THE VOL. 8 NO. 29 A FAMILY , IS JUST A WORD at the Elam Bollinger farm, Manheim Rl. Tobacco cultivation includes-Bollinger,- on the tractor, Mrs. Bolling er and son Donald, 18, on the cultivators, and younger son Darryl lending moral support. With Darryl is his cousin', Joanne Good and Victor Plastow, Associate Chunty agent, leaning on the tractor wheel. Donald, a member of the county 4-H Holstein club ■ for eight years, plans to show a senior • yearling in this year’s club roundup. Elam is a leader in the 4-H club. L. F. Photo. County Livestock Producers Plan 2-Day Tour Of Ohio Stock Farms The president ot the Key stone Association of Future Farmers of America did not really And out what FFA was Conservation work costs about until he was in bis money. That’s why we have an Junior year in high school, ms AGP, Fred Seldomndge, Chair- teacher of vocational agncul xnan, Lancaster County Agn- ture said this week, cultural Stabilization and Con- “Carl was a good student servation Committee, said to- during his first two years, but day He pointed out that be- he didn’t realty take hold till mg convinced about the bene- he was elected secretary of June 24 4 8 p.m. fits of conservation is not the chapter,” Grant Miller said Southeast District Extension enough, and expressed the be workefrs picnite at Pmchot llef tbat some farmers still State Park, York County. ““7 not understand that they 8 p.m. Elm-Penryn com- P an obtain P rogram bel P in tmunity 4-H club meets in setting the needed conserva the Penryn fire hall. f c ... . “on J° b done on their farms ’ June 25 1:30 p.m. Man- Hififfif OftlUllZHlfif “Just drive around the conn- Prices for the 1963 crop of helm Township 4-H Sewing pi* • „ try ’” the Chalrmatl declared, ba»UeT be supported at clnib meets in the Produc- LIIIUCS »Md.t6Cl “and you can easily spot the $l-06 per bushel in Lancaster tion Credit building Rose- , farms where conservation County, Fred Seldomridge, ville Road Lancaster HARRISBURG Plans for farming is being practiced. In Chairman, Agricultural Staibili -10 a.m. - Southeast: Dis- two egg sanitizing clinics were many cases, you would also zation and Conservation Lanc- Inct 4-H livestock judging announced' today by State See- find that the Agricultural Con.- aster County- Committee, has -practice at Masonic Hame' retar l Agriculture Leland servation Program is'coopera- announced. This compares with Farms, Elizabethtown Offi- H - BuU - ting wlth tbe farmer m carry- a support off $1.03 per bushel cial judge will be Dwight The Purpose, he said, is to (Continued on Page 7) for tbe I^2 barley crop. The Younkin, extension livestock acquaint egg producers, han- 1963 program provides for a specialist. diets, and processors with re- ■ A 14-cent-peHbushel payiment-m -8 pm. Manor 4-H com- commended sanitizing methods, CJOIUItV AffCllt km<i aa<i a 92-cen.ts-per-bushel m unity club meets in the and also to demonstrate the J price-support loan rate. Letort School. use ef “black light” to detect VJUtIIUCS wJ2LIT6 Terminal rates are available June 25 27 Garden Days f° reign matter that escapes or- U J ia the Agricultural Stabihza at The Pennsylvania State dinary egg washing Of rai*lll ITOIICIS tlon and Conservation Service University. Clinics will be held July 1 county ofiice for farmers who June 26 —io a.m. South- at the Colonial Motel, Route Farm ponds require sum- wish to store their gram in a east District 4-H dairy judg- 222 near -the Lancaster-Read- mer care in order tn get the terminal elevator. All terminal iag practice at the Vernon mg interchange of the Pennsyl- most out of the investment, market loan rates are adjusted Umble farm near Parkes- vania Turnpike, and July 2 at according to County Agent M. downward 11 cents per bushel herg, Chaster Co. the Mountain View Hotel, Smith. ‘ to reflfect ,the (difference be- June 27 —B-p im County Greensburg. They will be con- For ponds to be most use- tween the national average 4-H Holstein meets at ducted -by E. J. Lawless, Jr., ful, care must be taken to loaa and purchase agreement ’ the home, of' Clarence Stauff- chief of the Poultry and Egg. control weeds, algae and musk- support prices. No payment-in- County livestock men plan ned a three day tour of Ohio fawns at a meeting Tuesday night in the home of M M. Smith, County A'gent. The tour, on October 22, 23, Farm Calendar r *t"H» 24 will replace the annual one day tour county livestock pro ducers normally take, and will be the first time in recent years that the county has undertaken an overnight tour. Beef feeding and swine pro ducing farms im the Toledo area will be visited on the sec /■ ond day of the tour with a general discussion meeting with livestock industry leaders from that area planned for ihe even ing. The first and t/hird day of (Continued on Page T) Lancaster Farming, Saturday, ASCS Offers Conservation Assistance rune 22, 1963 I Ride With The Extension Man County Extension Agent Answers Farmer Requests Editor’s Xote: Tills is the eighth in a series of articles dealing with Lancaster County businesses related to agricul ture,. The writer will spend a day riding with persons who serve the farmer but do not actively engage in the business of farming. The articles are an attempt to bring the farmer a report of the job of'service personnel before they reach the farm. Other articles will be printed In fhe following weeks. My ride with the county ex- mg. He handled as many of tension worker turned out to the requests as possible by be one of the most comfor- phone, and then we started out table I have had to farms We visited good Lancaster iPlastow’s particular field of County farms on a hot June work in Lancaster County Ex day, and the air conditioning tension is dairying, but he also in Victor Plastow’s Oldsmo- has charge of the responsilbil bile made the trip one of pure ity for four 4-H commnnity pleasure. clubs, farm and home manage- But the work o£ the Asso- ment Problems, Dairy Herd Im ciate County Agent is not all P roTement Association work, just riding around in air con- and general farm requests for ditwned comfort Victor repor- and ted to the office in Lancaster County Agent M M. Smith as he does on every working specializes in livestock while day and took care of the re- Associate Agent, Wiuthrop quests for help that had come M erriam, handles poultry and into the office during the pie- > outll actmties ’ and Assistant vious'day or earlier that morn- State F. F. A. President Plans To Keep Farming ' Editor’s Note: This is the of his most distinguished pu flrs* of a series of five articles pil, Carl Ginder, Mount Jtiy about Lancaster County’s five R 2, who was elected to the state PPA officers. (Continued on Page 12) Barley Support Prices Released r ' - By: Jack Owen (Continued on Pago 10) Pa. Poultrymen Award Honor To Robert Hoover Robert Hoover, Denver 82, received a plaque for out standing work in 4-H poultry clubs Wednesday night at the annual banquet of the state Poultry Federation at The Pennsylvania State University. The 19 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. David Hoover, has raised broilers and capons commercially and is active in 4-H poultry club work in the county. He was high individual scorer in poultry judging at the 1962 Northeastern Poul try Producers Council (NEPPCO) show. He has also had projects in 4-H pig clubs. FIVE-DAY WEATHER FORECAST Near normal temperatures are expected during the next five dajs. Normal tem peratures for this time of >ear range from 63 at night to 84 in the afternoon. Cool «cathcr Saturday will give way to near normal tempera tures during the remainder of the period. Precipitation may total .1 to .6 inch oc curring as showers late Sun i nipht and MohdiiftL , . $2 Per Year
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