VOL. 10 NO. 47
IT’S ALL ANGUS AND ALL MAST at the 4-H Southeast District Show pn
Wednesday. David Mast, left, had the grand champion, and his sister Carol Ann
captured the reserve title. Their double victory. permitted Chester County to re
tain the crown in the annual four-county duel. L F. Photo
Lancaster County Poultry Assn.
To Hold Annual Banquet Nov. 4th
Thp Lancaster County Poul
try Association will hold its
annual banquet meeting at the
Plain and Fancy Farm, Bird
in-Hand Rl, on Thursday, Nov
ember 4, at 6 30 p m., accord
ing to banquet committee chair
man Allen Graybill.
Guest speaker for this popu
lar yearly affair will be Leioy
Stune, national salesmanager
Agr. Committee
Hears Proposals
From Governor
H AiRTU SB UR G Potentials
in Pennsylvania agriculture
foi adymtment to changing
need's and for possible turther
growth and expansion were
examined this week hy a
Committee on Agncultuie in
lespcnse to a request by
Governoi William W Scian
ton
The co omittee winch had
been named eailiei by the
Governor, met with State Sec
letaiy ct Agncultuie Leland
II Bull and Deputy Secretary
Jack R Giev A gieeting
Iloi-i Goveinoi Seianton, who
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Farm Calendar
October 31 through Xo
vembfi a National Conven
tion of Countv Agents in
Pittshi’.gh. Pa
Xoveniibei 4 630 pm.
La&ca'iei Comity Poultiy
Atsn annual banquet at
the Pia.n & Fancy Farm,
BirdAt-Hand
a p m Dairy Clime at
SoJancc High School; Dr.
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for WGAL-TV, Lancaster.
Strine, a twenty-five year
veteran in the communications
field, will speak on the subject
“How You Talk!”
Another highlight of the
evening will be the foimal pre
sentation of a gift to the Farm
and Home Centei Fund fiom
the County Poultry Associa
tion This will be in the foim
of a check, the amount of
which has not yet been disclos
ed, resulting fiom the sale of
the Poultry Centei eailiei this
year.
Link Of Farmer
And Consumer Is
Subject Of Study
The U S Department of
Agncultuie recently announc
ed publication of a repoit
based on agricultural mar
keting data collected between
1947 and 1964 It cites the
scope ot opeiations ot agri
cultural marketing, changes
in maiketing fiom the tann
ei to the consuimei, how gov
ernment aids the maiketing
system and how U S faun
pioducts aie maiketed abioad
Also it takes a look into the
cost of food maiketing and
the lutiue challenges to the
maiketing svstein
Agiicultuial maiketing has
changed constanllv ovei the
veais, but particulai ly since
the end of Woild War II
Foi example, the leport states
that m 194 S supermarkets
made up only 2 percent of
the grocery stoies and ac
counted for little more than
a fourth of sales By 1964.
supermarkets had grown to
include 12 percent ot the
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 30, 1965
Garden Spot High Sch.
Will Offer Form Me eh.
Course For Farmers
The Vocational Agriculture
Department of the Garden
Spot High School, New Hol
land, announced plans this
week to offei a new eiemng
course for farmeis, titled
“Economies of Farm Mechan
ization with Matenals Hand
ling Equipment ”
There will he 12 meetings
held in the class loom and
shop of the Vocational Agn
cultuie Depaitment in •which
demonstrations, panel discus
sions. and question and an
swer sessions are planned.
Farmeis will see and hear of
the new est feedlot and nia
tenals handling equipment
firsthand Theie aie 4 field
trips planned to observe ex
isting teedlot la>onts with
matenals handling equipment
in existance oi in the plan
ning stages
Any farmer who is plan
ning to mechanize his teed
handling si stem whether it
be in the field, storage, pro-
cessing
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Pa. Livestock Exposition Will
Feature Entries From 21 States
Twenti-oue states will pai- Of the 3 2GS beef cattle
ticipate in the ninth Pennsvl- swine sheep and hoises that
vania Lnestock Exposition ha\e been signed up moie
\oi S-13 in the Fann Show than halt will come liom
Building, accoidmg to State Pennsiltama
Agiiculture Secietan Leland Othei states aie Xew Jer-
H Bull
He said states with entues Connecticut, Xew Hampshne,
span the country flora Maine Maine Maijland, lirgiuia,
to California and extend Caiolina South Caio
south to Geoigia. This wide ' lna - Geoigia Kentucky, M est
distribution, the Secietaiy \ngnua Ohio. Indiana, Michi
pomted out, assures that the san. Illinois. Missoun, Kau
nation’s livestock mdustrj, sab California
generally, will benefit from
the exposition.
