94 —Lancaster Farming, Saturday. August 13. 1977 Hay to be expensive and scarce HARRISBURG - Penn sylvania’s dairymen will find hay expensive and hard to get, Dr. Richard Adams told a group of dairy ser vicemen here at the Host lim last week. Adams is a dairy Ex tension specialist from the Pennsylvania State University. He spoke at a day-long seminar for ser vicemen, such as feed and milking equipment salesmen, lenders, veterinarians and Extension people who work with dairy farmers. The meeting was co-sponsored by Penn State and PennAg Industries Association, a trade organization of some 440 Pennsylvania agribusiness firms. Appearing on the program Grange conference held MEXICO, Pa. - The seventh Annual Region G Youth Conference was held, August 7, at Mexico, Juniata County, Pa. Grange mem bers from Centre County filled the chairs for the af ternoon session, while members from York-Adams County closed the evening session. Over one hundred people attended. Those counties represented were: Centre, Dauphin, Cumberland, York-Adams, Juniata- Mifflin-Franklin, Perry, and Lower Northumberland- Snyder. The contest for Region G AUGUST is for Alfalfa - Topdress with 0-12-34 Check for Potato Leaf hopper MethoxychlorCygon available. Spray 3rd-4th Cutting as necessary. MH 30 Available for Tobacco. Limestone - Available for application after barley harvest. Tobacco - Look at our Solo Sprayers for use in Sucker Control. Seeds - Small Grain & Alfalfa available OPEN MON. THRU FRI. 8 to 4:30 CL6sED SATURDAY DURING JULY & AUGUST iyi BULK BLENDS ANHYDROUS AMMONIA 2313 Norman Rd., Lancaster, PA with Adams were Dr. Stephen Spencer, also a Penn State dairy Extension specialist, and represen tatives from PennAg and the Farmers Home Ad ministration. “A shortage of hay and other forages will extremely limit milk production in the state this year,” Adams said. “Dairymen who weren’t able to raise enough hay for themselves will be paying $lOO to $l2O a ton for hay from other people, if they can find it.” The University, Adams noted, had arranged to truck alfalfa cubes all the way from Wyoming to help feed the herds maintained by the College of Agriculture. This year’s hay crops have been hurt by bad prince, princess and young married couple was held with the winners being: Prince: Dick Riley, York- Adams County; Princess: Judy Stringer, Centre County; Young Married Couple: Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Zug, Juniata County. An apple and peach pie contest was held with the winners being for apple pie: 1. Ruth Creider, Snyder County; 2. Beatrice Weber, Centre County; 3. Virginia Campbell, Dauphin County. The peach pie contest winners were: 1. Ruth Creider; 2. Lesta Schrieber, ORGANIC PLANT FOOD CO. management and unusual weather conditions, Adams said. Damp, hot weather early In the growing season caused early maturing and a consequent loss in nutritive value for much of the state’s alfalfa crop. The protein content of many crops this year will be down by 25 to 30 per cent. More often than not, Adams said, farmers who tried to outwit the weather actually decreased the feeding value of their hay crops. “The most important consideration is to get the crop cut at the proper stage of growth,” he said. “Rain isn’t going to hurt hay as much as delaying the cutting date.” Adams cited one university study in which a Perry County; 3. Anna Sheesley, Dauphin County. A Dutch auction was held during the evening, with James Snyder as auctioneer. Proceeds of the auction will go to the National Grange fund for 1979, when Pa. will be host to National Grange in Lancaster. The evening session closed with a candle-lite service, led by Cumberland County. The Region 6. talent nite, in charge of Gladys Sheffer, Region G State Grange Lecturer’s Committee Member, will be held at Walker Grange Hall, Mexico, on October 1, beginning at 8 p.m. Pomona lecturers from the above named counties are asked to notify Mrs. Sheffer by September 24, if they have contestants to enter the regional talent. Features that are hard to beat at any price... and yet the cost per horsepower per pound is far below what you would expect A powerful four-cylinder diesel engine, eight-speed gear box that offers sixteen for ward and eight reverse speeds plus crisp, new styling aad up to quality, plus performance. I. G. AG SALES LEISERS, INC. 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