6—Lancaster Farming, Friday, March 30, 1956
Thornton Offers
Six Point Plan
(Continued from page 1)
through the price squeeze; live
stock puces are due to go up;
meat storage is low, cattle num
bers down, and marketings at
lighter weights will reduce ton
nage in storage Supply is coming
back in line with demand.
“We as livestock producers
can solve our problems,” he
told. “We stand on orr own feet,
we believe Government has a
role to play, but free enterprise
is the best way of life. We still
live in a free land, our future
generations have the same
chance of progress.
“America is in good shape,
and we in the livestock industry
are m good shape,” the 185 Pol
led Hereford Breeders and
friends heard.
Directed to the East, one state
ment by Mr Thornton interested
the ' audience considerably,
“This is the sort of country that
makes the cattle breeder's heart
glad; there’s a pride in breeding
cattle here, progress and
are advancing faster in the Easf
and' South than in anywhere else
in the United States, day,
western breeders may well head
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east for seed stock,” he said-
Mr Thornton is the well
known breeder of Thornton
Triumphant Rerefords, Gunni
son, Colo, that won more honors
in five years than any other
herd on the show circuit. In
1948 he was a member of the
Colorado State senate and gov
ernor of Colorado two terms, in
1950 and 1952.
Gov. Leader was unable to
attend. In his place, Dr William
L Henning, state secretary of
agriculture, brought greetings
from Pennsylvania- Dr. Henning
presented the silver trophy
awarded Monday for the grand
champion heifer.
Secretary Henning said, “We
have an _ opportunity to spread
the beef cattle philosophy in
this country; I’m pleased with
the progress of Polled Herefords
in Pennsylvania, a grand set of
cattle you can be proud of.
“We should be producing
more grass,” he warned,
“and where we now feed
85,000' to 100,000 head of
steers a year, we could
handle twice that number,
even triple that number. We
should increase our beef cat
tle production here,” he con
' eluded.
Dr Henning, a breeder of
available.
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Wakefield J
Herr’s Implement Store
WEST WILLOW, PA.
ArthurS. Young Co , Ire.
KINZER, PA,
Southdown sheep and another
breed of cattle, interjected sev
eral references to his own likes,
much to the amusement of-, the
Polled Hereford enthusiasts.
Don Chittenden, national Pol
led Hereford secretary from
Kansas City, Mo., also presented
an optimistic picture, “The only
breed to show any increase in.
registrations last year, a gain of
26 per cent,” he reported. Since
Sept. 1955 there has been an
increase of 36 per cent, and at
the International last fall, the
sale of Polled Herefords, aver
aging $1154, topped all other
breeds
Rev Fred Rentz of the depart
ment of education, Franklin and
Marshall College, gave an in
teresting explanation and history
of Pennsylvania Dutch people
and their customs.
Ernest Lambert, national pres
ident- from Alabama, brought
greetings, and Col Jewett Fulk
erson auctioned five pages in.
the new EPHA directory for a
total of $2260.
Presiding at the banquet was
'the outgoing' EPHA president,
Leon Falk, Jr., of Schellsburg,
Pa. Others at the head table in
cluded M P (Hot) Moore, top
Polled Hereford breeder sales
wise, Ifrom Senatobia-, Miss;
Franklin D Roosevelt, Jr, New
York City and Clove Creek
Farm, Poughqog, N. Y.; Johni
R. (Jack) Royer, Glenwood, Md,
ident, Ecnest F Tark, Freehold,
former national association pres-
N J > newly elected EPHA presi
dent; E E. Moore of Double E
Ranch, Senatobia, Miss; Mark
Anspach, president of the Lan
caster Chamber of Commerce;
Dr. Henning; Herman Purdy,
professor of. animal husbandry
at Pennsylvania State Univer
sity, who fudged the show Mon
lay, Tom King and Glenn Keene,
from Pennsylvania State, Kent
Mackey, from the American
Hereford association, and M. M
Smith, Lancaster County agri
cultural agent
Others present included Joe
O’Bryan of O’Bryan Ranch,
Hiattvflle, Kan, who operates
the largest Polled Hereford herd
in the country; Ed Hummel
president of the Pennsylvania
Polled Hereford association! and
Dennis F. Getchell from Lime
stone, Maine, 1954-1955 EPHA
president.
