AGRICULTURAL _ _ iL. 9 NO. 5 TOBACCO AND CORN CLUB WINNERS at the county 4-H club roundup on Tuesday are, left to right, Mark Nestleroth, Manheim R 3, Tobacco Filler cham pion; Randall Edwards, Ephrata Rl, Tobacco Wrapper champion, and Paul Trim ble, Quarryville Rl, corn champion. - '' - L. F. Photo. County Farmers Association Officers Confer In Washington WASHINGTON Have Lancaster County Farmers’ Association leaders were told 1 last week by the American Farm Buieau Federation that an all out effort wall be made to 'protect Type 41 tobacco from tariff cuts by placing it on the reserve list, meaning items not to be negotiated Headed 'by Harold Rohret, Lancaster, PFA State Board Member, J Robeit Hess. Strasburg, Lancaster County Farmers’ Association Presi dent, Noah W. Wenger, Ste vens; Clyde Wivell, Colum bia; and Herman A. Shirk, Quarryville, the Lancaster de legation met December 27 m Washington, D. C. with J. C, Farm Calendar Jan. 7 4:80 p.m. Lanc aster County Teachers of Vocational Agriculture meeting at Penn Manor High School, Jan. 8-7:30 —Co. 4-H coun cil meeting at the Farm Bureau Cooperative build ing, Dillemlle Pike, Lanc aster. Jan. 9 12 30 pm. County Tobacco C-rowers Association meeting and to bacco show at the Farm Bureau Cooperative Build ing, Dillemlle Pike, Lanc aster Bpm VSolanco Young Fanners class in the Sol anco High School. Sub- J&cl, short teim credit for farmers Jan 13-17 ■ — Pennsylvania (State Farm Show', Cameron and McClay Streets, Harns- Jmrg. Lynn, AFBF Legislative Direc tor, Herbert Hams, Assistant AFBF Legislative Director in charge of foreign trade: Rob ert Steele, PFA 'Resea'rch Di rector; and Hollis A Hatfield, PFA Administrative Secie tary “Not generallv known to Lancaster tobacco growers’’, said Hess, “is the fact that the recent hearings in Wash ington before the Trade In formation Committee were made possible bj the AFiBP”. The Administration’s trade bill of 1962 contained no “es cape clause" for distressed (Continued on Page 5) MEMBERS OF THE LANCASTER County Farm ers Association who were in Washington, D. C. last week to confer with American Farm Bureau Federa tion officials on the tariff hearings currently in pro gress. They are, front row, L. to R., J. Robert Hess, 'Strasburg, Lancaster County Farmers’ Association President; Harold Rohrer, Lancaster, PFA State Board Member; Clyde Wivell, Columbia. Back row, L. to R . Herbert Harris, AFBF Assistant Legislative Director, J. C Lynn,-AFBF Legislative Director; Noah W. Wen ger, Stevens; Herman Shirk, Quarryville; and Robert Steele, PFA Research Director, Camp Hill. Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 4, 1964 Trimble Wins Com Club Trophy Again Paul I) Trimble, Quarr.v ville Rl, picked up his fifth purple rosette in the Lancas ter County 4-H corn club com petition Tuesday Trimble, the 19 year old sou of Mr and. Mis Daniel Trimble, won the count! championship in 1956, 1959, 1960 and 1962 He won le serve champion honors in 1955, 1957, 1958 and 1961. Trimble, - a 1962 graduate of 'Solanco High School show ed 10 solid, uniform ears of Pioneer 3131 to (become the (Continued on Page 10) Disaster Committee Asks Emergency Status Review The Lancaster Countv ■drought Disaster Committee Thursday decided to request a disaster area rating for part of the County The request will he forwai ded to the state disaster com mittee m Harrisburg, along with a request for the com mittee to come here for on farm inspections to determine the need for emergency sta tus County Agent, Max M Smith 'a committee member, said the decision was reached Manheim Farm Bureau * Closing Is Announced Lancaster County Farm Bureau Cooperative Associa tion closed its Manheim Branch as ot January 2, piesi dent Willis Eshenshade told the approximately 600 patrons at the annual meeting m Sol anco High School, Quarryville Tuesdaj Esbenshade said the board of directors decided to con solidate the Manheim Lancaster branches since ap Two Members .Split Tobacco Club Awards County 4-H tobacco club honors were di\ided by two club members Tuesday at the annual roundup held at the Bayuk Cigar Company ware house, 850 N. Water Street, Lancaster Mark Nestleroth, Manheim Poultry Auction Will Continue Despite Loss Of Two Consignors Two of the major consign ers of broilers at the Lancas ter Poultry Center announced this week that they will not use the 'facilities of the week ly auction after January 20. Poultry Exchange Directors at a meeting Thursday night decided to continue the auc tion on a regular basis after the feed firms of Miller and Bushong of Rohrerstoy n and D E Horn and Companv of York notified the association of their decision to market hi oilers directly to a process ing plant A spokesman for the Poul try Exchange said the ■week ly auction will continue to op erate and has been gnen as surances b> bujers that Uie% will support the sales No changes m listing oi sales dates are anticipated A reliable source estimated that broilers from the two feed firms has made up 75 to 80 per cent of the con signments during the past $2 Per Year this week since a request for disaster rating tor the entire count} was refused in Septem ber. Smith said several re quests from faimeis an the northern section had promp ted the committee to meet and re-evaluate the situation. All the townships north of the Lincoln Highway from Lancaster to Columbia and noith of Rt 23 from Lancas tei to Xew Holland are in cluded in. the request, Smith said If the request is accepted (Continued on Page 12) pioximateh 75 per cent of tho hlanheim business is in bulk feed, most of it sold directly to the faim The county or ganization does not own the milling facilities at Manheim, but rents them from the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau Cooperative Association. He said, “We do not know how we could develop the limited location in a manner that (Continued on Page 12) R 3, 19 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Nestleroth, in his eighth year of tobacco club competition won the grand championship in the filler di vision of the show. Nestleroth is not a newcom er to the winner’s circle. He became the first exhibitor to take both filler and wrapper championships in 1959 Wiapper honors went to 15 year old Randall Edwards, son (Continued on Page 4) year. The exchange official said, the board feels there is still a need Jor -the auction and that it can render a real ser vice to the small, independent growers and. buyers. FIVE-DAY WEATHER FORECAST Temperatui cs during the next tixe dajs arc expected to average thiee to 10 de gree* aboxe the normal range of 30 in the afternoon and 34 at night, lattlc day to day change xxith mild tenipera t ii r e s Sunday through Tuesdaj, colder next Wednesdax. Some s n on Hurries are expected in the noithei-n area Satin day with more general precipitation falling a* rain Tuesday. Snoxv flurries are expected again on Wednesday.
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