VOL. 10 NO. 52 ‘LEROY ZIMMERMAN, (left) sells a plump Thanksgiving turkey to Mrs. Kenneth Snyder, 330 Madison Street, Shillington (center), and Mrs, Robert Wil liams, 1406 Fern Avenue, Reading. The Zimmerman Turkey Farm raises 25,000 Broad Breasted Bronze turkeys each year. L. F. Photo Poultry Advisory Council Offers 10-Point Program To Aid Market HARRISBURG A 10-point progum to strengthen the poultiy market in Pennsylvan ia has been recommended by the new State Poultry Market ing Advisory Council. Gounod membeis, who were appointed by State Agriculture Secretaty Leland H Bull, sug gested that these ■ steps be taken: Develop new products; im prove consumer and marketer education; develop and pro mote the Pennsylvania turkey market; study production costs in Pennsylvania and other broiler-producing areas. Maintain and improve rela tionships between industry and news media; study ways and means to improve broiler mar ket news service; identify pro ducts giown and processed in Pennsylvania. Seek improved government- Farm Calendar Kdvemh'er 29 7 a m. Deer ,Seaton Opens—'Happy Hunt ing' Kovemlber 90 S p in Lan caster County Executive Cornu. ttee meets at Fann Grunt Bldg. Lancaster, to plan annual meeting. December 2 7 pm. Eph rata jAdult Parmer Class field tup to John Umhle farm Chester County; meet at High School. 7-29 pm. Garden Spot Toning Farmer Class; sub ject, ‘‘Feedlot Planning”; speakers, Chas. Enloe and Howard Anderson o£ Penn ■_ Jersey Harvestore, ► ? ~ic Z -X **t» V • , Z AGRICULTURAL LIBRARY - THE ||NNSYLVANIA STATE UMIVERSITY 10th Anniversary Issue industry relationship; study freight rates and differentials, and maintain and improve pro duction. Robeit B. Graybill. of Rohr eistown, was elected chauman of the council at its organiza tional meeting Banjamm L (Continued on Page 1G) Farm Income In Pa. Predicted Best Since 1960 Pennsylvania farm income fiom sale of pioducts is show ing substantial iinpioveinent over other recent jears. ac coidmg to State Secretary of Agriculture Leland H Bull Official estimates of §606,- 505,000 income for the first nine months in 1965, he said, show a 4 1 percent, or better than §24 million, gain over the corresponding period in 1964 Piesent proiections, he in dicated, are for the state’s fanneis to finish the ciment calendar jear aiboie the 5800 million cash sale inaik for the first time since 1960. He termed the improved income situation as a major achievement, and regarded it as all the more remarkable in view ot persistent drought that prevailed in many areas during the growing season for the fourth year in a row. (Secretary Bull attributed the gains largely to new market-, ing programs developed dur ing the Scranton admmistra- (Continued - on- Page 16) - L -1 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 27, 1965 Young Farmer Class Meets At Manheim The Manheim Young Farm ers Assn met last Monday night in the Agriculture Room at Manheim Central Hign School to heai a panel of mdustrymen discuss hvihnd com, soil and ieitihzation. The panel consisted of Russell Duimm and Beniam in Seem, both repi esentatn es of Eastland Coin Co , M T. Kauffman and F H Bucher ti om A H Hoffman Seed Co. Other com company repre sentatives present weie: Les ter Geh ilia'll, Agvvav, Inc ; Ammon Shelly, Pioneei, Ray mond H Moyer, Edgai Funk Co. The next meeting vv ill be held December 13 at the High School, and the topic will be Ci edit and Income Tax Fil ing. Overflow From Fair Fund For Agr. Research HARRISBURG Research proposals submitted to the State Department of Agricul tuie by agucultuial and allied industiy oiganizations will be considered by an advisory Research Fund Committee on December 9, Secretary Leland H. Bull said this week. Funds for agricultural re search were provided recently by the State Legislature in an act signed by Governor Wil liam W. Scranton. The money will be made available from (Continued on Page 8) From Eggs ToOven-Ready Birds Is Route Followed At Zimmerman’sT urkeyFarm Kieiolt Vewsuanger stall i open (or “Eieicwheie a cobble-sob- ‘* lf 111 custom batched The blc ” descnbes in tom woids btile bids aie se\ sepaiated the Zimmeiman Tin ke\ Faun nt Dio hale lime and when owned and managed bv ill Dim aiine at the tarm they and ills Leio\ Zimmeiman aie »lued in units that hold East Bail R 1 Twentv-fno (Coniinned on Page 7) thousand Bi oa d Bieasted Dionze tmkecs each jeai stmt and sobble then wac O J D DHTA to someone s dinnei table JtVCCi i\UoC Ul 11-TX They roam the tlnee Zun- A | r/i «• merman tuikei iaiu.es and -A.linilcli IVleetlllg .he ....he, „.,e £o Lerov, his father Eli Zun- At the quarteily meeting merman and nephew' Ken- of the boaid of dnectors of neth JMaitm stait tmkey the Red Rose Dairy Herd Im poults four tunes a year piovement Association, held February, Apnl, June and Monday night at the Farm July. The June and Julv ba- Ciedit Building, Lancaster, it hies are the ones that finish was decided to hold the an for the Thanksgiving and nual meeting on January 20. Chnstmas holidays The place will be the Holiday The cycle is staited when (Continued on Page 7) IF YOU RECOGNIZE this page then chances are you were one of 28,000 boxholders in Lancaster Coun ty who received this initial mailing ten years ago this month. This is page one, number one, volume one of Lancaster Fanning. L. F. Photo $2 Per Year Zimmoiman hips (mkev eggs liom bieedei flocks and has
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