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Doctors Protest Cut 'S-'w SEE Sugarbeets Have Promise
j||n Consv. Funds By Budget Bureau i n Meat insp. Transfer * ~ A 1 *
'■if The Lancaster County Soil faime'S to accept recommend- The Amencan Meat Insti- vOUlliy V/FOp xAXlctl j|r SIS
\and Water Conservation Dis- ed consei ration practices on tute has sharply questioned an
Strict diiectois dialled a res- their faims These directois action by Secietary of Agri- ]Drt T^Q
- olution at their regular meet- serve without pay, and some culture Fieeman transfer! mg 1 d* 1 16ICI LJC itct OIiOAVS
ing this week vigorously op- of them donate as many as Fedeial Meat Inspection from
■posing President Johnson’s 1,000 houis pei yeai in can-y- the Agricultural Research During the past growing giown commercially in Michi
proposal to cut back on fed- mg out the district programs. Seivice into a marketing-on- season the Agronomy Dept gan last yeai Sugar content,
eral funds foi soil and water The government proposal of ented Federal agency without and the Agricultural Extension another factor analyzed, ranged
conservation piactices on pn- c haigmg faimers for services fiist holding public hearings Seivice of Penn State Uni- from 15 to 17 1 # pei cent of
vately-owned lands rendeied by SCS technicians, The statement by the AMII, versity cooperated in a study harvested weight
; Two-thuds of the valuable and a l eduction in fost-shai- icpiesenting the nation’s meat of several experimental plant- In Lancaster County three
, agricultural lands in Lancas- ing payments througu the Ag- packeis, follows mgs of sugarbeets This ex- plots were tested At the P.
ter County lemams unpiotect- ncultuial Conservation Pro- “We regret that Secretary peiiment was designed to SU Southeastein Field Re
'ed by conservation practices, giam (ACP) would senously of Agucultme Freeman has leam whether sugarbeets seaich Lab near Landisville,
-the directors lepoited. cm tail or even end, the es- transfened the Federal Meat would be an adaptable crop 14 diffeient varieties were
This situation exists, they tabhshment of adequate con- Inspection Division from the for Pennsylvania Beets were studied At the Willis Kilhef
claimed, in spite of all past scientifically-onented Agricul- studied on faims in Lancaster, f er farm, Manheim Rl, one
' efforts of the Lancaster Coun- (Continued on Page ll) tural Reseaich Service to the Dauphin, Luzerne, Lebanon, variety was observed under
ty Soil and Water Conserva- Agncultmal Marketing Serv- York, Westmoreland, and Cen- different cultural practices. At
tion District directors woik- ice which be has renamed the tie counties, with the most the John Neff farm, Mount
ing closely with Soil Conser- |ypo 41 10D21CC0 Consumei and Marketing Serv- extensive trials being in the j oy R 2, the response of one
vation Service and other co- J £ ice Lancaster-York area. vauety to three different fer
operating agencies since 1939 Ref6l*6llolllll 18th “In his action, the Secretary Although rainfall was BV2 tihzer treatments was studied.
The distuct directors help has completely disregarded to 10 inches below normal in The fertilizer used was an 8-
organize and participate in Official notices of 1965 faim the objections of the nation’s most of the areas where the 16-16 analysis, and the rates
,■ conservation educational meet- acreage allotment for cigar- meat and livestock industry beets were giown, it was were 500, 1000, and 2000
ings in an effort to peisuade fillei (type 41) tobacco were (Continued on Page 11) found that the overall State pounds pei acre.
sent to farmeis this week ac- jield aveiaged 14V2 tons per Sugarbeets aie a long-season
< cording to the Lancaster acre Considering the drought cro p They should be planted
' K Prompt Construction Of County Agncultural & Stabil- |7 pll |7 conditions that existed this a t least as early as oats, ac-
Holt wood Bridge Urged i za tion Service, a OtAI rarm vlliLS compares to a reasonable ex- coidmg to Dr Albert S Hunt-
Pulton Grnnae it A A At the referendum Febru- 1000 Mnrlr tent to tiie lon °' term averages e r, piof. of soil technology,
,|| D y ' >ron 9 e ary 18> 1965) Lancaster County i>CarS AUUU iVlarK of 18-20 tons per acre in Ohio PS U However, for this ex-
Fulton Grange #66 held tobacco glowers will be giv- Close to 1 000 pledges and an s? Michigan penment it was not possible
vHheir regular meeting Febi uary en an opportunity to decide cas v, 01 £t<= have been reported A to * a * nmete ? n sugar- to get the planting done until
> «A 8 at Oakryn, Pa with Gyles H whether they want marketing f IOPI Countv famers und beet vaueties w f e te f ted “ the first week in May. Using
v#Brown in charge of the busi- quotas foi the next thiee farm-i elated businesses to date was found lhat the yields a standard commercial vege
,|mess meeting The Grange crops of type 41 tobacco in the Farm and HomeFoum Came fr ° m 3 Vamty that W3S tab J e anter ’ Dr Hunter and
:g pted the followmg iesolu - They will lote a simple dation Campaign, it was re- J ° h ” Yocmn superintendent
WHEREAS, The plans for a the question, polled by campaign officials ed The mMS
Abridge acioss the Susquehanna Are y ° u \ n favol m ” ket ' at *. tb > s ASSII, tfae
- Oliver at Holtwood aie almost mg l uotas for cigar-filler (type tabulated up to Thursday, rep- O seeds spaced an ipch apart
