VOL. 7. NO. 11 PUTTING THE LAST FEW HANDS OF TOBACCO IN A BALE are Clyde K. Mylin, fefkJEhcLßlcKard Street R 2. Mylin this week received a plaque from the 'for his outstanding tomato yield and quality during of the Since the tomato growing business is between seasons, Mylin "and LeFevre, an' employee, the other cash crop for market. They are now working on the 8 acre tobacco crop and look ng forward and another tomato crop season. —L. F. Photo \ County Farmer is Elected By Vegetable Assn. Paul Rowe, Strasburg Hl,' was elected president of the Penna. Vegetable Growers Association this week at the group’s annual meeting on 1 the campus of the Pennsyl vania University. o produce farmer, s is H. Funk, Mil -1 who declined to 1 ,ifth consecutive * Farm Calendar Feb. 4•— 3-5 p.m. - Informal reception for out of state guests to the National Con vention of Soil Conserva tion District Directors at the Sheraton Hotel in Philadelphia. 5-6 p. ,m. - Pennsylvania Delegation to Soil Conservation con vention caucus in Penna. Headquarters. Feb. 5 —2-4" p.m. - Northeast Area Soil Conservation Di rectors meet in Penn Cen ter Room, Philadelphia. 8- 12 p. m. - Pennsylvania Night, Grand Ballroom, Sheraton Hotel. p eb. 5- 8 p.m.—County 4-H Leaders Council election °f officers in the Farm Bureau Building, Diller ville Road, Lancaster. Peb. 6—7:30-9 a.m. - Penn sylvania delegation Soil Conservation Directors breakfast, tiered balcony, Sheraton Hotel, Philadel phia. 8:00 p.m. - PENN sylfawnish DEUTSCH nacht. 8:00 p. ni. Northeast 4-H tractor club meets in the (Turn tp page fl) Lancaster Farming. Saturday, February 3, 1962 term as president. Funk had been president of the association since 1958 and had also served one term as president in 1948. Returned to office for his fifth consecutive term was secretary - treasurer, Rudy Grob, 2063 Stone Mill Road. Fred Wright, Luzerne County, was elected vice president to succeed Bay Hetherington, Eingtown. The elections were held during an educational con ference for vegetable grow ers, canners and fieldman. Rowe was a former director of the state association. Poultry Assn. Holds Election The Lancaster County Poultry Association Thursday night elected Charles D. War fel, Conestoga 'RI, president of the organization. He serv ed the association as secre tary during 1961. Warfel succeeds Mark Myer, Lampeter, whose term as director erpired on Janu ary 1. Myer did not run for reelection to the board of di rectors. Benjamin Burkholder, of-' New Holland, was returned : to the office of vice president . Replacing Warfel as secre tary is Robert Hamish, Con- < estoga R 2. Cleveland Hast ings, 1821 Driver Ave., Lan- ; caster, succeeds Daniel Good i as treasurer. < By-laws of the association i make it impossible for an of- j ficer to serve more than two : consecutive years in the same office. i The reorganizations! meet- ; ing was held in the Lancaster ■ Poultry Center, 340 Roseville < Road. < Tobacco Quotas, Referendum Set Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman today proclaimed a national mark eting quota for the 1962 crop of cigar-filler (type 41) tobac co and set Feb. 20 as the date for a growers’ referen dum on quotas for the next three crops of this kind of tobacco, which is grown pri marily in Pennsylvania. The- quota of 40 million pounds announced today, converted to acres, results in 24,184 acres available for al lotment for 1962. This in cludes a small acreage to be held in reserve for establish ing 1962 allotments for farms that have no cigar-filler (type 41) tobacco acreage his tory for the past five years, for correcting .and for (Turn "to page 5) County Agent's Office Closed Saturday AM. The decision to close the Lancaster County Extension Service office 1 on Saturday mornings was made at the January meeting of the ex tension service - executive committee. County Agent, Max M Smith said this week, the decision is in line with the county commissioners’ deci sion to close all court house offices on Saturday morn ings as of January 1, 1962. However, Smith said “In the' case of the County Ag ricultural Agents, field work will be continued on Satur day mornings the majority of the time.” County Tomato Grower Is Honored By Canners Clyde K. Mylin, Willow Street R 2, was one of three tomato growers honored this week by the