VOL. 7 NO. -41 i 3 TALL CORN DID GROW IN LANCASTER COUNTY this year even though farmers in the northern section of the county did not see much of it Paul Trimble, left, Quarryville Rl, and his father, Daniel, inspect the ears on Paul’s 4- H project corn. The corn is just beginning to dent, and shows good sized ears. Plant population in the field is approximately 16,000 plants per acre. Much of the eern. in the northern section of the county does not stand as tall tassel and all as the ears in this field. L. F. Photo Farm Calendar Sept. 19-20-21—Solanco Fair in. Quarryi ille Sept. 19-1 p ni—Dairy judg ing at the Solanco Fair, Quarryville. Sept. 19 —State Junior Dairy Show in the Farm Show Building, Hainsburg. Sepf. 20 —State Black and White Dan> Hiovv in the Farm Show Building in Hai nsburg Sect. 20-1 pm—Swine judg ing at the Solanco Fair, in -Qnarryville. 2. pm—Judging of Baby Beet at the Solanco Fair. •1-30 p.m.—Southeast Penn- Tsyiyania Dairy Herd Im Keystone Future Farmer Officers Hold Leadership Training School Two Future Farmers return ed to Lancaster County Wed nesday from a three day Leadership Training Confer ence at the Pennsylvania State University. Paul Trimble. Quarryville R 1 and Clarence Bauman, of Lancaster R 7, both state FFA officers, along with nine othei state officers and the imme diate past president of the state association, spent the three da>s in intensive training tor their duties as officers in the coming year. Picture on Page 8 Trimble was elected treas- : nter. asd Bawo*d was pained. - Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 15, 1962 sentinel at the annual state convention at the University (Continued on Pago 8) Dairy Expert Asks Elimination Of Milk Orders Elimination of all “economic trade barriers’' m Federal Milk Marketing orders was urged Wednesday by a Wis consin Dairy Marketing Spe cialist Robert J Williams of the Wisconsin Department of Ag- nculture, a public hearing (Continued on Page 6) Lancaster County Corn Grew Tall In Some Areas Many farmers in the north ern pait of the county find it hard to believe that anything like a normal corn crop could be expected in Lancaster Coun ty this year But in the southern pait of the area, corn, while not as good as in a year with more regular rainfall, is tall and lank on many farm* On the Daniel Tumble farm at Chestnut Level this week the eais on the corn vveie head high m contiast to much corn in the noi them end of the county which is not head high - - tassel and all Nor is the tall coin confined to one farm Com in the southern halt of the county is generally several feet tallei than elsewhere in the countv The tall com on the Tumble farm is a newh-developed hy brid which was planted about May 10 at the rate of abou r 1G 000 plants per acre Be fore the corn was planted 400 pounds per acre of 15-10-10 Solanco Fair Schedule Opens County Season Nine bands have accepted an invitation to inarch in the Solanco Fair Parade next Fri day evening in Quarryville Solanco, which will kick off the county fair season with a thiee day exhibit next Wed nesdav. Thmsdav and Fndav, will offer a total of $3OO in pi ize monei for marching un its bands and floats The patade. beginning at 6 30 pm on Septembei 21 will open the piogram for the list night of the fan In toimer veais the parade sig naled the official opening ot the fair, but has been moved to the last night of festivities for the current exhibition. County Fairs On Schedule Next 3 Weeks Lancaster County’s Fair schedule will kick off next week with the Solanco exhibi tion at Quarryville, and come to a close on October 6 when the New Holland Fair closes In the meantime, fairs and farm shows at Lampeter, Man heim and Ephrata will per petuate the farm exhibitions in the Garden Spot Solanco’s program will run from Sept 19 thru Sept 21 with a full line of agricultural exhibits, judging and enter tainment. The 19G2 fair will mark the thirteenth annual exhibition at Quarryville The oldest county fair in continuous operation, the West Lampeter Community Fair, will get underway on Septem (Continued on Page 12) $2 Per Year was plowed down Two hum died pounds pei acre of 5-10- 10 was drilled in the row, and 320 pounds of 35 per cent Ammomun Nitiate was broad cast on the uVz acres after the corn was growing Trimble believes the extra nitrogen kept the corn growing and prevented firing of the lower leaves Trimble, wh* is shoit of ha\ as is many another dam man this year, is counting on his com silage to can’} much of the burden of the foiage piogiam this winter Thanks to rains that worn starting to come with morn neaih noimal regularity, eott moisture conditions - -and crop piospects -- weie much im pioied for the week ending Sept 10, the Pennsylvania Crop Repoitmg Set vice e*t« Tuesdai in its weekly crop and weathei summary. Arr nal ot eailv frosts, ending the gtowing season for eoiy (Continued on Page 9) Applications for a place in the line of march are still be ing- recened by parade chair man. Wendell Singles, Quarry ville, oi of the following committee members: Henry Martin, Carl Lefever, Howard Delong, James Ferguson, Mar tin Stonei. E\eiett Kreider and Jason Weaker Bands aliead\ scheduled to maich aie the Solanco junior and semoi bands Pequea Val le\. Lampetei-Strasburg, Twin Valle\ Columbia Gaiden Spot, CKtoid and Octoraia. The bands aie being sponsored by the following business organ izations in the Southern Lan caster Counts area: The Lan caster County National and Faimers National banks, Spen ce Motors. Ferguson Motors, Wiggins Chevrolfet, Business men of the Buck. Ross H. Roh rer and sons, Jr. Chamber of (Continued on Page 12) FIVE - DAY WEATHER FORECAST Saturday-Wednesday Temperatures during th© next five dajs are expected to axerage 2 to 7 degrees above the normal range of 57 at night to 77 in the afternoon. Warm weather through tile middle of th© period will give way to cooler temperatures near th© end of the period. Precipita tion is expected to total only about .2 of an inch falling as showers or thundershow ers on Saturday and again about Tuesday.
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