VOL. 10 NO. 20 Governor Will Dedicate New PSDA Building Governor William W. S'oran ton will dedicate the new of fice and laboratory building of the State Department of Agriculture at 2 pm., Thurs day, May 6- “Open House” tours will follow formal dedication of the $3 million facility on North Cameron St, Harris burg, opposite the Farm Show Arena, according to Agricul ture Secretary Leland H Bull. He will preside at brief public ceiemomes and then open the building to visitors. Open house tours will con tinue that evening for depart ment employees and then families The building will be open to the general public for toms on Friday evening, May 7. Dedication and open house events have been listed by Secretary Bull as special func- tions in observance of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Department of -Agri culture in 1895 All offices and laboratories in the new building will be open for inspection during the conducted tours, Secre tary Bull said. Heads of bu reaus, commissions, divisions, and other employes will be at (Continued on Page H) Farm Calendar Apr 20 7:30 p.m. Drumore 4-H Community Club First Meeting, at Chestnut Level Cbureh House. 8 pm. 4-H Leaders, Southwest Region, at Penn Manor H S. Apr 21 7:30 am. Lancaster 1 County Holstein Club An nual Tour. Buses will leave from Conestoga Transporta tion Company, Lancaster, for Cumberland County, Re organization meeting County 4-H Wildlife Club. Apr 22 9 ijm. Mid-Atlantic States Veterinary Clinic at Interstate Fairgrounds, York. Apr 24-30 National 431 Con ference, Washington, J>. C. y 4 < y •* * A ' •" -v > < ■'’ ✓ r ■ i ~ 4 i r - THE SUREST SIGN OF SPRING! Plowing has begun m parts of Lancaster County as shown by this picture of Warren Buch of Lititz R 2. He had started at the top of the hill earlier this week, but found it too wet. This field had been re seeded for hay last Fall, but dry weather decided otherwise, so now it will go into corn. The lack of added manure in this field permitted the ground to dry a little faster, especially with the help of this week’s wind, Buch said. L. F. Photo Veterinarians In ore E * ficien * u f e 0f County Holstein 7-State Area To Shortages Club Plans Tour Meet At York Six hundred veterinarians oceans, and tw'o percent in from seven states are expect- IC e caps and glaciers, precupi ed to attend a day-long educa- tation remains the mam tional session in York on source of water for human Thursday, April 22. needs, a soil physicist told Twenty-tWo experts will give participants at the annual demonstrations in the medi- Delaware Bankers’ Agrlcultur cal treatment of ailing ani- a ,j Forum recently, mals at the iSecond Mid- Di William A. Raney, chief Atlantic i&tates Veterinary S qil physicist in the Soil and Clinic, which is sponsored by Conservation Research the Pennsylvania Veterinary Division, Agricultural Research Medical Association. Service, U. S. Department of The previous clinic, held in Agriculture, said that while 1963, attracted more than 400 a f eiw , experiments in weather veterinarians from Pennsyi- eo n-ti ol have shown some vania, Maryland, New Jersey, suec ess, the real answer to Delaware, West Virginia, Ohio wa ter shortages is better and and New York. more efficient use of the na- The clinic was arranged by tura iiy available supply, the Aissociation’s Program In a , pane i discussion that Committee: Dr. SF. Scheidy, (Continued on Page 7) of Bryn Mawr, chairman; Dr. Richard C. Guise, of Harris- burg, Dr. Samuel B. Goss, of University Park, Dr. Robert G. Little, Jr, of Williams port,"and Dr. Ernest L Stear ly, of Phoemxville. on Page 71 Weather Forecast Temperatures for the five day period, Saturday through Wednesday, are expected to average near normal. Nor mal high and low for the period would be 65 and 42 degrees. It will be cool Sat urday, a little more season able Sunday with no major changes for the rest of the period. Precipitation is' expected to total between %-% inch as rain toward the end of the period.' - Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 17, 1965 'a ■* With 97 percent of the wa- ter on earth contained in the Egg Retailing Has Some Hidden Economic Factors To Consider A. Kermit Birth, Penn State marketing specialist, of fers the following suggestions to ipoultrymen considering re tailing their eggs. Numerous metropolitan ar eas in Pennsylvania plus smaller unban centers scat tered throughout the state provide several marketing al ternatives for egg producers. Because of these alternatives. They were told toy Boyd more producers are consider- Kinzley, field representative ing direct selling to retailers of the Pennsylvania Soil Corn er consumers. The desire to mission, that other districts perform more marketing serv- have emlborked on such a ices has been strengthened study and some have formu 'hy low prices. lated long-range plans for (Continued on Page 5) best use of resources. Kinz- The Lancaster County Hol stein Glut) will hold its an nual tour on April 21st The tour will include the follow ing stops in Cumberland County. Valhlea Farms, Carlisle 81, which has a milking herd of 63 cows, with an average of 14,439 lbs. of milk and 543 lbs. of fat Eight cows classi fied Very Good. Herd average classification is 82 plus. Farm also has a' ndw heifer barn 40 X 120. Paul W Chronister, Boiling Springs HI, has the highest herd average in Cumberland County milking 32 head with a production of 16,948 lbs. of milk and 670 lbs. of fat. He has a 50-acre farm pro- (Continued on Pago 7) S&W Conservation District To Study Better Land Use In County In response to the increas ing piessures of population— housing, factories, shopping centers, roads, etc the Lan caster County Soil and Water Conservation iDistnct Direc tors voted this week to study the use of natural resources in Lancaster County as a pre liminary step to possible ex pansion of their present con servation activities. a - NEPPCO Leads Fight For Better Egg Weight Laws The end to the long and ’bitter controversy over egg weights seems in sight for the nation’s egg industry. C H Stains, chairman of the NEPPCO Egg Marketing Committee recommended last week to the Board of Direc tors of the 'Northeastern Poul tiy Producers Council that the industry adopt the weight and size designations con tained in the official United States Standards for Consum er Grades and Weight Glasses foi Shell Eggs, but with a reasonable tolerance The U S Consumer Grade Standaids recommendations lequne a minimum net weight of 30 ounces for Jumbos, 27 for Extia Large, 24 for Large, 21 foi Medium, 18 for Small and 15 for Peewee The pres ent standard allows individual eggs in a dozen to weigh up to one-tweMth ounce less, pro vided the dozen tips the scales at the required minimum This is too great a toler ance the NiEPPCO Commit tee feels and allows for a variation in size that some consumers could visually de tect What’s more, modern grading equipment can achieve a greater degree of uniformity which, in turn, will reduce (Continued on Page 4) Freeman Describes Dept/s New Role In U.S. Rural Affairs The U. S. Department of Agriculture is broadening its concern fiom agriculture as an industry and the well-being of farm people to all of rural America as an element of the national society, Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Free man told agricultural and busi ness leaders recently. “Regardless of the name which eventually will adorn the Department, rural affairs has become a part of the (Continued on Page 13) ley described the step toy-step procedure that has been used successfully in the past, tout emphasized that each distinct must adapt its plan to fit the individual community it serves. The fiist step, after decid ing that the district needs such a long-range plan, Kinz ley said, is to inventory the county resources Amos Funk, chairman, said the as sistance of the Soil Conserva tion Service would foe request ed for this purpose. The de tails of the inventory will protoalbly include such factors as soil types and character istics; best land use a@ri- (Continued on Page 4) $2 Per Year
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