research has welcomed, Colonel Kender- Maurice Gregg and Philip shown this to be the most dine said. Gnfling, trustees; Anna ideal thickness for stands in The program will begin Armstrong and Mary Giff- the county. with brief reports from the ing, flower committee; Lila Farmers of the county are township CD. diiictors, Nor- Gregg, pianist; Charles G. invited to inspect the varie- man Wiggins and William McSparran, purchasing ag- ties for differences in adap- Goodman, and a brief analy ent; borothy Walton, hospi- lability, yield, soil type, ear sis of the present situation talization, and Mrs. Ann Gif- placement, length of season, by Col Kenderdme. fing, juvenile matron. (Turn to page 10) All farmers in Martic and Installation of the new Providence Townships, as officers will take place Oct. . . ■ < ■ i I we . surrounding areas, 23 when Fernwood Grange, 4-H Honey CIUD are mvitcd to aUend Chester County will be in _ ■ cjjtv r uv charge Norman Maule will HflS KOUHaUP rlVt-UAI be installing officer. _ urricrurD A 14 year old Lititz R 2 WEATHEB , . beekeeper finished his third FnRFr/JCJT Seventh Annual y ear in the count y 4H bee rontuiai JeVßnl " by taking grand prize C oor | or f'alf m the project contest at the rccUul NmCIII Jdlu club ro undup Thursday night is Next Week October 27 has been an- Lancaster, nounced as the date of the Daniel Hershey. son m seventh annual tceder calf Mr. and Mrs Elwood Harsh sale at the Lancaster Union ey scored a total of 9- out Stockyards. Sale is schedul- of a possible 100 points. Wil ed to begin at 1p m. ma Wenger, 76 Greenfield Road, Lancaster was runner the is scheduled to «P the contest, which con be done on the previous day sidered the honey exhibit s with County Agent M M. 'veil as the project book, Smith and Arthur McArthur with a score of 91 representing the breeders & Judge William Clarke, Ex consignors, and William Me- tension Beekeeping Special- Coy representing the Lancas- ist from Pennsylvania State ter Livestock Exchange University made the follow (Turn to page 5) (Turn to Page 5) Yield Shows Value Of Wheeltrack Planted Com at the honey house of Ralph Gamber, 910 Slate Street, $2 Per Yea* Saturday - Wednesday Near norma] tempera tures are expected during the next five days with quite a bit of day .to .day variation. Cooler tcmpera trres Saturday are expect ed to give way to warming Sunday. Cooler again on Monday and warming again through Wednesday. Norm als for the week range from 43 at night to 63 in the afternoon. Precipita tion during the period may total V 2 inch or more fall ing mainly as showers part of Saturday in most areas and again on Mon day.
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