VOL. B—NO. 8
Milk Co-op Official Lauds
SOLANCO YOUNG FARMERS > installed new officers at a meeting in the Milk Coiltrol CoDlinissioil
agriculture room of the Solanco High School Thursday night. Seated, left to
right are president, Clyde Aument, Holtwood Rl; vice president, Clifford Hollo- Without the Pennsylvania
way, Peach Bottom; secretary, James Lefever, Quarryville R 3. Standing, left to Mllk Control Commission,
right are chaplain, George Knight, Quarryville R 2; executive committee member, “any county dairymen would
JohnEsbenshade
K 3. Not' present for the picture were reporter, Dale Tlerr, Kirkwood; - and - exe— prices for theif milk dai n
cutivd committee members, Charles Schreiber, Jr., Quarryville R 2, and Thomas were told Thursday.'
Galbreath, Peach Bottom. L. F. Photo Dr. James E Honan, manag
er of the Interstate Milk Produ
cers Cooperative, speaking at
the annual 'banquet of the
Quarryville and Southern Lan
caster County locals, cited the
example of two milk companies
in New Jersey which notified
producers they did not need
any more milk because they
could buy it cheaper from out
of state This could happen in
Pennsylvania, he said, “I hope
it does not.”
Seedsmen See Shortages
Of Clover and Alfalfa
Drought conditions in Lan
caster County last summer
combined with adverse condi
tions in. seed producing areas
in the West to create what may
be the most serious legume
seed shortage in a decade.
If reports from seed houses
around the county are accurate,
Pennscott red clover and sev
eial of ithe more popular lines
of alfalfa are in extremely
short supply with orders runn
ing well ahead of last year.
Most of the seed suppliers
in the county are urging farm
eis to survey seed needs now
and place orders early or be
satisfied with the forced sub
stitutions.
Farm Calendar
Jan. 28-29 all day Penn
sylvania Vegetable Growers
Ass’n meeting at Penn State.
Jan. 28. 7-30 p m Coun
ty Future Farmers meet at
Lampetfer-Strasburg High
Jgchool.
h. 29 7 15 pm Mew
Holland Young Farmers
class on advanced welding
at the New Holland High
School.
Farm Women society num
bei 3 made donations of $5O
to the Ephrata Recreation Cen
tei and $25 to the Cancer Fund
at a recent meeting in the
Jan. 29-30-31 Regional Ag- home of Mrs Harold Geliman,
nculture Extension admin- Reuiholds R 1
istrators meeting in the Co- Mrs John Edwards .
coa Inn, Heishey. FLOYD IMES . ports of the state convention .n
Feb. 1 6 pm Red Rose The geed Qn ert Paul made delegates’ le
Baby Beef and Lamp Club type, which has looked very Dlocur(Mi before the short- "'illiam Eberlv, and Mu, Gilb
annual banquet at the Penn good in tests during the last p Harrisburg earlier this month
Manor High School. ' two years. The state expen- (Continued on Page 4) (Continued on Page 12)
We.surveyed several of the
major seed suppliers in the
county to find out just how
the local situation stands at
present
Following is what they had
to say
FLOYD IMES, Manager of
Seed Operations
Penns j Ivanla Farm Bureau
Cooperative Ass'n.
At present we have a pretty
decent supply of alfalfa seed
with the exception of DuPuits
which is controlled by North
nip King We are recommend
ing Orchies, another Flemish
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 26, 1963
meat station will release no
data on a line until it has
been under tests for three
years, but we feel it is a good
substitute for DuPults We will
have enough of this to supply
the demand.
