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VOL. n NO. 32
County Holstein
July 27 Date For
The Lancaster County Hol
stein S.eeders Association an
nounced this week that its an
nual field day will be held on
Wedne'day, July 27 at the
John K eider faim, 523 Willow
Road. Lancaster.
With Obie Snider of Imler,
Pennsyhania serving as official
judge, ‘he cow judging event
will be.m at 10 45 am.
The nternoon program is set
to be-in at 130 pm with
Snider the mam speaker.
A chicken barbecue will be
served -.t noon, costing $1 for
adults ?nd 75 cents for chil
dren Milk and ice cieam will
be fin r,shed
Protein Not' Needed In
Cow's Diet, Study Finds
Piote n is not essential in a
milk com 's diet.
This i evolutionary discov
ery, by A I Virtanen, Nobel
Pnze winner and director of
the Biochemical Research In
stitute at Helsinki, Finland,
opens the way for milk to be
pioduced even in countries
where the high-protein feeds
that hate been thought neces
sary foi milk-giving cows can
not be grown
Virtanen started his research,
financed by a Public Law 480
giant awarded by ARS, in
1962 Since then, he has fed
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County Swine Producers To Hold
Annual Field Day At Zeiset Farm
The Lancaster County Swine
Produceis Association, Inc an-
nounced plans this week to
hold its annual field day at
the Abram Zeiset farm at East
Eail R 1 on Saturday, July 16
The progiam will begin at 10
a m.
As in pievious years, such
events of interest to swine
producers as audience-partici
pation nidging contests and
talks b\ Penn State extension
Farm Calendar
July 11 7 30 pm. Ayishne-
Jeisey 4-H Club, at Steve
Auowsmith’s, Peach Bottom
R 1
—7 30 pm, Preliminary 4 H
Queen Contest, at Penn Han
oi High School auditorium
—8 pm . Lancastei County
SWCD directors at Court
house, Lancaster
July 12 Garden Spot 4-H
Community Club at Lampe
ter Community Paik
July 14 4-H Field Day.
Long’s Park, Pavilion No 2
—Pennsc Iv. nia Power &
Light Co Farm Leadeis’
Woikshop at Pine Grove, Pa
—7 30 pm, 4-H Queen Con-
test finals at Long’s Park.
July 16—10 am , Lancaster
County Swine Producers
Field Day at Abram Zeiset
farm. East Bail HI.
Breeders Set
Field Day
The field day committee
composed of Clair M Hershey,
John M. Harnish, and Henry E.
Kettering, urged all dairymen
and their families to come and
enjoy a day of relaxation and
good fellowship
Fed. Land Bank
System Marks
50th Anniversary
Fifty years ago long term,
low-interest real estate loans
to farmers were vntually un
known, according to Carl A
Biown, manager of the Lan
caster Farm Credit Office But
in July, 1916, following studies
under two presidents befoie
him, President Woodrow Wil
son signed into law the Faim
Loan Act
This act created the faimer
owned Federal Land Bank
System, an organization of 12
district banks through which
farmers and ranchers can bor
row money on terms as good
as those available to business
men in the city, Brown said
The Lancaster office of this
system has been in operation
for 49 of those 50 years, and
is under the Baltimore branch
of the Land Bank It has re
cently shown a rate of growth
averaging 10-15 percent annu
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specialists will be on the pro
gram
A new addition to the list
of this year’s events will be a
pig chase for the youngsters,
providing sufficient interest is
expressed Those wishing to
participate are urged to bung,
or wear, old clothes
Zeiset’s swine operation,
built around feeder pig pro
duction, contains some ideas
which should intei est swine
producers, the association said
At lunchtime, ham sand
wiches and dunks will be pio
vided by the association and
host
HENKEL REELECTED
In a recent reorganization
move, the swine association
leelected its present officers
for anothei year Named were
John H Henkel, Strasburg Rl,
president, C Warren Leinm
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Weather Forecast
Temperatures for the next
several days are expected to
average near, or slightly
above, the normal range of
87 to 65 degrees. It will be
warmer over the weekend,
then somewhat cooler to
mid-week.
Little precipitation is fore
cast for the period. Widely
scattered showers at the be
ginning of the week may
yield 2/10 of an inch, or less.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 9, 1966
4-H Queen Contest
Finals Set July 14
The ten lucky girls emerg
ing from the preliminary Lan
caster County 4-H Queen Con
test on Monday will compete
as finalists at Long’s Park on
Thursday, July 14, for the 1966
Junior and Senior Queen titles.
