B—Lancaster8 —Lancaster Farming,' Saturday, April 20, 1963 PENNSYLVANIA AGRICULTURE SECRETARY Leland H. Bull, second from left, presents to Governor William W. Scranton, a dozen double yolk eggs from the state’s Certified Egg Program in the Egg Month ceremony at the State Capitol. Looking on, left, H. Robert Houser, York, president, Pennsylvania Poultry Federation, and Richard I. Ammon, Trenton, N.J., Executive Sec. of NEPPCO (Northeastern Poultry Producers Council). Crop Summary Spring Work Is On Schedule HARRISBURG In its first 1963 'weekly crop and weather summary on Tuesday for the wek ending April 15, the Penn sylvania Crop Reporting Serv ice sand the state’s farmers were 'making good use of “ex cellent weather conditions,” and that plowing, oat planting and other sprung (Shores were of£ to a good start. Soil moisture was reported adequate to short in nearly all areas of the state, with some sections , already reporting a shortage. Run-off of winter precipitation and drying spring winds 'contributed to this early seadon deficit. Fall seeded wheat and bar ley looked good. Heavy snow m most areas protected these ci ops >from the severe cold. Lack of spring rainfall has limited early growth in the central region, hut in other sections good growth was re ported Pastures and meadows are also “greening up,” but the 0001, dry weather has retarded growth, and very few cattle have .been turned out. The severe winter was very 4-H Beef Show Dates Released The annual Southeast Dist rict 4-H baby beet show and sale will be held this year on. November 5 and C in the Lan- 1 caster Union Stockyards Plans were made for the two-day, four county show at a meeting Tuesday night in the exchange loom of the stock yaidj? In the planning meeting were extension seivice person nel from the four counties of Chester, Dauphin, Northampton and Lancaster along with Hen ry Moon, assistant state 4-H loader and Lestei Buidette, ex tern.on livestock specialist ficm the Pennsyhania State University Judging of the steers by breed and weight classes will be held on the morning of Nov 6 with the sale, sponsored by the Lancaster Lnestock Ex change, at 2 p m At present theie are 187 4-H steel s on feed in the four counties. Hardwoods Follow 7 Pines Penn State’s School of For est! y has found that in an un used held growing back into timber, the hrst crop of ti ees will be predominately pine Hardwoods follow with the help of squinels, and wind distributing seeds harsh on the over-wintered sp ring spinach. Lack of snow co ver in the southeastern areas caused much of the crop to be frozen out. Some early plant ings of cabbage, peas, lettuce and potatoes have been com pleted. The weekly weather sum mary, prepared by N, M. Kauff man, state climatologist at the Harrisburg-York Airport, add ed this note: “After a few days of 70 and 80-degree weather early in Ap ril, spring seemed to be gett- .V.VVVV.V.SV.VV.V.'.V.*.". RiasßaBif MILKREPLAEER Red Rose Milk Replacer is more than an adequate substitute for cow’s milk Scientifically formulated with dned skim milk, plus vitamins A and D, trace minerals and antibiotics, Red Rose Milk Rcplacer provides nutrients that even nature does not supply. It’s an economical and better way to give yow calves a good start' Mountville Feed A. S. Groff Service North Queen Street R D. 2, Columbia, Pa. Lancaster, Pa. Ammon E. Shelly West Willow Formers R - D - 2 - Ljtltz > Pa - Association Brown & Rea West Willow, Pa. Atglen, Pa. VAV.V.W.V.V.’.V.V.V.V ing off to an early start. Since then, 'however, temperatures have been mostly several deg rees below normal although bright sunny skies have con tinued through the month Only brief showers have inter rupted the generally fair wea ther pattern. During this past week mild and dry but rather windy condition® prevailed. Maximum temperature read ings were mostly in the 50’s and 60’s while over-night lows dipped into the 40’s m the southeast and into the 20’s and 30’s elsewhere. Rainfall during the early part of the week to taled less than .10 inch gener ally. # Plow Contest Level Land plowing: Ralphi (Continued from Page 1) E - Patterson. University Parh, ing, and Richard McGraw and chairman. Grey and Ritten- David G. Unger, chairman, * ouse “ a “f. d .» comumt both Harrisburg. tee on related activities. Publicity: Robert H. Hart- ford, Phoemxville; Richard E. “Well-started is halfway Denison, Leon P. Miller, O. W. there,” applies to the sorting Rittenhouse, and N. M. 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