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VOL. 12 NO. 20
“RIGHT HERE’S WHERE we need a poultry diagnostic laboratory,” says Lan
caster County Poultry Assn, president John H. Hess as he points to a Lancaster lo
cation on the map. The other dote indicate locations of present diagnostic labora
tories 'in souitneastem Pennsylvania. Par t of the group discussing this matter with
State Secretary of Agriculture Leland H. Bull this week are from left- Levi Bru
baker, Rohrerstown; State Senator Clarence Manbeck; Bull; Hess; and State Senator
Richard Snyder. L. F. Photo
Low-€ost Nitrogen Fertilizer On
Two Gdtoty Locations *" ~
'if''anhydrous ammonia can
be shown to be suitable for
Lancaster County soils and
growing conditions, area farm
ers may be able to realize a
substantial saving on their ni
trogen fertilizer costs in years
to come.
In a 10-county experiment
being conducted by Penn State
University under a grant from
the U S. Steel Company, trials
are underway to make this de
termination
At two locations in Lancas
ter County Harlan Keenei’s
farm on Gypsy Hill Rd, Lan
caster, and J. Mark Eshleman’s,
Lititz R3—demonstration plots
were plowed and fertilized this
week with anhydrous ammonia
SPECIAL EQUIPMENT
One problem in handling an
hydrous ammonia on the farm
is the equipment. The material
is in gaseous form, under pres
sure. When released as a gas
it must he delivered into the
furrow and simultaneously cov
ered with dirt. When the gas
makes contact with clay it is
trapped, and converted at once
Farm Calendar
April 17-17th-23rd., Pennsylva
nia Grange Week
-7:30 p.m, Organizational
meeting Kirkwood 4-H Com
' munity Club at Bart-Colerain
Elementary School.
-7.30 p.m., Elm-Penryn 4-H
Community Club at Penryn
Fire Hall.
April 18-7:30 p.m., Lincoln 4-H
Community Club at Mt. Airy
Fire Hall.
-7:30 p.m., Garden Spot
Young Fanners meet at Gar
den Spot High School agr
room; subject, “Improving
Home. Grounds”, (wives in- :
vited.)
-7:30 p.m, Drumore 4-H 3
Community Club at Chest- 1
nut Level Church House. <
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to a more stable-form, explains
U.S. Steel agronomist William
McClellan
To solve the equipment prob
lem, Penn State engineers de
veloped a mounting system to
support the tanks, and a sys
tem of hoses to deliver the an
hydrous ammonia to the soil
According to PSU extension
agricultural engineer Donald R
Damn, the equipment needed
would cost a farmer appioxi
mately $700; about $4OO of that
would be for two reusable
tanks
NEW IN COUNTY
Although this source of ni
trogen, applied as a gas, has
had practically no use m this
area, Daum notes that in the
midwest it has been used for
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Baby Beef Show
& Sale Set For
December 5-6
The annual 4-H Baby Beef
Show and Sale for the South
east District will be held De
cember 5 and 6 this year, it
was announced Wednesday
night at a-planning session of
district representatives.
Meeting m the Exchange
Room at the Lancaster Union
Stock Yards, representatives of
the four southeastern counties
—Lancaster, Chester, Dauphin,
and Northampton stipulated
the beef events be held each
year during the second week
of deer season. Last year’s
show and sale were also held
in early December, but tradi
tionally, the dates had been in
October.
Named to the show manage
ment committee were; Frank
Bortz, assistant state 4-H direc
tor; William Krisher, Chester
County associate agent; PSU
extension livestock specialist
(OomtUnuied on Pag© 4)
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 15, 1967
Soil Moisture Mokes
- AComebock ln-state
HARRISBURG Soil rridis
ture in Pennsylvania ranges
from --adequate to surplus in
practically all areas, according
to the State Crop Reporting
Service
Leland H Bull, State Secre
tary of Agriculture, called the
soil moisture condition a “wel
come change” from dry condi
tions of previous years.
