7. NO. i2.r FUTURE FARMERS FROM THE CLOISTER CHAPTER at Ephrata High School Hon- • Rural-Opportunity by making good use of the facilities in the school shop. Harold ocd, Ephrata Rl, second from left, brought his father’s tractor to the shop where he cn sted the help of his classmates to overhaul, and paint the machine. Work such as this elps the Future Farmer to be better able to keep his farm machmery in good working rder and gives him good training in the value of, equipment. Working on the partially ismantled tractor are, L to R, Gary Sweigart, .Elevens Rl, a sophomore; Good a fresh an; Kenneth Spade, Esfet Earl, a junior, and Donald Diem, Stevens Rl, -also a freshman, [any other- repair jobs as well as construstion of farm equipment are a part of the farm lechanics program at the school. —LF Photo ecretary Henning To Be Speaker it Soil Conservation Banquet Dr. William L. Henning, Pennsylvania Secretary of Ag iculture will be the main speaker at the annual banquet of ie Lancaster County Soil Conservation District. The banquet will be held ~ , t 6:30 p.m. on March 6in f ° r the A he Quarryville Memorial P laque wUI be presented to t m. , , . , . the associate director who lethodist Church; located at , . . , ' , , has signed up the most new tie corner of Second and , . , . ~ cooperators during the year, less Streets, Quarryville. Tickets for the annual af nr are “ available from the aunty district directors, as aciate directors and Soil ! onservation Service person el Other features of the pro ram will include a report f the work' of the district urmg the past year and a lm, “Fallout and Agricul .ue ” In addition to seven Con- Achievenment A rards, the district will name Outstanding Conservat- arm Calendar 'eb 16 and 17 - 8:00 pm.— 1-H play at the Manheim Central High School. Put on by the county 4-H council. Potato Growers eb 19—1-30 p.m. - Meeting WILLIAM L. HENNING c /l-HBanOUet of celery growers at the &r tte following; j ay J 'Meeting IS Set . , . , ££££" F ' Jo^S'-in^pho”'^ 4 : , ls 6 30 p m. - Annual banquet j. g. Smoker, New Holland, lei P. of ov< r I r . 6 tnf The Red Rose 4-H Baby and meeting of the Lancas- R 2, 29 acres in Salisbury Beef and Lamb Club Ban ter County Extension As- Twp . ; Clyde Wivell, Colum- “J* ? rowers Institute to Q uet originally scheduled for Relation. Speaker to be b ia Rl, 113 acres in East , !f at Friday evening, Feb. 9, post- Philip Alampi, New Jers- Donegal Twp., and P. Mer- J a Coud poned due to the snow storm, ey Secretary of Agricul- vin Myer, Manheim R 4, 86 Clty Howl near uo a jg re -scheduled for Thursday, tore. acres in Rapho Twp. 5. ‘ . ... , Feb. 22, at 6:30 p.m. in the Other major ploblems al- audUorium of the Amstrong so will be up for discussion r at the educational session on P ureed Wednesday, March 7. The Ticket j *re Md 46th annual meting of the to , P° te .. H sponsoring Pennsylvania Co- which time the planned ban operative Potato Growers Quet and program will be (Turn to page 7) presented. 'eb 20—7:30 p.m Northeast ■ ■ - f'H Tractor club meets at -MmottM fiMai GppOtiututiu B ’ G “" 8 00 p.m. - County 4-H 1“ F/lL Council meets in the Farm MHt WEIK i Bureau Building on the In other business at their regular monthly meeting on Monday night, directors ap proved conservation plans Lancaster Farming. Saturday, February 17, 1962 Celery Growers Meef Monday A county-wide meeting on celery growing will be held in the packing room at the farm of Amos H. Funk near Millersville on Monday, Feb ruary 19, starting at 1:30 p. m. Growers are requested to bring along about a half doz en good stalks, with roots at tached, of the H-46 varieties for comparison and possible selection in seed production. Any promising varieties or lines which a grower consid ers good will be examined. On the program will be three men from The Pennsyl vania State University to dis cuss breeding problems, sel ection work, fertilization and growing practices Mr. J. O. Dutt, Vegetable Extension Specialist, Dr.'Roy Creech, Plant Breeder, and Dr. Ern est Plant Nutri tion Research will discuss their respective work and answer questions from grow