County Agent Speaks at Annual Quarryville Farmers Night
■fax Smith, Lancaster County most successful Lancaster Coun-
Xgr&ctiJtural agent, was the ty enterprises There are 1,500
epea&wr for the annual Farmers dairymen now, which is only half
Wight of the Quarryville Rotary as many as in 1950 but they are
Tuesday evening atJßhoads producing as much milk There
fjpaqfrfr Restaurant. is still-a good demand for milk,
;Mfcroduced by William M. Smith said.
IPredd, Farmers Night chairman With Jots‘of hogs, beef cattle
awl head of the Ag Department and calves to market yet, he ad
•f SeUnco High School, Smith vacated getting beef cattle to
said, ‘‘Agriculture in Lancaster market while the price is favor-
Oouaty Is on a higher level than able
Most parts of the state. There With labor scarce farmers in
are better farmers and they ac- the county are asking advice,
•ept then place in the commun- two to one, about free stall hous
mg of cattle as compared to
Dairying is still one of the sraunchions Steer feeding es-
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Among those participating in the pro- Rotary Club president; Max Smith, Lan
gram of-the annual Farmers Night of the caster County agricultural agent, and Bill
Quarryville Rotary Club this week were: Fredd, new Rotary Club president and
left to right, Edgar K. Brown, outgoing program chairman.
tabhshments are using more au- lot of lean meat. The same is
tomatic feeding. true for sheep.
Larger units are the sign of Farmers want animals that
the times grow faster. Buyers would
Another trend is for greater I£ >ther buy cross breeds if they
yields of crops per acre. Corn can S fi t them
and alfalfa are the queen of the High moisture corn, shelled in
crop here According to the silo or ground chop, lends itself
Lancaster County Experimental to mechanical feeding
station, we are not getting as Moie and larger silos aie being
high a yield for alfalfa as we built in the county. Silage is
should. probably the very best feed foi
The trend is for larger cows, cattle to keep down costs
xmg, lean pigs and the demand No-till corn planting may have
foi beef cattle is for higher, a place on some farms, if it’s not
longer and lean animals with a too wet when planted It is bet-
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 6,1971—23
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ter on hillsides where you don’t
disturb the mulch He advised
farmers that they should under
stand how to do it right.
He does not think corn blight
poses too much of a threat this
yeai, but advised getting com
produced as eaily as possible;
A few of the problems in agu
calture aie increased costs, use
of pesticides, pollution of
streams and waste disposal from
livestock
He said the importance of the
place of the farmer should not
be overlooked Faimeis should
take part in zoning m their com
munities ”
Preisdent Edgar K Biown,
Quairyville, acted as master of
ceiemomes and Geoige Mitchell,
Refton, as song leader Follow
ing the meal, each Rotai ian in
ti oduced himself and his guest
faimers to the gioup
The Quarryville Rotary Club
meets at Rhoads Spanish Res-
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