VOL. 7 NO. 45 4 - MR. AND MRS. LLOYD G. FLORY, Lititz R 2, look over the flock of 12 ewes and the lambs they dropped in late August and early September. The normal lambing time for most breeds of sheep is from December through February, but the Dorset! breed sometimes produces two crops of lambs a year. L. F. Photo Two Lambs This Year In Lititz Sheep Flock A dozen sheep on a farm north of Lititz got their cal endar mixed up this year and produced two sets of lambs The unusual double lamb ing Occuned on the farm of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd G Flory, Lititz R 2, who puichased the ewe»-last February with lambs at their sides. The Florjs weaned the lambs in Maich and fattened them for market Late in Au gust the ewes began lambing again and bj the Hist week in September oieiv ewe in the flock had diopped at least one lamb Foui sets of twins wei e included. Last week some of the eives had alread\ weaned then lambs and luue been rebied, an extiemelv unusual occim- Farm Calendar Oct. 17-19 Fifteenth annual conference of Soil Conser vation Distuct directors at tiro Abraham Lincoln Ho teb In-Reading. At 8 p m. on the 17th officers and agency heads will meet. The ann ual banquet is at 6 30 p.m o» Oct. IS. At S 30 am. on the 19th, a tom of Lancas ter-Countv will begin. Oct. 18 7 pm County 4-H beekeepeis roundup at 910 State Stieet, Lancas ter. Count} Honey Produc ers meeting to follow. 7:30 pm. Manheim Young Farmeis meet in the high school building. Dis cussion of Fai in Laws. 7:30 p ni. County Agri cultural Council meets at the Production Credit Build in®,. Roseville Road. Pinal reports on Business-Farm 4»y.. ence with moist breeds of sheep Normally the lambs haie to be taken away from the ewes to complete the wean ing ptocess The sheep, 10 Dorsetts and two giade Suffolk*, were pm (Contmued on Page 6) Business-Farm Day Is Counted Huge Success Business ner. went “dow r n on the farm' Thursda% and fiom all reports about the only tmng that suffered weie some diets The tourth annual obser vance o: Business-Farm day sponsored by the Lancaster Chamber of Commerce ar ranged for city and county m duatnalists to spend" tbe day as the guests of their country cousins The day included, not only discussions of the farm ers’ problems and problems of mutual interest, but sump tions “lunches” prepared by the good farm wives of the county. The day of festivities con cluded with a panel discus sion in the auditorium of the Conestoga Valley High School. The panel of Levi Brubaker. Rohrerstown, Mark Myer, Lampeter; Amos Funk, Mill ersville. and Me’vci Stoltzfus. Ronks Rl, and was moderated by county agent Ma\ M Smith. The panePsts emphasized that the cost-price squeeze is still a potent factor in to day's complex farming set-up with labor representing one ot the biggest cost problems. The panelists said they be lieved. that the family farm (Continued on Page 9) Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 13, 1962 Judging Teams Return Home With Honors Harold J Brubaker. Mount Joi Rl, returned home this week from the National Dam cattle congress in Waterloo, lowa with a blue ribbon for judging and two head of pure bred cattle for his faim. Brubaker, who won first place m the Pennsylvania Fut ure Farmers of America dairy judging classes at the annual state contention in June, was a member of the three-man HAROLD BRUBAKER team representing the state in the national FFA contest The team, competing under a Dan ish scoring sjstem, ranked in the top 10 teams and received a gold plaque The two head of cattle for Brubaker's herd were pur chased from the purebred Brown Swiss herd of Dr John A .McKitnck. Dublin, Ohio The cows, one a three year old and one an aged cow, have both been classuied Excellent. Dr McKitrick's herd is re ported to contain a greater number of Excellent cows than any either herd ip the nation, (Continued on Page 6) PFA Presid ;nt Predicts Fight With City Cousins The biggest battle farmeis> face in the futine is with cu\ people the piesident of the Pemisthama Faimeis Asso ciation tol-d 170 countv mem beis at their annual banquet Tnestin night In concluding a speech which attacked the L T S Su pieme Couit and the U S De paitment of Agncultme Gei ald A Biags snd ‘We lia\e tinned the legislatne tide now let s lei the tide i oil awa\ fiom these socialistic tiend- At the state level the biggesi battle of the futme will be beween cite people and us In Washington it is the battle ot big goienuueut against the jieople ’ The legislatue tide of which Biggs spoke included the ponltvv leteiendum which the American Farm Bureau Federation, parent organiza tion of the PFA, opposed Biggs said the poultiy refer endum was ‘ the most disas terous deteat known in the historj of farm legislatim ” Tobacco Experts Predict Stable Market Prices Tobacco Co., representa tives expressed cautious opti mism Thursday night at a meeting of the Lancaster Count} Voung Farmers Asso ciation at Lampetei-Strasbmg High School A panel of three men repie sentmg tobacco leaf opeiations in Lancaster geneiallv agieed that the situation mav not be a-s bad as it appeals on the suifate E\en though imen- Marketing Co-op For Vegetables Is Proposed Formation of a Fruit and Vegetable 'Marketing Cooper ative for Lancaster County will be the subject of a meet ing Next Wednesday evening. Such a cooperative has been suggested, but producers have asked for a meeting to discuss the need for the organization, possible market outlets, finan ces. producer interest and support, and other factors. County Agent Max M Smith said this week. The meeting, scheduled to begin at 8 p m , October IT m the Farm Cooperative build ing. Dillervilie Pike, is open to all vegetable and fruit pro ducers and other interested persons m the county. Smith said Smith said this open meet ing will be a good chance for producers to meet and discuss some of the marketing probl ems of the industry. $2 Per Year Biggs said in Russia today people hie in fear because thei hate no rehgeous freed om and a lack ot plentiful food “We hate a gieat fear”, lie said "because there are m teiests in oiu all-powerful cential go\eminent that would destine oui Cluistian piinci ples and oui plentiful supply ot toad ’ Diggs called Secietarv of Agnculuue a smooth politi cian and said thesecietaij ad mits he is no faimei ‘Pie (the secietan ) is gear ed to his job be Di Willard Coclnan, an e\peit ’ Biggs said Di Cochran, a former pro fessoi of Agriculture econo mics at the Pennsylvania State Uimersitv, came in for moie abuse when Biggs said, "Dr Cochian sais >ou do not own the land on which yoa hie You only hate title to it.” Continuing, Biggs said. “It (the land) belongs to all the (continued on page 7) tones of Peansilvatua seed leaf filler tobacco are at a 10 j ear high, there are other cir cumstances which alter the situation toward a more fav o;ah!e picture tor the grower. IVhile none of the three would sa\ just how much in fluence the Cuban situation, w ill affect the local market, theie was general agieement that the lack of imports of Havana leaf would probably be substituted in pait with type 41 seedleaf Fiauk T Greenstem mana ger of the leaf dn ision of Con solidated Cigar company said ■buyeis would like to see more tobacco hand suckered, but he added that the bu> ers realized that the use of M.H.-30 to control suckers would probab- (Continued on Page 9) FIVE - DAY WEATHER FORECAST Temperatures during the next five days are expected to a\era<io four to seven de grees above the normal range of 40 at night to 67 in the afternoon. Cooler temperatures are expected on Saturday giving way to warmer weather Sunday and cooling somewhat again by Monday. Precipitation may total 0.1 to 0.5 inch falling as showers and possible thundershowers the latter part of Sunday and again Tuesday.
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