Serving The Central and Southeastern Pennsylvania Areas * Also Maryland , New Jersey and Delaware VOL. 23 No LANCASTER - “A little bit of Country” was on display sit Park City Mall this week, including live animals from local farms. Monday was the grand opening of the agricultural show with exhibits of all types featuring activities in rural Lancaster County. Present for the opening The corn harvest is progressing favorably in most areas, but there are a few problems. Many are waiting for the crop to dry in the field to avoid costly drying. Moisture delaying promise of good com harvest By DIETER KRIEG LANCASTER The corn harvest is progressing slowly but surely. Reports from various portions of southeastern Pennsylvania indicate that the crop looks Poultrymen alerted to potential LT outbreak HARRISBURG With the arrival of cooler weather and a very recent history of disease outbreaks in southeastern Pennsylvania, the Bureau of Animal Industry in Harrisburg is issuing advice and caution notices con Pumpkin, squash harvest excellent By KEND ACE BORRY LITITZ “It’s just a good year for pumpkins and squash” is the way one grower put it. And other farmers echoed his thoughts. Shoppers given ‘a little bit of country 9 were, Secretary Kent Shelhamer, Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture; U.S. Congressman Robert Walker; Raymond Herr, Lancaster County Com missioner; Max Smith, Earl Newcomer, president of the Lancaster County Farmers Association; Richard Scott, Lancaster mayor, and Mr. and Mrs. Elvin Brenneman.- co excellent and yields are living up to expectations in most cases. Prices, however, aren’t where fanners with com to sell would like to see them. Several dealers in the By DIETER KRIEG Franklin Kreider, Lan caster, will start harvesting his Hubbard squash nest week, and he said the fields “look good.” “We had a lot of rain at the Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 21,1978 chairmen of the week-long* event. President Newcomer said the purpose behind the Park City exhibition “is to give our city ‘cousins’ a little taste of country life and the business of fanning.” Special events were scheduled for the entire week including a special visit by Betty Groff, author Lancaster County area quoted prices ranging from $2.20 to $2.35 per bushel, delivered to the mill. The Pennsylvania grain sum mary for southeastern Pennsylvania shows a range Vaccination of backyard flocks urged ceming laringotracheitis. They’re aimed at everyone involved in the poultry business, and backyard flock owners in particular. Dr. E.T. Mallinson, chief of the avian health division in the Bureau of Animal Industries, says that his department right times this season,” he noted. “There were no real problems, even the weeds were kept under control.” He stated that he expects to harvest for about three of “Good Earth and Country Cooking,” onPriday. Mayor Scott, speaking on behalf of the citizens of Lancaster, commented that the city folks were the far mers’ biggest supporters. Commissioner Herr remarked about how im portant farming is to the Garden Spot and that land use planning is vital for of $2.07 to $2.30 per bushel, with an average of $2.20. The major concern of the harvest in most areas is moisture. Much of the corn is still wet, and farmers who store their crop in shelled weeks, and his main concern will be possible frost damage. “If the temperature gets down to 25 or 26 degrees, the (Turn to Page 27) agriculture’s future. He asked the assembled far mers for advice and opinions on the matter. Walker said government policies are often well intentioned but derived from faulty information. He praised the Lancaster County Farmers Association for doing their part in promoting understanding. form are delaying the harvest in hopes of saving drying costs. In York County, however, the moisture concern may not be as significant as stalk rot and com borers, ae has compiled information regarding the disease and urges everyone to do his part in preventing outbreaks this year. Cases of laringotracheitis caused alarm in Lancaster County last year, where the disease affected an estimated (Turn to Page 33) In this issue Farm Calendar 10 Milkingcontest 30 NEMA president 36 YorkDHIA 38 Homestead Notes 50 Farm Women Calendar 53 Home on the Range 54 $6.00 Per Year He said: “People often have the best of intentions but the very worst ideas of what fanning is and how it should be regulated.” Speaking about farm productivity and problems, Shelhamer gave praise for efforts taking place both in the field and at promotional events such as was wit* nessed at Park City this week. cording to County Agent John Smith. He notes that stalk rot is as bad as he has ever seen it, and the com borer is the worst it has been in several years. He urges (Turn to Page 26) Joyce Bupp 57 Ida’s Notebook 58 Jr. Cooking Edition 60 Omelet making 62 Kendo’s Kollumn 64 Classifieds 65 Cumberland DHIA 127
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