VOL. 8 NO. 25
, pter were elected
at' a recent ( me_eting. They are; standirig'-'l. to r., Donald Patches, vice* president';
Kevin Hiestand; reporter; Jacob Long, chaplain, and Dennis Patches, sentinel.
‘Seated, 1. to r., Marvin Weaver, treasurer; Donald Miller, president; and Donald
Gruber, secretary.
ETownFFA
Ejects Officers
Plans Program
Donald S Miller, son of Mr.
and Mrs Chris Miller, Eliza
bethtown Rl was elected presi
dent of the Elizabethtown
Chapter Future Farmers of
America at a recent meeting.
Other officers elected were
Donald Patches, Elizabethtown
Rl, vice president; Donald
Gruber, Bainbndge Rl, secre-
Farm Calendar
May 27—8 pm. —■ Red Rose
Dairy Herd Improve
me n t Association
directors meet in
' the Farm Bureau Co
' operative building,
' Dillervill© Pike, Lan
caster.
1 -30 pm. Countv
Future Farmers of
America to meet m
the Hanherm Central
High School.
7:30 p.m. Elm-
Penryn community
4-H eluib meets in the
Penryn fire hall.
May 28—8 p.m, Extension
Service executive
committee meets in
• the Farm Bureau Co
operative building,
Dillerville Pike, Lan
caster.
May 29—12 noon ’Warwick
FFA television pro
grahi on welding.
May 31—Deadline for all 4-H
County Council rep
resentatives’ names
1 to fee in the county
; extension office.
tary; Marvin Weaver, Marietta
1, treasurer; Dennis Patches,
Elizabethtown Rl, sentinel;
Kerin Heistand, Marietta Rl,
reporter, and Jacob Long, Eli
zabethtown R 2, chaplain.
The chapter is organizing a
soft ball team to play in the
Lancaster County PFA softball
league this summer.
The group plans to farm two
acres of tobacco on the farm
of Samuel Long, Elizabethtown
R 2, and two acres of tobacco
on the farm of Richard Nis
sley, Marietta Rl.
Four boys will be competing
in the state PFA judging con
tests at the Penn State Univer
sity in June. Three senior boys
are planning to go on the an
nual trip to the West Coast
during July, and the entire
chapter plans a trip to the U.S.
FFA activities this year will
Department of Agriculture
Experiment Station at Belts
ville, Md. during the summer,
A new venture in county
(Continued on Page 4)
County Milk Receiving Plant
Tells Producers To Electrify Barns
All dairymen shipping to the ready have electricity from a
Leam'an Place plant of the souice of public power, this
Sealtest Foods dairy company message will not apply to you.
have received notice that they “At the time of our recent
must have a source of electn- Leanian Place producers’ meet-
city and automatic refngera- ing, we explained that Milk
tion in their dairy barns and Control District No.l has iss
milk houses. ued a ruling to the effect that
The Company suggested that all producers tv ho do not now
producers who do not desire to have electricity will be re
put in the improvements should quired to provide a lighting
look for other markets. system for the stables and milk
Following is the text of a houses that is equal to the sys
letter sent to all the produc- terns now in use by all other
es. producers under inspection by
' TO ALL SHIPPERS AT the District. It can be sum-
LEAMAN PLACE: If you al- (Continued on Page 13)
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 25, 1963
Pequea Valley
FFA Elects
Glenn Esbenshade, Paradise
HI, was elected president of
title Pequea Valley Chapter
Future Farmers of America at
a recent meeting-.
The Pequea Valley High
School Senior is the son of Eli
as and the late Mrs E&ben
shade He is vice president of
the County Association of
FFA and is current tieasuier
of his local chapter. He is a
member of the National Honor
Society, the senior chorus, and
has been class president since
Bth gra-de-
Other officers elected for the
19'63-64 school term were vice
president, Kenneth Koser,
Narvon R 2; secretary, Donald
Ranch, Paradise Rl; treasurer,
Eugene Denhnger, Gordonville
R, reporter, Randel Stoltafus,
Gap Rl; sentinel, Leonard
(Continued on Page 6)
Wheat Referendum Fails;
Farmers Vote No Controls
Lancaster Co Wheat faun controls and without that high
ers turned thumbs down on support. Even though I didn’t
wheat quotas by a 12 to 1 mai- agiee with the choice, I recog
giu in the national referendum nize and accept it and we hope
Tuesday that saw farmeis that it does not have an ad
acioss the nation voting over- verse effect.”