or leedlot aieas,
Brother And Sister
Grand And Reserve
Titles At District Show
David and Carol Ann Mast,
12 and 13 yeais old respective
ly, shaied top honois at the
4H Southeast Distiict Steer
Show on Wednesday at the
Lancaster Union Stock Yaids
Both die in their fust \eai in
the show ring How hettei to
stait than at the top 9 Then
Ext, Service
Announces Dairy
Clinic Series
The Lancastei County Ex
tension office announced plans
this w eek to hold a series of
three daily clinics during No
vember and December. Each
clinic will be held twice —
once at the Solanco High
School and once at the Man
heim Township Junior High
School (old High School). All
meetings are scheduled for 8
p m
In the first session, Dr.
Sam Guss, Penn State exten
sion veterinarian, will discuss
“Calfhood Diseases.” He will
be at Solanco on November
4th and at Manheim Twp.
on November sth
On November 17 and IS,
Di Richaid Adams, extension
nutritionist fiom Penn State,
wnll speak on “Minerals, vita
mins, and silage pieseivatues
foi daily cattle ”
In the final clinic, Don Ace,
extension dairy specialist, will
discuss “Drv and fiesh cow
management ”
Time To Make ACP
Conservation Plans
For '66, ASCS Says
Accoidmg to Fred G Seldom
ndge, chairman of the Lancas
ter County Agncultural Stabili
zation and Conservation county
committee, faimeis who wish
to take advantage of the cost
shale assistance featuie of the
Agricultural Conseivation Pio
giam should plan now for
1966
Under the 1966 piogram,
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Massachusetts.
sei Aew Yoik
Harold R McCulloch, ex
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$2 Per Year
Take
Steer
animals placed first and second
in the heavyweight Angus
class
David, an Bth giader at Con
estoga Chiistian Day School,
showed his 1030-pound Angus,
“Jess’, to the giand champion
ship In addition to cash and
nbbon awards, he also eained
a tiophy piesented by the
Southeast Distnct Show Com
mittee Caiol Ann took the re
seive title with her 1060 pound
Angus, “Bobby” She is in the
10th giade at Conestoga Chris
tian Day School They are the
childien of Mi and Mis Mil
foid Mast of Elveison HI
Although Lancaster County
icpeated its domination of the
Hereford breed events this
year, they lost some ground to
Chester County by not getting
a Heieford into the reserve
slot. Last year’s show was won
with an Angus shown by Ches
tei County’s Randy Scott, but
Lancaster bounced back with
the reserve grand champion
title won by Tom Houser’s
Heieford
In the Sweepstakes Show
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Pa. Game Comm.
Explains Middle
Creek Situation
“The quality of farm lands
being taken as well as the
attitude of the farmers who
now own it has been mag
nified out of all pioportion
to the real facts,” according
to the Pa. Game Commission.
“Recent agncultuial surveys
reieal that while the average
cash leceipts per farm in Leb
anon County are about ?19,-
000 annually, leceipts of only
si\ of those in the Middle
Creek Waterfowl Area ex
ceeded $7,122,” the spokes
man said
“In addition of the total
of S 2 propei ties which wall
be acquit ed. only twelve in
each count\ aie active farms
embiacing about 950 acres in
Lebanon County and 1,200
aeies in Lancaster County.
Mam lots and small tracts
me included in the acquisi
tion aiea there aie 25 tracts
01 less than 10 acres and an
additional 10 tiacts ot less
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Weather Forecast
T(mperatmes tor the fivc
cl.u period. Satu r (1a y
tinoiiali AVednesd.n, .no ex
peited to axeiage noar nor
mal lot this tuno ol >car.
Thoio will be little signifi
cant flat to flat change dur
ing the period.
No measurable precipita
tion is expected, but a tew
sprinkles or snow flurries
mat occur oxer the moun
tain areas about Sunday.