VOL. 7. NO. 5
But to be absolutely fair, _
many dairymen knew about COUPItV rSTGIIf'S
the program, but were unfa- 7
miliar with the term. Special awards will be
Lead feeding, stated sim- ™ ade nex t month to two
ply, is the practice of feeding Lancaster County parents by
the dairy cow ahead of her P enn sylvania Association
production, and thereby lead- Future Farmers of Anaeri
ing her to higher production ca i_, .
if she has the inherited abili- ;*^ le special Honorary Par
ty to produce more milk. Awards will be presented
. , . ... , during the 33rd convention
As one dairy scientist puts of the state FFA to r
it, “During early lactation, wh h had thr !.
PART OF THE HIGH GRAIN FEEDING goes into the bunk in the loafing area or, grain feeding should lead, Keystone Farmer sons
the farm of Charles Craig, Nottingham R 2,' Craig found that his Holstems were having rather than follow, milk pro- ™ M A ' ,
trouble cleaning up the-large amounts of grain during the time they were in the milking duction. „ ~
parlor. Part of the grain ration is fed at noon time in the hay and silage rack and the , •> .• ft, reiaer j Quarryvilie Rl and
rest is fed at milking time. Here Craig looks over his milking string as they clean up the . er - verms used in con- Mr and Mrs. H. Leßoy Welk
" last of the noontime feeding. He feels this is a very satisfactory way of handling the nection with such a program 0 f Strasburg will be given
high gram feeding rates. L F. Photo are Heavy Gram Feeding, their awards by Donald C.
wn c* \- B1 •„ . Unlimited Grain, Limited Fogel, president of the state
- >-*-*•' ' RI- will-be_a- j&ughage, -and Increased FFA. at ceremonies on Jan-
Granqe And. Farmers; Association V? nehs * discussing “Profits Concentrate Rations. tiary 10 in the forum of the
From Feeding Forages to From one Lancaster Coun- Education building in Harris
'To Outline Percies For Teachers b ***, ™ the
* . Policies ’of the Gjeange- anR-ented by Hollis Hatfield, ex- *; ’ an ~. e , ’ roughage feeder, but with years they received the Key
policies of the Pennsylvania -ecutive secretary. noitwooa tt , ur en mp- £be machinery I have now, I stone Farmer, Degree were
Farmer’s Association will be Other featured speakers lon an « reserve grand cnam- Kenneth, 1951; Robert, 1953,
up for discussion when the on the program, which is ex. Uom to page uj £ .i<fU A watvJ a nd A Clyde, Jr. 1960.
Pennsylvania teachers of Vo- pected to draw over 2000 ed- lOUrTil AWaiQ Mr. and Mrs. Welk’s sons
cational Agriculture convene ucators from throughout the CU A . . _ were Ira D., 1948; Robert L.,
J late this month. state, will include Governor iTIAA MWaiUa IO iMOWGTV PTOVS 1954, and Donald H., 1958.
At.a round table session L. Lawrence/General-q . I n Paul Welk, another son, will
during the annual winter Alfred M., Gruenther,. presi- rIGSGrIIGQ Dy J Mowery Frey and son. receive his Keystone Farmer
meeting of the Pennsylvania dent of the American Nation- /■** I Lancaster ,R 7 have qualified Degree on the same day his
State-. Education Association a * Red Cross, end Doctor V-QUHty VjlM for their fourth Progressive parents are honored.
-in “HaiTisburs on " December Charles H. -Boehm, superin- . T Breeders Award m the Hol
*27to 29 the apiculture tendent of public.instruction. .Lucille Musser, IVlouirt oy, s t e i n Friesian Association of .
