Vol. 1, No. 31
President Signs
New Farm Bill;
“Second Choice”
WASHINGTON (USDA)
Secretary of Agriculture Ezra
Taft Benson Tuesday issued the
followed statement with regard
to enactment of the farm bill
“The Agricultural Act of 1956
was signed today by President
Eisenhower. This legislation can
help farmers by reducing our
farm surplus and conserving our
soil and water resources I am
glad the President signed the
bill
“We are moving immediate
ly to put the Soil Bank pro
gram into effect. Instructions
covering initial procedures
have already gone out. The
needed contract forms and
many of the program provi
sions have already been fully
discussed with state farmer
committeemen and state office
personnel at area meetings-
We have done as much preli
minary work as was legally
permissible .prior to the sign
ing of the Act, adopting our
work to the many changes
that occurred as the Soil Bank
moved -through the legislative
process.
“We are proceeding with
judicious haste, building a sound
program that will fulfill the
purpose of the Act and merit
approval of farmers and the pub
lic generally. Details of the pro
gram will be made public as
rapidly as they can be develop
ed
“This year, however, will not
provide a fair test for the Soil
Bank because the legislation was
so long delayed Practically all
of the crops are now planted.
The boost in price supports an
nounced six weeks ago was bas
ed on the fact that the Soil
Bank could not be (properly ap
plied to 1956 crops.
Oppose Parity Freeze
“There are certain provisions
in the bill which I would have
preferred to see omitted, such
as the freezing of transitional
parity for wheat, corn and pea
nuts
“Other provisions, which I
had hoped for, have not been
included. Among these is legisla
tion exempting from marketing
quotas those farmers who use
for feed, seed and food all the
wheat they grow on their farms
“On balance, the constructive
features of the bill outweigh its
undesirable provisions ”
President Eisenhower called
upon Secretary of Agriculture
Ezra Taft Benson to put it into
operation as soon _as possible
Since the bill was delayed
in passage, it can have little
effect on crops already plant-
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Another Mystery Sale of the estate of
]LJncle Mike Bender is history, but there’s
more coming up for several rooms in the
double house he occupied at Slackwater
are still to be emptied. Here Auctioneer
Park Shaub sells another of the several
92nd Keystone
Holstein Sale
Top Hits $5OO
B 1 LF Staff Reporter
Recording a top of $5OO in the
cow division, the 92nd Keystone
Holstein iSale at the Keystone
Sales Barn, Mount Joy, totaled
$8,313 on 30 individuals Satur
day, averaging $277-
Three bulls totaled $496,
figuring $165 each, six calves
brought $367 5 0, averaging
$6125, while 21 cows scored a
total of $7,451, averaging $355
Two grade Holstein cows
were offered, one bringing $175,
the other $4OO, and one grade
calf sold for $2O
Lyons 5 Cow Scores
One of the better buyers of
the sale was the Department
Mental Hygiene Control Farm
at Ellicott City, Md, who took
several lots, including the sale
top. Lot 15 female, Silver Spring
Rag Apple Topsy, consigned by
Clarence E. Lyons, Lancaster,
went to the Control Farm at
$500.' She sold bred Aug. 24,
1955 to Ragsborne R A. Royal
Governor, and was by Massedale
Bag Apple Mutt out of Topsy
Pluto Posch Calved March 21,
1950, she had an impressive an
cestry.
Clarence Stauffer, R 1 Ephrata,
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Quarryville, Pa., Friday, June 1, 1956
Going, Going Gone!
Broiler Barbecue
June 9 to Attract
7000-8000 Persons
Between 7000 and 800 persons
are expected to attend the Sixth
Annual Broiler Barbecue spon
sored by the Lancaster County
Poultry * Association at Lititz
Springs Park, Saturday, June 9
Activities will be underway
from 3 to 8 p. m that date; with
June 16 named as Ram Date.
There will be a Poultry Queen
Contest, in which a new ruler for
the industry will be crowned, a
jeq pjeAipeq b ‘;s?quoo
becue display and entertainment
tor all the family
Robert Kreider
Named last week to head the Lancaster County 4-H
Agricultural Council and the County Home Economics
Council are the two above, Miss Lausch, the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Lausch, R 1 Denver, and Robert
Kreider, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Clyde Kreider of R 1 Quar
ryville. Details'of the election will be found in this week’s
issue of Lancaster Farming.
thousand items. Beside him is the sale
clerk, and, kneeling on the stand, David
Lefever, nephew of Uncle Mike, who has
helped inventory and prepare for sale the
multitude of items. (Lancaster Farming
Staff Photo).
Robert Kreider
Heads County
Four-H Council
Robert Kreider, son of Mr
and Mis A Clyde Kreider of R 1
Quarryville, last week was nam
ed president of the Lancaster
County 4-H Agncultuial Coun
cil, and, at the some meeting,
Miss Josephine Lausch, daugh
ter of Mr and Mrs Norman
Lausch of R 1 Denver, was nam
ed president of the County
Home Economics Council.
Mr Ki eider succeeds Walter
Augsberger of R 1 Remholds,
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Josephine Lausch
Per Year
Poultry Center
Ground Broken;
Repli es Given
By ERNfiST J. NEILL
Ground lor Lancaster Coun
ty’s new $30,000 Poultry Center
was broken Thursday afternoon,
just as officials of the Lancas
ter County Poultry Association
issued formal replies to a letter
stating the Poultry Center
would conflict v with the proposed
Community Center.
In an earlier reply, Lewis L.
Mortensen, secretary of the as
sociation, pointed out that the
Poultry Center would augment,
not duplicate facilities of the
Community Center
Meeting Saturday night, asso
ciation directors and officers
adopted the following resolution!
“We, of the Lancaster Coun
ty Poultry Association, as one
segment of Lancaster County
Agriculture*, are resolved to
support the objective of pro
viding a Community Center
for Lancaster City and County.
We urge all agricultural
groups, acting through the
Lancaster County Agricultural
Council to do likewise.
“We make this expression
in the light of our under
standing that the purpose of a
Community Center is to furn
ish accomodations for func
tions which have a common
interest to all segments of our
community. Lancaster Coun
ty Poultry Association, by
Lewis L. Mortensen, Secre
tary.”
At the same time, Mr. Morten
sen made public a letter written
Tuesday, May 29, to LaVem
Pownall, president of the Coun
ty Agricultural Council, wherein
he stated:
The proposed Community
Center poses a challenge to
our whole community.
To meet this challenge, the
Lancaster County Poultry As
sociation strongly urges you,
as president of the Lancaster
County Agricultural Council,
to take the initiative in con
soldaiting all agricultural
groups in an expression of
support of the Center and to
communicate that expression
to the five-man Community
Center Planning Committee.”
Mr Mortensen, on behalf of
the Association, enclosed a copy
of the resolution adopted by the
Association “illusjrating our
point of view as one segment of
Lancaster County Agriculture ”
In his earlier reply Mr. Mort
ensen had said, “Just as a family
needs its individual home, so
does the poultry industry need
its individual home It should
be realized that all those who
have planned for the Poultry
Center are active in our com
munity and no doubt will be
ready to participate in any
drive to establish a community
center In the meantime, we
plan to go forward with en
thusiasm and confidence in our
final diive for funds for the
Poultry Center, knowing that
our needs are real and not in
conflict with any larger goal of
a community center.”
Not Narrow Thinking
Mr. Mortensen told Lancaster
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