Vol. 21 No. 353^.
Wheat good in quality, disappointing in yield
By DIETER KRIEG
EDITOR’S NOTE: The wheat harvest, being done in
utherntier counties of the state, continues in regions to the
Irth. It’s not much as of a crop, according to information
Ithered in northern Adams County, Dauphin County,
plumbia County, and Berks County.
[A combination of unfavorable weather conditions an
pi Winter, and a dry Spring are being blamed for the
The rooster chase for smaller children at the Lancaster County Con-
servation District’s Field Day was a real chase. The little fellow eluded the
grasps of youngsters several times until 5-year old Melvin Sauder, right,
finally snatched him. A similar contest for older youngsters was a real flop,
Winners named for conservation field day events
By DIETER KRIEG
THE BUCK—Two Solanco youths scooped their way to
the top two places in a land judging contest which was part of
[the Lancaster County Conservation District’s Annual Field
|iDay. The boys, Les Hershey and Bruce Kreider, were in
I competition with 23 other students from six schools and at
I least one 4-H chapter.
12 youths named to attend nat’l. co-op institute
SHIPPENSBURG -
Twelve young adults from
southeastern and south-
central Pennsylvania, who
recently served as delegates
to the Pennsylvania
Association of Farmer
Cooperatives Summer Youth
Peaches ? sweet corn coming in this weekend
By JOANNE SPAHR
LANCASTER -
They’ve been bringing the
peaches in by the wagon
loads for the past week, and
the word from local growers
is that this year’s crop is
better than last year’s by as
much as 120 percent. That
report applies to the various
early varieties and the Red
Haven peach, which is the
Institute at Shippensburg
State College, here, have
been named to attend the
annual meeting of the
American Institute of
Cooperation at Virginia
Polytechnic Institute,
Blacksburg, Va., July 26-29.
first truly freestone canning
peach of the season.
And, beginning next
Monday, Herr Fruit Farms,
In
this issue
Serving The Central and Southeastern Pennsylvania Areas
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 24,1976
In Lancaster County the harvest concluded with a
mark of good or better on quality and good or less on
yield. In spite of the short crop, however, there have
been some reports of mills not accepting more wheat
due to being stocked to capacity. So a few farmers are
on a waiting list.
The annual Lancaster County Plowing Contest was also
held near here on the Mark C. Risser farm. Divided into
contour and level land categories, the events were won by
Frank Burkhart and David Becker, respectively. Burkhart is
a perennial top contender and is in fact ineligible to go on to
the state contests this year due to his being a state champion
already. But as Conservation Director, J. Everett Kreider,
Out of this group, two were
cited for especially high
honors - Roberta Ekdahl
from West Chester, and
Gary Akers of Quarryville
Rl. They were presented
with Outstanding Leadership
Awards for their respective
Lancaster R 2, is planning to
start “pick your own,” ac
cording to Mr. Peter
Alecxih. The quality of this
Farm Calendar 10
Editorials 10
Mini vacation 17
Classifieds 31
Homestead Notes 50
My Thoughts 50
Home on the Range 52
as the rooster just sat in the alfalfa patiently awaiting his capture. The pig
(in a different chase) made out best of alt. He took off for the corn field and
had a good time,
girl-boy divisions. They were
in competition with more
than 200 youths from 60
counties in Pennsylvania
and parts of New York State
and New Jersey.
Those named to go to the
A.I.C. convention at
year’s peach, Alecxih
reports, is very good. The
fruit is large and full of
flavor. As far as price is
Jr. Cooking Edition 53
Womens’ Calendar 53
Farm vacations 54
Ida’s Notebook 55
Dairy princesses 65
life on the farm 67
Crafts feature 69
empty bins and lost profits. Most areas report yields of 30 to
35 bushels per acre, but in the Bloomsburg area, a
spokesman claimed that a harvest of 20 to 25 bushels would
be a “lucky” average.
David Klingemian of Klingerman’s Mill, Bloomsburg,
described the crop in his area as being very poor and that
some fields “look more like timothy hay than wheat. One
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proudly pointed out: Lancaster County could have two men
at the Nationals this year if Becker wins the state contest
since Burkhart is already scheduled to go.
Burkhart, 1030 Silver Springs Rd., Lancaster, finished his
contoured plowing with 544 points - well ahead of second
place finisher Robert Hershberger, Quarryville R 2, who had
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Blacksburg indude: Gary
Akers, Kerry Boyd, Ephrata
Ri; Dale Burkhart, Denver
Rl; and Richard Groff, of 37
Quany Road, Leola. They
are members of the Lan-
caster County Cooperative
Council. Groff will be
concerned, the dynamics of
supply and demand are still
uncertain, so as yet it is hard
for local growers to predict
Berks Jr. Holsteins 70
Facts for dairymen 73
FTC hearings 74
Chester DHIA 78
Lebanon DHIA 80
Public Sales Register 84
Sale Reports 91
$4.00 Per Year
sponsored to the A.I.C. by
Interstate Milk Producers
Cooperative,
Also named were Roberta
Ekdahl, of 1751 West
Strasburg Road, West
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what the price outcome will
be. However, two out of three
sources estimate that costs
will closely resemble last
year’s.
This is also a big weekend
for Silver Queen sweet com.
The crop will just be starting
and will get into full swing by
next week. All sources an
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