Good Neighbor Deed Bringing their tractors and plows, six neighbors of Irvin DeLong, R 1 Quarryville, moved in this week to help get spring work started. Here is part of the line of tractors, Breaking ground for 1956 crops, giving Mr. DeLong-a much needed assist. (Lancaster Farming Staff Photo). 29 States Represented in ’56 Angus Conference; Four Problems Studied Cattlemen from 29 states, meeting in Knoxville, Tenn, Ap ril 30 and May 1 took home a wealth of information to help them in the production of more profitable beef enterprise. The Second Annual American Conference, on the University of Tennessee campus, helped meet the cow man’s problems in such fields as selection of correct type cat tle, carcass improvements, feed ing practices, and dwarfism. The 300 breeders registered attended most of Monday’s meet ings at the College of Agricul ture’s Livestock Pavilion. Com manding the attention of the crowd were the" results of dif ferent nutritional experiments conducted on the University "herd. Several classes of bulls and females were judged by par ticipants. Professors Byron Good of Michigan State University, L. E. Kunkle, Ohio State Univer sity, and Charles 'Hobbs, Uni versity of Tennessee, were among educators who spoke and gave demonstrations. Family-Sized Breeders An earlier session was devoted to the problems of the family sized farm breeder, and making the small farm herd profitable. Dean A. E. Dariow of Oklahoma A & M College and Angus Breeder Kenneth Litton, Bound Hill, Virginia, discussed these problems. On Tuesday, participants heard a talk on arbitration by W. W. Bramard, Jr., Far Hills, New Jersey, “Current Develop ments in Beef Cattle Dwarfism Research,” by Dr. Leslie John son, lowa State College; “The Farm Income Tax Report,’ 1 ’ by Attorney Stephen H. Hart, Den ver, Colorado; and “The Bank er’s Obligation to the Cowman,” by E. T. Savidge of the Ameri can Bankers’ Association. Spe cial attention was given local and regional Angus associations, of which there are more than 230 throughout the country. Of ficers and directors of these as sociations met separately to iron out problems Southeast Production Other topics discussed were “Commercial Angus Production in the Southeast.” Professor H. R. Duncan, Tennessee Univer sity; “Producing Bulls for the Commercial Cattleman,” John Gauger, Clear Lake South Dako ta; and “The Breeder’s Role in Club Work,”. James V. Coyner, American Angus Association. Lloyd D. Miller, national associa tion public relations director, spoke on “Public Relations and the Future of the Angus Breed er.” The Southeastern, East Ten nessee, and Tennessee Angus As sociations were hosts to breed- at a buffet dinner held Sun day evening at the University. Featured speaker at the Confer ence Banquet, Monday evening, was Dr. Kenneth McFarland of General Motors. Frank Richards, secretary of the national asso ciation, was master of cere monies. The 1957 National Angus Con ference will take place May 5, 6, and 7 at Michigan State Uni versity, East Lansing, Michigan. Operations will legin in the American Angus Association’s new national headquarters at St. Joseph, Mo , on Monday, June 25, announces Frank Richards, sec retary. When the doors of the $350,000 office building open that morning it will be the first time employees will have been able to transact Association business from a per manent home of their own. The national organization, whose mam function is the registration and promotion of Aberdeen-An gus beef cattle in America, was founded in 1883. Since 1902 it has occupied offices in the Stock Yards area of Chicago. The modern, red brick build ing has gone up on a wide boule vard in an outer'residential area of the northwest Missouri city. The five-acre tract of ground on which it has been built was do nated by St. Joseph business and professional men. Brick And Limestone Designed and built by local firms, the building is 123’ x 127’ with a full basement. The ex terior is of face brick with a trim of Indiana limestone. In terior walls have been finished in light green structural glazed tile, except for private offices, while floors are of reinforced