VOL. 9 NO. 13 NEWLY ELECTED OFFICERS of the Red Rose Dairy Herd Improvement As sociation pose after their election Monday night They are, left to right, president, Samuel Dum, 2191 Greystone Road, East Petersburg, vice president, Robert Brereman, Strasburg Rl; secretary, Dr. Victor Conger, 226 Pitney Road, Lancas ter, and treasurer, Jacob Houser, Lampeter. L. F. Photo DHIA Elects Samuel Dum Samuel A. Dum, 2191 Giey -tone Road, East Petersburg, was elected president of the Red Rose Dairy Held Imiprove nippt Association ,at a ineetmg ot (Ihe board of directors Mom dav night. Robert Brenerman, Strasbung Rl, wtus elected vice president, and Dr Victor Conger, Red Rose Research Farm, 226 Put ney Road, Lancaster, is the newly elected secretary. Jacob Houser, Lamipeter, -was retain ed as treasurer by the board. Dum, secretary during 196'3, suiueede Jason Weaver, Quar uville Ri2, whose term on the hoard has expired Both Con ner and Breneman are serving the first year of three-year lei mh; Du,m is serving his sec ond year. In other business, the board toted to raise the minimum cutoff points on the monthly newsletter. The minimum monthly herd average was rai ded from 35 pounds of buttei i.U to 40 pounds, while the in dividual lactation record cutoff ]>oint was raised from 400 (Continued on Page 7) Farm Calendar 3far 2 12 noon County 'Extension Sendee Ccironttee meeting at the Hol-.'day Mo tel, Lautz Pike, Lancaster 7 3'o pm. Central 4-H Tractor maintenance club meets at Keener Equipment, Manheun Pike, Lancaster 7 30 pm Adult welding Casa at the Eplhrata High School vocational agncuil ture shop -War 3 7 29 pm Nenv Holland Young Farmers corn growing meeting at the High School vocational agri culture room 730 pm Manor Young Farmers meet at farm, ot Aaron Herr, MiHersville Ril, Hog evaluation, full fed vs. lima ted feeding. 7 u3'o p.m Southern conn ty 4-H Holstein dulb reor ganization in the Solamco New Cash Crops Are Described At County Crops And Soil Day Five miscellaneous cash ciops aie under investigation in Lancaster County, farmeis were told at County Crops and Soils Day Tuesday. oohn Yocum, Suipermteudent of the Southeastern Pennsyl vania Field Research Labora tory, speaking at the Guernsey Sales Pavilion, Lincoln High way east of Lancaster, said not many agronomic or econ omic data are avialable at pre sent, but if any ot the crops become economically feasable for Lancaster Gounty, the Pennsylvania State University wants to have some tests un dei way He described three “weeds” Panel Sees Prosperity, Problems In County Poultry Picture New poultry houses formed the major part of the discus sion at the educational meet ing sponsored by the Lancas ter Poultry Association at the Poultry Center Thurs day night Consensus of the panel of four experts, there is' a future in poultry for the family farm as yell as the large operator, but efficiency is the watch y ord Floyd Hicks, extension poul try specialist from the Penn sjlvama State Unuersity, call ed on poultrymen to be sure Solanco YFA To Have Class On Free Stalls A discussion of free stall housing for dairy cows will be the program of the S'olanteo Young Farmers at their regul ar meeting, Thursday, March 5, in Solanlco High School, Quarryvjlle Ril. Ddacussion will be led by a panel of four dairymen, moder ated l>y William M. Fredd, teacher of vocational agricul ture and advisor of the Young ,-d • i i<GontiiniQdi |oii ‘ U-I J H Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 29, 1964 that may pioduce oil seeds m enough quantity to make them valuable as a replacement foi some of our present cash ciops Two ot the ciops are ftbei pro ducers Clarence Bryner, Extension Agronomist, said “I believe we can grow sugar beets in Lanc aster County”, hut he said there are several “ifs”. We have the soil and cli mate, he said, but before a processing plant will be built, we need about SO.OO'O acres available (for beets, and we have to have farmers who are willing to grow them The 30,- 000 acres have to be within a (Continued on Page 9) of a market before starting any new construction He said new bouses must be built to last well, and with au eje to future expansion ot change He said past advances have (Continued on Page 10; 1964 Feed Grain Program Offers Some Changes The signup foi the 19 6-1 feed grain program now is un der way in the A&CS County- Office, -Fred Seldomndige, Chairman, Agricultural Stabil ization and Conservation Com mittee announced today The signup period stalled Februarv 10 and Will