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.