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
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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
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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,
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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
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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
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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
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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
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$2 00 Per Year