VOL. 7 NO. 4Q.
AARON GLICK LOOKS OVER SOME OF THE DAY’S production of eggs
from the 12,000 pullets in his new cage laying house. The fan on the wall draws
cooled air in through a humidifier to keep temperature down and moisture high
in- the room. The egg’ cases are kept in the room and are pre-conditioned before
eggs are packed into them. None of the moisture is drawn out of the fresh egg
a dry case. All the eggs shown have been washed and sanitized immediately
after gathering. The plastic fillers go through the automatic washer and into-
with the eggs. L. F. Photo
Tobacco Harvest Half Finished;
Winter Grain Seeding Begins
Tobacco harvest, on days
when weather would allow
kept many Lancaster County
farmers busy during the last
week. Estimates from around
thd county indicate that about
halt the crop is in the shed
or on scaftolds Some of the
later crops which were .slowed
Farm Calendar
Sept. 8 - 11 a m —State Ham
pshire Sheep Field Day at
,6reen Meadows Farms, of
Bareville
7:30 pm. - County FFA
championship softball game
between Solanco and Manor
Chapters at Buck on Rt. 72
«outh of Lancaster.
Sept. 10 -_7 •30 p.m. - County
Soil Consei vation District
meet at the court house.
Sept. 11 - 120 pm. - Eliz
abethtown FFA meeting m
the agriculture room of the
Elizabethtown High School.
Sept. 11 - 8 pm.—Manor
Young Farmers Association
meets m the Penn Manor
High School. Kyle Trout
will lead discussion on poul
try diseases and manage
ment.
Sept. 19—State Junior Dairy
Show in the Farm Show
Building, Harnshurg.
Sept. 20 - 7 30 pm —Man
heim Young Farmers Asso
ciation meeting in the Man
heim Cential High School
Beef cattle management; and
steer feeding
Sept. 19-20-21—Solanco Fair
m Quarry\ ille.
Sept. 22-10 a m.—District
t-H hors? and pony show
•t Ludwig- Corners Show
. ground^etojterXountjr.r
by the drought are still grow
ing and tanners were hopeful
most crops would mature be
fore a killing frost.
Reports from around the co
unty indicate that the drop
is fair to good in quality but
not as high as last year. The
thin leathery condition that
most growers feared did not
develop in the crops which
were saved b> the rains com
ing just at the critical time
Steady rains at last week
end and early this week have
put enough moisture in the
ground to get early planted
fall grams off to a good start
Preparation of seedbeds and
sowing of fall grams is get
ting under way with very
little wheat in the ground by
this week end, but many
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Frey Cow Makes High Lactation;
Witmer Herd Tops DHIA Averages
A registered Holstein cow
m the herd of J Mowfey
Frey, Jr , Lancaster R 7, finish
ed her lactation during July
with the highest 305 day but
terfat record in the Red Rose
Dairy Herd Improvement As
sociation.
The purebred Guernsey herd
of Raymond and Louise Wit
mer, Willow Street RX, had
the highest butterfat average
during the month
The Frey cow pioduced 24 -
209 pounds of milk with a 3 7
test and 889 pounds of fat
for the lactation. Second high
lactation record was produced
by a registered Holstein cow
in the herd of Clarence Keen
er. Manheim R 3. She produced
13,925 pounds of milk, 792
-pocuda of fat jmd • ■'-test 6t
i ii -i» 't if ii ir < i. n j
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 8, 1962
Tobacco Bed Covers Of
Plastic Look Promising
Could the use of plastic
covers over tobacco beds help
growers get plants of a larger
size into the field earlier and
thereby push tobacco harvest
into a more favorable time’
This is what Henry B
Engle, research Agronomist at
the Southeastern Pennsylvania
Research Laboratory at Lan
disville set out to discover last
spring
His results just recently
made available for publication,
indicafe that plastic does ap
pear to give the grower an
added jump on the weather
In addition, Engle says, the
use of plastic covers might
give some protection against
blue mold as well as insect and
5 7 in 305 days
The 46 Guernseys in the
Witmer herd had a monthly
average ot 1,198 pounds of
milk. 60 of butterfat
and a 5 0 test. Second high
monthly herd average was
made by the 19 registered
Holstems owned by Allen Lee
Stoltzfus. Honey Brook E.l
The Stoltzfus herd averaged
1,458 pounds of milk, 55
pounds of butter fat and had
a 3 8 test
Two other cows in the as
sociation had more than 700
pounds of butterfat during the
last lactation. Number 20, a
registered Holstein in the herd
of Paul Zimmer'man made 719
pounds of butterfat in 16,304
pounds of milk with a 4.4 test,
mu W. t
Caged Layer House Is
Family Job For Clicks
What does a faimer do
when he is toitunate euoungh
to have si\ sons and a des i«
to keep them on the farm’
One good answer is being
demonstrated by Aaion Click,
Quarryville R 2.
