V'OL. 9 NO. 30
INSPECTING A PLOT OF Pj
ied by the Pennsylvania State
mt breeder with the Pennsylvani;
Southeast Pennsylvania Resean
>nt. Arnold Lueck. Pennfield seed
mg, but none is yet available for
mlent Growers Are
ed, Brubake
A \eteran Lancaster County
iltiy producer . sajd , this
;k *ne independent poultry
we: will continue to be an
;t to the industry and an
lom.c force in the com
utj
ivi Biubaker, Rohrerstown,
dan* at the summer con
;nce of the Pennsylvania
iltij Federation on the cam
of the Pennsylvania State
t'eis *v said there is a
e fox the independent pro
•> ir a business marked by
igiat on
'<id bigness does not
;s *? ily insure success m
incus uy He pointed with
iein to fhe recent business
‘gei; and continuing giowth
big coopeiatives.
Whsn M,e lose our freedom
bigness, 1 ’ he said, “We have
; UK as realistically as if
had tost to some tyrannical
vei ’
£<id giant cooperatives
1 consol the feed business
the - methods fuel com-
m Calendar
2S July 2 Pennsyl
,m“ State Club Congress at
Park
25 __ g, a m Landis
-1 e iunga 4-H sewing club
the Hempfield High
W
10 am Forage
,‘ v the Pennsylvania
‘® te I'n.versity
■ 3t ‘ 12 00 noon Ki
n' scholaiships pre
■nt6(* *° 4-H club members
tr ‘ e Bninbwick Hotel, Han
dle
30 ti m New Providence
m WaniK 4-H club meets
tr > Providence Elemen-
SCliOOl
NFIELD spring oats, a new variety just .
i.versity are, left to right, Robert P. Pfeife.
,ate University; John Yocum, Director
Laboratory Farm, and Assistant Coui
HI be available to seed producers n*.
■nerai distribution. L. F. Photo
i gasoline wars
one of the found
iefunct Lancaster
lange, said many
nt industry prob
traced to over ex
‘the use of out
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panics use
Brubaker,
ers of the
Poultry ex
of the cun
lems can h
pansion wi
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Poultrymen
Honor Lebanon
County Man
County man was
isylvama Poultry
ear” by the Penn
iltry Federation,
ight during the
rence at Umver-
A Lebanon
named “Peni
man of the Y
sylvama Poi
Wednesday i
annual confe
sity Park
Lawrence E Kegerreis,
Palmyra Rl, was honored at
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Poultrymen
Elect Officers
Paul Konhaus, Mechanics
burg, was elected president of
the Pennsylvania Poultry Fed
eration during the group’s an
nual convention Thursday at
University Park
Konhaus, a turkey breeder
and a director of the National
Turkey Federation, succeeds
Hany R Ulrich of Harrisburg
Other state officers elected
were Charles R Phillips, Pil
low, first \ice president, Wil
liam R Myers. Myeistown, sec
ond vice piesident. Edwin
Wallis, Jr, Liveipool, secie
tary, Lawiepce E Kegeneis,
Palmyra, treasurei, andGeoige
M Anthony, Stiausstown, Hom
ei J Bixlei. Souderton, H
Robert Houser, Yoik, and Dr
Thomas R Ziegler, Gardners,
rectois.
) dr;
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 27, 1964
Holstein Men
Set Field Day
Says
The Lancaster County- Hoi
stem-Fnesian Association has
announced July 29 as the-date
of the annual field day.
The judging program is
scheduled to begin at 10 am
on the farm of Hiram Aungst,
Elizabethtown R 1 The Aungsl
farm is located about twc
miles south of Elizabethtowr
just off Rt 743 near Bosler’s
Church
Judging in three categorn
for adults, ladies and youl
will feature Jack Fan child
Fan wood Farm as the offic:
judge Fan child will also
the mam speaker duung t
afteinoon piogram Com l
Agent, Max M Smith, will ai
speak during the afternoc
and judging puzes will
awarded
A chicken barbecue will
served at noon, but field c
committee members have a
ed that reservations for lun
be made befoie July 15
Eastern Milk
Federal Food St
Eastern Milk Producers <
operative Association S>
cuse, N Y, announced tod
then opposition to the p
posed Food Stamp Act
1964 (HR 10222), which p
vides for the expansion a
making peimanent the Pi'
Food Stamp plan, and also a
continuation of the pilot p:
gram now in operation insoi
43 areas
This statement was made
John C Yoik, Execute e 5
ictaiy of Eastern Milk Pi
duceis Cooperative Assoc
tion, on behalf of this lai
dauy bai gaining cooperatn
befoie the committee on Ag
culture and Forestiy of Un
ed States Senate.
