VOL*. 13 NO. 3
Ephrata Adult
Farmers To Tour
Dairy Bairns
A dairy barn remodeling field
tnp wiltt be held by the Ephrata
Adult Planners C 1 ass on Thurs
day, Dec. 21, leaving from the
high school Ag Room at 10 a m
The farms to be v i s ited are.
Eanl D, Hurst, Lititz R 3; Albeit
Mellwwser, Strasburg: and Tur
key Hull Dairy, Conestoga R 2.
Those going on the tour
should bring lunch. Everyone is
invited according to Lew Ayers,
Vo-Ag teacher at Ephrata.
The tour will r e t u r n to the
school by 3:30 p m.
Farm Calendar
Tuesday, December 19
I'3o p.m. Agway Dairy
Seminar, Blue Ball Fire Hall
7 30 p.m. Manheim-Penn
Manor Young Farmers meet,
Penn Manor High School Ag
room.
7 30 p.m. New Holland
Young Farmers meet at High
School Ag room
7 30 p.m. 4-H Veal Project
Club meeting, Faim Credit
Building
7 30 p.m. Agway Dairy
Seminar, Quarryville Fire
Hall
Thursday, December 21
10:00 a.m. Ephrata Young
Farmers Field Trip, leave
Ag room.
THE JOHN H. NISSLEY HOME
STEAD, Mount Joy Rl. Nissley topped
the national steer market on Sept. 5,
County Steer Farmer Tops UJS.
Cattle Market With 20 Head
A Lancaster County steer
feeder topped the-Umted-States
fat steer market on September
5, 1967 with 20 steers
John 'Nissley, Mount Joy -Rl.
had an average weight of 1,303
pounds per head The steers
dressed out at 63 percent and
brought 30 25 cents per pound
And if that isn’t good enough,
30 moie of Nissley’s steers
brought second best in the U S
at that time—29 50 cents per
pound
The buyer (Allen Packing
Company) had these comments
about the steers “They were a
beautiful lot that gave maxi
mum yield with no shnnkage
and no stungs”
■When you drive in the Niss
ley Farmstead lane, you come
right to the airy and modem
steer pens It was here this re
porter met John, Monday af
ternoon, and questioned him
about his national price toppers
“They were good cattle,” he
said “But we also had a little
bit of luck as we hit the best
market of the year.”
Right now Nissley has 210
steers in hxs lots —'half A.ngus
and half Herefords “I lean a
little toward the Angus be
cause they seem to sell a little
better,” he said “But the Here
fords put on weight better ”
John does all his buying and
selling through the Lancaster
Union Stockyards “I always
Joint Meeting
Of Young
Farmers Dec, 19
lA joint meeting of the Manor
Young Faimeis- and the Man
heim Young F armers will be
held December 19, at 8 00 p m.
in the Penn Manor High School
Ag-room
Apanel_of men who have
-been on the Electronic Farm
Accounts system wdE discuss
their experiences.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 16,1967
market through the Stock
yards,” he said. And of the
steers he has now, most of them
were bought for him in the
South by a stockjard cattle
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Soil And Water
District Directors
Plan Goals For 1968
The L a n c a ster County Soil
and Water Conservation Distinct
Directors set their bud jet at $5,-
900 and lecorded a goal of 140
new distinct coopera tors for
1968 at a planning meeting held
at the Lancaster C o urt House,
Monday evening.
Other district objectives were
listed as follows
I Promote wise use of conser
vation in L a n c aster County
(A) Have fom watershed meet
ings, (B) Have meetings with
builders and contractors to plan
erosion reduction, (C) Hequest
the Extension Association to use
at least two radio programs on
conservation; (D) Have Vo-Ag
teacheis use conservation radio
and TV programs; (E) Have
meeting with equipment opera
tors, (F) Plan and build as
many ways and terraces as pos
sible
II Finish and publish a long
range plan (A) Urge full co
operation of c o operating agen
cies in preparation and use of
that plan; (B) Meet with County
Planning Commission.
