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A HEAT DRYING SYSTEM on the farm of Clarence Keener, Manheim R 3.
produced high quality hay for his herd of Holstein cows. Keener, left, discussed
hay drying' with'Joseph McCurdy, Pennsylvania State University Extension Ag
riculture Engineer, during a hay drying demonstration Thursday. Keener used
the drying system on cube bales last year for the first uine. He said he would not
like to have to go back to the large bales L. F. Photo
Warwick FFA
Honors Two
At Banquet
Two “Honorary Chapter
Farmer Decrees’’ were pre
sented b> Warwick Futuie
Farmers at their first annual
parent and son banquet at the
Brunnerville Fire Hall on Fri
day night
Mr
Fornev Longeneekei
was presented an award for
his outstanding interest m the
young farmers m this area and
for his help to the FFA Har
old Swisher was also given an
award for bis interest m the
organization
Farm Calendar
Apr 24
7am- Vegetable
growers tour of Mifflin and
Northumberland ■Counties
7pm- Manor Young Farm
ers Banquet m the Penn
Manor High School cafeter. i
for members and families
7 30 pm - N'ew Providence
4-H community club meets
in the elementary school
7 30 p m - Manor 4-1/ Com
mumtj club meets in the
Penn Manor High, School
Apr 25 7 pm'- Extension
meeting for teachers of \ fl
ea) ion'll agriculture at Penn
Manor High School Selec
tion of a ee-d sprayers
Bpm - Parents’ Night of
the Cloisters Chapter FFA
*t the Ephrata High School
•Apr 27 8 30 pm
keepers and fruit grower*
banquet at Hostetters ban
quet hall. Mount Joy.
- National FFA Foundation
aiwtards wre aJ*o presented to
the Agriculture students by
Robert C Il6nne>, teacher of
vocational agriculture.
The highest aw r ard for a
first year student. Star Green
hand, was awarded to Rlokey
Fr.tz Jim Nuss won' the
Foundation’s highest award.
Chapter Star Farmer
Other awards were Live
stock Farming to James 8011,
Poultry Farming to Mel Mar
tin Crop Faming to Douglas
Zell, Farm Mechanics to Bob
Herr, Farm Forestry and Wild
Life to Ned Bushong. Farm
Electronics to Glenn Keebler,
Putblic Speaking to James
Boose, Soil and Water Manage
ment to Cletus Bucher. Out
standing Sa’esananship to Ben
Wenger, and IXUry Farming to
Glenn Groff
(Continued on page Gi
Apple Hearing
Date Postponed
YRUISBCTtG A change
m the previously announced
date for the forthcoming hear
ing on the proposed apple mar
ker mg order was released to
day by the Pennsjlvama De
partment of Agriculture The
hearing, originally scheduled
tor May 9 and 10. has been
s'"ffted to May 24 and 2 5 The
hearing sessions will start each
da/ at 10 am m Room 323,
Mam Capitol Building in Har
risburg
The unexpected change in
the dates was brought about
by an error made by the news
psiper publishing the official
notice of the hearing.
- Bee
The proposed marketing or
(Continued on page 4)
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 21, 1962
DHIA Tester
Wins Honor
Wilbur Honker, Lampeter,
has been named Pennsylvania’s
outstanding Dairy Herd Im
provement Association suoer-
vifcor
The honor was presented to
the Red Rose DHIA tester at
the annual meeting ot Penn
sylv »ma DHIA supervisors at
Macungie last week
Eleven other testers were
honored at the Lehigh Count>
meeting by the Pennsylvania
Artificial Breeding Cooperative
Association
Houser, in being named
‘ Outstanding Supervisor" by
the Pennsylvania DHIA Direc
tors Association, was com
mended for his aceuracv He
has not had a report returned
for corrections in two ye.-’-s
Clarence Crder, Manheim
R 4 was elected secretary -
treasurer of the supervisors
group
Fifteen of Lancaster Coan
tj’s 16 testers attended the
a’! dav meeting near Alien-
tow n
It was the first time a
Lancaster Countj tester had
woa the outstanding supervisor
award
Holstein Cow
Makes Record
Brattleboro, Vt E.Oa.r'ag retarj, Annette Long tieisui-
Maples Ga\ Echo a registe r ed er Roger Stoner news report-
Holstem owned by J Mow- er, Mark Stoner gaum lendei
ery Frey & son. Lancasrer, Eric Stoner song leaden Jav
Pennsvlvama, has become the Foreman, and delegate to
1,0415 t cow to compete a year- Countv council, Roger Stoner
ly record of more than 1,000 The club planned an outing
lbs. of butterfat in the official along Hammer Creek for Mai
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Hay Drying Not For
Everyone, Expert Says
Ha\ dr\ing is iuh foi i\ei\-
OP" count, taunt is were told
Thuiidai at a to. age diun.
