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YOU GET CREDIT FOR WHAT YOU-FINISH, the slogan on the wall pro- j m C • n 1
claims Mr. Suparp Sevatasye, left, from Bangkok, Thialand, meets his host for the vOIUItV 1 rOuIICCrS
t eek, John Wolgemuth, assistant manager of the Lancaster County Farm Bureau *
Cooperative Association. Sevatasye is in the United States to study farm coopera- Q 111 np «
i.'e credit organizations under the auspices of Agency for International Develop- tjCll€Cllll6 IWO CiVOUIS
ftent, a cooperative organization between the two countries. L. F. Photo
Crop Growth Is Best In Years
After General Rains This Week
?.ons - up to as much as
!c t laches in some parts ot
De couatr - changed crop
f aspects from average to “the
t-.'t in several years” aecord
-1 - to some Lancaster countv
£ erven
H.ams during the past two
have been spotty, but
t‘e e averaged out eufncient
»<i more than ample in most
f the (harden Spot. Heavy
rt-ns daring last -week end
Farm Calendar
J He 30 - 4 to 9 pm —4-H
Leaden; Chicken Barbecue
-t the Lampetei Community
Grounds
d y 2—. Deadline for entries in
the 4-H Posture Queen con
'est All entries must be in
he County Agent’s office.
-*O2 Post Office building,
Lajicav’er
y 5—3 pm. Red Rose
Baby Beef and Lamb club
'o entertain the Dauphin
ount/ club at a homemade
ce cream party at the farm
of Lewis Bixler, Mount Joy
Rl r
Z -‘Y 9-13 4-H leadership'
-choolia Washington, D-C
- y 9—B p m —County Ayr
shire - Jersey - Brown Swiss
4-H club meets at the home
of Everett Kreider, Quarry
t ills R 1
ly io—National 4-H awards
applications due in County
Agent’s Office, 202 Post
Office building, Lancaster.
<5 „
caused some damage In south
ern part ot the county, and
hail was reported in the ex
treme southeastern section and
in the Oxford area of Chester
County, but hail damage ap
peared to be slight.
Tobacco and corn crops
made rapid growth during the
week, and some veteran far
mers sav they can’t recall a
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Margolf Named
Pa. Poultryman
Of The Year
University Paris, Pa--Paul
H Margolf. professor of poul-
University here, was named
try husbandry at the State
“Poultryman of the year" by
the Pennsylvania Poultry Fed
eration in annual conference
Margolf was awarded a framed
scroll by Homer J. Bieksler of
Palmyra, last year’s winner.
The Penn State poultry re
searcher was cited for achieve
ments in dev eloping new poul
try products such as “chick
sticks" and turkey sausages
Associated with the Depart
ment of Poultry Science since
19*22, Professor Margolf re
ceived the Poultry Science
Association’s outstanding tei
chmg award in 1954 and Penn
Slate’s award for excellence
in teaching in 1959
Elected Federation president
was Robert Houser of York.
(Continued on page S)
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 30. 1962
Joyce Kreider
2nd Runnerup
To Pa. Milkmaid
Miss Joyce Kreider, Lan
caster County’s Miss Milkmaid,
was second runnerup Wed
nesday night m the State finals
Crowning of Miss Milkmaid
of Pennsj Ivama came as the
chma\ of two days of activit
ies which include a tour of a
Lancaster Countv television
studi-o and a dairv farm
Blonde, blue ejed Miss
Dianne Gillespie of Tioga
counti was named to receive
top honors m ceremonies in
Reading Park bandsheil She
will be the-official represen
tatne of the Penns) Ivam i
dairy industry during the
coming year.
