10 NO. 37
ict Conservation Directors
d 2nd Meeting With Lancaster
ty Planning Commission
Lancaster County Soil ty This means, Chairman Funk
Water Conservation Dis- told the planners, that if the
directors met in a closed general lule of “75 acres go
hve session this week ing out of agricultural produc
the Lancaster County tion of every 100 new people
ung Commission to cUs< coming in” is applied, there
the role of agriculture will be 110,000 less acres in
the future development of agricultural pioduction by
county, according to Amos 1980. That would mean about
district chairman 25 percent less land for agii-
directors presented the cultmal use than was in pro
pis of the -district, and plans duction m Lancaster County
r reaching those goals. Ii in 1960.
e P-rk and Open Space Ad- “Therefore,” Funk summar
;oiy Council desires, the ized, “people in agriculture
strict would gladly furnish have a vital interest in the
man to sit in on their meet- rate and direction of industn-
gs, Funk said.
The population projection
1980 foresees an increase
150000 people in the coun-
uernsey Field
lay Planned For
tugust 19th
The Lancaster County
uernsey Breeders’ Associa
on will hold field
iy this year at the Paul
timer farm, Willow Street
, on August 19
Ihe program Will begin at
a.m, and will include judg
g of three classes of Guern
ys.
Harry F Roth, assistant
anager and 'breed programs
rector at Atlantic Breeders
joperative, will serve as
dge and as afternoon
leaker
The Witmer farm is locat
i ilnee miles south of My
n’s Corner, just off Route
12, on Fielderest [Drive.
Lunch will 'be available for
I, served by the 'Lancaster
ounty 4-H Guernsey Club
The Held dav committee is
ferbert N. Myer chairman;
’aul Witmer; and Melvin R.
toltzfas.
VJr Sfoner Nomed To
Select Pc. 4-K Group
Elie Stoner, 1051 Eden
load? Lancaster, has been
lamed as one of Pennsylvan
a’s ten most outstanding boys
iv the state 4H council. The
umouricement was made fol
ovving the 4-H Davs celebra
tion Penn State University
He jS the 17-year-old son of
Mr and Mrs H. Raymond
Manheim Township Hish
This select group of 20
Stoner, and he is a senior at
pchocl.
4 HVri (10 boys and 10 girls'!
f Continued on Page 121
Farm Calendar
August 16 16-20th. Beekeep-
PII Short Course at Penn
State University
A.ru/ 17 _ 17.19 th Horse
•"an s Short Course at Penn
SUe University. WINNERS IN THE WILDLIFE CONSERVATION demonstration at 4-H Days
Sam. 4-H Hog show at this week were Nancy Frey, Marietta Rl, and Dallas Wolgemuth, Mount Joy Rl.
(Continued on Page 7) Both are members of the Red Rose Baby Beef and Lamb Club.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 14, 1965
alization in the county, and
the conservation district would
like to see a ‘balance’ estab
lished between agriculture
and industry that would serve
the best interests of the
whole county ”
Also at the joint session,
it was reported that several
other members of the soil dis-
continued on Page 13)
Cotmtians Win livestock,
Swine And Demonstration
Titles At Pa. 4-H Days
Lancaster County 4-H teams ing, was the county’s first win
came through in fine fashion in that event since 1961. Led
in most of their traditionally by Kenneth Rutt, Quairyville
strong judging events at state R 2, who placed second indivi
-4-H days held this week at dually, the membeis collected
Penn State Univeisity. two blue, one red, and one
A third, fourth, and fifth white ribbon. The other swine
place individual scoring by Ken teammen were- Tom Zartman,
Hess, Strasburg Rl; Michael Ephrata R 1 fourth high m-
Hosler, Manheim R 3; and Fred dividual score; Donald Miller,
Hess, Leola Rl, respectively, Elizabethtown Rl, placing
enabled the livestock judging seventh individually, and Tom
team to successfully defend its Hess, Leola Rl, who placed
state title. 13th.
Another first, in swine judg- (Continued on Page 4)
AGRICU
THE PENN
Former District
Hay Champs To
Be Honored
Champions of district hay
shows during the past nine
years will be honored at a re
cognition banquet, sponsored
by the Pennsylvania Grassland
Council, at the Park Golf
Club in Hershey on Aug 26
A former county champion,
Galen W. Crouse of Stevens Rl,
who won in 1960 and ’6l, will
be among those honored at the
banquet.
Dr John Baylor, extension
agronomist at Penn State Uni
versity, and district hay show
chairman, reports 31 former
champions have been invited
to help celebrate the progress
made in hay exhibits and for
age quality during the past
nine years
Fiancis Raymaley, director,
Bureau of Markets, New Jersey
State Depaitment of Agrxcul
tuie, will be banquet speaker
The banquet will be held on
(Continued on Page 16)
LIBRARY
ATE UNIVERSITY
Cliff Bollinger Named
FFA County Star Farm
Tops Field Of 5 Youths
Five outstanding county
FFA boys competed this week
foi the highly coveted County
Star Farmer award in a con
test so close that it went right
down to the final wire. When
the scores were tabulated, the
judges announced that Clif
ford Bollinger of Cloister
Chapter was the 1965 Red
Rose Star Farmer Close run
ner-up was Glenn Weber, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Web
er of Mohnton, and president
of the Red Rose FFA Associ
ation
One of Bollinger’s strongest
points was his supervised
farming program, which, al
though it showed substantial
earnings, was also impressive
in its diversification. In ex
plaining this variety, which
ranged from sheep to tobacco,
Bollinger said he regarded his
farming program as an op
portunity to learn about many
types of crops and livestock
by actually working with each.
Only then, he felt, could he
Pesticide Terms
Need Revising
Study Shows
“The concepts of ‘no resi
dues’ and ‘zero tolerance’ as
employed in the registration
and regulation of pesticides
are scientifically and adminis
tratively untenable and should
be abandoned ”
That is the recommenda
tion of the National Academy
of Sciences and the National
Research Council in a report
on pesticide residues in foods
(Continued on Page 10)
$2 Per
settle on one type with a
tainty that that enterprise
the right one for him.
And that one enterpr
Cliff has decided, will
dairy. Although he will t
tinue to carry his sheep, sti
corn, tobacco and hay pi
ects during his senior year at
Ephrata High School, he
plans to gradually build a
registered Holstein dairy herd.
Cliff got started on his
farming program three years
ago with two steers financed
by a loan fiom his parents, a
dairy heifer an'* sheep.
(Continued on Page 7)
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CLIFFORD BOLLINGER
Instant Death
Lurks In Silo,
Secretary Warns
Everything is in “instant”
form these days, but this haz
ard is an old-timer. It comes
around to visit farmers every
year about this time, and sel
dom goes away empty handed,
in spite of repeated warnings
and a better understanding
of what it is and how to avoid
it. The killer, of course, is
deadly silo gas It is especial
ly hazardous under drought
conditions, Pa Secretary of
Agriculture Bull warns.
It starts, he explained, with
(Continued on Page 6)
Weather Forecast
Temperatures for the five
day period, Saturday through
Wednesday, are expected to
average much above normal.
Normal high for the period
is 85 degrees; low 64. For
the entire period one word
will describe the weather
pattern HOT.
Precipitation during the
period is not expected to to
tal more than 1/10 inch. This
will occur as widely scatter
ed showers, mostly over the
mountains.