Maiiheim Chapter! 7 uture Farmers Take Off On Six Week Tour Editor’s Note: The follow- iconsisted of 100 miles of heau- Ing is a, report from the Man- tiful scenic views, heim Central Future Farmers We also stopped at the Na of_ America on a trip to the tural Bridge. We camped in West Coast. The report was*a National Park, dated July 3, and is in the Friday, June 28 form of the log being kept by lLe!ft at 8;30 , rriday mo rn- John Wagner, reporter for the ing on , Route n and traveled group. 'through Tennessee. Toured Thursday, June 27 Knoxville and slept at a Bap- The 1963 class of FIFA boys tist Church. We went through left (Manheim) Thursday mor- one change of time so far and ning, took Route 41 to #l5. had rain every day except We drove all night through Thursday. Maryland and West Virginia. Saturday, June 20 In the morning we visited the .Started at 5:15 in the morn- Shenandoah National Park Of ing. We wanted to make New Virginia. The Skyline Drive Orleans 'by evening. 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We made New Orleans by 11:30 mosquitos were so bad it was impossible to sleep. Sunday, June 30 Left New Orleans at 5:30, ate breakfast and traveled to Lake 'Charles, Louisiana, and went swimming in the after noon. Mosquitos were so bad again, we got a motel to sleep in. Monday, July 1 Went to Lake Charles to get truck greased and change oil, and also washed all our laundry. We hit Houston, (Continued on Page 18) MANEB FUNGICIDE Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 13, 1963—13 Fatter Cattle, Leaner Hogs Are The Trend HARRISBURG Jack Spratt and his wife would be haippy buying meat in Penn sylvania where farmers send fatter cattle and leaner hogs to market. (Since 1957, beef cattle have been 50 to 70 pounds heav ier, and hogs 15 to 20 pounds lighter at market time than the U S. average, according to the Pennsylvania Crop Report ing Service. Phone 733-6525 It’s a simple matter of know ing what the market wants and producing it, according to Roger Halsted and Frank Pul ley, of the State Agriculture Department’s Bureau of Mar kets. Hogs, for example, should he marketed at 180 to 225 pounds to product desirab)!® carcasses with more meat and less fat, Halsted explained. In the past six years, hogs slau ghtered in Pennsylvania dur ing May averaged 222 to 225 pounds. Average for the na tion was 240 to 242 pounds. “They still push corn to them in many parts of the mid-West and send bigger, fat ter hogs to market,” Halsted added. “Our farmers have learned that it’s more profit able to market leaner hogs.” With beef, Pennsylvania buyers have shown a prefer ence for cattle of uniform size and weighing about 1,100 pounds. Cham stores are more specific, seeking animals that will dress to about 600 pounds. Pulley pointed out. This trend is evident in May slaughter records. In Pennsyl vania, animals averaged 1,066 pounds from 1057 to 1961. I* May this year, the average was 1,083 pounds U.S. aver ages for these periods ranged, from 995 to 1,029 pounds. Slaughter of lightweight an imals, particularly in the South, helps lower the na tional average. Pennsylvania farmers, on the other hand, are placing greater emphasie on improved 'breeding and. feeding programs to produce better quality heef cattle, Halsted said The farmer, the buyer and the butcher hare a common, purpose, . Halsted and Pulley agreed to give retail cus tomers the kind of meat and the size of outs they want. Nursery Business Needs Trainees There is an increased de mand by ornamental nursery men lor individuals trained in this area of work according *• Dr. Fred C Snyder, Director of Short Courses at The Penn sylvania State University. The Ornamental Nursery Management Winter Course is a non-college credit technical program Each student gradua ting from the program at Pen* State has two or three job offers from which, to make hi« choice, said Snyder. The program consists of two eight-week periods of in-clasa and laboratory instruction a year in each of two years. A. six month placement lor on the-job training is recommen ded for all students. Instruc tion during the four eight week terms will be held on the main campus of Penn State, Included in instruction are such areas as propagation, field production, use and main tenance of trees, shrubs and. flowers, insect and disease con trol of ornamentals and turf, turf management, personnel management and machinery service and repair. High school graduates, 16 years of age or older, are eli gible for enrollment. The us ual mathematics, science, and English college entrance re quirements do not apply to this program. 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