continue through March 27 ' At a meeting ot tarmers in the QuarryviUe fire hall Thurs day night Rich aid Pennav Farmer Fieldman fi om t)he state Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service said, “Tlhe 1964 program will he more attractive to many pro duicers than the 1963 program, but basically tlhe program -will be about the same " The program Trill be avail -j pu;pas«i 5) J? , { i Co-op Official Says, Milk Price Hikes May Kill Self Dairymen can look foi high ei milk prices through 19G4 a milk cooperatn e official told members Thursday, hut he add ed a big “if” Dr James Honan, Geneial "Manager of Interstate Milk Producers Cooperative, told memheis of District 7 at then annual banquet in the Plain and Fancv lestaurant, “Class I prices ■will be about 16c per hu " dredweig ' ht blgber ’ bu , t thls come 11 !? pnces pust p rodlHrt ,on up enough to cut the cla&s I utilization 1 He told dairymen that inanj River Basin Study Team To Begin Work In County The Lancaster County phase of the Susquehanna Rivei Bas in Study is set to begin next week, a US Soil Conservation Seivice staff niembei said Wed nesday night Joseph Knvak, Basin Paity Leader, speaking at a meeting of 50 local government, con servation, and aguculture or ganization leaders in the Man or Shopping Center auditorium, said the team of technicians will spend about two months in surveying river tributaries in the countv He said about 50 possible water impoundment sites foi flood control, water supply, and recreation have been located in the county, “but possibly only 15 oi 20 ot these will prove to be piactical when the survey is icompleted ” Iran McKeever State Con servationist with the US Sod Conservation Service, and chairman of the U S Depart ment of Agriculture Adnsorv Committee in the river basin study, said, “The people in volved in the study haie not been satisfied with previous river basin studies ” He believes that prior stud ies such as those on the Dela ware and Potomac Rivers, have concerned themselves too exclusively with downstream problems and have not “gone far enough up on the land” McKeever explained that the five-year study, involving the U S Department of Health, Fulton Grange To Give Scouts Use Of Hall Fulton Grange 6 6 met Tues day evening, Feb 24 m the Orange Hall at Oaknj with blaster Gyles Brown presid ing Dallas Thomas spoke to the Grange about scouting. The Grange decided to make the Hall available for scout troops i,l' .(Continued, on, Page 9) SJ __ $2 Per Year ot the past benefits to the in dustry have come from legisla tion, but with congiessional ledistiicting, it will become mote difficult to get farm leg islation passed He called on dairymen to solve some of their own problems rathei than i mining to the government whenever thev are in trouble Describes Rinds Honan pleaded with farm ers not to commit what he called “co-optioide ’ in the laids on membeiship wdnch he said have been made by two othei cooperatives He said The Metropolitan (Continued on Page 4) The Corps of Engineers, the Depaitnnent ot the Interior, as well as the USD A , will attempt to tome up with a comprehensive report on pre sent and futuie water, land, and lecreation resources and needs in the entire liver bas in and ail it’s drainage area. He said the ti ibutary by tributary approach is being made to the study so that local officials, agriculturalists, plan ners and conservationists may have information to help in developing the full potential within the watershed The 89 watersheds in the rlv er basin are being survey ed as separate parts, he said, because he believes the Sus quehanna’s upstream potential and needs exceed the down stream potential He pointed out, for example that 75 pei cent of the flood damage is done and can tie controlled upstream at the source Knvak said floor pie\en tion, watei supply, recreation, pollution abatement, and con servation on the county tribu tary watersheds, including the Octorara, Pequea, Conestoga, and smaller creeks, will be studied and possible solutions (Continued on Page 7) FIVE-DAY WEATHER FORECAST Temperatures during the no\t five dUijs aie expected to average .near tlie normal range of 45 in the afternoon to 20 at night. It will bo cold Saturdaj moderating Sunday, turning colder Mon da and milder Tuesdax and Wednesday. Precipitation may total 0.3 to 0.4 Inch (melted) with snow flurries over the higher areas Satur daj, snow showers or rain showers late Sunday and ear-
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