VOL. 10 NO. 49 Outlook Conf. Will Examine 1966 Prospects (banning the horizon of ag ncttlture for 1966 will be the Imsiness of the U. S. Depart ment of Agriculture’s 43rd an nual Outlook Conference In Waahmgton, D C., Xov. 15-18. The 4-day conference will present outlook information on topics as diverse as for eign trade and medical care ior the aged, farm commodi ties and oppoitumties lor add ing to income, resouice de velopment and the national agricultural situation, tannly living and expoits of U. S furan products Agncultuial and home econ omists fiom State Extension (Continued on Page 8) Achievement Awards Go To County 4-H’ers More than 150 Lancaster Co»nty 4-H Club members were scheduled for honors-at fiK© annual 4-H Achievement night at Penn - Manor High School on Friday. Awards for outstanding achievement on local, district, and national levels were presented. Virginia Wivell, state win ner in Home Economics, was awarded a silver pitcher with her name inscribed on it Miss Wivell, a 4-H Club member foi 10 jears and a past piesident of the County C( uneil, is scheduled to rep lesent Peniisvlvama at the National 4-H Cluh Congiess (Continued on Page 6) Virginia Wivell Farm Calendar November S 8-lhth, Penn sylvania Faimeis Assn an jwial meeting at Yoik towne Hotel, Yoik —B-13 th, Pennsylvania livestock E\posit’on, Farm Show Bldg, Harnsbuig —8 a in. Open class bar rows, small arena, Faim 6how Bldg. —lO am. 4-H and FFA 4S?teers. large arena, Farm {Continued on Page 6) A CHECK FOR $32,000 was passed from Poultry Association President, Paul Hiestand to Levi Brubaker, co-chairman of the Farm and Home Center Fund. The donation derived from the sale of the Poultry Center earlier this year and the occasion for its presentation was the Association’s annual banquet. L. F. Photo County Farmers' Union To Hold Reorganization Meeting On Nov. 9th The Lancaster-Chester Chap ter ot the National Farmers’ Union will hold a reorganiza tional meeting at Solanco High School on November 9, at S pm. accoidmg to Fied Fiey president ot the local unit The meeting mil be open to all faimeib in Lancastei and Cliestei Counties, and Fiey suggests it will be oi special nueiest to dairymen In addition to the business meeting the piogram will leatuie a talk b\ Dwvte Wil son ot Washington, D. C., XFU national duectoi ot ag iieultural associates Wilson will discuss the ettects ot the new faim legislation on the eastem taimei He -will also give a first-hand lepoit on the nevs dairy bill. Voluntary Producer Efforts Best Bet To Improve Farmers Power To Bargain, Shuman Tells Comm. i In testifying before the Na tional Commission on Food Marketing at Us hearing in ‘ Washington. D.C this week, Ohailes B Shuman, president of the American Farm Bureau Federation, said the bargain • mg power of farmers can be ■ impio\ed “through the or ganized but voluntary efforts of piodu'ters to improve the etticiency of the maiketmg 1 system ” He said the disadvantages inherent m government con trol programs have led the Farm Bureau to explore ways i and means of improving per family net 'farm income Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 6, 1965 Smith Honored For Service To Animal Industry PITTSBURGH- —M Maxwell Smith, Lancaster agiicultural agent, was one of four county agents in the United States honored with $250 Animal Science Awards at the National Association of County Agricul tural Agents annual meeting here Thursday. The award was presented for the fust time this year by the Association in cooperation with the Chailes Pfizer Company, Inc. New York “in recognition of meutonous seivice to the animal industry” Winneis vveie selected from among the Association’s 5617 members. Smith, a county agent for 28 yeais. has effectively carried cm an outstanding livestock (Continued on Page 4) tluough non-governmental ac tion “The American Agricultur al Marketing Association (A AM A) was organized in Januarj 1960 as an affiliate of the American Farm Bureau Fedeiation to assist State Fai m Bureau-affiliated associ ations in canning out exist ing marketing piograms and in setting up new piojects to cope with the manv revolu tionaiy marketing changes which hate been taking place in lecent years,” Shuman said “This action cam<r k about as a result of a realization that (Continued on Page 6) Humor, Money And Song Highlight Lancaster Co. Poultry Assn. Banquet Approximately 300 counti ans were on hand Thursday night for the banquet of the Lancaster County Poul try Association held at the (Plain and Fancy Fa/in, Bud m-Hand For those interested in the future of the ipioposed Faun and Home Center, the high light of the eiening was the piesentation ot a $32,000 check by Paul Hiestand, pies ident of the Poultiy Assn , to Leu BrubaKei, co-chainnan of the Faint and Home fund drive This donation repre sented a substantial percent age of the net return from the sale of the Poultry Cen ter dn accepting the money, Brubaker said . . we are now committed to a greater opportunity to develop a home for all farm and relat ed activities ” Additional help M. M. SMITH, Lancaster county agent, right, re ceives $250 National Association of County Agricul tural Agents Animal Science Award from Raymond Eilers, county agent from Winner, So. Dakota, chair man of the Professional improvement committee of the Association. The award is sponsored by the county agent organization in cooperation with the Charles Pfizer Company, Inc., New York. Farm Price Advance Led By Milk And Hogs Aieiage puces leceived b> Commonwealth 'taimeis loi then products scored a 1 per cent adx ance "in October, with milk and hogs the big gaineis, according to the Pennsyliania Crop Reporting Service. -The average milk price in mid-October was $5 25 per hundredweight, 2i5 cents high- (<ifentinued on Page 10) $2 Per Year will be needed to meet the original goal of V 375,000, be reminded the group, and he uiged all interested persons to 'continue their efforts Levi Brubaker got the hu morous part of the evening (Continued on Page 7) PP&L Offers 23 Scholarships To H.S. Seniors Pennsvlvama Power & Light Company is offering 2C scholarships to high schoo' seniors graduating m the Spring of 1966, according to Mr Jack K Busby, PP&L president. Parents of the >oung men and women must reside in the Company’s Cen tral Eastern Pennsylvania (Continued on Page 8) Weather Forecast’ Temperatures for the five din period, Saturday through Wednesday, are ex pected to average near the noimal range of 56 and 37 degrees. It will be cool at the beginning of the period with some moderation about Siindaj. Precipitation may total *4- inch or less, occurring as rain in the latter part of the period.
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