VOL. 10 NO. 41 Merger Move Announced By NEBA Directors After a 4 month study, Northeastern Breeders Assn, directors have decided to rec commend a merger to its memlber-stockholdeis. The rec ommendation 'would result in one farmer-owned and con trolled 'cooperative including NiBBA and the following Maine Breeding Cooperative, Agusta, Maine; New Hamp shire-Vermont Breeding Asso ciation, Concord, New Hamp shire; Central Vermont Breed ing Association, Montpieler, (Continued on Page 7) 1965 Corn Support Price Is Announced Price support loans for the 1965 Corn erop in Lancaster County is $1.23 per bushel, according To an announcement this week by the county Agri cultural Stabilization and Con serration office. The national average as $1.05. Tfefr loan rate of $1.23 re iers to corn grading No. 3 and No, 4 only.-- Premiums or* discounts will apiply on other grade*. Chairman Fred G. Seldom r'idgc reminded 1 growers that priee support on the 1965 corn erop is available only to farthers participating in the IS6& feed grain program. Pennsylvania’s 2nd All-American Dairy Show Scheduled Next Week r Another overflow enrollment will mark next week’s second Pennsylvania All-American Dairy Show in the State Farm Show Building Entries, reportedly, will to tal nearly 2,400, and will come from sixteen states and two provinces in Canada, as happened a year ago at the first of the open internation al dairy events Harold OR. MCCulloch, man ager, said a large enrollment had been anticipated, and that ample preparations to accom modate the animals have been completed In addition to all sheds and barns in the 13-acre Farm Show Building, show cattle will occupy half of the main Farm Calendar September 13 - 17—All-Ameri can IDaarj, Show, Faim Show Bldg", Hamsbiug September 13—8 am . Penn sylvania Junior Dauy Show, Farm Show Bldg —6 pan, Holstein Breed Sale—’Faim Show Bldg —8 pm Soil and Watei Conservation Distnct Dn ac tors at bounty Couithouse —S pro County A'S'C Con vention at A'SC Office, Man heum JPlike, Lancaster September 14—8 am , Penn- (Continued on Page 9) Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 11, 1965 THAT’S -NO SAND DUNE behind- Lancaster County potato grower Reid Wissler; it is just plain dirt that has been bulldozed around three sides of his potato storage building from ground to eaves. The dirt plus five" inches of rock wool insulation in the ceiling of the building have been an effective tempera ture-stabilizing combination. L. F. Photo exposition hall where nearly 1,000 temporary stanchions have been erected. Of the 2,400 head, 1,481 have been entered directly in the main All-American The others will transfer from the Pennsylvania Junior Dairy Show the first day, and the Pennsylvania Holstein Black and White 'Show on Tuesday of show week Both the Junior and Black ; Continued on Page T) Deadline For Entering Swine Assn. Carcass Show Set For Sept. 16 The Lancaster County S'wme Producers Association an nounces it will again conduct a carcass show and evalua tion contest m conjunction 'with the Lampetei Fair on Thursday, 'September 23, at 630 pm. All exhibitors in the contest must be. or be come, either jumoi oi senior membeis of the Swine Asso ciation pnor to the show Entnes may be bauows or gilts and must weigh between 190 and 220 pounds Any hog not in this weight class will (be slaughteied and evaluated, 'but wall not compete in the 'contest 'Each exhibitor will receive a copy of all carcass data when such is compiled The competing h-ogs will be (Continued on Page 7) Donegal High School Discontinues Vo-Ag Education Department 'The Donegal Union School district recently announced that the Vocational-Agricul ture Department of Donegal High .School has ibeen discon tinued. This decision represents the official action of the Donegal Union School Board and ns effective immediately. Although the ,Witness Oak Chapter of Future Farmers' of America has also been dis continued, Donegal (students enrolled in vocational agri culture will ‘be attending neighboring high schools. There are now nine high schools in Lancaster County offering the course in voca tional agnculture A New Look At Some Old Heat Tolerance Ideas -Dauy men long have held notions about what makes a co'w tolexate heat, but most of these notions are off base. Agricultural Research Seiv ice (AR(S) scientists have found One such ‘fallacy involves physical characteiistics of