BuL No. 14
Hidex of Prices
■or Pennsylvania
■rops 5 Points
I;ISBURG The index ot
eceived by Pennsylvania
for their principal pro
pped five points during
nth ended Jan. 15, the
?pai Inrent of Agriculture
cause for the decline was
of 15 cents a hundred
for milk at wholesale,
with lower prices receiv
beef cattle, according to
State surveys,
mg at 245 per cent of the
base level, the index for
i products was 6 points
han on Jan 15, 1956.
prices showed good ad
luring the month Meat
other than beef cattle
encouraging advances but
ices were more than off
lower prices received by
for chickens, eggs, and
onal decline in wholesale
i face of declines in over
cs, the index of prices
• farmers for interest,
ind taxes advanced two
10m Dec 15 and was 11
gher than the "year pre
e brighter side, all major
idma grain crops showed
s over Dec 15 price aver
ting from 1 to 5 cents a
with buckwheat holding
at $l2O a bushel. The
ir crop prices rose four
landing at 230 on Jan. 15
s 31 points higher than a
:VIOUS
ivestock index at 249 per
the base level, showed a
six points Hogs advanced
s a hundred pounds live
md at 17 70 were the high
e July 1955. Lambs were
cents a hundred, calves
ed a 20-cent increase, but
cken, egg and milk de
fect these gains.
[MH N°. 1 Hogs
in Cut-out
BIINGTON The average
n*Al v alue advantage of U. S.
B ver No 3 live basis, for
uP* 8220 pounds barrows and
■as 73 cents a hundred
. Biased on wholesale carlot
BHtf of hesh pork cuts at Chi-
is to Jan. 24, 1957, m
the U S. Department of
reports.
of Meetings
RrDiscuss Soil Bank
|^T’ U Agreements
w senes of community meet
has ben scheduled by the
■pity Agricultural Stabilization
■I Conservation committee to
the acreage reserve pro
m 1957 and the 1957 AGP
the date and place of the
see the Farm Calendar
■this issue
yuarryvule (Lancaster County) Pa., Friday, Feb, § 1957
SIX WEEKS OF BAD WEATHER are
yet to come, if you believe the groundhog’s
prediction made as he saw his shadow Sat
urday. These are two of the groundhogs
that assisted in the annual celebration of
the big event by the Slumbering Ground
USDA Under Secretary Urges
Farmers to Stress Quality. Selling
“This is a world of intense
competition Farmers compete
with other businesses for consum
ers’ dollars,” according to True
D. Morse, under secretary of
agriculture who spoke at the
twentieth annual Mmnesota-lowa
Swine Institute at Austin, Mmn.,
yesterday.
Morse, who formerly headed a
midwest farm management serv
ice, also said that different farm
commodities compete with one
another for a place in the diets
of people and in trying to be the
best buy for the housewife.
“The old familiar meat market
is almost a thing of the past. Now
we shop in stores that are stocked
with thousands of items to attract
the dollars of the housewife.
“In the supermarkets of today,
meat often is displayed with
about 5,000 other items. Seldom
do you see the meat counter near
the front of the store. In the
grocery store of today, the farm
er meets intense competition for
the dollars that should be spent
for products of our farms and
ranches,” Morse said.
“Food consumption per person
has shifted in the past 15 years
poultry up 11 pounds, almost
double; beef up over 23 pounds,
more than 40 per cent; pork down
slightly, one pound. Why? For
one thing, poultry producers went
after quality, ready-to-use and
hog Lodge at Quarryville. The top hats
were part of the garb worn by the lodge
members For the U S Weather Bureau’s
version of the coming weather, see the
prediction maps on page 12 (Woolley Pho
to)
mass production to get more cus
tomers,” Morse explained.
He also noted that cotton con
sumption has not increased in the
past 30 years, but that soybeans,
citrus crops, and margarine pro
duction has increased in the past
few years.
In speaking of the troubles in
the swine industry, Morse said,
“There seems general agreement
that a maior problem with pork
is “fat,” Farmers are moving to
ward meat-type hogs and process
sors are trimming more fat off
pork cuts. Trimming off outside
fat is not enough ‘lard’ tjpe
hogs produce too much fat im
bedded inside the lean meat to
suit many consumers*.”
He said that a team effort of
farmers, processors and sellers
will be needed'to expand the mar
ket for pork. The fanners to
produce quality hogs and the pro
cessors put out an attractive cut
of meat.
