VOL 14. NO 25
TOBACCO BEDS READY FOR PULL
ING are located on the Reuben Martin
farm, Ephrata RD 3. LANCASTER FARM-
Pfautz Wins In
Regional 4-H
Conservation
A local 4-H Conservationist
was named a regional winner
this week, in the 1968 69 Con
servation Awards program Jeff
rey Pfautz, 16-year-old son of
Mr and Mrs Leioy Pfautz, Ste
vens Rl, was one of 25 youths
acioss Pennsylvania to be select
ed He wall participate in a three
day toui of agucultural and con
seivahon facilities in northwes
tern Pennsylvania, June 24-26
Announcement of the selec
tions were made today by Ed
v. aid A Mmtmiei, assistant State
4-H leader at The Pennsylvania
State Umveisity, coordinator for
the State 4-H Conservation pro
giam
‘‘Regional wmneis came fiom
25 counties and weie judged on
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Local Farmers Cooperate
In Soil Conservation
In a series of photogiaphs
staitmg on Page 1 this week,
some of the woik being done bv
Lancastei County fanners to
conseive the natural lesouices
of soil and watei and increase
pioduetivity of the land is
shown Lancaster Fanning lode
with Orval Bass, Distnct Con
seivatiomst, Monday, to four
local farms where practices aie
just being installed to impiove
farmland.
First stop was the Grant Kief
fei farm at Goshen where one
ING photo was taken early yesterday
morning just before plants were schedul
ed to be pulled L F Photo
Local Meat Processors Told
Of Inspection Law Change
“The United States Depart-
ment of Agncultuie is moving in
the dnection of lelaxmg its im
terpi elation of the meat inspec-
Pon law,” a Pennsylvania State
Depaitment head said Monday
evening
Speaking to a gioup of local
meat processors and farmeis at
the Farm and Home Centei, Di
George H Zacherle, Chief Meat
Hygiene Division Pa Dept of
Farm Calendar
Tuesday, May 20
7 30 pm —Lincoln Community
4-H Club meet, Mt Any Fne
Hall
800 p m Fai m and Home
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of the biggest piojects of co
operation in conseivation is be
mg undei taken Kieffer had til
ed a 50 acie field ten yeais ago
with conciete diains, but they
have crumbled, and now he is
laying 12 000 ft of new tiling to
drain the undei giound watei
Kieffei said when the drains
were woiking, the field was
quite productive growing alfal
fa and wheat
The watei was already runn
ing on Monday’s visit with the
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 17, 1969
Ag said, “the fedeial people
found they weie m a diffeient
“ball game” with the little pro
ducer Eighty-five peicent of the
meat was piocessed in fedeially
inspected plants befoie the 1967
law went into effect They
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CONSTRUCTING TILE DRAINAGE
on 50 acres at Grant Keiffer’s farm at
Goshen, as part of Lancaster County’s Soil
Conservation Program. One of the biggest
projects undertaken in the County, the sys-
Tobacco Planting
Started Tuesday
The 1969 tobacco planting
season got under way this week
with lepoits fiom the Gioffdale
area showing the hist plants in
the giound Tuesday
On Fnday morning, LAN
CASTER FARMING visited
Reuben Mai tin, Ephrata RD 3
who was scheduled to plant his
fust plants yesteiday afternoon,
and neighbois weie coming to
pull plants fiom his beds
Mai tin has an ideal place to
Ephrata Boys
Excel In
Meat Judging
Thiee Ephiata High School
FFA bovs won the right Tues
day, to attend state FFA Activi
ties Week as meat judges They
aie Jay Zimmeiman, Claik Stau
ffei, and Marlin Bollinger
The selection was made at the
Area FFA Meat Judging Contest
held at Kunzler & Co in Lei
cester Top judge in Tuesday v
competition was Lany Bacon
from York County with a total
score of 398 3 points Bacon is
not eligible to go on to the state
contest, howevei, because he
was a member of the national
team last yeai
Following Bacon was Bolling- i
ei with 397 3 points Zimmei
man, 379 8 points and Stauffei,
397 3 points Michael Bankeit
from Yoik County was fifth with
343 3 points
The 24 contestants identified
25 retail cuts of meat and judged
hog and beef cuts Activity Days
at Penn State is set for July 1-3
tem involved 12,000 feet of tiling to drain
the underground water. Working the ma
chine is Amos Stauffer (on the machine)
and Earl Brubaker. L. F. Photo
$2.00 Per Year
laise early plants His beds,
located on the south side ot a
hill aie piotected fiom both the
noi th and the west winds He
usually lakes the beds in Febui
aiy when only the top inch of
dn t is not fiozen Seed mostly
Penn Bell, is sowed by the end
of Febiuaiy but not covered
with muslin until a heavy lain
has fallen 01 he has lolled the
beds with a lawn idlei He
finds waiting to covei the beds
helps get the seeds staited
But mostly is the wai mer spot
that bungs on the early plants
Even when you get down to his
faun buildings you feel the
difference
He tued some plastic cover
ing this yeai and savs it helps
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Nelson Weaver
Top Judge In
Dairy Products
An Ephrata R 1 youth carried
tlu Ephiata FFA Chapter to a
clean sweep of the top placmgs
and then 7th consecutive annual
win in the area daily products
judging Nelson Weavei, 14 yeai
old son of Mi & Mis Luke
Weavei had the low score of
39 5 in the contest Thursday at
Penn Dames, Inc The contest
involved 32 peisons fiom seven
schools in the Yoik-Lancaster
County aiea
Corning m second was Ricky
Pfautz with a scoie of 44, War
len Hoover, 45, and Dennis Pal,
47 5 All foui Ephiata youths aie
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