VOL. ie NO. 21
Among those participating in
a recent' meeting of the Lan
caster- County. Holstein' Breed
' ers,Association board of direc
* tors- ire;
i. Left, to right, front, John
Harms** treasurer; Jay, Landis,
. president; Clarence Stauffer,
-..vice -president, and Clyde W-
Martili, secretary.
Farmers Urged to Consider Planting Some Corn in April
Sudny .and .windy weather this
r week,, .through Friday, was ex
cellent - for farraeis who are
- thinking - of getting their crops,
particularly corn, off to an early
“start in Wll.
And many farmers took ad
? vantage of the good field condi
tions t'e get most or all of their
’plowing done for the new season.
This, contrasts with last year
"when 'wet weather delayed
plowing for many farmers.
SI 2 Lancaster Co. Farms
Enroll in U. S. Programs
The number of Lancaster
County farms enrolled in the
1971 1? S. wheat program is
down, but the number enroll
ed in feed grain is up sharply,
according to final figures re
leased this week by the local
ASCS office.
Miss Dorothy Y Neel, County,
ASCS director, said 524 farms
enrolled this year in the' feed
grain program, compared to 356
last year.
She attributed the sharp in
crease in feed grain this year to
a change in rules to remove
restnetiens on corn acreage.
i Back, Curtis Akers; Robert
■ Kauffman; Elvin Hess Jr., state
vice president; Galen Crouse,
and Elam Bollinger, DHIA rep
resentative. Board members not
.shown are Robert Book and
Arthur Wenger.
_ During the recent business
-meeting, the group discussed
, plans for the annual Lancaster
Farmers should follow through
'now with an early planting, par
ticularly of corn. Arnold Lueck,
associate Lancaster County agri
cultural agent, advised this
week.
Lueck said farmers should
consider planting at least part
of their corn sometime next
week, or at least no later than
the last week of April.
The mam reason for early
planting, as most farmers al
Because of high corn pi ices
stemming from the blight,
farmers are planting corn un
der the program, it is believed
Corn base under the program
is 10,221 acres and sorghum
base is 38 acres.
The number of farmers in
the wheat program is 694 this
year, compared to 742 a year
ago This year’s figure accounts
for 2,777 acres of wheat allot
ment.
A total of 812 Lancaster
County farms are involved in
the program, either feed giam
or wheat, or both.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 17, 1971
County Black and White Show.
Tentative plans for the an
nual summer meeting were re
viewed, including tentative
dates/for early August.
Export of Holstems, includ
ing an order from Costa Rica
for 145 Registered calves in the
$325 to $350 price range, was
discussed.
ready know by now, is to get
corn off to a fast start as one
means of beating the corn blight.
“All indications are that Corn
Belt farmers will plant earlier
than they ever have before,”
Lueek said, and he advised local
farmers to plant early, too.
Actually Penn State Extension
has been advising fanners to
plant corn early all along and
the blight merely adds another
reason to follow what has al
ready proven to be a good prac
tice, Lueck said.
“The main consideration in the
earlier than usual planting,
Lueck explained, “is to push for
earlier matmity of the crop in
the event the Southern Leaf
Blight moves in as it did last
year ”
While there’s uncertainty
about the blight and when it will
move in, Lueck said. “We learn
ed last yeai that the early
maturing fields had the mini
mum losses from blight Later
plantings last season were in
clined to be hardei hit ”
But there are other reasons
for planting early, Lueck :
emphasi2ed
Early planting normally in- j
ci eases yields without raising 1
costs :
Early plantings generally are ‘
Hess reported that Pennsyl
vania has been divided into two
districts for administrative pur
poses by the Pennsylvania Hol
stein Association. The eastern
area, which includes Lancaster
County, is headquartered at
Bloomsburg, and the second
district has headquarters in In
diana County.
better able to withstand sum- With early planting, the com
mer dry weather, should this vegetation gets off to a better
occur. “We’re about due for dry start during the cooler aa4
weather. We’ve had three good usually more moist weather in
years in a row.” (Continued on Page 5)
Fire Prohibited in Wooded Areas
A proclamation banning smok
ing, building camp fires, and
burning brush and rubbish in or
near wooded areas of the state
was signed Thursday by Gov
ernor Milton J. Shapp.
Effective at 5 pm Friday,
April 16, the proclamation pro
hibits such fire “within wood
lands or within 200 feet of wood
lands in any county of the Com
monwealth.”
The governor acted to alleviate
a critical state-wide forest fire
situation due to a lack of ram
on the recommendation of Dr
Maunce K Goddard, Acting
Secretary of the Department of
Environmental Resources
Already during 1971, an esti
mated 8.500 acres have been
burned by 581 forest fues This
is moie than twice the number
of acies burned during the entire
year of 1970 Approximately
4,700 of these acies have been
$2.00 Per Year
Farm Calendar
Monday, April 19
630 pm Lancaster County
Fruit Groweis and Honey
Producers, Meadow Hills
Dining Hall, New Danville
Pike
Tuesday, April 20
7 30 p m Farm and Home
Foundation board of direc
tors, Faim and Home Cen
tei
845 am - 215 pm Co-op
Career Day, Farm and
Home Center
Bpm Ephrata Young Farm
ers monthly meeting, Vo
cational Agriculture De
partment, Ephrata High
School, Topic, Farm Insur
ance and Liability Proteo
tion
Wednesday, April 20
46th Annual Dairy Exposition,
Penn State University,
, April 21 - May 8
Eaith Day
Thursday, April 22
730 pm Lancaster Count?
Swine Producers Associa
tion, Farm and Home Cen
ter
Friday, April 23
Ipm FFA Milk Contest,
Penn Dairies ' ’
Bpm Reorganization and
planning meeting of the
Lancaster County Dairy
Princess Committee, Farm
and Home Center.
Saturday, April 24
7 am. - 2 p.m 4-H Flapjack
Day, Farm and Home Cen
ter.
8 a.m. 54th Little Interna*
tional Livestock Exposition,
University Ice Pavilion.
9:30 am. Tri-County Relief
Sale, Morgantown.
destroyed since Sunday, April
11.
Fire Weather Forecaster, Cedi
Simmons of the National Weath
er Service, reported that the fire
danger “build up,” a numerical
index based on current weather
conditions, is extremely high
for this time of year. The main
reasons for this are the lack
of rain during the past month
and the lowest average hu
midity in five years
At the present time, a mini
mum of one-half inch of ram is
required to alleviate the situa
tion As this period is prolong
ed, it will require a greater
amount of rain The long-range
forecasts call foi a warming
trend with a possibility of scat
tered showeis Sunday evening.
Simmons called the condition
“critical ”
The law provides for a fine
of $lOO for violation of the
emeigency ban