ers. All vegetable growers are invited to attend. ICUITIH*'. LIBRARY * r r f>2‘ i r " County Future Farmers Mark National FFA Week Lancaster County Future Farmers of America will join with biue-jacketed farm boys all over the nation next week in celebration of National FFA week Theme of the week this year is “Honoring Rural Op- portunities and Responsibih- The Future Farmers is a ties.” The phrase is part of national organization of farm the opening ceremony of all boys studying vocational ag- FFA meetings and comes in riculture in public high response to the president’s schools. question, “Future Farmers, The ten chapters in the why are we here’” county are as follows; Eliza- The week is set each year bethtown chapter at Eliza to include George Washing- bethtown Area High School; ton’s birthday since he was, Witness Oak Chapter at the future farmers believe, Donegal Union High School, one of the first American Mount Joy, Manheim Chap farmers to use scientific ter at Manheim Central High methods on his farm in Vir- School, Cloister Chapter at gmia. Ephrata High School, War- Throughout the county, the wick Chapter at Warwick 10 chapters of FFA will be Union High School, Lititz; presenting special programs Grasslands Chapter at Gard and making displays to call enspot High School, New public attention to the work Holland; Solanco Chapter at of FFA and vocational agri- Solanco High School, Quarry culture in the rural high (Turn to page 16) ASC Answers Questions On Tobacco Referendum Lancaster County tobacco growers will set their own program, farmers were told Tuesday at the first of three county meetings called by the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation committee to explain the upcoming refer endum on tobacco quotas. “We have often heard Lancaster County farmers complaining that western farmers set the policy for the eastern farmers, but the decision to accept or reject tobacco marketing quotas will be up to the farmers in Lancaster County and no where else.” Raymond Con nolly, Jr., told the 40 farm ers meeting at the New Hol land fire hall. Connolly, program special ist in charge of Production Adjustment Programs of the United States Department of Agriculture, working out of the state Agricultural Stabi lization and Conservation office in Harrisburg said, the tobacco grown in Kentucky and Tennessee and called cigar filler, tobacco has been labeled nondescript by the USDA. Since the southern-grown leaf is not classified Type 41, the southerrf growers will not be eligible to vote in a referendum, nor would there be any allotment pro vided for those states. The referendum for coun ty tobacco growers has been set for February 20. In answer to a question on voter eligibility, Connolly said, “Where both husband and wife have their names on the deed to the farm, schools both will be eligible to vote. Minors who farm tobacco as a 4-H or FFA project will also be eligible to vote as will the landlord of any farm growing tobacco. The wife of a sharecropper will not be eligible to vote un less her name appears on a cropping agreement along with that of her husband.” Will a vote for or against (Turn to page 6) Manheim YFA Holds Election Vincent Becker, Lititz R 3, was elected president of the Manheim Young Farmers As sociation Thursday night at a meeting in the Manheim Central High School. Other officers elected were vice president, Mervin Shel ly; secretary, Paul Kline; treasurer, Eugene Hoover, and director of public rela tions, Forney Longenecker. Next meeting of the asso ciation will be held March 15 in the high school agricul ture room when the subject will be radioactive Fallout and the Farmer. FIVE ■ DAY WEATHER FORECAST Saturday - Wednesday Temperatures during the next five days are expected to average 2 to 6 degrees below the normal range of 26 at night to 41 in the af ternoon. Cold is expected over the week end with moderating temperatures Monday and Tuesday turn ing colder about Wednes day. Precipitation may to tal over .4 inch melted falling mainly about Mon day night and Tuesday. $2 Per Yeas
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