With Pennscott red clover
we had to allot early orders
We now have 20,00 0 pounds
on hand, so we are in good
shape, but not ieall> in long
supply
Eierything in the glass line
appears to be ample There is
a lot of iye grass around Penn
lawn red fescue and Kentucky
31 tall fescue in short sup
ply and unusually high in pu
ce
Faimers should be warned
to be on the look out for poor
timothy seed There is some
timothy seed around wnth low
geimmation rates We don’t
want it and we don’t want far
mers to use it What we are
afraid will happen is that they
will use up the good seed first
and some of this poor seed will
find its wa yinto (the trade
Seed orders from local Farm
Bureau associations appear to
be running well ahead of last
year on alfalfa, clover and
grass Corn seed is about even
with last year
Although we had a drought
last year, we had a better corn
crop than we anticipated Some
of the growers in Lehigh Leb
anon, Fulton, Lycoming fid
Clinton Counties used nliga
tion I believe we will be able
to take care ot our oiders 100
pei cent There may be some
larmeis who still have to sub
stitute some lines, but we ha\e
logical substitutes tor all \ar
leties
Farm Management Expert
Analyzes Poultry Business
Poultrymen were told Mon
day night they have been putt
ing too much emphasis on eggs
per bird and ovei looking othei
factors that might retiu n a
gi eater net piofit
Janies Hall, faim manage
ment specialist florn the Penn
sylvania State University told
the 75 persons at the annuil
meeting of the Lancaster Coun
ty Poultry Association that the
top five money making flocks
out of 32 flocks in a compie
hensne record analysis did not
necessarily have the highest net
leturn
Records on the 32 farms
Farm Women 18
Are Entertained
Miss Deborah Lawrence eu
tei tamed menroers or Faim
Women Society IS recent!} at
a meeting in the home of Mis
Robert Good, Rohrerstown
The young pianist played
two solos, ‘‘Hungarian Rhap
sody No 2", by Franz Listz i
and "Bumble Boogie”, by Jack
Fma
Mrs Benjamin Greider was
in charge of the meeting
Thirty members answered roll
call Devotions were led by
Mrs Earl Diehm
Mis Melvin Hess. Mrs J
Wilbur Carper and Mrs. David
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Farm Women 3
Make Donations
thioughout the state showed a
net loss ot 0 3 cents a dozen on
all eggs produced last year, but
the top five flocks returned 2.8
to 7 5 cents a dozen for man
agement alter all labor costs
weie charged at $1 25 per
hour.
He listed five factors that
contributed to the high returns
to the top fie flocks They
were high feed efficiency (4 2
to 4 6 pounds of feed per doz
en eggs), good labor efficiency
(1 3to 1 6 minutes per dozen);
better than average puces, low
(Continued on Page 12)
He said we still have an over
supply of milk but he does not
“look for the 'Federal Govern
ment to make a move toward
production controls”, but ( the
thought of controling produc
tion needs to be considered.
(Continued on page 8)
New Holland 4-H
Elects Officers
Leon Weaver, New Holland
El, was elected president of
the New Holland 4-H 'Baby
Beef club last Friday at the
home of Janet Groff, Bareville
El.
Othei officers elected were
•vice president, Ross Mary Nolt,
Bareville, secretary, Ruth Ann
High, Bareville, treasurer,
William Fisher t East Earl El;
game leadeis, Janet Groff
Baieville El. and Fred Nolt,
New Holland news reporter,
John Campbell, New Holland.
Lester M Weaver, New Hol
land El; Harvey High, Bare
ville, Chester Nolt, Bareville,
and John Lapp, Bareville El,
are the club leaders.
The next meeting of the club
will be held February 22 at
7.30 pm in the home of
Leon and Larry Weaver, New
Holland El. William and Rob
ert Fisher, East Earl El, will
present a demonstration on
making a rope haltei.
FIVE-DAY
WEATHER
FORECAST
Temperatmes
next five dins are expected
to average six to 12 degrees
below the normal range of
1 at night to ;«) in the af
ternoon. Temperatuies will
moderate thiongh Sunday
and turn much colder again.
Mondaj and Tuesday. Pre
cipitation ma> total 0.1 to
O.r, inch (melted) occurring
as snow about Sundaj or
Mondaj.
Mis
$2 Per Year
the