__ MKiCUI'T-vai, /WS PfiKASVjLy 9 NO. 19 James 'L Anderson this week 'began work 'as USD A Mar ket News Seivice reporter at the Lancaster Union 'Stockyard NEW MARKET NEWS REPORTER, Jim Anderson, began duties this week The 32 year old former farm the Lancaster Union Stockyards. He comes to the Lancaster office of the ho> from Carbondale, HI, grad- SDA Market News Service from the East St Louis office He replaces Jim uated m the geneial agucul- Hara who was in charge of the office for the past 5 3/ 2 years L F Photo hue course at Southern Illinois University in 1954 and immedi ately went into the U S Air rt’etary Of Agriculture £ ounlyHog v 1 ops Upon release from the serv p || IT 1• • Ti a.■« r i ice he worked for three years LallS r Ol* Ulldllty rroffram Classes At I ork at the Illinois Fruit Growers I ® Exchange and other positions | Secretary of Agriculture, Le- mas tree growers, mushroom A Lancaster County hog grab- a n agri-businesses in Illinois |and Bull, this week called for growers and fruit groweis all hed off the grand championship For three years he was with |nore quality control programs want similar certification for banner in the carcass classes at the Federal-State Market News Kor faun products to meet their products. the York, County Market Hog Reporting Service where he re ompetition with foreign im- He said Pennsylvania must Show this week ported the Peoria market for &°ds> embark on a program of re- The 210 pound Yorkshire, the state of Illinois. I "Rather than complaining search, advertising, and pack- bred and shown by Willow Glen ,yp r pas t year j im |about the 10 per cent beef aging to sell the housewives in Farm, Strasburg El, dressed re norted the National Stock |coming into the country, we Europe some, of our farm pro- out'l67 pounds, had a 1.43 inch yards at East St (Louis Mo Imust make our products more ducts as they have been selling covering of backfat, 475 square f TT * L nr , v „ + Npws’ gttractlve in order to compete,” theirs here. inches of loin eye, 381 per r e told members and'farmer He called £oi study to try cent ham and loin, and meas- will replace Jim puests at a meeting of Lancas- to reduce some of the “dis- ured a whopping 33 75 inches "CHara, who was in charge or ter Rotary Club Wednesday m tance” between tne farmer and in length to top the 35 head the Lancaster office for the the Hotel Brunswick. - consumer. There is less than class. P 5% years OlHara has been He backed up his statements 0116 cent worth of corn in a Carcass hogs were evaluated J 1 * U.S.D.A. hy relating his experiences m -5 cent package of com flakes, Sunday on foot and judged Market News office at Kansas Europe last fall. He said, he said. “How much more can Tuesday on the rail. Sponsors "Emopeans told me, ‘We are come off the farmer’ Not much of the show in the Thomasville HMeclanfl getting our health programs in it must coine dll some other 'Livestock Auction pavilion was 1 ULUX C line with yours. Now what are things. How can we reduce the York County Swine Pro- Malrno Of you going to use for an excuse this distance between farmer ducers Association. ITIdIiCS iJWCCJI vl ,0 kee P our food out?”, and we and consumer?” Willow Glen 'Farm also had . , ~ + lir . going to have to do some- He called the reduced rail- the champion itrio off Yorkshires 3 ? - thing about it.” (Continued on Page 13) (Continued on Page 6) Farmers of America scored a Rnii j i clean sweep in the Yonk-Lan- ; milliou nearly 33 caster area ‘FFA public ’Speak :; the pefiKSia ac cer Victor Longenecker Is Honored and + p ft am ? lary - l ? t oce ' hut oion mogram The mo- r ,a v & * •t t t , dure contest Monday night has met with smh Hue- For 30 Years As 4-H Leader Gle f\ Weber, Mohnton E 2, cess - he said, that now Christ- repeated his placing m the The County 4-H Council this Lincoln, received pins for 20 county contest a week earlier week honoied Victoi Lohgen- years service, and 'Mis John as he beat out all competition ecker, 'Elizabethtown El, for Stonei, Quanyville Rl, was