JB—Lancaster Faming, Saturday, April 13, 19.63
"Clip Artist” Selling Potatoes,
Agriculture Department Reports
HARRISBURG - Repents of
“bargain” potato sales by huck
sters that backfired on consum
ers today prompted State Sec
retary of Agriculture Leland
p. Bull to warn buyers against
patronizing unidentified, fly jby
night vendors.
Secretary Bull asked that in
formation on such sales be
turned in to Ins department,
but 'fee admitted the ‘‘shifty,
nimble methods used by these
operators makes their appre
hension especially difficult.”
An equally effective way for
curbing unscrupulous peddlers,
he said, is to ‘‘starve them out”
In a boycott, and to patronize
only tradesmen who are locally
established and are known to
he reliable.
Pennsylvania growers joined
consumers in voicing the com
plaint, pointing out addition
ally that sale of low grade or
quality potatoes harms the
whole potato industry.
New Holland
4-H Elects
"William Fisher, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Earl Fisher, East
Earl Rl, "was elected president
of the New Holland Commun
ity 4-H -club Monday night at
a reorganization meeting in the
New Holland Bank building.
Other officers elected were
Vice president, Kenneth Lapp;
secretary, Ruth Ann High;
treasurer, Tony Folker; game
leaders, Sandy and Michael
Smucker; song leader, Mary
Ann Wolgemuth, and News re
porter, John Eby, Jr.
Richard 'Lehman and Mary
Ann Wolgemuth were elected
to represent the club on the
county 4-H club council.
Adult leaders elected were
John Bby, Bari Fisher, Mrs.
Woodrow Good, Melvm Groff,
Elmer Lapp and Roy Mentzer.
Junior leaders will be elected
at the next meeting.
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While most known instances
of unfair practices were attri
buted to out-of-state • origins,
growers said purchasers are
unaware of this and usually
assume erroneously that the
potatoes they bought and had
to throw away were produced
locally.
Secretary Bull added that CO unts by Cooper and
attempts by such peddlers to asso ciates reveal that lakes or
“make a fast buck” are not lira- pondS| c i ose d to fishing, sel
ited to potato hucksters, but dom pro duce “lunkers” or big
are all too common in many ones because of intense compe»’
different commodities. ' tition for food. Natural repro-
Potato producers, represent- duction, they point out, usually
ed by the executive committee produces too many fish,
of the Pennsylvania Coopera- “Our experiments show that
five Potato Inc., and medium sized and large bass
Secretary Bull together explor- should be harvested continually
ed ways also for developing a to make food available for oth
marketmg program that would er b aas to grow, ’ Dr. Cooper
suit requirements of large buy- states.
ers. Owen L. Barkley, Harris- jjjg studies indicate that
burg, PCPG general manager, j ood 1S more important than age
declared that unless growers m determining size. A poorly
are willing to merge in market- j ed -will seldom get to 10
mg their crops they may see lnc j ies long in 3 years, lie ob
their efforts submerged.
Ephrata, K. D. 2
PUBLIC SALE
OF VALUABLE
REAL ESTATE, FARM MACHINERY,
LIVESTOCK, PERSONAL PROPERTY
TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 1963
at 9:30 A.M. Sharp
In York Count}, K. D. 1, Helium, Peiina., on I)ruck Valley
Hoad. The undersigned will oltcr at public sale the following
real estate approx. (SO acre farm improved with a O-room
stone house with bath, heated by coal steam heat. Also 4-room
summer house with bath, cold hot air heat and large basement.
Also, large barn, corn bain, brooder house, 2-car garage, and
other outbuildings. Running water in barn and hog pen. Good
spring on property, also stream ot water running through.
There are 40 acres ot good tanning ground, balance in pasture
and woodland. Farm open tor inspection Saturday, April 30
and daj ol sale. Real estate will be offered at 3 P.M. Terms
10% down, balance in 30 days.
Farm Machinery and Personal Property
Massey Harris Super 101 tractor, Massey Hands 32 trac
tor with workers, Massey Harris corn planter with 3 point
hook-up, Int. 13 hoe gram drill, John Deere wire tie baler
with it boxes of wire, Massej Harris mower 7 it. cut, laud
tiller, John Deere two bottom 14 inch plow Xo. 44, 3 section
harrow, disc, cultipackcr, side delivery rake, J. D. manure
spreader, Papec hammennill, corn sheller, pulley, Simplicity
garden tractor with large motor, two wheel trailer, 2 oil tanks,
log hooks, lot ot log chains, ext. ladders, sin. air compressor,
jacks, motors, new and used lumber, Yz ton chain hoist, sever
al rolls wire, lot ot rakes, shovels, torks, picks, work bench,
tool boxes, lot of sin. tools, garden tools, 1947 GMC farm
truck, holts, pipe littings, approx. 7 ton straw, approx. 1 ton
hay, also some household goods, livestock consisting ol 3 spott
ed Poland China sows bred, 3 Berkshire sows -bred, 3
Berkshire sows with pigs.
Not responsible for accidents on day of sale.
Belieshinents available. Terms: Cash
CHARLES J. HELLER
Ow ner
Jacob A. Gilbert, Auctioneer , ~ , ■ , ~
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Survey Shews
Fish Ponds
Are Crowded
Lakes and ponds usually
have too many fish in them to
provide good fishing. That’s
the observation of Edwin L.
Cooper, research zoologist with
the Agricultural Experiment
Station at the Pennsylvania
State University.
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genres. A very vrell-ledr. tlmss
could' nijlttire jit io • inches »ia •> , Joumern
one year.
In one study, Cooper found ®
that 6,600 bass of 5-inch len- .A ~]Jq A/IAinIaJMMK
gth -populated a 3-acre exper- rluuo ITICIUWCIO
imemtal pond in the spring. Of M c t
these, 4,600 or 84 per cent * J , ~
were removed, leaving 900. Ten new members were add-
Pish counts in the fall reveal- ed to tlle rolls by *he South
ed 830 well-fed, two-year-old ern Lancaster County 4-*H. Hol
bass all about 8 inches long. *tein club at a recent .meeting
Their total weight was three- m the Solanco High School.
fourths that of the entire Robert Wenger, president,
spring population. Moreover, 1 was in charge of the meeting
the 830 well-fed survivors had and associate county agent,
spawned a new crop of finger- Victor Plastow, explained the
lings, making the total fall dairy club handbook,
weight of fish equal to the a fitting and showing de
spring weight. monstration will be jteatured
Further experiments will at the next meeting, Misty. 7at
stress various levels of harvest- 8 pm, at the home 'of J.
mg fish and the effect upon fu- Everett Kreider, Quarryvilie
ture crops. RL
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