10—Lancaster Farming, Friday, January 6, 1956 Brucellosis Top Subject in Three Regional Meets ■Changes in the dates of three regional meetings scheduled in Febgiary by the U. Z Department of Agriculture’s 5-man advisory group on brucellosis eradication were announced today by the De partment. Three other meetings scheduled by the group during January will be held as ongin ally planned The February meetings, to be in New York, Atlanta, and Chi cago, were rescheduled to avoid conflicts with other meetings and to make attendance easier for a number of interested groups, De partment officials said. The revised schedule for all six of the regional meetings is as follows: Salt Lake City, Utah, Jan. 23; Fort Worth, Texas, Jan 25; Omaha, Neb, Jan. 27; New York, N. Y, Feb 13; Atlanta, Ga, Feb. 15, and Chicago, 111, Felb- 17. (The February meetings ‘tvere originally scheduled one week earlier, in each case, than the dates shown-) State and national organizations affected by the brucellosis urogram Will toe aiotiifded of the new times for the ■February meetings. This USDA advisory group was appointed to consult with the Secretary of Agriculture on the accelerated Federal-State program to eradicate the animal disease brucellosis- Purpose of the re gional meetings is to give indiv iduals and representatives of in terested organizations and groups further opportunity to express their opinions concerning the value and conduct of the brucel losis program. The group win consider these opinions in evalu ating the program and in recom mending any modifications of it that may seem advisable. MCCULLOCH Model 47 CHAIN SAW Makes any woodcutting job etsiar and faster. It’s a one-man saw for professional logging, pulp cutting, tree surgery; for farm and ranch jobs like construction and clearing land. 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Marietta 6-9301 | HBimiiiiiiMtiniiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiniiiniiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiim Winter Chills Check Growth Of U.S. Crops - WASHINGTON Winter tem peratures were much colder than usual over the eastern two-thirds of the country and the far North west m the week ended Dec. 19, which kept small grains, dormant in nearly all-areas and permitted little growth even in the more southern districts The government also' reported in its weekly weather and crop bulletin that small grains which generally lack' protective snow cover east of the Rockies suffered some damage from low tempera tures Most grain fields were covered with snow from middle portions of Washington and Oregon east ward over the northern Rocky mountains and northern interior areas as far south as extreme northern Kansas, central lov/a, the more northern of Illinois, Indiana and' Ohio, most of New York, northern and mid dle New England, northern Pen nsylvania and a few middle Ap palachian areas. Heavy rams in the northern and middle Pacific Coast area, light to mostly moderate snow inland over northern Rockies and moderate to heavy ram in the Louisiana-MissiSsippl area im proved conditions. Elsewhere, there was little change in the moisture situation, with frequent light snows adding little to the moisture supply in northern sections east of the Rockies, while droughty, condi tions generally increased in the middle and southern great plains. In the latter area, where there has been no substantial precipi tation for 11 weeks—particularly in the western portion of Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas and eastern sections of New Mexico and Col orado —small grains are holding on fairly well, although topsoil is *dry and loose and winds caused some local erosive damage Otto J. Nobis to Head American Angus Association Aberdeen-Angus breeders, mee ting m Chicago for the 72nd year, named a new president, officers and directors at a festive banquet and business meeting in the Grand Ballroom of the Palmer House, Nov 30 Spirits were high, ifor the Black beef cattle aristo crats had just come through a successful International Livestock Exposition, winning all major in terbreed awards. Ditto J. Nobis, owner of Wilton Farms, Davenport, was named 1956 president of the American Aberdeen-Angus Breeders’ As sociation. The vice-presidency went to a Virginian—John C.-Gall of Amandale Farm, Upperville B. C- Cotton, Dry Ridge, Ky., was re-elected to the board of direc tors for-a term of three years. OTHER DIRECTORS Other directors named to three year terms were Duane Clark, Worthing, S- D. Lewis B- Pierce, Creston, 111.; Harold Rankin, Her miston, Ore.; and George Graham, Wichita Falls, Texas. W. W- Bramard, Jr., Far Hills, N J-, and Ralph L- Smith, _ Chillicothe, Mo. were elected to’ fill two unexpired one-year terms which had been vacated. Cotton estimate for 1955 sets acreage record- Ulllllllllllll IMlllfllllli OF THIS WORLD —That’s the astronomical surplus storage problem which these h\ ic-shaped tents are designed to help alleviate. Each holding nearly a million bushels of wm jv’re being erected near St. Joseph, Mo., turning the landscape into something resembling ast’s conception'of a space colony on a distant planet. Stages in erection are shown, couni ickwise, beginning with second installation from lower right-hand corner. 