Mr Roosevelt was elected vice
president of the EPHA, and
John H. Royer, Jr, Glenwood,
Md, was reelected secretary
treasurer.
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Kaylor Bros.
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RHEEMS. PA.
Jared Stauffer
MARTINDALE, PA.
Thornton Addresses EPHA
Dan Thornton, former governor of Colorado and famed
as a Gunnison, Colo. Hereford breeder, here addresses the
banquet of the Eastern 'Polled Hereford Association at
Hotel Brunswick in Lancaster Sunday-night. The speaker
outlined a six-point program to solve the farm problem,
described on page one of Lancaster Farming today. (Lan
caster Farming Staff Photo).
Food Habit Trends of Ruffed Grouse
Subject of Pennsylvania Bulletin
Grouse Study Made
In Centre County
The Pennsylvania State Uni
versity has published a bulletin
titled "Food Habit Trends of
Ruffed Grouse in the Centre
County Barrens”. The report
tells of methods and results of
a food study newly applied* to
grouse. Formerly, such research
was based on the examination of
material found in the digestive
tracts of grouse, but in this
project the droppings are analyz
ed. This method has been used
successfully in studies of food
habits of other game birds. One
of the purposes of the study is
to determine the winter food
habu trends and plant species
that contribute to the diet of
the grouse-
Biologists at the University
started'this project on the Bar
rens in 1948, as a ten-year study
through which trends and food
habits of grouse during a com
plete cycle would be recorded.
Following are some of the
facts learned since the work be
gan: Droppings collected period
ically from known drumming
sites showed' that leading food
items in the diet of grouse
studied were aspen buds, acorns,
teaberry fruit, miscellaneous
leaves, and wild grapes. Green
leaves that resist frost kill and
remain through winter play an
important role in the diet of
these birds during the cold
months. Aspen buds, which are
high in protein, furnished the
bulk of the winter bud diet of
grouse on .the study area, ac
cording to the report.
As a result of this study ef
forts will be made to develop or
maintain more of the desirable
winter foods as part of an over
all management program for the
State Bird of Pennsylvania.
Appreciates Police
Assistance
Early on a recent morning a
motorist delivered a deer that
had died of an accident to the
home of Game Protector Edward
W. Campbell, Fort Loudon,
Franklin County
Campbell reports, “About five
minutes after the man’s depar
ture a State Policeman was at
my door because he had- noticed
blood on the back of this fel
low’s car. The officer questioned
the man and was checking out
his story about turning the deer
over to me. As long as we con
tinue to receive State Police co
operation as in the past, there
will be two strikes on those
persons who make sport out of
violating the Game Law.” -
Sick Coons
And Foxes
Game Protector Paul H. Glen
ny says that, “During January
and February there have been
increasingly large numbers of
sick raccoons and gray foxes re
ported in my Adams County dis
trict National Park rangers
(Gettysburg Battlefield) report
ed finding several of these ani
mals, either dead or in very
poor condition. JDuring the last
two weeks m February two rac
coons and one gray fox were
brought to me. Several persons
told me they feared the animals
had rabies- But diagnoses by
the Summerdale Laboratory of
the Agriculture Department
show these animals are not ra
bid, they are suffering from dis
temper ”
Farm Research
Like Industry’s
Urgent Need Now
ME ifERSDALE, Pa. Urgent
need for agricultural research
that will assist farmers to attain
income levels comparable to in
dustry and business was stres
sed here by- Dr William L Hen
ning, State Secretary of Agri
culture
At a kick-off dinner opening
the three-day ninth annual
Somerset -County Maple Festi
val he declared that, on a per
capita basis, total funds allo
cated for agricultural research
in Pennsylvania rank - the Com
monwealth 47th among all the
states
“Every dollar invested in re
search will be returned a thou
sand-fold, in greater efficiency in
food production, improved qual
ity and satisfaction for consum
ers,” he asserted.
Dr Henning paid tribute to
the State’s maple products in
dustry. While some worth while
research has been conducted in
this field, he expressed belief
that more could be done to re
duce costs and increase produc
tion of maple sugar and syrup
to meet demands-
HELP NEEDED
SANTA FE, N. M. After
he found that his store had been
burglarized for the thirtieth
time in‘■little more than three
years, Charles Stover called m
State police for help.