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Opposition Voiced
-point proposal for an integrated agricultural
•©grain presented to the General Assembly with
if the Penna. Dept, of Agriculture and Govern
j found rough sledding Wednesday afternoon
fenna Food Marketing Council meeting in the
•Building.
I Henning’s pre
ithe program, the
■opened for com-<
I nearly 100 state
Is and organiza
litatives.
[McSparran, Pea
larmer and Mas-
Innsylvania Gran,
lie major object
toposed marketing
[ven by both the
I State Farmers)
[his organization,
fhpport the pro
iuse, “Producers
would not
L The final auth
f not be in hands
iicers, but in the
t Agriculture,
h further voiced
bhe fact that mar
‘ boards could be
lot only of pro
[ could include
ntries Listed
egional C-O-T
dr the finals of the 1959 Chicken-of-Tomorrow
6 been released by Floyd H. Moore, Coatesville
firman.
of 161 contestants, including 75 from Lancast
have indicated intentions to enter 15 birds each
mal competition to be conducted May 2 at the
Cooperative Exchange planV-Coatesville.
the regional com
e to be received,
d dressed, start
n, Moore reports,
elhway will be in
receiving and
vith Ernie Horn,
nluber, Henry E.
Eben Grubb as-
Predenck will be
of dressing opera
ie contest birds.
al 9 am, Daniel
Lancaster, will
|nlnes He will be
fudging by Clyde
>hn Smith, Char
% Victor Plastow,
• I ’> John Kreps,
Mnpson, Kenneth
Paul L Martin
r ßortz
eight regionalwm
;he eligible for
- m the Pennsyl-.
I 1 contest to be
satlo a m in
I" ■
• the Farm Show Building at
, Harrisburg. There will be 36
statewide entries.--
Presentation of state a
wards will take place at 1
p m., May sth.
The following Wednesday,
May 6, Coatesville region en
tries will be sold at special
auction in the Lancaster
Poultry Center, starting at
10 a m.
This is the first year for
the auction through Lancast
er Poultry Exchange facili
ties Claude F. Smith will
serve as auctioneer, with Lo
well Blass,' chairman of the
sales and awards committee.
Members are Paul L Martin,
Miles Moyer and F. W. Fish
er.
Although the 15 dressed
birds of all contestants who
wish to sell through the
special auction will sell on
Wednesday; an additional
special auction for the re
maining live birds of contest
ants -who wish to sell will
take place on Thursday, May
7, either before or after the
regular LPE weekly auction.
LPE rules calling for
bonded buyers will be re
moved for these special sales
of C-O-T birds, Exchange of
ficials reported.
Lancaster County entries
m the contest are.
Robert W. Armstrong,
Drumore RD 1; Elam S.
Blank, Strasburg RD 1;
Phyllis Raymond, and Rob
ert Bomberger, Lititz RD 2.
Glenn Bricker, Manheim
RD 2; Harold and Kenneth
Brubaker, Mt. Joy RD 1;
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KY
fher
recast
f ~ Wednesday
feather Bureau,
.as(or Office
«ures will aver
'°r sli 9hily be
al r anqe of 44 .
Satur-
S? S “»day „ig ht
y- Warmer by
Sh °wer s Sun-
‘ 0 d * Y ni 9ht. Oth
slly fair for
nt Program' Viewed by FAMC
dealers, processors and hand-i
lers of commodities.”
“We in the Grange feel
control of marketing orders'
for farm products, must re
main solely in the hands of
producers, just as in the Fed
eral Marketing Orders” h©
stated.
A representative for the
Penna. Potato Producers vo
iced objections to the propos
al on the ground his indus
try . has taken care of our
own marketing problem, so
that right now I don’t know
of a potato in Pennsylvania
that wants to be sold.”
