VOL. 9 NO. 47 SHOWN FOLLOWING THE LANCASTER COUNTY FARMERS ASS’N BANQUET are (left to right) J. Robert Hess, president; Clyde Wivell, vice-presi dent; Herbert Harris, assistant legislative director for American Farm Bureau Fed eration, Washington, D. G.; Donald Ney, secretary-treasurer. Harris was the guest speaker at the affair. L. F, Photo Top Jr. Leader Award Goes To Judith Warfel A banquet honoring the 4-H vey forms have .been sent out Club Junior Leaders wa’s held to Lancaster County" farmers Friday night at the Meadow to determine the acreage that Hills Dining Room. Judith I. is planted in tobacco. This Warfel was named as recipient survey is nothing new; it is of the top award, “Superior,” taken every three years, for her outstanding leadership record during the past year. Miss Warfel was not present to receive this award, a hand some pen set, and arrange ments were made to present it at Lancaster County 4-H Achievement Night which will be held on October 30, 7 - 30 p.m. at the Penn Manor High School Miss Warfel, is the 18-year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. ~ Charles D. Warfel of Conesto ga Rl. She is a sophomore at Elizabethtown College, and is t , majoring in Nursing. As part of her leadership duties she (Continued on Page 11) Farisa Calendar Oct. 25 Pa. State Grange Convention, Wellsboro, Tioga County; 26 thru 29. Oct. 27 Corn demonstration harvest, Jay Garber Farm, Lancaster R 6, 1 p.m. Oct. 23 930 a.m. Meeting of agenc.es at ASCS office, MauVim Pike, to plan county conservation program foi 1965. Baby Beef Club, Brecht School Oct. 29 Lane. Cty. Poultry Ass'ii Banquet at Plain and Faivy Farm, Bird-in-Hand. Oct 30 10th Annual Feeder Calf Sale, Stock Yards, Lan caster. 1 p.m. 4-H Achievement night, Penn Manor H.S.,‘ 7:30 p.m. , ASCS Surreys - Tobacco Acreage ' The Agricultural Stabiliza tion and Conservation- Service County Office reports that sur- The data collected will be used in preparing for the To bacco Referendum which will be held in January or Febru ary of next year. This referen dum will be to determine whether farmers do or do not want production quotas set for (Continued on Page 9) 2nd STOP NOAH W. KREIDER & SONS ON LIVESTOCK TOUR to Washington D.C.) It is not based solely on project work; the honor goes only to those who have a record of out “ . . standing citizenship and gener ’ al accomplishments in the area of youth leadership. Hosier is also a member of (Continued on Page 13) " * ~ f~*S PART OF THE 150 COUNTIANS WHO PARTICIPATED in the Annual Lancaster County .Livestock Tour on October 22. County Agent M. M. Smith, in center, holds bull horn while Noah Kreider, Jr. explains their steer and hog feed ing. t > - • L -Ti P^ oto - Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 24, 1964 < VKMZi.) <S*. ' • •'V \\*. Name 3 Census Crew Leaders It was announced this week by the U.S. Department of Commerce that the following three countians will serve as Crew Leaders for Lancaster County for the 1964 Census of Agriculture: Mrs. Doris L. Myers, Landisville; Robert B. McSparran, Peach Bottom; Robert H. Stamm, Lincoln. They are three of about 1,825 persons throughout the U.S. to receive this appointment. The crew leaders job will be to supervise a team of enumerators who will visit all (Continued on Page 4) L.C. Farmers Ass’n Told At Banquet Not To Stake Future On Gov’t Programs Because of the recent reap- Harm said that the trade portionment ruling, and be- meetings that are taking place cause of farmers’ increasing in Geneva right now may well minority standing, they can not decide the future for export rely on marketing their piod- of our farm products. The ucts through government pro- Common Market Countries giams in the future, they must want to keep us out because assume an independent role of our restrictions on their in the market place This was (Continued on Page 6) but one of the straightforward facts told to 205 members of j. | the Lancaster County Farm- IlUgfinfi iiOSICIE* ers Association at their annual .... rjr> n, , banquet at The Plain and Fan- WIHS lOp ot&t© cy Farm by Herbert Harris, a wj » j Assistant Legislative Director T’il AWcirCl of American Farm Bureau Federation in Washington D C. Harm said that if farmers winner in the area of swine could receive the true value Projects by the judging com* of their products their in- mittee at Pennsylvania State comes could be increased sub- University, stantially. But to do so, he Hosier, with thirty-three oth emphasized, the farmers must er gunners, .will attend the be properly represented in Congress in Chicago, Ne ttie market place. He spoke vember- to December 5. primarily of the export mar ket which did a billion business last year in agricul tural products. Agriculture is the biggest export industry in the country. Too often, Harris said, ex port is looked upon as a dump ing ground for our surplus products; this is not the proper approach to building a profit able export trade: In the past 8-10 years the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) has been working to set up for eign markets; to find out what is wanted, how it is wanted, and how we can supply it. They have an office established in Rotterdam through which foreign interests can directly bargain for American farm products and vice versa. * $2 Per Year Eugene Hosier, Manheim R 3, was named Pennsylvania State This award is one of the two highest a 4-H member can attain. (The other is being se- Weother Forecast Temperatures for the five* day period Saturday through Wednesday are expected to average 2-7 degrees below normal. Normal high for the period is 63 degrees and nor mal low is 41. It will be cool most of the period except for a mild spell in the mid dle. Precipitation is expected to total less than .1 of an inch. This will occur as show ers mainly over the moun tains about Sunday night and again about Tuesdr*y,
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