Vol. 11, No 10
Plan to Control
Hog Brucellosis
To Be Considered
HARRISBURG, When mem
bers of the eight Pennsylvania
swine breeders’ associations meet
here next Monday, the opening
day of the Farm Show, they will
consider proposals to have the
Commonwealth assist in control
and eradication of a disease
known as brucellosis in swine.
Suggestions for a control pro
gram have been drafted by the
State Department of Agriculture
with the assistance of a swine in
dustry advisory committee ap
pointed by state Agriculture Sec
retary William L. Henning.
He said today the State Bur
eau of Animal Industry, in co
operation with the U. S Depart
ment of Agriculture, is making'
such good progress with elimina
tion of brucellosis (Bang’s dis
ease) in cattle (that the entire
State may be certified as bovine
brucellosis-free by early 1958.
The State now has 49 counties
certified as bovine brucellosis
free
Subsidence of the disease in
cattle frees department and
practicing veterinarians for -tak
ing blood samples in swine herds.
Swine brucellosis is scattered
in Pennsylvania and may not ex
ceed two per cent of infected
animals, according to prelimin
ary tests conducted under the
supervision of Dr. H A. Milo,
state BAI director. The contem
plated program is to prevent
spread of the disease that may al
so appear occasionally in horses,
goats »and sheep, causing abor
tion.
The proposed eradication pro
gram would be optional with
owners of swine breeding stock.
It has been suggested that the
amount of State indemnities to
be paid on diseased animals
Such payments would not exceed
90 per cent of the appraised
value of any one animal.
Following discussion of the
new proposal at their Farm Show
week meetings, swine associa
tions to the swine brucellosis
committee.
County Jaycees
To Select Top
Young Farmer
The most outstanding young
farmer will be selected by the
six Lancaster County Junior
Chamber of Commerce, The win
ner of the community program
will be in line for a chance for
an all-expence trip to the nation
al awards program in Durham,
N C., April 15-16.
The deadline for selection of
the winner will be tomorrow, Jan
12 Announcement of the winner
will be made next Saturday.
The program is co-sponsoied
nationally by the American Pe
troleum Institute committee on
agriculture and the U.S. Junior
Chamber of Commerce.
Nomination forms may be ob
tained at Lancaster Farming
office in Quarryville. I
yuarryvilie (Lancaster county) Pa., Friday, Jan, 11, 1957
Winter Makes Belated Appearance
WINTER CAME to Lancaster County this
week in a flurry of light snows that
-brought to mind some of the heavier snow
PFA Policy Told
At Kick-off
For Membership
“The farmer deserves a right
to produce,” said Noah Engle,
district field man for American
Farm Bureau Federation at the
membership drive kick-off dinner
for the Lancaster County chap
ter of the Pennsylvania Farmers’
Assn, at Quarryville Monday
night.
He also gave lack of good mar
keting facilities, and the “creep
ing socialistic” tendehcy of. acre
age allotment systems as two
more programs the Farmers’
Assn, is seeking to improve.
He also said that if the farmers
of the nation do not organize
themselves, outside agencies, such
as labor unions will do it.
Also speaking at the dinner
was Arthur Hoffman of Virgin
ville, Pa., who outlined the mem
bership drive in Pennsylvania
Nominated at the meeting as
a legislative committee were J.
Roy Gneder, R 1 Mt Joy, Clyde
Win ell, R 1 Elizabethtown; Frank
Aument, R 1 Holtwood; Harold
Groff, R 2 Quarryville; Marvin
Hershey, R 1 Gordonville; Earl
Kent, R 1 Gordonwlle; and Wal
ter Witmer, R 1 Gordonville.
This committee will study pro
posed legislation on the county
and state levels and wisl assist
the law-makers in such legisla
tion as may affect the farming
industry.
The membership goal of the
state association this year is 338
The membership fee is $l5.
- VTTI
-* 5? (
falls of last winter. The Weather Bureau
says that the snow flurries can be expected
over the weekend.
Amos Funk-Talks
At Vegetable Meet
A Lancaster County vegetable
grower, Amos Funk, will tell
ways he has reduced production
costs at the annua!! meeting of
vegetable growers at Pennsyl
vania State University Jan. 21-
22.
The vegetable farmers will
focus attention on improved
marketing, and added research
at their second statewide con
ference.
16 4-H Dairy Club
Members to Show
Sixteen AH Dairy Club mem
bers will exhibit at the Farm
Show next week.
They are:
Holstems Donald and Paul
We' k, HI Strasburg; Paul and
Donald Trimble, Rl -Quarryville;
and James Hess, Rl Strasburg.