meeting
Joseph \l(Cmd\ Extension
,'gru-uUure Engmeei fiom tlu
Fennsi Uania State Innersifi
told the bd tanneis at the
t irra ot Claieuce Keemr
Manheim Rt ‘Unless a tann-
er ha* more than JOU tons ot
ha\ to ptu up dining the sea
son, he can not atlord to bus
a has drying system that use*
heat ’
It will cost about $3 00 per
tern tor the tuet and electruitj
to dn a ton of hai, he said
but when the price of equip
ment is considered the cost
per ton goes up to about $G 00
per ton With a natural air
doing system otf ducts and a
fan, haj can he dried tor a
bout 51 00 per ton.
McCurdy said the most com
mon mistake in installing a fan
Spring Weather Spurs Work,
Rainy Days Bring A Halt
Ed. Note: Tills Is the first
of the 1963 weekly series of
crop and weather reports to be
issmrd from the Pmna. Crop
Purporting Service.
Farm activities m Pennsvl
varua ac well as Lam aster
County were at a virtual stand
still last week as a result of
abnormallv low temperatures
and heavy precipitation Tins
wus in marked contrast to the
tast start in field operations
brought about by the unseason
alh warm temperatures of
late March and early April
A surge ot abnormally high
temperatures during the last
week ot March and the first
week of April pushed farm ac
tivities in Pennsylvania off to
a fast start in most areas
However, abnormally low
temperatures accompanied bv
heavy precipitation following
this period brought tield work
to a v.rtual standstill m me-'
during the past week
Wildlife Club
Elects Officers
Marvin Long. Lititz R 4, was
elected president of the 4-lt
Wildlife club at a meeting
Wednesday night at the home
of Mr and Mrs Melv in Long
Long succeeds Jaj Foreman
who was named juiuoi
along with Mr and Mis Long
and Raj mond Stonci
Other officers elei ted weit
vice president John Erh sec-
$2 Per Year
s\stem m a bam is too little
fan to; too big a mow Hf- said
i Mia 1 - a./Oi'‘ 10 u'bn teet of
an per minute foi eierx square
toot 1 1 floor sj>« e m the •mow.
Hi at dr\mg of ha> has not
been accepted quicker by the
tanner because more moisture
has to be mewed from the
t’eld to the barn, and this
causes more “work, he said
To a\ oid the extra work,
McCurdc suggested using cube
bales A cube bale, put on ex
hibit b> .McCurdy, measured
V XIB ’XI6 - “Some of you
might not e\en call it a bale
of ha>. he said “But it has
some definite adtantages “
In experiments at PStT last
summer, one man with a trac
tor, baler, bale thrower, and
wagon could bale and - load
one ton cyf hay m 9y 2 minutes,
When one man was put on. tha
(Continued trom Page 7)
Soil moisture is currently ade
quate to surplus m most areas..
Uv April 16 some farm ac
tivities were completed i»
southern and central areas ■> Ot
Pennsj Ivama. Nearly onediflk
of the spring plowing was com
pleted -which is equal to' the
rate ot progress up to the com
parable date of last year. Oats
planting was about 15 percent
(omplete which is slightly a
head of progress made last
vear at this date Seeding of
vinter grain fields was about
two-thirds complete as com
pared to one-half completed
last > ear
Athough there was a gener
al lack ct protective snow cov
er during the past winter
months, fall seeded wheat and
barle> nelds except for occas
sional brown spots are now
showing good color, and freeze
d image is not as serious as
generalU anticipated Mea
dows and pastures are
also ‘‘gieening up" ra
pidl> but ven few cattle
hate be-m turned out to pas
(Continued on page 6)
FIVE-DAY
WEATHER
FORECAST
Saturday - Wednesday
Temperatures during the
next tixe days aie expected
to .ix ('rage near the normal
i.i nge of 4.1 at night to 64
in the afternoon. Tempera*
tines will be on the cool
side through Saturday
moderating somewhat Sun
d.ix and turning cooler again
Monda-y or Tuesday. Pre
cipitation will total Yz iitch
or less falling as scattered
showers Sunday night or
Monday with more general
rain Tuesday.