Mary K. Bettendorf. Librarian fe JMJRimTURAI LIBRARY
ScJdtOTal Library. PWNSYLVAMJA STAT^COLLEGf
Penna. State —w
Vol. 111. No. 34.
Swine Producers
Fieldday to Be
Aug. 2 at E-town
Lancaster County Swine pro
ducers will have their annual field
day Aug. 2 at Masonic Homes, the
boaid of directors decided at a
meeting Thursday.
The field day will feature a bar
row judging starting at
10 a m., a picnic lunch, and a
speaking program and tour of
Masonic Home’s farms in the af-
ternoon
First prize in the judging con
test will be a Duroc or Berkshire
gill from the Masonic Home herd
The winner will have his choice
ol bieeds.
The field day will follow the
Lancaster County Swine Produc
ers Summer bred gilt sale by a
week The sale will be held JuW
24 at the Paul Martin Sale barn
at Blue Ball.
This will be a night sale, start-
mg at 7 p m.
To date, 34 gilts and seven
boais have been consigned. The
gilts will be of all breeds with a.
few cross breeds. All are to be
sold bred to a registered boar
and will be certified vaccinated
and Bang’s disease free
This will be the second bred
gilt sale to be held by the asso
ciation.
Poultry Assn.
Retains Hartung
Firm for PR
The Lancaster Poultry Ex
change has retained the public re
lations and advertising firm of
M. W. Hartung & Associates, New
Holland, to assist in expanding
the operations of the Exchange,
it was announced this week.
Hartung said that the plan now
is to set up a program that will
he carried out through the facili
ties of the Exchange, thus reduc
ing the cost of such a program.
The Hartung firm is experi
enced in agricultural advertising
and public relations. It now han
dles several Lancaster County
accounts.
Parity Ratio.
Drops to 84
During the month ended June
15, the index of prices received by
fanners dropped a little more
than three per'cent, mainly du°
to price declines for vegetables,
wheat, cattle and potatos
The only significant off-setting
inci eases were for new crop
peaches and for apples.
The index of prices paid bv
farmers for commodities and serv
ices for the same periods de
dined one point, the first reduc
tion since July 1957.
Thus, with farm product prices
oft considerably more than prices
paid from mid-May to mid-June,
the parity ratio dropped to 84,
down two per cent from May, but
two per cent higher than June
1957
Quarryville (Lancaster County) Pa., Friday, July 4, 1958
GIVEN A BREAK after a long period of
rain and cool weather, Lancaster County'
farmers this week moved into barley
fields with combines and binders. Wheat
Two Lancaster County 4-Hers Elected
Club Presidents at Leadership School
UNVERSITY PARK Young
men and women from South
Central Pennsylvania took an ac
tive role in the 29th 4-H Leader
ship School, June 23-27, at Penn
sylvania State University.
Four were elected presidents
of model 4-H Clubs that were
set up as workshop units. They
are kobert Wagner, Quarryville,
RD 2; Michael Williams, Middle
town, RD 1; Harold Frey, Mari
etta, RD 1; Robert A Stolzfus,
Elverson.
Elected club Vice presidents
were Betty Umble, Lancaster;
Ivan Hanson, Palmyra, RD 1;
Sharol Greshaw, Chatham. Sec
retary Katherine Cyger, Kimb
erton; New {Reporters —» Pat
Mellott, Waynesboro, RD 3; (Har
old Smith, Annville, RD 1;
Linda Rambler, Middletown.
GAME LEADERS Virgil
Baker, Elizabethtown, RD 2;
Barbara Roe, Palmyra, RD 1.
Song leaders William Otto.
Mt. Holly Springs; Martha Zook,
York, RD 1, Judy Nolt, Lancas
ter, RD 1; Barbara Smith, Leban
on Discussion leaders Glenn
Bushong, Columbia, RD 2, Janet
Weaver, Halifax, RD 2.
On the program committee
were - Loretta Schlegel, Thomp
sontown, Linda Rambler, Middle-
and rye are starting to show some color,
especially after the hot days at the begin
ning of the week. Much barley lodged
this year causing difficulty in harvesting.
town, Brenda Bubble, Lebanon,
RD 1, Barbara Ann Smith, Leb
anon; Glora J. Albrght, Landis
burg, B. William Otto, Mt. Holly
Springs.
These served on the banquet
committee; Martha Zook, York,
Virgil A. Baker, Elizabethtown,
RD 2; Gayle L. Gulden, York
Springs, RD 1; Michael Williams,
Middletown; John R.
Chambersburg; Virginia Resing
er, Ickesburg; Robert Wagner,
Quarryville, RD 2. 1
VESPERS COMMITTEE mem
bers included Elaine Feeg, My
erstown, R D 2; Billie Ann Kel
lett, Elverson. RD 2; Harold B.