Pennsylvania Canners’ Association at the annual vegetable grower, canner fieldman educational conference at the Pennsyl vania -State University. Mylin, who grew 15 3 acres of tomatoes during the 1961 season, had a yield of 20 6 tons per acre with 75 4 per cent of the crop grading No. I’s. The other two growers re ceiving plaques from the as sociation president Jack Grey, York, were Robert M. Poe, Chambersburg Rl, Franklin County and Drue Chapin, Nescopeck, Columbia County. Poe with 30 34 tons per acre on 9 75 acres with 69 per cent U. S. No. I’s was high in yield in class 1 8 acres or more Mylin was tops in the state in the qual Three District Directors Attend National Meet Three Lancaster County Soil Conservation District Directors are planning to at tend the national convention of district directors in Phila delphia next week. Attending the 16th annual national convention in the Sheraton Hotel will be El mer Sensenig, New Holland Rl; Henry Hackman, Man. heim R 2 and Amos H. Funk Millersville Rl. Of particular interest to Lancaster countians will be the Tuesday night program which is being billed as Pennsylfawnish Deutsch Nacht. Traveling to Philadel phia with Sensenig to parti cipate in the evening’s pro gram will be Christ Stoltz fus, Bareville Rl and Christ Stoltzfus, of Chester County. Martin W. Muth, Work Unit Conservationist from the Lancaster office of the Soil Conservation Service will be attending the parley with Sensenig and Stoltzfus. Punk plans to leave the county tomorrow, but said this week, any county person w : shing to make reservations Freeman Speaks At Harrisburg HARRISBURG Secre tary of Agriculture, Orville L Freeman will explain new Federal farm proposals at a public meeting in Har risburg this afternoon. Governor David L. Law rence said he and Senator Joseph S. Clark had request ed Secretary Freeman to ex plain the agricultural pro gram here as soon as possi ble after the details were made known by President Kennedy. The President’s farm message was presented Tuesday. “Our farmers and con sumers will benefit from a first-hand account of the farm program,” Governor Lawrence said. “These Na tional policies affect all of (Turn to Page S) $2 Per Yeas ity division of the class. In class 2—three to eight acres, Chapin had both high yield and quality with a Wz acre crop that averaged 28 35 tons and scored 85 3 in quali ty Mylm, who has been farm ing tomatoes for 25 years, said he has seen many chang es in tomato farming “We used to think a 10 ton yield was excellent ” he said. Most of the credit for the increas ed yields goes to the improv ed varieties, according to Mylin who uses mostly Campbell 135’s with a few Campbell 146 plants We plant about the same date as we always did, he said, between the fourth and the 15th of May, and the fer tilization and cultivation sys tem has not changed much, but the new varieties make their crop over a shorter per iod and the quality stays good “We used' to pick till (Turn to page 8) for the Thursday evening banquet Could do so by con tacting him at his home some time today. The convention opens Sun. day, February 4 and runs through Friday, February 9. Upwards of 2,000 district di (Tum to page 9) Jersey Breeders Reorganize Edison Osborne, Peach Bot tom R 2, was reelected presi dent by the Lancaster Coun ty Jersey Cattle Club Thurs day night at a meeting in the Spanish Tavern, Quarryville. Willis Groff, Willow Street was reelected secretary. Osborne reported that Pennsylvania Jersey breed ers have donated heifers or cash to the national organiz ation for promotion of All- Jersey milk. Pennsylvanians have produced over $7,000 for the project to date. Earl Harnish presented a short talk and answered questions on the dairy “lead feeding” program. FIVE ■ DAY WEATHER FORECAST Saturday • Wednesday Temperatures during the next fire days are expected to average near normal or slightly above the normal range of 24 at night to 39 in the afternoon Some moderating is expected ov er the week end turning colder again by Monday, milder again about Tues day and turning colder again on Wednesday. Pre cipitation may total .1 to .6 inch, melted, falling as general snow or rain on Saturday and Sunday night with some periods of light snow or rain about Tues. day.
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