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CO Ui Soil Conservation Contest For Future Farmers Is Renewed 8M The Pennsylvania Associa. speech phase, a boy must be_ tion of Soil Conservation Dis. long to a chapter .participat tncts will again sponsor a mg in the first phase of the soil and water conservation contest. award program £Ol chapters In addition to the cup for of Future Farmers of Ameri- the state winner, the chapter Charles Gillette, retiring of $175, $lOO, and $5O, while president of the association the speech contest has cash announced this -week that the popular program is being f* i.* sponsored m cooperation with continues the state Soil Conseivation rat «* j | y t , Commission, U S Soil Con- I O lVlemDet*S tilt seivation Service and Voca. tional Agriculture Dms.on of Hamburg Farmers 1.1 the Department of Public In. thlb State who ,ost much of struction, under a -grant from then forage cr °P s becaUbe ° f The Sears-Roebuck Founda- the drought this past Summer t]on have used moie than 4000 The prog.am cons.sts of two tolis ot feed ra. pa.ts An evaluation of the t,ons m the first two months conservation activities of par. of operat,on Farm Bureau’s t.c.pating FFA chapters has- dlsaster rell ®f Program, ac. ed on a score sheet submitted cord,n § to the faimer.owned by the chapter will make up cooperative's general manag. one .phase of the contest. An el ’ George G Connor About evaluation of conservation * alf of this tonna S e was in speeches prepared and made a -' m P or,te<J from the south by membeis of participating an ml - chapters will form the second Greatest impact of the part of the contest, but to be drought was felt m the cen_ eligible to compete in the lal and south central sections For Prompt, Courteous Service, In Bags or Bulk, Call . . . Lancaster 394-0541 New Holland Quarryville ST 6-2126 354-2146 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 17, 1962 contest carries cash awards Manheim 665-2466 awards of $5O, $3O, and s2* for individual boys. Kegional awards of $5O and $25 for chapters and $3O and $lO for individuals have als* been provided. Chapters desiring to enter the contest aie requested to complete an application form and return it to the Area Ad visor of Vocational Agncul. tuie before January 1, 1963. Hay Shipment By Drought of the State where dairy and tnestock operation are greater in size and number Improved weather condi. tions in late August and Sep tember enabled many farmers, to make up some of their forage losses with late hay cuttings However few har vested enough of the crop to carry them very far through the winter months For this reason, Connor said, Farm Buieau will con_ tmue its emergency program as long as it is needed. Connor remarked the pro. gram not only has made hay, citrus and beet pulps and e*_ tender feed available, “it also nipped in the bud a black market which threatened to push prices of hay to unwar ranted high prices ’’ “Our farmer organization* responded quickly and ade quately to the emergency," the Cooperative manager not ed, “ enabling many farmers to survive the early stages of this crisis We have brought hay from points as distant as 'Minnesota, and pulp supplies from the deep south and far west ” “Reduced freight fates ■made it possible for many of these supplies to be moved without creating extra flnaxt. cial burdens on the farmers.** “This cooperation by the railroads and by many in the trucking industry has won praise from farmers in the livestock industry,” Connor said “Without this kind of cooperation, many livestock growers may have been forc_ ed to reduce their herds, or even may have been forced out of business ” “Although the greatest danger has passed, supplies of hav and extender feeds pro_ babU will move in nearly the same volume as m the past two months until farmers again can harvest hay crops next Spring ” New Holland Young Farmers Hold Classes David Yoder, General Man ager of the Southeastern Penn, sjlvama Artificial Breeders Cooperative, and SPABjC per. sonnel will present a program on Breeding and Reproduc, tion Problems in Dairy Cattle at the next meeting of the Garden Spot Young Farmers Association The meeting is scheduled to begin at 7 15 p m in the Vocational Agriculture De partment of the Gaiden Spot High School Men Holland, on November 20 R Gene Daugherty, advisor for the young adult farmer group, says all farmers are encouraged to attend the 13
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