H—Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, April 30, 1966 Reflections (From the files of Lancaster Farming) One Year Ago April, 1965 Milk. Bills Pending In Legislature About 30-odd milk bills are presently bottled-up in the Pennsylvania State Leg islature, according to Hollis Hatfield, administrative secre tary of the Pennsylvania Farmers Association. He told members of the Lancaster County Farmers Association at their Spring meeting that the bills could be divided into two major Categories; repeal of the milk control law; and amendment of the law. He said feeling is running la favor of a law change be- mean DO WIH fields for profit • our specialty Call your P-A-G Dealer STEPHAN MARTIN Druipore L. J. DENLINGER Paradise EUGENE SPOTTS Honey Brook RAY D. DEITER Lancaster DAVID B. KING Lancaster CLOYD WENGER Lancaster FRANKLIN N. GRAYBILL Hershey plug-free New Idea Hay Conditioner makes better hay in 1 less day... without plugging! 'it's a fact! Steel pick-up roll has tapered flutes in herringbone pattern—virtually plug-free. Upper roll iof alligator-tough new rayon cord and new live rub ber is self-cleaning and resistant to rock damage, f Full year guarantee! Landis Bros. Lancaster Wilbur H. Graybill A. L. Herr & Bro, Lititz, R. D. 2 Quarryville Chas. J. McComsey & Sons Hickory Hill, Pa. Allen H. Matz Denver In response to increasing pressures of population housing, factories, shopping centers, roads, etc. the Lancaster County Soil & Wa ter Conservation District di rectors voted to study the use of natural resources in the county. This will be a pre liminary step to possible ex pansion of the district’s present conservation activi ties. The directors were told by- Boyd Kinzley, field represen tative of the State Soil Com mission, that other districts have embarked on such stud ies, and that some have for mulated long-range plans for best use of district resources. * * • * Hubers Combine Flying „ „ , and Farming It a man feeds more than David and Charlotte Hu -300 steers, he can afford an jjer their five children auger and a fence-line feed combine the best of two bunker, Burdette said. worlds farming and flying. * * * * The family operates a dairy Scranton Keynotes Challenge farm near Pea'eh Bottom, At Agr, Conference which includes 32 registered. Governor William W. Scran- Holstem cows and one , 1800 - ton told 600 agriculturalists £ 00 (- Ending strip for their at his conference on agricul- Pl , per air c ra ft. ture this week that Pennsyl- * * # • cause of recently disclosed improprieties in the Pitts burgh area, and he recom mended that legislators re train from action pending the outcome of the Pittsburgh hearings. Use A Shovel If Feeding Less Than 100 Steers A shovel is about all the mechanization justified for a fartner feeding less than 100 steers, extension livestock specialist Lester Burdette told area cattlemen at a re cent meeting. He warned that money in vested in mechanical equip ment won’t pay the small feeder as great a return as the same amount invested in corn land. vama has the greatest po- ypA Active In County tential of any state in the (gy definition, a young eas *’ farmer is any farmer willing He recommended a detail- t 0 i e arn, says the YFA state ed study be made of the motto. manpower needs for produc- jn Lancaster County area ing food in the US. with there are approximately 250 the idea of determining , the farmers ranging in age place of agriculture in the f rom about IS to 58 ei nation, and Pennsylvania’s ther enrolled in formal place m the agricultural pic- y o ung Farmer classes, or par ture. ticipating in the on-farm He proposed a committee phase of the program, of agricultural leaders be Farn ier pro formed to work with Secre- ine Youns * JL tary of Agriculture Leland f am developed from the G.I H. Bull in planning the * at ™ l Try our spreader system Fertilizer available-in bulk/ bog or liquid Contact yoiir AGRlCO'djealer or Lancaster Warehouse' - . Roy Zimmerman - 569-2361 Churchtown Warehouse - ' - 354-5477 of Sales Representative - B. G. Hoffman - 367-1650 urer. • * Farmer* Cautioned Against Bank Plowing Conservationist Amos Funk pointed out that corn won’t grow on asphalt, and urged farmers to cease Working their fields wo close to the roads. The Lancaster County Soil & Water Conservation Dis trict, of which Funk is chair man, has united with the De partment of Highways in a campaign to cut down on this dangerous farming practice. ‘‘The tractor turning around on roadways is % hazard to auto traffic," ■he said. John Detz, county superin tendent of highways, said that plowing too 'dose to highways can hurt the farm er financially, as well as physically, by cutting oft proper drainage.. 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