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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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Little or no precipitation
is expected, except less than
.1 inch occurring as showers
in the extreme northern sec
tion on Monday.
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