—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 22, 1972
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County Holstein Association for full market reports
Plans Quarterly Newsletter
The board of directors of the
Lancaster County Holstein
Association met at the Farm and
Home Center with Elam
Bollinger presiding.
Guides for Summer and Fall
Fresh Vegetable Plantings
The U S Department of
Agriculture has announced
acreage guidelines for 1972
summer and fall fresh
vegetables, melons, and sweet
potatoes that should provide a
per capita production slightly
greater than last year’s levels.
The recommendations are
contained in the “1972 Summer
and Fall Fresh Vegetables,
Melons, Sweetpotatoes Acreage
Marketing Guides,” issued by
USDA’s Agricultural Marketing
Service Such guides are
prepared annually to help gro
wers balance the supply of each
vegetable with consumers’
requirements
For vegetables grown in the
Northeast region, the new guide
advises the following
—No change in planted acreage
compared to 1971 for summer
celery and lettuce, late summer
Strip tests prove it: Cattle
prefer Pioneer ® brand sor
ghum-sudangrass hybrid over
other brands. That means
they’ll eat more .... make
more meat or milk. Unbeat
able hot-weather pasture or
green-chop. Can be planted
on diverted acres.
Treat your cattle to the
sorghum-sudangrass hybrid
they like best 988!
SEE or CALL
YOUR PIONEER DEALER
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PIONEER
SORGHUM
Pioneer is a brand name, numbers
identify varieties S' Registered trade
mark of Pioneer Hi-Bred International,
The board decided to support
one-half of the produce-of-dam
class at the All American Show to
be held in September at the Farm
Show Building in Harrisburg.
cantaloup, carrots, sweet com,
onions, and green pepper,
summer and early fall snap
beans and cauliflower; late
summer and early fall cabbage;
fall broccoli, New Jersey and
Maryland sweetpotatoes
—A five per cent increase m
planted acreage compared to
1971 for early summer cabbage,
sweet corn, cucumbers, and
tomatoes, late summer
cucumbers and tomatoes; and
early fall carrots
—A three per cent increase for
early fall lettuce, and a five per
cent decrease for early summer
onions and late summer water
melon
The 1972 guide includes
acreage recommendations for
every state that produces
summer and fall fresh
vegetables, melons, and
sweetpotatoes. It also includes
information in charts and text on
production, consumption, and
prices
The guide is available from
state and county agricultural
Extension Service offices in
vegetable-producing areas.
Copies are also available from
the Information Division,
Agricultural Marketing Service,
U S. Department of Agriculture,
26 Federal Plaza, New York, NY
10007.
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Jack Remsburg has agreed to
photograph the show animals at
the Holstein Show to be held at
the Guernsey Bam in July. Any
exhibited at the Show may have
his cattle photographed at his
own expense.
A County Holstein Sale is being
planned for August 8 at the Black
and White Holstein Bara. Anyone
wishing to consign cattle for this
sale should contact Henry Ket
tering, who will be making
selections.
The County Field Day will be
held during the third week in July
at the Donald Hershey Farm
near Manheim. Edwin Fry will
be the judge and featured
speaker
A County newsletter is being
developed to be published
quarterly with the purpose of
informing all members of the
County and State Holstein ac
tivities All activities will be
covered in detail before and after
they occur along with other in
teresting bits of information
about Holstein members. A
committee consisting of Ken
Rutt, chairman; N. Allen Bair,
assistant Lancaster County ag
agent, and Paul Welk were ap
pointed to study and put together
the newsletter.
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