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VOL. 8 NO. 17
MEMBERS OF THE SOLANCO YOUNG FARMERS tour discuss the 100
head milking string of Broitfn Swiss and Holstein on the Needmore Farm, Earl
ville, Md., with the owner George Fry, far right. Others are Raymond Mueller,
Cecil County (Maryland) agent, William Fredd, Solanco teacher of vocational ag
riculture; Amos Rutt, tour chairman; Clyde Aument, president of the Solanco
Young Farmers association and Mrs. Aument, Mrs Clair DeLong, and Clair De-
Leng, a member of the Young Farmer chapter. The tour included a trip to Win
terhall Holstein Farms and the Aberdeen Proving Grounds. L. F Photo.
Solanco Young Farmers Gn Tour
Of Army Base and Maryland Farms
Fifty three 'Southern Lan- ing Grounds and a member of
caster County Young Farmers the Solanco Young Farmers
and their families spent day Chapter, conducted a guided
touring farms and a military tour of the installation where
installation in Maryland on the group saw army trucks and
Wednesday of this week. tanks go through a senes of
Hay Wiles, a civilian em- maneuvers on the testing
ployee at the Aberdeen Ptov- course.
At Needmore Farms near
_ _ _ _ Cecilton, Maryland, the group
tVtM ■ tlßNllli* saw a loose housing dairy op
■ 3rHl ValOllUOl oration where 100 head of
Brown Swiss and Holstein cows
Apr. 1. S pm. County are la a milling parlor
Sheep Producers meeting in up
the 'Farm Bureau Coopera- George Fry, owner of the
tive building, Billerville explained that he raises
oa *'‘ hay, corn and soybeans as well
Apr. 2 7:15 pm. New as wheat -for sale on the 1,000
Holland Young Farmers acre farm In addition to feed
farm mechanics class m the for the cattle The dairymen
New Holland High School
8 p.m County 4-H Lead
ers council executive board
meets at the home of Wilbur Cf-i. I_J 0 _
Houser. Lampeter. fcjiaie FIaS
Bpm Southern Lancas- OD_ 1. D] a n
■ter County 4-H Holstein ® UUll IkO
club meets in. the Solanco P rtl . /"Vm cm»*rs* f
Junior High School, Quarry- 1 VAMI&CrViIUOU
Ville,
A new eight point conserva-
Apr. 3—430 p m —■County turn program for Pennsvlvama o • s*
Teachers of Vocational Agn- lias been announced by the ijWIIIC Cll*OW6fS
cultuie meet-m the Garden Pennsjlvama Association ot
Spot High School, New Hoi- Soil Conservation District Dir- Flan Banquet
land. ectors, Amos Punk, president ~
6:30 p.m. County Swine said this week. Three directois will be elec-
Producers annual banquet at The program calls for eatab- ted at the annual banquet of
thej?lam and Fancy restau- hshment of a Water Research the County Swine Producers
Center to be operated bv the Association next week.
Anr n fi-an n m Pirent U. S. Department of Asncnl
and Son banquet of the Man- ture, acceleration of land in- Tbe ban( luet, scheduled to
'or FPA in the Penu Manor ventor.es in the common- »egm at 630 p m on April
High School cafeteria wealth, improvement of Rural- 65n tlle ? 5111(1 F,lnc ; Fes "
g bcnooi earner a. Urban cooperation recognition taurant. Intercourse, will fea-
Apr. 6 10 a.m. State As- cooperation, recognition speech by Dean Wolf
-sociation of Soil Conserva- dlstnct activities, * JJISw of Extract^specia
t-. . . . step up m watershed construe- a special
*ion District Directors meet publication of a conserva- issue of a national .farm mag
i« the Autoport,, State-Col- tlon ’ Publication ° r a conser>a * 2ine .
; op .Page ; 11 $ .