1 Steel mast is cated at center of what will become a storage tent. 2—Tent, partially filled from top by means conveyor system, begins to rise.', 3—Tent, almost full, will soon be sealed. ” - Safe Driving Tips Far New Year Are Offered by Expert DETROIT “Steer youself on the road to safety in 1956”. That is the advice of Danny Eames, chief test driver for Dodge, who suggests that motor ists adopt New Year’s resolutions governing v their “behind the wheel” conduct Said Eames. “People joke about New Year’s resolutions. Every year countless resolutions are made to give up candy, tobacco, or correct bad habits with no serious intentions* behind them-’ “However,” he continued, “safety is a serious business. If each driver would resolve to ob serve traffic rules every day of the year, the highway accident toll would be greatly reduced in 1956 ” Here are ten resolutions Games recommends for motoring safety during the New Year 1. Observe all traffic regula tions They’re designed for your protections 2 Keep a safe distance behind the car ahead, particularly at higher speeds. 3 Stay in your own lane on hills, curves and in “no passing” zones- - 4 Dim your lights to oncoming traffic, when driving at night. 5. Give the right of way to pe destrians. 6. Always be on the alert for children- 7- Know the proper hand or duection signals and use them 8' Watch where you’re going, and keep an eye on other cars near you 9. Regulate speed to road con ditions as well as to posted speed limits. 10 Give the other fellow more than his share of the load The U S- Department of Agn culture today announced com modity' details of an agreement between the United States and Argentina providing for the sale of $25.3 million worth of edible oils and/or fats for pesos (Argen tine currency) under Title I of the Agricultural Trade Develop ment Act of 1954 (Public Law 480, 83rd Congress) Sales under this program will be made by United States private trade It is expected that a pur chase authorization will soon be issued- Food bills m 1956 seen match ing itbis year’s level Austria is unable to sell her oil /at home or abroad Tobacco /growers oppose cut in burley crop 'in 1956. Spread Between Farm Price and Consumers Wide Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson has released esti mates of the L'oread between prices faimers got and pr ces con sumers raid for a* number of .major food items in November This was a fcliciw-vra on his Dec ember 11 expression of concern over rising food mHrketiny co t ; ,- Retail food -rices in Novem ber, published Dec- 21 by the U. S Department of Labor, were less than 2 per cent below Nov ember last year. During that in terval, farmers, had taken a 10 per cent reduction in their prices. Marketing and handling charges increased 5 per cent during the same time, according to estimates made by the Department of Ag riculture Farmers are how get ting only 39 cents out of every dollar spent for food in the re tail store, which is the smallest share since 1940. Thus compares with a peak of 53 cents in I&is and 42 cents m November 1954 Pork, Beef-Stand Out Pork ana beef stand' out as commodities for which 'marketing charges have, continued, to _ rise whille 100-abundant production drove down the farmer’s price Consumer costs for pork and beef have declined less, than the drop in farm prices. For potatoes, on the other hand, the price spread has been substantially, narroi'ed- More detailed studies showing the charges for different steps-in marketing meats, dairy products, broilers and eggs, fruit and vege tables, and vegetable-oil products will be published during the last week in January in The Mar keting and Transportation Situ- a turn issued by the Agncultural Marketing Service In, his statement December 11. .Secretary Benson, said, in part: “The failure of retail food prices as/a whole to reflect the decline in farm food products during the past year is recognized by the Department as a real obstacle to a solution of the farm surplus problem.” Special Report Soon Secretary Benson said his De* partment is preparing a special repoit dealing with trends in costs of marketing food over the last ten years, which should be ready for release by the end of the month. In, addition, a special series of individual reports are being pre pared, Publications for U. S. Choice grade beef, pork, and white bread should be ready during or early February with individual reports on other com modities to follow later. STAiNLEY H. | BEITER 1 Auctioneer L aiid. i- Appraiser- IlMfr Willow St Pike ( ' PH. LANCASTER 4-1796
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