Al2—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 7,1981
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Farm
Calendar
Sunday, March 7
Philadelphia Flower Show opens,
Civic Center, 34th & Civic
Center Blvd , 10 a m-6 p.m ,
continues through next Sunday
Garden State Dairy Goat
Association meetmg, Somerset
County 4-H Center, Milltown
Road, Bridgewater Twp
Monday, March 9
Home vegetable gardening, 7 30
p.m., Farm & Home Center,
Lancaster
Direct marketing meeting,
Community Room, Boscov’s
Shoppmg Mall, Selmsgrove
Hedging workshop, 9 a m.,
Founders Hall, Hershey
Sheep & swine meeting,
Flemmgton, Hunterdon County,
N J. extension center, 8 p.m.
Tuesday, March 10
Sheep producers workshop, Penn
State campus, concludes
tomorrow
Direct marketing meeting,
Ramada Inn, Chinchilla.
Cedar Crest FFA annual banquet,
7.30 pm , Middle School
Hedging workshop, York Ex
tension Office, Pleasant Acres,
9a.m
What’s New in Farm Equipment
meeting, 8 p.m, Myersdale
High Vo-Ag Room
Soybean, sunflower, sorghum,
Valley Bank & Trust, 11 a.m.,
Shippensburg
Farm Supply quality control
meeting, Ephrata Area Young
Farmers, 7.45 p m , high school
ag classroom
Adams County farm forum, Ipm,
York Springs Fire Hall
Hunterdon County, N J , pesticide
applicators teaming, 8 pm,
Extension Center, Flemington,
N.J
North Jersey fruit growers, 9 a.m ,
Watchung View Inn, Rt 206,
Pluckemm, N J.
Lebanon County Extension annual
meeting, 7 p.m , Schaef
ferstown Fire Hall
Wednesday, March 11
American Park Congress, Kansas
City, Mo, continues through
Friday
Regional celeiy groweis, 1.30
p m , Farm and Home Center.
Lancaster
Pa. turkey conlerence, Keller
Bldg, Penn State, concludes
tomorrow.
Kent & Sussex Co DHIA annual
meetmg, 7 p.m, Felton, Del
Fire Hall
Southeast Pa forage meeting, O J
Roberts High, Bucktown
Milk processors meeting, 6pm.,
Holiday inn, King of Prussia
Hedging workshop, Valley Bank,
Shippensburg, 9am
York County Farmers Union
meetmg on ag districts, 7.30
p.m., Pleasant Acres
Adams County sheep meeting,
Extension Office, Gettysburg,
7.30 p.m
Brecknock Twp zoning hearing,
7:30 pm., Bowmansville
Elementary School
Thursday, March 12
Greenwood Farmers Woodland
Management meeting, 7.30
p.m , Greenwood H S Library
Farm transfer meeting, 7 30 p m.,
Farm & Home Center
Butterfat test meeting, Berhn-
Brothersville High cafeteria, 8
p.m
Garden Spot FFA annual banquet,
7 p.m, Lampeter-Strasburg
High School cafeteria
Montgomery County extension
annual meeting, 6 15 p.m.,
Christopher Dick High School,
Kulpsville
Friday, March 13
Red Lion Young Farmers banquet,
St John’s United Church of
Christ
Bradford Co Jersey Cattle Club,
North Towanda Methodist
Church
Manheim FFA annual banquet, 7
p m , Ruhl’s United Methodist
Church.
Somerset County Holstein Club
annual meeting, 7pm, Berlin
Community Bldg
Pa Egg Marketing Assn meeting,
7 p.m, Sheraton-Conestoga,
Lancaster.
Saturday, March 14
Adams Co Beef Producers Beef
Ball, Inshtown Fire Hall, 6 p.m.
Lancaster County FFA poultry
contest, 9am, Weaver Quality
Eggs
Delaware 4-H horsemanship clinic,
8 a m., Del State Fairgrounds,
Harrington
Delaware to hold several farm meetings
NEWARK, Del Now is the
tune of year for meetings The
Delaware Extension Service and
local dairy industries have
Letters To
The Editor
Dear Editor,
I’m finally getting around to
writing this one month after the
article on tfte f arm miow steers
was pi inted Januai y 24
As a Sunmental breeder and
mother of a 4-H’er, I have to ask
why should there be a weight
limit' There should be a fat limit
but not a weight limit. Why should
a kid be penalized because his
steer grew fast and big as long as
he grades' Why should a kid have
to coast a steer at all ’
Several years ago, my son
showed a crossbred Sunmental
steer to reserve champion He
weighed 1300 lbs. at 15 mos and
graded high good. If he could have
gone on beyond the weight limit 1
have no doubt he would have
graded choice.