Tant, Intercourse,
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 30, 196,3
Shepherds To
Hold Meeting
A County-wide sheep meet
ing has been scheduled, for all
Lancaster County shepherds to
he held on Tuesday evening,
April 2, at_ SCO pm. in the
basement of the Farm Credit
Association, 411 West Rose
ville Road, Lancaster.
ißen Morgan, Livestock Ex
tension Specialist from Penn
sylvania State University will
he the main speaker He will
discuss the sheep situation in
the country as well as discuss
recommended feeding and
management practices. Morgan
is also in charge of importing
western ewes into Penna
any growers wanting to order
ewes this summer should be at
this meeting
Dr George B. Smith. Fed
eral Veterinarian, at the Lan
caster Union Stock Yards, will
also attend this meeting to dis
cuss the Sheep Scabies eradi
cation program; he will also be
able to answer questions relat
ing to sheep disorders and m
ter-farm shipments
Small Wheat Growers May
Vote In May Referendum
Wheat growers who produce
less than 15 acres will be eli
gible to vote in the scheduled
wheat referendum if they in
dicate their desne to do so by
returning' t h e'l r wheat
allotment notice to the countv
Agriculture Stabilization and
'Conservation office, an ASC
field serviceman said Tuesday.
Arnold Pinay said since
onoie than SO per cent of the
growers in Lancaster County
fall into the “under 15 acres”
category thousands of county
■farmeis could be added to the
voting lists However, unless
the wheat allotment cards aie
returned to the office at least
seven days pnor to the refer
endum in late 'May or early
June, the growei will not be
eligible to vote
Previously only growers w-ho
produced 15 or more acres of
wheat could vote in a national
referendum Refen mg to the
1964 wheat program. Pmav
said, "The 15 acre rule (ex
emption) as gone It is no lon
ger on the books ”
Pmay exphuiVed that under
the 19 64 program the small
fanner would he given an al
lotment of 10 per cent under
his 1959-61 harvested acreage
or 'his previous allotment
v hichever is larger
■lf a small wheat grower
signs to rote and the referen
dum is approved, he will have
to stay within his allotment or
be subject to stiff overplanting
penalties. Signing to vote in
Farm
Bureau To Begin
Receiving Tobacco Crops
The new tobacco cooperatne
formed under the Pennsylvan
ia Farm Bureau will begin re
ceiving 1962 crop tobacco
about Wednesday of next v eet.
Richard Hann of the state
Farm Bureau said this week
Guthion Is Okay
For Spring Spray
On Alfalfa
Guthion lias been cleared for
spring application on alfalfa,
according to Harold Mengle,
crops manager for the Eastern
States Farmers Exchange
Speaking at a soils and for
age meeting of cooperame
member farmers in the Willow
Street area, Tuesday night,
Mengle said the Food and Drug
Administration cleaied Guth
lon for spring application just
this week He recommended
the chemical for use on alfal
fa which had not been sprajed
with Dieldrin or Hepitficblor
last fall. Guthion is effective
against alfalfa weevil, spittle
bugs and leaf hoppers, he said,
but is more effective against
some than others. He did not
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$2 Per Year
the referendum automatically
puts a farmer in the program
if it is approved
The farmer with 15 acres or
less who does not sign up to
vote may not participate in the
piogram even if it is approved
in the referendum He may,
however, plant up to the aver
age amount of wheat he raised
in 1959-61, but will not be eli
gible for price supports of div
ersion payments
If a small wheat grower
farmer signs up to vote and
the referendum loses, he may
ignore his allotment and plant
all the wheat lie wishes to
grow without penalty, but w’lll
not be eligible for price sup
ports
If the small farmer signs to
vote and the referendum pas
ses he will be eligible for price
supports at the national aver
age (Approximately ?2 00 per
bushel) on SO per cent of his
production which he will sell
under certihcate The remain
ing 20 per cent will be support
ed at the national average for
feed gram (about ?1 30 per
bushel).
If the small farmer electa
not to vote he may grow wheat
up to his small farm base but
will not be eligible for price
supports or for payments for
diversion It he grows over his
small farm base, he will be
subject to marketing penalties.
If the farmer elects to vote
and, the referendum passes, he
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Final anangements for,
warehousing and laboi to han
dle the crops were being made
late this ■week, Hann said. The
cooperative plans to lease one
warehouse in the city and pro
bably several barns m the
county to stole the crop
Farmer signup began this
week at a meeting m White
Horse followed by two meet
ings at New Holland and two
at the Lancaster Office of the
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FIVE - DAY
WEATHER
FORECAST
Tempo atures during the
next tite chut, are expected
to ateiage eight or more de
crees shot e the normal
range of 37 at night to 57 in
the afternoon. Mann leath
er Satnrdaj is expected to
turn a little cooler Sunday
and Monday and narni again
Tuesday and Wednesday.
Precipitation may total 0.3
to 0.5 inch falling mainly as
scattered shutters over tho
week end and again about
Wednesday.