Library Bchoo] of Agriculture Patterson Bldg:, v University Park, Pa. 7 j(St— -jgjNoCft f.l f| {IV 111 1111 II \OL. 15 NO. 34 Notice: Holstein Breeders! Some letters to membeis of the Lancaster County Holstein Breeder, Association about the annual field day Tuesday have not arm ed in the mail Membc,' who haven’t receiv ed the letters but who want to attend should notify the Asso ciation immediately, so plans can be made and food piovided, leports Jar Landis, Association piesident Based on informal checks, Landis said, about one-third of the letter sent out apparently have not arrived to members Landis said the lost letters ap pear to have no particular pat tern, but are scattered thiough out the membership area. He uiged members who haven’t received the letteis to contact one of the following members himself at Milleis ville, 872-8818, David W Swei gart, Elizabethtown, 367-2286, James Kieider, Quanyville, Donald v Ebv. Goidonville, 768- Chester County Brothers Win 4-H Tractor Driving Chester Countv biotheis havf ■ von both d-usions of the Ches-1 tei Countj 4 H Ti actoi Di iving” Contest. Robert hedge won the senioi division and his biothei Biuce captured the jumoi division They arc the sons of Mi and Mis Robci: Hodge West Ches tei RD4 The cornet was held July 10 at the faun of Joseph Styei at Eagle. Other v 'teis in the senioi dmsion i -,e Tom Kaisei second, and D aul Bailey, thud In the jumtv division, second place hone s went to Wayne Styer, and Jordan Hunt placed thud. Filed Milk Sales Off, But Low-Fat Items Gain Sales of £ „ed 01 imitation milk weie off shaiply this veai, the USDA repr ted lecently, but sales of icr. .at and skim milk pi oducts a.,- booming Over-all r.a:es of filled milk in federalorde' markets weie esti mated at 3 2 million pounds din ing April, do- n fiom 5 8 million pounds a yfr„ eailiei In Central Auzona, wheie filled mils * fc les accounted foi 11 5 per eer' of Class I maiket sales m Aiy ist, 1968, sales ac counted for only 2 5 pei cent of the total tt,s Apnl In the NiagaraFrcmei (Buffalo, N Y ) market, sales ot imitation milk were reported at 70,000 pounds in April, accounting for only 2/10 <rf one per cent of the fluid 3086, or Claience Stauffer, Eph lata, 733 3521 « Landis uiged those peisons who haven’t leceived a letter to contact one of these five mem beis immediately today (Satur day) While it might be possible to accept some additional icser vations thiough Monday, a flood of last minute lequests is dis couraged because of the diffi culty in supplying food, Landis indicated The field day will begin at 10 30 a m Tuesday at the farm of Curtis E Akers, Quairyville RDI. At noon theie will be a chicken barbecue for $1 25 with milk and ice cream furnished It’s in order to help plan this baibecue that members should contact the planning committee, Landis emphasized Peisons attending have been advised to leach the Akeis' faim by traveling south on Route 222 and tinning light at Solanco School After taking the fust load left, the farm is the fust on the right As county winner, Robeit Hodge will lepiesent the county in the State contest at Penn Stale, August 10 12 dining State 4-H Days The contest was a lest of the membeis dnvmg skill and then ability to opeiate faun machineiv safely, and was a pait of the countv 4-H Tractoi Club piogiam Leadeis of the county 4-11 Tiactoi Club aie Joseph Styei, Eagle, Nevin and Kenneth Myei Chestei Spi mgs and Chestei Wengei, Chestei Spungs Fuither infoimation can be obtained about the 4-H tiactoi club piogiam by contacting one of the 4-H club leadeis or the Extension Service Office. milk sales, and down from 249,000 pounds a yeai eailiei In neaiby Rochestei, NY, sales of the product ceased late last yeai On the othei hand, sales of skim milk and low-fat milk items accounted foi 20 per cent of fluid milk sales in fedeial oidei maikets duung January-Maich 1970 That’s up fiom 19 2 pei cent of the total duung all of 1969 Sales of these items have moved up steadily since 1960 v/hen they accounted for only 7 4 pei cent of the total The big gainei in this category Low-fat or two pei cent milk which accounted foi 13 3 of the fluid milk sales duung January- Maich That’s up from 12 0 per cent during all of 1969 and moie than double the 1966 percentage. Lancaster Farming. Saturday. Juh 18. 1970 Yokum Says Area Wheat Crop ‘Dead’ and at ‘Critical’ Stage John Yokum, supenntendent ol Penn State’s Southeastern Field Reseaich faim neai Landis ville, lifts some “essentially dead” and paitially bent wheat at the faim Thiusday At the time,Yokum was con cerned about possible pioblems in getting local wheat hai vested it lamy weathei continues But Thmsday was a good diy mg day with wind and Fuday started out sunny and hot, lead ing Arnold Lueck, associate county agent, to note that it the favorable weather continues. most ot the wheat in the aiea piobably will be hai vested ovei the weekend In commenting on the wheat situation Thursday, howevei, Yokum leimed it “cntical ” He said that anothei week of rainy weathei could result in gei ruina tion light in the seed head The stalk is aheady npe and a haid driving rain could level the wheat, lesulting in substantial losses, he added As of Thinsday, very little wheat had been hai vested in the aiea and the wheat in the fields had a high moisture-content. “I 52.00 Per Year would guess 16 to 18 per cent, majbe highei Its piettj soggy jet.” Yokum said Foi the giowei, this means the wheat can’t be haivested unless dijmg is piovided for If stored with a moistuie content much higher than 14 pel cent, the gram would mold and ferment ‘ and this would destioy it as an animal feed, ’ Yokum said If the giowei sells it to feed nulls with a high moisture con tent he’s docked on the price. For manv aiea farmers, there fore. good weekend weather is a foremost concern
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