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Vol. 111. No. 9.
Market Bureau
To Help Retailer
Boost Egg Quality
“The Bureau of Markets is In-
tel ested in helping retailers meet
the standards for fresh eggs, not
in prosecutions for violations,”
bin eau head Edward J. Lawless
said in an interview Monday
The interview was prompted by
comments made Thursday at a
meeting held at the Poultry Cent
er More than 200 egg producers
and retailers jammed the Center
to hear provisions of the revised
standards explained.
The standards are effective Jan.
16,
Lawless said, “Competition of
out of state eggs prompted the
revisions of standards of the
Flesh Egg Law. The idea is to
piotect the consumer”
He emphasized that the Fresh
Tgg Law is not new and there
has been no change in the basic
legislation And the new revision
applies only to eggs retailed in
six or 12 egg cartons
“In other words,” he said, “if
the retailer or peddler puts the
egg* into sacks, baskets or the
customers own containeis, the
regulations do not apply ”
Actually the revision of stand
ards are nothing new. The stand
aros and grades have existed all
the time. However at the last re
vision last fall, it was decided
that it would be in the best in
tciest of the consumer if grades
and size of eggs were printed, to
gether with the packers name, on
the exterior of the carton
Lawless said that in spot checks
thioughout the commonwealth a
gieat variety m both size and
quality of eggs marketed to the
consumer was noted.
When asked specifically about
piosecutions, Lawless emphasized
that there were two things that
the bureau wanted to accomplish
before using the penalty provi-
Now Is The Time . . .
By MAX SMITH
County Agricultural Agent
TO ADJUST INSURANCE COVERAGE Real
estate values have been on a steady mciease in
recent years The insurance coverage ot five or
more yeais ago may not be suflicient to replace
losses today Farm owners are advised to review
their policies to be certain they are properly
pi elected.
TO TOP-DRESS 'NEW LEGUME SEEDINGS
Due to the drouth conditions last fall many new
seedings did not get sufficient growth before cold
weather, this may result in severe winter killing
especially in view of recent cold weather without
snow cover It is suggested that producers apply
a coating of strawy manure to these fields in
order to protect the small plants This will also
reduce the amount of heaving from constant freezing and thawing.
Max Smith
TO CONTROL LICE ON LIVESTOCK Efficient production of
both milk and meat may be obtained only on lice-free animals,
heavy winter coats make control more difficult. Two applications
about 12 to 14 days apart will kill all livestock lice. The rotenone
sulphur dust is recommended, or 1 per cent lindane dust will give
good results. A number of mechanical treaters for steer feeders are
also useful to apply prepared louse insecticides.
TO KEEP COMPLETE FARM RECORDS It is strongly advised
that all farmers keep accurate records of their various farm enter
prises; it is a vital part of good management and essential to success.
The start of the new year is a good time to establish this practice.
Farm Account Books are available from our Extension Service Office.
TO MAKE PLANS TO ATTEND STATE FARM SHOW See you
there!!
Quarryville (Lancaster County) Pa., Friday, Jan. 10, 1958
TUESDAY CUT attendance at the
first meeting of the .Southern 4-H Tractor
Club until there we v e nearly as many lead
ers present as members. Shown here, left to
right, are Bill Maule, R 2 Quarryville: Fred
Linton, R 2 Quarryville; Jimmy Groft, R 7
sions available These are to help
the retailer handle his eggs in
such a manner so as to preclude
the possibility of piosecution.
The second is to educate the
pubic to ask for and expect to
get quality eggs marketed as
such.
“We don’t prosecute on the
first offence, anyhow,” he said.
“And we don’t expect to have any
(Continued on page 8)
Lancaster; Walter Gehman, R 3 Quarryville,
Eddie Harnish, R 1 Christiana* Bob Maule,
R 2 Quarryville: and Fred Frey, R 2 uarry
ville. The meeting was held at Conestoga
Farm Service, Quarryville. (LF Photo)
County Vegetable
Growers to Meet
Jan. 21 at GSP
County vegetable growers will
meet Jan 12 at the Guernsey
Breeders Sales Pavilion, Route 30
East, Lancaster. J. Wade Groff,
R 7 Lancaster will preside at the
meeting
General topic in the morning
session will be irrigation and its
application to vegetable growing
The program will also include a
look at the general outlook of
vegetable farming, growing vege
tables for processing, and how to
pioduce more efficiently.
