9 NO. 4 *• * **■ * , 'W. "" 1“ - - * „> . - v~’" - ~ *** *- M ~ t&* '% '-If**** /i’ ’ . ■*>« • - •“Sft*\i v v« * v s >* > V v HERD OF BELTED GALLOWAYS owned by Nathaniel Saltonstall make a deed pattern of black and white in the snow of the barnyard at Lancaster R 6. tonstall and George Knight, the farmer, look over the only herd of the belted v .le in the county. Only one other herd is registered in the state. L. F. Photo. H Roundup O n, Tobacco hs Scheduled tye Lancaster County 4-j vcco and Com' clubs wil a roundup at 1:30 p.m, day, Decemlber 31, at thi jk Cigar Company wart is©, 850 North Wate ■eet, Lancaster Associate County Agen; ’.tor Plastow and Win thro imam have advised clu ambers to have exhibits irn and tobacco in place b; p.m. Corn exhibits will consist 0 ears of a commercial h; ind. The county agents re- selecting exhibits of fmform length, thickness, ize, shape and color of kei '■Jß? , Itnel. ; In the tobacco, prizes will fe awarded on the basis of ■ (Continued on Page 4) arm Calendar ||oec. 30. S ip m Regular P| meeting and Christmas jhJ Party olf Fulton Gr range #66 ait Oakrjn, instead, of '!|| 'Dec. 23. fgec. 31 _ - ' 1:30 pm ty 4-H corn and tobac ulb roundup at the Ba- Cigar Company ware ;e, 850 N Water Street, :aster. .m. Annual meeting /ancaster 'County Farm sau Cooperative Assn jlanoo High School, Rt, south of Quarryville m. (Lancaster Coun emor Extension club Year’s party at ms Are hall. New Year’s Day. Deadline for 4-H •ters’ scrapbooks in ty Agent’s office. 8 pm. County r Extension Club reg monthly meeting at the aster County Ram ; au Cooperative build- Dillerville Road, Lanc . Robert Kxeider will pictures of his stay in mia. - f « -" v ~ ?*!»*■ " v “* ~JfC. £ ! ***' * vrr BELTED GALLOWAY CALF shows the stocky build and shaggy haircoat characteristic of the breed. Calves dropped in a snowstorm appear to have no trouble surviving with a minimum of attention or shel ter. L. F. Photo State Farm Bureau Cooperative Plans Marketing Organization A new organization, to be known as Farm Buieau Mar keting Cooperative, has been established to serve the needs of 'Pennsylvania’s agricultural producers Authorized by the Board of Directors of Pennsylvania Farm Bureau Cooperative As sociation and chartered on De cember 17, it will have head quarters at 3609 (Derry .Street Harrisburg George G Connor, PFBCA general manager, said that Farm Bureau Marketing Co operative will buy and sell various products including to bacco, eggs, gram and other ifarm commodities, and per form certain services connec ted with the production, pie servation, drying, grading, canning, storing, handling, ut ilization, marketing or sale of these products. It will assume the respon sibility of marketing tobacco that has been carried on. by Pennsylvania 'Farm Bureau t Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 28, 1963 n \ 4 * r V l 1 I i ,-4^l J lr <>> t \tvf f - ’' *■ izK *" V * t** '^S|Ui i K w " v *" v^l ‘ a v V v «' A h w 3* x«- " % * ■S&tHSi* this year, and ultimately move into other marketing fields, Connor said. 'Fi\e charter directors have been chosen to serve one jeai (Continued on Page 5) • f HAPPY ■, ffl NEW H YBARj From the Staff of Lancaster Farming Rare Belted Galloway Cattle On County Farm As jou drive out Long Lane, south ol New Danville and see a herd of beef cattile in a field, >ou might be tempted to ask, “I wonder why thev put the white blankets on those black cows’” Nature put the white belts on the cattle They are one of the two herds of Belted Galloway in the state of Penn sylvania. and the black hair coat with its wide white belt is characteristic of the breed The herd of Belted Gallo way on the farm of Howard Wittel, Lancaster R 6, came to the county in August 1962 'from Maine where Mr. Na thaniel Saltonstall started the herd about tour years ago Saltonstall, Headmaster at Lancaster Country Day Sch ool, has the herd of 11 cows and two bulls partly as a hob b>, but s-ajs he hopes to de Frey Has 204.6 Bushels In State Com Contest Fred Frey, Quarryville E-2, husked out a whopping 204 6 bushels per acre to top the 1963 Pennsylvania Corn Club’s five acre contest. Frey had the top county yield in Tobacco Show Date Is Set The Lancastei County To bacco Show will be held on Thursday afternoon, Januaiy 9, starting at 12 30 P.M in the basement of the Farm Bureau Cooperative, Dillerville Road, Lancastei The classes that are being offered 'for this show, the same as for the State Faim Show, are as follows Class 75 Wiapper Bs Cl-a Over 26 inches Cl b 26 inches and undei Class 76 Filler 'B’s C2-a Over 2'6 inches C2-b 2 6 inches and under Class 77 Binder Div - a Over 26 inches Div -b 26 inches and under Class 80 1 FF'A Wrappeis Class 81 FFA Fillers A hand cif tobacco shall consist of 15 leaves tied with another tobacco leaf Marlin Cassel, Secietary of the Coun ty Tobacco Growers Associa tion suggests that exhibitors select leaves that are uniform in size, color and texture, and are free from insect, disease and mechanical injury Cassel said all exhibits en tered in the countj show will be taken to the State Farm Show unless the exhibitor states otherwise Growers who are unalble to bring an exhibit to the county show, but who desire to exhibit in the state show, may bring ex hibits to the Farm Bureau (Continued on page 5) $2 Per Year velop a market foi bulls to be used in ciossing with dairy cattle for beef He sajs his limited exper ience in the field of producing beef steers from dairj cows bred to a 'Belted Galloway 'bull has shown some very good re sults The offspring are ex tiemely hardy, fast gainers and carry a good amount of flesh The “Belties” somewhat re semble Angus, but carry a. slightly kmger body and somewhat more leg Mature animals are larger than their Scottish cousins, as well, but they are beef animals and make no claim to being dual purpose even though the cows milk well and are good motheis But the outstanding char acteristic of the breed is hard- (Continued on Page 8) 1961 with 170.2 bushels per acre. This year marked only the sixth time that a contestant topped the 200 bushel mark. One .farmer did. it In I 960; three raised that much in 1961, and only one had more than 200 .bushels in 1962. Frey was the only Gold Ribbon winner in drought - ridden winner in drought-ridden 1963, Frey was named “OHAMP ION” of the hand harvested class since no other contest ant was within three bushels of Ins yield In fact, the next high Meld in the state was the IS2 3 bushels produced by Ham Lentz o£ Jersey Shore, R 2 York Countv, which produ ced last year’s champion, had a >ield of 180 0 for third place Kennard Dale 'School at Fawn Grove produced the corn as a Future Farmers project. Lancaster came in for fourth and fifth places in the state contest, and a .purple ribbon for Jay C Garber, and David HcMichael, both of Lancaster R 6, producing 179, (Continued on Page 12) FIVE-DAY WEATHER FORECAST Temperatures- during the ne\t five dajs arc expected to atorage two to nine de grees below the normal range ot 38 in tlie afternoon to 25 at night. Cold weather is expected throughout the period with little day to day change. Precipitation is likely to total less than a half inch (melted). Scatter ed snovr flurries throughout the period are not likely to add any accumulation.
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