VOL. 10 NO. 47 SAM LONG AND HIS WIFE SANDRA shown examining the herd record bo«Jc which shows an average per cow gain erf $3O in return over feed cost for 1965. They attribute this increase largely to the forage analysis and feed pro gramming service they are receiving from Penn State University. L. F. Photo Best Corn Crop Since '6l Anticipated In Pa. State farmers are harvest ing their best corn crop since 1961, with this year’s grain production estimated at 63.9 million bushels, according to the Pennsylvania Crop Report ing Service The estimate, based on Oc tober 1 conditions, reflects improved crop conditions re sulting from substantial rain fall since the beginning of -August. Two months ago, af ter a severe mid-season t!he forecast was for on2y 47.8 million bushels. test year’s corn production •was 47.5 million bushels. The 1963 and 1962 crops amount ed to 43 million and 44 mil lion bushels respectively. The haj crop, however, is expected to total 3 3 million tons, slightly less than last year, and almost 300,000 tons short of the five-year average. Yield pei acie is estimated at 1'55 tons Farm Calendar October 2G 10 am Lan caster Comity 4-H Capon Exhibit at Elk’s C'ub, 219 N Duke St , Lancaster —G 30 p m New Holland 4-H Capon Roundup at New Holland'Dmer, Rt 23, New Holland October 27 —10 a Annual dairy com show and sale at New Holland Sales Stables, Inc. .October 28 G 30 pm Jun ior leader award® banquet at Dutch Town and Country Inn, Paradise. October 29 7 p.m. Special Fall feeder -sale at Vintage Bales Stables, Paradise. Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 23, 1965 * - “New Farm Bill Makes Fanners Wards Of Federal Treasury”, Official Tells Lane. Farmers Assn. Speaking at the annlial banquet meeting of the Lan caster County Partners Asso ciation, held Tuesday night at the Plain and Fancy Farm near BiwHn-Hand, an Amer ican Farm Bureau Federation official told some 22>5 coun ty farmers aad wives that the recently passed farm bill “gives unprecedented author ity to the Secretary at Agri culture, and for aU practical Conservationist Announces New “Needs” Study A two-year study of Penn sylvania's natural resources was recently launched at Har usburg by federal and state consei vation agencies The studj, State Conservationist lian McKeever of the U S Soil Conservation Service said, will gathei information which will be used in updating the Coiisei \ation Needs Inventory which provides information used in flood prevention, soil consoi \ alion, water supply, and lecieation developments in the Commonwealth The study is under the di lection of the U S. Depart ment of Agriculture in. co opeiation with local, state, and other federal oonsejwa tion agencies and local groups hanng an interest In resource development in Penn- sylvania. McKeever, who is chairman (Continued on l6) VJC'V v ' X s v i. s ‘ <>*, ■ 'sv^! “& X’f * V >* * 4 •s ~vis' <v <s&' ''W Vrt V^S| •S * i x ' V •‘-fv- - va ' <«£. purposes makes farmers wards of the U. S. Treasury.” John C. Lynn. legislative director of APBP, said the bill was the “most far-reach ing piece of agricultural leg islation ever passed.” He sug gested that future’ success in farming 'wild depend to a great extent on farmers' abil ity to contain the power this bill grants to one man —the Secretary of Agriculture. When farmers have to rely on the federal treasury lot their net Income, instead of tie marketplace, Lynn said, they will And that their In come will be depressed be cause “an urban-orlented Con gress will not stand still for the continued distribution of money to farmers under the guise of adjusting produc tion ” Lvnn further warned coun ty fanners that if prices on some of the principal agn cultuial commodities are ar tificially depressed, the ef- ("Continued on Page 6,* Weather Forecast Temperatures for the five day period, Saturday through Wednesday, are ev pccted to average below the normiU range of 64 to 42 degrees. It will he general ly cool throughout with little day to day change. Precipitation, may total %-inch, occurring as show ers over the interior early in the period, with more general rain toward the end. v \-> Forage Testing And Feed Programming Pay Off In Net Returns For Dairyman ■When a farmer keeps rec ords he can measure prog ress This is one thing Samuel Long of Manheim R 4 has proven in the last yeai In 1953, he went under the Penn State owner-sampler testing program to get moie detailed information on just what his mixed herd of grade and reg istered Holstems and Jerseys was doing in dollars and cents. Then in November of 19 64 he put his herd under the Penn State-IBM forage man agement program To be eligi ble for this service he had to participate in forage testing, which is an integral part of Commission To Study Farmers’ Bargaining Ills The National Commission on Food Marketing hopes" an array of witnesses at a pub lic hearing adxlt month will suggest some practical and imaginative ideas on how farmers can comlbme their ef forts to improve their bar gaining power in the nation's marketplace Potentialities for strength ening farmers’ bargaining lev erage through their own col lective endeavors, possible limitations on such efforts, and whether cooperatives need the kind of legislation that was enacted to provide for collective bargaining by (Continued on Page 15) JOHN C. LYNN, legislative director of the Ameri can Farm Bureau Federation and guest speaker at the Lancaster County Farmers Association annual banquet meeting, is shown talking things over with J. Robert Hess, president of the county association, following the -meeting. L. F. Photo $2 Per Year the pi ogram Sam had been a deioted believer in the mer its oi soil testing for some time, so it wasn't difficult for him to be convinced that for age testing might also hold man,} benefits In fact, he was the first danyroan in his test ing area to enroll in the plan. Did it help’ Well, he gives credit to the combination testing-feed management pro gram for the added $3O per cow return over feed coot he received this year, and fig ures the $o cost per forage sample tested is one of the best investments he ever made Generally, he takes two Samples a year, one of com silage, one of hay. The rec ommended procedfure for sam pling silage is to let it cure fox - about two weeks, them (Continued on Page 6) Pa. Agr. Dept To Survey State Egg Industry A. comprehensive survey of Pennsylvania’s egg industry, to determine present poten tials and future trends, is be ing made this fall by the State Department of Agricul ture The Pennsylvania Crop Re porting Service will mail sur vey forms November 1 to 15,- 000 commercial egg produc ers iu the state. Information (Continued on Page 4)
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