County ASCS Announces Loan Rate For Wheat The price-support loan and purchase rate for 1985-crop wheat in Lancaster County will .be $1.44 per bushel, Fred G. Seldomridge, Chairman, Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation County Commit tee, has announced Informa tion on pnceisupport rates for wheat stored in termin als, as well as schedules of premiums and discounts, is available at the A9OS Coun ty Office. As in the past, terminal price-support rates are de nved by adding rail freight County Farmers Bank... Stanley Musselman, manager of the Agricultural Department of Lancaster County Farmers National Bank, is shown congratulating Raymond F. Witmer, Refton, whose Guernsey herd has topped all Guernsey herds in the State of Pennsylvania, for four years. Mr. Witmer, selected as Lancaster County’s out standing young farmer by the Junior Chamber of Commerce m 1956, owns and operates a 130-acre farm near Refton He was State Director of the Pennsylvania Guernsey Breeders Association for three years. Recently elected to a five-year term as director of the American Guernsey Cattle Club, he is past president of the Lancaster County Guernsey Breeders Association He has also served as director of the West Lampeter Fair Association and breed director of the Bed Rose Dairy Herd Improvement Associa tion. Holder of the title, “Outstanding Future Farm er of America for Pennsylvania,” he was long active *- Vv« «. V »•<* W'N/ ■•fc'V '%• t* ‘ > '"-*" ■* re and handling charges neces sary to get the wheat from the producing area to the terminal markets. The county loan rates are then computed on the basis of the tributary terminal market loan rate, minus rail freight rates. County and teilninal loan rates are subject to further adjustment for premium and discounts in determining in dividual producer loans, de pending on the gfade and quality of the producer’s wheat collateral. The Chairman explained that this support will be avail able to all growers who stay within their farm’s 1965 wheat allotments and carry out oth er provisions of the 1965 wheat piogram By signing up County Farmers 12 Convenient Offices to Serve You LANCASTER MOUNT JOY QUARRYYILLB CHRISTIANA MAIN OFFICE: 23 EAST KING STREET, LANCASTER V , cpuwry FAMWW IMATIONAt, Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Trustee for The Lancaster County Foundation A Friend- of the Dairy Farmer LANCASTER NATIONAL BANK and participating in the pro gram, they qualify for price support loans and purchases and for marketing certificates; diversion payments will also be available to such partici pants if they reduce their wheat acreage at least 10 per cent below the farm allot ment and devote the acreage to conserving use. The marketing certificates are worth 75 cents a bushel for the domestic portion of the farm’s wheat crop—based on 45 percent of the normal production of the wheat ac reage—and 30 cents a bushel on the export portion—.based on 35 percent af the normal production from the wheat acreage. Seldomndge pointed out in 4-H work and in 1945 he received his American Fanner degree, the highest degree in the F.F.A. program County Farmers Bank is proud to have Mr. Witmer on its Board of Directors . . . proud, too, ■ that its Agricultural Department, under Mr. Mussel man’s capable management, is able to work hand-in- hand with Dairy Farmers all over the County. If you haven’t taken advantage of the help financial or advisory . . . afforded by this department, we would suggest that you come into the mam office at 23 East King Street and visit Mr, Musselman at your first opportunity. Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 5, 1965 that three general changes are made in the price-sup port rate schedules for 1965- crop wheat. They deal with terminal rate adjustments, discontinuance of the sedi mentation value tests, and a readjustment of other premi um and discount schedules. • Vintage (Continued from Page 2) Prime 35-90 lib. Spring Slaugh ter Lambs 27.00-3050. Couple head 31 50-32 50, Few 35-60 lb 24.00-27.00, Shipment Choice 140-200 lb. No. 3 pell Young Replacement eWes $l3 5045.50. r *t r t^urrfcßTEß aatiwnr WWPNM. iwic Meat And Potato Prices Continue Record Climb Meat and potato prices con tinued climbing toward rec ord levels in May, bringing another increase in cash re turns to Keystone State farm ers, according to the Penn sylvania Crop Reporting Serv ice, State Agriculture De partment The average of prices re ceived for all farm products in mid-IMay in Pennsylvania rose slightly over those of mid-April, but was almost 8 percent higher than a year earlier. (Potato prices rose to $5 50 a hundredweight the highest May price in 45 years. It was up 50 cents from mid-April and $2 50 higher than a year earlier Pennsylvania .grow ers, however, had few pota toes left to sell, according to PCBS. Most livestock prices were up. Hogs were bringing an average of $20.30 per cwt., the highest since Septemlber 1958, with prices up $2 80 from the previous month and $5OO higher than a year ago. Steer and heifer prices were $l.BO higher than in April and $3.20 above May quota tions a year ago. Slaughter cows and calves scored modest gams, while lamSb prices dipped slightly from Easter season highs Broilers and roasters were up half a cent a pound, with the price averaging three cents moie than a year ago. Eggs, however, were down seven cents a dozen from a month earlier and two cents below the mid-i May price last year. Apple prices rose 40 cents a bushel as high quality fruit began moving in quantity from controlled atmosphere storage. 'Prices of grain and hay fluctuated over a narrow range. KUIPERS INTRODUCES NEW DUAL MEDICATOR Hydraulic pressure, unaided by electricity or other boost ers, provides the energy for a totally new, heavy duty, poultry, turkey, hog and oth er livestock medicator. The revolutionary • and completely trouble-free flow responsive equipment is being marketed by Kuipers Bros, Inc. According to Robert Kuip ers, one of the principles of the distributing concern, the proportioner is described as “the first major breakthrough in providing broiler, egg pro ducers, turkey growers, hog and other farmers with a ma chine that has been skillful ly engineered and built to provide uninterrupted, maih tenance-at-a-mimmum, precise medication ” The Twin Ranger Medica ter is also said to introduce a novel concept in liquid medication operations. The proportioner can inject ex act dosa'ges Of either com patible or - non-compatible drugs, chemicals or additives of the most corrosive proper ties. lit can be used as an ap plicator to spray poultry and hatcheries. Around 400,000 volunteer leaders are the core of some 94,000 4->H C’.'ulbs throughout the nation They meet regu larly with the members, su pervise project work and as sist mth local „ events. 11
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