VOL. 9 NO. 20 OUTSTANDING DAIRY HERD IMPROVEMENT SUPERVISOR of the Southeast Pennsylvania District is Harold J (Joe) Lindecamp, Peach Bottom. Lindecamp, supervisor in association 14, is shown at the testing table m his base ment. L. F. Photo. Farm Calendar Apul 20 7 30 p m. Man iheim Young Farmers class on fiee stall housing of dauy cattle meets at the farm of James Graybill. 6pm 'Southeast area 4-H leaders training session at the Smoketown Elementary School. April 21 8 30 Region II ■IFA Public speaking & par liamentary procedure contest in the Millersviile State Col lege. 7 a.m. Holstein assn, tour me€'‘3 at the 'Bus Terminal, W Chestnut Street. 830 pm. Pequea Valley IFFA parent and son banquet ir> - the high school cafeteria. 7 30 p.m. Lincoln 4df Com- club meets in the Woimt lAiry fire hall. p.m 'Drumore 4-H Community club meets in the Chestnut (Level Church house. April 22 _ l pm. York- area iFFA dairy "Products judging contest at B Phiata High School. Aprel 23 _ g-30 pm. (Man heim 'FFA parent and son oaflquet at the Penryn fire hall ® m Lancaster County Holstein club meets at r l5 Farm Bureau Cooperative holding, Dillerville Pike, _ (Continued on Page 7) ' > * Neighbors, Friends Help Rebuild Burned Lititz Bam At 7 am. Thursday Phares nite Church began arriving M Weaver had no barn, By about 7 o clock and they kept 4 15 Thursday afternoon, a 48 011 coming until about 125 men by 64 foot structure was up w® re hammering, sawing, fitt and most of the roof was in big. morticing, pegging, and p2 ace- pinning. By noon the rafters were in place and the men Friends, neighbors, and mem- stopped for a dinner prepared bers of the Groffdale Menno- (Continued on Page s) Expert Says, Chemicals Control Wire worms In Most Tobacco Fields Tobacco growers who had a ground is plowed Dieldrin, wireworm problem last year Heptachlor, Aldnn or CMoro might do well to treat fields be- dane may be applied to the fore transplanting, a pest con- plowed ground and worked m trol expert said last week. to the soil with a disc if the John O Pepper, extension en- problem is severe, tomologist from the Pennsyl- Where wirewoms were not vania State Unnersity, told a problem last year, Pepper Lancaster Farming this week, said, any of the above materials “Broadcast apphca,tions of pes- or liquid Lindane may be used ticides will probably pay if the in .the transplanter solution. infestations were heavy last year ” Pepper said that pesticides in said, the application is differ the transplanter solution will ent The ground should be piobably do the job on most worked down to planting con cases Unless wireworms were dition and the material sprayed a problem last year, general ap- on top of the soil two to ten plications are not recommend- days 'before -the plants are e( j transferred to the field. Pepper said several chemi- Pepper cautioned farmers to cals may be used as a spray or read labels carefully and apply as granules applied after the (Continued on Page 12) f i i P *\i f fr l 1 . . ' c ’ 4 < Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 18, 1964 s |> V ' f, CUTWORMS y# For cutworm control, Pepper * - * / I r' > s S **• >» Lindecamp Is Outstanding DHIA District Supervisor A Lancaster County man was named Outstanding Supervisor in the Southeast District of the state Dairy Herd Impiovement Association, Thursday night Harold J. (Joe) Lindecamp, Peach Bottom, received the awaid at a meeting of South east District supervisors in the Plumsteadville Grange Hall, Bucks County. Lindecamp, tester in associa tion number 14 of Red Rose DHIA since 1957, has won sev en merit awards in the 14 yeai s he has been associated with the state cow testing association Before coming with the Red Rose Association, Lindecamp woiked out of the Chester County office of the Piogies sive DHIA, but all the heids Milk Promotion Group To Sponsor Dairy Princess There will be a Lancaster County Dairy Princess this year, Mrs Heibeit Royer, 2025 Oie gon Pike, Lancastei, said this week Emergency Feed Program Ends On June 15 June 15th is the termination date for the emergency live stock feed program in the coun ty, Miss 'Dorothy Neel. ■County ASCS office manager, remind ed farmers this week Final date for fanners to file application has been extended to May 15th All corn must be picked up from the handler by June Ist, and roust be fed by June 15th, Miss Neel said. were in southern Lancaster County. When the state DHIA conveited its recoids to elec tronic processing, Lmdecamp transferred his herds to the Red Rose Association At present he is testing ap pioximately 1900 cows in. 29 heids and has another 10 herds on Owner-Sampler testing His laigest herd on DHIA is 131 cows, while one owner-sampler heid numbers 107 cows Lmdecamp graduated from the vocational agriculture course at Solanco High School in 1949 and began testing cows in April of 1950 He is marned to the former Judith Kautz of Lancaster. They have one daughter, Mary Ellen, seven months old Mis Royer was appointed chan man of the Dairy Princess committee Wednesday night by a coopeiatmg group milk dealers and producers It had been announced earli ei by the Lancaster County Milk foi Health Committee 'that no contest would be held in the county this year because of lack of contestants last yeai However, Mrs Royer, said, the Milk for Health committee is cooperating with others nn teiested in ,miLk promotion in sponsoring the contest this year She said the committee feels that the contest was not pi omoted well enough last year to draw entrants Any Lancaster County girl (Continued on Page 7) Milk Production Up 10 Per Cent HARRISBURG Daily milk output per cow on Pennsylvan ia farms in March, estimated at 2516 pounds, was up 10 per cent from February, 3 per cent more than a year ago, and 15 per cent above average, according to the Pennsylvania 1963 1964 con tiled. m, (Continued on Page 6) FIVE-DAY WEATHER FORECAST Temperatures during the next five days are expected to average eight or more de grees above the normal range of 42 at night to 65 in the afternoon. Warm weather throughout most of the peri od will turn somewhat cool er toward the end of the period. Precipitation may to tal 0.1 to 0.5 inch with a chance of scattered showers Monday and more general showers about Tuesday. $2 Per Year
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