completed, and - 41 ) tobacco foi the three mar- resent the icports turned m flCarS JUT. LarSOH J were la " ei th P nned
WHEREAS, Susquehannock ketin § y eais beginning Oc- by volunteer solicitors in the A . A rmiia l to one foot apart
will be opened on Me- tober 1, 1965- Faun Gifts Division of the At AlUlUai lVl6et. o° n | e Xibe? 1 a -roup of
'Scoria! Day with no means of 'lf at least two-thnds of the duve All but Bof the 39 2 50 members and Extension specialists" from
7® a< : kmg . it from the west Slde growers voting, vote yes, mar- campaign districts have re- f the Lancaster Coun . (Continued on Page 12)
y <9 f . the nver ex cept via Cono- ketmg quotas will be in effect P° rted - thu s far, and total re- “ ien '“ 1 A ;:LLmn
■ or Columbia which en- for the next three crops— represents about one- : y , npd fo .. 7 P 7nu a i
M&is an extra duve of at least wit h acreage allotments and third of the number-of con- th t /. tion QfH Pn I*^llc
-4P^ y miles > and nrice sunnort If more than tacts solicitors have been as- ™e e mig ot that ratio tUITOHS £0
# WHEREAS, The said biidge of the vSs vote signed to make Thursdaymghtat Hostetter’s
T eSSlty l°. OUr no^f there will LSo acreage first public announce- B^ et f^d M^ k J y Dr N 6W CooperatOTS
WHEREAS Rerouting of marketing controls or price Di- Russell E Larson ® ea ’ n of During the course of their
mte #3O over said bridge Sufiner o "anfi 6 vision,’will be made Monday the College of Agriculture at regular monthly meeting the
S dlStance be - eSdum wiirnot bS held for evening, when volunteer work- the Pennsylvania State Uni- Lancaster 'County Soil and
ien Philadelphia and points a ™nduni M not be held foi . n al and Gener . versity told the gi-oup that m Water Conservation Distnct
(Continued on Page 6) moved tvSe 41 tobacco wS Gifts Divisions of the city °? the fact that 40 per directors this week approved
will launch their phase of cent of the people _ privately 25 new-cooperator apphca-
■:® nd PP ° 561 canvassing. The “Kick-Off” employed in the U.'S. are in tions, totaling 1804 acres, to
# I I pwuiiu. - meeting will mark the beffin- 3° bs related to agriculture, g 0 under the conservation
HI Calonilar Who may Vote 9 Any owner ' nin" of soliciting of industries and in s P ite of the fact that program. Wayne Maresch, ,SOS
■■■ VdICIIUOI operator, tenant or sharecrop- and agriculture is the nation’s big- county conservationist, stated
15— p.m. Celery Per who shared in the pro- i nd , v i dua i s in the metropoli- gest industry with assets that most of the new appli
/ers meeting at Amos duction of a tobacco crop in (Continued on Page 6) greater than the combined as- cants were a direct result of
ik farm, Millersville. Jim 1964 is eligible to cast his sets of all the corporations several community meetings
t and Ernie Bergman vote in the referendum. , represented on the New York held m the county in recent
Penn State Univ. will The polls will be open from Consumer & Marketing Stock Exchange agriculture wee ks.
on hand. Sam to 9pm at the foi- Service Established suffers as a result of “poor The County Commissioners
30 pm Northeast 44H lowing locations. image” in the eyes of the aver- (Continued on Page 5)
dor Club at Farmers- Conoy, West Donegal & Mt. Secretary of Agriculture age American citizen This is a
i Equipment Co. j oy Twps, at West Donegal F reeman announced today that one thing that we must work
30 pm Young-Adult Township Building % mile the Consumer and Marketing to change, Dean Larson told
Welding Class—Eph- c w n f Flizihethtnwn on Mav- Service will be established im- the group
High School, Subj: Sol- town road mediately. The speaker suggested that
mg and Brazing. East"Donegal & West Hemp- AR functions administered the day is past when agri
-30 pm Manheim Young field Twps _ at “ Red Rose Dairy b Y tbe Meat Inspection Dm- culture can be thought of sim
lers Class at Central Rar y 4 ]\- 0 f Donegal Slon of tbe Agricultural Re- ply as farming “The modern
1 School Subj- “Soil & school on road to Floun ° search Seivice, and all ware- definition of agriculture must
:er Conservation;” speak- Rapho Twp at Stucklers bouse examination functions be one that includes all land
Charles Hess, former M. school House ’’iv, mile NE af the Agricultural Stabihza- and natural lesouices,” Lar-
H. S vo-ag teacher. 0 f j oy ’ " tion and Conseivation 'Service, son said We must broaden
16— pm. Carden Penn Waiwick & Elizabeth will be transfened to the the concept of agncultural ac-
Young Faimers Class twds at Levi Heitzo° faun Consumer and Marketing Serv- tivities in the minds of the
Garden Spot HS. Subj NW 0 £ Lititz° ’ lce Pr °g lam direction of the average citizen Faimeis and
liud Feeding,” panel dis- East: cocahco West Gocali- Meat Inspection Division func- non-farmers must live together
non: Panel guest, Bill ‘ ’ c tions is being transferred im- in a woild where each re
mtmued on Page 12) (Continued on Page 6) (Continued on Page 7) (Continued on Page It)
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 13, 1965 <•
$2 Per Ye&i
Weather Forecast
Temperatures for the five
day period, Saturday through.
Wednesday, are expected to
average near, or slightly
above normal. Normal for
the period is a high of 41
and a low of 33 degrees.
Little day-to-day change is
expected.
Precipitation is expected
to total near Vi inch melted.
In the eastern section this
will occur as lain over the
weekend.