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SAVE 50c PER BU.
IF ORDERED BY DEC.'SUI, 1965
Agway hybrids fTT^
make a practice jj
ef topping
100 bu. and
20 ton goals
Agway Offers Over
26 Varieties To Meet
Your Specific Need
Two things ... an Agway Hybrid Corn Variety,
plus the Agway Complete Crop Program for Corn . . .
can put you over the 100 bushel and 20 ton goals. It’s a
matter of record now.
The Agway 100-20 Corn Club was initiated in 1961. Its
purpose was to test the possibility, right on the farm,
of reaching and exceeding the profitable corn production
goals of 100 bushels of grain and 20 tons of silage per
acre, with a specific com growing program.
The tests proved that these high goals can be reach
ed with the right crop management. Four years of Agway
100-20 Corn Club averages:
23.9 tons of silage/acre
10,033 lbs. of TDN/acre
110.1 bushels of grain/acre
Agway 100-20 Corn Club . . »
FOUR YEAR RECORD
(based on actual field records of all participating farmers)
1961- - 1962 1963 i 1964
SILAGE - -
.Fields 82 111, 210 103
Ave. Weight 24.1 - 24.8 24.1 22.3
(tons per acre)
TDN 10,221 10,231 9,999 9,739
(lbs. per acre)
GRAIN
Fields 93 ,62 ’ 51 59
Bu./Acre 108 117 109.2 106.9
AND THESE AVERAGES WERE MADE
IN DROUGHT YEARS!
How did these corn growers make such high yields under
such severe conditions? All participating fanners used
the right AgWay Hybrid and they followed the practices
recommended in the Agway Complete Crop Program for
Corn,
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AND GRAZER SORGO GRASSES
IF ORDERED BY JANUARY 31st, 1966
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NEAREST YOU TO-DAY FOR
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CHRISTMAS AND A PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR
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(Former Farm Bureau and Eastern States Stores)
-Lancaster 394-0541 or
394-3755
New Holland 854-2126
''Anyone May Buy From Agwoy"
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Agway
Honey Brook 215-273-3213;'
Quarryville 786-2126 or
786-2147
F&H CAMPAIGN NAMES
BRUBAKER AND SK HOMME
Levi H. Brubaker of Roh
rerstowm, and L. H. Skromme,
Lancaster, were named co
chairmen of the Lancaster
County Farm & Home Cam
paign Fund. They will spear
head the drive which has a
goal of $375,000 for the con
struction of a Farm & Home
Center, and establishment -of
a scholarship fund.
J I'DGIXG TEAM HAS
GOOD YEAR The Lancas
ter County 4-H Livestock
Judging team climaxed a
great season this "week by
winning two national cham
pionships at the Internation
al Livestock Show in Chicago.
The team topped contes
tants from 28 other states to
take the beef cattle judging
and oral reasons champion
ships.
TRADING BEGINS ON
BEEF FUTURES The trad
ing of live beef futures be
gan this week on the Chicago
Mercantile Exchange.
AFBF CONVENES IN
PHILADELPHIA The
American Farm Bureau Fed
eration held its 46th annual
convention in Philadelphia's
Convention and Trade Center
with many Lancaster County
members in attendance. The
phrase, “A Republic If
You Can Keep It,” keynoted
the affair.
- CROP INSURANCE HITS
$530-MILLION The USDA
announced at its year-end
roundup of Federal Crop ‘ln
surance activities that nearly
Chas. E. Souder & Sons
R. D. 1, East Earl, Pa.
I. B, Graybiil & Son
Refton, Pa. Strasburg, Pa.
r /?V‘
Reflections
One Year Ago
DECEMBER, 1064
Merry Christmas
Brown & Rea
Atglen, Pa.
Elvers on Supply Co.
Elverson, Pa.
A. L. Herr & Bro.
Quarryville, Pa.
E. M. Heisey & Son
R. D. 2, Mt Jay, Pa.
Lancaster Farming, Friday, December £4, 1965
SSSO-milhon in farm crop
production investments were
protected in 1964. This is
the highest figure in the agen
cy’s 26-year history.
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Five Years Ago
DECEMBER, 1060
HARRY SLOAT TO RE
TIRE Harry S. Sloat, as
sociate county agent, an
nounced his retirement this
week after 40 years of serv
ice to Lancaster County agri
culture.
