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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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-
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$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
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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
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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.