VCu 7 NO. F - ' I Tractor Club Roundup Won Bv Buckwalters cpinonsli ation loam o£ - named Buckwaltei put .ill competition- in the Tiactor Maintenance Club ip Inesdav night at the limeau Coopeiatne cou riow 4-F rout Far. Ijuuc aid Buckwaltei 12 of R 2 and la\ Uiukwaltei lanheim R 2 put on a stiation called Clean us Down on \\ eai to e the fust pnze donat the Laucastet Count! Equipment Dealeis As on Lit ' 13 , den Air cap' ed Fai 60C i . was the fust \e.u ot itiou, and indeed the con i- 'ontiuued on. Page 9) Tractor Wins Handyman Prize I • omeniade gaiden traitor woe Lrst prize in the Lancas ter ' ounty 4-H Kandvman clue Li Glenn Hess. Washing ton x-oro Rl, Tuesdav night 17 vear-old vocational it" Mile siiKlem -at— Pern Mat. High School built the trar'_- troin scrap materials anc e. discarded automobile tran .is-aou and diberential Cri'-n, the son ot Mr and Mrs 'ohn Iteos, is a iirst-jeai men f-r in the handyman club, but he has had projects in the < -litinued on Page 10) Penn Manor FFA Public Speaking Wen By Junior K. .1J Hen Millerotille R 1 a ai the Publu Speaking con 1 '- sponsoied mouth b\ the <■ , noi i haptei oL Future Far' - ol Araenca K* - speaking on the sub ject A Compulsion of Amu icar t nJ Russian Asti imlture ’ took .}> bonds in a field of six ' urb fanners at Penn Manr Hmh School Tr. 17 \eai old junior in looat,.nal agriculture is the son c" Mr and Uis Aaron Her' In w-oond place, speaking on art 'i c i ,il insemination for swin«- y, ls Robert lialmer. who yes with Mr and Mr- E li„re VVitmer, Columbia R 2 JfT\- Hieneinan, son ol Mr and vlrs Martin Bienemap. R2. speaking oa 1 Jontmued on Page 12) Farm Calendar 1 - 1 ]> in —meeting or tti- DHIA Supemsors at the her e 01 the treasuier Jacob Ko l ser. Lampeter Aprn J - 1 pm—York-Lan ca>->r area FFA soil judg ing con lest at the farm ot JVL;.lon Fr\. Elizabethtown R Al»o hoiseshoe pitciua? cot'est Apr 1 4 - S pm—Red Ro3r (Continued on Page 10) WINNERS OF THE 4-H TRACTOR maintenance club demonstration contest this week were this team of cousins named Buckwalter. On the left is Richard, Lititz R 3, son of Mr. and Mrs Richard E. Buckwalter. Jay, on the right, prepares to clean part of the tractor air cleaner whiph Richard is removing Jay is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Quenten Buckwalter, Manheim R 2. They are both first year tractor club members. Educational Poultry Meeting To Feature Leucosis Expert Or -Robert I< Gentrv. well- Dr Gentri, who is present- Known' aiuhoritj on Leucosis will be the principle speaker at the poultry education me- vv** Mr « OR. GENTRY eting to be held at the Lanc aster Poultry Center on Thnrs da>, April 5, at 7 P.O pan Herr Is Elected FFA President Jere Heir, Lancaster Ri» M'ondav was elected presiden cf the Manor Chapter Future Farmers ot America a«. Penn Manor High School Herr the 17 ear-old sou o[ Vlr and Jits Henrj Herr is an Ilth grade student in vo cational agru ulture His terra of oftuv "ill run through the 1962-tFI school term Other ofhteis elected railed ■ ta follow mg \ ice president, Harold Herr .son ca Mr and Mrs Aaron (Continued on Page 12) Lancaster, Farming, Saturday, March 31, 1962 ly m charge of the Poultrx Disease Research and I>iag- nosiic Laboi atom at the Pen- nsvhaina State lunersitv mil speak on the onuses and oonliol of fowl leucosis re lated poultry diseases and a general \a<( mating progiam The meeting sponsored In the Laiuastei Count! Poultrj Asset lation, will also include the count! 