OL. 6. NO. 50
Eounty Flock
as 1 for 2
Feed Conversion
A flock of Lancaster Co
iinty broilers has accompli
shed a feat just about com
jarable to running the four
ninute mile.
H. Harold Miller, Cane
itoga R 2, fed a flock of 1,700
lubbard Silver Cross cock
rels for eight weeks. When
Ihe birds were sold and
weighed, they tipped the
rales at 401 pounds each,
in almost unbelievable wgt.
for that age.
As if this were not enough
ivhen feed conversion on the
lock was 'figured out, it was
liscovered that the birds
lad produced every pound
if meat with less than two
jounds of feed. The actual
:onversion ratio figure was
[9B.
Miller, who hand fed the
birds throughout said he at
tributes much of the success
>f the flock to the weather.
The weather after the birds
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Swine Producers
Sdhedule Meets
The Lancaster 1
me - -Producers Association
has scheduled two sales and
an annual meeting and ban
quet for 1962. according to
James Z. Martin, association
secretary.
A, bred gilt and fall boar
sale is -set for February 24
at fire Paul Z. Martin Sales
Bam in Blue Ball. The date
of ihe annual market hog
sale at the Lancaster Union.
Stockyards is tentatively set
as March 14.
Breeders wishing to con
sign purebred gilts and boars
or crossbred gilts sired by
purebred boars to the Feb
ruary sale should list con
signments with sales mana
ger Earl Fisher, East Earl
Rl, by January 10, Matin
said. Gilts for the sale sh
ould- be bred after Novem
ber 10.
Date of the annual meet
ing was announced as March
23, but Martin said no site
has been selected.
Farm Calendar
Nov. 6 to 10— Pennsyuvania
Livestock Exposition in
Farm Show Building, Har
risburg.
Nov. 6th—7 pm. - Home Ec
onomics 4-H Leaders club
banquet at Hostetters ban
quet hall, Mount Joy
Nov. 7—4:30 pm. - Lancaster
County Teachers of Voca
tional Agriculture meet at
Manheim Central High
School.
Nov. fl—lo. a.m. - Agronomy
dealers meeting at Hostet
ler's banquet room, Mount
Joy.
7:30 b-m - District seven
of Interstate Milk Produc
ers Cooperative at the La
fayette fire hall, Lincoln
Highway east of Lancaster.
Nov. 11—2 p. m - Chicken
Bar-B-Que - by the Lancas
ter County Poultry Associ
ation at the Poultry Center
Nov. 11 to 16 Eastern Na
tional Livestock Exposition
at Timonium, Maryland.
_ Mfcj'Ai'lHKSS AND .SMOOTH FLESH COVERING placed these turds at ttie top of
thciSiompetitiSay..judgfe'sCarl Dossing Extension--Poultry. Specialist from- the Pennsylvania
State University, left explained at the Lancaster County 4-H Capon club roundup at the
Hotel Brunswick this week. Shirley Hershey, second from left, presents her champion en
try while Garry Porter holds his runner-up bird. John C. Long, second from right,
chairman of the Lancaster Kiwanis Club agriculture committee arranged the program
Twenty club members entered three birds each in the competition. —L F. Photo.
Need Resource Planning,
Economist Tells Rotary
Financial success is going to go to the areas with pro
cessing facilities as well as productioA facilities, Members
of the Lancaster Rotary Club and their farmer guests were
told this week.
William M. Carroll, Policy
and Public Affairs officer for'
Agriculture Extension at the
Pennsylvania State Univer
sity, urged cooperation be
tween 'farmers and processors
in planning resource manage
ment on a local basis.
Carroll told the 140 mem
bers' and 86 farmers present
at the luncheon meeting at
the Hotel Brunswick Thurs
day, “This area has the best
consumer market in the
world.”
Within a 200 mile radius
of Lancaster county there are
50 million consumers and
they have more purchasing
power than a comparable
number of people anywhere
else in the world, Carroll
said, “But it is not enough to
just produce the raw mater-
Agronomy Men
MeetNextWeek
One of 11 Penn State Ex
tension agronomy meetings
covering Pennsylvania will
be held at Hostetter’s ban
quet room in Mount Joy on
November 9 beginning at 10
a.m.
A program of interest to
seed and fertilizer dealers
and custom spray operators
will draw participants from
Chester, Dauphin, Delaware,
Lebanon, Philadelphia, York
and southern Berks Counties
in addition to Lancaster
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 4, 1961
ials.” Sometimes processing
and transportation costs are
greater than production
costs of the raw material, he
said.
