10—Lancaster Farming, Friday, December 23, 1955
Tobacco Voting
Polling Places
Dec. 29 Listed
. Polling places for the Dec. 29
fgpncaster County Tobacco Grow
ers marketing quota referendum
have been announced by the 16
Jlgricultural and Stabilization and
Conservation districts.
Polls will be open from 9 am.
to 5 p.m- next Thursday and votes
will be cast to approve or dis
approve quotas for Pennsylva
nia cigar filler tobacco for the
1956, 1957 and 1958 crops. Option
of voting for quotas for the next
year’s crop only will be elimi
nated from the ballot.
Revised estimates brought the
1955 crop figures to 43,350,000
lbs on an alloted acreage of
28,900. Next year’s figures are
37,800,000 lbs on an alloted
acreage of 24,577, a reduction of
about 15 per cent in acreage, 13
per cent in poundage.
A two-thirds majority vote is
necessary-
To be eligible to vote in the ref
erendum, a farmer must have
produced Pennsylvania filler tob
acco (Type 41) during 1955. Not
ices of individual farm acreage
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Penn State Extension
Adds Veterinary Man
Dr. Samuel ®. Gtos, Lyndhlbung,
Via., will-head an extension staff
tun veterinary science for 101110
Pennsylvania State University
college of Agriculture, it Avas an
nounced recently.
Thus new service will fill “a
long-felt need and will str
engthen the University's eduioa
ttiomal service to Pennsylvan'a
(agriculture,” said Dr. Herbert R.
Alllbrelciht, director of extension-
He will work with farmers and,
(farm 'organizations, primarily
(through county. extension agents
in different counties.
allotments are being mailed to
the operator of each farm on
which Type 41 tobacco was grown
during the past five years so that
they may know in advance of the
referendum how the quotas
would affect their farming opera
tions in 1956 if approved.
Two-Thirds Vote Needed
Any farmer who shares in a
cigar filler toibacco crap this year,
either as an owner, operator,
share-cropper or tenant is entitled
to vote.
Other ballots will also be .avail
able for the single farmer in Lan
caster County who raised hurley
tobacco during the current year.
Quotas have been in effect on this
type since 1939. The referendum
on this type will be nationwide
and will'also be the next three
marketing years.
List of Polling Places
Polling places by communities
follows:
Community I—Conoy West
Donegal and Mount Twps:
Rheems Garage, Rheems.
Community 2—East Donegal
and West Hempfield Twips; Red
Bose Dairy, ibeyong crossroads
Brethren Church at Florin.
Community 3 —Eapho Twp.:
Paris B. Gruber Farm, one-half
mile'east of Mount Joy-Sporting
Hill Road-
Community 4—Penn, Warwick
and Elizabeth Twps-: J. Harry
Hershey farm, Lititz R 2, one mile
north of Lititz."
Community s—East Coealico,
West Cocalico, Brecknock and
Clay T\yps Stevens Fire Hall r ,
Stevens.
Community 6 Caernarvon,
East Earl arid Earl Twps.: Good
ville Fire Hall. Goodville.
Community 7—Ephralta West
Bari and Upper Leacock Twp-:
Basement of Bareville Fire Hail.
Barevilie.
Community 8 —Salisbury and
Leacock Twp.; White Horse Fire
Hall, White Horse.
Comimunity 9—'East Lampeter,
West Lampeter and Lancaster
Twp.; Dull's Restaurant, one
quarter mile east Of Lampeter
Square.
Comimunity 10—Manheim and
East Hetaipfield Twp: Fire Hall
at Neffsvillq.
Commumyt 11—Manor. Cones
toga and Pequea Twp.; Eauff
di'an’s Garage at Central Manor.
'Community 12—Eden. Bart and
iSadabury Twp-; Bart Fire Hall ait
Georgetown
Community 13—Strasburg and
Paradise Tap-: Straahurg Twip.
voting place, south of Strasburg
Old Bunker Hill School.
Comimunity 14 Mantle and
Providence Twp-: Rawlins ville
Fire Hall, Rawlins ville.
Community 15 —Drumore and
Eatt Drumore Twp.: Marron’s
(Service Station at, Cochran’s
Corner on Route 72
Comanuiuity Twin,; Roy Baker’s
Service Station, Elm.
Farm Calendar
DECEMBER
Dec- 25—Christmas.
Dec. 26 —Fulton Grange Christ
mas party.
Dec- 28—Farm Society 4 Christ
mas dinner party, covered dash
Dec. 29 Referendum on To
bacco Marketing Quotas, Lan
caster Counity.
JANUARY
Jan. 2-7 - Testing Milk and
Cream, Short course, Pennsylva
nia XJ.
Jan. 4—Eggs -Breakfast launch
ing Egg Month, Lancaster
'Poultry Association, Poul
try and Egg National Board,
Hotel Brunswick, Lancaster,
8 a- m-
Jan 4-Fefo. 1 - General Farm
img Short C-ounse, -Pennsylvania U.
