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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1960
Page
1
Secretary Henning to chair Farm Safety Week in Pennsylvania. William L. Henning state secretary of agriculture accepted the Pennsylvania Safety Council request to lead Farm Safety Week, to run July 1 through 30, urging all Pennsylvanians to join in building a safer farming decade with the theme Enjoy Farm Life Practice Safety.
A county calendar lists swine shows at James Martin farm and other venues, 4-H club meetings, FFA hosts and guests, a Northeast Regional Fly-in at Kennett Square, Holstein Day events, a breeding sale at Martin Se Barn Blue Ball, and plowing contests with dates, times, and locations across Lancaster area communities. Key sites include Warwick High School, Penryn Grove, Quarryville Spanish Town, and Blue Ball.
Dairymen from Lancaster County Pennsylvania and Lancaster New York joined Western New York Holstein Club members in Garden Spot County as Lancaster County Holstein Club hosted its annual tour in the Empire State. About 48 dairy men and families stopped at Henry Kettering’s Lititz farm, greeted warmly by the Ketterings.
Agent Harry Sloat warns bagworms in Lancaster County are increasing in size strength and appetite. Apply mala thion promptly using one pint liquid or three pounds of 25 percent wetable powder per 100 gallons of water and cover all foliage for full control.
An anonymous donor contributes eight acres of land and 100000 dollars to build an Agriculture Center for the county. The project will be on Arcadia road near the 230 By-pass and serve 40 farm organizations with an auditorium dining hall and educational facilities.
Lancaster County Swine Breeders Association hosts a gilt sale and field day at James Martin farm East Earl Ri today. Judging splits into adult men women and under 16 with prizes for top scorers in each group. Contest starts 10 am followed by a picnic lunch and a PSU specialist visit in the afternoon.
T Robert Terrill, agronomist at the Southeastern Penna Fields Crop Research farm near Landisville, discusses Bel 2-69, a new tobacco variety resistant to Wildfire Mosaic and possibly root rot. The strain has performed well in two years of tests and may be released next spring despite company resistance.
Washington Boro tomato growers told researchers they struggle to obtain quality early plants as weather worsens yields. Amos Funk of the State Vegetable Growers Association urged early sturdy varieties and easier field planting, warning that cracked fruit harms the cooperative market. Heisey grows about an acre of staked tomatoes.
The Lancaster County Poultry Tour is set for August 3 with touring poultrymen and families meeting at Lampeter Community Area at 8 am. They will travel by bus or car to Mark Myer's home, who runs 24,000 broilers and roosters in a concrete block house and remodeled barn. Visitors will view thermostat controlled fans bulk feed handling and automatic feeding and watering.
The Lancaster County Holstein Breeders announce their annual Field Day on Tuesday July 26 1960 at Clarence Keener farm Manheim D 3 one mile east of the Asbestos plant. Dairy judging starts at 10:00 a.m. with three divisions Juniors Ladies and men. Afternoon program begins 1:30 p.m. with Mr Stanley Wright manager of Great Brooks.
Colerain Grange in Colerain Township proposes a Community Development Project to enlist citizens in making the area safer. Planners aim to build a cistern for fire fighting in the Kirkwood area with guidance from Henry Martin and Quarryville Fire Company Chief Glenn Hassell.
Five day outlook shows temperatures near normal to four degrees above normal with nightly lows around 66 and highs near 87. Weekend cooling is likely followed by midweek warming. scattered showers expected early in the week with totals under 0.12 inch. July temperatures so far run about two degrees below normal.
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