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VOL. 12 NO. 28
TOBACCO PLANTING IS A
FAMILY AFFAIR at the Robert Mylin
farm, Willow Street R 2. Seated on the
planting rig are, from left: hired man
Don Harnish; Donnie and Dale Mylin,
County Poultry
Assn. Launches
Queen Contest
Dn ectors of the Lancastei
County Poultiy Association an
notmced the launching of the
association's annual Poultiy
Queen contest this week The
girl selected will represent
Lancaster ‘Count# in the state
poultiy qyeen contest which
wall be hjglcT at Heishey on Au
gust 26th as part of the State
Poultry 'Association Festival
and Pennsylvania Dutch Days
(August §l-26;) .. •„
Rules for tlie county contest
will confojaiiwith the “ state
rules it was noted - Any fe
male Pennsylvania resident be
tween the ages-Of 17 ,and 24
who is .a close relative ol a
commercial poultryman,'* or of
an allied industiyman. and who
is willing to help-'piomOte the
Pennsylvania 'Poultry industry,
is eligible
Judging will be based on
beauty (50 points), personal
ity (25 points) and achieve
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Farm Calendar
June 12-9-a m . 4-H daily judg
ing practice at Harry Mum
ma farm, Landisville
-10 a.m ,- Public hearing on
Delawaie Valley federal milk
order, at Sylvania Hotel,
Philadelphia
-S pam, Lancaster County
SWCD directors at county
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ages eight and five, respectively; Mrs.
Mylin. Robert Mylm is operating the
tractor Bringing up the rear in their
little red wagon are Dennis, three, and
Debbie, one and a half L F Photo
REIGNING QUEEN of
Lancaster County’s poultry
industry Lilli Ann Wi
ve 11 will be looking for
a successor next month It
could be you l Read this
story to see if you can
qualify
Local 4-H’ers To Serve On State
Leadership Council June 19-22
Two. Lancaster County 4-H
members will be among the 60
delegates serving on the Lead
ership Council at the State 4-H
Club Congress to be held at
Penn State University June
19-22, They are
Averril Royer of 2025 Ore
gon Pike, Lancaster, has been
ajLH member eight years. The
Lancaster Farming. Saturday, June 10, 1967
Agr. Teachers Set
FFA Workshop Dates
Meeting at Ephrata High
School Tuesday atternoon mem
bers oi the Lancaster County
Vocational Agnculture Teach
ers Association set workshop
dates toi Future Fanneis of
Ameuca Boys who will be
competing in state contests
dining FFA Week at Penn
State UnneisiL June 28-30
will use these woikshops lor
practice in their respective ar
eas of competition
Dates and locations toi the
workshops ai e Poultry—9 am ,
June 21, at Weavei’s Poultiy,
Inc Ne\i Holland farm me
chanics—l p m June 21 at
Lampeter Strasbin g H S land
judging—9 am . June 22 at
Garden Spot H S dairy cattle
—9 a m June 26 at Ephrata
H S
Othei FFA activities listed
included the annual county
FFA swine show which will be
held at the Lancaster Union
Stock Yards at 8 a m on Au-
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daughter of Mr and Mis Hei
bert Royer she seived her lo
cal club as president, vice
president, treasurer, secretai y
and news reporter Averril also
serves as a junior leader A
dairy winner in the 4-H Na
tichal Awards program, she
was a delegate to the National
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Late Spring, But Tobacco
Under Plastic Is Ready
b> Don Timmons
How man) muslin covered
tobacco beds had field-read}
plants by Memorial Daj this
year? We haven’t heaul ol anv
as yet. but manv plants si own
under plastic-covered frames
are already in the Gelds
This is the second time in
as many springs that plastic
covering has paid ofT loi Rob
ert Mylin ot Willow Street R 2
Although he started using the
material three jears ago, the
wind destroved an> possible
compaiison that Grst season b>
mining the plastic Then he
relocated has beds in a more
sheltered spot and has had
great success with plastic-cov
ered seedbeds ever since
In a normal spring there
isn’t much difference between
plants grown under muslin
and those grown under plas
tic. But when spring comes
wet, late, and cold to Lan
caster County, as it did this!
year, that’s when plastic real
ly pays.
Myhns generally plant eight
acres of tobacco, with plants
giown in four beds They found
last year that they could get
enough first-rate plants from
only three beds when the\
WHICH TOBACCO PLANTS would you pick?
Those on the right are on their way to the field for plant
ing, they were raised under plastic There is also a clump
of plants in this grower's other hand, if you can see
them; they were raised under the muslin, and will be
returned to the beds to continue growing. Both groups
were planted April 3rd The grower is Robert Mylin,
Willow Street R 2, and he is well-pleased with the re
sults he has obtained growing plants under plastic dur
ing the past two years. L. F Photo
$2 Per Ye*j
used plastic covering But not
all their plants are grown this
way because the> don’t need
all the plants ready at the
same time For the past three
>eais half the beds were cov
ered with mus’un and half with
plastic This >ear the ratio was
one muslin to two plastic
COMPARISON
Crowing plants under both
systems on the same farm
gives a good comparison,
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Eastern Milk
Hearing June 19
In New York
Proposals to amend six east
ern federal milk marketing or
ders will be considered at a
public hearing June 19 in New
York City, the U S Depart
ment of Agriculture announced
this week (This is not to be
confused with the June 11?
hearing in Philadelphia on thd
Delaware Valle> order alone)
Officials said the hearing
will begin at 10 am in the
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