c—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 26, 1966
Reflections
(From the files of Lancaster Farming)
One Year Ago
February, 1965
Penna. Tobacco Raisers
Reject Quotas . . .
Pennsylvania tobacco .grow
ens again voted overwhelm
ingly against marketing 'quo
tes and price supports for
Type 41 tobacco. The per
cent against quotas was 87,
with 2,900 county growers
voting.
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Farmers Union Holds
Banquet . . .
At its first annual banquet
meeting, 'hel'd at Rihoads
Spanish Tavern, Quarrynlle,
the Lancaster iConnty Farm
ers Union hosted Dwyte Wil
son, XFU Washington repre
sentative.
Wilson told the approxi
mately 7i5 area farmers and
guests a little about the his
tory and philosophy of the Thirty-six 'Lancaster Coun-
HPU. He expressed the hope >ty Future Farmers of Amer
that legislation will be ma leceired the coveted Red
passed in this* session of Con- Rose Farmer Degree this
gress enabling the Secretary week. The award .is based on
of Agriculture to buy com- achievement and demonstrat
modities for foreign distnbu- ed leadership qu'ahty.
LOADER §||J|i
Both
No
“Fits”
From This . . .
“Why wait until you are ‘snowed in’ again before getting prepared with a SAUDER LOADER, SNOW BUCKET or BLADE? Remember!'
Some of the ‘worst’ snow storms we’ve had in Lancaster County have come in MARCH.”
SEE YOUR LOCAL
FARM EQUIP. DEALER
tion on the open market, in
stead of being allowed to use
only surplus products.
“If we were able to meet
our present overseas com
mVtmein'ts, you people would
be getting 25-40 cents more
per hundredweight for your
milk,” Wilson told the group.
F & H Campaign
Nears Peak . . .
Volunteer workers serving
in the Lancaster County
Farm and Home Foundation
campaign turned in an ad
ditional slB,B'oo m pledges
and cash gifts within the
past week. This brought the
total fund raised to-d'ate to
$12d,20'0. The drive is mov
ing steadily ahead, accord
ing to campaign, officials.
Red Rose Farmer Degrees
To 36 Youths . . .
Loader and Blade use the same Attaching Brackets. . .
Wrenches required to change from one to the other.
Many Makes and Models of wide Front Axle Tractors.
Loader Accessories:
TODAY
During the pest growing
season, 'the Agronomy end
Extension. departments of
Penn State University co
operated in a study of sev
eral experiment*! sugar beet
plantings in the area.
Analysi-s of the data
showed that sugar beets 1e
a crop that could be consid
ered for Lancaster County.
According to Dr. Albert S.
Hunter, professor of soil
technology, the value of
beets as a cash crop has
over-shadowed the important
by-product possibilities that
beets offer. The tops may- be
fed as green chop, or ensiled
for livestock feed, and the
(beet pulp -is an important
feed ingredient in dairy and
beef cattle rations, Hunter
said.
Linear Programming Service
The Penn State Extension
Service has added a new elec
tronic data processing serv
ice. It will provide farmers
and agricultural businesses
with more accurate answers
to their management prob
lem's, and will aid in deci
sions where a number of fac
tors enter into consideration.
It will help in solving com
plex problems, or assist in
choosing alternative systems
that would be more feasible
in the farming enterprise, the
extension spokesman said.
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Sngarbeeti Possible
County Crop ... , .
Now Available' . . .
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Five Years Ago
February, 4861
County Agent Predicta
Fewer Farm Viaits . . .
According to M. M. Smith,
the work of the county agent
will become more and more
that of a coordinator.
The shift to suburban liv
ing -by large numbers of peo
ple will put pressures' on the
county agent’s office to use
more m'aas media for dissem
ination of information. The
demonstration method and
the farm visit will giveaway,
at least in part, to the use
of press, radio, and televi
sion to reach the public.
Smith spoke to 300 farmers
and their families at the an
nual Extension Association
banquet. He reassured them
that the primary function of
the County Agent’s office
would continue to be getting
CUSTOM SPRAYING
HIGH PRESSURE WASHING
and
DISINFECTING
in all types of poultry houses.
MAYNARD L. BEITZEL
Witmer, Pa. Phone 392-7227
Blade Accessories:
out InflorWatton. itoi ftermw*
and homemakers.
The association reelected
Mlr», J. Everett Kretder of
Quarryvilie to the executive
committee, and added new
members J. Richard Kreider,
Manheim R 3; 'C. "Warren
Leinlnger, Denver ,R 2; Leroy
K. Andrews, Lancaster R 7;
and Melvin R. Sloltzfus,
Ronk's Rl.
Poultry Assn.
Reelects Myer . . .
Mark Myer, Lam’peter, was
elected to hie second, consec
utive term as president of
the Lancaster County Foul
try Association at * recent
meeting of the board of di
rectors.
Charles Warfel, Conestoga
R 2, and Daniel K. Good,
Columbia R 2, were returned
to the offices of secretary
and treasurer, respectively.
Ben Burkholder, New Hoi.
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