Preliminary judging of can
didates from each club will
be held at the Penn Manor
High School auditorium, be
ginning at 730 pm, July 11
The contestants are advised by
extension home economist Mrs
Dons Thomas to wear street
clothes.
The five finalists in each of
the two categories will be judg
ed on the basis of personality,
appearance, poise, and posture
The winners will be down
ed by the 1965 Junior and Seni
or Queens, Linda Obei, Lan
caster, and Barbara Hershey,
Lititz R 2, respectively.
1966 Wheaf Support
Price Is Announced
The basic price-support loan
rate for 1966-crop wheat in
Lancaster County will be $1 44
per bushel, the county Agucul
tural Stabilization and Con
servation Committee announc
ed this week
The protein premiums will
remain unchanged, ASCS said
They start with a IV2 cents
premium for wheat with a pro
tein content of 12 to 12 4 per
cent, and increase by 1% cents
for each additional V2-I per
cent piotein thereafter. The
maximum premium is 18 cents,
even though protein content
exceeds 17 5 percent
To be eligible for puce
suppoit loans or Commodity
Credit purchases, wheat grow
ers need to carry out then
wheat planting intentions un
der the 1966 piogram, and
otherwise meet program pro
visions, ASCS said
ONLY THE RAIN prevented completion of the wheat harvest on the Danny
Esh farm at Bird-in-Hand Thursday One of the earliest areas m the county to
begin harvesting wheat this year, Esh cut his crop on Monday, and started putt
mg the shocks through this old power-take-off-driven thresher and baler on Tues
day Both the grain and the straw look like they’ll add up to a good crop, Esh
said - L. F. Photo
Bumper Barley Crop Seen
As County Harvest Ends
by Don Timmons
As the barley harvest was
about 90 percent completed
in Lancaster County this week
preliminary estimates of top
yields ranged as high as 80
to 100 bushels per acre A sur-
vey of barley growers in the
area indicated better than aver-
age yields of giam and straw
m spite of widespread lodging
problems
Although only half as many
acres of bailey as wheat weie
harvested here last year, a
companson of 1964 and 1965
crop data figures shows wheat
acreage losing ground and bar-
ley production in the county
gaming, although Lancastei
County leads the state m pio-
duction ol both grams Most of
the barley raised locally is fed
on the producing farm.
In the past three years the
yield per acre of barley has
increased steadily, aijd consis
tently runs well above the
state average (48 bushels per
acre in 1965) Last year’s crop
in the county averaged 57 3
acres, and that figure is ex
pected to increase this year,
probably over the 60 bushel
mark
What accounted for the big
increase this year’ Many farm
ers felt early spring moisture,
added or residual fertilizer,
and improved varieties made
the difference
The variety Pennrad turned
up frequently in conversations
with faimers, pai ticularly those
reporting high yields Willis
Rohrer of P L Rohier &
Bro, Smoketown, said that
from the results he had seen
with Pennrad this year he
plans to handle that seed ex-
tlusively in another year “Why
$2 Per Year
sell customers a seed that’s
only second best,” Rohrer said,
Pennrad did seem to be in
volved in many instances where
farmeis reported severe lodg
mg, but as one growei put it:
“If you still get more total
gum and straw from Pennrad
than I have ever seen from
any othei variety, what’s the
difference if you do get some
lodging’”
One farmer icported he had
sold his entire I'alley crop,
except foi about 1600 pounds
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Red Rose Farm
& Fisher Lead
June DHIA
The Red Rose Research Cen
ter, 226 Pitney Rd, Lancaster,
scored tops in herd and in
dividual cow production, ac
cording to the May Red Rose
Dairy Herd Improvement As
sociation report
The cow completing the
highest 305-day lactation was
Jewel, a registered Holstein
owned by the Research Cen
ter She had 19,170 pounds of
milk and 803 of butterfat
Runnerup m the high-cow
category was another regis-
teied Holstein, Charm, owned
by John J Hess, Mount Joy
R 1 She pi educed 18,924
pounds of milk and 781 of fat,
High butterfat herd honors
were tied up between Bennie
L Fisher, Ronks Rl, and the
Red Rose Research Center
heid This was the second
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