f ’i' < VOL. 9 NO. 48 SPEAKING AT THE LANCASTER COUNTY POULTRY ASS’N BANQUET, William H. Hardy, Farm Journal Editor, tells the 326 poultrymen and wives that they don't have to become Farm "Dropouts”. Seated at the left is Thomas E. Moncrief, Everybody’s Poultry Magazine, who served as Master Of Ceremonies L. F. Photo Honan Tells Inter-State Locals Of Need .To Remain Competitive At their Annual Local Meet- the “Market Gate'- through ing 'about 85 members of Dis- which its members can best trict Seven of'the Inter-State get their product' to the'con- Milk- Producers Cooperative suming public, heard James E. Honan; general Honan listed- among the. Co manager of -the parent co- opVaccompiishments last year; operative, review the accom- assistance in obtaining drought plishments of Inter-State dur- relief for January and Febru ing the past year and make ary in an amount equal to some suggestions for the fu- is-22 cents per hundredweight ture. of milk at that time; bringing Honan stressed the rapid together some adjustments changes that are taking place (Continued on Page 6) in milk marketing procedure that make it necessary for gearing the association’s ma chinery to meet this challenge if they aie to protect thejii local milk markets He pointed to the growth of federal oideis through mer ger, citing as an example the combining of Philadelphia and South Jeisey into Federal Or der "4 He said that much of our competition in the future will come from federal order areas in the south and west. He described Inter-State as Farm Calendar Nov. 2 Deadline for Kiwan is Soil & Water Consv. Essays. Dairy Clinic, Solanco High School, 8 pm Nov. 3 Election Day, Don’t Forget to Vote! 4-H Capon Exhibits, Ho tel Brunswick. 10 a.m. Dairy Clinic, John Neff School, Neffsville, 8 pm Nov. 4 4-H Baby Beef Roundup & Sale at Stock yards; Judging, 8 - 30-11.30 a.m. and Sale, 1-3 pm Nov. 5 Holstein Ass’n An nual Banquet, Hostetler’s, Mt. Joy, 6.45 ,p.m. Nov. 7 Lane. Cty. Farm Women’s Convention, So lanco High School. , i i. w k t YIELD FIGURES BEING OBTAINED at the corn demonstration plots on the Jay C. Garber farm. Each test row was husked and weighed. Shown doing the weighing are F. H. Bucher, of A. H. Hoffman Seeds, Inc., and Arnold Lueck, Associate County Agent for Lancaster County. L. F. Photo Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 31, 1964 4-H'ers Honored At Achievement Night Over 100 of Lancaster Coun ty's young people received awards last night at the an nual 4-H Achievement Night held at Penn Manor High School. Virginia Wivell, Columbia Rl, served as - Mistress of Ceremonies. Miss Patricia Kelly, Assis tant 4-H Club Leader for Southeastern Pennsylvania, opened the program with a (Continued on Page 6) Allied Industries Streamline Farm Tells Lane. Poultrymen At then - Annual Banquet at the Plain and Fancy Faim on Thursday night 326 Lancastei County poultrymen heard Wil liam H Hardy, Eastern Re gional Editor for Farm Joui nal, condemn the inefficiencies of the allied industries that serve farmers Total farm income last yeai was $2 billion gi eater than for 'the preceding yeai, Hardy said, and this year is expect ed to equal last The pros pects for the future point to even greater increases, the editor said “Who is going to get this money?” he asked “Will it be the giant, corporate farms, or will it be the so-called ‘family farm’?" There is a cer tain magic to the phrase, fam- Com Test Plots Show Best Yield Since 1961 The yield of the hybrid corn demonstration plot on the Jay C. Garber farm at Lancaster E 6 looks like the best since 1961 (the last normal corn season) according to Arnold G. Lueck, Associate County Agent Verification of this esti mate will depend upon final (Continued on Page 7) Lj' 4 * * M I 'M -^-v & I zL&Z «■ k Lim# : Sss? ily farm, that has intrigued politicians for years, Hardy said However, the definitions of v/hat constitutes a family farm is highly controversial. If by family farm one means a subsistence-type operation where the family supplies all the labor in a diversified farm ing practice with little cash, income, then he can see no bright future foi the family farm If, however, it is a size able opeiation with a strong area of specialization, then he imagines nothing that will re place the family farm in the foreseeable future Hardy reported that many of the giant far ms are being liquidated, particularly in the South. Farm sales and mer gers have slowed down in many sections of the country, he said. "But,” Hardy told the group, “we still have many productive farms of a size that can continue as success ful economic units.” A solid, progressive family farm has certain inherent-ad vantages over the giant, cor porate operations. Hardy said. 1 Lower labor. costs much of the family labor de voted to poultry and livestock Co. Conservation Program Plans For Next Year * < 1 The 1985 Agricultural Con servation Piogram foi Lan caster County will be much the same as foi 1964 > > «* <> p i ' * This was decided this week by local officers from the Ex tension Service, Soil Conser vation Service, Farmers Home Administration. US. Forest Service, and Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service at their annual plan ning meeting at the ASCS of fices on Manheim Pike, Lan caster. * c Using the Agricultural Con servation Program handbook which is put out for the state (Continued on Page 7) \ Temperatures for the five day period Saturday through Wednesday are expected to average 3 to 8 degrees above normal. Normal high for the period is 58 and normal low is 40. It will be seasonable at the beginning of the period, warmer at the mid-point, turning cooler at the end of the period. Precipitation is expected to average less than one quarter of an inch- This will occur as showers toward the end of the period. $2 Per Year Must Editor (Continued on Page 12) WeoHier Forecast 1
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