VOL. 7 NO. ,33
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HOMEMADE RAIN was about the only kind of rain to be found in the
garden spot this week. A few sprinkles on Thursday were not even enough to
whet the farmer’s appetite. Pastures were burned brown and furnishing practically
no feed in most sections. Irrigation pumps kept pastures growing on some farms
such as this one at Willow Street Rl. Raymond L, Witmer has watered his al
falfa hay crop and one field of corn in addition to rotating the sprinklers as he
rotates the cows on pastures. He follows the cows with the irrigation giving the
grass a needed spurt just after it has been cropped close by the herd of Guernseys.
By this method he has kept his herd in good grass all summer in spite of the
drought. L. F. Photo
County 4-H Judging Team Wins
Trophy In Southeast District
A three member livestock
judging team from the Gar
den Spot county took the
second' leg of a three year
challenge trophy Wednesday
at the Southeast Pennsylvania
4-H judging contest.
The team of Damn Boyd,
Ephrata Rl, Donald Trimble
Quarryville Rl, and Wilbiu
Hosier, IVlanheim R 3, heat out
teams from eight other coun
ties in the distnct to mme
within one win ot letiring the
trophy.
The host county, York,
placed second in the contest
scheduled as a warm-up event
for the state contest next
month at the Pennsylvania
State University. York pre
viously won the trophy m
1958 and 1961,
Lancaster comity took the
cup in 1960 when Boyd was
high m individual scoring. In
Wednesday’s event Boyd was
again high in judging beef
Farm Calendar
July 16—Deadline for plowing
contest entries. Apply to tlie
County Agent’s office, Post
Office building, Lancaster
July 16 —1 p in, County 4-
H demonstration days at
Penn Manor High School
8 pm. Meeting of the
Manheim Faun Show com
mittee in the Manheim Cen
tral High School.
July 17—S p m Meeting of
the Lincoln Community 4-H
club in the Mount Airy fire
hall.
8 pm. Meeting of the
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cattle and second m scoring in
all si\ class of beef, sheep
and swine
Hosier was sixth in total
score and Trimble tied for
eighth place with Larry Hart,
Quanyville Trimble, who was
also tied for third in swine
judging non the berth on the
team when he outpointed Hart
in guing reason?
Other county judges uiclud-
(Contmued on page 6)
Garden Spot
Baby Beef Club
To Hold Show
The 40th annual show and
sale of the Garden Spot Baby
Beelr.Club will be held August
14th* & 15ch at the Lancaster
Union Stock Yards
The show and sale will be
conducted by the Lancaster
Livestock Exchange and the
Union Stock Yard Co
The club composed of 47
farm youth, sous and daugh
ters of livestock producers
from the Lancaster market
area, purchased steers offered
at this show on the Lancas
ter Stock Ica-d;,, about the
first of the year
The baby bee.es w ill be
shown a? a *ith spec
ial emphasis gi.en to beet
t\pe rather than to bleed
Judges will bo John Tatum,
bluer for Consolidated Diessed
Beef Co of Philadelphia A 1
Schaeffer, buyer for Armour
& Co Reading Ps
Yarding of the show aui
(Contmued on Page 6)
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 14, 1962
Roy Garber
Will Host
Plowing Matches
Roy H Garber. Lititz R 3,
will host the annual Lancas
ter Count* Plowing Contest to
be held Monday Juh 23
Count} Faun Agent Ma\ M
Smith said the 1 i> m contest
will be open to all countv
lanneis and iegularl}-employ
ed farm norkeis It! >ears or
older
Alonda}, Jiilj tfi has been
set as the deadline for enter
ing the matches.
Smith said the level-land
plowing e\ent can be entered
by contacting contest chair
man, Elmer V. Good, LitPz
R 1 or the office of the countv
agent. He said the competit
ion, sponsored by the Lancas
ter Council Soil Conservation
District, will be limited to a
bout 15 contestants.
Smith said about half the
number entered in the compe
tition will receive cash, tro
phies or tools as prizes. Rain
date will be July 30.
