VOL. 10 NO. 27 April DHIA Led By Red Rose Cow; Zook Herd A icgistered Holstein cow owned by the Red Rose Re search Center, 226 Pitney Road, Lancaster, completed (he highest 305 day lactation in the county in April ac cording to the Red Rose Dairy Herd Improvement Assn. She pioduced 19,048 lbs. of milk and 821 lbs of butterfat with a 4J3 percent test. Second lnsjh lactation was completed by a registered Holstein cow owned by John M Harnish, Beaver Valley Pike, Lancas ter. She produced 17,062 lbs of milk and 817 lbs. of fat in 305 days The herd with the highest monthly butterfat average was owned by Christian Zook, Ronks Rl. This herd of 14 i agister ed and grade Hol steins averaged 1,677 lbs. of milk and 66 lbs fat. Runner op for high butterfat herd was J. Richard Keller, Man heira- Rl, with an average of 1,829 lbs milk and 65 lbs tat on his 23 registered and grade Holstein cows. Farmers Urged To Retain Milk Order By NFU Approximately 50 Chester and- Lancaster County farm eis turned out for joint meet ing Wednesday night at the Oxford Area High School sponsored toy the county as sociations of the National Farmers Union. The subject that demanded the meeting was how to re tain the federal milk order for the Delaware Valley area, and this was the second meet ing this week in which dairy men were urged to fight the announced order termination (Continued on Page 5) Farm Calendar June 8 10 a.m. Hearing on the termination of the Del aware Valley -Federal Milk Marketing Order at South Roof Conference Room, Ho tel Adelphia, 13th and Chestnut Sts, Philadelphia 7SO pm New Provi dence 4-HL Club at New Providence Elementary School. June 9 10 a m. 4-H Straw berry Exhibit at Odd Fel low Hall, 213 West Chest nut St., Lancaster. June 11 4iH Boots and Sad dles Club at Columbia Rid ing -Sehool, 18th and Manor Sts, Columbia. June 12 Lebanon County Olucken Barbecue at Fire man’s Park, Fredericks burg Rain date, June 13 ‘ CBicken-cooking contest at 3 p.m.; Barbecue served fawr * p.m. NEWEST ARRIVAL AT CORNWALL FARM is steadied by Edison W. Osborne, Peach Bottom area dairyman. The little Jersey heifer calf posed reluctant ly for 'this picture shortly after her arrival into what must have seemed literally a world full of cows as she looked out at the 134-head herd of registered and grade Jersey neighbors The proud Mama is Milkboy Nan whose last completed 305-day lactation totaled 9,990 pounds of milk and 611 pounds of fat. PSU Says Spray Alfalfa Stubble After Ist Crop Alfalfa weevil damage has been extremely severe throughout southeastern Penn sylvania on the 1965 first cut ting alfalfa Management of existing stands should be di rected now toward improv ing their vigor and vitality, according to Penn State Ex tension Service Two impor tant factors which are un favorable for the health and vigor of alfalfa stands are: extra early cutting of the first crop, loss of leaves due to serious alfalfa weevil dam- (Continued on Page 7) Inter-State Co-Op Members Meet To Marshall Resistance To Gov’t. Termination Of Fed. Milk Order by Everett Newswanger Staff Reporter AiTGtL'EN Local dairy men can expect to receive at least 50 cents per hundred weight less foi their milk This was one of the disclos ures presented to the 250 Lancaster and Chester Coun ty dairy farmers present Tuesday evening at the pub lic question answer session held to inform the members of the Inter-i State Milk Pro ducers Cooperative Assn of the agriculture department’s proposal to terminate the Delaware Valley milk mar keting order (Federal Order No 4). Under this order the indi v:dual handler pool is ef fect. Each producer is paid according tq the class 1 milk “utilization, of his individual handler. A minimum price is set for nulls from the Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 5, 1965 Poultry Federation Sets Summer Festival For August 24-29 Committees for the Penn sylvania Poultry Federation’s 1965 summer festival have begun working toward the an nual event, according to Paul Konhaus of Mechanicsiburg, general chairman The festi val will be held August 24-29 at Harshey Park, 12 miles east of Harrisburg. As in other years, it is being held in cooperation with Pennsyl vania Dutch Days, the popu lai folk celebration. Climax of the festival will occur on Saturday, August 28, when a “Miss Pennsylvania Poultry Queen” will ascend her (Continued on Page 5) farm It in no way controls production. Last month, notice was giv en by the U S Department of Agriculture that it was considering immediate ter mination of Federal Order (No 4 in its present foim “Al most insurmountable adminis trative difficulties in the ef fective and uniform enforce ment,” was given as the