VOL. 10 NO. 28 Egg And Turkey Prices Up After July Experts Say U. S. farm puces for eggs and turkeys are expected to advance during the coming months with broiler .prices showing a slight decrease ac cording to the Poultry Sur vey lOommittee report. The committee said that “UIS. farm egg prices for the year beginning July 1 are likely to average about two cents per dozen above year earlier levels. A larger off season hatch will bring egg prices back to year earlier levels by the Spring of 1968 according to the report. “UCS farm turkey prices during iSeptember-Decembex 1985 will average about 22 5 cents, compared with the 21 5 cent average of a year ago the Committee piedicted They expect the ciop to be 1 to 2 peicent laiger than the 1964 crop. Jnci eased supplies of bi oil ers during the last half of 1985, accoiding to the Com (Continued on Page 12) Empet Named As Fieldman By Pa. Holstein Assn. Nelvin B. Empet The Pennsylvania Holstein Association has announced the appointment of Nelvin B Empet as Fieldman succeed mg Thomas W Kelly He will assume his duties June 14 following graduation from the Pennsylvania State Urn* versify. In addition to his farm ex (Continued on Page 4) Farm Calendar June 14 8 30-1130 am 4-H'Sew ing Club at home economics room of Hempfield High School. 6pm, Beef Cattle Field -Day at Soleil Angus Farm, Jttttstown; sponsored by "finrasylvama and American (Continued on Page 13) MISS SANDRA RISSER, LITITZ Rl, shown with her “Best in Show” entry in the county-wide 4-H Strawberry Exhibit sponsored this week by the Lan caster Rotary Club. This is Miss Rissar’s final year in 4-H competition, and her first big win after two pre vious attempts. L. F. Photo Miss Risser Wins Best In Show At Lane. 4-H Strawberry Exhibit Sandia Risser, 19-year old plants weie cut back haid last Lititz aiea 4-H’ei, captuied the Spnng aftei beaimg They “Best in Show” awavd Wed- weie mulched with straw over nesday in the annual county- the winter, but received no wide strawbeny exhibit, top- manuie or feihlizei ping ten other entries Miss Risser, a 1963 giadu- Competing in hei final year ate of Waiwick High School, under 4-H eligibility rules, is piesently employed at the Miss Risser said this was her Hopeland Manufacturing Com fnst big win m three previ- pany ous tues. Her 4-basket entiy The Risser entry was pui ot Robinson vauety bernes chased for $1 per quait box was favored by the official by members of the Lancaster judge, Dr Carl Bittner, ex- Rotaiy Club, sponsois of the tension horticulturist from (Continued on Page 12) Penn State University, on the basis of size, color, general appeal ance and “estimated flavor ” All entries were placed according to the Dan ish system Miss Risser said this is the second year for the particular plants that produced these de licious-looking beauties. The Musser To Sub For Fisher On Consv. Tour To N.Y. State Gaiy Musser of 518 West Broad Street, New Holland, has been named to make the two-day consei ration bus tour of southcentral New Yoik state on June 16-17 in place of Robert Fisher, East Earl Rl. Fisher, first-place winner, found he was unable to make the trip, and as second-place winner Musser was chosen as alternate. Musser is the 14-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Titus Musser, and is a freshman at Garden Spot High School. Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 12, 1965 Support Sought By Agricultural Interests For Land Taxation Based On Use Rather Than Market Value Leland H Bull, 'Secietary, Pennsylvania Department of Agnculture, Maurice K God dard, 'Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters, and Hollis Hatfield, Secietary, Pennsylvania Farm ers’ Association, will meet with the State Attorney Gen eial, Walter >E Alessandroni this week to enlist support of a Pennsylvania Farmers’ Association drafted proposal to put taxation of agricultur al land on the (basis of use rather than upon its market value for non-farm purposes. The transition of the city dweller to the country is causing the land a fanner covets to raise in value in re sponse to the old law of sup ply and demand. Land that Testimony Presented On Milk Order By Co-Ops, Dairymen & Legislators Some 550 farmers from the Delaware Valley area and other interested persons gath ered in downtown Philadel phia this week to protest the Department of Agriculture's proposed termination of Fed eral Milk Marketing Order Number 4, according to In ter-State Milk Producers Co operative A Evans Kephart, counsel for 'lnterstate and former Pennsylvama State Senator, presented wires from U S Senator Hugh D. Scott, Penn sylvania, and Congressman Thomas C McGiath, New Jer sey, piotestmg termination of the 01 dei, also a letter from the Delawaie delegation, con sisting of Senators John J Williams and J Caleb Boggs and Congressman Hams B McDowell, Jr Telegrams were read toy the hearing exam iner, G Osmond Hyde, from New Jeisey State Congress men Wm T Cahill and Frank Thompson, Jr, and a letter ifrom Pennsylvania Congress man J Irving Whalley Etter Named President Penna. Assn. Of DHIA Supervisors 1965-66 Owen Etter, supervisor foi association number 9 of the Red Rose 'DHIA, was named piesident of the Pennsylvania Association of DHIA Super visors last weekend at its an nual confeience at Penn State Univeisity His terra will mn for one yeai Etter, who lives at 340 Sun Valley Duve, Leola, also received a 10-year service awaid These (Continued on Page 12) was previously strictly agri cultural now has a higher sale value than can he justi fied on the basis of agricul tural production alone; it now has site value determined by its potential use for homes, shopping centers, and other non-farm uses. The influx of people into what had been farming areas has become a cause for con cern to farmers, regional planning officials, and asses sor Farmers are concerned because of rising taxes, which make it impossible for them to continue fanning. Plan ning officials are concerned with the lack of preservation of farm land, often called open space, to conserve the .states natural resources. As- continued on Page 4) $2 Per Year U. S Congressman Rogers C B Morton, Maryland, per sonally presented a letter protesting the termination signed by all Congressmen and Senators of Maryland At the close of the meeting. Senator Joseph S Clark, Pennsylvania, expressed his opposition through a letter read into the record by Ro land Morns, Esq Pennsylvania representa tives, Honorable Lee Bull, Secretary of Agriculture, and Maurice Martin, Admimstra (Continued on Page 7) Crop Insurance Paid $35,520 On ’64-crop Tobacco Farmers in Lancaster Coun ty have been paid more than $35,520 for IGS4 ciop losses due to low production Oil type 41 tobacco While all indemnities aie not settled as of this date due to late de liveries on the part of the faimeis it is estimated that the total indemnity figure will not exceed $38,000, ac coiding to a spokesman of the U S Department of Ag ncultuie’s Federal Crop In suiance Coipoiation Although county farmers were insured for the equiva ’ent of 900-1000 individual 2i ops, the $35,520 paid in- (Continued on Page 5) Vo-Ag Teachers To Attend 1-Day Soil Workshop Lancaster County teachers of vocational agriculture will toe attending a soil profile woikshop on June 14 accord ing to Richard Hackentoerger, vo-ag teacher at Penn Manor High School The workshop will be held at the Penn Manor High School beginning at 9 a m., and will be under the direc tion of Roger Pennock and possibly Dr Cunningham from the agionomy department at (Continued on Page 5) Weather Forecast Temperatures for the five day period, Saturday through Wednesday, are expected to average near, or slightly above, the normal range of 82 and 60 degrees. It will be warmest toward the end of the period. Precipitation wilt probably total less than *4-inch, oc curring as showers Sunday or Sunday night.
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