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TOM ZARTMAN, EPHRATA Rl,/a candidate for the County Star Farmer
degree is shown with one of his seven sows, all of which are about to farrow.
Tom is a member of the Cloister FFA Chapter, and plans to specialize in live
stock production after graduation next year from Ephrata High School.
L. F. Photo
Conservation Directors Meet With
County Planners To Study Trends
Influencing The Future Of Farming
The Lancaster County Soil
and Water Conservation Dis
trict directois met this week
in an informal discussion with
the County Planning Commis
sion director Ellis Harned at
the County Office Bldg, on
East King Street
The purpose of the get-to
gether was to v help the con
servationists to better under
stand the effects of industrial
and population growth in the
county during the past dec-
ade, and by examining the
trends, to better predict the
direction of this farm-devour-
ing expansion.
To- that effect, Planning Di
rector Harned reviewed num- Ten prominent farmers and
erous charts, tables, and maps 38 msny dairy educationists
for the district represents- " er ! to top roles m the
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state Secretary of Agricul
show<rd. that ture Leland H. Bull said the
192011950 population remained s how, an outstanding event at
nearly constant, but from introduction a year ago, will
1950-1&S0 it began to boom, be held in the State Farm
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Farm Calendar
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July 25 - 25-31, 4-H Citen- CompeHUoi
ship Short Course, Washing- ror * l “ n tate
ton, D. C. Three Lancaster County
July 27 9:30 am. Lancas- 4jj’ers came out on top in
ter County Plowing Contest their divisions this week in
at the Gerald Darlington the 13-county, 'District com
farm, northwest of Lititz petition held at the Owen J.
July 28 11 am. Lancaster Rober ts High School, Chester
'County Holstein Field Day county. The demonstration
at Clarence Stauffer farm, j U( jg e( j best m each category
Efenrata Rl. was selected to represent the
7~ j ?' S j ®!?. m Region m 'the finals at Penn
Leaders Workshop at Pine state University In early Au-
Grove. gust
July 29 11 a.m. Pa. Ayr- ©alias Wolgemutfa, Mount
shire Field Day at Masonic Joy Rl> . and iNsmcy p- r?y>
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Dunng that period a popula
tion growth of 18 percent
made us the fastest growing
standard metropolitan area in
the state The greatest growth
occurred in the township
areas, with the City actually
losing population In project-
ing housing expansion, Harned
predicted the greatest expan-
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Further Spots
Filled For All
American Show
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 24, 1965
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2nd Phase Of Ohio 4-H
Exchange Prog. Begins
As pait of the continuing ex
change 4-H piogiam aimed at
encoui aging a better under
standing among youth of peo
ple and problems in other
slates and aieas, four 4-H'ers
fiom Ohio iccently completed
a week’s stay with county mem
beis They returned to Ohio
on Sunday, July 18
The second phase of this
exchange program will begin
July 26 when the 4-H’ers who
hosted the Ohioans will travel
to Ohio toy car for a recipro
cal visit.
The members who will
make the trip are; Janice
Keeney, Village Drive, Neffs
ville; Avernl Boyer, 2025
Oregon Pike, Lancaster; (Ger
ald Wagner, Quarryville R 2;
and Barrett Borry, Mount
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Hunter Gets A
Specialist Post
At State Level
State Secretary of Agricul
ture Leland H Bull has an-
nounced the appointment of county 4 , H>ers wll
Ralph W. 'Hunter, Harrisburg, be amo ng the 38-member
a pioneer conservations , as de i ega t lon from southeastern
program specialist in the Pennsylvama atte ndmg the
State Soil and Water Conser- citizenship Short .Course to be
vation Commission. held in the nation’s -capital
For 30 years, starting in next week
i 935, Hunter had been with Atiending from Lancaster
the Soil Conservation Serv- (County be wilham , Hous .