Carroll pointed out food
processing plants in Lancast
er County now number about
100 and employ 10,000 per
sons full time. He cited Lan
caster Comity’s potato chip
ping factories as examples,
but in an interview after the
meeting he said, “Pennsyl
vania really missed the boat
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Holstein Assn.
To Hold Banquet
The 11th annual meeting
and banquet of the Lancaster
County Holstein-Fnesian As
sociation will be held Nov
ember 13 at 6.45 pm. at the
Dutch Town and Country
Restaurant near Vintage.
-Featured speaker on the
program will be Grant Hurst
who will have as his subject,
“Developing a Good Sense of
Humor”.
Tickets for the banquet
may be purchased from, any
member of the banquet com
mittee before Monday, Nov
6, a spokesman for the com
mittee said. Committee mem
bers are Elvin M. Rohrer, Jr.
of 2529 Horseshoe Road, Lan
caster; Clyde M. Buchen, of
Manheim R 3, and Ray Boll
inger, of Stevens R 1
Local Couple
Is Honored
By Breed Assn.
Brattleboro, Vt. Herbert
and Rhelda E. Royer, 2025
Oregon Pike, have qualified
for the Progressive Breeders’
Award—the highest recogni
tion attainable by a breeder
of registered Holstein cattle.
The Holstein-Friesian Asso
ciation of America has ac
corded this honor to only 469
Holstein breeding establish
ments in the entire nation.
The Royers are the 50ih
Pennsylvania recipients.
To qualify for the Progres
sive Breeders’ Award, a Hol
stein breeder must meet
strict requirements in all
phases of dairy cattle breed
ing and management, includ
ing production, type improve
ment, herd health and the
development of home-bred
animals
The Royer herd completed
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Countians At
Conservation
Annual Meeting
Bloomsburg Urban resi
dents gam more from conser
vation programs than farm
ers, according to Amos Funk
and Elmer V. Good of the
Lancaster County Soil Con
servation District
They were delegates atten
ding a two-day conference
here Demonstrating advan
tages of land management to
city dwellers who are physic
ally and psychologically out
of touch with farm prob-
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$2 Per Yea*
Capon Club
Champion
is Repeater
A Lilitz R 1 girl with a
flair for feeding chickens
came up with her second
consecutive win in the Lan
caster County 4-H Capon
c'uta competition Tuesday as
members of the club wore
guests of the Lancaster Ki
wanis Club at luncheon in
the Hotel Brunswick.
Shirley Hershey, daughter
of Mr and Mrs. Richard
Hershey exhibited thiee dres
sed birds that averaged out
pounds “My birds were
not quite as heavy as the
champions last year ” Miss
Hershey said Her capons last
year weighed in at a hefty
12 pounds per bird
Miss Hershey, a 13-year-old
student at Warwick Junior
High School, turned in the
second championship entry
in as many tries. She began
her second year project with
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Garden Spot FFA
Reelects Weaver
Larry Weaver, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Lester M. Weaver,
New Holland Rl, was re
elected president of the
Grasslands Chapter of Future
Farmers of America at a re
cent meeting of the club.
Larry, an 11th grade vo
cational agriculture student,
won the safe tractor driving
contest recently at the New
Holland Fair.
Other officers include Wil
mer Martin, New Holland R.
D. 1, vice president; Richard
Martin, East Earl Rl, secre
tary; Carl Gchman, Mohnton
R 2, treasurer; Clyde Wissler,
New Holland Rl, sentinel;
Warren Good, Narvon Rl,
reporter; Kenneth Martin, of
Denver Rl, chaplajn.
Assistant officers elected
include Kenneth Saudor, vice
president; Douglas Weaver,
secretary; Tony Folker, treas
urer; Roy Mussor, sentinel;
Marlin Benner, reporter, and
Leon Weaver, chaplain.
Advisors of the club are
Robert Herr and Gene
Daugherty, teachers of voca
tional agriculture at Garden
Spot High School, New Hol
land.
FIVE - DAY
WEATHER
FORECAST
Saturday • Wednesday
Temperature during the
next five days is expected
to average near normal to
a few degrees above the
normal range of 39 at nile
to 58 in the afternoon.
Warmer temperatures dur
beginning of the period ex
pected to give way to cool
er at the middle and end
of the period. Precipita
tion may total over Vz in.
falling as some showers
Saturday and as possible
more general rain toward
the end of the period.