S—Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, February 18, 1967
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(FIVE YEARS AGO)
ga Rl, president of the organi
zation He had served as sec
retary of the association dur
ing 1961. Warfel succeeds
Mark Myer, Lampeter.
Other officers elected were:
vice president, Ben Burkhold
er, secretary, Robert Harnish;
treasurer, Cleve Hastings.
Jersey Breeders Reorganize
—Edison Osborne, Peach Bot
tom R 2, was reelected presi
dent of the Lancaster County
Jersey Cattle Club Thursday
(Feb 1) at a reorganization
meeting at the Spanish Tavern,
Quarryville.
Reelected secretary was Will
is Groff, Willow Street.
Extension Assn. Elects
Four directors were returned
to office and one new one was
elected to a one-year term
Monday night (Feb 19) at the
Lancaster County Extension
Association annual meeting
Directors were: J. Clayton
Sangrey, northwest; Willis Z.
Esbenshade, northeast; Mrs J.
Eobert Hess, southeast; and
Eichard P. Maule, southern
district
Mi's Kenneth Musser, Colum
bia R 2, was elected to the
board from the southwest dis
trict.
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Ten Years Ago
February, 1957
Thrre Lactations To Pay Calf
Costs It takes almost three
full lactations from a good
cow to pay for feed and care
given her as a calf, a dairy
specialist told 250 Lancaster
County dairy farmers here
Tuesday (Feb. 14).
Harvey Sheaffer, Penn State
University, speaking at the an
nual district meeting of the
Southeastern Artificial Breed
ing Cooperative at East Hemp
field Elementary School, point
ed out that the average cow
remains in the herd only six
and <jne halt years She actual
ly produces milk less than
half of that time, and to make
her stay profitable the dairy
man has to overcome losses
due to- 1) more than 12 mon
ths between calving: 2) not
getting her into the milking
herd by 24 months of age.
Tobacco Sells In A Rush
It appeared that a rash of
buying last week (Feb 8)
cleared up at least 95 percent
of the county’s 1956 tobacco
crop Reported prices ranged
from 28 to 12 cents per pound.
The buying, following a long
period of virtual inactivity in
the local market, was believed
by many to he the result of
the effoits of the Lancaster
County Tobacco Groweis Co
operative Assn
Hybrid Poplar New Cash Crop
A new ciop is being devel
oped foi the 195-year-old Miles
W Fiy & Son farm, Fiysville,
Ephiata R 3 It is a hybrid
poplar tree that Fry plans to
plant in the farm’s 80-acie
woodlot for pulpwood piodue
tion
Fry began this pi eject two
yeais ago when he sent foi
six seedlings of the newly
developed tree The seedlings
grew about waist high the first
yeai, he said, then shot to 14
feet the second year with a
stump diameter of 14 inches
Fry said that as far as he
knows, this is the first hybrid
tree that has been offered
farmers He compared the im
pact on fanning to that of
hybrid corn.
Poultry Industry .Plans Sur
plus Reduction “Operation
Sootstiap” went into effect
yesterday (Feb. 19) in an ef
fort to reduce hatching egg
supply, the State Poultry Fed
eration president told Lancas
ter County poultrymen.
Robert R. Parks said the
drive, which will extend
through March, will help mar
ket a million more stewing
chickens than would normally
go to market at this time of
year.
In outlining the heavy fowl
selling program for members
of the Lancaster County Poul
try Exchange, Parks said that
processors will have facilities
ready to double normal slaugh
ter of hens. Stores and other
outlets will actually promote
consumption of stewing chick
ens by the public
This effort to reduce chicken
surpluses will be in addition
to the seasonal 10 percent re
duction normally made by
breeders.
Farmers See Trench Silos
Some fifty-three farmers at
tended a tour of two trench
silo operations Tuesday (Feb.
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speakers are as follows:
February 20 “Building a
Savings, an Investment, and an
Insurance Program.” B. Wayne
Kelly, farm management spe
cialist, Penn State University.
February 27 “Transfer
Arrangements.” Edward Paw
lick, extension service attorney,
19), one at the Levi H. Bru
baker farm at Rohrerstown,
and the other at the Miles W.
Fry & Son farm, Ephrata R 3.
John Walker, Penn State
agricultural engineer, who as
sisted county agent M, M.
Smith with the tour, listed
some specifications for trench
or bunker silo construction.
There must be adequate drain
age for the silo, he said, de
scribing adequate as “a one
foot drop in 50 feet of length
for concrete lined silos, and
three feet in 50 for dirt
trenches”.
Walker recommended avoid
ing having the feeding face of
the silo on the south side as
this practice will increase
spoilage.
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