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.
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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-
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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.
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