18 -Lancaster Farming. Saturday. February 28. 1970
Garden Spot Young Farmers
Break 200 Bushels Of Corn
Young Km hums in the New
Holland aica have "really done
some corn growing" in 1969. ac
coiding to Donald M Robinson
Clyde Marlin grew a whop
ping 198 5 bushels of corn per
acre on his farm at East Eai 1
KDI near New Holland, but it
was only the thud best 1969
yield among membeis of the
Gaiden Spot Young Faimeis
Andy Stoltzfus had 213 8
bushels pei acie on his farm at
Clverson RD2, but he took only
second place
First place tiophy went to
Lauy Weaver with 2219 bush
els of corn per acie on his New
Holland RDI faim just east of
New Holland
The awaids were presented at
the Young Farmers annual ban
quet at Blue Ball Fire Hall Fu
day night of last week Robin
son, the Gaiden Spot Young
Farmeis advisoi, pi esented the
CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS
Chemical feitilizeis aie me
placeable in piovidmg adequate
food and fibei foi the nation’s
growing population, accoiding to
Di Robeit White-Stevens, chan
man. Buieau of Conseivation
and Envnonmental Science. Rut
geis Umveisity
‘Weie US agucultuie conhn
eci to natuial souices of plant
rutnents, the nation would lap
idly staive to death,” he said,
and pointed out that if it weie
possible to spiead all U S animal
wastes and domestic sewage ovei
the nation’s 500 million aiable
soils, this would still amount to
less than foui pei cent of cm
lent fei tilizei use
White Stevens acknowledged
that watei iimoff fiom pooily
managed agucultuial and uiban
lands can lesult in seveie plant
laitnent losses, especially oigan
u. nitiogen to suiface watei s
Inis is not a seuous pioblem
cmientlj, he indicated, but an
aiea wheie mcieased soil consei
■v -vtion emphasis is needed
PARADISE
SUPPLY
PARADISE, PA.
Phone 687-6292
Garden Pride Vegetable Seeds
Black Beauty Peat Horticultural
Hi-Orgnite Peat Humus
Bark Mulch
Garden Hose, Shovels, Brooms, Lawn Rakes
ALSO New Rubber Border Fencing
HARDWARE & BUILDING SUPPLIES
Hammers, screw duvers, small wire coils, lakes (steel
and wood), saws, files and many othei items.
Fly sprays, washing detergent lor home and tarni.
Flashlites of all kinds, bird feed, rat and mouse bait,
dog feeds. Wayne animal feeds
Come in and see us.
STARTING SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 1970
WE WILL BE OPEN SATURDAYS TILL
3 P.M. EVERY FRIDAY TILL 8 P.M.
Gordon B. Ressler
awards to the tom grain contest
winnei s
Coin silage winnei was Ivan
Yost of Christiana KDI, with 23,-
500 pounds of TDN ttotal digesti
ble nutrients, as determined by
a forage analysis by Pennsyl
vania State Unneisitv) per
acre
Ken Skiles of Nai von RD2
was high DHU member with
14.353 pounds ol iVnlk and 561
pounds of fat.
Marvin Zimmeiman won the
contour plowing contest and
John C Campbell captmed the
large plow contest title Zim
merman also look It actor dur
ing contest honois
Recognized toi best atten
dance record at organization
meetings was Robeit Mai tin
The Young Faimeis piesent
ed certificates of appieciation
foi the help and coopeiation of
two aiea fnms Yew Holland
Supply Co , repi esented by com
pany piesident, tleoige Weavei,
and Penn Jeisev Hauestoie
LIFE INMJKANCE
Follow these guides in deteim
ir.ing the kinds and amounts of
msuiance pi election you should
buy
Get youi policies togethei
Read them and nuclei stand ex
actly what protection each pio
vides
Examine vom icsomces as a
family This includes your sav
mgs social seem i‘\ md piopei
ty plus human icsomces involv
mg youi fanulv'a health, skills,
abilities, and earning capacity
What kinds of looses would be
most seuous to vou’ Can you af
foid to covei any nsks out of
youi pocket’’
Covei fiist the losses that
would be most seuous
Leam as much as you can
about the kinds ol insirance pro
tection that aie available
Find a good tellable insuiance
agent, one whose lodgement you
can tiust in helping vou make
decisions
Systems Inc, rcpiesentcd by
John Flora, store managci
Robinson, the advisor, also was
awarded a plaque of apprecia
tion
Making brief statements of
introduction and welcome were-
Nelson Weaver, president of the
Grassland FFA chaptei, who
thanked Young Farmeis for
their help: Linford Mai tin, state
FFA vice-president for region II
and past president of the Grass
land chapter, and Robert Mar
tin, state secretaiy of the Penn
sylvania Young Farmers
In the coin grain contest, in
which 19 Young Farmers com
peted, Ivan Yost placed fifth
and Robeit Mai tin fourth
In the com silage contest,
Clyde Martin was second with
15,700 TDN pei acie and Ken
Skiles was third with 13,500
TDN Frank Yost was fouith
and Lany Weavei fifth
Glenn Eshelman entei tamed
with a colored slide piesenta
tion
Lairy Weaver. outgoing
Young Farmer president, was
toastmastei
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• APfVWOWOf Ut. WUffTlUtt INC.
BIG DUTCHMAN
Diller Ave., New Hollond, Pa.
TRY A CLASSIFIED AD!
MR. FARMER
Let the facts speak for themselves
The Geauga Lake County Dairy Service Asso. Inc.
represents 7100 cows.
The latest records show the following information.
24 cows with over 20,000 lbs. of milk
(we fed five of the top ten)
21 cows with over 750 lbs. of fat
(we fed four of the top ten)
(ours averaged 879 lbs.)
47 cows with lifetime fat production over 3,000 lbs.
(we fed 30% of those)
The highest herd average was 15,044 lbs. of milk.
(Guess who fed them.)
What we’re trying to say is,
With performance like this, we must be doing
something right.
Call your Pioneer man:
S ELMER M. SHREINER
Trading as Good’s Feed Mill
Specializing in DAIRY & HOG FEEDS
New Providence, Pa.
Phone 786-2500
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Phone 354-5168