VOL 13 NO. 15
Bushong Is Elected President
Of 4-H Baby Beef & Lamb Club
Dale Bushong, 17-year-old son
of Mr and Mrs. Robert Bushong.
Columbia R 2, was elected presi
dent of the Red Rose 4-H Baby
Beef and Lamb Club Wednesday
evening at the annual reorgani
zation meeting held in the Farm
& Home Center He succeeds
Mrs. Larry Weaver, the former
Carol Hess of Strasburg.
Other officers elected at the
meeting of parents and club
members were Mike Hosier,
Manheim R 3, vice president;
Sharon Weaver, New Holland
Rl, secretary; Marvin Nissley,
Mount Joy Rl, treasurer; Kay
Weaver, Quarryville R 2, and
Larry Landis, Quarryville Rl,
song leaders, Donna Hess, Stras
ASCS Signup
Deadline Near
Growers are reminded that
March 15 is the last day for fil
ing applications to take pait in
the 1968 feed grain program and
the voluntary wheat program
Fred G Seldomndge, chairman.
Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation County Committee,
points out that only growers who
sign up and then participate in
the programs will be eligible
for payments
The chairman urges farmers
w h o are interested in taking
part in this year’s feed grain
program to call at the ASCS
county office as soon as possible
since there are only five work
ing dajs left before the March
15 signup deadline, and signing
up is a necessary first step in
program participation
Through March 6th, 233 farms
in the county had been signed up
under the 1968 feed grain pro
gram, with intended diversion of
about 3,010 acres This includes
the 20 percent diversion neces
sary to qualify for participation
and the additional acreage di
verted for payment
And the current signup period
for wheat in Lancaster county
began February 5 and will end
March 15 Through March 6th,
445 county farms with allotments
totaling 5,372 acres had been
signed up to participate
farm Calendar
Monday, March 11
7:30 p.m. Ayrshire-Jersey 4-H
Dairy Club Meet, Farm and
Home Center.
Tuesday, March 12
9.30 a.ra. Dairy Day Program,
Guernsey Sales Pavilion.
7:30 pm. Ephrata Adult
Farmer Program (tractor
maintenance) School Vo-Ag
Room,
7:30 pm. Elizabethtown-
Donegal 4-H Community Club
meet. Donegal High School.
Wednesday, March 13
10 00 a.m. Large Herd Own
ers meet, Ag Bldg, Harris
burg.
7 30 p.m. Guernsey 4-H Dairy
Club meet, Farm and Home
Center.
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, „ .
Rl „ and Barry Longenecker
l ltltz , game j a( l ers ’ and
Sheryl Weaver and Ray Bru
news reporters
Club leaders were appointed
this year, instead of elected, to
conform with the policy recom
mendations of Penn State These
area leaders and assistants are
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2 FFA Banquets
Were Scheduled
For Last Night
T w o Lancaster County FFA
Chapters had annual banquets
scheduled for last night at the
cafeterias in their respective
high schools one at Manheim
and one at New Holland
Editor Honored
The 16th Annual Manheim
FFA Parent and Son Banquet
was held at the Manheim Cen
tral High School, starting at 6 30
pm In the awards program
Everett News-wanger, Lancaster
Farming Editor, was made an
Honorary Chapter Farmer. Les
ter Heistand, president, made
the presentation
The Star Green Hand was Wil
mer Groff, son of Mr and Mrs
Allen Groff, Manheim R 4; Chap
ter Star Farmer was Edward
Donough, son of Mr and Mrs
Paul Donough, Manheim Rl;
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AN AERIAL VIEW of Lancaster County contour
stripcropping. The scene is about one-half mile East of
Stevens, and shows the Leroy Pfautz Farm. Pfautz has
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 9,1968
Dr. Cecil Howes
Final Poultry Meeting
Set For March 13
The Lancaster County Poultry
Association will hold a final Ed
ucational Meeting of their cur
rent senes on March 13th at
7 45 p m in the Farm &, Home
Center
Dr Cecil E Howes, head of
the Department of Poultry Sci
ence, Virginia Polytechnic In
stitute. will be the sneaker on
the topic, ‘‘Our Indrstiy—Past,
Present and Future ”
Dr Howes has received many
honors and recognitions includ
ing the Poultry Science Teach
ing Award, The FFA Honorary
State Farmer Award, The Vir
ginia Poultry Federation Meri
torious Service Award and the
Who’s Who in America Award
Conservationist Pfautz
Likes New Farm Methods
“I would not want to go back
to the old way of farming.” said
Leroy R Pfautz in discussing
his contour farm consenation
program with Lancaster Farm
ing “Even though we have some
point rows and triangles which
are not as nice to faun, the sav-
Soil & Water
District Has
Annual Meeting
A State Conservationist told
the Annual Cooperators' Meet
ing and Banquet of the Lancas
ter County Soil and Water Con
servation District that the local
leadership has been responsible
for the increased consenation
practices across Pennsylvania
Ivan McKeevei speaking to
a capacity crowd at the Quarry -
ville Methodist Church Tuesday
night, said, “While the whole
(conservation program) has in
creased, you people can take
credit not only for what has hap
pened here but all across the
state It was because of your
leadership,” he said “It has
been inspiring to me to see the
growth ”
The conservationist iold of a
visitor who flew o\e r Pennsyl
vania and reported he could tell
which land was in the state be-
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been named honor farmer by the Lancaster County Soil
and Water District for 1967. Photo is by Orval Bass,
Conservation Service.
$2.00 Per Year
mgs in dollars and cents far
offset the old way ”
The Stevens R 1 farmer was
named Conservation Farmer of
1967 at the Annual Meeting and
Banquet of the Lancaster Coun
ty Soil and Water Conservation
District, Tuesday night, at the
Quarryville Methodist Church
Pfautz did start a token pro
gram of conservation with his
dad about 27 years ago when he
laid out some of the steepest
slopes on their farm in two acre
strips This helped control ero
sion by about 65 to 70 percent.
“But at that time, we just did
not want to farm ‘crooked’,” he
said
“I knew ail the time that you
definitely can hold more water
on contours,” he said “We did
some custom field crop spraying
and found neighbor's contoured
fields too wet to get in, when
others were dry But we’ just
had the problem of wanting to
stay away from point rows,”
he said
"But. now I would never go
back You need it when it’s dry
(to hold the water you do get)
and you need it when it's wet
(to keep soil from washing
away),” Pfautz added
When Pfautz made the change
to contours seven years ago, he
left part of the strips like the
family had them But, by adding
contours, he estimated he saved
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