Lancaster County Dairy Day Speakers Here are four of the speakers appearing at the Lancaster County Dairy Day at the Guernsey Sale Pavilion east of Lancaster Wednesday of last week. From left to right they are Joe Nageotte, extension dairy specialist from Pennsylvania State Univer sity; A. B. Freeman, chief sanitary engi Voice Of Lancaster Farms AND FARM FRIENDS (Readers are invitea to write comments on Lancaster Fann ing, about -current events, or other topics. Letters should be brief, and must be signea. Names will be withheld if re quested. Editor ), FROM LEGION ADJUTANT HARRISBURG Dear Mr. Neill I have been reading copies of your newspaper on my perio dic trips back to Lancaster Coun ty where I was born and raised, but having (taken residence in Harrisburg some six years ago I return to Lancaster quite fre quently and have read your newspaper with much interest and especially during the famous Authorized Dealers Master Mix Ferguson Equipment * Lincoln Welders * Thermopane * Universal Milkers * Miller’s Insecticides * Koppers Creosoted ~ Posts HIESTAND Inc. !for real quality. .. : v ST/CAC 70 D££R£/ gj—l———M—■——M—— " 1 '>■ Quality manufacturing is the by word of every John Deere factory. Beginning with incoming ship menu of only the bighest-grade materials, each manufactured part ... every finished implement is in spected thoroughly by skilled s' - ■ LANDIS BROS. Latest Improved Farming Equipment 1305 Manheim Pike Phone 3-3906 P. O. Box 484 Lancaster, Pennsylvania THE SIGH OF Ve/MSx/nM FARM EQUIPM EHT season just past (February 2, 1956) While I was not able to be in Quarryville for the annual cele bration of Ground Hog Day, I am still a member of the Or ganization and hold it in highest esteem, regardless of , what Punxutawney or Allentown may say about our Organization Your write-ups were indeed a credit to the Slumbeimg Groundhog Lodge of Quanyville and its members and it pleased me to know and to be able to clip -from your paper these items and show them to my friends just what our Organization does, the commun ity spirit that its members have and the fact that they continual ly keep the town oi Quarryville in the front so far as Lancaster County is concerned I hope that you and the own er, Mr Alspach, who is a per sonal fuend of mine, will be able to increase the size of your paper and the distribution thereof be- * Wirthmore Feeds * Haverly Bulk Tanks * Sauder Loaders * Anhydrous Ammonia : = Wheel A-Way Egg Washers Irrigation Equipment DeKalb Chix & Started PMlets Marietta 6-9301 ECQuCECQZI workmen to assure Its meeting ex act John Deere quality standards. That’s why farmers everywhere are loud in their praise for the de pendability . . . the quality con struction of John Deere Farm Equipment. See us for information. neer, U. S. Public Health Service, New York City; Ivan E. Parkin, extension dairy specialist from Penn State, and John W. Newlin, associate counsel, Inter-State Milk Producers Cooperative. (Lancaster Farm ing Photo). - cause I believe 'that it is one of the best farming papers that I have read in a long time, and I appreciate the items contained therein because they <are really done to advise the farmer the thnigs 'that are in bis mind and which confront him from day to day in his opeiation of his farm With kindest peisonal re gards, I am, Sincerely, Daniel W Shaub, Department Adjutant, The Amencan Legion, Depart ment of Pennsylvania. WISHING SUCCESS STEVENS, Pa I wish to thank you for the sample dopy of Lancaster Farming which I re ceived this morning Although I do not live on a farm, I find it quite interesting Therefore I am enclosing a money order for $lOO and ask that you enter my name as a charter subscriber Wishing you success with your new paper Mrs. Florence M Stroup THANK YOU PHILADELPHIA Dear Mr. Neill Thank you very much for (the newspaper clippings which you sent me, (for which I am very .grateful Very sincerely yours, Vincent A Can oil, Judge, Court of Common Pleas No. 2. LIKE IT VERY MUCH DENVER, R 2 Received several sample copies of Lancas ter Farming and like it very much. Enclosed is check for $lOO charter subscription Galen Beager. NOT TOO LATE PEACH BOTTOM Just wonder if I am too late to get Lancaster Farming. We got some copies and liked it very much Mrs Amanda Osborne. LOOKS MIGHTY GOOD GAP Having received a free copy of your paper, Lancaster Farming I will say it looks mighty good to me I’m enclosing $lOO for one-year charter sub scnption A Reader. TYPE OF NEWS MILLERSVILLE We look forward to getting Lancaster FarminS every week as it brings the type of news we don’t get much of in the other papers Thanking you very much- John Carney. KEEP IT UP COLUMBIA I’m enclosing my buck for one year It sure is a good paper and I like the way it’s put up. Keep up the good work. A. L Wertman. NEWSY LITTLE PAPER STRASBURG Enclosed find $lOO for subscription to Lancas ter Farming. I like the newsy little paper very much. Thanks for the sample copies. Enos Shaubach. Lancaster Farming, Friday, March 9, 1956 Price Spread (On Beef Now Much Wider Washington—(USDA) Charges for marketing beef advanced about the same amount the last quarter of 1§54 to the last quar ter of 1955 as they did in the seven years ending in 1955 about one-fourth in each in stance. The farm value of Choice grade beef averaged over 9 cents per pound lower in the last quarter of' 1955 than a year earlier, whereas retail beef prices were down only about 3.5 cents per pound. This means that approximately three-fifths of the drop in farm value was absorbed by higher marketing costs. Series of Publications These relationships are brought out in a report “Beet Marketing Margins and Costs.,” published by the USDA today The publi cation is one of a series being issued by the Agricultural Mar keting Service in response to a request by the Congress for in tensive studies of costs of mar keting farm products. A lecently issued publication, “Marketing Costs for Food,” presented an overall view of recent changes in the spieads in prices between pioducer and consumer The report shows that the farmer got 70 per cent of the consumer’s dollar spent for beef in 1949, and only 62 per cent in 1955 The difference between what the farmer gets and the consumer pays—the “maiketing margin”—represents the leturn to maiketing agencies for their sei vices, including such costs as labor, supplies, and transport ation Such costs have risen sub stantially in the last seven years Wide Fluctuations The beef study shows that the difference between what the far mer receives for U.S. Choice grade beef on the hoof and what the consumer pays for the meat has fluctuated widely during the seven years 1949-55. Retail prices remained relat ively stable, for example, during the latter half of 1954 when farm prices of cattle were using, and during 1955 when farm prices generally declined Mar keting margins therefore nar rowed substantially below the long-run average in the latter half of 1954, but widened mar kedly in 1955 The comparisons are based on the puce of a pound of beef at retail and the price of its equivalent weight of 2 16 pounds in the live animal FORD TRICYCLE i J Power Steering At No Extra Cost Steering effort is ieduced by 80 p'v cent in the new Ford po steering unit, now installed as standard equipment at no additu cost on all Ford bicycle tractors. The linkage type unit, annour by the local Ford tractor and implement dealer, does not inte/ with mounting implements on the tractor. It also is being often an accessory for installation on Ford bicycle tractors already in CONESTOGA FARM SERVF Quarryville Ph. 282 Service Awards Given Eight In 4-H Service . awards were ' given eight Lancaster County 4-H Club leaders in Thursday night cere monies at the First Presbyterian Church in Lancaster last week. Victor Plastow, assistant coun ty agent, and Miss Ruth K. Kimble, county home economist, made the presentations. .Speaker was Rev. Wallace E Fisher, pas tor of Trinity Lutheran Church. Receiving awards Werer Dan iel A Brubaker, Rl, Ephrata 20 years as a club leader; Mr®. 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