VOL. 15 NO. 13
Corn Growers
Hear About
No-Til Farming
About 100 Lancaster County
corn grow ers attended a meeting
Thursday on the revolutionaiy
no-tillage concept of farming.
Enthusiasm for the concept
was reported high at the meeting
and there were indications that
jio-tiUage corn planting will be
gin in Lancastei County this
year.
The no-tillage concept centers
axound use of a non-iesidual
weed killer to cieate a dead sod
mulch and planting of seeds with
a minimum soil distmbance.
The meeting at the Meadow
Hills Dining House was sponsor
ed by P. L Rohiei and Bio Inc
of Smoketown and the Oitho
Division of Chevion Chemical
Co.
A movie on the no tillage con
cept in corn was pi esented Rich
aid Bokan of the Chevion Co.
showed detailed slides of the
various methods employed in
this concept.
Bokan explained that no-tillage
farming involves planting a seed
in a dead sod mulch with the
least soil disturbance necessaiy
for proper placement, germina
tion and establishment of the
crop.
The no-tillage concept helps
conserve moisture, which is par
ticularly beneficial in di ought
years, and it helps control soil
eijosion.
•c. explained that the no
tillage concept is made possible
bv the non-residual weed killei
Paraqjiat, which is safe, easy to
handle, non-iesidual and non
seleetive in killing noxious
weeds.
The corn gioweis also discus
sed the growing incidence of
corn root woim, which is a ma
jor new pest in com inci easing
in population in Lancastei Coun
ty.
The control recommended was
a new non-toxic insechc.de, Bux
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Livestock Specialist To
Speak At Swine Meet
Dwight Younkm, livestock ex
tension specialist foi Penn State,
will lead a discussion on “Repro
ductive Efficiency in Swine” at a
7 30 p.m. meeting Fuday Febr
uary 27 at the basement of the
Farm and Home Center, Lancas
ter.
Max Smith, countj agucultme
agent, urged swine pioduceis to
attend the meeting to leam about
pi eferred piactices m oidei to
benefit from “a vei> stiong out
look” for swine gi owei s %
A similar meeting was hefiL
tins week on ‘ Swine housing
Waste Disposal ”
Smith also said that two
important repoits fiom the Na
tional Pork Council have been '
completed and aie now ready for ;
discussion and evaluation -by i
swine fcfeeders and .feeders. 1
Food Prices
And Consumption
U S. food consumption was
up four-tenths of one per cent
per capita in 1969.
But food puces increased
5 2 per cent fiom a year eail
ler, according to a USDA re
port last week
While over-all food expendi
tures lose 4 6 pei cent to $lO4
billion, a lecoid high, dispos
able personal income rose
even moie sharply at 6 8
pei cent to $630 billion
As a result, only 16 5 pei
cent of peisonal disposable
income went for foods in 1969
a lecoid low peicentage
4-H Leaders Kick-Off
Meeting Next Thurs.
The county and slate exten
sion staff are combining forces
to bring 4-H leaden ’Kick
Off” meeting, Februaiy 26,
from 10 00 am to 300 pm in
the Farm and Home Center
Jim Van Horn, extension’s
new family life specialist, will
present a message on adult
youth iclationships And Fiank
Bortz, Assistant State 4-H Club
Leader, will give a run-down on
program planning
A Blue Ribbon covered dish
luncheon will highlight the
noon hour
FFA WEEK
FEB. 21 - 28
Poultry Series
Next Thursday
A review of the poultry inspec
tion law and a consumexs lepoit
on eggs will highlight a pouitiy
man’s meeting at 8 pm Thuis
day, Febiuaiy 26, at the Farm
and Home Cenlei. Lancastei
Jay W Ii win, associate count}
agent, said the husband and wife
meeting is designed to help poul
tiymen plan foi the changes and
challenges of the 1970’s
“A Ra\iew of the Poultiy In
spection Law ’ will be piesented
by Di Fied Heumg of the Penn
sylvania Depaitment ot Agncul
tjn e He will i e\ lew the changes
and how the> effect both small
a ltd laige operatois
’ A ‘panel model ated by Mrs
.DentsiTJiomas, Extension Home
Economist, will give opinions on
“What Consumers want from an
Egg” This panel will consist of
a Chef, Dietitian, and a House
wife.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday. February 21,1970
John H. Herr Elected Chairman
Of Farm & Home Foundation
John H Heir was elected
chairman of the Farm and
Home Foundation at a reorgani
zation meeting of the board of
directois at the center Tuesday
night.
