FFA Boys Accept
Responsibilities
By: Jay Herr, Reporter
Garden Spot FFA
Part of the themif of
National FFA week -lids' to
do with honoring Rural Re
sponsibilities Sifice ' many
FFA members will'"become
farmers in the future they
face a very great responsibi
lity. This responsibility is
helping to feed the 2 S bil
lion people of the world"
The story;. of American
Agriculture" is America’s
number one success story
In 1900 about 50 per cent
of the American population
was needed to produce en
ough food to satisfy the ■
people of the United States
At the present time, with
eight per cent of the popu
lation farming 3 7 million -
farms we can produce all
the food we need and still
have a vast surplue All this
has come about through the
extensive research of agri
cultural scientists and rhe
higher goals set by the
American farmer.
Through research better
farming methods, improved
animals and seeds have been
Wi 10 C to 34 C MORE NET INCOME
*M THAN OTHER MAJOR EGG STRAINS*
%A Jlf (35° more than avera S e entry in 15 tests)
$ *Based on final reports in 1959-60 Random Sample Tests
in Ariz, 8.C., Calif., Fla., la., Minn., Mo., C.N.Y,
W.N.Y., N.C., Pa.. Term,, Tex, Utah, and Wise.
. In the three 1959-60 tests in which the new K-155
Kimb’erchik was entered; it equalled the well
known K-137 in net income.
Longenecker’s Hatchery
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Extra strength and bonus power put these IH tractors at the top cise implement control. Torque-Amplifier slows tractor at row
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epgmes, they bring new farming ease to, every job in every season For harvesting: FarmalTs ,- big tractor” construction —Lrge frame,
For tillage: New 3-pomt draft-controlled hitch keeps you going rugged drive train and heavy rear axles—lets you operate a two
vcathout spin-out or shut-down You hold even depth and maintain row corn picker in toughest field and crop conditions
traction m toughest conditions. And you roll along smoothly with For loading: Both the Farmall and International are ideal for load
three, often four,"bottoms. _ r mg jobs Optional Fast Reverser unit and foot accelerator for the
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Cope & Weaver Co.
Willow street
introduce^. Also American
farmers use more machinery
than apy other farmers m
the world. This machinery
has enabled one farmer to
farm twice as much land,
a-’i. has therefore increased
the averages size of farm? by
40 percent from 215 acres to
305’ acres in the past 10
years.
TTnfortunately the agricul
ture of many-, countries
has not progressed fast en
ough to keep up with the
demand In ma n v of these
countries the farmers use
Ihe same farming methods
-that their - ancestors used
generations ago 'Because of
this it. takes many more
farmers to produce enough
'food for the pople For ex
ample,' in Bed China 85 per
cent of the people are farm
ers, but many Chinese do
not have adequate diets.
The pople of the world
who are ill-housed, poorly
fed and clothed are demand
ing some of the necessities
of life that •we enjoy One
of the responsibilities the
youth of today will have to
face tomorrow is the sharing
of our abundance around the
world
for
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1 INTERCOURSE
OPEN HOUSE MAR. 7 fc 8
David Kurtz J. B. Hostetter & Sons McCormick Farm Equip. Store
MORGANTOWN MOUNT JOY EPHRATA
Secretary Says
Pa. Dog Law
Is Successful
State
Secretary of Agriculture
William L. Henning today
credited a stepped-up cam
paign against unlicensed dogs
for a 7 per cent decrease in
1961 claims for damage by
dogs.
HARRISBURG
“We again have lower
claims down to $36,624
compared to $39,290 the pre
vious year,” Henning said,
“and the licenses increased
from 868,504 individual and
5,938 kennels to 870,139 in
dividuals and 6,103 kennels”
Henning also pointed out
that there were 14 positive
rabies cases, two of which
were dogs, compared with
18 cases in 1960 and 43 cas
es m 1959.
The Department is ready
ing its annual checkup to
find unlicensed dogs across
the state Licenses, required
for all canines over six
months of age, can be pur
chased for $llO (unspayed
females, $210) from county
treasurers, justices of the
’62! 504 TRACTORS!
J. Paul Nolt
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 17, 1962
peace, aldermen, magistrates animals, any interested farm
notaries public, or the State ers and all Young and Adult
Department of Revenue. Farmer Class members shou-
The total revenue to the
Commonwealth last year for
dog licenses and fines a
mounted to $1,195,691. There
were 4,621 prosecutions
colnpared to 3,175 in 1960
The Department of Agri
culture administers the Dog
Law because major purposes
are to minimize damage to
sheep and other livestock
and to reduce the spread of
rabies among dogs and other
animals.
Quality Forage
NewHollandYFA
Class Subject
All interested farmers are
invited to attend the Garden
Spot Young and Adult Farm
er Class Meeting held at the
Garden Spot High School
Agriculture Classroom on
Tuesday, February 20, at 7
p m
A series of four class me
etings will be used to discuss
the production of high qual
ity forage The New Holland
Machine Company who is
the leader in this field, has
chosen certain of its person
nel to assist in the instruct
ion of these subjects for dis
cussion
Feb 20—General Econo
mics of Good Forage Ferti
lization and Seeding for
Maximum Quality.
Feb 27—Making Quality
Silages (Include Machine Ad
iustment)
March 6—Making Hay-in
a-Day (Include Machine Ad
justments)
March 13 —Making Hay-in
a-Day, Heat Drying, Mech
anical, Feeding
The Class will tour the JfyudOppOZtumti&j
g^dSTedu.! (§
“Since we are all interest- WE'IEK
ed in the production of high BM fb«.i7-»
quality forage fcr our farm
C. E. Wiley & Son
QUARRWELLE - WAKEFIELD
OPEN HOUSE MAR. 9
Id plan to attend this series
of meetings-” says Gene
Dougherty, teacher of Voca
tional Agriculture at the
school
• Potato Growers
(From page 1)
Association, will be held the
next day with Leland W
Nixon, State CoUege, presi
dent of the organization in
the chair
The 1961 production of all
potatoes in the United States
was 291 million hundred
weight This was 34 million
hundredweight above antici
pated consumption, Nixon
said Pennsylvania growers
produced a less than aver
age crop, but the national
abundance of late potatoes
has brought discouragmgly
low prices to farmers, he
explained
A National Potato Advis
ory Committee is recom
mending an industry-control
led program of acreage al
lotments and marketing
quotas without government
supports, subject to a refer
endum vote This proposal
wdl be explained at the
coming Institute from both
the Pennsylvania and nation
al viewpoints
Other topics listed for the
growe- conclave will be pre
sented by state and national
leaders Subjects include lat
est developments and practi
ces m the use of fertilizer,
internal sprouting in pota
toes, trends in packaging
and shipping, and the story
of an lowa grower of 3000
acres of potatoes who oper
ates his own processing
plant
Kauffman Bros.
MOUNTVttLE
OPEN HOUSE MAR. 14
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