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the blacky i>qx say it only happens once in 20,000 times. Looks like it is
\to make "US'Tamons. At least- we’l) get- our picture in the paper.”
L. F. Photo.
d Rose DHIA Testers
ill Aid In State Study
ictois of the Red Rose
Herd Improvement Asso
i voted Monday night to
ate w:*h the Pennsylvan
te University in a project
otem and solids-not-fat
testing.
special study project in
by the University will
00 cows of each of the
bieeds to determine the
m Calendar
) Deadline for entries
“* Future Farmers hog
1 and sale.
* 7 30 p m. County 4-H
:trs tiaming school at
ffrstown Elementary
101.
1 Southern County 4-H
ltin club meets at the
e Robert C. Groff,
grille R 3.
J 1 4 30 p.m. Lan-
J teachers of vo
« agriculture will meet
Elizabethtown High
t" 1 ~~ Red Rose Baby
, an d Lamb Club meets
' “ohieistown Elemen
school
rr " State Dairy Herd
e ment Association su
r'meeting at the
- 'ania State Umver
g
nerc 1 30 P m - Farm
society 6 meets with
„ a Heistand at the
' * e Brethren Home.
ttv m Farm Women
»2 Wl B entertain So-
J n the Refton fire hall.
correlation of butterfat per
cent to protein and solids-not
fat content of individual cows
The statewide study will use
Ayrshires, Jerseys and Guern
seys in Lancaster County. All
500 Holsteins in the study will
come from other counties.
Under the cooperative proj
ect, local DHIA supervisors
will collect samples, add a pre
servative, and store the milk
samples until they can be pick
ed up by an extension special
ist from the University.
The University will test the
samples and report the butter
fat and SNF pn the regular
DHIA reports.-Since there is
no place on the present forms
for -reporting protein content,
the dairyman will have to re
quest the information from the
University Protein content will
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Crop Summary
Dry Weather Slows Crop Growth
HARRISBURG The Penn
sylvania Crop Reporting Ser
vice today said soil moisture
is lacking for germination of
seeds and good growth of ciops
in many areas in the state
Below normal rainfall was re
ported again on May 23 for
the third week in a row
Planting of corn, potatoes
and vegetables made good pio
gress during the week Light
frosts were reported in scatter
ed localities in the north
Freeze damage was negligible.
Winter grains continued to
make good growth. Good yields
of wheat and barley are in
Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, May 30, 1964
EARLY PAPER
In order that Lancaster
Farming may be delivered be
fore the Post Office holiday on
Saturday, the paper is being
printed one day early this
week. All regular features are
included and market reports
are current up to Thursday.
Next Week Lancaster Farming
will return to its regular sche
dule.
State Poultry Federation Confab
Will Feature County Poultryman
Levi Brubaker, Rohrerstown
poultryman, will be one of the
featured speakers at the Penn
sylvania Poultry Federation’s
annual conference on June 24
and 25.
Main speaker for the Wed
nesday night banquet will be
Dr. Earl L. Butz, Dean of
the College of Agriculture, Pur
due University.
Dr. Butz, former Assistant
Secretary of Agriculture in
prospect if rainfall is near
normal.
Nearly all oats have now
been planted. Early seedings
are up and growing' nicely.
Planting of corn made rapid
headway under favorable con
ditions and two-thirds of the
crop is now in the ground
Cutting of first growth al
falfa was continuing Weevil
infestation is unusually severe
in some localities. Spraying of
stubble for control is under
way Weather was favorable for
hay making during the week
and good quality hay was stor
ed. Pastures continue to pro-
Twin Colts Beat Odds Of
20,000 To 1; Both Alive
Horses sometimes beat pretty
big odds, but it is seldom that
one beats odds of 20,000 to
one.
A Lancaster County pony
mare has broken the odds by
giving birth to live twin colts.
Ginger, a 7 year old grade
mare owned by J. Earl Horst,
New Holland R 2, foaled the
colts on May 1, and both the
little stallions are growing and
lively.
The combination of live
birth and survival of both foals
in the horse kingdom has been
calculated at something like
one in 20,000. The chance of
Dairy Princess Pageant
F eaturesSevenContestants
Lancaster County’s Dairy
Princess will be crowned on
June 23 as part of Kiwanis
Clubs Ladies Night at the Host
Motel.
Mrs. Herbert Royer, 2025
Oregon Pike, chairman of the
county Dairy Princess commit
tee said this week seven girls
have entered and will com
pete for the crown.
According to Mrs. Royer,
the Lancaster dairy industry
will stage a Contest this year
to pay tribute to Lancaster’s
position as the number one
dairy county in Pennsylvania.
Lancaster ranks first in the
state in milk production with a
value of over $25,000,000, and
is the seventh largest milk
producing county in the na-
charge of marketing and
foreign agriculture, has been
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DR. EARL BUTZ
vide good grazing for cattle
A few pastures have been
clipped.
Setting of tobacco plants in
the field is in progress. Cobbler
potatoes showed good stands
$2 Per Year
twin foals being carried full
term and delivered live is re
ported to be about one in 200,
but the chances that one or
both foals will not survive
after birth are about 100 to
one.
The twins, temporarily dubb
ed Pete and Repeat, were so
small and weak at birth that
they had to be fed with a
medicine dropper for the first
week Horst tried a nipple
bottle, but the little fellows
wouldn’t accept the nipple. He
tried to hold the colts up to
the mare’s udder, but she did
not have enough milk for the
(Continued on nase 61
tion
The Lancaster County Dairy
Princess will represent Area
14 in the state contest at
Hotel Hershey on July 14 and
15, Mrs. Royer said.
The five county Kiwanis
clubs, Elizabethtown, Ephrata,
Lancaster, New Holland, and
the host club, Northeast Lan
caster, will cooperate in cele
brating Ladies Night and spon
soring the pageant. Kiwamans
have been invited from the
Annville - Cleona, Shillington,
and Lebanon clubs.
Mrs. Royer and the 1963
Dairy Princess, Miss Carol
Wilson, will visit all the Lan
caster County Kiwanis clubs
next week to publicize the
meeting. Miss Wilson is a stu
dent at Elizabethtown College.
Mrs Royer explained that
previous contests have not liv
ed up to their full potential
and expressed her hope that
the number one dairy county
might stage the number one
Dairy Princess Contest this
year
Mrs Royer stressed that the
contest is not simply a “beauty
contest”; girls are chosen by
three main criteria: 1. persona
lity and poise; 2. speaking
ability; and 3. healthy and at
tractive appearance. “Dairy
Princess winners have always
typified the finest in American
youth and we hope that all
dairy farm families will urge
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FIVE-DAY
WEATHER
FORECAST
The present outlook is for
fair weather through Satur
day with daytime tempera
tures on the cool side reach
ing into the seventies dur
ing the day and into the
forties at night. A warming
trend is expected to begin
about Saturday with a chance
of showers Sunday, but gen
erally fair weather is ex
pected.