You give the boys enough
activ itv to keep them out of
Double and enough responsi
bility to keep them mteiested
in the farming business
But most important jou
teach them the jo> ot wo.k
and the pleasme of doing a
job well
Just about eight weeks ago.
Click completed a 276\.J2 feet
caged laver house and moved
12,000 pullets into the cages
Now the addition of 12 000
layers adds considerablj 'o
the work load on any tarm.
but with cooperation o. all
the members of a family
group, the woik load can be
smoothed out with hardly a
wrinkle.
The decision to build the
house came earlier this sum
mer when Click and his eldest
snail damage
Engle seeded three beds on
April 5 and the next day
covered one with the usual
cotton muslin, another was
covered with glass sash Be
cause the. plastic was not
available immediately the third
bed was not covered until April
17
Clear Polyethylene plastic
film two mils thick was used
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Specialist Warns
Of Danger From
Silo Gasses
Recent drought conditions
may cause farmers more pro
blems than the obvious ones of
reduced crop yields and poor
quality hay and pasture Dry
weather usually increases the
danger of silo gas and nitrate
poisoning, according to Rich
ard Adams. Penn State Uni
versity Dairy Specialist
Nitrogen dioxide gas even
in small amounts has been
fatal to many humans and ani
mals.
Even in cases not fatal,
nitrate poisoning may serious
ly afleet health, reduce milk
prduction. and interfere with
norm il leproduction Ti’e most
alarming aspect of nitrate
pomsoning is that symptoms,
even lethal ones, do not show
up until several days aftei e\-
posare.
Large applications of nitro
gen fertilizer, combined with
unfavorable growing condi-
$2 Per Year
sOk Samuel, w r ho is 16. decid
ed they could manage the ex
tia woil with the help ot
John, 13, Marvin 10, and
Kenneth, 7 Since the pullets
ln\e been in the house, the
Clicks find that even Merle,
who is “tour almost five” and
E\m who is onl> uiree, pitch
m ind help with the garnering
ot the eggs
fetoie building the new
poultiy bouse, Click kept only
.trout 2 000 lajers >n floor
tv pe pens He still has these
Lens m acidit on to the new
p,i 1 lets in tno aiges
Lut poult’v was not thf only
chore-time consideration on the
tarm The Clicks milk about
60 head of high grade and
purebred Holstems and have
about JO head of replacement
stock They hone to eventual
ly work into a completely re
glstere 1 herd ot black-and
w hite»
To feed the 90 head, moat
of the 167 acres in the home
farm as well as the 50 acres
of rented ground is planted,
to corn and hay Thirty acres
of additional hay ground is
leased and harvested each
year. The nine acres of to
bacco represents the only ma
jor cash crop on the farm.
About 15 acres of wheat are
planted each yea” but, “most
ly for the straw and as a
nurse crop for hay,” Click
said
“I decided we would need
a larger operation with the
boys growing up,” Click said.
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Prices are Up
To Farmers;
Costs are Steady
The mde\ of prices receiv
ed bj farmers during the mon
th ended August 15 increased
nearly two per cent during
the month, accoiding to a re
port by the U S Department
of Agriculture Crop Reporting
Service,
Higher prices for fruit, live
stock and Irvestock prices acc
ounted for the increase which
was partially offset by gener-
lower crop prices, except
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FIVE - DAY
WEATHER
FORECAST
Saturday -W ednesday
Temperatures during the
next five days aic expected
to average two to seven de
grees below the normal ran
ge of 58 at night to 79 in tho
afternoon. A moderating
trend over the vv eek end will
bo followed b> a return to
cooler weather b.v Monday.
Precipitation maj total 0.1
to 0.5 inch falling mainly
Sunday or Sunday night, <