G—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 2D, 1965
ffi Farmers Assn.
(Continued £iom Page 1)
D.t wdl be tclt m businesses
dependent on 'agriculture, nncl
eienlnaFy tile entire ocuiunny
will sniior.
lie delivered a quotation
wliuli lie suggested eould lime
lici'u made today, but winch
111 but he nttnlnited to Plato,
a Oreek philosopher who
lued 23 centuries ago—“ The
real destroyer ol libortj is ho
who .spreads bounties, dona
tions and benefits among the
people "
During its business session
the comity farmers associa
tion mas told by IlaroM Roh
icr. PFA state director, that
it had topped the new mem
ber-hip drive made by the
PFA Farm Management Serv
ice Roh'or also reported that
PFA had been instrumental
in getting the “water rights
lull" ill 13. 16T(i) ret erred
bark to committee for furth
er study because “the langu
age was indefinite, and the
power to distribute water
shor'd not be in the hands
ot an) one body “
Cp'do Wivell. county asso
ciation vice-pres'dent. pre
sented a list ot 11 policies
formulated by the association.
The members present voted
by lal'ot to approve these as
they stood The policies de
manded letcntion ol the Del
aware Valley milk marketing
area's hand'er pool: resolved
that the county tobacco mar
ket remain tree ol govern
ment contro's and price sup
ports. re oiiimenrh’d that
C a sis 1 and 2 agricultural
Finds not ho included in Proj
ect 70 condemnations; oppos
ed repeal of Section' 14(b)
ot the Tatt-Hartley law; de
manded lifting of transpor
tation restrictions on U S
wheat sold to foreign coun
tries. condemned the use ol
Area Hedevelopunent Adminis
tration (ARA) money in agri
culture— this referred to a
f>2.4 million ARA loan applied
for by Lipman Bros of Au
gusta, Maine, to finance a
broiler growing complex at
New Castle, Pa.
Noah Wenger, chairman of
the nominating committee,
presented a slate of 14 nom
inees, seven of which were to
lie selected by the group as
directors for 1966. Reelected
to director posts were; Clyde
Wivell, Donald Ney, James
Wood, Clyde Buohen, James
Martin, and Abratn Zeiset.
One new director, William A.
Dean, Jr. ot Strasburg Rl,
was named to replace retir
ing director J Robert Hess.
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feed dow u about six leet.
Samples are taken in six lo
tight spots and mixed. To
sample hay he gels mi auger
irom the Extension Service,
attaches it to ins electric
drill, and draws samples from
I'ieht or ten representative
bales
These samples go lo Penn
Stale Cor analysis In addi
tion, Fong sends them a com
plete inventory of his grain
and lorage. plus his cost lig
tnes on purchased feed nin
(et inis, and bis present Coed
ration. The University then
programs two rations for him
—one which it recommends
and his own —baking into con
sideration the toed materials
v. huh he has on hand, lie
learns how much silage and
liav to feed each cow to bal
ance Ins supply. Tins is de-
signed to utilize what he lias
lo be-.t iuhantngo. The pro
gram carries no charge. Each
mouth when his herd records
come hack, the recommended
amount of “short teed” is
shown lor each individual
cow. This changes from
month lo month as an indi
vidual progresses thiough her
lactation.
Long round, for one thing,
that be had actually been
in er-feediug many ol his
cows, and that he con'd out
hack to the progiainmed rec
ommendations without losing
pi odiio'tinn This saving in
“wasted" feed accounted for
part of his added $3O return
'Some examples ol individu
al cow increases in return
over feed costs are shown by
records of two animals pick
ed at random from Long’s
record summary book lor
1964 and 1965 lactations,
Sadie, a three-year-old went
trom $l9B in 1964 t'o $375
net return last year. She
showed a gain in milk pro
duction ot 2,629 Uis., and in
tat of 126 lbs. Much of this
gain may be due to her in
creasing maturity. Star, a
six-year-old, gained 220 lbs.
of milk and 64 lbs. of fat,
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Esbenshade Turkey Farm
Advisory Committee
Has Annual Meeting
(Ironing problems of \u
ier quality .uul cimurtUy
throughout (ho country under
score the urgency ol! con
tinued' emphasis on soil and
water i misery.')tion, the U.
