VOL. 7 NO ] 3
A NEW STRAIN OF HOUSER-TYPE CELERY will be available to growers, in IhOn
Here, looking over some of the samples ot the new Ij-released Pen-11-4 fi strain taken from a
trench on the farm of Amos Funk, Alillersville. are left to right, Funk, .James Dutt. Exten
sion Vegetable Specialist trom the Pennsylvania State University, Cy F Campbell, In charge
of Seed Certification Service in the Bureau ot Plant Industry ot the Penna Depaitment of
Agriculture, and William L Yount, Plant Pathologist with the Bureau ot Plant Industrv The
men were Inspecting the new variety for growth habits, disease resistance and Keeping quali
fy at a meeting of celery growers .Monday in the vegetable preparation room on Funk's
farm. Punk will produce the toundation seed and certiiled seed lor commercial growers
—L F Photo
Maternity Stalls Unclean
Dr. Guss Tells Dairymen
Maternity stalls for dairv
cows are usually not fit for a
cow to calve in, Dairymen
were told Thursday night
Dr. Samuel Guss, extension
veternanan of the Pennsylvan
ia State University", speaking
at tho Lancaster Distrut meet
ing of the Southeastern Penn
sylvania Artificial Breeder--
Cooperative, said, unless the
walls of the box stalls are
clean enough that vou could
scrape peanut butter oil
them for voui sandwuh they
are not dean enough tor a
inaternitv stall
Dr Gus retoinniended hav
ing the cow calve m hei own
stall. He suggested putting a
hale of s'ravv behind the ani
to keep the ca If out ot the
gutter, tut he said this piai
tice is mm h better sanita
tion-wise than bolding tin
tow in a box stall
Dr G-ass speaking on the
subject, “Raising Health!
Iteifera’’, said. “A call is bom
Farm Calendar
Feb 26 —7 30 p ni - Lancas
ter Count! FFA meets m
the Gaiden Spot II urn
School, New Holland A
warding of Red Rose Fai m-
er degrees
Bpm- Red Rose Dairi
" Herd Iniproi ement Associ
ation directois meet in the
Farm Bureau Building, E
lection of officers.
Feb. 27 —7 pin -- Interstate
Milk Producers District
meeting at the Blue Ball
fire hall
7 30 pm. - Northeast 4-H
Tractor chib meets in the
shop of A. H. Matz, Denver.
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with little protection except
the skin she is born in ’ She
must get the gamma globulin
into her blood trom the colos
ttum. or first milk, during the
tirst tew hours ot her life Al
ter the first day ot life, th
call has lost mo-d ol her abil
ity to absorb the substance
trotn milk By six weeks ot
age. he said, the call must
make her own antibodies to
fight infection in her body
Cuss also recommended
that dairymen send for plans
tor individual talt pens v
vailable from the Universitv
He said one impoitant teature
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Hog Show, Sale
Are Scheduled
Maich 14 ha- been resened
h\ the Lancaster Count! Swine
Piodmeis Association as the
date foi their annual market
hog show and salt
Hogs w ill again he judged
atiordiug to the hieed of the
sire with pnzes aw aided to
champions ot e ich c las-
Ihe sale will be a teature
eagerlc awaited bv those who
saw all the champions ot the
show last >ear go to one local
butcher at all-time-high pi ices
Ihe show committee of the
Swine Producers includes
Junes Z Martin, set retar!
Earl Fisher, show manager,
and Waiten Leminger, presi
dent of the Assn Conducting
tae sale at the Lancaster Lmon
Stock! ards for the Lnestock
Exchange will be Justin Plank,
ciatrman. John Stoudt Nor
man Barlej and 'Walter Dun-
lap, Jr.
The annual banquet of the
Association will be held March
22 in the Blue Ball fire hall.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 24, 1962
Itecause Lancaster Farm
ing is in luo sections this
neck, tlu* iwimcn's tealures
will In* loiiikl on pages It
and 1“> ol the second seet
ion.
Young Farmers
Hold Regional
Meet At Solanco
YFA. members will discuss
“The I’uiposes ot Our Young
Farmers Or ganmation ' at a
meeting ol Region II ot the
Peniisjlvama Young Farmeis
Association on ilarch b
The meeting, stheduleJ to
begin with a tour ot the new
Solanco High School on Route
2 22 south ot Quarrv v ille. will
get undei wav at it) ,’>o a m
Altei a hhoit business
taon the mommi; program will
take up (lisui'-Mon ot the pio
blem ot t'
The Soils Daj is sponsored
b\ the Lancaster Count} Ex
tension Sen up and is open to
.ill l.uniei- and lard awneis in
cconiinuec on rage t'i the aiea
Extension Assn.