First runnerup "was Miss
Sally Lorraine Brown. Littles
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Market Reports
To Reflect
Dual Grading
Some changes in livestock
market news reports issued
by the Federal-State servace of
the IT. S Department of Agric
ulture may begin showing up
over the next few months re
flecting the Department’s new
proposed dual beef grading
service
This was pointed out today
by James E O’Hara, who is
in charge of Lancaster live
stock market news office
(Continued on Page S)
Farm Credit Cooperatives
Protect Thailand Farmers
Farmeis foim coopeiatne
credit organizations in Thai
land because innate lending
agencies charge an evoilmaiu
i ate of interest a count' visit
or said this ■week
Mr Supaip Sevatasve an
official in the Depaitment of
Cooperatne Ciedit and Bank
ing in the Ministij of Coopera
tnes Thailand, said tins week
some agencies in his
country charge farmers as
much as fne to ten per cent
per month foi credit
Fmthermore he said, the
agencies require more secuntj
than tanners have in land and
4*X-?X\
other a-ssets, and while the
need for more capital is great,
most farmers have no chance
to raise their level of living if
they have to depend on private
lenders.
Sevatasye said the national
government has sponsored co
operatives tor farmeis because
Lancaster County Swine
Producers Thursday night put
fipal touches on plans for the
annual- sale of bred gilts and
the annual Field Day.
Meeting in the Southeastrn
Pennsylvania Artificial Breed
ing Cooperative building on
the 230 bypass, the board an
nounced that the sale will be
held in the Paul Martin Sales
Barn, Blue Ball on July 26
beginning at 7 pm
Earl Fisher, Bast Earl R X,
sale chairman, reported that
purebred spring boars in
47 purebred gilts and nine
seven breeds hate been con-
Freeman Sets
Wheat Acreage
At 55 Million
Wheat acreage allotments
for the 1963 crop were an
nounced this week by Secre
tary, On ille L Freeman
At the time he set the U S
acreage allotment at 55 mil
lion acres, mandated by a
1958 law, the Secretary also
set July 24 as the date for a
referendum on marketing
quotas, and announced state by
state quotas as required by
the law.
Freeman said, in making
the announcement, that the
allotment would be vacated
if a new law affecting the
1963 wheat crop is passed by
the present session of con
gress;
The Secretary said he was
acting reluctantly under the
1958 law which will replace
the one year emergency wheat
program applied to the 1962
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$2 Per Year
the p.nate agencies will grant
faimeis o"lv shoit term loans
not over a vear m duration,
and usually not more than six
months and many o£ the
faimeii. need moie time in
which to lepav a loan
He said laimers did not tf*
gamze the cooperative theßD
selves paitly because only
about 40 per cent of the rural
people in Thailand are literate,
and thev do not have the
ability to institute a complicat
ed association on their own.
Sevatasve whose duties in
clude the organization, super
vision and inspection of small
credit cooperatives among
farmers. e\plamed that the
average farm in Thailand is
very small when compared to
the average farm in the United
States
He said many farms were
below the 2 s Rai averagd
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signed for the sale. All h,oia9
offered for sale -will he blood
tested, Fisher said.
The annual Field Day -will
get under -way with a swine
judging contest and a weight
guessing contest at 10 a. m.
July 2S, on the farm, of C.
Warren Leminger, Denver R. 3,
Dwight Younkm, Extension
swine specialist from Penn
sylvania State University will
■he official at the budging
events. Four prizes in each of
three divisions are being plan
ned for the judging contest
winners
There will be judging div
isions for women, men and.
youths In addition, the com
mittee is planning to award a.
prize in the weight guessing
contest as well as one or more
gate prizes
Further details "will be an
nounced by the
nuttee during the week prior
to the field da>.
FIVE-DAY
WEATHER
FORECAST
Saturday - Wednesday
Temperatures during the
ne\t fiio days are expected
to average near the normal
range of 65 at night to SB
in the afternoon. Wanner
temperatures Saturday and
Sunday will be followed by
cooling Monday and Tues
day, and warmer again Wed
nesday . Precipitation will
likely total less than 0.2
inch falling as scattered
thundershowers about Sun
day.
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