Isn’t the 4-H program supposed
to teach kids how to raise beet to
make a profit' Well, it nobody else
can see that getting a 1300 pounds
• zoo animal’ to market in 15
months with a 65 percent yield isn’t
better than getting an 1100 pound
one in 18 months, 1 sure can'
And, I have noticed lately in the
market reports in the Lancaster
Farming that Fatty Herefords
are knocked down $1 to $2 a hun
dred'
Donna Gosnell
Reisterstown, Md.
It meets the changing needs of most soils and supplies
the ratio of Nitrogen, Phosphate and Potash .to maintain a
favorable plant-nutrient balance for top grain and forage
production
Pelleted UNIPEL 21-7-14 is an ideal fertilizer for the grower
who wants a Uniform Single Application of a complete
fertilizer on corn in Spring or Fall It’s especially good for
programming high yield corn for gram, or for silage, and for
corn/soybean rotations
Ortho
FERTILIZERS
Helping the World Grow fetter
scheduled several events for this
month and March
George Haenlein, extension
dairy specialist at the University
of Delaware, says meetings are
more than just gatherings; they
provide opportunities for farmers
to increase their education and
receive new ideas
Haenlein says dairy farmers
should be aware of these upcoming
events.
March 10 Tour of the Mason
Dixon farm in Pennsylvania to see
the biogas facilities
Biogas is fuel made from the
methane in manure. This gas can
be used to power tractors, heat
homes, and to generate electricity.
March 28. Open house at the Ed
Fry farm near Galena, Md, to
view new milking and waste
disposal methods.
The Dairy Herd Improvement
Association has also scheduled
several meetmgs in March which
will survey the progress of dairy
farms in the state:
March 3: Annual meeting of the
New Castle County DHIA in
Pencader Grange in Glasgow at
7 00 p.m.
March 11 Kent rountv and
Elanco to offer welding class
BLUE BALL The Eastern
Lancaster County Adult Farmer
Program will offer a five week arc
welding course to interested
persons.
Instruction for the course was
developed by the Lincoln Welding
Company and is for non-welders,
beginning welders and other
welders who are interested in
improving their welding skills.
Instruction will cover welding in
the horizontal, vertical, and
overhead positions Welding of
various types of metal, cutting,
brazing, soldering, and hard-
Let’s talk about it
Come in and see us soon
P. L RODDER 8 6RO. INC.
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SMOKETOWN, PA
PH 717-299-2571
TMs ORTHO CHEVRON and desi*n UNIPEL Rej US Pat Off CHV 578 IB
Sussex County DHIA meeting in
Felton Fire Hall at 7.00 p.m
March 14 to 22. National Annual
DHIA meeting Tour of California
dairy farms, and a look at leading
dairy herds in the United States.
Programs have also been
scheduled for young farmers.
Regional Virginia Polytechnic
Institute and State University 2-
day educational workshop. An
opportunity for outstanding 4-
H’ers and FFA'ers in the five-state
region to attend classes and
practice sessions on dairy
reproduction, including AI. and
ova transplant
Five students from Delaware
were chosen to attend the VPI
workshop this year: Lee Emerson,
Middletown, Susan Blendt,
Townsend; Susan Deputy, William
Penn High School FFA; Doug
Cavender, William Penn High
School FFA; and Maurna Haven,
also of William Penn High School
FFA. They will be accompanied by
Herman Cook, adult 4-H leader
from Newark
For further information about
any of the meetings, contact any
Delaware county extension agent
surfacing with the arc welder will
also be included in the course.
Classes will be held in the
Vocational Agriculture Shop at
Garden Spot High School Wed
nesday evening starting March 25
from 7.30 p.m. to 9.30 pm.
The class will be limited to the
first 18 persons registered.
A small fee will be charged to
cover the cost of materials.
Anyone interested in learning to
arc weld should contact Bob An
derson at the Union Grove School
by phoning 215/445-5041
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