VOL. 11 NO; 22
PLANTING AND FERTILIZING the potato test plots on the Noah Kreider
farm at Man'heim R 3 last week were (let to right): Fred Poust, technician on the
potato project, operating the assist feed; project leader Joseph D. Harrington,
PSU associate professor of agronomy, applies the pre-packaged fertilizer treat
ment for the next 25-foot of row; and Ken Robinson, experimental farm em
ployee from Centre County, operating the tractor. L F. Photo
Solanco Procedures Team Tops S.E.
Region; Next Stop, State Contest
The Future Fanner parlia
ments) \ procedure team from
Solan.o High School moved
one step nearer to its second
state title in the school’s his
toi> Wednesday by defeat,
mg the best teams in south
eastern Pennsylvania
The eient, featuring the
w inning teams fiom the re
gion’s tour districts, nas held
at IMilleisville State College
The Solanco team, which had
finished in second place in
the county two weeks ago
and then won the distuct
ciown last week, will tace
the state s other three region
al winneis during FFA Week
at Penn State University on
June 29 and 30 and July 1
In the public speaking con
test also held at Milleisulle
State College on Wednesday,
the Lancaster Count}' entries
Meilin Snader and Richard
Thomas, finished fourth and
fifth i espectively
Snadei, a freshman from
Giassl'and FFA Chapter, was
the winner in last week’s dis
tiict meet, and Thomas, flora
ilanoi Chaptei, was runnerup.
Both boys faced stilt com
petition in the nine-contest-
Farm Calendar
Mai 2 —7 30 pni Manheim
4-H Sewing Club reorgani
zation at the Manheim Zion
Ltitheian OhurcTi basement
Ma\ 4 —B p in , Red Rose 4-H
Bab> Beet and Lamb Club,
at Rohieistown Blementaiy
School.
Mar 5 County Council
meeting, members will be
notified of time and place.
ant event, Wednesday, which
was won by Stanley Bucher
of the Annville-Cleona FFA
Chapter Second and third
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Dave Erb
Erb Named Chapt. Star
Farmer At Manor. FFA
Banquet; Rohrer, Pres.
At the Manor Chapter of
the Future Farmers ot Amer
ica lathei-son banquet held
last night at the Willow
Stieet Fire Hall, toastmaster
Daie Eih was named Chap
ter Stai Faimei Erb, holdei
of the Kei stone Farmei De
giee also whs presented with
the De'Kalb aivaid at the
banquet He is a senior at
Penn Manoi High School and
the immediate past president
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AGRIcjiTURAI LIBRARY
TH6 paRRSThENIA STATE UNIVERSITY
Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, April 30, 1966
Extension Association
Adds Six New Directors
In accordance with its by
law change approved at the
annu'al meeting Jast Febru
ary, the board ot directors ot
the Lancaster County Agn
cultural and Home Econom
ics Extension Association
added six new dnectors,
bunging the total board mem
bers to 21.
The new appointees, ac
cording to HI M Smith, Lan
castei County agucultuial
agent are three yeai terms
—Mis Ailene Witman, Mount
Joyß2, and V Lestei Schiei
bei, Xeiv Holland, two-year
tenns—Mis Robert Gregoiv,
Lititz Rl, and Stanley Mus
selman, Lancastei, one-yeai
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Meats Judging
Title To County
FFA Member
In the area Putin e Fann
eis ot Amenea judging con
test 'held Thuisday afternoon
at Kunzler & Company, Lan
caster, flist 'place went to
Rohei t Ulrich ot the Man
heim Chapter Aocoidmg to
vocational agncultiue teach
ei, Jess Erway, Ulnch in
vested a lot of hard work in
indnidual piepaiation tor this
Lancastei-Yoi k area contest
Ulnch, a senior at Mtanhenn
Central High School led the
'24-youth field with 407 out
of a possible 500 points
The next nearest contest
ant, Leiov Steinei ot Red
Lion, was close behind with
401 3 points Anothei Yoik
County bov finishing thud
with 392 points Mas Dean
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Kreider Farm Site Of Pa.
Extensive Potato Studies
Last year Noah Kreider
and Sons of Manhenn R 3
harvested nearly 200 acres of
potatoes. This year, then po
tato harvest will include 2 4
acres ot “lesearch’ potatoes
The Kreiders aie cooperating
with Penn State Unueisity
and the State Depaitment of
Agriculture in one ot the
most extensne potato re
search piograms ever con
ducted in Pennsylvania..
This w ill be a long-iange
program with two mam ob
jectnes - one, to determine
the ettects of dilfeient rates
of fertilization on the pioc
essmg quality ot potatoes;
two, to detennine whethei
ditteient varieties and un
named -seedlings have distinct
fertilizer requirements A
minimum ot three years will
be needed to complete the
study
That potato production is
important to the economy ot
Pennsylvania is evident from
the tact that 40,000 of the
state’s acres grow potatoes,
and produ'ce a total value of
$24 '5 million One-third ot
the crop is marketed tor
processing, mostly for Penn
sylvania’s $5 0 million chip
ping industry. Third-ranked
Lancaster County accounts
for a fair percentage o-t the
state’s total potato revenue
with a production value 6t
$1 8 million
Project leader Dr Joseph
D Harrington, PiS'U associate
professor ot agionomy, and
his crew started planting
the experimental plots on the
Kieider farm last week, the\
POTATO PROJECT LEADER Joseph D Harring
ton points out the wooden marker which indicates the
start of a 25-foot row in the new potato research plots
on the Noah Kreider farm, Manheim R 3 Five varieties
planted in this one-acre field, and the same five in a
one-acre plot across the road, will each receive 16
different fertilizer treatments. L F. Photo
$2 Per Year
will finish up this week.
These included two, one-aere
fields tor the lertilizer trials,
and 4-acre tor the variety
study Both test fields are a
Dufiield silt loam, a deep, pro
ductive soil Although Kreid
eis niigate then potato acre
age no supplemental}- water
v\ ill be put on the test plots.
In this coopeiame project,
PSU supplies all the seed and.
feitilizer and does the plant
ing, grading and har-vestmg.
Ki eiders supplj the land,
piepare the seedbed, and
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PFA Pres. Says
Poverty Program
Is Union Screen
“The Federal Poverty Pro
gram is a screen to unionize
America,” said G A Biggs,
president ot the Pennsylvan
ia Farmers’ Associatipn Uhl*
week in Camp Hill
“On April IS at Florida’s
South Dade Labor Camp,
youngsters in the Federal
Poverty Program handed out
price proposal sheets for the
United Agricultural Workers
of America Union These
same fedeial employees”
stated Biggs, “are working
hand-in-hand with representa
tives ot , the United Steel
Workers ot Amenca ”
“For laboi unions to or
ganize tai in ivoikeis is one
thing, but loi tederal em
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