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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1963
Page
1
Readable fragments show a County 4-H Leaders Banquet scheduled at Hostett Banquet Hall Mount Joy at 4:30 pm with a later start at 7:30 pm. A County fruit Towers association reorganize meeting is planned at the Cooperative Building with continued notes on page 2454.
The Soil Conservation Service assisted the Lancaster County Soil Conservation District in a year of meetings, a plowing contest, field day and multiple projects. It delivered 1160 conservation planning services, 166 landowners used practices, 24 consultations on soil and water measures, and aided 396 farmers in conservation work. It handled 73 requests from the Agricultural Stabilization Conservation Service.
Martin Wuth, Work Unit Conservationist in Lancaster County, reflects on 28 years with the Soil Conservation Service beginning in 1933. He recalls farmers’ initial fears, early crooked crop strips, and steep terraces tamed by now outdated methods, noting progress in practical practices.
James Eakin of Pennsylvania State University told about 200 county farmers at the Soils and Crop day that up to 100 pounds of actual nitrogen per acre on Redcoat wheat can be applied without lodging, with 60 pounds per acre likely paying for fertilizer. Barley should avoid topdressing due to lodging risk. Penn State trials also found nitrogen on corn shows little yield difference across application methods. The meeting was sponsored by the county extension service.
Temperatures over the next five days average three to seven degrees below normal with nights near 28 and afternoons around 46. Little day to day change is expected. Up to 14 inches of melted precipitation possible as snow early today Sunday and late Monday, then snow or mixed precipitation again Tuesday.
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