County Youths
Attend AIC
At Penn State
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“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
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NAME YOUR RATION
Rheems
Friday, August 29, 1958
Pa Phone STcrlmg 6 3369 by
Sept 13, 1958
Fnd<n, Sept 19 1 30 pm,
baby parade 900 pm awauling
of the iinal youth contest piues.
Music lor the evening will lie
furnished by the Little Duteh
Band.
FOR ANY FARM PURPOSE
MADE THE FARMER’S 1
WAY
L I Lancaster
FJ\ Production 1
L % Credit Ass’n.
411 W. Roseville Rd.
Lancaster, Pa.
f Ph. Lane. EX 3-3921
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Lester Kreider,
Mf Joy, Pennsylvania
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