6—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 29, 1962
Crop Summary
Tobacco Harvest Near Completion
Tobacco ha: vest continued
to near completion this week.
A few scatteied fields weie
nipped by frost late last week
and the cooler vveathei slowed
growth and npening of the
ciops still in the fields.
Seedbed prepaiation and
seeding ot tall giams occupied
much of the time ot Lancastei
county fanners this week Silo
filling is still a major lain
job, but most coin is npening
slowly and only a tew scattei
ed reports of picking coni foi
giam have been leceived Be
cause of the shoit hay ciop
and the possibility of tiost
damage moie of the com ciop
is going into silage.
For the first time since last
April, the Pennsylvania Ciop
Repoi ting Service was able to
leport Tuesday in its weekly
crop and weather suinmaiv
that foi the week ending Sept
24 “soil moistuie was near
PENNSYLVANIA
ALL PONY SALE
OCTOBER 8,9, 10 1962
MARTIN’S SALES STABLES
Blue Ball, Pa., Lancaster County
PONIES AND EQUIPMENT
PAUL Z. MARTIN
Blue Ball, Pa.
Ph. Area 717 New Holland EL 4-6671
ERN
Can mean more profit from your herd.
Ask your feed dealer about ERN.
FISHER & SON OXFORD
Malvern & Lincoln U. GRAIN & HAY
A. L. HERR & Bro. Oxford
Quarrj ville CHAMBERS & SMITH
KIRKWOOD Elkview
FEED & GRAIN WEIGEL BROS.
Kirkwood Oxford
adequate for ciop needs m
most sections of the state.”
Even so, paits of the noith
east and west central sections
still needed ram. Frosts on
Sept 21 and 22 nipped com.
tobacco, potato and vegetable
ciops m manv places through
out the state Damp and cold
weather slowed down field
w oi k
held woik
The latest look at potato?.,
indicated thev aie sizing well
and aie of good quality, al
tnough the set is lighter than
nomial Many noithem tiei
gioweis lepoited they weie
haivesting a good ciop. Wet
weather hampered full scale
digging Recumng fiosts com
pleted vine kill in Bne Countv,
while m Cambna and some
eastern counties chemical vine
killer had to be applied.
Apple groweis were picking
Mclntosh, Delicious, Cortland
and Jonathan varieties. App
les were small but color and
duality were good Grape har
vesting and processing weie
well under way in Erie County.
Colder weather appealed to
be writing an end to tresh
vegetable crops Tomato ajid
sweet corn picking weie com
pleted. Some cabbage, brocco
li and cauliflower weie being
harvested.
Boots & Saddles
4-H Horse Club
Plans Meetings
By Caiol Sites, Repoiter
The pavilion located to the
lear ol the Landisville Fnc
Company was the location of
the monthly meeting of the
Boots and Saddles 4-H Light
Hoise and Pony Club last Fri
day.
The meeting was conducted
by Piesident, Haiold Grotf
Forthcoming activities weie
discussed, one of which was
the 4-H District Meet held at
Ludwig’s Coiner in Chestei,
County Satin day, September
22 nd
A trail nde will be held Oc
tober 21st, ndmg troni a
wooded aiea in Mont Joy R
D No. 2 to the Roether Stab
les, Manhenn R. D No. 3.
Immediately following the
adjournment of the meeting,
Mi and Mis Woodiow Sites
entei tamed the gioup with
slides of their tup to Chief
Handpnnt Fauns and the Gol
den H Ranch in Michigan and
of a Quaiter Hoise Faim at
Fan view in Ene County, Pa
The ne\t meeting of the
Club will be held October
12th. The meeting place will
be decided at a latei date.
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New Holland
ELgin 4-2146
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All local A-C dealeis will
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Paul Mai tin, local Company
Tepiesentative in commenting
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The Milwaukee visit will in
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STerling 6-2126