VOL. 14 NO. 34
It’s Your Life
By Gerald Martin
Ed. Note:
Gerald Martin, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Amos Z. Martin, Lit
itz Rl, was tho Lancaster Coun
ty FFA Public Speaking Con
test winner and made it
through the area and district
contests to the state contest
held at Pimi State in conjunc
tion with FFA Activities.
Week. There he placed 3rd
with a gold medal. Since to
monow starts Natio'nai Faun
Saleh Week and Gerald’s
Speech Is ®n the subject we
herewith publish his connibu
tiffin to farm safety.
T u e stOiy'iS punted ? hun
d a 1 -’ times each yeai, and each
time it is p etty much the same
It takes about two inches of
nov spapei space and sajs that a
fj-tnei los* a hand while unclog
g.ng an or that he was
k lied when a tractor rolled on
hum It lists his name and age,
and when he dies, his suivivois
Fa meis read it and think
“Another careless guy” I know,
my uncle was of those careless
guys
. nowever, there is another
story which seldom is printed
Tins is tne story of why the ac
c dent occui.ed, and because it
set com is punted, farmeis aie
vvs.k ng to accidents the wav
ra ts walk mto tiaps In fact
fie typical farmer often stands
w—bm a few inches of a senous
acc.dsnt and never realizes it
Accidents not only take Lves
and inflict injury but also aie a
dram on money, time, and man
agement of every farmer in the
United States Why are theie so
many farm accidents’ Is it be
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huter-State Members Hear
Proposed Order Changes
Local Inter-State Milk Co-opera,
tlve members met Thursday
night at the Farm and Home
Center to hear their represen
tative Dr. Paul Hand discuss the
proposals on merging federal or
ders and base plan changes that
will be made by the co-operative
at a hearing scheduled in August
at Baltimore.
Dr Hand said, “The ultimate
aim is to improve the Class I
utilization to get a better blend
price At the annual meeting we
were talking in terms of a few
years for pushing the merger of
the Philadelphia, Washington
and Baltimoie orders ” he said
“But developments in movement
of milk by dealeis has caused
Farm Calendar
Sunday, July 20
20-26 National Farm Safety
Week,
Wednesday, July 23
10 a.m —Lancaster County Hol
stein Field Day, Paul Zim
merman Farm, near Bpb
fata.
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BLUE BOY wheat is inspected by H. Richard Hershey.
Lititz Rl. The new variety was tried locally to see how’it
survived winter kill and what the yields would be under lo
cal conditions. _ L. F. Photo
Co. Livestock
Men To Attend
PSU Field Day
At a recent meeting of the
planning committee foi the
Lancaster County Ln estock
Field Day, it was decided to can
cel the local event this summei
and suppoi t the state wide Field
Dav at Penn State THE PENN
SYLVANIA L-IV EST O C K
FIELD DAY will be held on the
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necessary action to be taken in
a matter of months rather than
years.
For example, riots m Washing
ton have cause the closure of the
Sealtest Plant there and it will
be moved to Baltimore oi Phila
delphia And Safeway has about
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Agronomists From Seven-State
Region Visit Local Crop Farm
A gioup of agronomists from
a seven-state via ted a local
laim Tuesday to shidy so 1 fer
tility and xesulLng etao p.sanc
tion Visiting the farm of Ray -
mond N Bucher Lifu.z RI the
men on the Amen tan Pota-h In
stitute Top Fa.-me- Tou* saw
records of Luring nl fe.unza
t.on on every field for the pas;
two years and a field that was in
continuous com foi 25 years
Raymond Is very interested "
crops and soils and samples eaen
field on his 210 acre farm each
year. He has 12 or 13 vareties of
corn and doesn’t accept any new
variety until fits has tried a'small
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 19.1969
Farmers' Assn. Ladies
Host State Day Here
Ladies of the Lancastei Coun
tv Faimeis Association will
host a State Ladies Dav Out foi
their oxgamzation at the Faim
and Home Center. Thmsdav,
July 24 The all day affau staits
at 10 am
The program will feature a
safety quiz, a Pennsylvania
Medical Society speakei. talent
contest with seveial County
winneis competing; speaker
fiom the Food and Drug Admm
istiation a consumei consul
tant: a brief report of the
growth and development of the
modem farm and home center
facilities tours for these in
terested after the meeting
Luncheon will be served
smorgasbord style and for reser
vations at $3 per meal, interest
ed ladies should phone Mrs
Clyde Wivell at 717426-1303.
This meeting xs for region I
of the Pa Farmers Assn, which
includes Berks, Bucks. Chester,
Lancaster, Lebanon, Montgo
meiy, Northampton, Schuylkill
and Carbon Counties.
amount of seed on his own faim
Some of the points of discus
Sion among the tap extension
man as they talked w*:n Sticker
on hsS faim lawn wee (11 .-o T
must look at the vaimty of com
to decide on e fei tCization p.o
-g am, (S’ 1 u is ditneu.* to get an
amuate sod samp e because of
‘ne vast difie.e-'ce of PH in
spots ovei the field, (3) t’-e big
gest disci epancj m mm Lug i,
usually in the depth oi the take
(4) you should sample between
the rows, especially where band
fertilization is practiced; (5) it
is necessary to watch the minoi
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New Variety Of Wheat
Tried On Lititz Farm
A new variety of wheat called
Blue Boy, was hied this yea, on
the faim of H Richaid Heishev,
Lititz R 1 The plowing was done
last fall by li S Steel Com witn
a six bottom plow On one half 01
the five acre lest plot 120 poinds
of mtiegon pei acie was p.owed
down and On the lemamdei it
v as applied w ith a chi el aro’
cotoi The wheat, a p’oduot of
southern states is a high nln
gen use; in contias,, to ie,uLo
types usualty g own loc j h
LATE NOTICE
The Atlantic On Parade day
scheduled by the Atlantic
Breeders Cooperative has been
cancelled according to an an
nouncement made yesterday by
Harry Roth, Assistant Manager.
Due to highway construction
on Route 230 past the bull bains
it is feared the large number of
visitors that usually attend this
open house could not be accom
modated. Roth «aid the Parade
Day activities have been com
pletely cancelled but visitors
are always welcome.
TINY FINGERLING BASS are shown in the tank truck
that stopped at the Lancaster Shopping Center Wednesday
to distribute the little fish to local lake and pond owners.
Shoeing the fish is Leroy White of the Department of In
terior Fish and Wild Lue Service. L. F. Photo
Tiny Fish Come To Local Ponds
Tiny fisn about three inches
long came to Lancaster this week
and were transported to various
, ads is Lancaster County Com-
mg in a Federal Fish and
The leason for the expeumeut
was to see if this high yield ug
wheat could stand Lancaster
County wmteis and if it woaLd
outp’oduce icgulai vai.euej
giown heie
in checking the vielas af is *
the combine this week Heishey
lepo'ted the new’ iai ietv a.c out
pioduce Red Coat bv abou' 29
bushels pei acie but he said "ne
cue. tv vas not as good T”e
?>iue Bo> was ligate n test
r e.gh aid if g.ne moie sc ee~-
he said
The oo.nt to test the new Var
ied on its wmtei haidness
Dioven Heishev said the B.ue
Boy was rot qu.te as tall as tne
Red Coat but it stooled out mo.e
and was thickei This stooling
quality did cause some concern,
as to how well the new vauety
would seive as a nuise ciop foe
clovei and other grasses But
Bill Brubaker, Organic JPlan.6
Food, said it depends which way
you want to go it doesn’t matter
v-hdt vauezy you want to use
• It you want top yields of wheat
you hkelj will not have a good
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Wildlife tank truck from the
Lamar National Fish Hatchery
at Lamar, the little bass finger
lings were counted out into
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