rea son for this move Officials of the cooperative at the meeting in Octorara Area High School auditorium expressed the feeling that the department failed to even try to enforce the order In terstate is opposed to end ing the order. They list these reasons why it should be con tinued and enforced: I—lt establishes a minimum price to. be paid to producers; 2 It ensures an adequate milk (Continued on Page 4) JerseysH ave“CowPower” Says Million-Pound Milk Producer Edison Osborne Last week we asked editoii-( ally what it takes for a daay man to produce a million pounds of milk a year piofit ably. Edison W Os-borne of Cornwall Faim at Peach Bot tom HI has performed this feat for the past three years with his 134-head Jersey heid He feels that the extra “cow power” he gets from his Jer seys is -pait of the answer. What is cow power’ Ed ex plained it as a measure of the productive efficiency of an animal It represents a ratio of her milk production to her body weight For ex ample, a 1000-pound cow pio ducing 10,000 pounds of milk would have a cow-power rat ing of 10, since she produced 10 times her body weight in milk This is a good rating, L. F. Photo Vo-Ag Teachers Prepare For FFA Week At Meeting Lancaster County teachers of vocational agriculture dis cussed the details prelimin ary to final preparations for FFA Week at their regular monthly meeting held this week at Elizabethtown High School PEA Week is an annual event held at Penn State Uni versity This year it is sched uled for June 16-18. The teachers heard T. M. Malin, area supervisor for vocational agricultural education, out line some of the details ef fecting this year’s program He told the teachers that the fee for participating students had been raised this year to help cover the increasing costs of PFA Week. It was found that because of in creased entries last year ‘(Continued on Page 10) M. M. Smith To Attend Special Courses At Colorado State Univ. ■Laneastei County Agricul tural Agent, M Maxwell Smith, has been awarded a Faim Film Foundation Schol aiship to attend the National Summer School for Extension Workers This three-week ses sion will be given at Colo lado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, fiom June 14 through July 2, 1965. Smith will enroll in two Extension Courses, “Princi ples in the Development of Agricultural Policy” and “Public relations in Exten sion Education ” Both of thpse are ciedit courses to ward advanced degrees in (Continued on Page 12) $2 Per Year ■Cbborne said, 'but a danyman • is practically guaianteed a l profit from any animal with. - a score of 12 and up Excel ; lent would be about 15 A Jeisey producing 10,000 i pounds of milk is generally > consideied the equivalent of a Holstein producing 15,000 r pounds in terms of net profit, - he said As he warmed up to . the subject he listed a few ■ other things he likes about : the breed They are a small : animal, generally less than i 1000 pounds, which means i they are easy to handle and - require somewhat less feed • for body maintenance In light of current consum ■ er thinking on high fat foods we wondered a,bout the “dis advantages” of producing milk that tests between 5 5 and 6 percent butterfat He suggested that even if pro ducers were someday forced to sell their butteifat at a disadvantage, if consumers could be convinced to buy milk on the basis 'of its non fat, useful food value then Jerseys could still compete with lower-testing breeds be . cause their solids-not-fat . OSNtF) is generally higher. , His herd is averaging about 9 5 percent BNF, about 15 percent higher than the aver age 3.7 percent fat-test herds. He predicted payment on this I basis will not come about un- (Continued on Page 6) Bob Fisher Awarded Two-Day Tour To Study Consv. In Upstate N.Y. •Rolbeit E Fisher, 16-year old son Off Mr and Mrs. Earl S Fisher of East Earl Rl, will be orie of thirteen Penn sylvania' 41H Club members making a two-day bus tour of southcentral New York state on June 16-17. The 4-.H’eis, all participants m the Soil and Water Con servation program, will ob serve conservation practices on the tour and will visit points of interest in the Fin ger Lakes region Fisher, a sophomore at Garden Spot High School, has fContinued on Page 5) Weather Forecast Temperatures for the five day period, Saturday through Wednesday, are expected to average near normal. Normal for the period is a high of 81 and a low of 58 degrees. It will be warmer over the weekend, and cool toward the end of the period. Precipitation will occur as rain about Sunday and again, on Wednesday. Total accumu lation will probably b» more than % inch.
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