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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 <h
7 30 pm. Adult welding
class, at the Bphrata Hugh
School agriculture s'hop.
7 ’0 p.m. Central 4-H
tractor clujb meets at t h e
s hop of Arthur, Young, Kra
zors
7 it) pim. Manheim
'''rung Farmers meet in the
hi„h school agriculture
loom Subject, materials
handing.
* U ' lr 17 8-30 am. Judig
-1111 of maiket hogs in the
anuj.ii show and sale by the
founty swine producers at
■>’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.
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