—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 17. 1962 6 # Tobacco Vote (From page 1) tobacco quotas have any ef fect on other crop programs? “There will be no cross compliance requirements to any other program.” Con nolly said. The vote on the tobacco referendum will have no influence on any other crop program “Wheth er you participate in the feed grains program or whether you comply with the wheat marketing quotas will not have anything at all to do with the tobacco program ” Connolly said. Can an allotment, once es tablished, be sold? Allotments may not be sold, but they may be leas ed to another grower with an allotment, Connolly said. The credit for producing the crop would go to the origin i J. C. Ehrlich Chemical Co., Inc. 736 E. Cheslnut Street LANCASTER WlpliPli' Tomorrow’s Poultry Profits START WITH Eby’s Chick-to-Egg Feeding Program EBY’S MILL, Inc. al land owner and his future allotments would be based on that amount. When a farm is sold, the allotment goes with the land, hot the farmer. < Would the allotments and support price now establish ed be in effect for the full three years until the next referendum? Connolly said while quot as would be in effect for three years if they are voted in, new quotas for each farm and the support price would be determined for each year’s crop. While Lancaster County farmers have been voting on tobacco quotas for only 12 years, Connolly said, “This is not a new idea Tobacco was grown under quotas in America as early as 1680 when the colonists discover ed they were producing in BEST WISHES FUTURE FARMERS of AMERICA 9 y / EBY’S Our Servicemen Will Be Glad To Explain The Eby CHICK-TO-EGG Feeding Program LITITZ Phone MAdison G-2106 To The Start Y SEE OR CALL US TODAY excess of the demand.” ’ According to county ASC records there are 5,418 to bacco farms in the county, but the eligible Voters* will be in excess of six thousand. At the last referendum, less than 10 per cent of the vot ers were in favor of market ing quotas. For 1962 crop of cigar filler tobacco, the Depart ment of Agriculture has an nounced a total of 21,982.22 acres available for allot ment in Lancaster Co. About 28,829 acres are estimated to have been grown in 1961,' according to Fred G. Seldom* ridge. Chairman of the County ASC. “The decision to be made m the quota referendum can be simply stated,” Chairman Seldomridge declared. “If quotas for cigar-filler tobac co are approved by at least two-thirds of' the growers voting, the law provides that marketing quotas will be in effect for the next three crops with penalties on ‘excess’ tobacco marketed, acreage allotments and price supports. “On the other hand, if more than one-third of the voters disapprove quotas by voting NO, there will be no marketing quotas, no,penal ties on ‘excess’ tobacco, and no price support program on the 1962 crop “In that event, another referendum would not be held for another 3 years, unless m the meantime at least one-fourth of the growers petition the Secre tary for a referendum ” EBY'S PR STAR your chicks by feeding V 2 lb. of 're-Chick Starter per chick, for a :art and less mortality. The extra food power; higher protein: high vitamin and antibiotics fortification will save extra chicks to start on the right road to tomorrow’s egg profits, HEMPFIELD MILLS,Inc. EAST PETERSBURG Phone Londisville TW 8-3031 Notices of individual farm I acreage allotments have be-1 en mailed to farm operators! so that they may know in advance of -the vote how the quotas will affect their farming operations in 1962. Chairman Seldomridge urg es all eligible cigar-filler to bacco growers to vote in this important referendum. Community polling places as follows will be open from 8 am. to 8 p.m. on Feb. 20: 1. Conoy, West Donegal and Mount Joy Twps.—West Donegal Twp. polling place, V* mile from Elizabethtown on Maytown Road.* 2. East Donegal and West Hempfield Twps —Red Rose Dairy, Mount Joy, Rl, Pa. 3 Rapho Twp.—Old Elm Tree School, just off Man heim - Mount Joy Road 4. Penn, Warwick and Elizabeth Twps —Elam Stoltz fus Farm, Lititz, R2_ (for merly J. Harry Hershey farm) 5 East Cocalico, West Co calico, Brecknock and Clay Twps —Weaver’s Implement Store, Stevens 6 Caernarvon, East Earl and Earl Twps.—New Hol land Fire Hall 7 Ephrata, west Earl and Upper Leacock Twps.— Har ry’s Auction House. 11 Gray bill Rd , BareviHe 8 Salisbury and Leacock Twps —White Horse Fire Hall 9 East Lampeter, West Lampeter and Lancaster Twps —Dull’s Restaurant ii Lampeter. 10 Manheim and Easi Hempfield Twps —at Easl (Petersburg Fire Hall. '< 11. Manor, Conestoga - and Pequea Twps.,— Herr and ißrehneman' Garage, 237 Man oor Ave.,' Millersville. 12. Eden, Ilart and Sads bury Twps.—Bart Fire Hall. 13. Strasburg and Paradise Twps.—Garden Spot Bowl ing Alleys, Strasblrg. 14. Martic and Providence Twps.—Rawlinsville Fire Hall, 15. Drumore and East Dru more Twps Marron’s Ser vice -Station, Cochran’s Cor ner. 16. Fulton, Little Britain and Colerain Twps. Kirk wood Hall. OUTLOOK FOR RENTS Higher rents are expected in 1962 because of rising costs of housing upkeep and repair, heating fuels, water rates, and property taxes, points out Sanna Black, Penn State extension home man agement specialist. The most rapid increase will be in wa ter rates DELAY PRUNING There’ll be more blooms on your rose bushes this sum mer if you delay pruning un til March A O. Rasmussen Penn State extension orna mental horticulturist, says this-practice applies to all roses except the climbers which should he pruned after they bloom. Corn silage is better than other kinds of silage for-feed mg beef cattle, say Univer sity extension specialists LARGE EGGS? ■ T *Eggs average 26 ounces per dozen first laying year 5{£230-270 eggs or better to 18 months of age rf175% or more large and extra large livability albumen score (86 Haugh Units at 8 months) shells j{» One of the world’s most popular layers Hubbard farm emu Manheim Pike, Lancaster Phone EX 2-2154
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