VOL. 9 NO. 8
T^l6 lollg awaited opening of
'* the Lancaster County Tobacco
market came tins 'week with
**“■ three majoi tobacco companies
THEY’RE ALL MINE, this Guernsey cow seems to be saying The triplet heif- reported m the field
er calves were born last Wednesday to Majesty’s Polly, the four year old cow on Prices of 2S and 18 cents
the farm of Jesse Balmer, Lititz R 4. Here, Balmer tries to keep the three healthy were reported being paid Tues
calves in line for their first portrait. L F Photo, dav by Consolidated Cigar
Corp P. iLonllard Co , and
Rare Triplet Heifer Calves
Are Born On County Farm
A 'Lancaster County cow
gave birth to rare triplet cal
ves last week
A registeied Guernsey cow,
Majesty’s Polly, gave birth to
her third, fourth and fifth cal
ves just one month past her
fourth birthday on the (farm ot
Farm Calendar
Jan. 27-2 9 Pennsylvania
Vegetable Growers and Can
nei Fieldman conference at
the Pennsylvania State Uni
vesity.
Jan. 27 7 30 pm. —Coun
ty 4-H Conservation club
meets at the 'Sensenig Mar
ket, New Holland HI.
7.30 pm County Future
Farmers of America meets at
Pequea Valley High School.
Jan. 28 1:30 ®.m. —■
County Fruit Growers Ass’n
meets at Farm Bureau Co
opeative building, Dillerville
Pike.
7.30 ip m. Pest control
spray meeting at the shop of
Lester Singer, Ronks.
Jan. 29 12 noon Inter
state Milk Producers annual
meeting and banquet at the
Quarryville Methodist
'Church.
Jan 30 7 30 p.m Cat
tle feeders’ clinic by the Ex
tension Service at Rohrers
town School
Peb 1 1 30 pm. Farm
Women 6 meets at the home
of Mrs Clarence -Greiner,
729 Groff Ave.
1 3 0 pan Annual meet
of the Lancaster County
Li' estock Producers Cooper
ative at the Farm Bureau
Cooperative building, Diller
"viMe Pike.
Jesse Balmer, Lititz R 4
Making the event even more
rare, the calves were all hei
fers.
Balmer. who farms about
140 acres on two farms with
his father, Allen J Balmer,
said, “We were at the Farm
Show all day last "Wednesday,
but when we came home, we
saw a bigger show right here ’’
The calves, weighing in at
a combined 150 pounds, all ap
pear healthy and vigorous
Balmer says he plans to raise
all three, “if thev make it ”
They were artificially sired by
Miss Lillj’s Neptune, a young
sire in the Southeastern Arti
ficial Breeders Cooperative
stud
Multiple births are not un
usual on the Balmer farm
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Vegetable Men
Will Convene
Pennsylvania vegetable grow
ers and cannery fleldmen will
hold their annual educational
conference Jan 27 to 29 at Un
n ersity Park The annual busi
ness meeting of the Pennsyl
vania Vegetable Growers’ As
sociation will begin at 10 a.m.
Monday.
Among highlights will be a
■discussion of the 'State Depart
ment Of Agriculture's role in
the horticulture industry (by The Lancaster County 4-H
Leland H B"ll, State Secietary Leaders’ Council amended its
of Agriculture, the 'morning of by-laws Monday to allow half
Jan 28 “Lalbs and Labor an the board of directors to Ibe
Your Vegetable Business” will Elected ea'ch. year for two year
be the topic of John Oarew of terms.