The agriculture secretary
said reports indicate that sub
soil water levels are much im
proved with some streams run
ning which had been dry for
several years
Wheat and barley, seeded in
the fall, came through the win
ter in good shape in most ar
eas Some reports indicate
freeze-out in low lying wet
fields Oat seeding is behind
schedule because of wet fields
but should progress rapidly
with more favorable soil condi
tions
Planting of early potatoes
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SWCD Directors
Plan State Conv.
Directors of the Lancaster
County Soil & Water Conserva
tion District furthered plans
Monday night for hosting this
year’s state conservation con
vention to be held in Lancas
ter in November.
Meeting at the county court
house, the directors accepted
the proposed theme of “This
Land Is Your Land’’ for the ■
annual state meeting Details ;
on tours of points of interest
in the county for the more ■
than 150 conservationists and •
wives expected in November 3
were discussed. - (
Director Exerett Kreider an
nounced that Soil Stewardship 1
Week will begin with Rural (
Life Sunday April 30th. He i
noted that material promoting i
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County Poultry Delegation
Sees Sec. Bull In Bid For
Local Diagnostic Lab.
A six-man delegation travel
ed to Harrisburg Tuesday af
ternoon for a meeting with
Slate Secretary of Agriculture
Leland H. Bull to explore the
possibilities of locating a state
operated poultry diagnostic
laboratory in Lancaster County
The group, consisting of Levi
Brubaker, who served as
spokesman, John H Hess as
sociation president, Paul Hie
stand, past president; Hendnk
Wentink; Dr Wilson Miller, di
rector, and Don Timmons, pub
licity chairman, was joined by
State Senators Richard A Sny
’ der and Clarence F Manbeck.
l It was pointed out by the
■ Secretary that the state now
• maintains poultry diagnostic
, services at three locations ac
. cessible to Lancaster County
—New Bolton Center, Doyles
town, and Summerdale.
Wentink, salesmanager, .for
- Miller & Bushong, reported
• that when Dr. Spurting was di
i agnostician at New Bolton the
laboratory was heavily used by
Smucker Top Area Public Speaker,
But County Unseated In Procedures
It was a night of upsets
Wednesday at the York County
Kennard-Dale High School as
public speakers and parliamen
tary procedures teams from
York and Lancaster counties
vied for area FFA titles
Mike Smucker of Grasslands
Chapter and Nelson Newcomer
of Manor Chapter reversed
their respective county stand
ings in the area public speak
ing competition They will meet
again in the upcoming region
al contest to be held at Millers
ville State College on April
28th
Smucker, president of last
year’s county champion proced
ures team, is the 16-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward F.
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Cloister Dairy Products Judges
Win Fourth Straight Area Title
A freshman team of Future
Farmers of America Monday
defeated dairy products judges
from six other high schools in
the Lancaster-York area to give
the Cloister FFA chapter its
fourth consecutive area dairy
products title
Twenty- nine contestants
judged seven milk samples and
several milker unit heads.
Their scores were checked
against those of the official
judge, Richard Williammee, di
rector of quality control for
Queen Dairy
The top four Cloister youths
became eligible for the state
dairy products contest which
will be held at Penn State Uni
versity during FFA Week June
28, 29. and 30.
$2 Per Year
area poultrymen, but that in
the past two years they have
preferred to make the longer
trip to Sununerdale.
This statement was confirm
ed by Dr Palace Seitz, state
poultry pathologist, who add
ed that since approximately
October of last year there has
not been an active poultry pa
thologist at the New Bolton
Center
In exploring ways in which
to better serve Lancaster Coun
ty’s $39-million poultry indus
try, Wentink suggested that
perhaps the state could do a
feasibility study on the ques
tion of putting a laboratory in
Lancaster County He said it
might make a good subject for
a master’s thesis for a Penn
State University graduate stu
dent As an alternative. Went- ••
ink said, perhaps the Secretary
could-put -pressure on Pennsyl
vania University - Veterinary
College at New Bolton to~re
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Mike Smucker
Eligible are: Luke Martin,-
first; Lowell Sensenlg, see
ond; Jeffrey Pfautz, third;
and Eugene Nott, fourth. The
fifth member of the winning
Cloister team was Paul Wise.
Other placings included:
Dean Hess and Richard Thom
as, Penn Manor, sixth and sev
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