VOL. 7 NO. ftj
SHOWING THE CHAMPION BARROW in the Market Hog Show Wednes
day was C Warren Leminger, Denver -R! The 205 pound Spotted Poland China
Borrow topped the field ot 298 entries to become the first Spotted Poland China
in the four-year history of the show to wm the Grand Championship. The show
is ctn annual activity of the Lancaster C junty Swine Producers Association.
Fest Control And Spray Meeting
Scheduled For County Next Week
new Glow me; season is
jm' ahead and peat control
wiJ be an important pait ot
farm work Arnold Lue, K, as
sistant (ounU agent, said this
week
Looking foiward to this im
pc taut put ot tarm at tiutv
the Lancastei Countv Exten
sion Service has scheduled a
fajji ty meeting next jiveek lor
farmers in the aiea
Tne program, sc tudated to
bey n at b 30 a m on Wednes
dav Maich 21 at the Lancas
ter Poulin Center, Roseville
Road and 230 Hv-pass, wilt
feature extension specialists
from the Pennsv Iv.una Stale
Ilr .versitv
'the three mam topics un-
Farm Calendar
lit 7 30 pm - New
He. and 4-H Cpniniunit> club
meets in the New Holland
Bank building.
9pm.- Executive board ot
the 4-H leaders council
meets in the Farm Rureiu
Building, Dillerville Road
M-rc h 20 All da\ - South
er .stern Pennsj Ivania Reg
ion lonng Farmers Associa
tion meets in the Solancu
High School
? p m - Lancaster Countv
Barm Rciuipment Dealers
Association meets n't Peo
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der discussion will be the con
trol ot pi nil diseases, insects
and weeds A lotirth topic will
be . l, e propel adjustment and
opejotiou ot spiaving equip
ment
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County Youths
At Conference
On Youthpower
Teenigers can solve manj ot
the r own problems best Sev
eiit> students troni 20 counties
paTicipating in the Pennsjl
ubu Yoiuhpovv er Congress
rei-mllv indicated thev under
stand their own problems as a
gro : v better than most adult
thm%
Th-* pioblem of nutrition
ami eating habits is one whua
the students think thev can
so-lv-* best The group, meet
ing at the Chalet Re.stauranr.
D'l sbnrg, were interviewed
bv a team of judges to detei
nu. j their understanding of
good diets in relation to ph\s
ica 1 mental , and moral
strength A team of
them on phvsu.il fut
and appearance The>
part.' ipated in group discus
sion-. regarding the
ot j-outh and what adults and
jouth themsehes can do about
th-*tn
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 17, 1962
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Community Ciub
Reorganizes
Roger Stoner was elected
president of the Latuz-Man
heim 4-11 Community Club it
the meeting held on Thursday
evening at the Fairland School
Other ofluers included John
J2rb. v u e-pi esident. Marv Al
ice Cra\bill, sei retarv Geor;e
Clark treasurer. Robert llo'-
liuger song leader fudv
Guckwaiter and John Clark,
game leaders Cvnthii Uiu h-
er news reporter
Robert Ilommmger i- the
junior le ider and also chair-
nan ol the prognm commit
tee Cynthia Umber and John
Krb are representatives to the
County Council The adult
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Leininger Barrow Tops
County Market Hog Show
A spotted Poland China
Wednesdav was named Gland
Ch unpion b-anow toi the firs,
lime in the tour-\eai histon
ol tlu Lam aster Countv Swum
Prodmers animal show and
sale
The 20") pound “Spot’ was
from the herd of C Waireu
Leuunaer Denver R 2, and was
one ol the three Spotted Pol
and China hosts in the reserv e
championship trio
Grand Champion pen of
three went to Masonic Home
Tairas lor three head of llerk
shires averastmt; 19 S pounds
A lot ot trim 213 pound
Undraoe crosses captured the
pen-et-ten championship lor
Stuutfcr Homestead Farm.
East ICa l l R 1 Reseive Champ
ionship went to Norman Kolb
.ila Pitnev Road. LancasU r.
Tobacco Market Program
Backed By Farm Group
Machmerv toi developing a marketing program tor Lan
caster County tobacco was set 'n motion Thursda> night at a
meeting ot the countv Farmers Association
The nearlj 7"> inenibeis pre
sent at a meeting in the Lan
caster Countv Poultry Center
instructed their board of direc
tors. bj a unanimous tote, to
study plans tor implementing
a marketing program toi tvpe
41 cigai tiller tobacco
In the lirst such ittempt
since the organisation ol the
Lancaster Countv Tobacco Co
operative, the larmeis associa
tion plans, while b> uo means
conciete at this tune, seeks to
have the tanner impose con
tiols upon himself
L F. Photo
"It is not so much controls
m themselves that we disap-
I>io\e," said Harold Rohier
Lancastei R 7, president ot the
count} group. “But we are
concerned that the tarmer has
contiol ol the progiam"
While no prelimmait work
on a program has been undei
taken. and \er> little actual
stud.v has been given the speci
fic program, consensus at the
meeting was that a program
similar to the Pennsv Iv arua
Farmers Association's tomato
Grain Program
Signs Up 151
County Farmers
A total of 1a 1 countv grim
fanners have signed up tor
the 1•> 6 J Feed Grams Pro
gram. according to Dorothy
Neel. Lancaster County Agri
cultural Stabilization and Con
servation ofiice manager
Miss \eel said advance pav
ments ot 07 have been
made cm the diversion ot 2 10 7
acres ot corn
Unroll meat wh’ch ends
.March JO, is considerably less
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$2 Per Year
eslnbitoi ol ilu Championship
hit low last vear
It was the fust time m the
lustori of the show that a
Spotted Poland China captured
>m\ ol tlie top spots “1 was
surpns< d Lfeinmger said ni
ter the judging “I thought
the judge would so to one of
the white hogs or one of the
crosses ”
The champion barrow was
one of a litter of 10 sired by
a boar out oh lowa “The
grandstre ot this barrow was
Big Ben, an All American
Sire and a Premier Stre of the
state of Iowa” Big Ben was
also named Grand Champion
Sire o\er all breeds at the
Austin (Minn ) Barrow Show.
Beinmger said he did not
keep am of the boar pigs front
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growers program would evolve
Tomato growers, organized
under the newly-formed Agri
(ultuial Marketing Association,
a marketing affiliate of PFA
and in operation two years,
sign a contract with the asso
ciation under which all toma
toes on the farm are grown
The PFA then acts as the bar
g lining agent tor the farmer
Under terms ot the contract,
which is binding in a court of
law the growei is lined up to
21 pei lent ot his crop if he
does not cair\ out the stipula
tions ol the agreement
It a tobacco program is
toimulaled. Rohrer said, it
will ha\e to hate “teeth” m
it or ,t will not work This is
not to say that a tobacco pro
gram would necessarily be pat
terned closely alter the tomato
piogiam, howeter
llohier has tailed a meeting
ol the board of directors tor
next Tuesday night to appoint
a study committee
FIVE - DAY
WEATHER
FORECAST
Saturda) • Wednesday
Temperatures tor the next
the dajs are expected to
average near normal to
four decrees below normal.
'I lie normal range for this
time ol je.ir is 33 at night
to 52 in the afternoon.
( older weather Vlondaj and
ail.un Wi.lnesdax. Precipita
tion ni.i} total 0 2 to 0.6
nidi, melted, tailing as snow
tlutr.-es Saturda> and as
snow or ram late Sunda> or
Mondax and again late
Tuesdaj.