Elects Directors
Foui Ineitois were returned
to office .uid one new one elec t
i (1 to a one-\eir terni Mond.n
night In I he Haruasier Count!
\gru ullnial and Home Econo-
mics Exti nsum Association
Fauneis cot mg ut tne an-
nual meeting and 1) unmet ol
the < ount> extension associa
tion returned the tollowing
district directors to office -
Northwest, J. CUjton Sangrej .
Noitheast. ’Willis Z Esben
shade: Southeast Mrs J Ro
bert Hess, and Southern, Hilli
ard 1’ Maule
Elected to the board from
the Southwest district was Vlrs
Kenneth Musser. Columbia RJ
Robert (Groff, president ot
the association, conducted the
election.
'i wo -.ociions
> le 01 -
ap mese see
Fanners Honor Smith
For 25 Years Service
Lancaster County larmers and their wives turned out 350
strong Monday night to honor County Agent U. M Max Snutk
tor 23 years ot service in agriculture extension -work.
Csmg the occimoii ot the annual banquet ot the Lancas
ter County Agricultural and Horae Economics Extension Asso
ciation. the rural residents ot the county paid tribute to Mr.
and Mrs. Smith
coming to the rountv in 1937.
Mam speaker at the even- o , hers reejllm! ,' inudent3
was Ph,ll,D Alampl ' Ne ' v m Smith *s career were Harol*
Jersev secretary of accruul- ... ~ ~ , .. .. „ ,
~ , , McCulloch, ot the Pennsvlvan
ture, vc ho railed Smith ‘a u St<u< . t lme rs.tv Extension
g.eat agricultural accent Semoe stall. Harm S Sloat,
the lormer associate county a-
Keiit, and Levi Brubaker, a
lar m e r irom Rohrerstovn.
Biubiker piesented Smith a
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Abe Uuciier, a well known
injure in Lancaster Count>
ag'icuUural circles showed a
senes of slides deputing
Smith's hie and career since
Lancaster County Soils Day
To Feature Local Experts
Local larmers will team un
with L’lmersitj experts to pre
sent a program ot interest at
the annual Lancaster Counts
Soils Da\ next Thursday ac
coiding to M M Smith, Conn
ie Agent
A panel on “Improied com
piodtution will tie modelated
b\ Janies II BaKiti of the ag
lononn extension stall at th *
I’eiinsilvanta State ITmeisiU
and will feature the 1 ( 'G1
Com Contest winners as pan
el membeis Names ot the pan
e! nieinbi rs will be anriouiued
on the da\ ot the meeting
There will be cm hand a
\er\ worthwhile group of ex-
OFFICE MOVED
The Editor i a 1 ol 1 ices
ol IiVNCVSTETt EVUMIV.
lime been moot'd Iron.
Eaiuaster to iatit/, Lan
caster Kiirniing will retain
the same phono number
and lamcaster mailing ad
dress, but can bo reached
additionally by di-ding the
oflke ot the 1.1 Ut/ Record
Evpress.
ucerb m t
lubits and displaxs presented
b\ local lime, fertihzei and
seed dealers Smith said.
Foi the second consecutive
\ear, the Soils Day will be
held in the Pennsylvania
Guernsey Association’s sales
payilion located about six:
miles ease ol Lancaster on
Route ,'.(i
The si hedule ot events for
the day is as follows
10 00 am “Rec om
niended Weed Control Pract
(leome Btiggien, Ag-
Kuension Pennbyl-
k
i onunu
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FIVE - DAY
WEATHER
FORECAST
Satnrdaj - Wednesday
Temperatures during the
ne\t ti\e da,>s are expected
to atentge near normal e\-
< ept lor t order periods Sun
daj and Mondaj. Normal
teniperatmes lor tliis time of
j r range Irom a low of 27
at night to a high of 45 in
the atternoon. Precipitation
m»j total -it to .6 inches,
melted, falling as snow or
rain Saturday and again
about Wednesday.
$2 Per Year
'omimuHi
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