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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
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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
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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 , .
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