111 Education (A) Prepare
annual report, (B) Plan plowing
contest and field day including
Land Judging C o nt est and
Queen of the Fur row Contest;
(C) Investigate the value of an
air tour; (D) Plana conserva
tion camp for youth groups; (E)
Hold annual meeting March 5.
1111 I n vestigate the benefits
'and problems of having an exec
utive associate
V. E n courage the implemen
tation of the county water study.
VI. Investigate the merits of
the Chickies • *Wwatershed Pten.
1967 with 20 head selling for 30.25 cents
per pound. L. F. Photo
Subirrigation
Effective Del.
Research Shows
Eight hours of subimgation
increased corn yields by 16
bushels per acre tins year Dur
ing one of the wettest growing
seasons in 50 years, irrigation
was needed only once at Uni
versity of Delaware Geoige
town substation plots But those
few hours made the difference,
according to Dr William Mit
obeli, extension agronomist at
the University of Delaware
In three years research with
suibirngation at the substation,
the system gave an appreciable
yield increase each year In
1965 with adequate rainfall, ir
ngating resulted in 40 bushels
per acre more com In the 1966
drought, subinigatmg corn
meant a yield of 165 bushel
compared to a mere 7 bushels
per acre without water “It
proves subimgation is an ef
fective way to supply moisture
to row crops,” Mitchell says
The system can be turned on
at a minute’s notice When the
corn began to look wilted in
June 1967, turning on a valve
meant the plants received the
moisture they needed when they
needed it. Thus the subirriga
tion system can be valuable
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4-H Veal Club
Will Hold Meet
December 19
A meeting for 4-H Veal Proj
ect Club members will be held
Tuesday evening, December 19
a!t 7:30 p m. in the Farm Credit
Building, according to Victor
Plastow, Associate Agricultural
Agent.
Ait this meeting a detailed dis
cussion of the project will take
place and record books wall be
distributed. “We sincerely hope
that you can be present at thus
meeting,” Plastow said.
$2 Per Year
Cigar Tax
Opposed
By Farmers
HARRISBURG
A group of Lancaster tobacco
farmers —350 s t r eng—.tramped
into the cap itol omlding here
Tuesday morning, to “See whaifc
could be done” a b out the pro
posed 35 percent tax-increase
on-cigars nder bill now pending
in the Legislature.
Carrying signs reading “H.B.
#1893 Unfair To Farmers” or
“Farm ers Oppose Cigar Tax”
and wearing lapel cards stating,
“I Oppose The Cigar Tax”, the
nine bus load of sincere but or
derly protesters mar died past
the capitol guards (they requir
ed the signs to be left at the
door), in under the Capitol
dome, past the tree being dec-
See Photo Story
JDta Pages 6 and 7
orated for the Christmas season,
and up a fljght of stairs to wait
for a meeting with senators and
representatives from local dis
tricts
And they got their meeting
Several c o n g ressmen met the
fanners outside on the capitol
steps and inside the available
congressmen from local dis
tricts were introduced by Sen.
Richard S Snyder and spoke
briefly to the farmers The gov
ernment re p r esentatives who
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New Holland
YF Tax Course
To Finish Tues.
The New Holland Young
Farmers will meet at the high
School A'g room on Tuesday, De
cember 19 at 7:30 p.m. for Part
4 of their income tax course.
A brief summary and dSscus
sion of previously presented ma
terial' will be followed by a prac
tical 'application on a sample
problem using examples from
the class The ins and outs of
actually filling out the form will
be 3hown according to Donald
Robinson, Vo-Ag teacher.
Tobacco Growers To
Vote On Marketing
Quotas Early In 1968
The Lancaster County to
bacco farmers will vote early
in 1968 to decide if they do or
do not want marketing quotas
on Type 41 tobacco in 1968,
1969 and 1970, a c c o rding to
the Agricultural Stabilization
and Conservation Service.
N o t ice of 1968 allotments
will be mailed to all farmers
before the Referendum.
For quotas to be effective,
two-thirds of the farmers vot
ing in the Referendum must
vote in favor of quotas.