On Monday, April 14, the Grassland FFA held
elections for the 1975-76 year. The meeting was
conducted by Lloyd Hoover, past president. Those
members elected for officers are: (sitting from left)
Linford Weaver, vice president; LaVern Martin,
president and Dale Burkhart, secretary. (Standing
from left) Richard Groff. Sentinel; Lewis Good,
treasurer and Tom Wentzel, chaplain. Not present for
the picture was Jeff Martin, reporter.
Agri-King
Through the
Eyes of an
Average
Lancaster
County Farmer
Richard 801 l
RD2
Lititz, PA
“We started on the Agri-King feeding program in
February, 1973 with a rolling herd average of about
12,000 pounds milk. By April, 1975 our rolling herd
average is 15,309 pounds milk and we’re averaging
56 pounds milk shipped per cow on milking cows. Two
years ago I did not think this was possible with our
quality cattle. Most all our cows are grades and we
raise our own replacements.
I feel that one of the biggest things that helped us
get this production is the quality of roughage we have
to feed our cows and feeding it in a balanced feeding
program. We treated all our corn silage, haylage and
hay with Silo King last year and it was the best quality
roughage we've made. Our haylage juiced a little but
that was because I chopped it over 75 percent
moisture I had wmdrowed my hay too tight and the
lulheastwn Pern
George F. Delong Ben GreenawaK
Regional Manager RD2 Conestoga Pa 17516
PO Box 683 Lilitz, Pa 17543 Ph 717 872 5686
Call Collect 717-626 0115
Eastern Lancaster Co
Melvin Herr Lebanon Co
RR2 New Holland Pa 17557 Marvin Meyer
Ph 717 354 5977 RD2 Box 157
Annville Pa 17003
Ph 717 867 1445
North Western Lancasl
Earl 6. Ginder
RD2 Manheim Pa 17545
Phone 717-665 3126
Lehigh Co. Area
J. H. Moore
——_ . „„„ fr 1213 Zorba Drive
Henjy OeUns, Jr Whitehall. Pa 18052
RDI Quarryville, Pa 1/566 215 432-5987
Ph 717-284-2683 8
srn Lancaster
Southwesi
Penn Willow 4-Hers
Collect Cancer Funds
Members of the Penn Huber. laid out the routes to
Willow 4-H Club collected be taken. Nearly every road
contributions for the Lan- in Conestoga Township was
caster County Chapter of the covered.
American Cancer Society for
the second straight year.
• Drive were as Follows: Ruth
Forty 4-Hcrs from age Berrier, Mrs. Dagen, Darla
eight to eighteen knocked on Kreider, Pat Sourbccr, Mrs.
doors in Conestoga Township Shceslcv. Nancv Waite,
from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Dawn Reish, Kathy Huber,
and when they met at the Doris Warfel, Linda
Conestoga Elementary Stekervetz, and Margot
School for a final tally they Martin
had $357.52 for the Cancer
Society
The next monthly meeting
will be the annual clean up of
The Cancer Drive, under the Conestoga Township
.the leadership of Mrs. Joan roads on May 2at 6:30.
KEY TO PROFIT
AGRI KING
PERSONALIZED FEEDING PDDGI
Testimonial:
& SE Berks Co
Monti
;omei
Cy Arnold
739 Rosewood Drive
Douglasville Pa 19518
Ph 215 385 624*^
Chester Co
William Wmdle
RDI
Atglen Pa 19310
Plr 215 593 6143
Hortheast Berks Co.
Roger Heller
Ro#l
Robesoma Pa
Ph 215 693 6160
Belleville Area
Louis S. Peachy, Sr.
RD#l, #5B-C
Reedsville, Pa 17084
Ph 717 667-3291
Drivers for the Cancer
FOLTOI
air could not get through it. I thought this haylage
would stink and the cows wouldn’t like it. I’m in the
bottom three doors of that silo now and the cows eat it
like candy.
I feel it pays to take good care of my young stock -
grow my heifers and yet not get them too fat My
heifers are freshening at 2 years old and some are
milking as high as 70 pounds milk. My cows get mostly
corn silage (about 40 pounds per cow), 12 pounds
haylage, 5 pounds hay, and gram is fed according to
production. The gram ration is made up of corn, a little
oats, and the protein, calcium, phosphorus, vitamins,
and trace minerals necessary according to my
roughage tests. I think samples should be run every 4-
6 weeks to get a good job done ”
South Cenlr;
lames L Yoder
Regional Manager
R R 1 Box 81
Chambersburg Pa 17201
Call Collect 717 264 9321
Adams Co. Area
Menno N Rissler
KR4
Gettysburg. Pa 17325
Ph 717 528 4849
Bedford Co . Pa Area
(Kenneth |Sonny| Yoder
RD#2 F V 150
Bedford Pa 15522
Ph 814 623 6856
il Penn;
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 26,1975
Members of the Penn Willow 4-H who participated
in the recent Cancer Fund drive in Conestoga
township are (from left) Angela Furlow, Robin
Campbell and Linda Huber. The youths show some of
the pamphlets which were distributed. Photo taken by
Ronald Walton, teen leader.
Cumberland Co . Pa. Area
Marlin E Ebersole
RD#5
Carlisle Pa 17013
Ph 717-776 7324
Franklin Co Pa Area
Eldon Martin
RDd5
Waynesboro Pa 17268
Ph 717 762 3576
Mark H Yoder
2004 Philadelphia Ave
Chambersburg Pa 17201
Ph 717 263 1808
Western Washington Co. Area
Charlie Campbell
Newville Pa
Ph 717-776 7573
Growing
Degree
Day
This is the first in a series
of weekly crop and weather
reports to be Issued daring
the 1975 crop season.
A late spring, including the
cool and dry weather last
week, has delayed crop
development and progress of
farm activities in the
Commonwealth. Although
activities last week
generally included plowing,
seeding of oats and fruit tree
pruning in the South - the
lateness of the season in the
central and northern
counties limited plowing and
seeding of oats along with
general activities such as
grape trimming and tieing
and machinery preparation.
However, the cool spring has
extended the season for
making maple syrup.
Throughout the state soil
moisture is rated mostly
adequate to somewhat short,
which is dryer at this time
than in recent years.
Spring plowing is about
one-fourth complete with 16
percent done in the north,
one-third in central counties;
and nearly one-half in the
south. Last year for the state
it was nearing one-third
complete at this time.
The oats and tobacco crops
are about one-fifth in and
tobacco barely started.
These also are behind recent
years. Oats are under 10
percent planted in the north,
nearly one-fifth in central
and over two-thirds planted
in southern counties.
The reported condition of
the hay crop at fair to good
reflects the cool late spring.
There were a few reports of
poor condition, unusual for
this time of year.
Fruits have come through
the winter in good condition.
However, only a little bud
swelling has occured in the
south with none in central or
northern areas.
ERTH-RITE
SOU CONDITIONER
MAXICROP
LIQUID PLANT
FEEDING
FEED-RITE
Vitamin & Mineral for livestock
and poultry
ZOOK & RANCH,
INC.
RDl.Gap.Pa. 17527
Phone 717-442-4171
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