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GETTING READY TO UNROLL MILK hose at the back of his bulk tank
truckis J. Marlin Harnish, driver for Queen Dairy Company, Lancaster. Har
nish 'has been driving for the company for six- years. He collects nearly 25,000
pounds of milk a week. L. F. Photo.
Sail Stewardship Week To Be
Marked By County Churches
Special church services this
Sunday will inaugurate ob
servance of Soil Stewai dship
Week in Lancaster County ac
cording to Amos H Punk ol
R. D 1, Millersville, chauman
of the local soil consen ation
district.
The’observance undeiscores
the need foi a sense of ste
wardship among today’s citi
zens who.are tai removed fio’n
their roots m the land, Funk
said.
Soil Stewai dship ceremonies
are based on a traditional
church custom of abservmg
Rogation Days, a tradition that
began 1,500 years ago in Fran-
Farm Calendar
May 21 8 a,.m. to 9 p.m.
[National wheat referendum.
Polling places' lasted else
,vrfk©re in "-this paper.: - .
7:3tT p.m." Drum’ore, com
munity ’ 4-H meets at the
Chestnut ' Level Church
House.
7:30- pm. Lincoln com
munity 4-LI club meets at
the Mount Airy fire hall.
7:30 pm. Manor com
munity 4-H club meets at
the Ann Letort Elementary
School-
May 23 7:30 pm. Lanc
aster County 4-H Holstein
Club meets at the home of
Mr. Ray HarboM, Elizabeth-
town RD.
May 25 1:30 p.m. Man
heim Township 4-H sewing
club meets ait the Farm Bur
eau Cooperative 'building,
Dillerville Road.
9:80 -a.m. State sheep
field day at Penn State Uni
versity,
ce when people prayed for re-
Methodist Church, National
Council of the Churches of
lief from disastrous droughts
The theme of the event is
“We Turn Our Eyes to the
Future ” Sermons discussing
the need to look ahead in plan
ning wise use of land and wa
ter will be preached in sever
al churches, district leaders
say
All of Pennsylvania s 61
county soil conservation dis
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 18, 1963
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Feed Grain Bill
Passes Senate
The Senate Thursday he?t
down a flock of amendments to
pass the Feed Gram bill just as
it came from the House of
Representatives.
The Anal vote was 45 to 35
after two days of debate on
the Senate floor.
Proponents of the bill work
ed feverishly to get final pass
age before the date of the na
tional wheat referendum next
Tuesday with the hope that
passage of the grain bill, with
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I Ride With The Bulk Milk Hauler
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Dairying Has Gone Modern
With Bulk T ruck Pickup
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Kdifor’s Xotc: This is tin* seventh in a series of articles
dealing with Lancaster County businesses iclatcd to agricnl
tnre. The writer will spend a day riding with persons who
serve the farmer but do not actively engage in the business of
tanning. The articles aie an attempt to bring the farmer a
report of the )ob ot seivite personnel before they reach tho
farm. Other articles will be punted in the following weeks.
Dan } mg has come a long
waj since mom used to milk
the two cow's m the fence
cornei strain the milk and se
parate the ci earn on the back
poich, cool it in the spring
diam and w r ait foi the tiuck to
take it to the cieameiy about
twnce a week
This is not news hut it is
brought home'pietty foicetully
if jou nde with a bulk milk
ti uck dm er
Theie is no gutsswoik heie
minute J. Mailm
Choice is 1964 Program
Or None, NFU Man Says
The choice is not between the tobacco quota program,
the 1962 wheat piogram and' He said the accusation has
the 1964 progiam, it is a been hurled that Agricultural
choice between the 196 1 pio- Stabilization and Conserva
giam or no progiam at all, a tion Service members have
taim oigamzation official told been recommending a yes
farmeis at a meeting in the vote, or a no 1016, but in all
farm Buieau Coopeial’ve the meetings he has attended
building Thuisday night he has never heaid an ASCS„
Dwyte Wilson, Eastern Or- membei lecommend either.
gamzei tor the National Faun- Wilson said passage of
ers Union, speaking on ihe wheat bill would mean an in-»|*
national wheat leterendun ne-»t crease ot neatly a million dot---,
Tuesday said faimeis hate ' ars mcome to Lancasier Coun
been told that if they tote the over no progiam at all.
piogiam down, thev will get 'Piogiam tails and
a better one In 19 38, he said. 110 other Progiam is passed, it
tobacco faimers were told the wlll liquidate a l ot °f farm
same thing, but thev did not 615 e Wl " on e way to
get a better piogram. and it liquidating 50 pei cent ot the
took them 10 years to get ud people who now make a living
ot the surplus that lesu'ted on fai ms ”he said
He said a no vote in the
wheat lefeiendum would be an
indication to congress that
tanners do not want any pro
giam, and would probably hint
other farm programs such as
Co. ASC Holds Final Wheat Meet;
Lists Community Polling Places
With Tuesday as the date lor
the national Wheat Referen
dum, the County Agricultural
Stabilization and Conservation
Service office held its final in
formational meeting last night
at the Farm Bureau Coopera
tive building.
The county ASC committee
announced that polls would be
Oipen from $ an. to 9 p in.,
Tuesday, May 21, at the follow
ing places listed by community
number and townships
1. Conoy, West Donegal &
Mt. Joy; Garage behind West
Donegal Tup. Bldg, on May
town Road.
2. East Donegal & West
Hempfield; Red Rose Dairy,
Vi mile S. of Florin.
3 Rapho; Strickler School
House near Beacon light at Mt.
Joy.
Bj : Jack Owen
Hanush steps on the starter of
the big Diamond-T in the pre
dawn houis until the stainless
steel tank is sparkling clean,
at the end of the day, every
step is piecision
When Hamish arrives at the
farm, his first choie is to
check the tank toi odor The
tank is closed and it the agita
tor is lunning, odor can be
checked immediate!}', if the
milk is not being igitated, he
may not be able to pick up
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He said the two puce system
for wheat has been proposed
by the national Grange for
years, but other farm organiza
tions would not give up theif
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4. Penn, Warwick & Eliza
beth; Levi Hertzog Farm, 1
mile northwest of Lititz.
5. East Cocalico, West Co
calico, Brecknock & Clay;
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FIVE-DAY
WEATHER
FORECAST
Temperatures for the next
five dajs are expect ad to av
erage near the normal rang©
of .>3 at night to 74 in the
afternoon running from a
hove normal in the first half
of the period to below nor
mal in the latter half. Preci
pitation may total more than
a half inch falling mainly as
showers over the week end.
$2 Per Year