Jan. 6 ((Sunset) Waterfowl
season ends: Bucks, Philadelphia
and Delaware counties and on
Delaware River bordering these
counties.
Jan. 7 - Farm Society 6, In
stallation of Officers, 2 pun.,
home of Mrs. Daniel Eshleman,
R 2 Elizabethtown.
Jan. 9-10 - State Farm Women’s
Society Convention, Farm Show,
Harrisburg.;
Jan. 9-13 - Pennsylvania 'State
Farm Show, Harrisburg.
Jan. 9-21 - Ice Cream for Plant
Men Short Course, Pennsylvania
U.
.Jan. 14 - Farm Women’s So*
Bullet In Pipe.
‘ Jensen Beach, Fla.—When Clin
(Boone (touched a match to his
pipe, while fishing recently, his
pipe exploded. When Boone re
-covtred from the shock, he ex
plained to other fishermen that
he had reached into his pocket
(to fill his pipe with loose tobacco,
forgetting that a -22-oaiiber cart
ridge was maxed in with the to
bacco- The bullet flew upward
and glanced off the rim of Bo
one’s bait.
teiety 18 guests of Society 7, Par
adise Elementary School.
Jan. 16 New Holland Farm
ers Day Association, Inc- an
nual banquet, election of
officers, 6 30 p. m- American
Legion Home
17 Second Annual Poultry
Exchange Meeting, 7:30 p-m.,
-Elementary School, Rohrens
town.
Jan. 20 - New Holland 4-H Ba
by (Beef Council Meeting, James
Wolgemuth home, R 1 Bareville.
Jan, 21 - Farm Women’s So
ciety 2 meeting, Rosetown Res
taurant, Manheim-
Jan. 23-27 - Rural Electrifica
tion Short Course, Pennsylvania
U. -
(Jam. 28-Feb- 4 - 'Market Milk
Short Course, Pennsylvania U.
Jan- 26 - Lancaster County
Agricultural Council meeting.
Jan. 30-Peh. 11 - DHIA Super
visor Teaming, Pennsylvania U.
FEBRUARY
Pelb. 1-29 - Dairy Ramming
Short Course, Pennsylvania U.
(Feb. 1-29 - Livestock Farming
Short Course. Pennsylvania U.
Feb. 7 -' Board of Directors
Meeting, Lancaster County Farm
ers Assn., Fred Soilleriberger
home, Narvon-
Feb. 27-29 - Sheepmen's Short
Course. Pennsylvania U.
MARCH
Miareh 5-9 - Feed Dealers
and Millers’ Short Course, Penn
sylvania U
March 6-8 - Beef Cattle Heads
men's Short Course. Pennsylvania
U.
March 12-16 - Grassland .Far
ming Short Course. Pennsylvania
U-
MarCh 12-116 - Lumber Grading
and 1 Inspection Short Course,
Pennsylvania U.
(March' 26-30 - Dairy Cattle
(Herdsmen’s Short Course, Penn
sylvania U.
APRIL
Apr.l 29, 30, May 1 - American
Anlgua Conference, University cf
Tennessee, Knoxville.
Jan 9-13 - Pennsylvania Farm
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Index of Farm
Prices Lower
During Month
HARRISBURG * Continued
declines an prices received by
Pennsylvania farmers for hogs
land cattle sent the nr ice index
down itwo points nr less than 1
par cent during the (month ended
November IS, the State Depart
ment of Agriculture said today.
Farmers received slightly higher
prices than a month earlier tor
wheat, oats, barley, .hay and milk.
However, a decline of three
points in livestock prices more
than offset (these .gams, a Federal-
Statd survey revealed. '
At 344 per cent of its 1010-14
average the index stands three
points below a year ago.
Farmers on November. 15 Were
averaging only $l2 80 cwt live
weight for hogs, the lowest since
(March 1042, the (survey showed.
Lower prices for hogs and l cattle
were only ‘partially offset by the
seasonal advance in wholesale
imiik- Hogs were down $1.70 cwt.
from Oct. IS and the $l2-8(0
average compares with $2O-20 on
Nov. IS. 1954.
Beef entitle were down 80 cento
cwt 'from a month earlier, calves
down $l.OO and lamibs down 40
cents- Sheep and milk cow prices
were unchanged from a year ago.
Chicken prices averaged 21-5
cents a pound livewerght. down
1.2 cents per pound from a month
learner, but nearly three cents
above a year ago. Eggs brought
if aimers an average of 51 cents a
dozen, down one cant from Oct.
15 ibut six cents higher than a
year, ago. At an average of 38
(cents a pound, live (turkeys were
one cent above Oct. Iss and two
cents'higher than on Nov- 15 last
year.
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