Agricultural Center Reveals
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THIS ARCHITECT’S CONCEPT OF THE PROPOSED LANCASTER COUNTY AGRICULTURE CENTER serves
°L b V lldl ? g which will arise on the 10 acre plot of ground along the 230 By-pass near Roseville
Koad. The roadway m the drawing is one of the approaches, to the proposed Western By-pass. The center would serve
as a meeting place for numerous agricultural organizations; provide office facilities for various farm-serving agencies
and contain accomodations for community activities of an educational character B
Minimum Tillage Needed
For Corn After Corn
Farmers interested in growing corn after corn will have
to make some changes in their methods, James Eakin, agro
nomist from Pennsylvania State University said tiffs week.
Eakin, speaking at the har
vesting of the Lancaster Co.
Extension Service corn varie-
ty plots, said one of the big
problems on Lancaster coun-
ty farms is still low organic
content in the soil.
After about five years of
com after corn, you will be
gin to notice water standing
between the rows after each
rain, Eakin said. You will
find you need more power to
plow and cultivate and you
will find that you are plow
ing later and later each
spring.
Farm Calendar
Jet. 28—8 pm. - Senior Ex
tension - club Halloween
party at the home of Rog-
er Thome, Mount Joy R 2 businesses and industries.
Oct. 30—Southeastern Penna Businessmen will host the
County Agents’ conference farm families at luncheon
at~the Red Rose Restaurant at the various industries af-
Jennersville, Chester Co. ter a morning program of
8:00 p.m - Meeting of the plant tours, discussions and
4-H Leaders Club Nomina- inspection of facilities,
ting committee at the home The afternoon program will
og Mrs. Norma DfeLellis, feature a meeting for all
715 Hansom Prive, Lancas- guests in the auditorium of
ter. Armstrong Cork Company at
Oct. 81—9:30 to 11:30 a. m. - Liberty Street in Lancaster,
Heme Economics Extension About 250 farmers parti-
Christmas idea Exchange cipated in the program two
"Meeting in the Farm Bur- years ago when businessmen
eau Building, Dillerville initiated the program. Last
Road. year business and industrial
10:00 a. m. - County 4-H officials were guests of the
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In order to prevent these
things from happening, you
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Business-Farm
Day invitations
Sent To Farmers
About 400 Lancaster Co
unty farmers have received
invitations to participate in
the Lancaster Chamber of
Commerce’s third Business-
Farm day on November 16.
Gerald M. Molloy, Cham
ber manager, said the invi
tations which were sent out
Monday ask the farmers and
their wives to tour area
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Artists Drawing And Price Tag
Artificial Breeding Of Swine
Practical With New Proceedures
‘Synchronized breeding”
may be the only practical
system of artificial insemin
ation of hogs, says Dr. John
H. Shropshire, University
of Delaware livestock spec
ialist.
If artificial insemination
of hogs is going to work, the
females to be bred must
come into heat at the same
time. Then they can be bred
at the same time. Otherwise
each fenlale must be bred as
she comes into heat This is
more trouble than it’s worth,
Shropshire says, because: 1
hogs are not usually handled
individually, 2 it’s difficult
to accurately detect heat and
State Grange
Maps Program
The Pennsylvania State
Grange, meeting in annual
session at Washington, Pa
this week, adopted a series
of resolutions Thursday. The
resolutions mcluded an at
tack on the school redistrict
ing act—a renewal of the
resolution passed last year
calling for defeat of the
measure.
Other resolutions included
the (folilowing:
1. Opposing the seasonable
pricing and milk
2 Favoring legislation re
quiring sanitary inspection
of Oleo products.
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3. hogs come into heat any
time during a three-week
period
With synchronized breed
ing, however, females come
into heat simultaneously.
Here’s the experimental pro
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Poultry Growers
Hear Dr. Bittner
Most of the things you
have read -in newspapers and
magazines about the poor
treatment of Russian peas
ants is true, Lancaster Poult
rymen and their wives were
told Thursday night at their
annual banquet.
Dr. Carl Bittner, Extension
horticulturist from Pennsyl
vania State University, speak
ing to the 250 who attended
the banquet at Hostcttcrs
Banquet hall in Mount Joy,
said he traveled to Russia
last summer with doubts that
he would see the things he
had read about the Russian
peasants.
The common people do not
hate us, he 'aid, but they live
m more poverty than we can
imagine Most of the advanc
es in science and agriculture
shown visitors are simply for
exhibit and are not practical,
he said
Bittner was one of a group
of American agriculturists
who visited in Russia and
Poland last summer.
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An architect's drawing of
the proposed Lancaster Coun
ty Agriculture Center and an
' estimate of the total cost of
the structure were released
to the public this week.
The proposed building is
to be constructed on 10 acres
of land near the 230 by-pass
just off Roseville Road,
which was contributed by an
anonymous donor. An initial
gift of $lOO,OOO by the same
donor became available to
the farmers of the county
with the stipulation that the
amount be matched by funds
from other donations.
Cost of the proposed build
ing, including some furnish
ings and a modest reserve
lund for putting the Center
into operation on a self-sup
basis ’ is at
$4OO 000 according to Willis
Esbenshade, president of
the Agncidture Center Board
y oi Directors
Operation of the Center
will depend considerably up
on income derived fiom rent
ing office space to agncul
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New Game Laws
HaveSfifferFines
attention of small game hun
ters to the revisions and ad-
ditions to the 1961 Pennsyl-
vania Game Law,
Several of the revisions
provide increased penalties
for non-compliance with the
regulations. Following are
some of the revisions pointed
out by the commission:
1. The penalty fjor killing
or illegally possessing a
swan, wild goose, brant or
wild duck was increased
from $lO to $25
2. Magazine shotguns must
be plugged to a capacity of
three shells when used for
hunting any wild birds or
wild animals other than big
game, under penally of $lO.
3. It is unlawful for any
person to assist in the illegal
taking, killing or wounding
of any game animal
4 The Game Commission
was given authority to re
v°ke, for such period as it
shall determine, the hunting
and trapping privileges of
any person convicted of a
second or subsequent viola
tion of the Game law This
revision will primarily af
fect those guilty of multiple,
willful and deliberate viola
tions.
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FIVE - DAY
WEATHER
FORECAST
Saturday - Wednesday
Temperatures during the
next five days are expect
ed to average a few de
grees a bove normal range
of 41 at night to 60 in the
afternoon. Milder weather
over the week end and
continued mild is expected
except possible turning
somewhat cooler near the
end of the period. Little or
no precipitation is expect
ed but a chance of showers
late in the period.