m the public speaking contest 30 years as a club leader honoied for 15 years with a talk called, “Disaster Longeneckei was piesented a .Scholaiships of $lOO were Looms Ahead” plaque at the annual 4H Lead- (Continued on Page G) The Grassland Paihamentary eis banquet Monday night at Procedure team again beat out Hostetter’s banquet hall. Mount r-, runner up Solanco, last yeai’s Joy He has served as a leader ViUemSeV 1 Olir state champions, for a shot at in the Ked Rose Baby ißeef v * 7 , , the aegional competition April and Lamb Club IS WCSK 21 at the Milleisville State Col , „, f „on o lege Wmnei an the iegioral an leader was pie- The bus for the al3l3ual tour contest will compete in the a ’„ta°a tn P lot, , oU R r pfnvnr of the Lancaster County Guer- state finals next June at The n 1 iio it? i iw-s inl-m Gftrr’ nsey Breedeis’ Association is Pennsylvania State Umveisity Quai ryrille El Mrs. John Herr, sch ' duled to , eave the Guern . Thlrd , place .team was fiom Mount Joy El, wao honoi e •or sey gales Pavilion, Lincoln Dover, and fourth place went 15 yeaJS. Highway, at 8.30 a.m. on Tues- to Ked Lion, both of YoikCoun ln the home economics di- day, April 14. ty. vision Mrs Harold Fry, Stevens The fj rst stop w j]i be at New in public speaking, the third E'l, and 'Mrs. Harold S u er, (Continued on Page 16) place winner m county com- Calendar Apr 1 3 730 p rn. New W'liiind 4-H club reorganizes t ‘‘o New Holland Dank - ung > pin Ayrshire-Jersey -11 n Swiss 4-H club meets . 1 e lia Landis feed store, Valley. '“pm County 4-H De- ( >Pment Committee meets c l!le p > eduction Building, Road. * " P ni. Manheira Young mt in l ers class on weed and nsec t control. (Continued on Page 14) Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 11, 1964 W—^ Governor Approves Plans For State Dairy Show HARRISBURG State Sec- brace the six principal dairy retary of Agriculture Leland breeds Ayrshire, Brown H Bull today announced the Swiss, Guernsey, Holstein, Jer formation of the Pennsylvania sey and Milking Shorthorn All-American Dairy Show, a Preparations for the show, new state-sponsored interna- Secretary Bull stated, have tional event that will make its been underway for some time bow Sept. 14-17 in the State in anticipation of official au- Farm Show Building m Har- thorization by the common, risburg wealth This has been given Open to breeders of register- by unanimous action in both ed dairy stock in the United houses of the State Legislature States and Canada, it will em- (Continued on Page 13) Market News Reporter Begins Duties At Yards $2 Per Year City, Mo Anderson will report market prices and conditions at the Lancaster Stock Yaids (both puvate tieaty sales and the weekly auction), the Tuesday Vintage auction and the Thurs day New Holland Auction. He is manned to the former Verna Lacy, also of 'Carbon dale The couple h-n one daugh ter, -Gloria Ann, 2V; years old They have rented a home on Wabank Road, Lancaster. Wildlife Club To Reorganize The Lancaster County 4tH Wildlife will hold its reorgani zational meeting on April 15. All former members and any other youths between the ages of 10 and 19 are invited to the meeting scheduled to begin at 7 30 p.m. in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Stoner, 1051 Eden Road, 'Lancaster. Officers for the year will he elected. Farmers Chapter Area Contest petition, Carl 'Fahnestocß, Man heim R 4, -moved mto the runner up spot m the area Weber is the 15 year old son of Mr and Mrs. Andrew Web er, and is a 10th grade student (Continued on Page 7) FIVE-DAY WEATHER FORECAST Temperatures during the next five days are expected to average normal to five degrees above noimaL The normal range for this time of year ranges from a low of 40 at night to 62 in the afternoon. Mild weather is ex pected through most of the period with cooler tempera tures toward the end of the period. Precipitation may to tal less than 0.5 inch occur ring as showers near the end of the period.
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