VOL. 14 NO. 29 Garden Spot Farmers See Neighbors’ No-Till Com You just finish making first cutting hay, hitch to-the no-till corn planter and plant corn. No plowing, no disking and no harrowing. Just run out through the field and plant. That is what some Lancaster County farmers are doing and a group of Garden Spot Young Farmers took a tour Thursday afternoon to their neighbor’s farms to see how they like the new idea. ' The father-son team of John E. and John C. Campbell, New Holland, provided the first ex ample. Here three strips of corn were planted. When you first looked at one of them, you thought it was alfalfa stubbles And it had been until a chemi cal was applied to kill the al falfa, and corn was planted right in the sod field without any plowing. Yes, you could see out the row in wliafc..appeared to be a good stand of corn. Other fields were planted in old-corn stalks and grain stubbles. “We feel we save at least $8 00 per acre in planting costs,” the younger Campbell said, “even though the weed killers cost more. You could al so add a dollar value to the several days we saved in plant ing time.” He did stress the importance of killing the under crop in this type of operation. The Campbells used 1 qt of Paraquat and 2 lbs. of Atrazine per acre, with a spreader ma terial to facilitate the cover age;' Paul S. Zimmerman planted com in rye stubbles and the rye has shot up heads, though the com stand looks very good and healthy. This Lititz R 4 farmer says he is more concerned with the grass in his regularly plant ed corn field than with the rye. “If the yield is as good,” Paul said, “this method really eases the work load.” NO-TILL CORN PLANTING is dis cussed by a group of Garden Spot Young Fanners Thursday .afternoon. The plant- A field of corn described by the touiing farmers as looking ‘•the way a no-till corn field should look,” was found at the farm of Paul Harsh, also Lititz (Continued on Page 7) Herr Lamb Wins National Show A Dorset ewe lamb won na tional recognition for her Coun ty owneis Wednesday, by be coming reseive grand champion at the Eastern Stud Ram and Ewe Show held in Staunton, Va The homebied lamb shown by Mr and Mrs Robert Herr and family, Narvon R 2, then went on to sell for $375 in the nation al sale the following day. This selling price was the top of the day and was equalled only by the champion of the show, a yearling ewe shown and sold by (.Continued on Page S'* ls The Theme For 4-H Congress “Hsartpower” is the theme for the 1969 Pennsylvania 4-H Con gress to be held next week at Penn State and 31 Lancaster County youths are scheduled to be present along with three chaperones The conference is held each year to give delegates a chance to develop an appreciation and understanding of national prob lems; practice leadership and responsibility in group action and share ideas and inspiration to others when they return home Those attending from the County are: Jesse Balmer, Tim Breneisen, Curvin Denlinger, John Fisher, Dennis Landis, Jos eph, Lefever, Marlin Weaver, (Continued on Page 6) ing was being done in clover stubble on the farm, of Adam Zimmerman, Lititz R 4 . L.-F. Photo Lancaster Farming. Saturday, June 14.1969 AN Robert Noll Farm gf Mountville. ofTthe Noll Farm. Such views of Lancaster County Swine Producers Double Participation In Check-Off The swine producers have more than doubled the number of hogs that participated in the Pennsylvania Hog Check-off Pro gram it was reported this week Mark Nestleroth, local represen tative,, said that the latest totals show 19,236 hogs were in the check-off during May That was an increase of 10,040 head from the 1,196 head reported m April. January had 5,212, February had 5,484, and March had 4,530 head for a yearly total to date from Pennsylvania of 43,658 hogs Nestleroth said Pennsylvania had been ranked Bth in the na tion for total check-offs but with the big rise in participation dur- ing May the State’s ranking should be much higher Instead of the 10 8 percent of the hogs recorded for the period February 1 to April 30, the May figures represent about 25 per cent of the hogs marketed in Pennsyh ama Nine local markets contributed to the May increase They are as follows: A & B—lB7l, Walter Dunlap & Son—l7B3, J. M. Hoov er—l4os, Kunzler & Co —B7, Leesport Market & Auction—l,- 017, Ezra W. Martin—2l4, New Holland S S—23, Vintage SS— -10,032, J. P. Warfel—2Bo4. The check-off program for swine is a voluntary self-help program to raise money for ad vertising and promotion ot pork and pork products. The Need For Quality Milk By Dr. James E. Honan Inter-State Milk Producer There is very little I can add to the many words of advice and admonition that dairy pioduc ers have been given concerning the necessity for them to pio duce quality milk I am sme that practically all dany faim ers have really heard enough on this question of quality, mas much as, through the years, it has been almost a never-ending request on the part of regula tory agencies, milk dealeis and coopeiatives Through the years the dairy farmers still in business have had to devote considerable time. as we u as capital, to keep up an ever-increasing emphasis upon (Continued on Page 10) farms will be available when the Lancas ter County Soil and Water Conservation District holds the annual Air Tour June 29. The tour leaves from the New Holland Airport. SCS Photo Air Tour Set June 29 If you like to see Lancaster Count y farms and towns from the vantage point of an airplane, you will have the chance The annual Air Tour of Conservation will be held again this year ac cording to Richard Hackenber ger, Secretary of the Lancaster County Soil and Water Conser vation District In a letter to this newspaper, Hackenberger said the tour will be held Sunday June 29 with all flights taken from the New Holland Airport. Rain date will be July 6 “The air tour is sponsored by the local district,” Hackenberger said, “to provide an opportunity (Continued on Page 7) Farmers Assn. Picnic The Lancaster County Farm er’s Association has announced plans for their annual picnic and chicken bar-b-que to be held Sat urday, June 21, at the Lampeter Community Fair Grounds. Start ing time is 7 p m. Tickets for the event are $1 and reservations may be made by contacting Mrs James Kreider, Quarrvville R 2 pf | J rcll'SH LdlSllfldI 1 nnL “ y June -6 16 19 Club Congiess, Penn State 18 22 Eastern Pa Hoise and Pony Club Show. Jonn Gibson Diumoie Tuesday, June 17 730 pm —4-H Lincoln Com munity Club meets, Mt. A u y Fire Hall 800 p m —Farm and Home Foundation Directors meet Farm and Home Center, Wednesday, June IS 5:30 p.m—Lititz-Manheim 4-H (Continued on Page 5) $2 00 Per Year
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