26—Lancaster Farming, Saturday. June 26. 1976
Grange leadership school slated
HARRISBURG - Several
hundred Grange leaders
from all parts of Penn
sylvania will be attending
the 53rd annual leadership
school of the Pennsylvania
State Grange that will be
held at Gettysburg College
June 29, 30 and July 1. -
Workshops dealing with a
wide variety of subjects will
feature the three-day
program.
One workshop, scheduled
for Wednesday morning,
June 30, will deal with a
current Grange project, the
problems and needs of deaf
persons. It will be conducted
Potato referendum underway
HARRISBURG - Penn
sylvania potato growers with
25 or more acres will vote
from June 24 through July 7
on whether they want to
assess themselves to support
a research program to
develop improved potato
varieties, it was announced
recently by Agriculture
Crap
HARRISBURG Warm,
humid weather had a
noticeably favorable effect
on crops throughout the
Commonwealth during the
week ending June 21, ac
cording to the Crop
Reporting Service.
Statewide, five days were
considered suitable for
fieldwork, with moisture
supplies rated mostly
adequate to somewhat short.
Northern counties recorded
some surplus moisture while
central and southern
counties had some areas
rated moisture deficient.
Pennsylvania’s com crop
is still an inch shorter than it
was a year ago. Statewide
the crop is 9% inches tall,
compared to 10% inches last
year. By area, the crop is
eight inches in the north, 9%
inches in central and 12
inches high in southern
counties.
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by Mr. and Mrs. Robert N.
Collins, of Lancaster, who
also will be featured on the
program at Wednesday
night’s banquet.
Another workshop Wed
nesday will focus attention
op welfare fraud and will be
conducted by Mrs. Dorothy
M. Forney, of Eliza
bethtown, president of
the National Welfare Fraud
Association.
A workshop Tuesday af
ternoon will involve a panel
discussion of news and
publicity. Panelists will be
Henry Roth, city editor of the
Gettysburg Times,
Secretary
Kerstetter.
Raymond J.
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Kerstetter announced the Growers Association,
referendum after studying ** representing 129 affected
tiie transcript of a public growers. All testified in
hearing on the proposed favor of the program,
program, held June 4at the “In view of the
Agriculture Building, here, unanimously favorably
Testimony was received testimony presented at the
report issued
Tobacco growers con
centrated on transplanting
last week. The crop is now 87
per cpnt set in the field. The
soybean crop is now 87 per
cent planted compared to 94
per cent fast year.
Wheat is now 71 per cent
headed with 25 per cent
turning yellow, above the 18
per cent yellow last year at
this time. By area, 14 per
cent has turned in the north,
26 per cent in the central
counties and 38 per cent in
the south. The barley crop is
59 per cent yellow and 12 per
cent ripe, about four days
ahead of 1975’s crop.
Ripening has barely begun in
northern and central
counties, but is 38 per cent
along in the south where
combines are rolling in a few
fields.
The oats crop is now 48 per
cent headed, five days ahead
of last year’s 28 per cent. In
the north, heading is at 40
per cent, with 57 per cent
headed in central counties
and 47 per cent in the south
with some turning yellow.
Operators were busy with
haying last week, with the
first cutting of alfalfa now 73
per cent done and the second
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representing the daily
newspaper field; Dieter
Krieg, editor of Lancaster
Farming, representing the
weekly newspaper field, and
Gilson Sheffer, news director
of WGET at Gettysburg, for
the electronic media.
Held in conjunction with
the leadership school will be
the Mid-Atlantic Youth
Conference that will be at
tended by young people from
the neighboring states of
New York, New Jersey,
Delaware, Maryland, West
Virginia and Ohio, in ad
dition to those from Penn
sylvania.
from 11 individual affected
growers and the Penn-
cutting begun. Clo-tim is now
58 per cent cut. The quality
of hay made last week was
rated good to fair with some
getting rained on in the
northern counties. Pastures
are in good condition and are
providing an average
amount of feed.
Vegetable crops are
generally in good condition
but need some added
moisture in some areas.
Fruit crops, apples,
cherries, and pears appear
to be sizing well. Grapes are
blooming a little earlier than
usual, and peaches are now
being thinned where needed.
The sweet cherry harvest is
active, but bird damage is
reportedly a problem.
As of June IS, soil moisture
was still short in the north
central states, although
rainfall temporarily relieved
dryness in northern Min
nesota.
Nationwide, com was in
good condition and growing
fast in response to above
normal temperatures. The
soybean crop was 89 per cent
planted, compared with 84
per cent in 1975 and a 76
percent average for that
week.
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Also, two public speaking
contests for -young people
will be featured on the
program.
The first will be held at
3:30 p.m. Tuesday, following
the opening ceremony, when
the Pennsylvania winner will
be selected. The second will
be at 9 p.m. Wednesday
(June 30) when the Mid-
Atlantic Regional contest
will be held.
In the Mid-Atlantic con
test, the Pennsylvania
winner will compete against
winners from' the neigh-
public hearing,” Kerstetter
said, “it would appear the
program would be in the best
interests of Pennsylvania’s
potato industry. There’s no
question about the need for
better varieties to fit our
varying soil and weather
conditions. It makes good
sense to set up an'on-going
program aimed at solving
these serious production
problems.”
Ballots for the referendum
went into the mail Wed
nesday, June 23. They will go
to a list of 257 potato farmers
who grow 23 acres or more.
The deadline for receipt of
the ballots at the Depart
ment of Agriculture is
Wednesday, July 7 at 4:30
p.m.
The ballots will be counted
by a teller committee made
up of affected growers. If
passed by a majority of the
growers voting and'
representing a majority of
the production, the program
will go into effect July 20 and
cover the 1976 crop.
The program calls for an
assessment of one cent per
hundredweight on all
potatoes sold by affected
growers. This is expected to
raise about $45,000 annually
for a research fund to be
administered by a board
made up of affected growers.
Potato growers with 25
acres or more who do not
receive a ballot within a few
days after the June 23
mailing, or who wish ad
ditional information, should
contact the Bureau of
Markets, Pennsylvania
Department of Agriculture,
2301 North Cameron Street,
Harrisburg, Pa. 17120;
telephone 717-787-4210.
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