4-H Field Day
Plans Completed
Judy and Da\id Denlmger,
co-hairnian tor the county
l-II Field Da\ bate announced
that plans tor the da\ me
< omplete
On Thuisdat, Juh 19, at
2 pm the proglam will net
under way at Long Park in
Lam aster with swimming
toilet ball and baseball tor
all 4-H club members
Following the picnic supner
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Scattered Showers Fail
To Break County Drought
Thmsdav brought the first
measuiable ram to Lai.castei
Coniitv m mei thiee weeks
but did little to bieak the
diought that has gnpped the
Gaideu Spot loi oiei a mouth
Funnels watched the o\ei
cast skies Thinsdu in the
hope that the w atei needed
so despeiateh In gi owing
ciops nav about to fall hut
most of the cuunt'v got onU a
light spi inkle and some aieas
got none at all
Vi ith a 2 12 inches de r
in Ma\ and anotnei t>s s’
aye ot ) ami ill below noi
in June and vuth no mea:
able ramlall at all in
most areas of the count>
USDA OK’
In Seeding
Farmers planning to i
allalta in the next few w<
can look forward to helj
combatting the weeds this
To aid the firmers m
fight against \seeds scien^
have put the B on 2,4-D A
new chemical closely related
to the old standard 2,4-D is
no* available and is called
2,4-DB (the B is for butyric
acid)
Farmers know what 2,4-D
will do to pigweed and dock
They also know it will kill
such plants as alfalfa, red
clover and ladmo According
to agronomists at the Penn
sylvania State University. 2-
4-DH can be used on any of
these legumes and other pas
ture crops without injuring
them It will howevei contiol
Berkshire Swine
Type Conference
At Harrisburg
Exhibitors from 14 states
will converge on Harrisburg
next week for the National
Berkshire Type Conference.
Berkshire swine breeders
will be showing their best
when the national conference
opens in the Farm Show
Building' on July 19, 20 and
21.
The conference, with em
phasis on the theme of meatier
carcasses, will feature many
entries from Certified litters
or by Certified Sires Many of
the entries, which will be con
signed to the sale on Saturday
atternoon, will hate with them
records of feed conversion
One of the most interesting
features will be the junior
Judging Contest to be held on
Satin day morning, July 21 at
S CO a m Contestants must be
registered in by S CO a m and
are then eligible tor the tio
phies and oter JlOO in fiee
buying credits The contest is
open to any 4-H or FFA boy
or girl.
hate rainfall soon or crops
will be peimanently damaged
The U S Weathei Bureau held
out hope that some lam might
be toithcoming at the beginn
ing of the week
Most tarmeis mteitiewed
Fndav lelt that yields crops
hate not yet been seuously
alUitocl but will be soon un
less iam tails The exception
in ciops is hat and pastuie
which aie cxnemely shoit
I’anners i e p o r t tobacco
•eather,
must be used 30 days prior to
grazing or harvesting of a for
age crop.
Research indicates it is ef
tectne against such commoit
weeds as dock, ragweed, lambs
quarter, pigweed and thistle.
It is not etfectue, however, in
controlling garlic
Pastuie and hay growers
w ill find 2,4-DB useful in es
tablishing alfalfa and pastur
es It can also be used to con
trol weeds in spring seeding
ot haj and pasture crops.
2,4-DB gets its eftectueness
troin the 2,4-D pait of the
chemical foiinitiation An en
z>nie contained in certain
broadleaf weeds changes the
harmless 2,4-DB to the highly
active 2,4-D Alfalfa and cer
tain clovers do not have the
enzyme mechanism for chang
ing 2,4-DB to 2,4-D and are
thus unharmed by the new
chemical.
Additional information a
bout this new weed killer may
be obtained by contacting the
county extension agent.
FIVE-DAY
WEATHER
FORECAST
Saturday - Wednesday
Temperatures during the
ne\t the da>s are evpected
to average 12 to 5 degrees
below the normal range of
00 at night to 87 in the af
ternoon. Cooler tempcrat
tures are evpected on Satur
daj to give vvaj to a warm
ing trend on Sundaj and
tin u cooler again Monday
and Tuesdav. Precipitation
dm mg the period may to
tal more than 1 > mcli fall
ing as showers in most areas
Mondaj and Tuesday,
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