KL S NO. 31 BARLEY HARVEST WAS JUST ABOUT CLEANED UP this week and !»t -arvest was just around the corner. Some farmers in the eastern part of 1 comity have already cut wheat with the binder. Richard Peters, Manheim R 4, pve runs the' combine for his uncle,Benjamin Peters, in the barley field of 1 &Q€nk, Manheim R 2. The -dry -weather during the past two weeks made :k crk of barley harvest • - ' - - 'L; F. Photo. ebon Owen isigns As Lane, rming Editor p €'\en, Editor of Lan- T < -ming .since Septem pj c ias resigned to take pH 1 *' as Information Spec- I (' the staff of the |en ’ of Maryland. | {1 ‘ ‘ graduate of Quar r rgh School, earned ißrC'-ioi of Science de- I lr tgnculture Education I ‘ ri Pennsylvania State t ei m 1950 He taught l at tnal agncultuie at N o\e, York County, P° -*ii s before returning p r High School where pi' foi seven years. [ r " ( Mis. Owen, the for |® 1 ‘ r Osborne, and their r r Eugene, fifteen, and 1 * ‘■'en, plan to move to Park, Maryland, I, n - -uccessor will be r he near future. N Calendar "Sam Landisville- n t‘ 4 H Sewing club A'" Hempfield Senior P Mi County 4-H Day at Penn „ “i "h School - Distuct 4-H Lead B ithool at the Cocoa 8 'ney p a jj~T iIJ 00 a m Dairy ri ~' c ‘d the faim of J p ‘ 0 644 Beaver Val „ * Lancaster R 7. etc " 900 a m 4 ' H L. ” lung contest at L' ’’e Equipment Co, L ,ie p a 10 _ ~ L , iILUt Growers As- Ui Lancaster Coun- L ° Llr Adams County. WHEAT IS STILL SHOCKED IN SOME parts of Lancaster County. Some of our neighbors to the east of Lancaster still pull the binder through the grain fields with horses and shock the golden sheaves to complete the ripening process. To most of us it seems like a lot of hard work, but it continues to present an ap pealing view to tourists. L. F. Photo. Pa. Farm Prices Up 1% Over May Prices received by Common wealth farmers in mid June inci eased one per cent from mid May according to the Pennsylvania Crop Reporting Service Hog puces advanced 6 pei cent from last month but lower puces of other meat animals offset this inciease. Higher puces for poultry and eggs accounted for most of the increase in receipts fiom a month earlier Chicken prices increased 8 per cent, and egg prices 3 per cent. Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 4, 1964 Egg puces were up a cent from May when they equalled the low May 1963 price Field crops, both food and feed giains and hay show a substantial decline from last month Most important of these declines is wheat 7 per cent, bailej 7 pei cent, and nay 8 per cent The wholesale milk puce for June is estimated at S 4 25 pei cwt the same as last month and 13 cents higher than last year The Index of Puces Recen ed, w'hich is a measuie of the trend and changes oi prices received b> farmers, was 216 (Continued on Page 5J Dairy Demonstration Field Day Thurs. At Groff Farm A crew of Extension Spec ialists from Penn State Uni veisity are expected to assist the local County Extension Agents in conducting the Unit Demonstration Field Day, this Thursday, July 9 This all-day event is sched uled to be held at the farm of Mr. and Mrs J Wade Groff, 644 Beaver Valley Pike, Lancastei R 7, Pa (located about one mile west of Lam peter ) From 10 a m until noon and from 2 30 p m until 4 pm., a series of guided Wagon Tours will be conducted over the farm; a number of special crop demonstrations have been established adapted to dairy farm production. The specialists who will con tribute to the day’s program are- Fred A. Hughes—to dis cuss the importance of good farm management. Will be one of the afternoon speakers. John Baylor—from Extension Tomato Growers Specialty Shop Opened Wed. The Washington Boro Toma to Gioweis Coopeiative Assn, opened its staked tomato specialtv shop foi business Wednesday fi\e days ahead of schedule Manager Reeder M 'iouna attubuted the eailj staked to mato \olume to substantial quantities of eailv spung lams which advanced ripening (Continues oa Page 5) $2 Per Year Agronomy to discuss grass legume forage mixtures and their uses Dexter Putnam— Extension Dairyman to review the dairy management prac tices on the Gioff herd and the results Roger Grout— from Agi Engineering to con duct a bain lemodelmg dem onstration on the Gioff dairy barn Milfoid Heddleson—Soil Specialist to be in charge of the Soil Piofile demonstration and discussion Geoige Berg gren—Extension Weed Spe cialist—to discuss the weed control program and will have a poisonous weed exhibit. The lormal speaking pro gram will begin at 130 pm. on the lawn of the Groff home and lunch will be available at the farm. All interested dairymen and grassland farmers are invited to attend this public, educa tional Field Day. 4-H Citizenship School July 12 A delegation of five Lancas ter County 4-H members are scheduled to attend a weefc long citizenship school at the National 4-H headquarters in Washington, D C, during the week of July 12 to 18. The group from Lancaster County will be part of a 33 member delegation from sev en southeastern Pennsylvania counties traveling by bus. They will be chaperoned by two extension agents. Mrs. Helen Tumson fiom Adams County and Paul Reber from Montgomeiy County The Lancaster County mem beis aie Enc Stoner, 1051 Eden Road, Lancaster Lilli Ann Wivell, Columbia Rl, Judy Longenecker Holtwood Rl; Nancy Neff Milleisville Rl, and Charles Waif el, Conesto ga R 2 About four fifths of the cost of the trip will be paid out of the 4-H development fund set up last year to use the funds provided by the state from harness racing funds. FIVE-DAY WEATHER FORECAST Temperatures during the next five dajs aie expected to average four degrees above the normal lange of 65 at night to 87 in the after noon. Quite warm over the weekend with a moderating trend thereafter. Precipita tion ma> total inch or moie as scattered showers and thundei showers Monday and Tuesday.
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