VOL. 7 NO. 14 AT THE HALTER OF HIS NEW HOLSTEIN HEIFER is Roy Kline, Denver. Behind the heifer, giving Roy some pointers on showing and judging dairy cattle is his teacher of vocational agriculture, Louis Ayres. Roy was awarded the heifer on the agreement that the first heifer calf will be returned to the FFA Chapter to be passed on to another boy Funds for the project were earned by the Clois ter chapter Future Farmers of America in a seed service L F Photo Cloister Future Farmer Chapter Organizes Dairy Heifer Ring Ray Kline, a junior in \o oatioual agruultuie at Ephra ta High School last week be Farm Calendar Mar 5—7 ,10 p m Count' Emit Growers As sociation annual meeting and eiet Lion of ofluers m the Farm Unreau building. Dilferville Road. Lancaster Mar 6 —it 30 a m - Hair> Day AH da> meeting in the (luernsey Pavilion si\ miles cast of Lancaster on Ht .10 10 30 ain - All dav meet ing of Region II oi the Pennsylvania Young Farm ers Association, in the So lanco High School Rt 222 South ot Quan vville 6 30 p in - Annual meeting and banquet of the Laiuas ter Counts Soil Conserva tion Distuct, at the Quarrv vilfe Memoual Methodist Church 6 30 p in - Annual meeting and banquet of the Lancas ter County 4-II Leadei Club, at Ilostertei s Ban quet Hall, Mount Jcry Mar 7 —12 nobn - Dr Milium Henning, Pennsvlvania Seo r (Oontinued* on Page 10] came the proud ownet legisteied Holstein calf The call actual!' an eight months-old heifer, ts the be ginning ot a dam better chain sponsored b\ the < hapter Ra\ the son ot M” and “Mrs Veinon Kline Dome' R 2 auepted the heiter under - Lancaste. terms ot an agieement return ing him to return the tirst fe male offspring from the heiter to the ihapter This heiler c,ill would be awarded to an other bo\ under the same a greement Members of the Cloiste’ Chapter Future Farmers ot A nieiua raised the monej for pun base ot the ealf b> coti- aiutting a seed service toi (Continued ou Page ) The K cl i t n r i a 1 ol lic e cl L\M'\sTLR I'AKMIM. lime been moved I rum lame aster to Litit/. Lan caster Farming mil retain tile same phone number ami IjaneasU'r mailing aci clress, but can be reached adchtionallv b\ dialing the otbee ol the I.itit/ Recorcl -Fvpress. Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 3, 1962 OFFK i: MO\ 111) TUO SI < TI()NS Itcc.mse Him aster l<\ii til ing is in luo mi (ions tins iV((‘k, till- Women’s le.lllllCs will he loimd on pages It .mil 15 of the second sert- County Dairy Ranks Sixth In Nation HJSTJOHHOROrr.iI N II - The Registered Guernsey dairy herd owned by Raymond F and Louise A Witmer, Penn Del Farm, Willow Stieet, Penn svhania was sivth in United Stales in the combined Herd Improiement Registiy - Dair\ Herd Impi o\ ement Registr\ a\eiagc dining I'H.l 10' Guer- se\ heids with TO to 100 ie- i ords ■Vmencan Gueinsei Tittle Club figures u«\eal th it Penn Del F.nm Gneinsei Held list \eai aceiaged 12 111. pounds nul'v HOI pounds tat 30.1-2 X M E for 40 cows. Theie weie >) !2 hei Is on Held ImproM'inem Registr\ and Daui lleid Impi o\ ernent Registry last year with a total ot 41,9 20 cows Soils Day Speakers Urge More Use Of Soil Tests Many potato growers arc using e\fessne lertili7er with eveiv little or no increase in yield county tarmeis weie told at the second annual county Soils I)a>, Thursday in the Guetnsev Pa\ilion east ol Lan castei Eliuei C Pifei extension Agronomist tiom the Peniisyl \ania State 1 nueisiu told the 22") lainiers in itnndiiue that leilih/ei ref o ra m iMidalioiu should be coireiud with soil tost, but that tin 1,1 ow ei Soil Conservation Plans The War Against Waste Dust storms ‘.tvippm, top soil oti the (.teal I’l.ans in the oath 1‘) 10 s blew light into Washington DC an 1 helped awaken the nation to the used lor w is» land use Conan ssniou 1 ()'>kt ci at the gitat sw n Bug dust clouds and saw disastrous consequences tot thousinds ot uutneis Some looked e\t n furtht i md saw econoinu losses tot th“ entile nation "Many teinembered what Hugh Harninond Bennett had pleached loi the last det ade County Club Members Mark National 4-H Week This week Lancaster Countj the slate and nation are pav ing tribute to 4-H Club Week KTom a small beginning in I*> 14, the 1-H piogiam has sroitn to well over two nul lum members in the United States Four-H club work is active in all ">0 states and in I’nei to Ituo Four-H or a v erv similai tvpe orgamats'ion is operating in over '0 othei lands aiound the woild National 4-H Club W eek is being observed to help locus attention on some ol the ni tion’s finest >oung loIKs who aie 4-H ers \lso the obser vance will help pav tribute to the man> individuals ami to the groups who help make 4-H work possible laMilcrs r.ssentml Lancaster County has o\er 1100 members in some i» *> 4-H clubs These members car- ry projei ts ranging Horn [ne sted.. judging to otudooi flow ei s and cooking C ich of these 09 duos bate oiu oi moie Uadeis that are lugeK re sponsible loi planning and guiding the ac mines ol the dub whether it is nadung suhjed matter in iking meet ing ai nmgeinents or helping with nnoids these tolKs (o\ei 20u in Limastet CounU ) -me ired\ ol the.r tune and edort Th«n are essential to the success oi the 4-iI pro- $2 Per Year should be aware ot yields. He said tests ha\e shown that some growers who have their soil in a high stale of fertility ran add a double application ot fertiliser with yerj little oi no .yield increase George Beiggreu, also in autonomy extension at PSU, said one of the limiting factors in high yield piodietion is w eeds lleiggion said p{ Hcularly with high welding s< s weed ( Gout in tied on Pag > 12) about fne national disgrace of soil tiosion -v blunt vigor ous South Carolina soil scien tist “Big Hugh was bending tell the sion of w iste and negU( t (hat was Hushing ey ei y t u he 'ould reach to Amenta s top soil theloun dation tin mnth ol hei uation .il wealth down the creeks md n\eis Tile dust storms Hugh Ben nett and the staik tacts of the depression all helped start America s top soil the foun (Cent inued on page 4) gram The- 4-11 movement enjo>s support from mam businesses and organizations on local, state and national level These groups help with financial aid foi awards and trips and also provide some leadership and technical help when needed The 4-H movement is de signed to build a member in the areas of character and leadership development The development ot Hear, Heart, development of Head, Heart, jeet work and other activities all aids him or her to become a better citizen and to be more (Continued on page 8) FIVE - DAY WEATHER FORECAST satuidaj - U ednesdaj r l emperalures for the ne\t li\e are e\pette<l to aitiage two to rune degrees below normal range of at night to 47 in the after ni (in. (’old temperatures are e\pe< ted throughout the per lod w ilh some modera tion Monilat, but colder again about Tuesdaj. l*re» (■patron ma> totai less than 0 2 inoli. melted, occuring a* snow on Monthly.
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