According to York, the
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Cereal Beetle Is Called
“Most Destructive Pest”
A plant quarantine expert
warned county farmers Thurs
day to be on the lookout for
Cereal Leaf Beetle which he
described as, “Potentially one
of the most destructive plant
pests to ever enter this coun
try."
Mac A Campbell of the US
Department of Agriculture
Pest Control Division, speak
ing at a small grains field day
on the Southeastern Pennsyl
vania Field Research Labora
tory farm, said the beetle, row
confined to the three states of
Michigan, Indiana and Ohio, is
one of the fastest spreading
insects known.
He said the beetle was first
detected in the lakes section
of Michigan, but no one knows
wheie it came from The bee-
Martha Foulk Is Named
County Dairy Princess
Miss Martha Foulk, Quairy- Host Motel, Lancaster
ville R 3, was named Lancas- Runner up in the contest to
ter County Dairy Princess, pick a representative from
Tuesday night, during Ladies Lancaster County to the state
Night at the North Lancaster finals in Hershey next month
Kiwanis Club. was Donna Landis, 2088 Creek
. Hill Road, Lancaster
The 1963 Dairy Princess, Misg p ou ijj a j uniol - student
Miss Carol Wilson crowned at Mlllersville state College,
the new monarch before an hves t five miles from the
audience of about 2do in the „
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Farmers Are Invited To Field Day
At Dairy Demonstration Farm
County Agent. Max Smith,
this week issued an invitation
to all county faimers to at
tend a field day at the County
Unit Demonstration Farm on
July 9
The all day event, begin
ning at 10 am on the farm
of J Wade Groff, 644 Beaver
Valley Pike. Lancaster R 7,
will feature tours of demon
stration plots where farmeis
Prod
ucers Oppose
mp Program
sociation’s opposition to this
plan in any form was based
on their belief that the plan
would fail to achieve either
of the two purposes for which
it was formulated The associ
ation contends it will not re
move suiplus foods from the
normal channels of trade nor
will it improve the food sit
uation of needy people
In commenting on the di
rect distribution of surplus
food, veisus the Food Stamp
Plan York said, “While the
benefit of needi participants
in days Harbor County, an
experimental aiea, in teims of
retail prices, is approximate
ly the same under both plans,
the cost to the Federal Go\-
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$2 Per Year
ties chew the soft part of
cereal gram leaves between
the veins until the plant takes
on a whitish, yellow appear
ance
Campbell said control in
gram fields, with two light
sprays of Malathion, can pro
tect the gram, but the egg
laying habits of the mature
pests makes eradication by
spraying almost impossible. He
said the beetles will live on
almost any grass plant in ad
dition to corn and the small
grams
Giam and grasses from the
three states are under quar
antine, he said, but farmers
need to be on the lookout for
the 3/16 inch long adult
He said 15% million barber
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can see the relationship o£
fertilizer practices to crop
varieties
Demonstrations have been
established relating to varie
ties of grasses and legumes,
various fertilizer treatments,
weed control plots in both,
corn and tobacco, Sudan grass
and sorghum hybrid varieties,
soil erosion control, and soil
profile inspection Other spe
cial features will include a
dairy barn remodeling demon
stration and educational ex
hibits
Lunch will he available at
the Groff farm and will be
followed by a biief speaking
piogram including several
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FIVE-DAY
WEATHER
FORECAST
Temperatures during the
next five dajs are expected
to average two to six degrees
above the normal range of 63
at night to 86 in the after
noon. Little dav to day tem
perature change is expected.
Precipitation may total less
than 0.2 inch falling as scatt
ered showers Sunday or
Tuesdav.