Farm Women Sod
Sodety 27
“Special Friends” Night was
enjoyed by Society 27 at the home
of Mrs. James Garber, Mount
Joy RD2, on Tuesday. Each
member introduced her “special
friend” as roll was called.
Mrs Harry McCleneghan led
devotions. Co-hostesses were
Mrs. James Brubaker, Mrs.
Arthur Wenger and Mrs. Russel
Swarr
The speaker for the evening,
Miss Joann Hess, Mount Joy,
demonstrated the art of eating
and identifying objects while
being handicapped by blindness
She told of the frustrations and
amusing incidents one en
counters as a blind person. She
also stressed that blind persons
should not all be placed in one
category; they are as in
dividualistic as any sighted
person, she said.
She demonstrated her musical
talent by singing folk type and
inspirational songs ac
companying herslef on a bass
ukulele.
The president, Mrs. Ray
Sauder, conducted the business
session, when it was decided to
donate $25 to the Lancaster
Association for Retarded
Children.
Mrs. Robert Kauffman was
chosen to represent Society 27 in
the Farm Woman of the Year
Contest
On May 16 members and guests
will travel by bus to Longwood
Gardens and the Winterthur
Museum
Sodety 9
Farm Women Society 9 en
tertained Society 23 members
and County officers at Camp
Snyder, Marticville Boys Club
Mrs. Clarence Cartter led
eti
devotions
Crosses from the collection of
Mrs. A Tuttsy, Millersville, were
displayed and she related stones
of the crosses
During the business portion of
the meeting, conducted by Mrs.
J Edward Brenneman, plans
were made for a bus trip to New
Hope and Peddler’s Village May
16 Plans include a ride on the
historic canal at New Hope.
Reservations may be made by
contacting Mrs. Brenneman, 914
Penn Grant Road
Society 16
Farm Women Society 16 held
its monthly meeting recently at
the Akron Restaurant. Devotions
were led by Mrs. Lillian Hanna
The Society voted to donate $25
for the County project, LARC
It was announced that Mrs
Helen Reinhart and Mrs Edna
Miller will serve as volunteers at
the USO on May 6.
The Society will not hold a
meeting m May The next
meeting will be held m June at
Middle Octorara Presbyterian
Church when members of Society
16 will entertain members of
Society 30
Spring Plowing Reported Late
Commonwealth farmers were
prepared for full scale field work
last week However, fields were
generally too wet for entry A few
days of good drying weather
enabled farmers to squeeze in
some field work on higher and
better drained soils Heavy rams
at the beginning and end of the
week kept top soil moisture
supplies on the high side, with
two-third of the reporters in
dicating surplus moisture con
ditions Spring plowing reported
at about 15 per cent complete and
a week behind last year
Although farm activities were
limited, some progress was made
on spring plowing, seedbed
preparation, top dressing, or
chard work and manure hauling
Hay and pasture crops continue
es |
y
Vegetable Research
A long-range research study to
assist the State’s vegetable
growers produce high quality
crops more economically has
been initiated by Pennsylvania
State University's department of
horticulture
The project, to be conducted at
the Rock Springs agricultural
research center, has been made
possible by a $9OO a year con
tribution from the Pennsylvania
Vegetable Growers Association
Probable duration of the project
will be between five and 10 years
“Permanent field plots having
various nutritional treatments
such as fertilizer, organic
material, and sewage sludge will
be set up,” said Robert F
Fletcher, Extension vegetable
crops specialist “Results of
periodic soil testing will be used
to determine fluctuations as
influenced by the various
treatments ”
This project is a combination of
various disciplines within the
department of horticulture and
should prove beneficial to both
slow, steady growth Some old
alfalfa stands were damaged by
freezing and thawing New
stands of alfalfa continue to look
good
Spring plowing is about one
fourth completed across the
Commonwealth and overall
progress continues to lag behind
last year Farmers were able to
make limited progress in seedbed
preparation However, prac
tically no corn has been reported
planted to date
Seeding of Pennsylvania
seedleaf tobacco seedbeds was
winding up last week, past the 80
per cent complete mark, slightly
ahead of last year Eai ly seeded
beds reportedly are showing good
stands
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 29,1972 —
Project Initiated
the producer and consumer, the
Extenson specialist emphasized
One major aspect of the project
will be the simulation of various
soils and fetihty conditions that
exists in commencal vegetable
fields throughout the State Bv
using this system, practical
problems occurring frequently in
vegetable production can be
analyzed
Fletcher points out that
another part of the research work
will be devoted to the effects of
soil pollution on yield quality and
quantity Still another study will
focus on organic gardening
Penn State department of
horticulture faculty members
involved in the research project
are Dr E L Bergman, Dr Peter
A. Ferretti, Dr R W Helpler,
Dr C J Noll, and Fletcher
If you didn’t eat a total of 321
eggs either shelled or
processed during 1970, you’re
behind the average as reported
by the USDA
Potato plantings have been
started
Fruit bud development was
speeded by several days of warm -
weather Peaches were about
one-half m full bloom in the ex
treme southeastern corner of the
state during several days of ideal
pollinating weather
Orchardists were busy
spraying, trimming, and general
clean up work
Of the 19 reporting areas only
Allentown is showing a rainfall
deficiency this early in the
season
Latest figures released by the
Canada Department of
Agriculture indicate that
Canadian farmers spent almost
$43 5 million on livestock pest
control products, crop and seed
treatments and herbicides during
1969
•JHOBf MILK • MORE M£AJ
•Mtfnwr
WITH
Madison Silos
Div. Mai tin Marietta Corp
1070 Steinmetz Rd
Ephrata, Penna 17522
Ph. 733-1206
LOCAL DEALERS
Frank Snydei
Akron 859-2688
Caleb Wenger
Quarryville 548-2116
Landis Bros Inc
Lancaster 393-3906
Carl L. Shirk
Lebanon 867-3741
Sollenberger Farm Supply
Centerport, Pa.
Ph, 215-926-7671
25