“A more adequately based
pricing system which rewards the
farmers who produce U. S. No. 1
hogs is needed,” he said.
In summing up, the under sec
retary said, “Population growth
continues to surge up rapidly
people will continue to have a
high level of income with which
to buy. Farmers can sell more
of their products and have a
more rapidly growing income.
They can do it by vigorously
meeting competition for the con
sumer’s dollar. People want and
need more meat, milk and eggs.
Let’s find ways to sell, profitably,
more of these good farm pro
ducts.”
Poultry Assn.
To Hear Talk
On Prosnects
Robert R Parks, Altoona, vice
president of the Pennsylvania
Poultry Federation will speak at
the annual meeting of the Lancas
ter County Poultry Assn., at 7:30
p m. Thursday at the new Poul
try Center, 340 Roseville Rd.,
Lancaster.
Parks is also past president of
the American Poultry and
Hatchery Federation. His subject
will be “There is a Future in
Poultry ”
The following list of candidates
have been nominated as directors
for the association to be elected at
the meeting- Arthur Graybill, R 1
Stevens; John H. Herr, R 7 Lan
caster; Carl Harmsh, R 6 Lancas
ter; J. Richard Kreider, R 3 Man
heim; Ira Rutt, Peach Bottom;
H. Raymond Stoner, 1051 Eden
Rd, Lancaster; Benf. G. Shank,
R 1 Elizabethtown; and Lemon S.
Wiest, R 1 Ephrata.
The following reports will be
made by directors of the associa
tion- Membership, Jay R. Greider;
poultry tour, Mark Myer; youth
awards, Elwood Earhart; pro-*
grams for meetings, Levi H. Bru
baker; poultry banquet, Martin
Miller; nominating committee,
Roy B. Herr; TV programs, James
Dorsey and Lewis Mortensen; and
audit, Elmer Groff.
Light refreshments will be
served by wives of the members.
Dr. EL I. Robertson, president,
will preside at the meeting.
CCC Grain Loans
Mature Feb. 28
Farm stored wheat, oats and
barley loans will mature Feb. 28.
Farmers who wish to redeem
their grain must do so by this
time, or the grain becomes the
property of the Commodity
Credit Corporation.
$3 Per Year
Farm Bureau
Members Asked
To Finish Test
An audience of about 600 per
sons at the annual Faun Bureau
stockholders meeting Wednesday
at the Guernsey Breeders Sale
Barn was urged by County Agent
Max Smith to help in the comple
tion of the brucellosis testing pro
gram in the county
“I hope that we will not be the
last county to complete the pro
gram as we were some years ago
in the turberculosis testing pro
gram,” Smith said
The farmers were told that
Bang’s testing, now on a volun
teer basis, probably will become a
requirement in the near future.
He also said that the swine bru
cellosis program is starting. The
same procedure will be-used for
swine testing as for cattle, accord
ing to Smith
Smith also noted that the
frmer is still in a puce squeeze.
“The cost of things you buy
went up .66 of one per cent, while
the products you sell rose only .40
of one per cent last year,” he
said
But he said that the future of
farming and the family farm
looks_ bright. Maryland, Delaware
and all show population
increases in the East and the
Western states also have made
gieat population gains.
•‘This population gain gives you
a continuing market tor your ris
ing production,” he said.
Smith said that for the family
size farm to continue to prosper,
the farmer must pay more atten
tion to good management, selec
tion of the proper type of farm
ing, record keeping, acceptance
of new farming methods and em
phasize quality.
Eastern States
To Move Center
To New Building
Eastern States Farmers’ Ex
change will move from their pres
ent quarters at 608 North Prince
St. to a new service center at the
intersection of Dillerville Rd. and
Manheim Pk. Monday.
The new service center is con-,
structed of Butler steel buildings
and is paved.
The new buildings also offer
two loading docks for trucks as
well as a rail dock the full length
of the warehouse building.
The reason for the move, ac
cording to Fred Irwin, manager,
is to eliminate the congestion of
the Prince Street location and al
low for future expansion of the
cooperatives facilities.
1 Eastern States operates more
than 90 service centers in its New
England and Mid-Atlantic state>
area.
The service center, Irwin says,
provides a storage point where
farmer representatives draw sup
plies to supplement, in emergen
cies, the supplies they receive di
rectly.
An open house celebrating the
opening of the new building will
be held later this month.
Corn Price Support
Loans Still Available
Farmers can still apply for
price support on their 1956 corn
crops through loans or purchase
agreements, the County ASC com
mittee reports.