’• One Of Every • Conservationist' (Continued from Page 1> (Continued from Page 1) figure of 11,595,000. The chances are about one out of five, how ever. that a decline of this mag nitude or greater would have been obtained from the sample even if no actual change had oc curred in the farm population between 1966 and 1967 * The nonwhite farm population, which is estimated as 12 percent cf the 1967 total, continues to de cline at a much faster rate than the white. For the 7-year period, 1960-67, the white and nonwhite portions of the farm population had an annual average decline of about 4.5 and 10.0 percent, re spectively. In the farm population as a whole, 28 percent were children under 14 years of age. The pro portion of persons of this age differs considerably between the two color groups. Among white farm residents, 26 percent of the population was under 14 years old whereas the comparable fig Dee-licious! 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He served in various posts in North Dakota until his trans fer to Pennsylvania. As head of Soil Conservation Service activities in Pennsylva nia, Davis will direct technical assistance to 64 Soil and Water Conservation Districts: 27 Wa tershed Protection and Fli Prevention Projects: and two Resource Conservation and De velopment Projects. Davis and his wife Marilyn p side in Camp Hill with their t' children. ure for nonwhites was 40 per cent The farm population continues to have the distinctive feature, in contrast to the nonfarm popu lation, of a larger number of males than females. In 1967 there were 106 8 farm males for every lf)0 farm females. John J. Hess, 11, Inc. Ph; 442-4632 Paradise Iro B. Landis Ph: 569-0531 779 Valley Hoad, Lancaster CARL MARTIN, (center) was the first place winner in FFA Land Judging Wed nesday afternoon, at the contest held on the Amos Funk Farm near Marticville. 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U Baker Whse 1133 Manheim Pike, Lancaster, Pa, Phone 393-9949 Lancaster Farming. Saturday. May 4,1968 County Soil and Water District. Robert Seilnt, (left) placed second. Back row, (lett) is Onal Bass. Soil Consen ation Sei \ ice, and Phillip Ogline. Vo-Ag teacher of both boys at Garden Spot High School. L. F. Photo Garden Spot Boys Tops In Land Judging A pair of Garden Spot High School FFA members placed ore-two in the Area Lahd Judg ing Contest held Wednesday af ternoon at the farm of Amos Funk near Marticville Carl Martin placed first in the field of 61 participants and Rob ert Seifnt placed second Richard Hackenberger, repre senting the Lancaster County Soil and Water Conservation Dis trict, presented a plaque from the district to Martin for win ning first place Third place went to a Dallas town boy in York County He was Donald Fritz Jay Smoker, Ephrata, was fourth followed by a three-way tie in fifth place of Lloyd Welk, Solanco; Levi Henly, Ephrata; and Kenneth Royal, Kennard- Dale, York County Two youths tied for eight. They were Matthew Young, So lanco and Marlen Cramer, South Western, York County Carl Weaver, Garden Spot, ryanded out the first ten plac mgs The top nine boys are eligible tc go to Penn State in June for the annual Activities Week TRACTOR TIRES ARE EXPENSIVE Repair and replacement of tires accounts for a large ampunt of repair costs of farm tractors. A. few simple precautions will re duce these costs and add to the life of your-tires. Agricultural engineers at the University of Vermont say prop er inflation is the most impor iant part pf,tire care. Under-in flation can .cause the sidewalls to .buckle and eventually break. .Using -tractor .wheel .weights and filling the tires with calcium chlorjde treated water will f give additional traction thus prevent ing slippage, a cause of _ exces sive wear. Sunshine and grease are harm ful to natural rubber, so avoid parking the tractor on an oily floor or in the sunshine And finally, careful driving will decrease tire wear and in jury. 7 I Sfs * * 1 i 4 **