Frey, Marietta, RD 1.
Taking part in the candle light
ing cerecony Sharon Greshorn,
Chatham, Samuel Wagner, Mif
flintown, RD 2; Jean R. Snader,
Ephrata, RD 1, Janet Weaver,
Halifax, RD 2.
On the reception committee -
Glenn R Bushong, Columbia, RD
2; J Iran Hanson, Palmyra, RD
1, Fred A. Straley, Littlestown,
R D 2, Robert A Stolzfus, Elver
son. RD 1; Edwm Espenshade,
Elizabethtown, RD 2; Leroy
Sheibley, Shermans Dale; Shir
ley Hoople, Mechanicsbuig, RD
2.
Folk and square dance com
mittee members included „ Bar-
bara Roe, Palmyra, RD 1, Philq
K Wace, Hanover, Marvin Peo
pies, JMiffhntown, RD 1; Judy
Ann Nolt, Lancaster, RD 1, Ben
jamin S. Haines. West Chester;
Alice Beaver, Millerstown, RD 2.
NEWSPAPER COMMITTEE:
Janet M. Keefer, Mercersburg,
RD 3r Rosalinda Sterner, Han
over, RD 2.
School chorus: W. Roger
Thome, Mt. Joy, RD 2, Dale
Kann, Shippensburg, RJQ 3,
Grace Mitchell, Millerstown, RD
1.
Demonstrations and Exhibits
Harold D. Smith, Annville, RD
1; Sue Gray bill. Richfield. oßx
452; Alice Metzler, East Peters
burg; Shirley Pugh, Orrstown,
RD 1; Janet E. Hinkle, York
Springs, RD 1.
Top Quality Eggs
Preferred by Consumers
Surveys indicate it would pay
producers to make special efforts
to keep egg quality high and sell
on a grade basis to realize greater
returns, according to a report
Irom Kansas State College
Customers purchase top qual
it> eggs regardless of the normal
price differential when given the
opportunity, the report says One
survey showed that 75 per cent of
(he buyers bought grade AA. 15
per cent grade A, and the other
IC' per cent bought grade B and
C.
S 2 Per Year
Type 41 Tobacco
Averaged 205
For 1957 Crop
Type 41 filler producers took
more of a beating on their tobac
co crop last year than was pie-
Viously estimated, according to
figures released Friday by the
federal government
The new figures show that the
average puce for the 1957 crop
was 20 5 cents a pound The
earlier estimate pegged the price
at 22 2 cents a pound
There was no change in the
estimate of production The
figure still stands at 41 2 million
oounds, down 7 2 million pounds
from 1956
THE MIAMI VALLEY, Ohio,
filler crop, while only 4 7 mil
lion pounds, averaged 22 4 cents
a pound The 1957 Puerto Rician
Tiler group was 26 7 million
oounds. up 2 7 million pounds
from the year before No price
was quoted for the crop
The government’s tobacco
sheet stock report shows that
477,000 pounds of Type 41 tobac
co were in sheet stocks on April
1 of this year This compares
with 509,000 pounds of Connecti
cut Valley Broadleaf and 435 -
000 pounds of Connecticut Val
ley Havana Seed
However it was an appreciable
)um;p from the 186,000 pounds of
Type 41 in stock as shqet on
Jan 1 of this year.
PENNSYLVANIA filler acre
age ma> be as much as five per
cent lower this year, the govern
ment says Onio filler acreage
is expected to be approximately
the same as last year Acreage
allotments and the Soil Bank
program are in effect on the
Ohio types, but not on the Penn
sylvania type.
If 1958 yields should be near
the 1952-56 averages, the. 1958
production of continental filler
would approximate 51 million
pounds 5 million pounds more
than in 1957. The carryover of
these types next Oct. 1 is esti
mated at about 125 million
pounds three per cent below
last Oct. 1 and the smallest on
record.
THE 1958-59 total supply
this year’s production plus car
ryover seems likely to be near
176 million pounds, slightly more
than this year’s record low.
The disappearance of Pennsyl
vania and Ohio filler m the
year ending Sept 30, according
to preliminary indications, may
be around 48 million pounds,
nearly 5 million pounds lower
than in 1956-57 and the smallest
for many years.
The disappearance of Puerto
Rican filler in the year ending
last Sept. 30 held close to the
fairly high level of 1955-56, but
a moderate decrease is indicated
thus far during the current year.
USE OF IMPORTED scrap as
filler for cigars appears to have
increased over that of a year
ago.
Acreage of Type 41 tobacco
is estimated at 31.800 this year,
a drop of 27 9 per cent from the
194749 average When this 31,800
acres figure is compared with
the 1924-28 average of 08,100
acres, it is seen how the tobacco
acreage has slipped.