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 <wsll toe filled by nomin
ations from the floor at an
election to be held at the an
nual eonvention in Denver on
March 13-17, 1966,
Kcw Study, Port Of
Pa. Turkey-Meat Test
A new study of is
being introduced this year m
connection with the 11th Tur
key Meat Production Test of
the State Department of Ag
riculture
Both toms and hens will
be de-boned at Pennsylvania
State University to determine
the meat yield in relation to
both the dressed weight and
live weight of the birds. Fol-
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Thirty-Five Foreign Students Will
Spend Holidays In Southeastern Pa.
Thirty-dive foreign students
enrolled in agricultural col
leges will be spending their
first- Christmas away from
home in Philadelphia and
Lanetteter.
The students come from
six African countries and
from Turkey. In addition to
Turkey, Cameroon, Kenya,
Malawi, Kigena, Tanzoma,
and Uganda are represented
by tfi* 32. men and 3 women
partieikating in, the program.
The main objective of the
program is to help the par
ticipants get first hand in
formation on American fam
ily Wfe, the American com
munity, the American city.
Farm Calendar
December -27 Fulton
Grange No. G 6, Christmas
Party.
December 30 1:30 pm.
4-H Cora and Tobacco Ex
hibits at Bayuk Cigar Co.
waiehkmse, 850 No. Water
St, i>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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.