Amos H. Funk, R 1 Millersville;
Emory Herr, Ronks, Richard
Kreider, R 1 Manheim; William
Jacobs, R 2 Narvon; Omar Zook,
Manatawny; Jacob Glick, Smoke
town, Jay Hodecker, R 3 Lancas
ter, Robert Fletcher, State Col
lege, and Harry S. Sloat, Lancas
ter, will discuss “How irriga
tion has helped produce results in
farm operation in respect to soil,
oi game matter, type of crops and
wrier supply.”
In the afternoon trends in vege
table production for processing
will be discussed by K P. Slamp,
extension marketing specialist,
Penn State; recognition will be
gi\ en for high yields and grades
in tomatoes, peas, lima beans; and
management, planning and effi
cient farm operations will be dis
cussed by Fred Hughs, extension
farm management specialist, Penn
State.
A question and answer period
will follow.
Reservations for lunch must be
made in advance. They may be
made with your processor before
Jan. 16.
Farm Show Section
Starts on Page Five
As a preview to next week’s
Farm Show to be held in Har
risburg Monday through Fri
day, special news and adver
tising is featured in this week’s
issue. The material begins on
page five. The official program
is on page six. More than 500,-
000 Pennsylvanians arc expect
ed to visit the show and see the
more than 10,000 farm pro
ducts, machinery and equip
ment on display. It is estimated
that the value of the displays
this year will exceed $6 mil
lion.
Entry Blanks for Producers Gilt Sale
Feb. 22 Mailed to Breeders This Week
Entry blanks for the all-breed
bred gilt sale sponsored by the
Lancaster County Swine Produc
ers Assn, were mailed this week
by association secretary Harold
G Rohrer.
The sale is scheduled for 1 p.
m. Feb 22 at the Paul Z. Martin
Sales Barn, Blue Ball.
Gilts of any of the present
swine breeds will be accepted for
the sale providing she is a pre
bred or a cross-bred gilt sired by
a registered boar or bred to a
registered boar. Grade gilts sired
by or bred to a registered boar
will be accepted if one of the com
mon breeds.
All gilts for the sale must have
been bred after Nov. 1, 1957.
All gilts will have to be vac
cinated for hog cholera by one
S 2 Per Year
Nearly 2,000
Head of Livestock
Entered in Show
Arrival of the first animals
yesterday for the Jan 13-17 Pen
nsylvania Farm Show prompted
State Secretary of Agriculture
William L Henning to declare
that the nearly 2,000 head of
beef and dairy cattle, horses,
swine and sheep will represent
“the finest animals in Pennsyl
vania ” All livestock willbe here
by Sunday, ready for the show
opening next Monday morning.
Expanding interest in the
State’s livestock industry is cer
tain to get an added boost from
the Farm Show as indicated by
the total number of entries and
the assured high quality of the
animals, the Farm Show Commis
sion chairman said.
“Interest developed by the
Farm Show is certain to result in
still better breeding and an
even greater livestock industry
as demonstrated in the first Pen
nsylvania National Livestock Ex
position here last November, “he
added
Beef breeding cattle of the
Angus, Hereford and Shorthorn
breeds will total 235. Many of
them will be making return trips
to the Farm Show arena within
two months, having competed
there in the November Livestock
Exposition
Entered also are 140 head of
the best show steers in the state.
Most of these will be 4-H Club
“baby beeves” that have been
raised as educational projects in
animal husbandry. These steers,
selected as the best in the vari
ous 4-H herds, have been speci
ally groomed for the Farm Show,
their final big roundup.
Classes in all seven of the
swine breeds are filled All swine
entries are gilts and wil be sold
Wednesday and Thursday of
Farm Show week. These sales, al
ways a highlight of the Farm
Show, serve to distribute good
brood stock to swine producers
throughout Pennsylvania.
Sheep number 388 head, in
cluding 29 pens holding 117 4-H
lambs Draft horse entries total
100. three more than in 1957. In
addition, 40 teams of two each,
are entered in the annual horse
pulling contest late Wednesday
afternoon and evening.
of the present accepted methods
and show a negative Bang’s test
within 60 days prior to the sale.
All animals will be sold under
the code of Fair Practices which
is adopted by all the breed as-
sociations.
A maximum of 10 purebred
fall boars will be accepted for the
sale They should b good mat type
hogs If more than 10 are offered,
they will be culled by the sale
committee. All rules of health
and sale apply to these boars.
The sale committee is compos
ed of Earl Fisher, R 1 East Earl;
Arhe Anderson, Elizabethtown;
and Harold B. Endslaw, R 1 Mari
etta.
For entry blanks or additional
information write to Harold G.
Rohrer, Room 202 Post Office
Bldg, Lancaster.