ice, U. S. Department of Agn- Lampeter; Carol Hess,
culture, most recently as area Strasburg Rl and Pat Yung
conservationist in charge of inger> Manetta xhese
a 17-county southeast Penn- de t ega t es >were selected on a
sylvania region. mem basis from among the
He did soil erosion control count y 4 .ji members over 14
work in Indiana county, ad- years of age applying .
vanced to project agronomist course in Citizenship is
on the Beaver Run demon- a week-long event conducted
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Tom Zartman Anchors His
Farming Future Solidly
In Livestock
(Editor’s Note: This is a con
tinuing series featuring the five
FFA boys who are competing
for the County Star Farmer
degree).
Any 16-year-old faim boy
who can 'build an ownership
equity of approximately $7,-
000 in foul years has to be
on the right track' That is
what Thomas Zartman of Eph
rata R 1 has accomplished
since he began taking live
stock production seriously
shortly before he entered
high school The present val-
ue of his fully-owned equip-
ment and livestock, including I\/I
3 steers, 1 Angus heifer, 5 Meeting r lanneu
acres of corn, 6 acres of bar- \/_ __ • _ I_l
ley, 5 acres of alfalfa, 7 sows TOF Vegetable
(all about to farrow), and 25 r,. nt , rAl . c Viilv 9Q
market hogs, gives him a siz- vuuwcla C *' }
able stake in the expansion . . , T
he plans for his hog operation „ A f meeting of Lancaster
Either this fall or next County growers will
spring, Tom hopes to build a bebeld July 20, at
modern farrowing house. He P™ at the Penn State
expects to double the size of University Southeastern Field
his sow herd, and eventually Reseaich Faun near Landis
add a finishing house so that vllle - to obs f lv f ™ co ™
varieties in test plots
A total of 58 commercial
and experimental varieties
weie planted in 50-foot, repli
cated lows Early, mid-season,
and late varieties are includ
ed Nine of these are white
coin
Dutch Days And
Poultry Festival
To Brighten Aug.
The Pennsylvania Poultry
Federation will be host to
thousands during the week of
August 24-29, as it holds its
1955 summer festival at Her
shey The schedule of activi
ties includes a statewide chick
en barbecue, selection of the
1965-86 Pennsylvania Poultry
Queen, a Bantam Show, and
several educational features.
The festival will be held in
Hershey Park, 12 miles east
of Harrisburg It is held an
nually in conjunction with
Pennsylvania Dutch Days, a
popular folk celebration, and A 4-H poultry judging team
this year comes during a week be formed in the county
of special agricultural events: soon, according to Winthrop
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al agent.
County Delegates To The team will consist of
Attend 4-H Citizenship fo « r and will com
n i vk/ u P ete at the State 4-H Days,
bhort course In wasn. Auigust 10 , at Penn State Uni
versity To be eligible for the
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$2 Per Year
Production
he can feed out all his mar
ket hogs.
Tom is the son of Mr. and
Mrs Ira Zaitman Mr. Zart
man and Tom run the 72-acre
farm together In some eases
there is a clear-cut division
of enterprises; in others they
work on halves Mr Zartman
also works off the farm haul
ing hay and straw with his
trailer truck
Young Zartman is a senior
at Ephrata High School where
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Arnold Bueck, associate
agucultuial agent, states that
this is an excellent tual, and
he urges all vegetable grow
eis to attend this twilight
meeting.
Vegetable specialist from
Penn State, J. O. Outt, will
be on hand to discuss the
tests. Yield data on some of
the early varieties will (be
available.
Poultry Judging Team
To Be Formed Soon
Weather Forecast
Temperatures for the five
day period, Saturday through
Wednesday, are expected to
average below normal. Nor
mal for the period would be
a high of 87 and a low of 66
degrees. It will be warmer
Saturday and Sunday, then
cooler in the latter half of
the period.
Precipitation is expected to
total more than Vz inch, oc
curring as showers and
thunderstorms about mid
period.