4-H Poulm round up mth dispKns b\ the mem beis and presentation ot a w aids All poulm men ate united to attend Refi eshnents mil be sei \ed Water Moves 10,000 Tons Down Conestoga HARRISBURG snow and spring rains flushing tons of topsoil down Pennsylvania':, mers accord ing to the State Soil Conser vation Commission As an example Commission oflncials report that during a recent three-dav storm 10 - 000 tons ol soil washed down Historic Conestog i Cre»k past Ij was a disease pioblem 111 the bed lasi \c u lleniv I! Engle Keseitch \gi oiiom ist at the Sontheastc tn I’ennsv Kama Field Uesi art h Eaboiatoiv laun sud Tttcsdav Engle said the Met Ui/ation could tie dom bv dipping tlio used muslin in a ■> pel cent solution ol lornutiedliv de, oi b> steaming the muslin under a pan when the tobacco bed is steamed The muslin should be steamed lor the s une leng th ol tune as the soil, he said Engle cautioned countv tanners to be on the lookout tot a virus disease which was Farm Tax Law Changes Urged By County Planner ly. F Photo Firmers should push tor a law to allow a-grunltuial laud to be taxed on a dis proportionate luusis with other propert> in the same aiea C’ HicKlex Foster potmtx plann et said Thni’sdav Speaking at the meeting ol the Lam-aster Counts Agucul tural counnl Foster outlined lour waxs he said tanners (ould help maintain then posi tion in areas threatened In ur- ban spraxx 1 He said at piesenl tune lann land is assessed on the inaikel wilue oi speculatne mine whether it is being de\eloped for building sites 01 being tanned He said a nune equitable method of taxation would be to assess the land on the basis of agiidiltuial pioduition until siu h time as it is sold oil tor non-tanning uses It and when the lann SPABC Sires Resununarized Melting are Two Guernsey sires in the stud at the Southeastern Pen nsylvania Artificial breeders Cooperative have been ofhci ally designated “Resummanz ed Sires ’ by the American Guernsey CaUle Club The two bulls are Sterlm gold Lanxmont King and Lake Louise Royal Supeih “Kings” mo sit illustrious daughter is Meadow Springs Vlollvelta. that had a product ion record ol 1:1.7.10 pounds of milk and 7 7.1 pounds ol lat in the .107-JX division “King’ now- has 1J daugh ters with -J official product ion records Their average production is 9 pounds ol milk and -*7O pounds ol Lit when converted a nvice dailv milking, .70 7-day ma ture equivalent basis $2 Per Year noted in Uitee conntv fields last veat lilac k Shank 1 1 om southern states can cause wtdespiead damage it it is allowed to go unchecked, he said The disease is spread by w iLei 1 loin the inlected plant passing ovei the leaves or toots ot olhet plants Rain vvatei and t unoit can carry the vims Irom plant to plant or to other lields The disease kills the plant at the giound level First svmpronis are a vello’wmg ot the lines and dvmg off of the plant When an infected plant is pulled up bv the roots, the roots and under- (Continued on Page 12) land is sold lor development, it (ould be re-assessed H© nave one example of a farm that has been assessed 530,000 loi frontage on a sewerage dis posal line Fostei asked tarmers to support a bill introduced late last session of the general as semblv and defeated b> a slim, maigin The bill would de (Coutumed on page 7) FFA Contest Won By Manheim ■\Vuiiieis ol the Lancaster Countv Futuie Farmeis ath letic touinameut were announ ced ait the meeting of the count} FFA Monday night The trophv tor basketball was won b} the Manheim Cent tral chapter Pequea Valley chapter won the elimination contest m vollevball and the ping-pong championship went to the Garden Spot chapter at Lampeter-Slrasburg High School Hach ol the 10 chapters ja the count} competed for the plaques awarded by the county association FIVE - DAY WEATHER FORECAST Saltirdai - Wednesday Teinpe-altires during the nevt tne dais are evpected to aierage near normal to a ten decrees helou the normal ramie ol Jl7 at night to .”0 in the afternoon. Turn ing < older Snndaj and be toniing milder towards the end ot the period. Precipita tion nui total I _■ inch fall ing as .showers Saturda} and as more general rain Sun da> or earl} Monda}. an import