•Fulton Grange Meets
The November 11th,
Fulton Grahge 66 meeting
was opened by Master
Donald Trimble. Norman,
Wood reported on a recent'
meeting of the Southern
Lancaster County Bicen
tennial Association. The
Grange decided to contribute
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Mr. Wood also announced
what bicentennial souvenirs
were on sale.
The Grange also moved to
contribute to Christmas
Seals and to the Mental
Health Association.
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A. B. C. GROFF, INC.
Lecturer, began the
program with a game
concerning the parts of the
turkey. Mrs. Doris Brown
presented slides on her trip
to Africa this past summer.
Chairmen of committees
were named as follows:
Women’s Activities, Mrs.
Helen Heim; Legislative,
Norman Wood; Youth,
Peggy Galbreath; Young
Marrieds, Mr, and Mrs.
Dennis Buchanan; Mem
bership, Richard Holloway;
Hospitality, Mrs. Marion
Holloway; Agriculture, Arba
Henry; Community Service,
Mrs. Dorothy Stauffer; and
Publicity, Peggy Galbreath.
Eighteen attended the
November 9 meeting of
Junior Grange 343. The
following officers were
chosen: Master, Sandy
Galbreath; Overseer,
Timothy Hanks; Lecturer,
Chris McCardell; Steward,
John Ankney; Assistant
Steward, Mark McCardell;
Lady Assistant Steward,
Mary Ellen Fisher;
Chaplain, Nancy Ankney;
Secretary, Cathy Powers;
Treasurer, Scott Stauffer;
Gatekeeper, Dawn Powers;
Ceres, Krista Anderson;
Pomona, Lisa Blevins; and
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Increasing Soybean Yields
Fertilizing every other row
of soybeans with nitrogen
fertilizer rather than every
row may be the key to in
creasing soybean yields,
says a crop scientist.
Dr, R. M. Thorup, Ortho
Field Agronomist, Chevron
Chemical Company, in a
paper delivered recently to
the combined meetings of
the American Society of
Agronomy, Crop Science
Society of America and the
Soil Science Society of
America, says the alternate
method reduces the com
petitive effects between the
utilization of soil and fixed
nitrogen.
In his paper, the Chevron
Chemical Company scientist
noted that the present
nitrogen fixation in soils
cannot provide all the
required nitrogen for
varieties of soybeans now
available. Past efforts to
utilize nitrogen fertilizer on
soybeans have failed to
produce consistent yield
increases because of the
competition created between
the nitrogen already in the
soil and that obtained with
the application of nitrogen
fertilizer.
Flora, Oleta Fantom. The
meeting was under the
leadershin of Mrs. Shirley
Fan tom. The next meeting
will be November 23.
The November 25 meeting
of Fulton Grange will be
Com and Pie Night, with
Colerain and Salisbury
Granges as guests. The
ladies are to bake apple or
pumpkin pies and the men
are to bring entries of one
ear or ten ears of com.
Entries will be judged and
prizes given.
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The study conducted by
Dr. Thorup was initiated to
find out if this competitive
effect could be reduced or
eliminated by applying
nitrogen to alternate rows.
Dr, Thorup told his
audience of agricultural
scientists that all-out food
production has become a
reality in the United States
after decades of letting acres
remain idle because of food
surpluses. Today most of the
nation’s agricultural lands
are in production and
therefore the next step is to
obtain increased yields pei
acre. Without increased
production the world’s ex
panding population cannot
be fed adequately, Dr.
Thorup reported. He said
that gaining higher soybean
yields per acre could be of
major benefit in increasing
the world’s protein supply.
Short Corn
Supply Seen
The Maryland Department
of Agriculture advises
farmers around the state
that a short supply of com
seed for 1975 might be an
ticipated, with a
corresponding rise in price
of about $6.00 per bushel.
Secretary of Agriculture,
Young D. Hance, says that
die September 21 freeze,
which hit many areas in
cluding Maryland, inflicted
serious damage to the crop
of com intended for seed.
Maryland farmers planted
630,000 acres of com in 1974,
employing about 120,000
bushels of seed com. Antici
pating a price rise of $6.00
per bushel for seed, this
would result in an increase in
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the cost of production to
farmers here of around
1720,000, or approximately
$1.15 per acre.
Damage to the seed corn
crop may mean a short
supply for 1975, which, in
turn, may force seed com
panies, which are currently
expanding their markets to
overseas areas, such as
Latin America, to allocate
supplies. However,
Secretary Hance added that
while that is not a firm
prediction, there is a strong
possibility that prices for
some choice seeds will rise
sharply.
Local Women
Attend Forum
Three local women par
ticipated in the first national
Farm Women’s forum held
recently in Milwaukee,
Wisconsin.
Reba Ranck, RDI,
Paradise; Ruth Shertzer,
RD6, Lancaster and Naomi
Spahr, RD3, Lititz, attended
the conference that focused
on the role of today’s farm
wife as homemaker, com
munity leader and farm
business partner.
The conference was
sponsored by Farm Wife
News, a national publication
for rural women with over
150,000 subscribers in the
U.S. and Canada.
The ladies attended
seminars that ranged from
sewing and cooking to farm
computerization and farm
product promotion.
Pasture
Meeting
Slated
The Garden Spot Adult
Farmer Program will
present' a study on
PASTURE MANAGEMENT
for interested area farmers
on Tuesday, November 26,
1974 at 7:45 p.m. at the
agriculture classroom of the
Garden Spot High School.
Topics of interest that will be
explored are: economics of
using pastures, fertilization,
clipping, weed control,
controlled grazing,
establishment and
renovation of pastures. A
special area of interest that
will be featured will be a
presentation on NO-TILL
PASTURE RENOVATION.
Featured speaker of the
evening will be Dr. Willis
McClellan, Extension
Agronomist, from the
Pennsylvania State
University. Dr. McClellan
has been doing extensive
work in no-till pasture
renovation and pasture
management and has no-till
pasture test plots at various
locations around the state.
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With farm land as valuable
as it is in the Lancaster
County area, and with the
high natural fertility of much
of our pasture ground, we
cannot afford to let this
valuable farm asset go
unproductive. It will be the
purpose of this meeting to
present guidelines for good
pasture management that
area farmers can use to
increase the productive
capacity of their pastures
and realize a greater dollar
return from this land.
Any interested farmer or
agri-businessman is
welcome. Refreshments will
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