B—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 22.1967
Record-Breaking Corn Crop
Prospects For Pa. This Year
HARRISBURG Pennsyl- ture is Insuring good growth
v*ni« may experience a record for second cuttings,
breaking corn yield this year, , Pastures, which continue to
the State Department of Agrl- look good, are furnishing a noi
culture believes. amount of feed.
This year’s expected yield of * Extension Staff
70 bushels an rcre may be .1 (Continued from Page 1)
bushes greater than Iwt yeai, Agwty, Inc. in Westmore-
Leland H. Bull, Socre- j anc | County, He also served
tary of Agriculture, said. two years in the U. S, Navy
He said the state is expected World War IL
to harvest more than 61.5 mil- . , . .
lion bushels of com. nearly *f w ? ns w ! ork .H 1
double the 1966 production and Primarily w^i th 4-H
15 percent above average. groups. He wiU be ~ated
with county agent M. M. Smith,
An estimated winter wheat and associate agents Victor
yield of 36 bushels an acre Plastow and Arnold G. Lueck,
and a rye yield of 30 bushels with offices in the Post Office
an acre will equal previous rec- Building, Lancaster.
ords, according to the State
Crop Reporting Service, while 0 County Youths
the barley yield of 55 bushels (Continued from Page 1)
is expected to be the second |^ pav j, Mle , Rl> didn’t take first in
highest of record. tire general home economics
Although the alfalfa weevil category tout she did win a
has been severe this year, good blue ribbon,
moisture supply has favored In the public speaking dm
growth and hay yields are sion countians won two white
about normal. Adequate mods- ribbons.
Harvesting Grain?
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All Grain will be processed on the basis of
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• STANDARD HAULING CHARGES
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Hauling will be available for the following
Grains:
(Barley, Oats, Wheat, Shelled Corn)
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We are equipped to handle any high mois
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We are also interested in buying your excess grain
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younger Committee, Chicago, secures
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Following the pig chase, door , htmlne** and industry in
dans to lay out contours on and awards wiil be prc- gunoor * 0 * 4.1 J
Monday. sented with Lancaster County s ppo 1
1967 Dairy Princess Anna Mae
Doniough participating.
The double event, sponsored
annually by SWCD, was at
tended by some 500 countians
last year.
• Plowing Contest
(Continued from Page 1)
MORE PLOWMEN
Stauffer also noted that
there is room for more
plowing contestants, but
that they will have to get
in touch with him, or with
Max Smith, today, to be
included. There will be
room for ten plowmen in
the contest altogether, he
said. Last year’s event had
seven contestants.
SCHEDULE
The plowing contest will be
gin at 10 a.m. While that is
running, there will be field day
activities underway on the ad
joining farms of Louis Hurst
and Stauffer.
Pish commission personnel
will stage two fish shocking
demonstrations in Indian Run
Creek; one at 11 a.m. and an
other at 2 p. m.
Provisions have been made
for serving light lunch —sand-
wiches, drinks, ice cream, etc.
Following lunch, a 4-H trac
tor driving contest will be fea
tured. This will be under the
supervision of the county’s new
est extension staffer, Jay Irwin.
Also, at 1 p.m., a land judg
ing contest will be held, spon
sored by the county vocational
agriculture teachers. This will
be on contest open to anyone.
The windup event will be a
greased pig chase at 3 o’clock.
With a 50-pound gilt as the
winner’s prize, this competi
tion will be open to any young-
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