concrete covered, with asphalt tile in gray tones. All pf the work of registering and transferring cattle and rec ord keeping, as well as the ex tensive IBM Operation recently put into use will be centralized in a large work area on the mam floor. Private offices will be oc cupied by the officers of the As sociation, the Pubjic Relations Department, and the Accounting Department. A modern kitchen and large recreation room have been built in the basement, as well as facilities for mailing op erations, heating and air con ditioning units, and large stor age areas. Chicago Closes June 15 The Chicago offices will close officially on Fnday, June 15. The following week will be spent in transferring equipment;, office furnishings, and records to the new location. Business will be gin with a nucleus of about 75 employees hired from the St. Joseph area. The Association ordinarily employs about 110 per "sons in the oflice It’s expected that this number will have been filled within the first month of operations. Eighteen officerss and em ployees will accompany the As- RMBBflaflflflflflßflflßßßßSHßßßßßßßflflflflßßßßßßflßßßflflßaßflflflßßflfl New... Easy Way Your Grass Fields The BY THE USE OF LIQUID NITROGEN What is LIQUID NITROGEN ? LIQUID NITROGEN is a quick acting and long lasting' nitrogen in a liquid form. It is a non-hazardous and non-pressure solution especially compounded for surface application prior to planting and for early top dressing of of crops. 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GRAHAM, West Chester. Phone 1566 SHOLLENBERGERFARM SUPPLY Centerport. Ph. Leesport 6-7671 SNAYELY FARM SERVICE New Holland. Phone 4 2214 CYRUS B. FERGUSON Kirkwood. Phone 36 R-3 DISTRIBUTED BY A. L. WERTMAN, 133 N. 9th ST., COLUMBIA, PH. 4-2380 ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■a■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■*■■laiiiHiiiißßiiiii Dr. Bond Heads AMI Washington Office CHICAGO The American Meat Institute announced today that Dr A. Dewey Bond has been placed in charge of the trade as sociation’s Washington office, ef fective Monday, May 14. The of fice is located at 727 National Press Building. . Bond, a specialist in agricul ture economicss, is a native of Chesterland, Ohio, and a son of a Geauga County farmer. He re- sociation from Chicago to St. Jos eph. About half this number ex act to make the Missouri River city their permanent home, while the remainder will temporarily assist in the training of new of fice help. Dedication of the new head quarters will take place on Fri day, June 29, in connection' with an Open House to be held from 10 a. m. until 8 p. m. that day. All members of the Association, Aberdeen-Angus breeders as well as the general public are cordially invited to attend these two events. MAR-GRO Vitamin Supple ment Your cattle and hogtneed DUTCH BELL for Dairy BETTER BEEF for iteer* and TRIPLE RICH for Hogo We alto have the famous DAN PATCH HORSE POWDER Manufactured by Mar-Gro Mfg Co , AARON S. MARTIN DISTRIBUTOR R 1 EAST EARL See Your Applicator Listed Belo /. .. Lancaster Farming, Friday, May 18, 1956 R 2 Lancaster liquid pJkrdgm Increme* Yield and Quality of Crops Ceylon will receive $5 million in United States economic aid this year despite her sales of rubber <to Red China. ceived his bachelor’s degree in agriculture from Ohio State Uni versity, his master’s from Cor nell Umveisity and his doctor’s from Michigan State Unnversity. He was a giaduate research as sistant at both the later schools. After completing studies at Cornell, he mined the American Farm Buieau Federation in Washington, with which he serv ed for two years, before going on to earn his doctor’s degree. He then became assistant director of the Institute’s Maiketmg De partment. In this capacity ha prepared numerous statistical studies and livestock marketing analyses of importance to the meat industry. USES SPECIAL ■ir Used 66 New Holland Baler Used John Deere Forage Harvester P. T. O. with hay pickup Cope & Weaver Co. Willow Street Ph. Lane. 3-2824 to Make Pay 7 \ M \ ■ / ■ / I » I ■ i z a " f ■ r m
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