Mrs. Elsie Mummau, Leb
anon County farm women,
appearing by invitation 'as
an individual, vigorously pro
tested the proposal as . .
an attempt to set up a dictat
orship.” She urged the state
devote its attention to stop
ping the “dumping” of out of
state farm products on “our”
Lancaster. Pa-. Saturday. April 25. 1959
markets She also insisted the
competition." She also k|d|
applause for Sec. Henning,
following a remark by Me
Sparran that, ‘We wish we
knew you would be in this
job forever ”
The meeting onened with
, p
a suggestion y r 8
Director J ohn Rainey that
Coi.“ e
ization to include one dele-
gate from all state organize-
tions concerned with the pro-
duction, processing, hand-
ling and distribution of food
products within the state.
w° P +hA
groSp, caUed for the meet-
ing of the full council one of
two times each year to con-
siderthe overall situation of
Penna agriculture
° '
The new system will en-
able the Secretary of Agri-
culture to call in delegates
from those organizations di-
rectly concerned with prob-
lems pertaining to a par tic-
ular commodity, without
having the full council meet
monthly, with many mem-
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'Rural Life Sunday' Services Planned
MEMBERS OF THB LANCASTER COUNTY 4-H Council are sliown above during
their recent planning meeting for Rural Life Sunday in the county. The young ladies
aie, from left, LaVon Nolt, Mt Joy RD 2; Donna Heckcndorn, Lancaster; Barbara Heisey
of Sheridan RD 1; Judy Gmder, Florin, and Jean Snader, Ephrata RD 1 The gentlemen
in the rear are, from left, Harold Frey, Marietta RD 1; Fred Bernhard, Mt. Joy RD 1;
Glenn Bushong; Robert Wagner, Q-ville RD 2, and Herbert Frey, Marietta RD 1 The
Council helped local clubs with plans for the three Rural Life Sunday services scheduled
m the county this year —LF PHOTO
Lancaster County 4-H
Clubs and cooperating chur
ches m the county will par
ticipate in the nation-wide
Rural Life Sunday program
during the next three Sun
days, with three services
scheduled m the county.
Northeastern clubs, with
Barbara Heisey and Jean
Snader as co-chairwomen of
that district’s 4-H Rural Life
Marketing Orders Defined
Following are some ex-
pianations of termonolgy and
. ......
requirements of the enab-
hng act ” of P ro Posed Fouv '
Point Farm Program as pre-
sen ted by the state admmis-
The ABr.cl.ura! Market-
in g Act of 1559 as contained
m House Bill 1336 and Sen-
ale Bld 554 would establish
die logui power to be used
by growers to develop a
marketing agreement or or-
der to be used by growers
m marketing their P roduct -
. A “marketing agreement’"
1S a . votary contract enter-
ed mto by the Sec ‘ o£ Agn '
cul \ ure , and a o f a
particular commodity. It af-
fects only those who sign it,
hower-er the act requires
that before the contract can
become effective, producers
0 f 65 per cent of the volume
of the commodity must sign
the agreement.
“marketing order” is an
orc j er j ssuec i by the Sec. of
Agriculture which makes
Sunday committee, will lead
the program with their ser
vice at the Bergstrasse Luth
eran Church, east of Ephra
- ta
The Bergstrasse congrega
tion will host the club mem
bers, parents and friends at
a special Rural Life Sunday
service at 10 a.m,, tomorrow,
April 26. Those planning to
attend are reminded that this
$2 Per Yea*
the terms of a marketing
agreement effective upon all
, ... .. ,
members of the particular
commodity industry, It is is*
sued upon the request of the
industry and with a substan
tial ma] onty approval It is
bp*™, upon all producer,
o£ the defined commodity,
once in orce.
The Agreement or Order
may provide for exemptions
to growers under certain con
ditions, which must be spcl
led out m the order,
An order can be terminat
ed any time the Sec. deter
mines it no longer fulfills
?^ T d^ ed Q p ° £^e
ACT The Sec is REQUIR
ED to terminate an order
whenever a majority of the
growers request the order be
killed, or whenever growers
producing more than 50 per
cent by volume of the com
rodity request this,
No price fixing or regula
tion, or production controls
are authorized under the
ACT.
will be Daylight Saving
Tune
Salunga Church of the
Brethren will welcome chib
members and others to their
service at 7.30 p m , May 3.
Glenn Bushong and Roberta
Landis are heading the 4-H
program in the western end.
Chestnut Level Church
will conclude the county's
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