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NINE FARM YOUTHS FROM LANCASTER COUNTY were among the 164
in, attendance at the summer institute of the Pennsylvania Association of Farmer
Cooperatives this week Haven State College. Front row. 1 to r., are Carl
Troop, Quarryville R 3; Leon'Wea\ei, Now Holland Rl; Dale Hostetler Gap Rl;
Glen B. Shultz, Pequea Rl,-and Marlin Myer, Manheim. Back row, 1. to r,
Thomas Spitler, Sheridan: Harold Brubaker. Mount Joy Rl; David L. Keener,
Elizabethtown, and Dale Leaman, Bird-in-Hand.
IVTS„ Fl'll't'J* **§•<! jM- Smith, Publicity
luiiu auu chairman for the contest, sajs
RAtrlcf AfArJ Prkt* the watches will be held on
I. CI CU 1 vll' the game field as last year
PI/MAr IV/lofs'lkAC when onli 5 contestants de
ll IOW ITlaLCllCb monbtrated their skills.
A total of nine contestants Shares n ill begin to s.nk in
will slice a fmion on the Roy to the soil shortlv after 1
Garber farm at Lititz R 3 on P m on the farm located just
Monday as the animal Lancas- ejs>t of the Fruitcille Pike on
ter County plowing contest a township road at L’titz R 3
gets underwaj
The Soil Consei ration Dis
tuct sponsored eient will fea
ture only level land plowing
with the winner lepresenting
the county in the level land
division of the state contest
at Hershey next month.
Last year’s winner, Christ
Miller of Elizabethtown Rl,
failed to take top spot in the
state competition but was in
contention all the .way to the
each In the 1960 state matches
Miller was runner up in the
level land contest Miller will
defend his crown again this
year.
Farm Calendar
July 23-1 pm - County
plowing contest on the farm
oi. Roy Gaiber, Lititz R 3.
8 p.m - County 4-H Leaders
council meets at the home of
Kenneth Musser, Columbia
112,
July 24 - all dav - New
Holland 4-H Babv Beef club
will tour Gettisbiug battle
field and faun of President
Bisenhowei Tour for all
day - Distuct 4-H Demon
stration da\ at Allen
town Fairgrounds
town Fairgrounds 3pm
-sp- Summei meeting of
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State Ayrshire
Field Day
In County
Future Farmers aatd 4-H
club dairy judging teams will
compete for prizes totaling $6O
at the State Ayrshire Breeders
Field Day next Saturday.
Three classes of Ayrshires
will be judged by the youth
on the farm of Ellis Mentzer,
New Holland Rl, beginning at
10-20 am. July 28.
Prizes will be awarded to
youth groups only, hut adults
are being invited to observe
the judging contest in the
forenoon and participate in the
afternoon, program which will
feature a speaking program
headed b> Dr. William Kelso.
Dairy Extension Specialist
tiom the Pennsylvania State
Unuersity
Visitors to the field day will
bung a p’cuic lunar, and ice
cream at-U drink will be fui
mshed by the hosts
New Holland machine com
jnnj will have on hand some
of their bay drjing equipment
as well as a feed grinder and
mixer which will be demon
strated
The field day is sponsored
by the Stats Ayrshire Breeders
Association.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 21, 1962
Holstein Men
Hold Annual
Field Day
Donald Seipt of Keystone
Faun, Easton, Fenna , will be
the speaker of the afternoon
at the annual Field Dav of the
'Lancaster Countv Holstein
Breedeis Association,
The Field Da\ program will
be held on the Red Rose Re
seal ch Farm 242 Pitnej Road
Lancaster on July 2G
A judging contest with awards
being made m Junior, ladies,
and men’s divisions, will be
gin the activities at 10 am.
The afternoon program will
get underway at 1.30 p m„ and
will include remarks by coun
ty agent. Max M. Smith.
The field day is open to all
Holstein breeders and their
families.
House Passes
Stripped Down
Farm Bill
The House of Representa
tives passed a farm bill Thurs
day that does little more than
continue existing legislation
for another year.
