and Southeastern Pennsylvania Areas - Also Maryland , New Jersey and Delaware VOL 23 N0.« 4 2- Ag Progress Days begin Tuesday UNIVERSITY PARK - “Every dollar invested in agricultural research and education this year will return $4.30 over the next 13 years from increased har vests. If you want to see some of your invested dollars at work, visit Penn State’s Ag Progress Days Tobacco looks great, but curing worrisome LANCASTER - Lan caster County’s 1978 tobacco crop looks good so far but just how good it will be will depend on curing weather. Farmers in the area began cutting tobacco this week, and everyone whom Lan caster Fanning contacted gave favorable reports. York County 4-H’ers turn in championship performances By JOYCE BUPP Staff Correspondent STATE COLLEGE - In a tribute to long hours of practice in barnyards and packing houses, York County’s 4-H livestock and meats judging teams departed Penn State last week with the top state titles Peach harvest low in numbers, hurt by hard Winter and Spring By KENDACE BORRY LITITZ The peaches may be bigger, better, and more juicy this year, but there sure aren’t many of them. That’s the opinion of peach growers throughout the Lancaster Farming area. “They’re beautiful,” is the Farm Calendar 10 Editorials 10 Tested boar sale 19 Cattlemen’s Day 25 Dallastown dairy show 29 Kutztown sheep show 36 Carlisle sheep show 42 Jerry Webb 46 Dallastown beef show 48 Joyce bupp 49 FFA Star Farmer 51 August 22 to 24,” says Dr. J.M. Beattie, Dean of the College of Agriculture. “Research has already doubled U.S. crop yields from levels of 25 years ago. Now our scientists must do it again by the year 2009 if we are to meet worldwide agricultural production Their chief concern is that good curing weather will be foi±hco.nte^l^d !a nd often wet weather of recent weeks could damage what has thus far been an out standing crop. Donald Rohrer, Strasburg, who has 30 years of ex perience growing tobacco and an impressive batch of individual awards. The senior meats judging team repeated the winning performance of last year’s team, which ultimately claimed national honors. Teammates on this year’s winning meats foursome are Brenda Waiters, AirviUe Rl, way Richard Haas, of Cherry Hill Orchards, New Danville, put it. “The size is extra good, and so is the color and the flavor There just aren’t a lot of them.” The orchardist went on to relate that he expects to see less than half of his normal crop this year. The reason 111 this iesuc Classifieds 53 Homestread Notes 90 Home on the Range 94 Doris Thomas 95 Jr. Cooking Edition 96 Farm Women Calendar 97 Ida’s Notebook 97 Kendy’s Kollumn 102 Carlisle dairy show 104 Champion Holstein show 108 4-HFashion Revue 112 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 19,1978 demands,” Dr. Beattie added. Many of Penn State’s contributions to scientific methods of agricultural production will be on display during the three-day event to be held at the Rock Springs Agricultural Research (Turn to Page 20) and had his entries selected as champions at both the Lancaster-- County, ppr' Pennsylvania ** Toßacci. shows, noted that he has never seen a tobacco crop grow as well as this one did. He is cautiously optimistic, however, about what he’ll (Turn to Page 24) Chris Sunday, York R 4, Steve Trostle, Red Lion R 2, and Lisa Dobrosky, Glen Rock R 2. Meat judging members also captured high in dividual honors in several categories. Chris Sunday placed (Turn to Page 27) for the largely reduced number of peaches is due to weather. “We had a really bad Spring and Winter,” he explained. “And that is what hurt the crop.” He noted that the quality of the peaches is so excellent i (Turn to Page 25) Dallastown sheep show 113,162 Carlisle hog show 120 4-H Camp 128 Top Holstem sires 134 Maryland dairy day 144 LeHi financing <■' 145 Guernsey field day 146 Extension agents honoredl4B Md. Ag Field Day 149 Lebanon livestock sale 159 There’ll be lots to see at the 1978 Ag Progress Days, the largest outdoor agricultural exhibition in the East. In ibis special preview issue, we have featured numerous articles about the “ag progress” that’s waiting for you at Penn State Univer sity’s research farms,' west of State College. The Psnn State’s AG PROGRESS DAYS August 22-24, 1978 Rock Springs Agricultural Research Center I following is a guide to Ag Progress articles printed in this edition of Lancaster Farming. Hay show 44 Soil conservation • 50 Construction equipment 50 Exhibitors list 98 Map of grounds 98 Schedule of events 99 Youth activities 99 $6.00 Per Year Plowing contest 99 Home of tomorrow 102 Ag Museum 106 Apple trees 118 Horticulture plantings 126 Insect Control 127 Sweet com 140 Tillage methods 141 Turnip and rape pasture 142 Wood for fuel 170 Safety ideas 171
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