VOL. 11 NO. 25
Eric Stoner
Two County Youths Awarded First
F&H Foundation Scholarships
Two Lancaster County high
school seniors have been
awarded the educational
scholarships sponsored by the
Lancaster County Farm and
Home foundation. President,
8.. Snavely Garber of- Willow
Street R 2, has announced that
the Home Economics scholar
ship has been awarded to Ei
leen V Anspaeh, 1711 Ridge
view A\ enue, Lancaster, and
the Agiicultural scholarship to
Euc Stoner, 1051 Eden Road,
Lancaster Both scholarships
in the amount of $250 00 each
will be used for higher edu
cation at Penn State Univer
sity
"One of the objectives of the
Farm and Home Foundation
is to encourage the higher
education of our youth. The
Local Corn Variety Trials To Be
Part Of 6-County Extension Study
A plot on the 801 l Broth
ers farm at Lititz R 2 was
planted this week with corn
furnished by 13 commercial
seed companies as part of a
“Uniform County Trial” which,
according to' Arnold G Lueck,
associate countv agent, _ will
be run simultaneously in six
Pennsylvania counties under
the supervision, of- the State
Extension Service
The obiective of the study,
Lueck said, is tq gather, uni-
Farm Calendar
May 23 7’30 ,p m , County
FFA Chapte- at Ephrata
High School.
Bpm, Red Rose DHIA
directors at Farm Credit
Bldg, Lancaster.
May 24 Bpm, Board of
directors of Lancaster
County Agr. and-Home Ec.
Extension Assn at Conesto
ga Bank Bldg, Lancaster
Shopping Center.
May 25 7.30 p.m., Lancas
ter County SWCD directors
joint meeting with County
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Eileen V. Anspach
funds for this original schol
arship offer are made possible
by the special, extra contribu
tions of two membeis of the
Board of Directors of the
Foundation
Miss Anspaeh is graduating
next month from the Hemp
field High School at Landis
ville; shp has been accepted
at Penn State University in
the college of Home Econom
ics, and will register for the
summer term She is the
daughter of Mr and Mrs
Herman F Anspaeh
Stoner is graduating from
Manheim Township High
School at Neffsville, and has
been accepted in Agronomy
at Penn State, -he will enter
the University in September
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form yield data on standard
varieties of hybrid corn in
southeastern Pennsylvania By
running the test in several
counties at the same time
and under as neatly identical
conditions as possible, it is
believed the results, when
analyzed statistically, will
give a good evaluation of the
respective hybrids in this gen
eral area.
Lueck also reported that
two other _tests -involving
corn are being, operated co
operatively this year by
Lancaster .County extension
personnel. One of these will
test the effectiveness of sev
en different herbicides on
corn. That plot, located on
the Glenn Thomas farm at
Lititz R 3, will be observed
to see how well the chemi
cals control weeds in corn.
The third test plot, locat
ed on the farm of Carl Herr
at 840 Penn Grant Rd., Lan
caster, is the annual Lancas
ter County corn extension
study. This year, 30-inch
rows are being tested for
the first time. Each com
mercial company has sub
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THE PSHMCteAMiA STATE UNIVERSIIY
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 21, 1966
4-H Capons Will Fly
In One Day Early
According to the county ex
tension office, a shipping
problem on the incoming 4-H
capons has arisen with the
Wilmarth Poultry Farm—sup
pliers of the birds
The pick-up date for 4-H
Capon Club members has
been moved up one day, to
Monday, May 30th Members
are asked to take delivery
of the capons at the Mervm
Peifer farm at Manheim Rl,
between noon and 2 pm.
Mid-Year Farm
Survey Begins
A random sample of farm
operators in Lancaster Coun
ty, and in the rest of the na
tion, will be visited during
the next few weeks as part
'of the annual mid-year farm
survey conducted by the U.S
Department of Aguculture
Survey results, plus figures
mailed in by some 110,000
crop reporters in the coun
try, will be tabulated by the
department’s . Statistical Re
porting Seivice to estimate'
the season’s planted acreage.
Farm opeiatoxs will be in
terviewed about land use,
number of planted acres and
types of crops, livestock num
bers, farm labor and wages
A similar type of survey, em
phasizing livestock data, is
conducted in December.
Farm fact collectors, or
enumerators, in each state lo
cate the scientifically selected
'land segments to be visited
by using aerial photographs
outlining the specific tracts,
and county road maps that
help pinpoint the farms All
farmers operating within the
segments are asked about
their agricultural activities
IN THE SHADE OF THE OLD APPLE TREE Elmer L. Huber relaxes
for a moment at one of the 40 picnic tables the Hubers have built for their camp
sites. The pond in the background will be available to site renters for swimming,
boating and fishing By the time construction is completed, Huber plans to have
sites-prepared for 100 trailers. He hopes to open for business by the first of June.
County Farmer Invests In
Recreation Boom; Diverts
Acreage To Campsites
by Don Timmons
As we pulled into the El
mer L Huber farm lane near
Marticville one morning this
week, two, late-feeding bunny
youngsters frantically raced
the car for a few feet then
disappeared into the brush
A little further along, a hen
pheasant tried to coax our
noisy steel monster away
from her nesting site, and
two quail tip-toed briskly to
VACATIONERS approaching Huber’s camp
grounds will find this well-displayed sign at the
bottom of 'the farm lane It will tell the camper what
he may expect and what is expected of him One look
at the attractive view beyond the sign will draw him
down to the site for a closer look. L F Photo
$2 Per Year
cover Boy, I thought, if this is
a regular sample of the wild
life around here, there’s go
ing to be some recreation
seeking city folk who are go
ing to love this soot'
Apparently Elmer Huber
thought so, too He has
turned 30 acres of his farm
into an attractive campsite
area which is built around a
one-acre, man-made pond, and
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