VOL. 7 NO. 2p of . WINNERS OF THE YORK-LANC VSTER AREA FFA parliamentary pro cedure contest pose after their victory over the other five competing teams Tues day night. Seated, left to right, are Kenneth Denlinger, Lancaster R 7, Paul Welk, Strasburg -R1 and Kenneth Meek, Willo v Street Rl. Standing, left to right, are James Shertzer, Lancaster R 7; James Houser, Lampeter; Melvin Breneman, Strasburg R'f; 'Earl Livingood, Lancaster R 7 and Donald Kraybill, 599 Lampeter Road, Lancaster R 7. The team represented Garden Spot Chapter Future Farmers of America ' ~ L. F. Photo Soil Conservation District Sets Dates For Two Meetings Directors ot . the Lancaster County Soli Conservation Dist rict Monday night set tentative dates for two summer meet ings The annual plowing contest will again he held cm the farm of Roy H Garber, Lititz R 3. Date ot the meet has been set tor July 23 with the ram date one week later, Julv 30 at the same place Date ot the annual Conser vation Field Day will be Aug ust 1 at the Gerald Darlington farm. Lititz R 2 Rain date for the event, which was rain ed out last year, will be the following dij, August 2 In othei business, the dir ectors approved conservation plans for 17 new cooperators bringing the total of cooperat ing farmers to 204 4 since the district was tormed. Plans covering a total of Farm Calendar April 14 2 to 1 pm - Chicken Baibecue at th a Lancaster Poultry Center Roseville Road and 2:10 By- Pass Take outs onlv April 16 7am - Holstein Tour leaves the bus station 825 F Chestnut St . Lan caster 7:30 pni - Witness Oak Chapter FFA meeting in the Donegal Union High School. Mount Jov & p.m - Count> 4-H Coun cil meets in the Farm Bur eau bmldurg. pillervill* 1 Road.. An thou v Guarna. Sr clerk of the probation office T (Continued .on Page- 10) - 1526 acres were approved for the following James R Gray bill, Lititz R 2, Penn Twp , 113 Acres, Elmer G Martin, Wnshingtori Boro Rl, Manor Twp. 27 a< res Franci-. I, Kirk. Heath Bottom, Fulton (Continued on page 4i Quality Hay Is Subject Of Two Meetings Two Qualitv TI cy meetings have been scheduled in the count} next week The meet ings will be similar to the meetings which were so well received last >ear - Joseph McCurdy, Agricul ture Engineer from the Penn sylvania State University will (Continued on Page 12 j Grasslands FFA Takes Prizes In Meat Contest Future Farmers from the Cras-slands thapter at Holland swtpt the two tc<p prizes in the two-countj Me its Identification and i-ontest Thursda\ at Dalta;,- town. York Countj. Fred Lando. Cburehtawn, fitth plate winner in the icm- I.im vear. led all competi tion thw week His schooln, De Dale HoutK, Narvon Rl, »J' runnerup In the C!ra=*Jiand- can tingenl garnered four of the five ton pkwings in the can 't Continued on Page 12) Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, April 14, 1962 SCD Directors Make New Film Available A new motion puture film. “Beyond Tomorrow' , depict ing the work of Pennsylvan ia's soil conservation districts, has been purchased by the local district directors Educational organizations service clubs, sportsman's groups and other clubs are invited to use the fi'm tree of charge The 16 MM sound, color, film was written b\ Robert O. Struble. formerly with the Brandywine Valley Association and now employed by the State Soil Conservation Ser vice. and was filmed in rural l J enns>Ud.uia The film. suitable tor phon ing to 4-H club group*, high school clj.ss.es and clubs, nun be b> Henri E Guler ltd . Ronks 111 Young Farmers Set County Meet All the Lancaster County Young Farmer Association chapters will hold a countv wide meeting ne\t week Ne v Roger Grout. Extension Ag riculture engineer from the Pennsylvania State Cmversifv will discuss dair> barn con struction and remodeling m the Manhetm Central High School on Thursday April 1A at T 45 pm The -Uanheim Chapter For- Southeistern Pennsylvania Art ney Longenecker. pres.denl. ifuial Breeders Coonerative will be host chapter for the building on the —‘JO Bypass at meeting Longenecker mutes 7 .10 p m on April 19. wj’l all Young Farmers