He pioneered in such areas
as developing spray programs
for controlling spittle bugs,
alfalfa weevil, and clover bud
weevil. Farm management
studies started and conduct
ed by Sloat are in their 40th
year the longest continu
ous program of its kind in
the U. S,
MENTZER HEADS AYR
SHIRE ASSN. Ellis K.
Mentzer, New Holland R 2,
was elected president of the
Lancaster County Ayrshire
Breeders Association at a re
cent meeting. Other officers
elected were: Florence Mae
Flory of M’anheun R 3, vice
president; Roy Boutwell of
Elizabethtown, secretary
treasurer.
BAUMAN, COUNTY FFA
PBESIDBNT Claience Bau
man, 17-year-old son of Mr
and Mrs. Ivan W. Baumaoi of
Lancaster R 7, was elected
president of the Lancaster
County Association of Future
Farmers „of j, : America this
week. Bauman is a senior at
Lanrpeter-Strasburg High
School
From us to you, our
wishes for a Christ
mas merry as a carol.
And we’d like to sing
your praises, for your
valued, faithful patron-
age.
Musset's
The Buck, R. D. 1,
Quarryville, Pa.
David B. Hurst
Bowmansville, Pa.
E. P. Spotts
R. D. 2, Honey Brook, Pa.
Mouafville Feed Service
R. JD. Z, Columbia, Pa.
H. M. Stauffer & Sons,
Inc.
Witmer, Pa.
TRI M H IjJK , HACKMAN,
WOUNDUP WINNERS Paul
Trlmible, Quarryville Rl, made
It three years in a row as he
exhibited the grand champion,
corn at the 4-H Corn & To
bacco Roundup. Billy Hack
man, Elizabethtown R 3, star
red in both contests when he
showed the grand champion
hand of wrapper tobacco, the
reserve champion hand ot fll
ier tobacco, and the reset ve
champion exhibit of corn.
ANKRU3I HEADS GUERN
SEY ASSN. Paul Ankrum
of Peach Bottom was reelect
ed president of the Lancas
ter County Guernsey Breed
ers Association at a iccent
meeting. Also reelected were:
Rohrer Witmer, Willow Street
R 2, vice-president; and Har
old Herr, Kirkwood, secie
tary-treasurer.
CORN BORER INVASION—
Lancaster County was among
20 counties in the state to
show an increase in European
corn borer damage this year
over last, according to field
'survey results of Pa. Dept,
of Agriculture.
VO-AG COURSE APPROV
ED FOR EPHRATA The
Ephrata Union School Board
this week approved establish
ment of a joint vocational ag
riculture course in the new
high school for students in
both the Ephrata and Cocalico
Union High Schools.
TWO 4-H’ERS WIN SCHOL
ARSHIPS James Brubak
er, son of Mr. and Mis. Mil
ton Brubaker, Lititz Rl, and
Anna Mary Singer, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs Ralph Singer
of Millersville, have been
chosen as the boy and girl
4-H members to receive this
year's Kiwanis scholarship
grant. Each award is for
$lOO, and is sponsored by
the Lancaster Kiwanis Club.
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Ten Years Ago
DECEMBER, 1953
FARM VALUES JUMP 56,«
000 A preliminary agn
cul'tural census report showed
that Lancaster County lost
only one farm (7,952 to 7,-
9'51) between 1950 and 1954.
It also showed that aieiage
faun values including
buildings and laud had in
creased 31 percent dm mg
that four-> ear penod Value
of acreage also indicated aa
increase ot about $lOO per
acre during that time
LAND PURCHASED FOR
POULTRY CBXTEK The
two major poultry agencies,
Lancaster County Pouluy
Exchange and Lancaster Poul
try Association, pm chased a
3.5-acre site this week lor
$7500 for the proposed poul
try center. Six men have been
named to speaihead a cam
paign to raise funds for the
building, following final ap
proval ot the site as a com
mercial zone by the City
Council. They'are: Dr E I,
Robertson, president ot the
Assn • Levi H Brubaker,
president of the Evchangej
Lewis Mortenson: Roy Heirj'
and Earl Reeves
TOBACCO EXPERIMENT
FARM TO RELOCATE
The present location ot the
Southeastern Pennsylvania
’Field Research Laboratory,
near Landisville, will be
changed with the sale ot the
property to F. S. McDonald
of Landisville. An 88-acre
site in Rapho Township, about
m miles from the present
farm, will 'be the new home
of the Experiment Station,,
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