Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 14, 1964 $2 Per Year form ur II Bto Boa BLoca RIGHT DOWN THERE is the spot where two gullies began to fill in when tt« p f I • V7i\ iey F. Longenecker put conservation practices on his farm. The contours and f“llC C/Tl 18Ct 7\) •mmg on the level slowed down the rush of water and allowed the gullies to » up Yields have gone up nearly 20 per cent. ' L. F. Photo. Pennsylvania’s Secretary of District, said. “I want to reas- Forests and Waters, Dr. Man- sure you that we do not want irlr Sillnw ¥ fl - Jl* - J -I rice K. Goddard, this week to destroy farms m Project >CK onow (Lower Jrnces predicted defended his department’s 70 Inr.lllflM __ . stand on “Project 70”. “The only reason we have |.* * | *1- _ ifwy T M J. i/ifiMr Dr- Goddard, speaking be- not chosen a site for a parkin \J Mnn or ¥ ¥¥C ¥ nuUSLIV fore 250 farmers at the an- Lancaster County is that we * nual banquet of the Lancas- have not been able to find a ter County Soil Conservation (Continued on Page 12) HARRISBURG State Ag -ultuie Secretary Leland H ill today announced the Bth nual Pennsylvania Livestock position for Nov. 9-13, and Itamed Harold R. MfcCulloch, (State College, as manager. 1 Walter M. Dunlap, Jr , Lanc aster mil iepresent the live stock industry on the show’s steering committee. Secretary Bull said the ex- POMtion again will he co-s(pon stued by the Department o± Agriculture and the Pennsyl vania Livestock and Allied In dustries Association under the direction of a joint steering tomm’uee. (Continued on Page 10) Farm Calendar Mar K 3pm Market hf-t on-foot eva''iation at ti'o Lancaster Union Stock Yf ’he Lancaster Union Stock Yanis. 2 pm. Sale of show hogs Animal Industry and USDA’fi a m., the demonstration will he at the iLanicaster Union Agricultural Research Service he'd at the farm, of Richard ©toole Tards. cooperated to eradicate the Hess, three quarters of a. mile ifelvrA, a*^ e , 8) - . Pennsylvania dairy farmers may get higher prices for milk temporarily, but can look forward to further declines in the next few years, county farmers were told this week Speaking at the annual county Dairy Day in the Guernsey Sales Pavilion, Dr. William Pierce, Penn State Agriculture Economics Specia list, said “Prices will probably continue good, if we ha\e a third year of drought, but if the weather is good, look for further declines mainly because the potential is there.” He said two years of drought had brought albout a severe culling of herds leaving the herds young and vigorous and with more potential produc tion He suggested the following four ways for dairymen to get higher milk prices. 1 Have a war either a State Again Scabies Free and a demonstration on treat ing- seed twit]! silver nitrate Pennsylvania regained a will [presented (by assistant scabies-free status yesterday county agent, Arnold Luech at when the US Department of four different farms next Wed- Agriculture declared Cumber- nesday, Thursday and Friday land County free of this sheep First of the demonstrations disease. Will he held from 1 p m to 4 Pennsylvania was designat- pan. on March 1-8 at the farm ed a scabies-free State in June of John W Sangrey, Conestoga 19 63 and retained that status R. 2 The Sangrey Farm is loca until Jan, 8, 1964, when Cum- ted directly opposite the Herr berland County was redesignat- Nursery between Millersville ed an eradication area, after ard Conestoga, the disease was found in a On March 19, farmers may flock of sheep in the county, bring seed to he cleaned at two The Pennsylvania Bureau of locations. 'From 9 am. to Id:30 hot war or a warming up of the cold war “But none of us want that,” he said. 2 Have another drought. “But none of us particularly want che harsh weather to continue ” 3 Production controls “The majority of Pennsylvania dairy men do not want them at least not as an alternative to what we now have” 4 Maintain or possible in crease fluid milk consumption. “Why can’t we sell more (Continued on Page 14) Tobacco Seed Treating Meets Are Scheduled A series of five tobacco seed cleaning and treating demon strations has (been scheduled for next week (by the Tan cas ter County Extension Service. Tobacco seed will the 'cleaned Top Conservation Farmer Raises Yields 20 Per Cent Lancaster Count}, ’t, Out standing Conservation Fannei said this vvee'k he believes con tour farming has increased jields on his farm bv 20 pei cent Fornev F Longeneckei be gan fanning in 1950 on the Lititz RO farm vvheie three generations of Longeneckers had lived and ivvheie lie gievv to manhood The 3 5 i ear old farmer gia duated ftom Warwick Town ship High School in 1947 and farmed with his father until he mamed the former KitU 'He is so convinced that con- Eotoman of Quail vville in 1950 servation farming pays, he His parents moved to a new' has contoured a 130 acie farm, house and Fornei took over (Continued on Page 8) Sec. Goddard Defends Livestock Specialist Tells Feeders Heavier Pigs Are A Better Risk Hog feeders have a better chance for profit if they buy pigs at 60 pounds than if they buy them lighter, a Penn State extension livestock spe cialist told county fanners Wednesday night Dwight Younkin, told a county swine clinic, producers’ profit per pig peaks at 60 pounds, and indirectly it is more profitable foi a feeder to bu> pigs at 60 pounds than at lighter weights After the pigs zeach 60 pounds, the profit line to pro ducers leVel-s off but does not decline to 70, 80 or 90 pounds. Younkm says feeders rea lize important advantages bv bu>mg heavier pigs. At 60 Breeding Co-ops Schedule Meet The Pennsylvania Associa tion of Artificial Breeding Co operatives will hold their 21st annual meeting at the Nittany Lion Inn. University Park, Pa April 10 and 11, The theme for this year’s meeting is “Keeping Penn sylvania Dairymen Competi tive ” Among the pi incipal speakers will he Dr L S “Lew” Mix, vice president and general manager of Beacon Feeds. His topic will be “Dairying m 1975.” Another featured speaker is Mr, Robert W. Runnier, exe- (C on tinned on Page 5) i- ■i’ 4 “j ** 1 opeiation of the 100 acie farm On Tueadav night, t!ie Lanc aster County Soil Conserva tion Distnct named him Out standing Consenation Farmer of 1964 With the help of the Soil Conservation Service, the farm was laid out in contour strips but the change over was not complete until last yeai when the last strip was planted to corn >»o\\, with the aid of con toms and sod waterwajs, For ney estim'ates he gets 20 per cent moie jields from the same feitihzer and seed pounds a pig is basically more healthy, he has all the im munity he is going to get, the risk is cut down considerably and more batches of market hogs can be run through the teed lot in a year. Younkm said state hog farmers can compete with mid western pork producers if they concentrate on feed efficiency. Feed costs, which account for about 70 per cent of the total cost of pork production, are tbe biggest variable be tween hog belt and Pennsyl vania operations Labor, veter manan fees, supplies, deprecia tion, repairs and interest vary little, but if Keystone farmers can reduce the amount of feed required to produce a hundred (Continued on Page 4) FIVE-DAY WEATHER FORECAST Temperatures for the next five days are expected to aveiage three to nine de grees above the normal i.inge of 50 in the after noon to SI at night. Mild weather is expected through the period except briefly cooler about Sunday and again Wednesday. Precipita tion may total inch or more falling about Saturday night and Sunday and again about Tuesday night. • 1 . ' > ■