VOL 28 No. 29 Pa. blue mold alert is issued LANCASTER - A Blue Mold alert has been issued for Penn sylvania. The disease - dreaded by Lancaster County tobacco growers - is reported as far north as Charlottesville, Va. “Blue mold really moved during the past week or so,” reports John Yocum, of the Penn State Southeast Research Farm. “it has moved out of Florida, up through the Carolines and is now in the southern part of Virginia. It’s in both beds and fields - wherever growers haven’t treated for it. ’’ The cool, wet weather this spring is ideal for it and local growers should be watching for it and taking appropriate action to guard against tt^Yocumsaid. The tobacco researcher makes the following recommendations: -Any grower who hasn’t treated his beds had better do so. • -If any grower is ready to set plants, the pre-plant field ap plication of Kidomil should be made. -And, if any growers are nearing the 70-day treatment limit gULheir seedbeds and will be still {mmng plants at that deadline, another treatment is due in the beds. For this treatment, use one teaspoon of Kidomil to 10 level tablespoons of Ferbam per six-foot by 100-foot bed. Yocum also said that he has become concerned about reports of plants being shipped in from the Carolmas for transplant in the local area. Some growers may be using such plants to attempt to push the (Turn to Page A 36) Rabies spread continues in Pa. Four Sections Elizabethtown FFA chapter members erect new livestock building at fairgrounds. Details on continuing fair expansion are featured in Section A. Want a good tip for dairy promotion Turn to Al 9 Laocaster Faming, Satarday, May 21,1983 Congratulations! You have just won $ for suggesting MILK with our meal. Thank you for your support. Mifflin County Dairy Promotion Council HARRISBURG - Farm livestock continue to fall prey to rabies as Uie spread of the disease continues' on the upswing in Pennsylvania. Thus far this year, there have been 39 reported cases of rabies in Pennsylvania, including a horse and a cow,-both in the Bedford County area. The fiedford-Fulton-Franklin counties area has been the hotbed of rabies this year with 24 cases in the three counties - nearly two thirds of those reported statewide. The three counties proximity to Maryland obviously is accountable for the numerous cases in Bedford, Fulton and Franklin. But the rabies numbers thus far in those three counties and throughout the Commonwealth are nowhere near the figures in Maryland and Virginia, where approximately 400 cases each have been reported to date in 1983. Bulk o! the cases are reported in racoons, which - In turn - can pass (Turn to Page A3l) v 18 get Farm, Home Center scholarships BY SALLY BAIR Staff Correspondent- LANCASTER Eighteen county high school seniors were awarded scholarships worth $750 each toward their freshman year in college by the Farm and House Foundation this week. Five were awarded to students majoring in agriculture, three to students majoring' in home economics and ten to students studying nursing. The scholarships are made available through a fund established by the late Elmer Espenshade and is supplemented by funds from the Farm and Home Board. They are awarded on the basis of financial need, scholastic achievement and leadership ability. Forty seniors applied for this year’s scholarships. Receiving agriculture scholarships are; f Elizabeth Chapman, 18, -daughter of Mr. and Mrs.-John Qhapman, Manheim RS, a senior Chamber plans tour of farms LANCASTER A busload of members of the Lancaster Chamber of Commerce and In dustry, including the Board of Directors, will tour four county farming operations on Tuesday. The tour begins at 7 a jit. with a poultry breakfast at the Farm and Home Center. County Extension Director Jay , Irwin will narrate the tour that will visit the ag operations of John Nissley, beef, Salonga; Sam Connelley, diversified, Lan disville; Glenn Snyder, poultry, Elm; and Mark Nestleroth and John Chapman, swine, Penryn. Each of the operators will ex plain their respective ag businesses to the group. The tour concludes with a pork luncheon at the Penryn Fire Hall. FFA’ers favor farm fences BY DICK ANGLESTEIN LAMPETER The hum and buzz of voices suddenly stilled as the judge entered the courtroom. The soft swish of his crisp, long black robe was the only discernible sound. Quickly and resolutely, he strode to the bench and in deep, S7.SO per year at Manheim Central High School. A six-year member of the Elm- Penryn 4-H Club, Elizabeth is currently serving as treasurer of that club and as co-president of 4-H County Council. She will major in forest science at Penn State University, hoping eventually to find employment with the National Forest Service. Timothy Hostetler, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jay Hostetler, Manheim Rl, is a senior at Hempfield High School. Timothy is vice-president of the marching band, president of the orchestra and had served as vice-president and treasurer of bis 4-H club. He will study animal husbandry at Penn State University. Dorothy Meyer, 18, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Meyer, Willow Street and is a senior at Penn Manor High School. Dorothy has served as secretary of her FFA Chapter for two years, received- the Keystone Farmer Degree is serving on the Penn sylvania Association of Farmer Cooperatives Board of Directors. She will study agri-business at Penn State University with the hope of working for a cooperative upon graduation. Marci Jo Mongeau, 18, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Francis Mongeau, Columbia, is a senior at Columbia High School. She is treasurer of the Future Homemakers of America, served as secretary and treasurer of her classes editor of the yearbook and served on student council. She will study forestry at Penn State University, with a goal of working in wildlife management. Dwight Rohrer, 17, is the son Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Rohrer, Manheim R 7, and is a senior at Hempfield High School. Daniel is treasurer of his church youth group and will study agri production at Hesston College in Kansas, hoping logo into farming. (Turn to Page A 26) authoritative tones started to deliver his decision. The courtroom audience, largely attired in country garb, hung on each word. The Judge bad a brief opening statement as a preamble to the decision: “It’s a privilege to preside over the first trial in history for alleged crimes against farm fences of the world. “And it’sagrave responsibility. “In this courtroom are the sons and daughters of some of the beet farmers in the world. “They have some of the sharpest minds that this community bee provided in its history of some a» years.” The audience lessened its ner vous fidgeting. Although the judge didn’t hawe ■' ■ (Turn to Page A 35)
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers