VOL. 10 NO. 46 Committee On Agriculture Is Named By Gov. HARRISBURG A 16- memiber Committee on Agri culture, named just recently by Governor William W. Scranton, will have its first meeting Monday, October 25. Appointment of the commit tee was an outgrowth of the Governor's Conference on Ag nculture in Harn burg last April 7 At that conference speakei s representing agriculture, ag ribusiness, industry, educa tion and government cited po tentiate for further develop ment of Pennsylvania’s farm piogwun and of the whole agribusiness field. Conference delegates re quested the appointment of a committee to work with Ag riculture Secretary Leland H. Bull and his department. Its purpose would be to examine this potential for growth and to devise am appropriate plan of action. Secretary Bull will preside at the first committee ses sion, starting at 11' a.m., in room’* 103 of the Agriculture Building, 2301 North. Cam eron Street. Governor Scran ton will address the commit tee Briefly on the task as signed to it. TGE Vaccine is Approved A license to produce a vac cine for use against transmis sible gastroenteritis (TGE), a serious disease of baby pigs, has been issued for one year, the U. S. Department of Agri culture reported this week. Renewal of the license will depend on results of field use of the vaccine and further experiments under controlled conditions The license was issued to Diamond Laborator ies, Inc. Des Moines, lowa, by the Veterinary Biologies Division of USDA’s Agricul tural Research Seivice Division officials point out that TGE vaccine does not provide the degiee ot protec tion usaallj expected of im iiruma rg agents, but it will iaimers leduce losses ifiom th’s highlj fatal disease. Studies indicate that the lac cine is about 60 peicent et ifective in its piotectne abil ity. The '•eccine is made with killed virus and admimsteied 'to sow* an 2 dosea 30 dujs apart, the second dose at ileast 3fl days beloie fairow- (Coatmued on Page 4) Farm Calendar October iS 8 pm, Lancas ter lOounty Soil and Water Conservation District di rectors meet at County Courthouse. October 19 6.30 pm., an nua) dinner meeting of the ('Continued on Page 6) A NEAR-PERFECT SCORE by Hess Bros., Inc., Ephrata, earned them the NEPPCO Egg Show title. Shown at right above, Paul Hess accepts an armload of awards topped by the “Best of Show Gold Award” from J. Clifton Lambert, Jr., of the N. J. Department of Agriculture for his entries of market eggs in the country’s largest egg competition at the 28th annual NEPPCO Exposition at Harrisburg. Annual Livestock Tour Planned For October 21 The annual Lancaster Coun ■ty Livestock Tour has been set for Thursday, October 21, according to M M Smith, Lancaster County agricultural agent It will consist of a one day bus tour into Bucks, Montgomery, and Chester Counties The tour will visit the Hat field Packing Plant at Hat field, which slaughters and processes 1600 hogs per week, and the Abram P. Moyei (Continued on Page 6) Flock Size Most Important Single Factor For Egg Profits, Poll Shows HARRISBURG Pa The sue ol his flock is probably the single most important I'ictoi in earning a livelihood foi the poultinman who does not maiket his own eggs John W Camcioss piotes soi ementus of the Depart ment ot Agncultuial Econom ics at Rutgeis Umveisity, made that obseivation this week in a speech at the 28th Xortheastei n Poultiy Pioduc eis Council exposition and convention held m the Farm Show Building heie Reporting on a three-state survey which he recently com pleted especially for NEPPCO, Carncross told poultrymen thht “there are many factors that contribute to a success- 1 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 16, 1965 Speech By V. P. Humphrey At Ist Agway Meeting Eighteen local farmers rep resenting members of Carden Spot Unit Agway Inc. will hear an address by Vice-Pres ident Hubei t H. Humphrey at Ag way’s first annual stock holders meeting October 21-22 in Syracuse, N Y. Humphrey wall speak on Thursday eve ning, Oct 21, at 8 pan., in (Continued on Page 7) lul 'and profitable poultiy business . yet e\en it a pioducei is ‘good’ m all of the many factors, but has a size of business not competi tive with today’s fiends. Ins net letum will not be satis- tactoi} ” Using a series of clvai ts based on his study, the pio fessor showed that today’s tiend is toward laigei and moie mtegiated poultiy oper ations beteause they provide the most satisfactory return. Ca-ncross reported his study showed that small farms in New Jersey, with an average of 5,100 birds, pro duced an annual labor in come of minus $2,093; medi- (Continued on t>age 9} 14-State, Industry-Wide NEPPCO Show Concludes Successful Annual Stand HARRISBURG, Pa The 28th exhibition ol the North eastern Poultrj Pioducers Council, with the theme “Her alding a New Era in the Northeast,” featured industry exhibits, educational pro grams, the annual banquet and poultiy princess pageant during its thiee-day-stand at the Farm Show Building this week. PENNSYLVANIA MISS NAMED POULTRY PRINCESS An overflow crowd of poul try industry folk filled the ballroom at the Holiday Inn Town on Wednesday evening for NEPPCO’s annual ban quet and poultry pnnlcess pageant. Topping a field of 17 beauties from the 14-state area served by NEPPCO was Entries For Pa. Livestock Exp. Near ’64 Record State Agriculture Secretary Leland H. Bull has announced 3,286 eaitries have been re ceived tor the ninth Pennsyl vania Livestock Exposition scheduled for November 8 to 13 in the State Farm Show Building. This total, he said, is “well above average” for these shows, and within a few head of the all-time high set a year ago. “This encouraging response from breeders in Pennsylvania and many other states,” Secretary Bull stated, "assures a successful show. It is an evidence, too, that the exposition is serving its purpose as a spur to the fur ther development and im provement of the livestock in dustry ” Haiold R McCulloch, ex position manager, said beet cattle will total 611 head, sheep, 1,222, sivine, 1,239, and hoises, 214 Beef cattle will include 30S head ot bleeding stock, plus e.glit bieedmg cattle in a iiin (Continued on Page XI) Manheim Hog Champ Bought By Kunzier Co. At 39 Cents Per Pound The giand champion hog at the Manheim Faun Show brought his owner, Glenn Saudei of Manheim R 3, 'fOa 1G at the hog sale on the Pn dav following the show The 244-pound Yorkshire barrow was bought by Kunzlei & Co , Inc , Lancaster. ■Sander’s reserve champion, a lightweight Hamp-York crossbred, and his champion pen of 10 were both pur- (Continued on Page 7) $2 Per Year Connie Hoffman, a 20-year old binnelte from Catawissa, pia Miss Hoffman was spon sored in the contest bv Whit moyer Laboratories, Inc . My rstown The two runnerup spots went to West Virginia and ,\ew Jersey girls. HESS BROS., INC. TAKE EGG SHOW A near-perfect score en abled Hess Bros , Inc , of Bph rata to win the nation’s larg est market egg show at the (Continued on Page 9) Grazing On Diverted Acres Okayed By Lone. County ASCS Office Fred G Seldomndge, chair man of the Lancaster Coun ty Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee announced this week that any at the 762 farmers In the county participating in the 1965 feed grain, and wheat certificate program may now graze their diverted acreage without losing program bene fits. The starting date for such grazing was October 1, Seldomndge said. This program relaxation, however, applies only to graz ing privileges; hay on such diverted acres may not be harvested. Land diverted un der the Conservation Reserve Program may not be grazed or harvested through the whole year The ASCS office also an nounced there would be no Fall signup tor the 1966 (Continued on Page 14) SNF Records Reported For 2 Area Herds Dan-y cows from two reg istered Holstein 'herds in the area have Ibeen lusted in art official pioduction testing re port ftom the Holstem-Fnesi an Association of America. Their peitonmance records m c'ude soluls-not-tat (SNP) information Tluee cows tested in the Red Rose Research Center (Continued on Page 4) Weather Forecast Temperatures tor the fi\c dat period, Satu i d a y through Vlednesda>, aie ex pected to average above the nonnai high-low range of 66 and 44 degrees,. It will be warm during most of the period, but cooler to ward the end. Precipitation may total inch, occurring at. showers about mid-period.
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