VOL. 9 NO. 25 ALFALFA ALMOST READY TO GO ON THE DRYER is examined by Galen Crouse (right) of Stevens Rl. Crouse mowed the hay on Wednesday morning while Harold Weitzel (left), EphfataHl, a part time helper, followed with a crimper. Crouse, twite district hay champion, raked the hay Wednesday evening and baled Thursday. The hay was finished with a hot air crop dryer. L. F. Photo, Sheep From Texas Range Lome 1 Q L/OUllty r dnns ■Five Lancaster County farm eis and one from York County loaded out a carload of 250 head of western ewes at the Lancaster Union Stockyards, Tluusday morning. The yearling ewes from a feeding station at San Angelo, Texas will be crossed with "atue rams to pioduce com munal lambs. Tne commercial ewe pro giam conducted by Ben E, Hotgrn, extension livestock Farm Calendar la> 25 _ 7 so p m County Conservation club meets at the Elmer Sensenig mar- Let New Holland Rl. 8 nm Fulton Grange at Oakiyn Hall. 26 7 so p m. Provi nce 4H Community club fleets at the 'Providence Ele mentary School. ' 20 p m. Manor 4-H Com munity club meets at the Aun Let o r t Elementary School , Bpm County Extension Executive committee meets a: tne Farm 'Bureau Coop pf’ 1 - e building, Dillerville ~P l- ■‘e Lancaster. ay 21 • 1.30 and 7 30 p.m. " ? °od projects judging ses -jm for 4-H leaders at the kitchen, Lancaster. ■ 28 County Holstein 4-H meets at the home of °nn Kurtz, Elizabethtown. 2B 7:30 p.m. County , 11 Spring Jamboree at the fire hall. specialist from the Pennsylvan ia State University, brought a total of 469 ewes to the state, Berks County farmers took 69 while the remaining 150 went (Continued on Fase 8) TOBACCO PLANTS READY FOR THE FIELD by the last week in May. This plant bed at Rothsville was seeded last November and plants will be ready for transplanting next week. Henry Frank, shows the size of the plants he will be gin setting on his three acre plot. He covered the bed with tobacco ribs and mus lin about the first of April and began watering the first week in May. He has seeded in the fall for the past six years. L. F. Photo. Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 23, 1964 Fall Seeded Tobacco Beds Pay Dividends In Earlier Plants The voice on the IPhone said, “You had a picture last week 0 f tobacco plants as big as a half dollar I have plants as big as a dollar.” a stop at the home of Henry (Frank, Lititz U 4, proved that he did, indeed, have plants County Hay Champion Puts First Batch On Dryer Lancaster County’s champion hay grower, Galen Crouse, Ste vens Rl, put the first of his alfalfa crop on the hay dryer this week. Crouse, who was district hay champ in 1961 and 62 and re serve champion at the state Farm Show in 1962, mowed the first batch of hay on Wednes day morning and baled it Thursday. His 1963 sample of heat cured alfalfa was runner up to the sample that won the district hay show. The Holstein dairyman had planned to let the stand get a little taller, but a sudden in- Alfalfa Weevil Outbreak Plagues County Farmers One of the worst infestations ■of alfalfa weevils in history hit Lancaster County hay fields this week. A Penn State insect special ist said this week that damage with leaves as big as a dollar In fact, the leaves were almost as iarge as a dollar bill, and Mt - (Frank plans to 'begin trans planting next week. How did he get plants this large so early in the year? (Continued on Page 12) $2 Per Year vasion of alfalfa weevil pushed him into hay making earlier than usual. He began mowing the knee deep legume on Wed' nesday morning and followed with a hay crimper. By noon he had mowed enough for one batch in the drying shed. By Wednesday evening, the hay had lost enough moisture to be raked. Raking before the hay is completely cured and taking advantage of the late evening moisture, Crouse saves most of the leaves. The wind rows were rolled over Thurs day morning to speed the dry ing, and baling began by Thurs (Conunued on Page 9) to the Comity's 40,000 acre crop is the heaviest since the 1993 outbreak. J. O. Pepper, extension en tomologist from the Pennsyl vania State University, said! Tuesday after a field inspection with Arnold Lueck, assistant county agent, ‘'lt appears that the weevils are building up a resistance to heptachlor and dieldrin.” Pepper found heavy popula (Continued on Page 7) County Council Makes Plans For Spring Jamboree The 4-H County Council spring Jamboree for all county 4iH’ers will be held at 7-90 pm on May 29 at the Leola file ha'll Council is asking clubs in the county to erect contest booths such as a ring toss or other games of skill. Money prizes will be offered for the best booths. Booths will be judged on originality and. con struction Construction should be completed by 7 30. After judging of the booths, ■organized games are planned. The entertainment for the eve ning will be a hootnanny. He- (Continued on Page 4) FIVE-DAY WEATHER FORECAST Temperatures during the next five days are expected to average eight or more de grees above the normal range of 77 in the afternoon to 54 at night. Warm days arc ex pected throughout the period. Rainfall is expected to total less than one tenth of an inch falling as showers Sun day night or early Monday morning.
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