in tne co- hear a discussion on the “All unty to attend the meeting Jersev Milk” program County Future Farmers Win Speaking Contest Lancaster County Future Farmers made a clean sweep of the York-Lancuster Area Public Speaking and Parlia mentary Piocedure contest on Tuesday night A contingent ol eight blue jacketed farm boys from the Garden Spot Chapter at Lam petei-Strasbmg High School outpointed five other teams from the two county a tea to advance to the regional chap tei piocedure contest Koimetn \laitm a sopho moie from the Grasslands Chapter at N’evv Holland was top scorei in the public speak ing contest His subject was “Keep the Knife Dull” Following Martin in the sp- Mechanization Surprises Visitor From Poland Two years ago an invitation to visit America was extended to the manager ot a Polish collective tarra. This week the ni\ italion was accepted and the visitor is in Lancaster County for a three week stay. When II en r y Hackman. Matihelm 112, was in Poland, fwo veirs ago on a mission lor his chinch organization, he li\ed tor a time in the home of Edmund \polmarski near Poznan He m\ ited his host to visit in the Garden Spot of America, but had no idea he would accept so soon Apolinarslu, who manages a 7.000 acre combine (farming and manufacturing) south of Poznan, armed in Quebec, Canada last week where he was met by Hackman "When I was coming to America,’ he said. “I expected to see mechanized tanning, but what I haie seen has sur passed my fondest expecta tions ” Apolinarslu hesitated to compare Vmencan and Polish agriculture or to compare the agriculture of Poland with that of Russia except to say, through an interperter, Nichol as Skryzahn, 116 E High Street. Manheim. “In Poland theie is enough to eat” contacting KaMbrooli He said about 87 per cent ol the land in Poland is under pm ate ownership while the Jersey Club Holds Meeting Kenneth Lusk. Pennsylvan ia Jersey Cattle Club lieldman will be the smeaker at tlm meeting of the Lancaster Count' Jersey Club ne\t week The club, meeting at tbi $2 Per Year eakmg contest was Donald Kraybill, of the Garden Spot Chaptei David Graybill. oC the Manheim Chapter waa thud and Robert Wenger of Solanco was fourth Ten fu- ture taimers in the tuo coun ties made speeches Judges lor the public speak ing contest were Stanley Mua selman ol the Lane Co Na tional Bank James Learner, guidance (ouutellor at the KcnnardDale High School in Yoik County and F F Bailey Assistant Lancastei County Supei intendent ot Schools Second place in the Parlia mentary Procedure contest was the Doter Chapter from York (Continued on Page 12) other 13 per cent is state own ed On The eight farms under his direction are 600 cows, 3,000 sheep and 2,000 pigs. About 750 acres of potatoes and 300 acres of sugar beets ate processed on the farm. Some 600 workers under the direction ol Apolmarski pro duce the crops, turn the beets to sugar and their tops mto silage lor the cattle. Two fac tories in the collective manu facture alcohol as well as Inestock feed and potato chips from the potatoes Also on the larm is an altalfa dehjdrating plant While much of the work is still done by hand, the farm, has 50 tractors and 200 horses. Apolinarslu explained that much of the work of state owned larms is experimental in nature Certified seed is produced on the government farm and made available to the pm ate farmer on an ex change basis The private farmer pays a 10 per cent bonus tor the certified seed. The dairy cows are bred from the state-owned artificial insemination directed by the brother of Apolmarski. Until this year the 600 head of cows were milked by hand. Recent ly milking machines were pur chased in Sweden, Czchecoslo (Continued on page 8) FIVE - DAY WEATHER FORECAST Sattirdaj - Wednesday Temperature'* for the next tue da>* are expected, to average two to six degrees below the normal range of 41 at night to 62 In the afternoon. Milder weather on Sat unlay and Sunday will gi\e waj to cooler next week. Rain is -expected a* bout Monday and may total up to % inch.
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