11, No. 18
Philadelphia Pool
A
Primary Issue
Of Inter-State
0. H. Hoffman, general man
ager of Inter-State Milk Produc
ers Cooperative said Tuesday that
“All other issues are secondary
to keeping the handler pool in
the Philadelphia milk maiketing
area.”
He said that as long as the
handle pool stays in effect in Phil
adelphia, it will be in effect in
Lancaster and the rest of the
state.
Hoffman also gave three rea
sons for Inter-State opposition to
the Golden Guernsey double-pool
ing practice.
“First,” he said, “according to
our attorneys, the practice is il
legal under the provisions of the
state milk marketing act. Second,
it is not fair to the other produc
ers in the area Each producer
should be treated equally in de
termination of surplus.”
“And third, it is not in the best
interest of the Golden Guernsey
producers ”
He explained that in similar ac
tion in New York a few years ago,
public opinion turned against the
Golden Guernsey producers and
that they lost their premium mar
ket permanently.
County Agent Max M Smith
told the group that the end of the
brucellosis campaign in the coun
ty is in sight. Thirty-five town
ships have begun testing, leaving
only six to be signed.
Robert McKinley, general man
ager of the Dairy Council, Phil
adelphia, explained the promo
tional and educational work of
the council. He said that the
council is not active in the Lam
caster area.
Victor Plastow introduced the
outstanding 4-H dairy club mem
bers. They are: J. Paul Herr, R 1
Holtwood; Donald Trimble, Rl
Quarryvilie; Linda Mumma, Lan
disville and Florence Mae Flory,
R 3 Manheim.
Harry F. Brubaker, district
president was in charge of the
meeting-held in-the Leoia - War
Memorial building.
Potter County
Found Free
Of Brucellosis
-HARRISBURG, Feb. 28 Pot
ter County today became the 53rd
in Pennsylvania to attain certi
fied brucellosis-free status in the
State’s winning fight against a
troublesome disease of cattle.
State Agriculture Secretary
William L. Henning commended
the unusual record achieved by
dairy farmers of Potter County in
earning their position on the
State’s honor roll of Bang’s-free
counties. '
When the first county-wide
blood testing was completed in
Potter in 1952, more than 16 per
cent of the 630 herds of Cattle
were infected with the disease.
Cattle infection was 3.68 percent
of the 6,860 head included in the
test.
To meet initial certification re-
Quarryvilie (Lancaster County) Pa., Friday, March 8, 1957
THE SOLANCO 4-H tractor Maintenance
Club met Tuesday evening, March 6, at
Wengers Implement Company, Buck. The
group, which meets each week at various
implement dealers, studies trouble-shoot
ing and tractor .maintenance. Above, a --
first year group of the club, discusses the
ignition and cooling system on tractors.
Deadline for Corn, Wheat, Rice
Acreage Reserve Agreements Today
In telegrams sent March 1,
to Agricultural Stabilization
and Conservation (ASC) commit
tees in all commercial. corn
States, the U. S. Department of
Agriculture stressed that today’s
deadline for corn, .spring wheat,
and rice Acreage Reserve agree-
quirements of the State and Fed
eral Departments of Agriculture
95 per cent of herds and 99 per
cent of cattle in a county must
be free of any trace of brucellosis.
The latest county-wide test in
Pptter, completed early in Feb
ruary, showed infection in only
two per cent of the 776 herds and
.28 of one per cent of the 9,721
cattle now in the county. Not a
single reactor was found in 17
townships and the 28 diseased ani
mals were scattered in the re
maining eight townships. All re
actors were appraised and dis
posed of by the owners.
ments will be adhered to. Only in
case there should be new corn
legislation will a different corn
Acreage Reserve program sign-up
be permitted, the State ASC com
mittees were told.
Department officials said that
they were concerned about farm
ers in the commercial corn area
who felt that because of pending
corn legislation the Department
would not hold to the deadline.
It is vitally important that all
farmers know that th° closin'*
date for corn, spring, wheat, and
rice Acreage Reserve, agreements
is today, they emphasized.
