VOL. 11 NO. 9
THE CAYUGA COUNTY Farm, Home & 4-H Center is one of more than
two dozen such centers in New York state. This center was built four and one
half year ago, and reportedly hasn’t had an idle moment since. It housed nearly
600 meetings last year.
Lancaster County Poultry Assn.
Sets Annual Meeting For Feb. 3
- *lihe Lancaster County Poul
try Association announces
thds week that its thirty-first
annual meeting will be held
Thursdaj, February 3, at
7:30 pm, at the Farm Cred
it Building. 411 West Rose
ville Road, Lancaster.
In addition to the regular
Crop Mgt And
Fertilizer Talk
Heard By 200
Approximately 200 area
farmers and friends attend
ed a supper meeting at fhe
Blare Ball Fire Hall last week
sponsored by Agnco Chemi
cal Co in coopeiation with
the DuPont Co and Doebler
Pennsylvania Hybrids.
Following a supper served
by the Ladies Auxiliary of
the Blue Ball Fire Co , Paul
Spencer, agronomist with
Agrico, gave a 'slide-illusti at
ed talk on soil and crop man
agement
He was followed bv the
DuPont repi esentative who
discussed the benefits of
weed control for bettei corn
yields
Slides illustrating good
management practices for top
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Farm Calendar
January 31 7 30 phi ,
'Count} FFA Chaptei meets
at Warwick Union High
School agriculture loom
7:30 pm, Lancaster
County SWCD dnectois
meet at Lancaster County
Planning Commission of
fice, 900 East King St.,
Lancaster.
7 30 pm. Ephrata
Adult Farm Welding Class
at Ephrata High School.
February l 4:30 pm,
Lancaster County Vocation
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 29, 1966
business meeting, members
will elect directors for l&iiffr
There will 'also be some
changes made m the Associ
ation’s Eh-Laws
Following these regular
items of annual business
pictuies will be shown and
light refreshments will be
sei ved
All members of the Poul
try Association are urged to
attend this meeting, and to
participate in guiding and
supporting their organization
thiough the coming >ear.
RURAL FREE DELIVERY Snow and
Mail. We hope the postman missed reading our
weather forecast last weekend as he fought his
white way to your waiting mailbox. Sorry about
AGRICULTURAL LIBRARY
r. THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY
County FFA Meeting
Rescheduled For 31st
The Red Rose Chapter of
Futuie Farmers of America
„meetmg originally set for
last Monday has' been re
scheduled for Monday, Janu
aiy 31, at 7 30 pm.
The meeting, which will
be held in the vocational ag
neiiltme room at the War
wick Union High School,
will feature installation of
officeis tor 196 G.
The program will also be
highlighted by conferring of
Red Rose Degrees upon 45
county FFA members.
A Farm & Home Center Is An
Investment In Your Community
Speaker Says At F & H Meeting
Speaking to approximately
120 peisons gatheied at Hos
tetler’s Banquet Hall in
Mount Joy Tuesday night for
the annual meeting of the
Lancaster County Farm &
Home Foundation, Harold B
Sn°et said that any county
as agriculturally prominent
as Lancaster desenes to have
adequate facilities to serve
its farmers.
“The top county in Xew
York has a total agncultuial
production of $24 million.
In your county, dairy produc
tion alone tops this You
ha\e a total agricultural ifro
duction ot approximately
Lancaster County Swine Producers
Assn. Schedules Spring Activities
XEIV HOG HOUSIXG
A meeting will be held on
February 1 to discuss new
innovations in hog housing
system's from farrowing
through finishing
Aiea farmers appearing on
the progiam will discuss
their housing experiences
They are' Herbert Shick,
Kntztown: Abram Zeiset and
John Zeiset, East Earl, Nor
man Martin, M>eistown, and
Irwin Mai tin Lincoln.
Dwight Younkin and Les
ter Burdette, Penn State
livestock extension special
ists. will also be on. hand to
field any technical questions
that! If you really want to read this week’s fore
cast, you'll have to hunt for it. It’s hidden some
where inside. L. F, Photo
$2 Per Year
$ll7 million,” the New York
State assistant 4-H Club
Leader maneled He inferred
there could 'be no question
that the county not only de
sen ed. but needed, a modern
Faun & Home Center.
As the New York extension
agent showed the audience &
series ol slides depicting
some of the Centers In his
state, he said that a central
ly-located Center becomes an
asset to the whole commun
ity. It provides a place for
all types of meetings, when
not busy with agricultural
and homemaking affairs; it
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on management and housing.
The meeting will be held,
at 8 p an. at the Lancaster
Ooumtv Farm Credit Build.-'
mg, 411 West Roseville
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County Extension Assn.
Annual Meeting Feb. 8
The Lancaster County Ag
ricultural and Home Econom
ics E\tension. Association has
scheduled a February Bth
date foi its annual meeting.
The meeting wall be hdld
in the Quarrjnlle Methodist
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