On a roll call vote of 229-
163 the house voted to con
tinue lolantam wheat and
coin piogiams for another
year
A joint Senate-House com
mittee w.Il now attempt to
non out differences in the
house Version and the Senate
pasysed progiara which was
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Spotty Rains In County
Leave Some Areas Burned
For the most part, Lan- mg flowers in some instances
caster County remained in the nith the plants much below
gup ot a severe moistuie normal size.
shoitage this week The light
lain and drizzle which fell on
three days near the beginning
of the week failed to do any
good toward supplying the
much-needed moisture to corn
and tobacco crops and to hay
and pasture
The notable exception was a
belt thiough the southern end
of the county extending fiom
lust south of Quairyville to
south ot Knkwood Thunder
showeis in the area dumped
up to a half inch of ram in
some spots
While farmers in the south
ern section ot the county sa\ a
good, soaking rain is needed,
crops continue to make satis
factory giowth and aie not in
dangei of failing Fiom Lan
caster noith, ground is duer
and some corn crops aie being
pushed into tassel at two or
thiee feet shorter than 1101-
mal Tobacco crops aie push-
County Youths Attend
Cooperative Institute
Nine farm youth from Lan
castei County returned late
Thuisday from a tluee-day
annual Summer Institute of
the Pennsylvania Association
of Fanner Coopeiatnes
The young people, accom
panied by Cranfoid Brantlv
ot the Southeastern Pennsyl
vania Aitifieial Breedeis Co
operative and Simeon Hoi ton
of the Mount Jov Fanneis
Coopeiative, spent the thiee
davs. Julj 15 - 19 on the
campus of the Lock Hav en
State College
Eight of the youth repre
sented local chapters of Future
Farmers of America and one
represented the county 4-H
clubs. They are Carl Troop,
Quarryville R 3, Solauco FFA,
Judging School
At Witmer Farm
An invitation to dairymen
to attend a judging school .has
been sent out by the Lancas
ter County Guernsey Breedei s’
Association
The school will be held on
the farm of Raymond Witmer,
Willow Street HI. on July 2 3
at 9 am to 12:30 pm
Lee Yost, manager of Wyno
Farms, a long-established
Guernsey breeding faun, will
be the Instructor.
James B Lefeier secietai\-
tieasmer of the counti as
sociation said this week, We
can all learn from th.s com
petent judge of the Gueiiisev
cow "
The Witmer faim is located
on loute 222 just south ot
Pequea Creek.
$2 Per Year
Howeter farmeis interview
ed late in the week felt that
most coin and tobacco crops
could be sa; ed by a good soat-
Most felt that the critical point
mg rain within the next week,
is approaching beyond which
com crops will not recover
satisfactoi ilv
Cool nights hate been suffi
cient to refresh the corn crop,
hut with hot afternoons forcing
the crop into pre-mature
blooming, there was some con
cern that the tassels may pro
duce stei ile pollen
No Disaster Area
The tluee-man local agricul
ture disaster committee met
early this week and decided
that the countt was not an
emergency di ought area and
would not ask for federal aid
funds at this time
Most fanneis interviewed
this week were in agreement
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Leon Weaver, New Holland
Rl, Grasslands FFA; Dal®
Hostetler, Gap Rl, Pequea
Valley FFA. Glen B. Shultz,
Pequea Rl Penn Manor FPA;
IVlarlm Mver Manheim, Maa
heim FFA Thomas Spitler,
Sheudan, Ephiata Cloisters
FFA. Harmd Brubaker, Mt,
Joy Rl. Witness Oak FFA;
David L Keenei Elizabeth
town, Elizabethtown FFA, and
Dale Beaman, Bird-In-Hand,
County 4-H
These voung farm leaders
w r ere selected by the local
cooperative council to partici
pate with about 170 similar
youth in the Institute, ■which,
was sponsored by 32 local
cooperative councils in 43
Pennsylvania counties and the
Pennsylvania Association of
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FIVE-DAY
WEATHER
FORECAST
Saturday - Wednesday
Temperatures during th«
ne\t five days are expected
to average two to four de
grees below the normal
range of 6(» at night to 8f
in the atternoon. Warmer
weather Saturday will be
followed by cooling Sunday
and Monday. and warmer
Tuesday tin mug cooler again
by Wetinesdax. Onlx’ small
amounts ol precipitation
are expected during the
period with scatteied show
ers or thundei-bowers liho
lx late Saturdax 01 early
Sunda.x and again about
Tuesday.