Soil Conservation Group Plans Annual Meeting
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"Land Use: Food and The Society will name its , thIOLD
Mvlng" will be the theme of fcllow “nd honorary m __ . _
the 30th annual meeting of members for 1975 during the K if M IT K> •
the Soil Conservation Society meeting, along with th e StKVATA JD Jf.
of America, August 10-13, recipients of the $1,200 ""wl
1975. In Son Antonio, Texas. Donald A. Williams Soil art M I
General session speakers Conservation Scholarship l\i W\MA%T k I
will consider the land use an( * twenty $5OO Glldea tk IH
implications of meeting Scholarships in Con- SagSafeX mMmM**
domestic and foreign food servatlon. '
demands and what impacts Official hosts for the event FEB. 10-16, 1975
ex P a " ded agricultural Hoar- and mll.n th.nl.ht wind. blow,
production will have on the Texas Council of Chapters. . . . ...
nation’s soil, water and other Meeting activities will take ? ua S ter ho , u r ea f h day an £ at y * ar ?«" d youl >
abre in the Hdtnn Pnlnria hav * wa,t * d , nitl « d»y* of ten hours each ... Could be worst
natural resources. ? yj" me Hilton Palac a weather of the year this week . . . New moon Feb. 11 . . .
Specific challenges of “61 Hio and San Antonio Geese are laying ... Average length of days for the week 10
using the nation's land' Convention Center. hours, 28 minutes . . . U.S. purchased Panama Canal strip
resources to meet food and Edward Thomas, state *eb. 16, 1903 ... We predict that this year, whatever old
fiber needs will be examined Conservationist for the Soil H.? I KSiA ~ n^ffw Q L b ! 3o w "" at
more closely in a series of Conservation Service ,n SWgJ
concurrent technical £=“»;“Pgf.'T? Old FaJ£ Wddl.,
sessions arranged by the for the meeting. C. A. Whllt kind of balJ
Society’s 10 resource con- Rechenthin, SCS state moves, but is never
servation divisions. resource conservationist in thrown or caught?
Texas, is in charge of local (Answer below.)
~ arrangements. Ask ths Old Farmers
What are your
T~> j thoughts about the
IB PPni*M world’s energy prob-
U lems? Do you have
Tf • any hope? G. K.,
Keeping BoBton
BUCK
284-4175
MEMBER FDIC
ff ■§ ■■ ergy “crisis" is man
-1 ilflSfi made and, hence,
V,iao ° 11CIU tolvable. And we’d
Farm Record Keeping was .• . , , . better reach a solu
the tonic of the Twin Valiev t%<m ° ecause ° ur , planet is the only place to live in the entire
Farmer nrnorom co * w * os > aw Elysian field comparedwith the turf ace of a etar,
Adult Farmer program not beset with the coldness of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and
recently at the Twin Valley Neptune, nor the waterless heat of Mercury.
High School. Speakers for Home To prevent nylon cord or twine from fraying at a cut end
the program were Mr. Glenn “ d ** ,tr,ndi wl " bon<,
an e nir P mcLo a n C d CO Y 1 oS 1 g t ,’ OLD FARMER’S WEATHER FORECASTS
Agway Farm Consultant. New England: Light snow changing to rain on coast and not
Twenty-six members at- 80 cold 40 start; clearin g »ud colder latter part
tended. Greater New York-New Jersey: Rainy and warm at first, then
Mr. Beam emphasized the S“^^Vl”Kor ie " d ° fWeekP * rUy ' U " n! '" <l
bookkeeDin/olavs in savins Mid ( f’* A ,l, “ tic Partly cloudy and mild to start, then
DOOKKeepuig plays in saving scattered showers and colder; showers in south and light
tax dollars. Beam used the snow in north latter part.
Farm and Ranch Record Southeast Coastal-Piedmont: Week begins cold and raw. then
book to illustrate the use of some rain; week ends partly cloudy and cool in north and
records for tax purposes, ram in central and south.
Having served local farmers Florida: Fair and warm day and cold nights to start, then
for many years, he gave c * ou dy and cold; rain throughout region by weekend.
some helpful hints to make Cpstate Western N.Y.-Toronto & Montreal: Most of week rain
record keening easier and °f ca f Ional {y mixed with snow in south; 2-4" snow in north to
recoru Keeping easier ana start and heavy snow m west latter part.
Moline described the Gr ? ter ohi ® Va,, «y : . Cloudy at first, then light snow in west
Mr. Young aescribed the *nd sno w showers in east; cold snap and some light snow
role that record keeping latter part.
plays in analyzing and Deep South: Most of week fair and warm except light rain
managing a farm business, and cool in north.
Young used the Agway Farm Chicago & Southern Great Lakes: Week begins cloudy, then
Account-system to illustrate }*Bht rain in west and flurries in east; end of week clearing
how records are maintained m west w * 4k snow m east.
and evaluated. His program, orthe f n G .”*l Wains-Great Lakes: Early week clear and warm
the Agway Farm Accounting mild in central and east; end of week unseasonably
relaHveuf Central Great Plains: Cloudy at first, then heavy rain in south
relatively new to Penn- and hail in some areas; generally clear and dry latter part.
sylvama and is rapidly Texas-Okiahoma: Showers to start in central and south, then
expanding to meet the clearing and very warm; end of week cold and partly cloudy,
growing needs of farmers. Rocky Mountain Region: Early week cloudy and seasonable in
The next educaitonal north and central, clear and mild elsewhere; week ends mostly
meeting of the Twin Valley c^ear * nd mild.
Young-Adult Farmers will So “thwest Desert: Most of week clear and very warm in west;
be on Tuesday, Feb. 18. This cot>l to midweek m ea ®t, then warmer,
shop program will feature Northwest: Mostly sunny and cool all week in south;
demonstrations nn “Winter y eek unseasonably warm in north.
° n ~ te s California; Cloudy, cool all week; light rain in north latter part.
Baler Maintenance and f All Rnditi Reserved, Yankee, Inc., Dublin, N.H. 03440
“Tractor Servicing” by
Eugene Stoltzfus from
Dependable Motors of ■
Morgantown.
Flue Damper
Don’t close the fireplace
flue damper until the coals
are completely cool,
cautions the Extension
Safety Committee at The
Pennsylvania State
University. Even glowing
coals continue to use oxygen.
A fire on a cool evening is
warming and soothing. And
wood is a renewable natural
resource, has a low ash
content, burns cleanly, and
leaves little waste.
Cheese is Nutritious
It takes five quarts of milk
to make one pound of cheese.
That’s why cheese is such a
good protein food, point out
Extension consumer
specialists at The Penn
‘-vlvama State University. In
addition, cheese has the
nutritious qualities of milk.
That means you also get
calcium, phosphorus,
riboflavin, thiamin and
Lancaster Farming. Saturday, Feb. 8,19/&
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