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