ontacts inued from Page Al) , will be holding a no comparison study this ime 10 or 15 farmers. >rs must be willing to - plot on their farms 'ther com acreage that under conventional will permit a direct comparison. The District with soil tests, recommendations, of its no-till planter, oper. adjustment ions. -- things we want to be the wetness of the soil idue areas,” Stauffer rant to make sure the mmmm \&/'j yt^X **&* M "'*->Dy^ %%. ■ 'f-& ft- ;'x v - ••' > We ' ■ . v. <''» - * s*,. it ■/ y-< ' V*" best qt# * /'V? s ; ✓' * Deamff gf Qulitv .» “*<• ground will roll in planting and give proper seed covering.” Two and possibly three no-till planters will be available in the District’s normal no-till program. Again, here district personnel will aid with planter adjustments and otlier management recom mendations. . on Pages D 2 and 3 LANCASTER Interested in detailed PIK data for Penn sylvania? A county-by-county breakdown of PIK acres for wheat, com and , sorghum and oats and barley can be found on Pages D 2 and 3. Find out where the crops won’t be this year. - -o" ■!W* »S - x . 'l,-i , ''s' N County PIK data '•jV &'■ wmTmmvfr ' < i$S-‘ LANCASTER A community meeting for the purpose of organizing a new Grange to serve . Paradise and surrounding com munities will be held for area residents on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at the Paradise Township Municipal Building, located on route 741 and Blackhorse Road, four miles east of Strasburg. The Grange is a family-oriented rural farm organization winch serves as a legislative voice for agriculture and rural Penn sylvania and as a hub for com munity service activities. State Grange Master Charles "5'" v #£' /I*!/* '}\ * %r ; £. v> 't. Paradise eyes new grange Wismer, along with Lancaster County Grange leaders will be in attendance to explain Grange programs and to discuss with community leaders and residents the feasibility of starting a new Grange in Paradise. All area residents are invited to attend, and refreshments will be served. Last April, a new Grange was organized in Elizabethtown. In creased interest in Lancaster County has prompted the State Grange to Investigate the possibility of organizing another Grange to serve farmers and rural people in the Paradise-Strasburg '' '7-stA& •"**4& i' *s&£"'£'' s %i< * % ;V| /si ; ,'yX%> V \ > Xi-y v / '' \ s'* Y>V 4 - > ;V v ? r v / V s >i. X '•' 4 'Ss * <£, i- v N ''', t C ''SsV' y& iv x s - -r« / Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 9 f 1953—A37 area. Lancaster County currently has three Granges totaling 100 members, including Fulton, Colerain and Elizabethtown. In Pennsylvania, the rural farm organization boasts 43,000 mem bers, making it the single largest rural organization in the Com monwealth. Nationwide mem bership totals4so,ooo. For further information on the community meeting or on the Grange, contact Dottle Stauffer, (717)540-2900. 1 NORTHAMPTON I FARM BUREAU CO-OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION I TATAMY, PA ★ FEED, SEED CHEMICALS ★ LIME AND FERTILIZER CUSTOM APPLICATION TEXACO PETROLEUM PRODUCTS iriTV LAWN & GARDEN EQUIPMENT EASTON 21H58-2871
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