iVOL. 8 NO 4
County Agriculturists
light Changes Predicted
a County Farm Picture
ARNOLD G. L.UECK
Assistant County Agent
The farming outlook
i year ahea4 appears to
*tty much the same as I
.nation as was this pi
>.r. No really big chanj
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ARNOLD Cr. LUBCK
anticipated.
The beat managerial ski
ible Wins
H Com Show
il Trimble, Quarryvi
who has fought a s<
battle for the Lancast
ty 4-H corn clrampio
with his brother Donate
the past six years, carried
■ the rosette again Thun,'
in a field of 18 entries
Id’s exhibit placed third.
Paul, the IS year old sor
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Tr:
won the corn champi
at the state Farm Sh
January after finish:
>nd to Don in county oc
ition.
The ten-ear exhibit of Pi
rr 3131 was planted
12 after 600 pounds
0-10 fertilizer was plow
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m Calendar
3 12:30 p.m.
;nty ..adult and PFA to
bacco 'Show to be held in
the Farm Bureau Building
sement, Dillerville Road,
mual meeting ot County
bacco Grorwers Associa-
I'on at same time.
7-12 Annual Pennsyl
■nia Slate Farm Show.
iW opening Monday
with Address by Gov-
will be needed to realize any
inciease in net incomes. Plan
ning in using present resour
ces of land, laibor and capital
for maximum efficiency will
of course be sorely needed as
an) adjustments are made or
even contemplated
Larger units of production,
are certainly „ not always the
only .alternative in earning
more from alread> high in
vestments
' ' Paul 'Trimble, right, Quarryville Rl, and David
Funk, Washington Boro Rl, compare corn samples
that won the grand and reserve championship rosettes
at the 4-H corn club roundup Thursday. The roundup
was held in conjunction with the 4-H tobacco show at
the Bayuk Cigar Company warehouse on North Water
Street, Lancaster. L. F. Photo.
if tocetinjpw’
From the Staff of
Lancaster Farming
Farm Bureau
Sales Go Over
$ Four Million
Patron purchases through
the Lancaster County Farm
Bureau totaled over $4 mill
ion last year for the first time
in the 28 year history of the
cooperative, it was announced
yesterday at the co-op’s an
nual meeting in the Manheim
Township High School.
The only commodities show
ing a decline from the previ
ous year were petroleum pro
ducts, tires and twine. Peed
was the big gainer going from
$1,577,471 in 1961 to ?1,725,-
349 this year. This represents
an increase of 3,455.75 tons
of purchased feed, according
the John Wolgemuth, Assist
(Contlaned oa page s)'
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 29, 1962
Look To
CLYDE \VI\ELL
Livestock Farmer
I fee! wo are riding high I
think we are due foi a change
m price and I ha\e unloaded
all my heavy cattle
I think most steer feeders
are getting a better price than
they expected Beef prices are
still not too high—l mean 30
cents is not a high price for
fat cattle compared to the
price of everything else, hut
I believe it is a lot better
than a lot of feeders expected
The price ot feed is working
up. but there is still, jsome
money to be made in the steer
feeding business There are a
lot of cattle around Nearly
Richard Buckwalter, right, Lititz 3, took the grand
championship rosettes in both the wrapper and filler
divisions of the 4-H tobacco club roundup Thursday at
the Bayuk Cigar Company warehouse on North Water
Street, Lancaster. Ben Mann, tobacco broker and judge
of the contest examines a leaf of the high quality hand.
L. F. Photo.
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Conditions In 1963
e\ery feeder I know is feeding grow foi the straw rather
more head than he ei er did than the gram, and a little
and I’m afiaid someone is go- com we hate in surplus.
mg to get trapped Them are . The danv p]cture looks as
a lot of cattle on feed, and lf there be a Ilttle more
there is a lot of corn m cho milk shgMly 10 - wer
west Feeders still seem to be , . , .
, . . , , somewhat higher costs, and
in a plentuul supply now ... , -
theiefore lower net
CLYDK WIVFXLi
when they are usually starting. 4-H Tobacco
to get scarce _ ‘
,1 think we will get good to- Jg OV
hacco prices this year We have |
a good sound crop and the Jtv, OUCkW2tll6r
buyers know it We have one
of the best crops we have had
in years. I hope they give us
a fair shake on it The weight
is good, but it cured out
sound.
PAUIj ANKRUM
Bairy Farmer
Our major income comes
•from the sale of milk, outside
of a little wheat which we
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$2 Per Year
Richard K Buckwalter, 13,
■the son of Mr and Mrs. Rich
ard Buckiwalter, Latitz R 3,
swept the county 4-H Tobacco
■club roundup, Wednesday, tak
ing the grand championships
in both the wrapper and filler,
classes
In his third year of tobacco
cluh work, Richard planted
Swarr-H.ibsh.Tnan on 38 inch
rows and spaced the plants
28 inches on the row He
plowed down 15 tons otf man
ure on corn stalks that had
followed clover in the rota
tion. He added 300 pounds of
4-12-16 fertilizer to the acre.
The crop was topped at 14
leaves and sprayed with M-H
30 to stop sucker growth.
The tobacco was not irri
gated and got off to a slow
start, but late rains “saved
the crop", Richard said
'Richard won the grand
championship filler class at
the Pennsylvania State Farm
Show in 1961
Richard teaman, 2554
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FIVE-DAY
WEATHER
FORECAST
Near normal temperatures
are expected lor the next
five days with little day to
day change. It will be slight
ly warmer over the week
end. Xormal temperatures
for this time of year range
from 40 in the afternoon
to 33 at night. Precipitation
may total 0.1 to 0.6 inch
(melted) falling as light
snow or snow flurries most
ly In tlie mountain areas.
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income,