Ayrshires Florence Mae
Flory, R 3 Manheim; Ned and
Joan Paes. Rl Strasburg; Marilyn
Harmsh, R 2 Quarry # ville; James
Brubakers Rl Lititz; and Donald
Pryer, Rl Strasburg
Guernseys Robert Mumma,
Landisvil'le; Robert Bushong, R 2
Columbia; Ross apd William Fer
guson, Kirkwood; and J. Timothy
Deacon, Rl Willow Street.
Leroy Graham Buys
Guernsey Herd Sire
PETERSBOROUGH, N. H.
Leroy Graham, Peach Bottom,
has purchased the registered
Guernsey bull, Catus Jim of
Rhoadsacres, according to the
American Guernsey Cattle Club.
This bull was bought from
Jerome H. Rhoads, Kirkwood,
Pa.
Eleven Vo-Ag
Boys Chosen
For Degree
Gd—lB—Eleven Vo-Ag .. ..
Eleven vocational agriculture
students from the county will be
awarded Keystone Farmer de
grees at the Farm Show next
week.
N
Heading the list as Lancaster
County Star Farmer is J. Rich
ard Herr. Rl Ronks, a senior at
Lampeter-Strasburg high school.
Others being honored are: Rob
ert Bucher, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Bucher, Peach Bottom, So
lanco; Melvin Martin, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles H. Martin, R 2
Lititz. Manheim Central; Gerald
Rohrer, son of Mr. and Mrs. WiH
lis Rohrer, Smoketown, Penn
Manor; Kenneth Garber, son of
Mr and Mrs. B. Snavely Garber,
Rl Willow Street, Lampeter-
Strasburg; ,
■ Clair Carter, son of Mr and
Mrs. Rosco Carter, R 3 Quarry
ville, Solanco; Lloyd Denhnger,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Den
linger, R 4 Lancaster, Lampeter-
Strasburg; John Eshelman, son of
Mf and Mrs Howard Eshelman,
R 2 Willow Street, Penn Manor.
Marion Findley, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Edgar L. R 3 Quarry
ville, Solanco; Glenn A Aument,
son of Mr. and Mrs Roy Aument,
Rl Quarryville, Solanco; and
Calvin D. Keene, son of Mr. and
Mrs Roy Keene, Rl Christiaana,
Solanco.
The Keystone degree, highest
the state can offer, is awarded
each year to a select group that
cannot exceed two per cent of
the total members enrolled. These
are chosen on the basis of un
usual merit in both schoo? and
home farming projects, scholas-
$2 Per Year
Advisory Board
To Be Nominated
At Farm Show
HARRISBURG, Nominations
for membership on the newly
formed marketing advisory com
mittee to cooperate with the
State Department of Agriculture
will be confirmed at Farm Show
week meetings of various state
wide farm organizations
Purpose of the committee is to
assist the department and farm
organizations in promotion of
Pennsylvania quality farm food
products.
More than 30 agricultural as
sociations will hold meetings
during the Farm Show and they
will also review a proposed
“statement of policy” for the
new advisory group, he added.
Sixteen representatives of
farm and food mdustiy organiz
ations have been nominated for
appointment by Secretary of Ag
riculture William L Henning to
a promotion subcommittee, and
nineteen persons have been no
minated for a food standard sub
committee.
C. W. Funk, Pennsylvania
C. W Funk, Pennsylvania Farm
Bureau Cooperative, was selected
temporary chair man of the pro
motion group, and C M. Wilson
of the Pennsylvania Farmers
Assn., was selected temporary
chairman of the standard sub
committee.
In addition to Funk and Wil
son, Loyal D. Odhner of the Pen
nsylvania Cham Store Council
and Jack R. Grey of the Pennsyl
vania Canners Association, from
the promotion subcommittee,
Don James of the State Horticul
tural Association and K. R.
Slamp of the Pennsylvania State
University from the standards
subcommittee will become mem
bers of a steering subcommittee.
After the Farm Show Secretary
Henning will appoint three ad
ditional “at large” members to
the steering subcommittee.
The standards subcommittee
will meet Wednesday, to deter
mine priority of attention to sug
gested new grade standards for
eggs, fruit and vegetable con
tainers, a proposed statewide
label program, and other pro
blems pertaining to improved
standards for better marketing.
The promotion subcommittee
will meet Friday, Jan. 18, to
work on general promotional
aids. They will outline specific
project work to assist the poultry
industry with March Egg Month,
the first major promotion on the
agricultural calendar
Pomona Grange 71
To Meet Jan. 19
Lancaster County Pomona
Grange No. 71 will meet Satur
day, Jan. 19, at the Y. W. C. A.
m Lancaster for an a£l day ses
sion.
The meeting will start at 10 30
a m with a business session.
S- Ralph -Wanner will be in
charge of the meeting.
tics and participation in com
munity activities.
To be eligible, a youth must
have held the Green Hand degree
for at least one year and the
Chapter Farmer degree for an
other year.
The outstanding youth in each
area is cited as the Star Farmer
of the year.