5 iSSca *«*«• Poultry Co-op
directly from the-state-office m r r- x .Homemakers -of America, The associat ion considers
of:the two >rm organza- 4 From County this the Mghest award attam ' Elects Carlin
tions _ _ berships in Pewlvama a breeder . of register-
Collins McSparran, master On PrOOram Association of : FHA at . the Holstcin dairy catt ie. The Directors of the Producers
of- the state Grange Will dis- 29 , annual-meeting next month. honor hag been awarded to Cooperative Exchange at
cuss--the policies of that or- At HaV M©Ot T , he January 471 Holstein breeding Coatesville Thursday named
ganization wliil- the picture 7 „ .. ™ ade a ‘ m establishments, of which 51 William Carlin Coatesville
from, the Pennsylvania Farm- Four Lancaster Countians 10 m the forum of the Edu- Pennsylvania. R 4 to succeed John Melhorn,
wUl be nS will be on the Program of cation building in Harrisburg are “ Mount Joyj as president of
ers Assodation will be pres- 1g62 Southeastern Pejm . to Foster G. Ulrich, -superm- A certificate of the awaid CQ op
sylvania Quality Hay Con- tendent of the Lebanon as a Melliorn, who had been
Farm CALENDAR ference at Hershey. County Schools; Clyde A. * a ™ly in President of the cooperative
J. AJXiVI _ County Agent M . M. Smith zehner, supervisor of the met strict requirements m fQr 12 stated before
Dec. 28 —lO a.m. - Annual w jn chair tire annual meet- division ,of the school of the an pn mnnavoment reorganization began he did
meeting of the Lancaster ing W hich will be held Jan- and lunch programs of the breeding ana manag , nQI wish to be considered for
County Farm Bureau Co- >t , ary is in the Little Theatre, Department of Public In- including production, typ reelectlon He Wlll continue
operative Association at Hershey struction, and Carson F. improvement neia an gg a member o£ the mne . man
Manheim Central High During the morning ses- Mertz, specialist in farm and and 1 . P board of directors
School. s i on> Raymond F. Witmer, of (Turn to page 9) home-bred ammais. . Mark Hess of Hershey Rl
1:30 p. m. - County 4-H was returned to the vice
com and tobacco show at presidency, and John Herr,
the Bayuk Cigar Co. ware- H ' ‘ / Lancaster R 7 was retained
house, 850 N Water St., B 5 h as secretarv
Lancaster.- | The Christ Child needed the help of many / (Turn to page 5)
Jan. 2—B p.m.- - County Ex- | peo ple in His first few hours of life on earth. |
' tension Executive Commit- « The ifts of the wise men helped make his ft FIVE - DAY
meets hi the Produc- | fligh t from death possible. The preparations 3 WFHTHFP
Site rS bmldxng - Rose " I for the journey were made by many people. His £ WEATHER
Jarl ““-Northeast Weed 8 enemies were disiraeled fromthe-r avowedpur- | FORECAST
Control Conference in the R pose by many other people. The Babe of Beihla- g
Hotel New Yorker, New li hem never forgot to be grateful for the help ol pj
York. people. .
Jan 3—7 30 p.m. - County 4- B With a special thank you to the many faith- g
H Guernsey club meets in | f u j readers who have made our task pleasant g
the Farm Bureau Building | and wort hwhile during the past year, the staff M
DiUerville Pike. 5 of LANCASTER FARMING wishes to one and «
Jan. 4—12 noon - County to- g
bacco show in the Farm
Bureau building, Differ- g
ville Road. g
4:30 um. - County teachers K
of vocational agriculture g g
meet in the high school at g b
Lancaster Farming, Saturday. December 23, 1961
A Merry Christmas
Lead Feeding Promising
For County Dairymen
Not long ago a professor, can produce gram as cheap
in a New England college as (I can produce) hay. When
wrote in a dairy newsletter I saw the milk my neighbor
that dairymen should have was getting with his high
their high producing cows level gram feedmg, I decided
on a lead feeding program to try it ”
He made no further effort to But the feeling among
explain the term. dairymen who have gone on
When this reporter began the lead feeding program
asking Lancaster county seems to be, “It takes very
dairymen what they thought little more total grain You
of the lead feeding program, just feed it to different cows,
he was met with about as (Turn to page 12)
many blank stares as an
swers. FFA Honors
$2 Per Yeal
Saturday - Wednesday
Temperatures during She
next five days are expected
to average near normal
with little day to day tem
perature changes. The
normal range for this time
of year is 25 at night to 40
in the afternoon. Precipita
tion may total .2 to .7 inch
melted. Probably falling
as snow or rain Saturday
and again about Tuesday.