In dian cattle Tough but rela tively unproductive, these cattle have a big hump on (Continued on Page 10) “Spuds”, Main Crop For Diversified Farmer Reid Wissler Of EphrataArea In 1964 the Pennsylvania 'Crop Reporting 'Service esti mated the value of Lancaster County’s potato crop at just under $2 million, which meant the county ranked third in spud value in 'the state. We visited one of the area’s successful potato gioweis, Reid Wissler, to learn some thing about this economically and gastionoimcally important crop Wissler lives with his wife and five young children on 'their 109-acre farm just south of Akron He began farming an 1952, and potatoes have been a primary Crop ever since. 46 acres Went into po tato production this year with the (balance of the farm used for tobacco, wheat and corn— the latter as feed for the Steers that Wissler fattens year round (In 1962 he (built a (36 ft. (by Esh And Lapp Lead Red Rose DHIA For July A registered (Holstein cow owned by John E. Esh, Gor donviLle 81, Completed the highest 305-day lactation for July. Patsy produced 20,161 lbs. of milk, 885 lbs. of jbut terfat with a 4.4% test. Sec ond high lactation was com pleted by a registered Hol stein cow owned tby Clarence L. Keener, Manheim R 3 Lu cille produced 2d,751 lbs. of milk, 867 lbs. of butterfat with a 4 0% test in 305 days. The herd of Christ K Lapp Si Son, Gap 82, had the high est monthly butterfat aver age This herd of 34 7 regis tered Holstein cows averaged 1535 lbs of milk, 62 lbs of butterfat 'with a 4 0% test. The herds of Christian Zook, Ronks Rl; Hiram S. Aungst, Continued on Page 9 Study Shows Banks Are Largest Farm Lenders Pennsylvania banks \vere serving f aimers ‘with moie teredit and othei financial 'services than any other group of lenders at the beginning of 'this yeai, according to 'Stanley Musselman, managei of the agricultural department of the Lancaster County Fam eis National Bank At that time the annual smvey of the American Bank ers Assn shows, Pennsylvania banks weie helping fanners 'wnth $252 million in loans, 7 ipei'cent more than in the pie vious year This total w'as di vided about equally between pi oduction and m o i t g a g e loans At the same time, ?13 million in farm loans was (Continued on Page 7) $2 Per Year 116 ft. potato storage build ing 'on 'the farm that is bor dered by Route 222 As the building was in various stages of construction. passerstoy guessed its purpose at every thing fiom a mushroom house to a bomb shelter the lat ter after earth 'was bulldozed around three ’sides of the building from ground to eaves Can’t you almost bear the perplexed commuter, who has Wondered about this con struction daily, telling his Wife that evening, “I guess the farmer couldn’t decide ■what it is either; now he’s trying to bury the darn thing'” Potatoes are stored right on the dirt floor in piles about 10 feet deep. The in terior of the building is large enough to" permit all of the grading to toe done inside, out of the Weather. It is high enough to allow a tractor trailer inside for loading- Be tween the five-inch rock wool insulation in the ceiling, and the mounds of earth surrouhd ing the 'building on three sides, fWissler says he has no trouble keeping the tempera ture Within the desired range, if the potatoes are going for chips, the storage tempera ture should not go toelow 45 (Continued on Page 8) Weber-Ebersole Merger Plans Are Announced Ebersole’s Hatchery of Ana* ville has announced its mer ger 'with Weber’s Hatchery, Inc of Bowm'ansville. Weber’s, the surviving company, will expand and modernize its plant to house all Watching equipment which will enable them to serve !the needs of the company’s customers in southeastern Pennsylvania. Elbersole, who started in the hatching business in 1958, will join Weber’s Hatchery as head of -the sales and serv ice department Weber’s began business in 1932 when it was largely a matter of custom hatching for local farmers They plan to (Continued on Pace 16) Weather Forecast Temperatures for the five day period, Saturday through Wednesday, are evpected to average near normal. Nor mal for the period is a high in the mid to upper ~o’s and a low in the mid 50's. It will be warm over the weekend, then cooler late Sunday. Precipitation may total %- inch or more, occurring as showers on Sunday and again about mid-week.
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