VOL. 8 NO. 30
- WHAT APPEARS TO BE A GIGANTIC MINING OPERATION is in reality
a silt removal project under Becker’s Bridge over Little Chickies Creek. Over
17,000 cubic yards of silt and sand had to be removed from the stream channel
to let flood waters move under the bridge. Silt had changed the channel to the
point where the bridge foundations were being threatened. L. F. Photo.
Larson Is Dean
Of Ag. College
University Park, Pa. Dr.
Russell 'E. Larson, Director of
Agricultural and Home Econ
omics Service and associate
dean of the College of Agricul
ture has been named dean of
the College at the Pennsylvania
State University, effective July
1.
He will also serve as acting
director of the extension ser
vice, 'according to Dr. Erie
Walker, president of the Uni
versity in announcing the ap
pointment approved by the
Board of Trustees June 8.
Dr. Larson Will succeed Dr.
Lyman E. Jackson, who will
retire as dean emeritus after
serving 17 years as dean.
Dr. Larson was named to
the Penn State faculty in 1944
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Farm Calendar
June 30 — 1 p.m. — Fawn
Women 1 will hold a cov
ered dish snipper at the Mid
dle Creek Church- pavilion.
July 1 — Deadline for Na
tional 4-H Award applica
tions to be in County Ag
ent’s office.
July 1 — Kirkwood Commun
ity 4-H Club swimming party
at the home of Richard
Farm Calendar
June 30 1 p.m. Farm
Women 1 will hold a cov
ered dish supper at the Mid
dle Creek Church- pavilion.
July 1 Deadline for Na
tional 4-H Award applica
tions to be in County Ag
ent’s office.
July 1 Kirkwood Commun-
Maule, Quarryville R2.
July 2 — 8 p.im. — Southern
iLan'caster County 4-H Hol
stein club meets at the home
of Paul Wenger, Quarry- !
ville Rl.
July 3 — 8 p.m. — Red Rose '
Baby Beef and Lamb Club
meets at the home of Titus 1
■Lefever, Manheim R4. Leb- 1
anon County beef club ■will j
be guests. Fitting demon
stration by Melvin G. Roh- i
rer, Lititz R3, club leader, i
July 6 — Keystone Ram and <
Ewe sale at the Farm Show i
Building, Harrisburg. Ne- ;
•braska 4-H 'dub tour of
County. Blvin 1
Hess, Jr.,' local club lead erf ,j
MUD WAS THIS HIGH under Becker’s Bridge
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before highwa y crews moved it out with a dragline
and a bulldozer. Elam Shenk, foreman with the Penn
sylvama Department of Highways, stands under the
bridge across Little Chickies Creek. Before cleaning
operations started, only a four foot channel was open
under the double-span bridge, L. F. Photo.
Cut Spring Oats In Blossom Stage
For Top Quality Hay Or Silage
Oats can be made into good
hay or silage if it is cut at the
proper time and handled cor
rectly, County Agent M. M.
Smith said this ■week. Smith
said he has had several ques
tions on the subject during the
past week.
Oats should be cut between
the flowering and milk stage
if it is to be palatable and high
quality forage, but it should be
headed out in order to get the
most feeding value, he said.
If oats Is cut after it has
begun to turn from the grey
,gMen to yellow color, and
-into' hay,. there isSsome;
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 29, 1963-
danger of oats poisoning to
livestock. If the crop is cut
after it has begun to color, it
should not be fed immediately.
Approximately six weeks of
curing time in the, moiv is re
quired to remove the danger
of poisoning, he said.
To make good oats silage,
Smith recommends direct
chopping with no wilting. Oats
does not have as much juice
as some of the grasses and
legumes," and does not require
the wilting. •_
To increase the palatahility
and'hasten curing, a preserva-
17,000 Tons Of Topsoil
Removed From Streambed
Farmers paid $3,775 this
week for the privelege of let
ting their top soil wash down
the creek.
That as the price tag on the
job of removing the sand and
silt from under Becker’s Bri
dge over Little duckies Creek
near 'Milton Grove.
Elam Shenk, Penna. High
ways Department foreman in
charge of the project said this
week it had cost the state $2,
675 up to Monday night and
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Larry Weaver realized a
four year ambition two weeks
ago when delegates to the an
nual state F'FA convention at
the Pennsylvania State Univer
sity elected him vice president
for Region II.
Larry, the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Lester M. Weaver, New
Holland Rl, said this week,
“When I went to FFA week
as a freshman and saw those
state officers on the platfokm,
I decided, “That’s what I want
to be someday.’’
Whether or not this was his
only goal, Larry made a suc
cessful march on a state office
through four years of activity
filled FFA work in the Grass
land Chapter.
Being a charter member in
Two New Jersey Milk Plants
Offer Amish Dairymen Markets
Two New Jersey milk plants
offered Amish dairymen in the
county a market for milk pro
duced in barns without electri
city.
Early in the week, the Ster
1 ling Davis Dairies, Wrights
town, offered to buy as much
as 300' to 350 cans every other
day, while later in the week
Quality Farms 'Co-operative
Association, Inc., announced
they could use an estimated
2,000 gallons a day from farm
ers with bulk tanks.
The plight of Amish dairy
men came to a head recently
when a ruling by the Lower
' Merion Township hoard of
■ health required all milk sold
' in the municipality to be pro
duced in barns lighted by elec
tricity and cooled in equipment
with automatic controls. The
ruling threatened the market
of approximately 220 Amish
dairymen who ship to Sealtest,
Inc. Religious beliefs prevent
the Amish farmers from install
ing electric lighting system's
in barns.
A spokesman for the New
Jersey cooperative marketing
association said the three dair
ies serviced by the coopera
, tive are governed only by the
litn ri ttjwwNif wntii tiy? tm i
$2 Per Year
would cost another $275 eaich
day for the rest of the week
to keep the machines and men
working.
More than 17,000 tons of soil
had to be removed from the
stream bed to widen a channel
that had Silted in to a mere
four foot waterway under the
t'wo-slpan bridge. One span was
completely closed off with a
layer of muck more than six
feet deep. Flood waters came
to within inches of the bridge
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the chapter gave Larry a head
start in local chapter activity.
He was elected vice president as
a freshman and held the office
of president through the re
maining three years of his high
school career.
His outstanding leadership
ability through four years, says
Robert Herr, his teacher of vo
cational agriculture, helped get
the new chapter off to a good
start.
Larry is an easy student to
work with, Herr says, but the
excellent family cooperation the
Weavers gave us made it a,
pleasure to work with the boy.
His parents always encouraged
Larry and cooperated in every
way they could.
The 17 year old graduate of
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New Jersey Department of
Health which is concerned
more with bacteria count and
temperature than with bam
lighting. 1 j
An official of the Sterling
Davis Dairies told a meeting of
about 60 dairymen Monday
night that his company might
double the local pickup Of
milk later on. The new source
would replace milk now ship
ped to New Jersey from Ohio.
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FIVE-DAY
WEATHER
FORECAST
Temperatures during the
next five days are expected
to average in excess of six
degrees above the normal
range of 67 at night to 85
in the afternoon. Tempera
tures will be well above nor
mal throughout the period
with some moderation near
the end of the period. Pre
cipitation is expected to to
tal .2 to .6 inch occurring
as widely scattered showers
Sunday night and again
Tuesday. T| ,
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