Lancaster farming. (Lancaster, Pa., etc.) 1955-current, June 11, 1966, Image 9

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    Reflections
lontinued from Page 8)
ONE YEAR AGO
for payment of addition
's if auch land is there
applied to non-agricul
use, PFA said.
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irtge Firm Will Gross
10 By 1980 By 1980,
fifteen short years from
there will be one million
with average gross in
of $45,000, according to
Tootell, governor of the
Credit Administration,
-fourths of these will be
farms, he predicted.
estimate compares with
one million farms in the
today with gross incomes
Jing $lO,OOO. Tootell said
90 percent of all farm
icts in 1980 will be pro
by the one million top
predicted further that
imily farm will continue
ow" remarkable capacity
iust to the impact t)f new
;logy, and in doing so
becotne a firmly estab
.segment of the nation’s
expanding economy.
* • • • Farmer Holds Tobacco For in agronomy at Penn State
Poultry Assn. Auction Gross- Asking Price At least one University, will replace T R.
; $2350 At an auction sale Lancaster County farmer ap- Terrill as director of the PSU
its equipment and materials pears to mear it when he says Southeastern Field Research
it the Poultry Center Thurs- he will hold his tobacco until Laboratory farm near Landis-
Jay evening (June 24), the he gets his asking price. ville. Yocum will begin his
Lancaster County Poultry As- He is Earl M. Barley, Lan- duties in September, it was
tociation grossed $2350.22. caster R 2, who farms between learned this week (June 17).
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, Quorryville
Auctioneer Omar Landis
took excellent advantage of
the lively buying interest dis
played by the more than 100
persons attending the sale.
Landis had formerly been
auctioneer for the Poultry Ex
change which was operated at
the Poultry Center until last
year.
Two Countians Get State
FFA Posts It was announc
ed yesterday morning (June
18) that Dale Hershey of the
Manheim Future Farmers of
America Chapter, and Donald
Herr, Garden Spot Chapter,
had been elected to state of
ficer positions for the 1965-
66 year.
Hershey, the 18-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Her
shey of Manheim R 3, was
elected treasurer. Herr was
named to the post of sentinel.
He is the 17-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Harry G. Hen*,
2125 S. View Drive, Lancaster.
Five Years Ago
June, 1961
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Spread your lime now while the ground is hard and dry. Not only do
you keep your fields free from damaging ruts, but also your lime
actually does more good. By applying lime now, and plowing it
down, you give it a chance to react with soil and fertilizer and boost
yields of the next crop in your rotation.
Right now Agway equipment is available. There's no waiting as
sometimes happens during the spring rush. A call today can bring a
truck tomorrow. Call your Agway store or repiesentative right now.
AGWAY INC.
STORES OF GARDEN SPOT UNIT
Lancastet
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Central Manor and Letort.
This week (June 10) he is
planting his 1961 tobacco crop,
but his 1960 crop still hangs
in his tobacco shed.
Barley, who also grows po
tatoes and tomatoes, and feed
grains and hay for his fatten
ing steers, plans to cut back
his tobacco acreage this year
from about 30 to 10. He feels
the “prospect's don’t look at all
good for next year, and labor
is getting harder to get and
higher-priced. We’ll grow more
corn and tomatoes in place of
the tobacco,’’ he said._
Elizabethtown Hires New Ag.
Teacher Elvin S. Hess has
been elected teacher of voca
tional agriculture in the Eliz
abethtown Area High School
He will replace Marlin Hen
ninger who recently resigned
Hess, a native Lancastrian,
graduated from Penn State
University in 1960, and com
pleted his teacher training at
Lampeter-Strasburg High
School.
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Yocum, New Research Direc
tor At Field Laboratory
John Yocum, a June graduate
Agway
New Holland
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 11, 1966—9
At the present time, he is as
sisting Terrill on the farm
and learning the procedures
at the laboratory.
County FFA’crs Win 7 Gold
Medals Twenty-one Lancas
ter County Future Farmers
this week (June 17) broke
into the win column m judg
ing contests at the annual FFA
Week at Penn State University.
Seven of the youthful judges
won gold medal awards; five
were in the silver medal list
ings; and six bronze medals
plus three honorable men
tion placings came to the Gar
den Spot county.
Gold medal winners were
Martin Wennch, Cocalico
Chapter; John Eby, Jr. and
Dale Hostetter, Pequea Chap
ter; David Scheref and Wil
l.am Graybill, Warwick Chap
ter; Glenn Hess, Manor Chap
ter; and Kenneth Meek, Gar
den Spot Chapter.
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Trimble, Denlinger Elected
4-H Council Presidents
Members of the Lancaster
County 4-H County Council
Thursday evening (June 22)
elected Donald Trimble of
Quarryville R 1 and Joyce Den
linger of 602 Enfield Drive,
Lancaster, presidents of agn
cultui’e and home economics
sections, respectively.
Honey Brook
Trimble, son of Mr. anti Mrs.
Daniel Trimble, was a leader
at the state 4-H Club Con
gress last year, and was elect
ed to the council by the Dru
more community club. He
succeeds Damn Boyd, Ephra
ta, as president.
Miss Denlinger is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs Ray
mond Denlinger, and repre
sents the Conestoga sewing
club. She replaces Londa Boyd
of Manheim R 4 as president.
Tobacco Disease Seen In
County Blue mold and wild
fire, the tobacco seedbed dis
eases, have been found in
Lancaster County, assistant
county agent Arnold G. Lueck
reported this week( June 241.
Inspection of beds by Lueck
and Carlton Taylor, extension
plant disease specialist, indi
cated outbreaks are not yet
serious
Lueck advised growers to
check their beds immediately
and follow a streptomycin-fer
bam spray program if any sign
of either disease is noted
Overgaard Family Retains
Strawberry Title Third Year
Lois Ann Overgaard, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Overgaard, Lancaster R 4,
swept all competition in the
Lancaster Cojunty 4-H straw
berry roundup Wednesday
(June 14) to carry the blue
ribbon to the Overgaard home
for the third consecutive year.
Runnerup in the field of 15
stiawberry growers was Keith
Oveigaard, bi other of Lois
Ann, and top winner last year.
A one, two, three Overgaard
placing was precluded this
year when Kenneth Nissleyi
nosed out Esther Overgaaid
for the third-place spot Est
her, a sister of the first and
second place winners, had won
fiist place two years ago
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