County Youths Attend AIC At Penn State \ Continued from page one' “Southeastern Pennsylvania is the best agncultuial area in the state and ot course Lancaster County is the outstanding agricultural county in the nation ” He pointed out that dairying was our largest farm industry with poultry ranking second An invitation to visit all parts of Pennsylvania was extended to all delegates fiom other states Secretaiy Ezra Taft Benson told the delegates that the new bill passed by Congress “is a long step towaid freedom for our farmers and away from control over farming by rigid govern ment foimula ” Remarking that we live in an age of stupendous change the secietary "pointed out that the challenge facing cooperatives is this “Can cooperatives effective ly help farmers maintain their control over farming can they effectively help preserve our tra ditional family, farm type of en tei prise can they adequately help the individual exert effec tive bai gaining power >” The Secietaiy outlined a four point progiam for cooperatives 1 Build your cooperatives big ger 2 Be satisfied with nothing less than top notch leadership 3 Bring about more cooperation between cooperatives 4 Build a better pi ess, better public lela tions for the entire cooperative movement Mr Benson concluded his talk by saying, “Farm people have come a long way in cooperation with one another Working to- faim people can exert ef fective bargaining power They can maintain control of faiming They can maintain the tiadition 'al family faim pattern They can meet the challenge of the space age With God’s help we shall not fail ” This 30fh session of the Ameri can Institute of Cooperation drew over 2 000 delegates from all 48 states, Puerto Rico, and Canada The institute is chartered m Washington, DC as a university without a campus Meetings are held annually at one of the sev eral Land Grant Colleges This yeai the Agncultmal Co operative Council of Lancaster County made it possible for the following youth to attend the in stitute for four days Robert Arm strong, Drumoie, Charles Rohrer, Paiadise, R 1, Wilbur Hosier Manheim, R 3, John Yost, Nar von R 2, Luke Brubaker, Mount Joy, R ;1, James Nolt, Manheim. R 1, Richard Hackman, Willow Street R 1, and Dons Sollen berger Holtwood, R 2 Adult advisors on the trip are Wayne Rentschler. Farm Bureau, Lee Brobst, Production Credit, Cranford Brantley, SPABC, and Jack Owen, FFA advisor Members of the Agricultural Coopeiatives Council are Lancas ter County Farm Bureau, Mount Joy Farmers Assn , Producers Co operative Exchange, Eastern States Farmers Exchange, Slate Milk Producers, Lancaster Pioduction Ciedit Assn, Farm Loan Assn , Pennsylvania Co op Potato Growers Southeastein Pa Artificial Breeders, Producer’s Livestock, Tobacco Cooperative Washington Boio Tomato Grow ers. As soon as the green grass sup plv lapeis oft during hot dry sum mer months, weeds become more tempting to dairy cows Weed flavors such as French week, wild onmns, pepper grass, sate and ivgweed begins to show up in milk and cream Farmers can min imize weed flavors by taking cows oft the pasture at least two hours befoie milking A farm pond can be a delight fui addition to the landscape ana piovide much family fun such as swimming and boating - or it can be a death trap All too often it is the latter Di owning rank se cond only to machmeiy as a cause of accidental farm deaths, according to safety officials Share of Consumer’s Food 40%; USD A Says Farmer’s Dollar is Marketing charges accounted • for 60 per cent of the money con sumers paid for food in 1957, the same as in 1956, according to a icport issued by the United States Department of Agriculture The remaining 40 per cent icpresent ed the farmer’s share of the con sumei’s food dollar The propor tions of the food dollar going for marketing charges and to farm ers in 1956 57 was the same as in 194, immediately before Woild War II Although this particular repoit s based'on figures for 1957, oth iv statistics computed monthly by 'he USDA’s Agricultural Maiket mg Service indicate that in May if this year chaiges foi maiket ng a fixed quantity of U S farm rown foods were 5 per cent ibove the 1957 average, while the fm value of the same foods was t 2 per cent above the 1957 aver age In May 1958, farmers were yetting 41 cents out of the retail food dollar. Marketing costs continued to Purina-fed steers gain 25’/2% ...sell 50$ per 100 higher FEED PURINA... YOU CAN DEPEND ON THE CHECKERBOARD iVWi'AVAViViV John J. Hess II Intercourse New Providence S. H. Hiestand Snader’s Mill Blend & McGinnis Warren Sickman Salunga Mt. Airy Atglen i ise in 1957 However, the im provement in larm prices in 1957 held the fanners share at the 1956 level halting the decline which had been under way since 1951 The report points out that mar 1' cling charges in 1957 weic neai lv double those in 1945, whereas the farm value of food was up 17 per cent Both payments to farmers and marketing charges more than doubled between 1940 and 1957, according to the report Rcta-l puces for food m 1957 also weic more than double the 1940 level and were about the same as in I°sl and 1952 The persistent use in market mg charges is ascribed to rising costs of materials, labor, trans portation, overhead, and other factors in'the marketing of foods and to additional marketing sexv ices Farmers’ unit costs for goods and services used in production have also risen sharply since 1940 Pennsylvania feeder runs own split feeding test ... Sometimes it’s hard to see the difference in feeds just by looking at them. Same way when you listen to the sales stories So Lester Kreider, of Mt. Joy, Pennsylvania, ran his own split feeding test. Out of a group of 20, he separated six steers and put them on a ration of corn and cob chop, barley, mo lasses, aid Purina Steer Fatena 32 c " 0 with stilbestrol. The other 14 steers went on the same ration except for the protein supplement. A competi tive brand was used as a direct comparison. 100 DAYS LATER... Mr. Kreider paid $17.60 per hun dred pounds for the six Purina-fed cattle. 300 pounds (average per John J. Hess Wenger Bros. Kinzers Vintage steer) and 100 days later, he sold them for $2l 00 per hundred Aver age daily gain was exactly 3 pounds. The fourteen head on a competitive ration were slightly higher quality cattle, and cost Mr. Kreider $18.50 per hundred. Yet after 100 days on feed, they showed only 2.39 pounds daily gain, and brought 50d less per hundred at market than the six Steer Fatena-fed steers. Low roughage—high grain, high roughage—low grain ... or any where in between, there’s a Purina Steer Fatena feeding program to help give you top results. The man who runs the Store with the Checker board Sign in your community will be happy to talk it over with you. B. F. Adams Whiteside & Weicksel John B. Kurtz Bird-in-Hand Kirkwood Lancaster Farming, Solanco Fair Association Announces Program The Solanco Fair Association is planning a ‘ bigger and bettei” lair than ever, aceoiding to word received from Mis Cecil Jackson Publicity director foi the group The Fair which is scheduled for Septombci 17, 18, and 19 has planned the following progiam of entertainment Wednesday Sept 17 1 00, Judging Dairy Cattle 630 pm parade followed by official open ing of the fair 830 pm pm, crowning of the haivest queen Thursday, Sept 18 10 00 a m , tractor driving contest 1 00 pm, judging beef cattle and swine 800 pm talent contest Thiee age groups elementary, high school, adult Fust and sec ond prize in each gioup Open to the general public Limit of live minutes for each contestant Anj - one interested in entering contest coptact Ralph Billei Quaii>\ille 'M*, NAME YOUR RATION Rheems Friday, August 29, 1958 Pa Phone STcrlmg 6 3369 by Sept 13, 1958 Fnd" more Ephrata Pequea 5