■no .mso
|S "frost" was ready heavy on the pumpkins at
Stas’ Farm Markets along Rt. 501 on Wed-
Say morning. The freak snow storm that hit the ~~
Bieast broke Lancaster County’s record for the'
Best snowfall. The previous record was Oc-
Wet weather may have
lowered State’s com yield
■SHEILA MILLER
HfZ - Sections of
Hlvania werehard hit
Hun off and on over the
■wo weeks. Isolated
Hof hail and heavy
Hours have damaged
Hand made harvesting
Htlantmg difficult, or
B impossible.
Bm Saturday, Sep-
Br 29 to Monday, Oc-
H 1, the southeast
Bed 2.7 , inches of
B,” reported Gordon
■ of the Mdlersville
■ College Weather
■u. During the month of
Hr, it has rained every
Hay, for a total of 2.59”
Hen days. This
Htation included the
■ which fell on Wed-
H- Other local reports
n this issi
ial __lo
bed ads 53
stead notes 90
Rooking 93
women’s calendar 95
on the Range ' 96
Bupp 100
women societies 101
■estnctions 102
i have you heard 103
3o.PFA 106
dm fair 120
on Co. DMA 13#
1 horse show 152
gave .measured ramfall
rangingfrom 34 inches.
These areas 6f isolated
downpours have affected
farmers throughout the
southeast. Most of the fields
have been saturated and
farmers have not been able
to get into the fields to plant
their winter grains or har
vest corn for silage. The
final impact this wet
weather may have on
soybean and grain corn
yields remains to be seen.
Glen Smith, statistician
for the Crop Reporting
Service of the Pa. Dept, of
Agriculture, reported that as
of September, the yield for
held corn grain for 1979 was
identical to that of last year.
He noted that in the state,
there were 1490,000 acres of
com planted for gram. The
estimated yield was 95
rjpshels per acre, or
v rn, 050,000 bushels.
- Statewide, there was an
increased number of acres
planted for com. In 1978,
fanners planted 1,615,000
acres-of field com; this year
1,640,000 acres were planted.
-According, to the PDA,
fanners did not report any
intended increase in the
acreage planted for grain;
Therefore, the increased
acreage must be in com
planted for silage.
There were no available
Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, October 13,1979
tober 19, 1972. This same snowstorm dropped a
foot of snow irt ; West Virginia, v %Sf»d gave the
residents of northe>n Virgihia eight inches ofsnoW '
to shovel. - - - -" j- • -
- - -—,
statistics on com yields for
silage this year over last
year. However, in 1978,
farmers planted 410,000
acres of com for silage.
Farmers in the northeast
have been reporting that
even before this wet Fall
LITITZ—Curt Harler, RD
2 Lewisberry, is the new
editor of Lancaster Far
ming.
Curt comes to Lancaster
Fanning from Pennsylvania
Farmer magazine where he
worked as assistant editor,
associate editor, and most
recently managing editor.
A 1971 graduate of Penn
State, he holds a Bachelor of
Science degree in general
agriculture and a Bachelor
of Arts in journalism. He
earned his Master’s degree
at Ohio State in agricultural
economics and rural
sociology.
A native of Bucks County,
Curt is married to the
former Marjorie Me-
Monigle. They have two
daughters, Jennifer Ann and
Rebecca.
Curt is active in many
farm organizations in-
weather set in, they were
experiencing about 15 per
cent production loss in com
yields. Now, with the wet
conditions keeping them out
of the fields, die loss is ex
pected to go higher still.
(Turn to Page 22)
Curt Harler joins staff
eluding the Master Com
Growers Association, Penn
sylvania Forage and
Grassland Council, the state
Farm Equipment Manufac
turers Association and
others.
“Lancaster Farming will
continue to recognize the
farmer as its first and
foremost customer,” he
said. “We intend to inform
our readers about the weekly
news of farming.
“We will continue to pro
vide up-to-date market in
formation. And Lancaster
Fanning will champion the
farmer’s cause editorially in
matters of farm policy,
legislation, taxation, and
other areas of rural in
terest.”
Curt brings with him a
wide and diverse
background both in
agriculture and in Jour-
Kauffman and
Keener share
dairy titles
MANHEIM - The
Manheim Holstein show was
swept by two young men who
work and compete with each
other. Steve Kauffman, the
17 year old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Kauffman, R 1
Elizabethtown, captured the
grand champion breed
laurels, while Arlen Keener,
the Kauffman’s herdsman,
took the reserve honors and
swept the grand fitting and
showing honors.
Steve Kauffman’s four
year old, “Pennsprings R.
Maple Dimples,” took top
Md. co-op told
plant back on track
-A-rv'
By JOYCE BUPP
Staff Correapondcnt
NEW PARK—The inood
was cautiously optimistic as
officials of the Maryland
Cooperative Milk Producers
began their, series of 14
district meetings this week.
York County’s District 7
dairymen-members met
with the Baltimore milk
market administrators
during a dinner and business
session at the Centre
Presbyterian Church on
Wednesday evening.
Of major interest to
members was the situation
at Holly Milk, the
manufacturing processing
plant jointly owned by
nalism. He is a member of
Alpha Zeta honorary
agricultural fraternity.
While living in Ohio he work
ed on a large hog and grain
operation.
Curt Harter
$7.00 Per Year
honors. Being rated very
good in the Holstein records,
it has always placed first in
its class. Most recently,
Kauffman earned the grand
championship of the Pa.
Junior Dairy show’s FFA
competition.
Last year the female was
chosen reserve champion at
the FFA regional show in
Kutztown.
“Pennsprings " Ruffian
Sadie”, a junior yearling,
also owned by Kauffman
took the junior cham
pionship at the Manheim
(Turn to Page 19)
MCMP and sister
cooperative Interstate Milk -
Producers of Southampton.
A series of setbacks, in
cluding fire on April 21 in the
milk powder drying
equipment, has delayed
operation of the plant at total
capacity.
“We have asured our
customers that Holly Milk is
back,” emphasized Ralph
Strode, manager of MCMP.
According to Strode, most of
the major problems appear
to be history, with the plant
now running up to 97 percent
of operational capadty.
That Carlisle facility
should be showing a good
(Turn to Page 18)
He was feature editor of
the Penn State Daily Col
legian, wrote for the Ag Hill
Breeze, edited tbs Ohio State
Department of Education’s
newsletter and most recent
ly spent seven years cover
ing crops and farm news in
Pennsylvania, Maryland,
Delaware, New Jersey and
West Virginia.
His personal interests in
clude tennis, caving, moun
taineering, bicycling and
supervising his wife’s work
in Hie garden.
The Harler family plans to
relocate in Lancaster County
as , soon as possible,
preferably in the Lititz area.
He says he is looking for
ward to his work with Lan
caster Farming and
especially with the farm
community which be says he
always finds “interesting,
informative and exciting.”