AGRICULTURAL LIBRARY VOL. 11 NO. 4 NFU’s Patton Will Step Down James G, Patton, 63-year old president of the National Farmers Union, has announc ed ithht he would he retiring soon, following twenty-five j ears’ service with the NFU. Patton said he will remain active in various private and governmental endeavors on a national and international scale He also said he will be available for “advice and counsel” for the Denver-hased Farmers Union Also retiring will be Glenn J Taitbot. vice-president Be fore toeing elected to that of fice, T%M>‘ot had been associ ated with North Dakota Farmer# Union. Since NPU Bylaws do not provide ior a nominating committee, the two top of fices ancaster. 7:30 p.'ni. Bphrata Adult Farmer Income Tax Course begins live-week session. Speaker, Harry Conners, Internal Revenue iSemoe. At Bphrata H.S., Ag, Room. Lancaster Farming, Friday, December 24, 1965 FROM ALL OF US AT LANCASTER FARMING TO ALL OF YOU A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS! and the American form of democracy. In order to achieve this objective, the group will vis it various governmental agen cies, private industry, agri cultural and trade associa tions, and tour activities of .all types in both rural and urban areas The visits with people in their homes tradi tionally is the highspot of the program since this is the only occasion the students may have had to see an American home and meet people in a family setting. The group will be in Phil adelphia from December 19 to 2'5, and in the Lancaster area from December 26 to 30. The program is sponsored by the Agency for Interna tional Development through (Continued on Page 6) Osborne Cow Rated Jersey Tested Dam Dec. 15. 10G5, a registered Jersey cow owned b> Edison W. Osborne, Cornwall Farm, Peach Bottom Rl, has been rated a Tested Dam by The American Jersey Cattle Club. The distinction was awarded Cornwall Confident G-ano Edna for having three olE (Continued on Page IS). For farmers Hj*™? W^tAnd Other Advances Told At Conf. Investment credit is the biggest tax break that busi nesses, manufacturers, and faimers have had in recent .vears, according to W. T. Mc- Allister, farm management of Delaware. Investment cred it is designed to encourage specialist at the University businesses to make larger in vestments in depreciable ma chinery and equipment and thereby to bolster the econ omy. The tax benefits which (Continued on Page 4) Income Tax Course For Ephrata Adult Farmer Classes Farmers in the Ephrata area will he offered a five week bourse in farm income tax restarting beginning on To (be Buccessful hybrM Ttuisday, December 30, at , beat nnist glTe the farmeP 7 30 pm. 50 to 150 percent more grain Featured speaker at the than the piesent Inbred va . first meeting will be Harr> rie ji eSi m-. pfeifer reminded Conners, Internal Revenue see( j smen _ He said a 20 per- Service farm' tax specialist. cen j. increase is not enough. He will discuss some of the This would produce onlv 10 new developments 'm income enra bushe i s per acre of Red tax reporting. coat wheat barely enough The remaining four meet- j- 0 ojfSet 0 jf Set see( j costs. Rede'oat mgs will be devoted to work- w ;n norm aily yield 50 bush ing out sample tax problems. e j s p er acre under reasonably The meetings will be held go od management, on consecutive Thursday eve nings in the agriculture room at, the high school. Development of hybrid wheat, the longtime goal of plant breeders, may some day enable eastern farmers to produce enough wheat to feed their own livestock plus enough for a cash crop. Such a wheat would double today’s average yield of 40 bushels per acre. This possibility of growing 80 to 100 bushels of wheat per acre was reported at the 20th annual Seed Conference of The Pennsylvania State University, held recently in Harrisburg. Penn State’s small grains breeder, Robert P. Pfeifer, said he has trials of hybrid wheat averaging 69 percent higher yields than the average of present varie ties. However, Pfeifer Is opti mistic, One of his experimen- $2 Per Year County 5-Acre Corn Contest Won By Hess Lancaster County's only gold ribbon winner (over 200 bushels per acre) in this year’s five-acre corn growing contest was Abram M. Hess of 2441 New Holland Pike, Lancaster Working with a hybrid. Pioneer 3304, Hess had a yield of 207 0 bushels with, a plant population of 21,200 per acre. According to Arnold G. Lu eck, associate county agent, there were 29 entries from Lancaster County this year in the 220-entry, statewide contest, a record number. In Pennsylvania, 14 ifarmers topped the 200 j bushel mark this year in the hand-harvest ed class In last year’s contest, Lan (Contmued on Page 6) 4-H Com And Tobacco Exhibit Set For 30th The 4-H Corn and Tobac co, Exhibit will be held ta Thursday afternoon, Decem ber 30, at the Bayuk Cigar Company warehouse at 850 North Water Stieet, Lancas ter Judging will begin at 1 30 p.m. CORN An entry in the corn ex hibit should consist of 10 ears of project corn. It should be uniform in length, thick ness of ear, size, shape and (Continued on Page 10) tal hybrids has produced 200 percent more grain than its inbred parents. Another Seed Conference speaker described pollination as essential to develop a suc cessful hybrid wheat. Charles A. Laible of Funk Brothers Seed Company, Bloomington, 111, said varieties are noi? 'being tested not only for their yield and milling qualities' but also for their ability tb produce and receive pollen. He added that enthusiasm is running'high in the seed in dustry for the future success of hybrid wheat. GOLDEX AGE REACHED Vegetable hybrids received their share of attention at the Seed Conference. One (Continued on Page 16) Weather Forecast The weatherman has pro mised us a wet Christmas, but not a white one. Warm er air will move into the area Thursday and Friday, Temperatures will be cooler Saturday and Sunday. Precipitation in the form of scattered showers are ex pected to move into the area by Friday night, with Christ mas Day dawning'wet and warm.