7 NO. I EARLY MORNING START INTO THE FIELD is standard procedure for Abner Houseknecht, left, Soil Conservationist m the Lancaster office of the Soil Conservation Service. Beginning his duties this week m the same tradition is Kenlied , v !hw wee| v uiitd the Carl Dressier, right, newly assigned Conservation Aid in the countv. Dressier be- backed tarm gan workln the aftmty on Mondav - ~ '' *l ,stu J proach to Tile farm problem but declined comment on its chances ctf passage in congicss Speaking al, a reception fot members of the Newspaper Tarm Pd it or* Association on the White House lawn Mondac the president said he wa bopetul that congress would mote ahead on the legtsl mon winch he cilltd “the best hope for a balance between tarmers and consumers ‘ Soil Conservation Aid Assigned To Lancaster Work Unit Of SCS Ivan M< Keever, Stale Con servationist of the U.S Soil Conservation Service announc ed the appointment of Carl G. Dressier as Soil Conservation Aid at Lancaster, Pa. He will serve on the staff of W. Mar tin Muth who is in charge of the Service’s work in Lancaster Count> Dressier is a native ot the Thonipsontdw n section of Juniata Count', and is a gra duate of the Juniata High School Born and reared on a 6.") acre general farm. Dressier was formerly employed by the American Viscose company m farm Calendar May 21—All day Southeast District County Agents tour Chester County. •9 p m.—Pequea Valley PFA meets at the High School. Softball game with Garden Spot PFA before the meet ing 7 30 pm Witness Oak PFA meets at the Donegal High School May 22—7-30 p.m. Penn M.*nor 4-H club meets at the 'high school * pm Conestoga Valley Association “Clean Streams Porum ’ meets in the Arm strong Cork Company Audi torium May 24—7 30 pm.——County Holstein 4-11 club meets at the home of John Shelly, Maaheim R 1 May 27—Rural life Sunday. Services at many county churches. \ Lewistovm, but acted as a de puty game protector with the Penns>lrama C f ame Commis sion. In his new oosmoa. which he began on Monday, he will provide technical assistance to farmers in the Lancaster Coun ty Soil Conservation District Technicians from the Soil Con servation Sen ice Work with farmers in the development of conservation plans for their farms Thev also give techni cal assistance to tarmers in the installation o' 5 the more difficult conservat on practices Dressier is married and is the father ot two daughters, Sylvia Ann, 14 and Jennifer Carlye, 10. He plans to move his fami'y to the Lancaster area in the near future. Freeman Sends Attache To Common Market Secretary of Agriculture Or ville I-. Freeman said today that the Department Will esta blish an agricultural attache’s post to the Buropean Common Market “The move is one of a senes of steps the Department is taking to gear up for the criti cal and fast develoning events m this area so that we may act effectively and swiftly to pro tect and expand farm exports in our largest dollar market Last year the United States exported over J 1 X bijlion in farm produces to the nations wh cb make up the Common Market,” the Secretary said. The attaches, stationed In (.Continued on page 7 > -K Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 19, 1962 9 m i Clean Streams Forum Planned A “Clean Streams Rorum" aas been planned ne\l tleek by tbe Conestoga Valley Asso iiatm. it t\a» announced this *eek b\ the president, John Kiub Tae turum open to the gen eral nubbin. has been called for S pm. Mav 22 in the Arm strong Cork Co Auditorium L’berti Street in Lamaster for the purnose ot presenting i surtev m ide be l>r Uiuh Pur >. k ‘ Ue hops to stir into action our Watershed Association and the publn 11110 restoring rKe Conestoga Creek and Wat ershed to its more origin il <ondtaon for future u«e ” Kttch said 4-H Dairy Club Hosts County Club Members Larry Hart, Quarryville HI. was elected delegate to State 4-H Club Congress at a meet ing of the county A>rshire, Jersey, Brown Swiss club Mon da v night The meeting, at the home of Milton Brubaker, Litit? Rl, featured a judging contest for members and guests with Dr William Kelso of the Pennsyl vania State Cmversitv acting as official judge and speaker of the evening Members of the Guernsey and Holstein 4-H (plubs of the count v were guests at the meeting The next meeting of the club will be a fitting and showing demonstration at the farm of J Everett Kreider, Quarryvnlle Rl. COLLEGE the PENf*S ''- v< -T Govt. Officials Divided On Farm Bill Chances l>\ • J.« k Owen W.i sin n st on otlicials and inembeis ot con gress varied sharp!v this week in their opinions on how mneh ellett the Billie Sol Estes case have on the chances lor passage ot the mini hill voted out of the House Agncnltuie Committee last week In a one v ote nun gin The ttise ol Estes the Tevas liuanciei indicted toi fraud m collection with illegal inancu veung with cotton acieage al lotments and government leed giam sioiage came up seveial President Calls Farm Bill Most Realistic Approach tVasii'iKrii- lie predicted a (lose vc»ie and sa’d u is not eas\ to "et a consensus m congress bt cuise ot (onthotim?- Ralph Fired For Connections With Estes Case Former Assistant Secretary of Agriculture. James T Ralph vias fired this week in connection with gifts he re ceived irom the indicted Tex as financier. Billie Sol Estes Secretary of Agriculture. Or ville Freeman, in announcing the dismissal of Ralph, who had been in training for a post as Agricultural attache in the Phillipines. that he had acted on basis of reports of the Federal Bureau of Investi gation wdiich probed Ralph's connections with the Texan Ralph became the third de paranent aflicial to either re sign or be tired in connection with the ease The others are Ilmen Jacobs. Deputy Admin istrator oa the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, who resigned and Wil liam K Morns, a former as sistant to Ralph WsiMani Secreta rv of Dah nr. Jerrv K I [oilman also his resigned n connection wi r h the case Eater, has been indicted fur m conned'on with a.i {Continued on page 8) times during the day as xneta beis ot tlie national Newspaper Faim Editors met first with the Secretaij of Agriculture and later with members ot both the House and Senate Agncnlnne committees In general, the Democrats tended to discount the effect the (ase would have on pass age of the proposed legisla tion, while Republicans felt the case would have a decided, heanng on the outcome of tha v ote. Oo\ei nmeiu Senator Allen Ellender, Demon at from Louisiana and (Conlimed on Page &) and ditteient production prob lems in ditteient parts of tha t'l esKlein c ounti v i’asl programs ot unlimited production -and relatively low price support'- have not been realistic ind oilers little hope, he said Our ptogtam is most real istic and otters the best hope of a balame between the fanner and consumer, he said (.Continued on page 6) Editor Meets Pres. Kennedy Anions; the members of the National Farm Editors Associ ation who mnt with President Keniud\ this week at the White House was Jack Owen, Editor of Lancaster Farming. iiuert^N The President receiied the larni editors in the “Rose Gar den" just outside the execu me offices on the south side of the White House, and after a handshake with the editors, spoke with them far approxi mately 10 minutes IPs re marks are reported elsewhere on this page FIVE - DAY WEATHER FORECAST S.iturdaj - Wednesday Temperatures during the five day period are expected to average 7 or more de grees abot e the normal rang* of .>1 at night to 75 in the afternoon. It will he Terr warm throughout the period. Precipitation is expected to total less than 0.2 inches falling as scattered showers towards the end of the period. Rainfall in the coum t> since April I is about 1 % inch below the normal of 5 for this time of year. During May only 0.6 inch of rain has fallen compared to the two inches normal for this period. S 2 Per Year
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