VOL. 14 NO. 24
REACH' FOR THE MILK. These
Philadelphia school boys set up this stunt
photograph for Lancaster Farming’s editor
when they visited the Lloyd Ranck Family
Farm-Tuesday afternoon. The boys (from
left) Mike Mullaney, Donald Jaje, Lemuel
Anderson and Edward Dunston were part
Bankers Honor Youths; Hear
Ag Change Called “Fantastic”
“The changing look of mod
ern agriculture is no less than
fantastic,” a Chase Manhattan
Bank Agriculture ‘ Services ex
pert said Wednesday night
Speaking to the Lancaster Coun
ty Bankers Assn, at the Host
Town Motel, Dan A. Klingen
berg said, “These are the days
of gorilla milk, sustain, moo
juice, Palm, Becky, agrifax, el
fac, computerization, automa
tion and irradiation”
These strange terms and
many others have brought a
new excitement never before
known to both America and
world agriculture, he said. Pam,
Becky, Elfac and Agrifax,
Klingeberg explained aie titles
of four of the many computeriz
ed farm accounting systems in
existence today.
Gorilla milk, sustain and moo
Farm Calendar
Sunday, May 11
11-18 SoJ Stewaidship Week
Monday, May 12
8 00 pm—Meat Inspection Law
Information meeting, Farm
and Home Center
Tuesday, May 13
1&2 p m —Area FFA Meat Jud
ging, Kunzler & Co., 652
Manor St Lancaster
7:30 pm—Kirkwood Commun-
ity 4-H Club meets, Bait
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juice are names of three new
dairy products recently intro
duced by major fpod merchan
disers in this country.
Klingenberg predicted that
all farms of the future will be
taking part in computerized
record-keeping programs. Such
programs, he- said, will solve
one of the biggest weaknesses
in the farm credit system “The
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Warwick Youth
Advances In
FFA Speaking
Gerald Martin, a Warwick
High School sophomoie, continu
ed to advance in FFA Public
Speaking Wednesday, by plac
ing 2nd in the Regional Contest
held at Millersville State Teach
ers College Martin, 16-yeai-old
son of Mi and Mrs Amos Z
Martin. Lititz El, is the Lan
caster County FFA 'Public Speak
ing champion and also placed
2nd at the Area Contest held
recently in York County His
speech is on farm safety entitled,
“It’s Your Life ”
Lar.astei’s second entry in
the 12-county event. Dean Sher-
P erm Manoi Junioi, did not
Piace in the Regional contest
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 3.1969
of the group of inter-city students that
were guests of the Pequea Valley FFA
Chapter. Oh, yes, the nice-uddered five
year-old cow is a General daughter ano
stood quite quietly through the whole or
deal considering the interruption from a
peaceful rest in her lush green meadow.
Two 4-H Dairy Judges
Place First At Expo
Advance reports snowed Lan
caster County’s 4-H Dairy Judg
ing Team did not place first last
Saturday at the 44th Annual
Dairy Exposition held at Penn
State. Though Victor Plastow,
Associate County Agent in
charge had not received the fin
al placing of the team as of yes
terday morning. In the 1968 con
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CORN PLANTING and pre
paring the ground for planting
were hign on local farm work
agendas this week. In the Lan
caster Farming Photo, Ellis Den
linger, Gordonville Rl, plants
Inter-City Students See
Rural Life At Co. Farms
For a group of inter-city sixth,
seventh and eighth gradeis,
Tuesday was a day of turkeys,
tractors, cows, calves, ponies,
puppies and peacocks They al
so toured a local intermediate
school and the new Wax Mu
seum of Lancaster County His-
Meat Inspection
Law Meeting
Set For Monday
An educational meeting on the
1968 Pennsylvania Meat Inspec
tion Law will be held Monday,
May 12 at 8 - 00 p m at the Farm
and Home Center, 1383 Arcadia
Road (just east of the Manheim
Pike near the Route 30 by-pass)
The meeting sponsored by the
Lancaster County Extension Ser
vice will be an opportunity to
obtain a better understanding of
the, law and how it affects live
stock- ami slaughtering
operations.
In" making the announcement,
County Agent M. M Smith said,
“Meat processors are concerned
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Soil Stewardship Week
Soil Stewardship Week starts
tomorrow, Sunday May 11 and
continues through Sunday May
18. Numerous churches and civic
organizations have planned spe-
cial events for the occasion. It is
quite fitting that a special week
ly feature, entitled “Conserva
tion Corner”, should start this
week in Lancaster Farming also.
The feature is in cartoon form
and is designed to call attention
to the need of conserving our
natural resources and the Bresults
of destroying them. The first
“Conservation Corner” appears
on page 17 of this issue.
corn Monday afternoon. In the
background, his 14-year-old son,
Curvin is disking another strip.
Ellis said the ground was slight
1> dry on top with adequate mois
ture underneath. The warm dajs
$2.00 Per Year
tory, but mostly it was a look
at rural happenings 'as they
occur
The tour really had its be
ginning a few years ago when
Pequea Valley’s Vo-Ag instruc
tor Ralph Horchler, met Ron
ald T Nichols his first day at
Penn State Since that time the
social studies teacher at Con
well Middle Magnet School in
Philadelphia and the local Ag
teacher have been visiting each
other And this time, Nichols
bi ought 50 of his pupils along
and Horchler provided special
guides from his FFA Chapter.
Both teachers think tours of
this nature aie an effective
means of teaching and provide
an avenue of understanding for
both rural and city youths “We
came to see what rural America
is like,” Nichol said “I’m im
pressed with youi area and I
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Parasites Are
Major Weapon
For Gypsy Moth
Parasites will be the State
Department of Agriculture’s
major weapon this year in
Pennsylvania’s continuing war
on the destructive gypsy moth.
Henry F. Nixon, director of
the Department’s Bureau of
Plant Industry, said the Depart
ment plans to release millions
of parasites this spring, summer
and fall in northeastern coun
ties The parasites, Nixon said,
are harmless to humans and ani
mals.
One of the parasites is a tiny
insect which parasitizes gypsy
moth eggs while another, about
the size of a large ant, infests
the pupal stage of the moth.
The Department plans to send
mobile laboratories to infested
areas where pest control specia
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had the ground temperature high
enough to sprout the seed, Ellis
thought. ;He also made and ob
servation on his grass-legume
haj field. Because of the cool
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