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-
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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.
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Ceylon will receive $5 million
in United States economic aid
this year despite her sales of
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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.
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