VOL. 9 No. 43 From this field one day in the near future will spring Lancaster County’s own, and much needed, Agricultural Center. After a delay of about two years, plans have finally taken shape. The Center will- be located just off the Route 230 By-Pass. Nitrate Danger High In Crops The drouth in sections of the country this summer has mei eased the danger of nitrate in some crops, says George E Smith, chairman of the Uni versity of Missouri soils de partment Smith warns that drouth damaged corn grown on fer tile soil may contain sufficient mtiate to affect its feed value when used as silage Tests made in July at the University’s Southwest Mis souri Research Center near Mt Vernon showed a high nitrate content in corn, for age sorghums, and sudan grass These crops, Smith points out, received less than an inch of rain in July. He says corn and other ei ops which has been hurt so badly by drouth it will not Pioduce gram is likely to re tain a high nitrate content Plants convert nitrate and other materials to protein in the production of grain. If Siam development is prevent ed, this conversion does not take place and a greater amount of nitrate is retained m the plant - According to Smith, drouth hit much of the corn at a (Continued on Page 14) Farm Calendar Sept. 28 Fulton Grange, Booster Night, 730 pm. Sept 30 New Holland Pair. October 1 New Holland Fair. 4-H Baby Beef Judging, 1 Pm, followed by 4-H Swine •lodging. October 2 New Holland Fair. October 3 New Holland Fair. Tf ~ - U.juith Your help, " Li TER Harvest' Days At The Farm Museum Fall Harvest Days will be held at the Pennsylvania Farm museum off Route 222 between Lancaster and Ephrata on Sat urday and Sunday; October 3 and 4 from 1-5 pm. Demonstrations will be made of various phases of farm life in the 1700 and 1800’s, as the people prepared for the win ter months ahead. Participants will be authentically costumed Continued on Page 9 w'.V' "V Corky, Grand Champion Steer at the West Lampeter Fair, and owner, Donna Hess, share the spotlight with Fireball, the Reserve Grand Champion, owned by Harry Nissly. -1,., !’; 5 . J .VU'I.I 'MI 1 - . , t f * H Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 26, 1964 Fire Hazard In Forests Severe Secretary of Forests and Wa ters Maurice K Goddard is sued an urgent plea for pub lic cooperation and more stringent regulation of flares near forest land in the Com monwealth. "During the past weekend, our forest protection agency logged 47 fire's This was the period of Saturday, Sunday (Continued on Page 13) A J ,< .• Vi?-. .-i Plans Take Shape For New Agricultural Center Plans announced almost two years ago for establishing an Agricultural Center, and which were temporarily delayed un til a favorable tax ruling on contributions could be ob tained, are now being reacti vated according to Willis Z Esbenshade, President of the Board of Directors of the Lan caster County Faim and Home Foundation Esbenshade issued a public statement today, indicating that the purooses and struc ture of the original organiza tion of agricultural and busi ness leadeis have been modi fied and strengthened, to per mit gifts for the construction of a Farm and Horae Center deductible in computing fed eral income taxes The Board President explained that the Foundation has been issued a favorable tax ruling, m recent months, and that the Direc- Donna Hess Shows Top Steer At West Lampeter At the West Lampeter Fair Baby beef show on Wednes day night, Donna Hess, daugh ter of Mr and Mrs Elvin Hess, Jr., Strasburg lU, showed her crossbred steer to the grand championship. The black Shorthorn, whose name bounc ed from Corky to Oddball and then back to Corky during his rearing, was the result of mat ing a purebred Angus cow to a Purebred Shorthorn bull. Under show rules a crossbred Tm - * W. tors will proceed with the pi ej ect at the earliest time pos- Sible While no specific fund-rais ing objective has been deter mined as yet, estimates for erecting the Center, as origin ally planned, involved some $300,000, exclusive of land An anonymous doner has agreed to contribute 10 acres of land in Manheim Township, adjoin ing Route 230 by-pass, as a site foi the Center The need for this type of Centei was recognized years ago by the poultrymen of our county when they erected the Poultry Center, which has served well for a large num ber of activities A qualified engineer has made a detailed study to determine the feasi bility of enlarging the pres ent Poultiy Center to meet the needs of the Farm and (Continued on Page 5) is exhibited in the breed o£ the sire. Twelve-year-old Miss Hess has been partial to Shorthorns through most of her brief show career. Corky is her third Shorthorn steer. Last year she had the reserve grand championship at this fair, and two years ago she showed the Shorthorn breed champion in the junior divi sion of both the Pennsylvania Livestock Exposition and the Pennsylvania Farm Show. The icserve grand champion at the West Lampeter Fair was a Hereford named Fire ball owned and shown by Har ry Nissley, son of Mr. and Mrs Harry H Nissley, Mill port Rd, Lancaster. Fireball, who was shown in nearly eve ry event for which he was eligible, appeared to be get ting a little weary of the whole affair toward the end when he tried several times to settle down for a short rest. The first and second trophys m the Best Fitted Class were won b> Bertha Boose, 2258 (Continued on Page 10) Weather Forecast Temperatures for the five day period Saturday through Wednesday are expected to average near normal Nor mal high and low for the period is 73 and 52 degrees. There will be a day-to-day increase in temperatures Saturday through Monday, cooler Tuesday and Wednes day. \ » * ‘ Little or no precipitation is expected, except less than .1 inch occurring as showers in the extreme northern sec tion on Monday. $2 Per Year
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