VOL 12 NO. 24
Waterways, First
For Farmers Planning To
£xpand Corn Production
b> Don Timmons
Tliere are two intei estmg
tren is that seem to be de\ elop
ing m Lancastei Counts ciop
production and in the slate
1) an mciease m corn ptoduc
tion over the past four years
at the expense of small grains
2) more ol the total corn crop
being pioduced for silage dur
ing the same four-year period
How accurately this change
ovei to com can be related to
dauy tamers switching to
livestock production is a mat
ter of some speculation For
whatever reason, corn is ap
parently gaming and small
giam production is - declining
This means several things to
the farmer who is trying to
utilize his' corn „land To the
fullest One.Tf he no" longer
has’ Rig need for. corn ..is.
greater than for hay.
So rather “than‘tie upltheTand'
Clark Stauffer Tops Exhibits
At 4-H Conservation Roundup
At the first annual 4-H Con
servation Club roundup, held
Monday* night at Ephrata High
School, Clark Staufter was
awarded a plaque for best all
around performance He was
scored on his record book, and
on his first-place exhibit which
showed the use of cover crops
to conti ol soil erosion His ex
hibit included photographs and
actual soil displays with and
without covei crops
Claik the 13yeai-old son of
Mi and Mrs Aaion Z Stauf
fer of Ephrata Rl, serves on
the game committee of the
Noi them Lancastei Countv 4-
H Conservation Club and is
active in the Babj Beef and
Lamb Club and in 4-H traetoi
club work
Plaques were also presented
to Curtis Horst for second
place and to Debbie Schante
for third
The roundup was joint ef
fort of the Northern and
Southern Lancaster County 4-
H Conservation Clubs It was
Farm Calendar
May 15-7 30 pm, Elm-Penryn
4-H' Club at Penryn Fire
Hall
May 16-8 p.m, Farm &. Home
Foundation directors’ meet
ing at Lancaster Farm Cred;
it Bldg
May 17-8 p m , Special meeting
o£ Lancaster County 4-H
Horse Club leaders at Lam
caster Farm Credit Bldg to
plan county horse piogram
May 18-7.45 pm., 4jH County
Council reorganization meet
ing at Rohrerstown Elemen
tary School
-8 p.m. 4-H Leaders bi
monthly meeting at Atlantic
Breeders Cooperative.
Step
with contour strips which he
once cropped for hay he is
now looking for ways to put
all or most of his land mlo
coin
Secondly though he contm
übs to plant on the contoui
when he replaces tne stups
with a row crop such as corn
he is wide open for soil ero
sion
WATERWAYS
The first step in concerting
to all-corn production—whether
for grain or silage—is to de
velop some means for ‘ w alk
mg ’ the w ater oS the fields so
that it doesn’t erode the soil
Grassed waterways are &&■>
■sential to this intensive type of
production on any slope great
er than three percent, accord-'
mg to Soil Conservation, Serv
ice (SCS) work' unit conserva
tionist -QrvaL iA. ,15 ass While
waterways were also heeded on 1
"'itCditfedugd" oh" Page ,6
held in conjunction with a
special meeting "oi the coujity
SWCD directors Exhibits were
judged by Charles Slaton. U.
S Soil Conservation Service
public information officer and
by district vice chairman Hen
ry H Hackman
Assoc-ate county agent Win
tin op Mernam who piesented
the plaques, also announced
that Ronald Stauffer had placed
fust in the recent district di
vision ox the State Conserva
tion Contest. His placing won
him a three-dav conservation
(■Continued on Page '6)
CLARK STAUFFER displays the first-place plaque which he won Monday
mght alt the roundup of the Northern, and Southern Lancaster County 4-H Censer
valtion Clubs Stauffer’s prize-winning ex habit demonstrated the effects of ground
cover on soil erosion ' L F. Photo
Lancaster Farming Saturday. May 13, 1967
Hoover, left, and Oryal A. Bass, SCS~ coniservationiist,
examine l!he stand of tall fescus, redtop,, birdsfoot tre
foil, and -Reed canary grass- Hoover will cut this- for
hay soon, ■ L. F Photo
Lane. Pork Producers Seek Queen;
Full Slate Of Officers Reelected
At a recent meeting of the
Lancaster Couruy Swme Pro
ducers Association directors
reelected ad. oTicers and de
cided to no’c a contest this
xear for „ Lancaster County
Pork Queen
Ree ected wero John Hen
ke! di escaei't Vi Lem
mgei vicepres’Jent, and Janies
Z Martin, secretary-treasuiei
They wall serve during the
1937 68 yea r '
James HoTon Masonic
Homes Fam Elizabethtovv n
was installed as a new caioc
toi oi the association He vas
elected to a three-veer term at
(Continued on Page 6
$2 Per Yeaj
Win Merriam
To Leave County
Extension Staff
Lancaster Jvixute county
agent Winlhroo Mei nam an
nounced this week !hat effect
ive June 7th re mil be re
si.mnt trom ihe countv exten-
sion staff
Mein.’m he has ac
cepted a portion it West Vir
ginia Lniver-it' Morgantown,
V. \<■ He will be pait oi a
tom-member stMe 4-H staff;
his title will be State Exten
sion Piogram Leadei 4-H
and \outh Development
Memam came to the county
in 1958 as assistant county
client He was promoted to as
sociate agent in 1962
In commenting on his resig
nation he noted he regreted
leaving the county after nine
years’ seivice here but felt
• This opportunity is just too
(Continued on Page 5)
Winthiop lien lam
Harnish Cow &
Fisher Herd Top
April DHiA
A registered Holstein cow
owned b. John M Harnisfa,
Beaver Valiev Pike completed
the highest individual 305-day
lactation during April, accord
ing to the Red Rose Hairy
Herd Improvement Association.
She pioduced 21681 pounds of
milk and 899 pounds of but
terfat
The herd having the highest
monthly butterfat aveiage was
owned by Joseph L Fisher of
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Temperatures can be ex
petted to continue averaging
below normal for the next
five davs, savs the weather
man He looks for the “cool”
to prevail throughout the pe
riod, but promises milder
temperatures about mid-week.
And MORE RAIN is being
called for with amounts to
taling greater than 'h inch,
expected over the weekend.