Depart inenl ot Agriculture's
Public Advisory Committee on
Soil and Waiter Conserva'lnon
declared m its annnnl moot
ing kibt wcoh.
Vo in mitt e e members
pointed out Hint recurrent
miter shortages as uell as
Hoods are stimulating rapid
construction ol dams and
storage' reservoirs. The Com
mittee considered it propos
al that treatment of land
, above dams to prevent
their premature loss
through siltation he re-
but her return over feed cost
showed a ¥2 I increase.
Ait twenty-two years of age,
Sum not started in farming
on his own in April ] f)G2 with
tile help ot an KHA livestock
and equipment loan, lie and
his wife Sandra leased fhc
100-ncre farm on which they
are now tenants, and with
careful management and hard
work have been able to show
an increasing retnirn ©adh year
—'in spite of the throe-year
drought that plagued the
The Long's are n fine
evninp'e of one route that
area
young people can follow to
get into farming in these clays
of high land and building
costs
They are presently milking
31 cows, and raising 14 beli
efs. About 4 3 acres of corn
is raised, 1G of it for silage;
alfalfa accounts for 1G acres,
and small grains and pasture
for the balance.
Anyone arriving at the
Long farm is likely to be
greeted by four, big brown
eyes at about car-window-lev
el. These belong to two St.
Bernard dogs which represent
a sideline enterprise the Longs
are finding unexpectedly prof
itable. They are: ajiso 'finding
that the St. Bernard’s are ex
ceptionally good companions
for the three pre-school-age
Long children.
Since 1890
PARADISE, PA.
qHired pari of tho phnuiin;;
mid llnniicini; of all wider
development proieeis. (This
siif>f>es(ion "(I s made earli
er (his, jear b> Ijiiiic. Coun
ts SWCO Directors to (he
city of lijmcjister irf’ai'diii}’
(lie laKer’s proposed diim
on ('oneslona Creek.)
Similarly, tho role of soil
conservation
flood damage, in enhancing
mitur-al beauty, in providing
unproved outdoor recreation,
in orderly development of
non-ngricultural lands, and in
connhaling rural poverty was
explored by members of the
Committee in .reports to Sec
retary ol Agriculture Orville
L. Freeman.
fleeting with the Commit
tee, Freeman repoited on a
senes of new legislative tools
which have been developed to
a,d resource programs. Ife
asked that the committee
suggest ways soil conserva
tion districts and other pub
lic and private conservation
organizations might use these
loo's to contribute more ef
fectively to “closing the op
poitunity gap between rural
and urban America.”
John A. Baker, Assistant
Secretary of Agriculture for
Rural Development and Con■
serration, is chairman of the
IS-member committee repre
senting all regions and a wide
cross-section of agriculture
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Meet At Mt. Airy
Tim Society of Farm Wom
en, Group No. 3 met recently
.it the home of Airs. William
TObeiiy, at Mt. Airy.
Mrs. Harry Usner, president,
conducted the business meet
mu. VoluntQors to told Christ
mas seals were requested, A
visit to the county home with
a treat of cookies was planned
tor November 18th. The group
also plans to hold a Hallow
een party on October 30 at
the Alt. Airy Fire Hall.
rod uli ling
Tt was announlced that the
county convention will be held
on November G in the audi
torium of the Epbrata High
School Registration will be
gin at 0:30 a.m.
Among other' business, Hiss
Hannah Wisslev gave a report
of the auditing committee.
The nominating committee
placed the following names
in nomination: Mrs. AY ilti a in
Hberly, president; Mrs. Wil
liam S'tober, vice president;
Miss Marian Martin, secre
tary; Airs. Raymond Khali,
ass’t. secretary; and Mrs. Har
vey Geluman, treasurer.
Mrs. John Enck gave a
demonstration on arrange
ment o£ dried flowers, fruits,
nuts, vegetables, etc.
The next meeting will be
held at the home of Mrs. Har
vey Geliman, Reinholds Rl.
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