0t6)« 1 ? ” LlBkl|v" (V S iSo2 ' l VOL. 35 No. 27 NEW PROVIDENCE (Lan caster Co.) —Because of the ear ly break in the weather, Lancas ter County’s famous cash crop, tobacco, got a head start this year along with other field crops. Reports from farmers indicate that some tobacco has already W. Va. Fruit Research Station Develops New Varieties ANDY ANDREWS Lancaster Farming Staff KEARNEYS VILLE, W.Va. And you thought growing peach trees took a long time. It takes even longer to breed peaches. From the time a species Livestock Auctions Are Living History VERNON ACHENBACH, JR. Lancaster Farming Staff VINTAGE (Lancaster Co.) Perhaps no other aspect of rural life is more poignant than the changing direction of marketing livestock. Just how long livestock auctions can viable in light of the changing farm scene is hard to predict According to one man who has seen the changes for more than a quarter century, the survival of jhese historic and culturally signif icant landmarks depends on the survival of a certain type of farmer 50$ Per Copy been planted in the Quarryville and Ephrata areas. But not all tobacco seed beds are created equal this year. Donald Rohrer, Strasburg, said farmers who planted their seed dry in March were caught in ot peach, nectarine, or other fruit tree is hand-pollinated in the field until the fruit is weighed at the grocery store often takes as long as 25 or 30 years. But it’s all part of the job for the fruit scientists based in this small town located southeast of Martins upon whose patronage these auc tion bams exist To John Zimmerman, director of the livestock division of the state agriculture department the apparent course of local livestock U.S. Ag Secretary Names Members To Dairy Board WASHINGTON. DC-Secretary of Agriculture Clayton Yeutter re cently announced the appointment of 11 new members and one in cumbent to the National Dairy Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, May 19,1990 those five or six days of record high temperatures. And some of the seed didn’t sprout. County Agent Jay Irwin said the good weather has brought all the crops on about 10 days ear lier this year. As for crop acres, burg. The Appalachian Fruit Research Station (APRS), directed by the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS), is one of 120 ARS locations. Totalling 500 acres, more than 250 acres of land are planted with apples, peaches, pears, appricots. auctions is a saddening picture that reflects an irreversible change in agricullurally-dependent living. Today the auctions are still cen tral to business by certain factions (Turn to Pag* A 36) Promotion and Research Board for three-year terms beginning May 1 . Newly appointed are: (region 2) (Turn to Pag* A2B) Four Sections Irwin said, “I have not heard much about farmers wanting to cut back. So I expect we will have about the same number of acres as last year.” On the Harold S. Hess Farm in New Providence Monday and plums. A staff of 21 includes agronomists, research horticultur ists, and a molecular biologist Cold spring Because of the excessively cold spring this year, many Northeast fruit trees were damaged. Orchar- The newly crowned Berks County Dairy Princess Suzann Moyer Is the daughter of Karen and Ray Moyer, the mana gers of Junge Farms. Turn to page A 38 to read more about the pageant. 515.00 Per Year afternoon, son bale was spray ing the tobacco beds with a fun gicide. These three beds of plants looked very good. The Hesses expect to plant about 14 acres this year. And they supply plants for neighbors too.' Photo by Everett Newswanger dists and other fruit growers look to some of the multidisciplinary research this station performs for local extension offices and, ulti mately, the fruit farmer. Because of the frost, research is in “full bloom,” as it were, on plant phys- (Turn to Pag* A 32)
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