Heir succeeds B Snavely
Garber, who has been chair
man foi seveial years Gaiber
had asked to be relieved of the
post
Heir, 62, of 1564 Millport
Road, Lancastei is acme m
faim and land leal estate Heu
said, he has been fainnng in the
aieas of d«n.\, poult'} and steers
“since I was a bo\
He has been on the center s
boaid foi man\ \eais He was
also le elected to a thiee}eai
teim on the board
Othei officers i e-elected
were L H Skiomme 2150 Lan
dis Valley Road, Lancastei. uce
president, and Geoige Lewis
3106 Cochian Duve, Lancaster,
treasuier
Seven of 21 board of director
positions weie filled foi thiee
yeai teims
Only new directoi elected was
Mrs Glenn Myer of Kukwood.
who leplaced Mis E Robert
Nolt of 3650 Meadow Spring
Road, Lancastei as the Faim
Women lepresentative
Besides Hen. directois re
elected weie Dr Hauv K Ger
lach, J Eveiett Kieider Rich
aid Maule. E I Robertson and
L H Ski omme
In othoi action at the bnef
meeting, the boaid voted uiiam-
Speakers Set For Crops
And Soils Day Tuesday
Weed conhol Applying fertil
ize!, machines foi planting, and
com yields will be among key
subjects discussed by Pennsyl
\rma State Umveisity speakers
at the annual Lancastei County
Ci ops and Soils Day Piogiam at
the Faim and Home Centei Tues
day
Puipose of the program, which
is, open to farmers and agnbusi
ness men, is to explain cuirent
faim piactices and pioude un
biased thinking on field crop
pioduction foi the coming grow
ing season, Arnold G Lueck,
associate agncultiual agent of
the county extension seivice, ex
plained
The piogiam also includes ex
hibits ot county seed feitihzei,
lime, agiicultuial chemicals and
frim supplies
The piogiam urns fiom 830
a m to 3 p m Tuesday, with time
allowed foi lunch and viewing
the exhibits
The speakeis include three ex
tension agionomists. an exten
sion agiicultuial engmeei, and
a staff member of the Centei foi
An Envuonment Studies, all
from Penn State
The first hour of the program
John H. Herr is shown at his home at 1564 Millport
Road, Lancaster, following his election as chairman of the
Farm and Home Center.
mously not to serve alcoholic
beverages at the Faim and
Home Center Some inqumes
have been made about such ser
vice, it was reported
Next meeting of the board is
March 17
Hen has pieviously been ac
tive in numeious faim organiza
tions. but leeently has cut back
on most of them to devote more
time to the faim and Home Cen
tei
He pieviously was secretaiy
of the Pioduceis Coopeiative Ex
change. dnectoi of both the L«n-
is provided for touting the ex
hibits and Lueck gives a report
at 930 The lemamder of the
pie-noon schedule is, 9 45, 1970
weed contiol foi faim crops, Wil
l.s McClellan, extension agiono
nnst, 10 30, managing soils bv
applying lime and fertilize! foi
maximum results, Wayne Hmish
extension agronomist 11 15. au
pollution damage to agionoimc
ci ops, Ciaig Weidensaul, Centei
foi Air Envnonment Studies
Following lunch and exhibits
peuod from noon till 1 30, two
Penn State speakeis will wiap
up the program as follows what
machines foi planting and sow
ing Burt Home, extension agu
cultuial engineer, and 2 15, put
ting the heat on com yields
Joseph McGahen, extension agio
nomist
Lueck uiged fauneis to take
tune to discuss then needs with
agnbusmessmen, eat lunch at
the centei and '“gain ail >ou can
fiom this event as an educational
service ”
The Faim and Home Center is
located at 1383 Aicadia Road
near the by-pass just north of
Lancaster.
$2.00 Per Y«u
caster County and Pennsylvania
Poultry Assn, chairman of the
Lancaster Mill Maiketing Com
mittee and dnectoi of the Amer
ican Dairy Assn He is a formei
tiustee of Melhngeis Mennomte
Church, Laneastei
He is married to the former
Hhoda M Denlinger They have
tv'o fostei childien Donald Gor
man, assistant managei of Hub
baid Farms, Lancaster, and'Mrs
Joseph Mai tin of Manheim R 3
Hen is the thud chairman of
the Faim and Home Center Pre
ceding Garber was Willis Z. Es
btnshade
Local Man Appointed
To Nursery Council
Thomas E Atkins of Lancas
tei has been appointed to the
State Nursery Marketing Advis
oiy Council foi a tluee-yeai
teim, according to State Agricul
tuie Secietaiy Leland H Bull.
The council, which includes
pioduceis and maiketers of nur
seiy stock, is one of nine com
modify councils appointed by
Secietary Bull to help improve
maiketing of Pennsylvania agri
cultural products
John H Seylei, of Womelsdorf
has been elected chauman of the
advisoiy council
Robert Eshleman Ji . of Blo
omsbuig, was named vice chair
man and Raymond Nelson, of
Dußois, was elected secietary.
Othe; new membeis appointed
to the Council foi thiee-year
tfc'ms aie John H Fieehavef,
Beating and Walter W Pitzon
ka, Jr, Bnstol
Farm Calendar
Monday, Feb. 23
7 30 pm—4H County Council
Faun and Home Center.
Tuesday, Feb. 24
8 30 am to 3 pm —Ciops and
Soils Day, Farm and Home
Center.
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