whelmingly against the tight He said he had tried to make
control —• high price support the alternatives as clear as poa
plan ptoposed by the Secietaiy sible but that opponents of the
of Agriculture plan might have “mislead”
The lefereudum which need
ed a two thirds majonty foi
passage received only 47 79 per
cent tavorable vote Heaviest
affirmative vote came in the
Southeast wheie farmers an
used to quota programs on cot
ton, peanuts, tobacco and othei
commodities
Across Pennsylama the vote Charles Shuman, president
was strongly opposed to the ot the American Farm Bureau
program, which had been ad Federation, major opponents to
vanced by the Kennedy admin- h a^e d the vote as “a
istration as a measure to halt * ;eaJll victory , and said, “We
overproduction and stabilize won because farmeis are fed up
p rices with government attempts to
In the heaviest vote in the em wdiat to raise and fix
history of the county, growers & Tlces It s going to encourage
turned down the program with a 01 other folks to stand up
a 9iy 2 per cent “no” vote. Of an< * ’
the 3,392 votes cast in the Senator Allen J. Ellendor.
county there were 262 in favor, Loulsania Democrat, chair
-3,048 opposed, 78 ballots from “' an of tlie Senate Agriculture
ineligible voters and 4 spoiled Committee, reiterated his state
ballots, according to the local ™ ent t^lat re would be no
Agricultural Stabilization and ,' bail out " legislation for wheat
Conservation Service office. < ,^” mers thib year - He
Across the state 25,631 farm- democracy has spoken and
ers opposed the program and tbe wheat farmers have voted
7,211 were in favor for a 22 themselves out of a program. I
per cent affirmative vote. Wlsll ttem well -”
In the wake of the over- Chairman ot the House Agri
whelmmg defeat of the propo- culture Committee Harold D.
sal, President Kennedy said Cooley of North Carolina said,
Wednesday, “The farmers have wheat farmers are now free to
chosen to plant freely without (Continued on Page 5)
Grass Silage Should Be Wilted
For Best Forage, Smith Says
Bj ; M. M. Smith, County Agent
In recent years many live
stock and dairy producers
have been disappointed in the
poor quality of their grass
silage In many cases this was
due to the high moistuie con
tent ot the forage
The direct-cut method of
making grass silage was a
good mechanical practice but
u did not produce the kind ot
silage that is needed. In most
cases the silage was dark
colored, strong-flavoied. too
wet, and the animals did not
consume it readily.
Howeier, we do feel that
grass silage has a place on
many farms if it is made pio
perly The purpose of this arti
cle is to outline some of these
recommended practices In the
first place we should think ou
1} of making Milted grass sil
age rather than the duect-cut
method The amount of ■wilt
ing will depend upon whethei
it is desired to have regular
grass silage, or low- moistuie
silage commouh called hay
lage At this point we should
point out that eithei wilted
grass silage or haylage can he
made in the conventional up
right silo, providing the silo
$2 Per Year
farmers.
The vote earned implications
far beyond the wheat crop.
Opponents of the bill had call
ed for the plan’s defeat as a
means of heading off possible
controls on livestock, milk,
poultry and crops not now sub
ject to controls.
is air tight and the doois are
given special atention to make
them air tight also
In making wilted silage
theie are several practices that
aie veiy important (1) Cut
Image at the peak of feeding
■value (bud to early blossom
toi legumes and at heading
time for the glasses) (2) Use
hay conditioner in the field
(either crusher or crimper).
(3) Wilt dow n to the desired
moistuie content (60 to 70%
foi grass silage and down to
50 % for haylage) (4) Haul
in tightly coveied wagons to
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FIVE-DAY
WEATHER
FORECAST
Tempeiatures during the
next me dajs art* expected
to :iierase near (he normal
range ol o 7 at night to 77
m the alternoon. It will ho
mild during most ol the
petiod turning cooler Tues
dav or Wednesday. Precipi
tation may total 0.1 inch
occuring as showers Tuesday
or Wedncsdaj.