Text of the telegram sent to
the State ASC committees fol
lows:
‘‘lmportant that farmers know
that closing date for filing 1957
Acreage Reserve agreements for
corn, spring \vheat, and rice is
today. Farmers must file agree
ments by this date and they mav
not thereafter terminate agree
ments filed. State offices should
take immediate steps to give this
statewide publicity. Notify county
offices, stressing importance of
local press and radio publicity.
Only in case there should be new
corn legislation will a different
corn Acreage Reserve sign-up be
permitted.”
Standing are: Jim ackson, Tom Halladay,
Fred Frey and Thomas Asbury. Seated on
the tractor are: Ralph Kreider, vise presi
dent, 'Donald Wenger, Rodney Martin and
Stephen Martin. Fred Frey is leader of
the second year class, and Fred Linton
directs the first year class. Bob Wagner
is president of the youth organization.
Beef and Eggs Plentiful
April AMS List Shows
Beef and eggs will be featured
on the plentiful"" foods list for
April, according to the Agricul
tural Marketing "Service. Other
items on the April list will in
clude turkeys, potatoes, canned
sweet corn, dried prunes, rice,
peanuts arid peanut butter and
milk and other dairy products.
Four Meetings Planned to Show
Proper Tobacco Seed Treating
Harry S. Sloat, associate county
agent, has reminded the tobacco
growers that < this is the time of
year to check the tobacco seed
and get the seed beds ready.
In order to grow a better yield
and quality, a good supply of
strong, vigorous, healthy plants
are needed to set in the field at
planting time.
Wildlife is bne of the most de
structive diseases attacking tobac
co both in the beds and in the
field. The disease can be control
led by proper seed treatment,
seed bed management and good
cultural practices.
Four demonstration meetings
where seed will be cleaned and
treated by Dr. O. D. Bur-ke are
planned for, Tuesday and Wednes
$2 Per Year
Optional Method
For Tax Report
Given Farmers
A revised optional method of
reporting earnings from self em
ployment as a farm operator for
taxable years ending on or after
Dec. 31, 195 was jointly an
nounced this week by M S. Gleat-'
on, district manager of the local
Social Security Administration of
fice, and H. J. Bemiller, district
director of Internal Revenue.
H. J. Bemiller pointed out that
self employment farmers who
keep hooks on an accrual method
and members of farm partner
ships can now also use the op
tional reporting procedure.
The revised options are as fol
lows
(1) If your gross income from
agricultural self employment is
not more than $l,BOO, you may
count as your net earnings either
your actual net or % of your farm
gross income;
(2) If your gross farm income
is more than $l,BOO, and your
net farm earnings are less than
$1,200, you may use er.her your
actual net or $1,200;
(3) If your gross farm income
is more than $l,BOO and your net
farm earnings are $1,200 or more,
ypu_ must use the actual amount
of your net earnings
H. J. Bemiller added that this
new method will enable farmers
with gross income as low as $6OO
to obtain social security protec
tion for themselves in their old
age and for their survivors in case
of death. However, he emphasized
that whichever option you must
have net earnings of at least $4OO
in order to get social security
credit for the year.
In addition to the revised op
tional method, the 1956 amend
ments extended Social Security
coverage to farmers who receive
cash or crop shares from tenant
fanners. This income, formerly
excluded as rental income, may
be reported for social security
purposes if the farm-landlord un
der his agreement with his ten
ant, materially participates in the
production of the farm crops. This
provision is effective for taxable
years ending after 1955.
Requests for information re
garding tax returns forms and
taxes due should be directed to
the Internal Revenue Office at
Lancaster Post Office, 2nd floor.
day.
On Tuesday at 9 a. m., the meet
ing will be held at the farm op
erated by Heed Wissler, B 2 Eph
rata. This farm is on Route 222,
one mile southwest of Akron. At
1:30 p. m. Tuesday, the meeting
will be held at the farm of Harry
Metzler, R 4 Lancaster, located
along Leaman Road between
Strasburg and Hartman Bridge
Pikes.
At 9 a. m. Wednesday the meet
ing will be held at the farm of
S. S. Boshnaugle, R 1 Columbia, lo
cated north of Route 30, between
Mountville and Columbia. The
1:30 p. m. meeting on Wednesday
will be held at the farm of J.
Raymond Newcomer, R 2 Lititz,
located along Manheim Rd. be
tween Lititz and Erb’s Church.