VOL. 11 NO. 51
Ticket Deadline Fop
Dague Testimonial
Set Vtt'.Ndv. 21st
Advance reservations for the
testimonial dinner planned for
a eitirms .Congressman Paul B.
Dague for November 25th are
gmng well, ticket committee
chairman Mrs. Clyde Wlvell
repented this week. She re
manded anyone planning to at
tend the affair, which will be
held at the Dutch Town &
Country Inn, Vintage, has un
til Monday, November 21, to
buy a ticket Tickets are avail
able through any of the Lan
caSier-Chestei County Farmers’
Association duectors
The two. county farmer as
sociations are co-sponsoring
the testimonial in tribute to
Da cue s long ser vice to the
people of the 9th Congres
sional District
featured speaker for the
evening will be Marvin Mc
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1966 Pennsylvania Seedleaf
Tobacco .-Crop Smallest Since ’57
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The original estimate about
six weeks ago for the 1966
Type 41 tobacco crop, at 42.5
million pounds, remains un
changed, accoidmg to an an
nouncement this week by the
Pennsylvania Crop Reporting
Service
The current production esti
mate is 17 peicent less than
last crop, and 19 per
cent below the five-year aver
age U 960-64). It is the small
est mop harvested since 1957,
PCHS reports
A combination of fewer acres
Grassland & Forage Conference
To Feature Research Progress
The place of forage crop le
searth in - the cotai 'farm* pic-
Uue including a challenge-foi
future achievements in re
seal ch, featured under
t‘ie topic “Forage Research
Hoi.zons ’ at the 7th annual
Grassland and Forage Gonfei
ence Novembei 21 and 22 at
Penn State University The
speaker will be Henry R Fort
niann, assistant director of the
Agi .cultural Experiment Sta
tion at Penn State.
Farm Calendar
November- 21 21st and 22nd,
Pennsylvania Grassland &
Forage Conference at Penn
State University
—t pmßed Rose DHIA
di rectors meett,' Exchange
Room, Union Stock Yards,
Lancaster
November 32 —7 30 p.m, Ag
"ay annual meeting for Lan
oasler County, at Manheun
Central High School, Man
fimni
November 24 Anytime be-
J'ween noon and midnite,
Lancaster County Turkey
. Liters meipbers
tCtonttßruett' an—Page 9) -
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 19, 1966
A $lOOO HANDSHAKE Lancaster County Soil & Water Conservation
District director chairman Amos H. Funk, center, transfers $lOOO bond to M.
M. Smith, right, who accepted on behalf of the Lancaster County Farm & Home
Foundation. The donation will be added to the building fund for the Farm &
Home Center. Looking on are SWCD directors, from left, Aaron Z Stauffer; J.
Everett Kreider; and Henry H. Hackman L F. Photo
planted this -year and -poorer
yields are the primary causes
of this 9-year-low in Pennsyl
vania Seedleaf production An
expected yield of 1700 poimds
per acre will be 200 pounds
behind last year’s yield, and
95 pounds below the five-year
average Two thousand fewer
acres were planted to Type
41 tobacco, this year than in
1965
La te season rainfall over
much of the area -delayed har
vest completion until October,
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Among other research* speak
ers, John B Washiko, professor
_of agronomy,- wall- discuss late
plantings -of summer annuals
and 'corn, both for grgen chop,
to take the place of forage
wiped out by drought Washko
will also suggest the use of
earlier than normal plantings
of small grains for picture and
green chop All meetings will
he held in the Nittany Lion
Inn
In addition, Washko will
describe experiments with m
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RED ROSE DHIA
DIRECTORS TO PLAN'
ANNUAL MEETING
Directors of Hie Red, Rose
Dairy Herd Impimement As
sociation will hold their reg
ular quarterly meeting Mon
day, November 21, at 8 pm
According to association ad
viser Victor Plastov/, this wall
be a planning meeting in prep
aration for the association’s
annual get-together which wall
be coming up in January.
•Monday night’s meeting will
be held' in the Exchange Room
at, the,. Union -Stock" . Yards,
lancaster.- - - ' -
State To Gather
Farm Information
HARRISBURG Latest sta
tistics on the state’s agricul
ture will be collected late this
month m a survey to be con
ducted by the Pennsylvania
Ci op Reporting Service
Mutfh of the information
about livestock, poultry, eggs,
mops, farm labor and wages,
and land in farms wall be col
lected by enumerators who
will interview farmers, accoid
ing to Elmer Nordberg, agri
cultural statistician Addition
al data will be obtained from
mailed questionnaires to be
filled out and returned by in
dividual farmers
The survey, Nordberg said,
will start late this month and
end early in December
Closing Dates
For Farm Show
Entries Listed
HARRISBURG Closing
dates for 'State Farm Show en
tries, other than most clashes
of farm kvesitock and poultry,
weie announced this week by
Hoi ace L Mann, show- direc
tor The show, No 51, will be
held January 9 to 13
Entry closing dates listed
were November 28, 4-H En
tomology Clubs mounted
specimens of insects that, un
less - conholled, feed on farm
crops and prey upon farm ani
mals - December 1, 4-H and
FFA tiactor during, Decem
ber 3, 4-H lambs, poultry breed
meets, turkevs, 4-H capons, vo
cational poultry, and binder
and roaster chickens: Decem
ber 10, horse and mule pulling
contest; December 16, produc
er-dealer quality eggs: Decem
ber 23, 4-H sheep blocking and
grooming, January 2, 4-H po
tato grading; January 7, in
dividual apiary exhibits, com,
staall grains, ai.-. potatoes, hay,
,all tobacco, wool,. ail vegeta
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F. Longenecker, President
State Y oung F armer Assn.
STATE COLLEGE, PA.
The presidency of the Pennsyl
vania Young Farmer Associa
tion stayed in Lancaster Coun
ty for a second year as dele
gates to the association’s an
nual convention at Penn State
University this week named
Forney F Longenecker, Lititz
R 3, president for 1987 Out
going president was Paul B
Kline, also of Lititz R 3 Steei s
comprise the mam farming en
terprise for both Longenecker
and Kline
Another countiaii. Jav Roil
rer, Manheim R 2, was named
to replace Longenecker as
public relations chairman and
newsletter editor
YOUNG FARMER ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT
Forney Longenecker of Lititz R 3 addressing the more
than 300 members at the association’s state convention
held this week at Penn State University.
$2 Per Year
SWCD Adds To
i
Growing Farm &
Home Fund
The ever-growing fund to
build Lancaster County’s Pawn
& Home Center got another
boost Monday night when di
rectors of the Lancaster Coun
ty Soil & Water Conservation
District donated SIOCO to the
cause
The donation deuved from
government bonds which the
Distnct bought when it dis
continued ownership of its own
conservation equipment SWCD
chairman Amos H Funk said,
m making the donation, that
he hoped other county organi
zations might be inspired to
add their contributions (to
speed the pioposed $430,000
Cer f er toward a financially
s‘able and rapid completion.
At this week’s meeting,
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Young fanners from all over
the state turned out in record
numbers for this year’s con
vention with some 300 attend
ing the banquet held at the
Niltany Lion Inn
The 1100-member state asso
ciation added six new chapters
this year to bring the total
number of YFA chapters in
Pennsylvania to 44 New chap
ters are Liberty. Red Lion,
Kutztown, Kennard-Daie, Con
rad Weiser, and Northampton.
A dairy man from Liberty,
Pa, Gerald Parker, was named
the State’s Outstanding Young
Fanner for 1366
Outstanding YFA regional
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