VOL. 10. NO. 19
SOME FEATURED SPEAKERS AT THE GOVERNOR’S'CONFERENCE ON
AGRICULTURE were (front row, left to right): Samuel A. Dum, Lancaster Coun
ty dairy producer; Sigfried Weis, president, Weis Markets; Alan R. Warehime, pre
sident, Hanover Canning Company; (back row) Leland H. Bull, Pennsylvania Sec
retary of Agriculture; Dr. R. E. Larson, Dean, College of Agriculture, The Pennsyl
vania State University; Walter E. Wilmarth, poultry producer. Dum, Weis, Ware
hime, and Wilmarth served as members of a panel of which Dean Larson was
chairman. L. F. Photo
ScrantenJ£eynotes “Challenge” At
Governor’s Conf. Oh Agriculture
Pennsylvania has 'the -great- education and legislation- the
est potential of any state in importance of the individual
the East,” Governor _ William farmer Will indrease as farm-
Seranton said at his Confer- ers he'come fewer in number ”
enee on Agriculture this week He recominended a detailed
at Harrisiburg. “We are on study he made 'of the man
the edge of the ‘metropolitan power needs for producing
sprawl,’ and are faced with food in the U. S. with the
the greatest opportunity in idea of determining the place
our history,” he told the ap- of agriculture in our nation
proximately 600 agriculturists both today and in the future,
attending the conference. The next speaker, Edmund
■He challenged them to de- H. Fallon, executive vice
velop the tools to meet the president and general man
needb and opportunities that ager of AgHvay, Inc. said that
will he upon us in the near though farmeis may he “get
future. “Forty-three percent ting sick of the word ‘ef
of today’s Pennsylvanians de- ficiency,’ they’ve got to keep
rive their living from agin
business,” the Governor said. (Continued on Page 4)
He proposed the creation of
a Committee on Agriculture
that couM help plan the
state’s future in the area of
agi iibusmess This committee
would work with Secretary of
Agriculture Leland H. Bull,
and its ac ivities_ would toe co- scientists are con
ordmated the Council on vince / tha , t famers wou i d :be
Science and Technology. money ahead if , they , would
A S of The seedbedl pieparation to
Pennsylvania State University, P lowm = and only as much
lamented the lack of “pro- dlsk i n 'S ' and hau owii o as
fessionalism” among agncul- " eeded to eliminate surface
tuusts. ‘The time has come,” 10 “f hn8ss , . ,
Walker said, “for the mdi- This conviction is support
vidua! faimer to take the in- ed " ot S° nc u 1 ly
iative and play a leading (Continued on Page 71
part in deciding what is best
foi the Ameucan nation Weather Forecast
They need to take a more di-
lect interest in agricultural
Farm Calendar
Apr 12 8 p m. 4-H Leaders,
Northwest Region, meet at
Lititz Recreation (Center.
Apr 13 730 p an. Reor
ganization meeting Carden
Slpot 4-H Community Club
at Smoketown Elementary
School.
Soil Scientists
Study Tillage
Effects On Crops
Temperatures for the five
day period, Saturday thiough
Wednesday, are expected to
average slightly above nor
mal with little day-to-day
change, but with slight wann
ing trend through the period.
Normal high and low for the
period would be 62 and 39
degrees.
Precipitation >v|JJ occur
Monday and again
day and to|al rainfall jyill
bo between Vi-Vs incb-
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 10, 1965
Selection Of County
Star Farmer Discussed
By Vo-Ag Teachers
At their regular monthly
■meeting, held at ■Lam'peter-
Str ashling High School, 'this
week, the county teachers of
vocational agriculture voted
to require completed a Key
stone application for
each iFFA candidate for the
County Star Farmer Degree.
This degiee program was
originated last year with Man
heim’s Dale Hershey its first
recipient. The degree is de
signed to provide a recogni
tion between the Chapter iStar
Farmer and Keystone levels,
and it is open only to boys
who attain the Red Rose
Farmer Degree. The candi
dates are chosen by a selec
tion committee made up of
county FFA officers with the
aid of their teacher-advisors
After the five most likely
boys have been selected, their
applications aie screened and
(Continued on Page 11)
County Bankers Host By Areas j
Farm Youths At Dinner
The Lancaster County Bank
ers Association this week en
tertained 30 young people
fiom among the .4-H, Futuie
Faimeis and Futuie Horae
makeis groups in the county
at then annual dinnei meet
ing at the Host Motel
Each year the County Bank
ers Association gives $9OO in
youth awards, divided among
the thiee organized groups
of young people in the schools
The 4-H Clubs divide $6OO,
FFA and FTTA each divide
$l5O These awards are pre
sented throughout the year at
various school functions.
