4 S't! I I 1 I { i felM rte. vl \ *• + f GETTING THEIR HEADS together is next few years. The first meeting of the one of the five committees studying ways committees was held Monday night at and means of improving the educational Jamesway Manufacturing Co., Manheim program of the extension service in the Pike, Lancaster (LF Photo) Summer temperatures are part ly responsible for poor concep tion rates of ewes bred early in the breeding season, the Amen de'’Veterinary Medical Associa tion said. Figures on your Settlement Sheet* will convince you that premium* for "large" over "Mediums"and "Small" make the BIG DIFFERENCE For Big Eggs and many of them.. . Buy from a selected FRANCHISED hatchery. Ask for QUEEN circular. JOHNSON'S f ijp ,> HATCHERY franchised 24 Orange St., hatchery Ephiata, Pa. Ph REpublic 3-2980 ■ ■■■■■»■■■■■■■■■ ■■■■■■■■ GAS has GOT IT! jj Have MORE Hot Water Faster With Modern Automatic .Gas Water Heaters! 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Sat. ’till 12:00 ‘Grass Roots’ Committees to Plan Extension Service Goals, Programs Five committees were set up Monday night by the extension council to work on long range ob-' jectives of the extension service in the fields of youth, small and part-time farming, urban and sub uiban relations, family relations and, agricultural integration Called “Project Projection,” the committees will review facts available and trends in each of the fields, set up broad objectives toward which an educational pro gram should be carried on by the extension service, and make rec ommendations for the improve ment of present programs On hand for the first meeting of the committees at the Jamesway Manufacturing Co, Manheim Pike, Lancaster, was Di Emory Brown, agncultmal economist from Penn State He outlined briefly the trend in farming in the past 50 years and some of the changes that have occurred Fifty years ago, he said, some 50 per cent of the population of the-countiy was ruial. 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Lancaster County, however, he brought out, departs from the norm in that 51 per cent of the people m the county are in rural areas However only 18 per cent of them are farmers while an other 33 per cent of the popula tion are non-farmers living in rural areas v He also brought out the fact that about half of the farmers are engaged in some off-farm work and that 26 per cent of the farm ers icport that they work 100 or more days a year off the farm This, Brown said, means that they probably depend more on their off farm work for family in come than they do on the things produced on the farm In quoting added statistics abou Lancaster County, he said that of the 7,951 farms listed for the County, some 3,000 have a farm income of' less than $lO,OOO in gross yearly sales This, he said, means that these farms do not make much of a living for the operator County Agent M. M. Smith told the committee members that this plan of having the*work of the extension service directed from those who make most use of it has been found successful elsewhere The committees will function independently and may take sev eral months to compete their re search and come up with plans and suggestions assigned Goat Breeders Meet at Manheim For Election Goat breeders from six coun ties Saturday for a meet ing of the South Penn Goat Assn, at Manheim Elam Horst, Bareville, was elected president of the organiza tion .which includes members from Lancaster, York, Lebanon, Adams, Dauphin and Cumberland Counties Mrs Jacob-H Fisher, R 1 Man heim, at whose home the meeting was held, was elected vice presi dent Other «officers are. Secre tary-treasurer, Mrs. Ruth Riss miller, MiddletoWn, and direc tors, Ronald Hess, Dallastown, and John Rissnnller, Middletown. Lancaster Farmi International, Nov. 29 to Dec. 7, Offering $108,090 CHICAGO It will soon be show time in Chicago again with the curtain rising on new and ex citing features at the 58th annual International Live Stock Exposi tion, slated for Nov 29 to Dec 7 in the International Amphithea tre of the Chicago Stock Yards The International will distri bute more than $lOO,OOO in cash premiums to livestock and gram growers In addition to the usual top quality exhibits of both breed ing and fat stock in the arena, show rings and stock yards pens the International Grain and Hay Show and the International Wool Show will have new loca tions on the ground floor level in Donovan Hall, newest addition to the Amphitheatre New features, are planned to make them more interesting and attractive. In line with new policy of pro viding entertainment headliners at the International, Arthur God frey, famed television and radio star, will appear at every horse show performance A cattleman and horseman on his own when he is away from television eras, Godfrey will feature the. day’s livestock events on his morning TV and radio shows ori ginating in the Amphitheatre He will ride his famous Arabian at .Horse Show performances Horse shows aie scheduled for nine evening performances and six afternoons The Stock Show provides more than a week full of judging events and sales. Most dramatic is the selection of the grand champion steer on Tuesday afternoon Dr ATTENTION DAIRYMEN Limestone Sand For Use D. M. STOLTZFUS & SON, INC. Asphalt Paving & Crushed Stone Quarryville STerling 6-2191 H « The World of Agriculture Can Be in Your Mail Box Farming is changing constantly. You stay abreast of those changes when you can take Lancaster Farming out of your mail box each Friday- Right there in your hand you will have the latest news of agriculture. For Lancaster County farm news, farm features, market news, home and family features and special articles, subscribe to Lancaster Farming today. 'The rate is just $2 a yeu For other rates, see page 4 of this issue. Fill in the coupon below and mail it now. Lancaster Farming Box 126 Pa. Bill me Find $2 for one year Start my subscription immediately, Name- Address ing, Friday, Nov. 8, 1957 Si * . ✓ f A D. Weber, Dean ol Agncul luie, Kansas Stale College, rounds out a decade of judging all steer classes Judging of steers, breeding cat tle and sheep, wether lambs and harrows, as well as of grain, hay and wool, will bring an expected half million visitors to the stock jards Bigger yields of lean meat are (he goals of the International' Carcass Contest which last year reached high levels of interest for producer, packdr and consumer alike Animals are judged on hoof, slaughtered and judged again Top pme winners get de luxe housing in a trailer show window in the Amphitheatre and are auctioned in the arena at the Tuesday night horse show Auction sales climax Interna tional show week The Interna tional label on meats has come to mean the very best to consumers everywhere. Highest TEXACO QUALITY Mt. Joy Ph. OL 3--9331 For Your In Dairy Barns Call Quarryville, Pa. I‘l'M heating oil GARBER OIL CO. 13
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