?,r—f?.er ,?.S l‘)0 ,y.Bbh'T ,jstnians'<l 14—Lancaster Farming, Friday, Oct. 25, 1957 W. P. Hanlin W. P. Hanlin To Manage New Farm Store W (Pete) Hanlin, Landisville lhas been named manager of a new sales and service store of the Minneapolis-Moline Co. to be opened tomorrow. The new stoie will be located opposite the Dutch Bowl on Route 222 south of Ephrata. Hanlin has been in the farm equipment business for several years in both sales and manager ial capacities A new branch office for the film was opened in March at Lemoyne, Pa, replacing o former distributor Minneapolis-Moline in one of the oldei epmpment manufactur ing firms in the nation, having started in 1825 It is now being reorganized after a recent change of ownership and control. Free refreshments and- door puzes will be offered tomorrow at the new store FORD’S Mi aPW TRACTORS Ford’s outstanding 2-p'ow tractors can pay off best for you in handling a wide variety of farm jobs at low cost. They’re big enough to handle all of your field work, and are highly versatile to fit into the many extra jobs around your farm. Come in and see for yourself! 600 SERIES —Thu is the newest version of Ford’s famous line of 4-wheel trac tors In the new Ford 600 Series Tractors you get much more in features and all around job performance. 700 SERIES - Ford’s full 2- M plow tricycle brings you the wj ability to handle either 2 |y or 4-row planting and culti- ml vating equipment It’* a real g performer for all types of M row crop farming. Ip Come In soon • . . ask for a demonstration New Holland Elizabethtown Farmers Supply Inc. Conestoga Farm Service Quarryville Ph. ST 6-2597 Haverstick Bros. Columbia Pike Benson to Visit 11 Tour to Last Over Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson announced that he is making a trip to 11 nations and Hongkong during the next three and a half weeks. He also will ad dress a meeting of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in Rome. “During this trip it is my prim ary purpose,” the Secretary said, “to observe first hand the results of our export program and to meet government officials and re presentatives of the trade. “We have just completed the most successful year in our his tory as an agricultural exporting nation. I am especially gratified by the fact a large increase in our commercial exports played an im portant part in our reaching this record level of exports. The pro ductiveness of the American farmer is such, however, that for the time being we are using sped al expoit programs which have been developed for the purpose of moving agricultural commodi ties into consumption in differen' areas of the world. Nearly all o' the countries I will visit have re ceived agricultural commodities under these programs. “I intend to observe the effect iveness of these programs and how they have benefited the coun tries concerned Our goal is the development of permanent com mercial maikets, and my staff and I will meet with government of ficials, representatives of U. S. firms engaged m foreign trade, and with the importers and pro cessors in each country to deter mine what moie we can do to ex pand our exports of farm pro ducts “Through these meetings we hope to bung back the type of -fot a ofi poa/&LAee-Fotd4 si,* &}>m*?oOAetoed Allen H. Matz Ph. AN 7-6503 Sander Bros. Ph. EM 7-1341 Lancaster Ph. EX 2-5732 Nations During Three Weeks THIS IS THE NATIONAL FFA band under the direction of Dr. Henry S. Brun ner, head of the department of agricul tural education, Pennsylvania State Uni versity. There were 116 boys in the band Denver Ph. EL. 4-8721 ONE HUNDRED FORTY BOYS from 36 states made up the FFA National Chorus. From this area, in the tenor section, were Gerald Greiner, R 4 Manheim, and Clyde giesnoilauA information needed to direct our program in the future. The ex pansion of commeicial markets for agricultural products is a long term process. Many countries that need additional imports of agri cultural products cannot at this stage of their development div ert financial resources from vital ly needed economic and industri al development to the import of additional consumer goods. Thus l^iniiiimtwimiiwiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiii (1 we arc making available the pro ducts of our American agricul ture under special programs to insure that they are used for the purpose for which they are pro duced. “It is our hope that through these programs we are establish ing the basis for a permanent ex pansion of world trade in food and fiber, and that this will bene fit not only countries receiving our products but will work for i the ultimate benefit of all agricul tural exporting countries. ' “In the interest of getting a complete picture, I am taking the following members of my staff I who have been actively working with the details of thes various programs: Reed A. Phillips, representing 41 states. The band per formed daily at the National FFA Con vention the American Royal Ball, and at the Saddle and Sirloin Club. (Photo by Ralp Bitler) Kreider, R 2 Quarryville. They were selec ted as chorus members in August follow ing auditions at FFA Week last June. (Photo by Ralph Bitler) Special Assistant to the Secretary Frank C. Daniels, General Sales Manager, Commodity Stabilize* tion Service; Gordon O. Fraser, Assistant Administrator, Market Development and Programs, Foreign Agricultural Service; Wilhelm Anderson, Director, Foreign Agricultural Analysis Division, Foreign Agricultural Service; Howard P. Davis, Deputy Director, Food Distribution Divi sion, Agricultural Marketing Ser- vice.” The secretary will address the FAO conference on Nov. 7, Ha had planned to attend both in 1956 and in 1955, but was unable to go to Italy at the times of the meetings.
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