Michigan State University the The by-laws said that the 10
afternoon of Jan. 28 member board would be elected
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 25, 1964
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Mount Joy Fanners Co-op
May Add Bulk Handling
Mount Joy Farmers Coopera
t)ve is considering addition of
bulk milk handling facilities to
its plant at Mount Joj
In his Report from Manage
ment Mondaj night, S A Hor
ton said, “It may be that we
will soon be able to take care
of those producers who want
to convert to bulk tanks, and
still take cai e of can shuppers
as at present ”
He said the cooperative has
applied for a permit to sell
milk in Pennsylvania “Com
pliance will mean added expense
to producers in many cases ”
he added
Horton told the 350 mem
bers and guests at the 31st an
nual meeting that the coopera
tive handled 45 million pounds
of milk last year, two million
pounds more than in the pie
vious year Volume peaked in
May when the plant received
1,800 cans of milk dailj
He reported that 9 3 pei cent
of the milk received in 1963
went to Class I (fluid) milk
use The cooperative paid
eight cents a pound more foi
milk in October 196'3 than in
1962 In November the inciease
4-H Leaders
Name Directors
AGRiCDUUKAL
PENNSYLVANIA STATE COUEft-
Poultry
Weekly
Dnectois of the. Lancaster the sale was necessitated bv
County Poultij Asso'ciation 10- withdrawal of support trom the
ted Wednesda\ night to dis- count}’s only Ine poultry auc
oontmue its weekly poultry tion
aucction aftei nine years ot op
eration try exchange lost 50 to 75 per
Announcement of the deci- cent of its weehlj listings whea
sion was made at the reorgan- two major feed firms annonn
izational meeting of the board ced plans to discontinue use
in the iLan'castei County Poul- of the saJes
try Center, 340 W,
Road, Lancastei
Roseville Miner and Bushong, Inc.
Rohrerstown. and D E Horn
A spokesman, foi tlie board Company of York announced
said the action to discontinue on Page 14)
Tobacco Market Opens,
& Bids Mostly 28 and 18
was 11 cents and in December
19 6'3 the price was 15 cents
above the previous December
price He estimated that the
average price dunng the first
six months of 19 64 would be
16 cents above the 19 63 avei
age for the same period.
Abner Risser, Baimbndge
Rl, president of the coopera
tive said the financial status
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SPABC Show
Is Cancelled
There will be no 19 64 South
eastern Pennsylvania Artificial
Breeders Cooperatne progeny
show
The announcement of the
board of directors’ decision to
cancel the yearly exhibition
will be made at the coopera
tive’s senes ol annual meetings
next month
A reliable source said this
week, the boaid reached its
decision at a meeting earlier
this month The board felt
that the show was not repre=.
sentative of the entire mem
bership and did not justify the
expenditure of the approxi
mately $lO,OOO yearly
The spokesman said the de
cision to discontinue the 12
year old show, which attracted
354 entries in 1963, would be
open for review next year.
Closing ot the show will
pose a problem tor the coun
ty 4-H dairy clubs, the Brown
Swiss Canton 5, and the South
eastern Black and White shows
which have used the tents and
facilities of the SPABC show
on the 230 bypass
Ass’n To Close
Broiler Auction
American Tobacco Co
The thiee firms continued to
pa\ largely 28 and 18 through
Wednesday, but trading began
to taper oft as the day wore on.
By Thursday afternoon, re
ports indicated that many far
mer-ibu>ers had filled their
quotas and "were turning in
their hoolts Quotas were re
ported somewhat lower than
last year
Farmer-buyers reported that
quotas in some areas filled
“very quickly”, and ‘by Thurs
day leports from fanners m-
Pouitry Ass’n
Elects Directors
Members of the Lancaster
Countv Poultry Growers Mon
day night elected seven mem
bers to the board of directors
for three jear terms
The two grower members el
ected weie Roy Erlb, 118 Krei
der Ave , Lancaster, and Aaron
O Brubaker, 1075 Gypsy Hill
Road
The five directors from al
lied industry were Charles M.
Texter, 514 West Walnut St,
Lancaster, F. W. Fisher, 2'B
Quarry Lane, Leola, John
Keener, Elizabethtown Rl;
Paul Hiestand, Marietta Rl,
and Phares Auker, Elizabeth
town Rl
It was announced that Mrs.
Sally Harper, secretary and.
office manager, has resigned,
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FIVE-DAY
WEATHER
FORECAST
$2 Per Year
Earlier this month the poul-
(Continued on Page 16)
Temperatures during the
ne\t live dajs are expected
to axer.ige near the normal
i.u ge ot 22 at night to 3t>
in the afternoon. Tempera
tures are expected to turn
cooler oxer the xxeck end
xvith little daj to daj change
tor the it\st ot the period.
Precipitation as rain or snow
on Saturday and again about
Wednesday may total more
titan a half inch (melted) i