Lancaster farming. (Lancaster, Pa., etc.) 1955-current, March 18, 1967, Image 10

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    —Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 18,1967
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Expanding Vocational Education
Described At Turf grass Conference
Expanding programs of voca
tional education may enable
Penns.v Ivama high schools and
new vocational-technical schools
to help solve the growing need
(oi young men trained in turl
gi ass management, it was re
potted at the 35th annual Turf
gi.iss Confluence at Penn State
Lumeisitv
Such occupational Gaining is
expanding in community school
s\ stems announced Gene M
Love. associate professor oi
agncultuul education at Penn
Slate Piograms ot vocational
education aie being enlarged
tin ough increased federal
spending resulting fioni the Na
tional Vocational Education Act
ol 1963 and other federal and
state acts
He advised tmfgrass leadeis
to share in the development of
communitj school programs for
occupational training Interest
shown by leaders in the turf
giass industry will determine to
a large extent the establish
ment of high school and post
high school tmfgrass training
piograms. he affirmed
Most counties have one, some
times two c t nd in some cases
llnee new aiea vocational
technical schools, he stated
The Penn State educatoi de
scribed a tuil crass training pio
Siam being developed at the
Easlei n Alontgomei y County
Vocational Technical School.
Willow Giove Jumoi and senior
students in the piogiam study
plant and soil science and
mechanics They will work in
tuilgiass occupations during
and after school houis and din
ing summer vacation In addi
tion. they will have a two-hole
golt course to maintain Start
ing with one teacher, the pro-
FREE
analysis of jour home oil'
heating equipment. Our
spcciallj’ trained men will
tell j ou if it needs cleaning,
adjustment, or minor part
replacement. Thej’ll show
jou how to improve jour
burner with Texaco’s new
Jet Flame Booster that can
increase burner efficiency
up to 42%. Ghe us a call.
No obligation.
(FuelChiefl
We Give S& H
Green Stamps
Carber Oil Co.
Tevaco Fuel Chief
Healing Oil
105 Fairview St.
MOUNT JOY, PA.
Ph. 653-1821
grain has added an assistant
teacher and will add a second
lull-time teacher next year.
Such Unfgrass training, he
claimed, is typical of a whole
system of vocational-technical
schools and community colleges
eme r g ing in Pennsylvania.
These dc\ elopments should
make it possible for any boy or
girl to receive occupational
training in high school and af
ter graduation, he added.
Area Feed Firm
Observes 125th
Anniversary
John W. Eshelman and Sons,
producers of “Red Rose” feeds,
is observing its 125th Anniver
sary on Apiil 8, joining the
elite list of only about 1,000
U S. businesses to have passed
a century-and-a-quarter in busi
ness
The Lancaster firm is still
owned and operated by the
Eshelman family and now dis
ti Unites “Red Rose” livestock,
poultiy, and pet feeds in 22
states and 39 foreign countiies.
The origin ot mixed feeds,
now' used universally in the
livestock mdustiy, can be trac
ed to Eshelman’s Lancaster
mill The company also pio
neeied such feeds as milk re
placer, pre starters and stress
i ations, and was one of the
fiist to manufacture a com
plete dog lation
The original Eshelman mill
still stands It was used to
make gun barrels for the Rev
olutionary War and rifles for
the War of 1812 before John
Eshelman began moving whole
[grain in and grist products out
on April 8, 1842
The company’s Red Rose line
today includes moie than 100
different types ot feed for poul
try, dairy and beef cattle,
swine, hoises, dogs, fish, game
and rabbits, sheep and goats
15 Feet of Lindsey 77F
3 Five-Foot Cuttings In One Year
lINDSIY/FUNK’S-G
SORCHUM-SUDAK HYBRID
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SEE YOUR HOFFMAN SEED MAN
fHoffmanSeeds
Serving formers with finest quality seeds since -1899
Landisville, Pa,
• Form Calendar
(Continued from race 1)
-7:30 p.m.. Lincoln 4-11 Com
munity Club organizes at
Mount Airy Fire Hull.
March 22-10:30 a.m.. 4-H daily
club lenders and extension
agents at Meadow Hills Din
ing House.
March 23-7:30 pm., Northern
4-H Holstein Dairy Club nl
John Neff School. Neffsville.
• Potato Research
(Continued from Page 12)
ugh these will be several times
more expensive than the old
types, they may be even more
e co n o m ical to use, Menusan
said.
“If you’re not now using sys
temics,” the entomologist no
ted, “it’s probably costing you
$25 more per acre of potatoes
than your neighbor who is.”
Other Penn State specialists
on the all-day program were:
Elmer Pifer, extension agrono
mist: Carlton Taylor, extension
plant pathologist; and Joe Mc-
Curdy, extension agricultural
engineer.
Moved To
New Location
SWEIGART
FIRESTONE
329 West High St.
Manheim, Pa.
665-2258
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898-2261
CENTRAL TRACTOR CLUB SOLANCO HOLSTEIN CLUB
MEETS AT STRABBURG ELECTS GLENN KREIDER
by Lynn Royer, reporter
Two demons trations high
lighted Tuesday's meeting of
the Ccntial 4-H Tractor Club
at the L. H. Brubaker Farm
Equipment Store, Slrasburg.
Lynn Royer, 2025 Oregon
Pike and Eddie Leaman, 2051
Butter Road, demons!rated
"The Propei Way to Service an
Air Cleaner”. "The Proper Way
to Use Kerosene” was shown
by Ricky Cunneen, 42 River
edge Drive, Leola.
The club will tour the New
Holland Baler Plant on April
4 at 7:30 p.m. The club will
hold its roundup on April 7 at
Landis Bios. Farm Machinery
Co., Manheim Pike.
P. L. ROHRER & BRO., INC.
SMOKETOWN, PA.
Rolabar®
Hay Other Rakes
Leave Behind!
The offset wheels on New Holland’s Rolabar®
Rakes let the basket dip into low spots and ride
over the high ones. You get more hay and less
tooth breakage. The gentle roller-bar action
saves valuable leaves. Three models to choose
from 1 Rubber mounted, long-life tines at small
extra cost. We’ll be glad to demonstrate all these
and other features! Stop in or phone.
Gl3 New Holland
L. H. BRUBAKER
R. D. 3, Lititz, Pa.
350 Strasburg Pike, Lancaster
Phone: Lane. 397-5179 Strasburg 687-6002 Lititz 626-7766
by Joyce Groff, reporter
The monthly meeting of the
Southern Lancaster County 4-
H Holstein Club was held March
7 at Solanco High School.
At this rcorganizational meet
ing the following officers were
elected: president, Glenn Krei
der; vice president, Joyce Hu
ber: secretary, Linda Kreider;
assistant secretary, Linda De-
Long; song leaders, Nancy De
long and Ann Lefever; game
leaders, Barbara Kreider and
Lois Huber; news reporter,
Joyce Groff, and County Coun
cil representative, Glenn Krei
der.
The next meeting will be
held at the Solanco High School
agriculture room at 8 p.m.,
April 4.
Phone 397-3539
Rake Gets