The 4 H’eis attending the
dinner were Janies fettering.
Jerry Shader, James Houser,
Robert Wengei, Carol Hess,
{.Continued on Page 111
Study Shows Investment
And Gross Sides Needed
For Certain Farm Profit
As a farmer, how much of
an investment must you have
to expect a net return of $2,-
500’ Of $3,500? Of $4,500’ Of
$5,500’ A recently reported
USD A study showed that net
income and investment varied
considerably with type, size
and location of farm opera
tions Foi example, farms
with returns of $5,500 re
quned capital investments
ranging from $28,270 for a
North Carolina tobacco farm
to $353,120 for a beef ranch
in Oklahoma More than half
of all faims earning $5,500
had capital investments of
more than $7 5,000, With eight
of 'these exceeding $lOO,OOO
The objective of the study
■was to determine the kinds
and amounts' of resources re
quired on different types of
farm's in different farming re
gions 'to en'able farm opera
tors to earn specified in
comes For this purpose, farm
budgets that would produce
the specified l incomes 'were de
veloped for 16 types of farms
in 29 areas. These included
8 dairy farms, one of them
in southeastern Pennsylvania
How did the Pennsylvania
d’airy farm compare with
dairy farms in the rest of
the country’ (iSee Talble 1)
At all levels of income the
Pennsylvania farm showed
less gross sales than the aver
age dairy farm, less invested
capital, less total acreage and
less acres in 'crops The Penn
sylvania dairy farm also hared
less fam labor and custom
work than the average dairy
farm and handled fewer cows
Table 1.
A Comparison of Resources Needed For A Dairy
Farm In Southeastern Pennsylvania With The Average
Of Other U.S. Dairy Farms Studied To Produce
Specified Levels Of Operator Incomes.
Resources i
'
SE Pa $11,055 $l3 388 $l6 298 $19,797
Avg US 12 065 14,599 17,854 20,864
Gross
Sales
SE Pa
Invest,
Avg US 41,379 48,087 56 518 64 616
Capital
SE Pa
Total
Avg US 79 102
Acres
SE Pa
Crop
Avg US
Acies
SE Pa
Hours
Operator
Labor
A\g US 2 075 2,238 2.320 2,385
SE Pa
Hours
Hired
Labor
Avg US 285 427 847 1,178
SE Pa
Hired
Custom
Avg US 435 513 615 658
Work
SE Pa
dumber
Avg U S
Of Cpws
The one category im 'which it
was above the average was
in houis of farm operator la
bor invested, and this was
true foi all income levels.
For dairymen in southeast
ern 'Pennsylvania this tends
t o show that they can make
as much money as the aver
age dairyman anytwihere in
the countiy, and they can do
it with fewer cows, less gross
sales, less invested capital,
smaller faims, less hired
but more operator labor.
Much is heard aibout “in
creasing the farmer’s effici
ency” these days. This study
(Continued on Page 6)
NEPPCO Board
Plans 10-Point
Aid To Industry
Meeting in New York City,
April 3 and 4, the Board of
Directors of the Northeastern
Poultry Producers Council
adopted a 10-point program
to aid and improve the poul
try industry in the Northeast.
“We recognize that the in
dustry particularly the
market egg branch of the in
dustry is facing serious
and continuing production and
marketing problems,” said
'Harry P. IMetz, NEPPCO Pres
ident, in reporting on the ac
tions of the Board.
"We believe, however,” he
continued, “that the Northeast
is on the doorstep of a new
era . an era which, while
(Continued on Page 12)
Four Levels Of Operator Income
$37,325 $42,655 $49 591 $59,163
30 36 45
2 358 2,500 2 500 2,500
123 253 586 996
$lO6 $132 $159 $192
19 23 28 34
21 25 32 37
$2 Per Ye«i
$5,500
125 147
89 105