I _ _ ■iiSVfii n
tine Advises
ion in Joining Hog
J Partnership Deals
__ p e porls have reached ihe Lancaster Farm*
{recent efforts in the county to interest farmers
eding hog contracts. We haven't been approach
lo join in one of these ventures, but decided to
j estxgating. in the interest of but readers. Fol
article reprinted from ihe July 18. 1959 issue
’ s Farmer, popular Corn Belt farm magazine. We
report this week from a farm writer friend in
hit the founder of "one of the outfits" had brag
mng up a half million dollars in just a few years,
urge our readers to study this article from Wal
ner and consider well before signing any agree
his type.) ....
IW-BREED”. scheme has'been used to take ad
a number of lowa farmers. Several have come
■e recently seeking help. But little can be done
rmers signed contracts 2 or 3 years ago to pro
v breed of hogs on a “partnership" basis.
I hasn’t paid them
well as the glib
jlesman promised,
iter told one lowa
t he’d net $l,OOO a
>r expenses
r 3 years, his gross
1 been less than
ontli And out of
s paid feed and
costs for a boar,
ws, and their pigs
6 or 8 months of
Iks have taken a
! at their contract
they find they are
on the short end
1.
iw the deal works,
r is sold half in
breeding unit of
Rose Tour is Wed.
ose 4-H Baby Beef and Lamb Clubs annual tour
cheduled for Wednesday in the southern end of
County, according to Max M. Smith, county ag-
r starts at 8:30 a.
e Fred W. Linton
■ryville RD 2. (IV 2
>f town on Rt. 472
'kwood, on the left
ool)
r Wi tt enable club
0 see some of the
e in the dub and
Ming and manage
rs of other mem-
oduled are morn
,at the following
s°mes, in order:
~T om Daugherty,
Martin Greenleaf,
RD 1; Maria,
John Frey, Q U ar-
Herr . Quar-
AY
HiER
>recast
*y Ve^ Bdav
av 0. near
o an «e of 66 - 86.
1 r weekend.
Ss humid. War
• with scattered
«. £ Wed — ■
M * c ‘PUation i n
less -*han .5 in;
I ' ,7S; Safe
i n ' a «d Holt-
» Lancaster
sal5 al 15 4 - 7 >'- «-
jj nl) al Water
li U :r Har.
three to five gilts and one
boar at $375 for each ani
mal. He pays all costs of
feeding and caring for the
hogs. The promoter, who
keeps a legal half-interest in
all animals, agrees to adver
tise and sell as many as he
can.
The contract specified that
the promotor handles all
sales of animals, and divides
the income ‘with' the farmer.
The company advertised a
$2OO average price to be
paid for animals that qualify
as breeding stock.
Actually, farmers got but
half of slaughter price for
the majority of pigs they pro
duced. Since most boars went
(Turn to page 5)
ryville 2; Kenneth Weaver,
Q-ville 1, and Judy and Jay
Ranck, Q-ville 1.
The noon stop will be at
the Memorial Park in Quar
ryville. Each family is to
bring its own ’food and uten
sils. Soft drinks and ice
cream will be available.
The stop will include ball
games and other recreation.
Afternoon stops will in
clude:
Mary Jane Herr, Refton;
Carol and Kenneth Hess, of
Strasburg 1, and Nancy Lan
dis, Strasburg 1.
\
Tomato Field Days Slated
For lues. & Wed. in County
Lancaster County Extension Service has scheduled a
series of Tomato Field Day programs for Aug 4 —5, with
Penn State tomato specialsts appearing
The meets will be:
Aug. 4, 6:30 pm, Herbert
Royer farm, Lancaster RD 5,
IVz miles northeast of Lan
caster, off Rt. 222.
Aug. 5, 9-30 a.m., Henry
Shreiner farm, Lititz RD2, 1
mile NE of Elm
Aug.'S, 6:30 p.m, J. Les
ter Charles farm, Manheim
RD 1, half mile west of the
Field Research Lab, north of
Landisville.
"Dr. Carlton Taylor, exten
sion disease specialist, will
discuss tomato diseases. .
Lancaster. Pq„ Saturday. August 1, 1959
USDA Frozen Egg Buying Stopped
The USDA has announced suspension of frozen egg
purchases. Bids were accepted last week-on 650,325 lbs. of
dried whole egg solids, the equivalent of approximately
65,032 cases of shell eggs.
The Dept, purchased 4,- on April 24.
110,000 lbs. of frozen eggs,
at a cost of $1,001,400, since
it began buying frozen eggs
on June 18.
A total of $9,382,300 has
been expended on purchas
es of 8,321,850 lbs. of dried
eggs since the beginning of
the surplus removal program
Bar-B-Q Finances W. Lampeter
The West Lampeter Community Fair, Inc. has schedul
ed its Fifth Annual Chicken Brbecue at Lampeter Commu
nity Center Pavilion from 4 to 8 p.m., Saturday, August 8,
according to Roy B. Herr, general chairman.
Herr reports this year tic
kets will be $1.50 for adults
and 75 cents for children un
der 12 years of age.
