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,
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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-
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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
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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
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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
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“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,
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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
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$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
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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
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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.