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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1960
Page
1
The Crop Report Service notes recent rains slowed spraying and vegetable planting, limited bee activity, and rotted seeds in fields. Erosion was reduced by light field traffic, oats and pastures grew rapidly, and much hay went to silos as southern county crops faced delays.
Forecasts show daytime highs 0 to 5 degrees above normal with cooler days Saturday and Monday and a mild spell Tuesday or Wednesday. Local rainfall 0.83 inch last week, total precipitation near two inches for the season. 4-H and community club meetings listed with times and venues across Penryn, Lititz, and Manheim area.
Elder Charles Ressler moved to Holtwood R2 farm in the mid 1930s amid severe erosion. Conservation practices such as contour stripping sod waterways cover crops and terraces halted runoff and built soil fertility. By 1943 Hershey Ressler finished school and the brothers expanded to over 300 acres focusing on peas tomatoes grains and livestock.
Census figures for 1959 list Garden Spot county farmers earning $129.14 million gross with $23.29 million from milk sales and $22.43 million from dairy cows. Eggs and other livestock follow as major income sources. Total gross income rose by over $7 million from 1958.
The 1960 Lancaster County corn demonstrations are planted on two farms. Plot one lies on Richard Hess’s Strassburg farm, plot two on Leroy Rutt’s Elizabethtown R1 property. Harry Sloat, associate county agent, has led the demonstrations for 11 years, with Dutch Bucher guiding before him.
Two $150 scholarships for Penn State sophomores are offered by the Pennsylvania Association of Soil Conservation District Directors. Amos H. Funk, chairman of the Lancaster County Soil Conservation District, says awards go to two conservation majors such as agronomy or forestry.
The Pennsylvania Crop Reporting Service reports April hatch of egg and broiler chicks fell 23 percent from April 1959, the smallest April hatch since 1941. Broiler type output dropped 16 percent, egg type down 28 percent, with U.S. broilers off five percent and eggs down about 2 percent. May first incubator eggs set in major states rose 13 percent from last year.
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