All proceeds will be depos
ited to finance the 1959 Fair
Pa., W.Va. and Ohio Growers
Reject Federal Wheat Program
Approximately 80.7 of the U. S. wheat producers vot- votes running around 88-95
ing in the July wheat program referendum favored a con- per cent, had the greatest re
tinuation of the program for 1960, according to a USDA gional support.
announcement.'
This was a loss of about
3.4 per cent of the growers
in favor of the federal pro
grams, while remaining a
full 14 per cent more than
the two-thirds majority need
ed.
Pennsylvania growers were
among those of three states,
including Ohio and West
Virginia, which failed to give
the program even a simple
majority.
New York growers voted
Dauphin-Lebanon Area
Hay Drying Tour Slated
Four farms featuring batch and wagon dryers have
been listed by the Northeastern Hay Drying Association as
stops on a tour August 5 in Dauphin and Lebanon counties.
Stanley Gates, Lafayette
Hill, association president,
said the hay drying tour—op
en to the public—will start
at Hershey Estates Farms
where a 6,000-bale capacity
batch dryer and new type
hay making machines will be
in operation.
K. R Slamp, marketing
specialist, will discuss pick
ing, grading and handling.
Associate County Agent
Harry S. Sloat, reminds all
growers that the season has
been generally favorable for
plant growth and disease de
velopment
The last four to six days
tomatoes are on the plant,
the handling and care during
picking and marketing are
crucial periods, Sloat said.
There has been increasing
criticism of the egg purchase
program in recent weeks
from the metropolitan press.
Complaints of tax dollars
going to support farmers’
prices, with a direct increase
in cost of food to the con
sumer.
Program, Sept. 23-25.
Youngsters of the Lampet
er community will find a
number of awards and prizes
available for outstanding tic
ket sales These include a
free adult ticket for any
56 6 in favor, while Dela
ware, with only 102 growers
voting, had 85 3 per cent in
favor.
Three-quarters of 467
Maryland growers voted in
favor.
Michigan had 54 3 percent
of 5,072 growers favoring.
Miss, had 91.9 per cent of
223 growers approving con
tinuation.
Suprisingly, the south
eastern states with favorable
These machines will in
clude a self-propelled unit
that cuts, crushes and wind
rows a 10-foot swath in one
operation; also three differ-
ent brands of mower-crush
ers, two rakes connected m
tandem and a bale thrower.
The tour will assemble at
the Hershey Community
Theater parking lot at 10 30,
and after the tour of the
Hershey farms luncheon will
be served at 11:45 at Cocoa
Inn
First of the afternoon-stops
all in Lebanon county, will
be 1.15 at the Mark C Her
shey place, Lebanon, RD 5,
on Highway 322 near Quent
in There the tourists will
see a five-unit wagon dryer
used in preparation of home
mixed feed tor a large poult
ry flock.
Half way to Lebanon on
Route 241 the caravan will
stop at Howard C. Bomberg
er’s Meadow Woods Farm,
Lebanon, RD 5, to inspect
his registered Guernsey
dairy herd, a 7-unit wagon
dryer and a batch dryer, plus,
added nnovations in haymak
ing.
$2 Per Year
However, the retail price
of eggs during period of sev
erely depressed farm prices,
has seldom it ever adequate
ly reflected possible savings
to consumers.
Some retailers used the
depressed egg market to sup
ply them with a “loss lead
er” to stimulate traffic in
their stores, but generally,
the farmer’s losses went into
the middleman’s pocket
Fair
youngster (16 years or un
der), who sells $l5 worth of
tckets.
For sales of $25 or more,
a free ticket and pen will be
given. For the greatest sales
volumes reported by 6.00 p.
m., August 5, there will be
prizes of $5 for Ist; $3 for
2nd, and $2 tor <hird high
sales
The Wheat Bowl, of Neb
raska - 74 %; Colorado 79 7
per cent; Kansas 74.9 per
cent; Montana 90.8 per cent;
N. Dak. 91.8 per cent; Okla.
80 per cent; S. Dak. 91 6 per
cent, and Texas 85.7 per cent
remained about as usual in
support.
S. Carolina, with 95.9 per
cent in favor]" had the highest
percentage of “Yes” votes.
Nearly 130,000 of the to
tal_ 199,240 votes cast came
from the eight Wheat Bowl
states.
SPABC Tallies
First Million
First Services
The five year old Register
ed Holstein, Roaring Maples
Lucifer Galaxy, became the
millionth cow to be serviced
by the Southeastern Pennsyl
vania Artificial Breeding Co
operative.
This accomplishment came
. about through the fifteen
years of service rendered fay
: the S P.A B.C. to dairy herds
in Southeastern Pennsylvan
, ia and Delaware State.
L. Galaxy was born and
raised on the Roaring Map
les Farm, owned and operat
ed by the Harold Book Fam
ily which is located approxi
mately seven miles east of
Lancaster.
Mr, Book has been a mem
ber of the Cooperative since
its origin During the past
fifteen years he bred a total
of 369 first services for an
average of twenty-four first
services each year at an av
erage of 70% efficiency on a
60-90 day non-return basis
L Galaxy has three com
, P)f ted lactations that total
; 30,184 lbs. of milk and 1,508
• lbs of fat. she was serviced
i fIL d is carrying calf to the
Excellent Gold Medal Sire,
. SHS3 Langdonhurst Ormsbv
Burke Lad.