VOL. 11 NO. 45
County ACP
Funds Reduced
For 1967
Funds allocated to Lancas
ter County for the 1967 Agri
cultural Conservation Program
(ACP) were reduced $2OOO
from last year’s $112,000 al
location, Miss Dorothy Y. Neel,
manager of the county Agricul
tural .Stabilization & Conserva
tion office, said this week.
She added that the state al
location of $4,620,000 had been
reduced -by $35,000 from last
years total
The cost-share conservation
practices on which ACP as
sistance will be available in
Lancaster County will be an
nounced following a program
development meeting on Oc
tober 19, Miss Neai stated The
committee deyeloping the lo
cal program consists of repre
sentatives of the -County Ex
tension Service, Farmers Home
Administration, Soil Conserva
tion Service, State Forester,
Soil & Water Conservation Dis
trict .directors, and. ASCS. .
Nationally, ’’ the amount dis-'
trabuted. was -the same as last
"year—s2o9t739too6r jaMb woll b«£
spread, among' more than a
million farmers in establish-’
ing or improving a variety of
conservation measures on their
farms
Based on ail cost-share coh
servation measures applied in
previous years, USDA 'esti
mates farmers and -ranchers
will carry out under ACP in
1967 about 60 different kinds
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1966 Estimated Pa, Seedleaf Crop
& Carryover Stocks Down 7%
The 1966 estimated Pennsyl
vania Seedleaf tobacco crop,
plus amounts on band m
stores and warehouses, will
total approximately 167 Vi mil
lion pounds for the 1966-67
marketing year The US De
partment of Agriculture’s quar
terly tobacco summary re
leased this week said this
would amount to a seven per
cent drop from last year’s sup
ply, nine percent below the
long time high of two years
ago
According to the report,
Pennsylvania filler tobacco
acreage is about seven per
cent below the 1965 level,
and is the smallest since
1952.
As of September Ist, the
ciop was estimated, at 42 V2
million pounds This would be
one-sixth less than last year,
Farm Calendar
October 9 1-4 pm, Open
House at Atlantic Breeders
Co-Op, Lancaster.
October 12 7-30 pm, Lan
caster County SWCD direc
tors and associate directors
at Farm Credit Bldg., Lan
■caster.
NEW POULTRY PRINCESS RuthT Khnh&is
(seated) of Mechanicsburg, Pa., receives congratula
tions upon her selection as .Northeastern Poultry Pro
ducers Council (NEPPCO) Poultry Princess of 1967
from Mrs. .Carl G. Sempier, who won the Miss America
title as Evelyn Ay in 1954 and served as a NEPPCO
contest judge; 1966 Princess Connie Hoffman, of Cata
wissa; and radio-television star Phil Sheridan, of Phila
delphia, who served as master of ceremonies during the
1967 Poultry Princess Pageant.
.- and the smallest crop since
i, 1957
i 1965-66 domestic use of
1 Pennsylvania filler tobacco was
- estimated at 55 million pounds,
7 a %-million-pound increase
- over the 1964-65 level, and six
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- Freight Rate
i Fight Not Over,
5 Says RR Rep,
HARRISBURG Lower
eastern rail freight rates on
feedstuffs, shot down by the
federal Interstate Commerce
Commission last week, will
> have to come “eventually,”
, according to Paul W Olson,
j manager of agricultural in
dustry services for the New
York Central System
Olson analyzed the back
ground of the recent unsuc
cessful effort to secure lower
freight rates, which he said,
i could have saved poultry pro
-3 ducers from $2 50 to $4 00 per
ton of feed, during the open
- ang educational session of the
- 29th annual exposition of the
3 Northeastern Poultry Produc
ers Council (NEPPCO) at the
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 8, 1966
Form Price Index At
Best Level Since '53
Seasonal advances in milk
and egg prices pushed the
Septembei index of prices re
ceived to the (highest level
since 1953, according to the
Pennsylvania Crop Reporting
Service The index for meat
animals declined slightly, pu
ma rily a result of lower hog
prices The only other declines
were for fruit 'and vegetables,
which were down seasonally
from the previous month
With the exception of hog
and lamb prices, meat animal
puces remained steady to
slightly higher Steers and
heifeis increased 30 cents to
$24.40, cows for slaughter ad
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Nissley Cow &
Aungst Herd Top
August DHIA
A registered Holstein cow
in the herd of John M Nissley
reportedly completed the high
est lactation during August in
the Red Rose Dany Herd Im
provement Association “Misty”
had 22,305 pounds of milk. 895
pounds of hutterfat, with a
4.0 percent test Second high
lactation was completed by a
registered Holstein in the Dale
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14-State Poultry Princess
Title To Ruth Konhaus
HARRISBURG The high
spot of the annual Northeast
eni Poultry Producers annual
banquet here Wednesday night
came when the judges paraded
back into the ballroom with
sealed envelopes contaimng the
names of the 1966 NEPPCO
Poultry Princess, and the fust
and second runnersup.
Master of ceremonies Phil
Sheridan opened the winning
envelope and announced that
Ruth Konhaus of Mechamcs
burg was the new NEPPCO
Princess The petite brunette,
formerly Pennsylvania Poultry
NEPPCO Sets Program To List
Jobs & Working Conditions In Area
HARRISBURG A program
to stimulate job placement
and 'to present an accurate ■
picture of wage and hour con
ditions in the poultry industry
throughout the 14-state north- '
eastern area was set in mo- i
tion this week by industry
leaders here. • v ,. ;
iDirectors of the Northeast-"'
em Poultry Producers Council
(NEPPCO) adopted plans for
Best Carcass At
Swine Show To
Arnold Gilt
A 206-pound Yorkshire gilt
entered by Leon Arnold, Leb
anon County, topped the fall
carcass-show sponsored by the
Lancaster County Swine Pro
ducers Association and held
in conjunction with the West
Lampeter Community Fair
The two-part show on
foot evaluation by spectators
Thursday night September 29,
followed by carcass analysis of
16 hogs on Saturday, has be
come a regular event in which
association members can gain
a belter understanding of
their breeding and feeding
programs
Of the sixteen hogs cut up
and measured for backfat,
ham-loin percentage, and loin
eye size, half cut better than
40 percent of their carcass
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County Farm Women
Add $BO5 To F&H Fund
The Lancaster County So
ciety of Farm Women held a
hoard meeting October 4 at
the home of Mrs Henry Mar
tin Jr, Lititz R 4 Devotions
were-led by Mrs Wilmer An
drews, Society 22
Special guests attending
were John Tabor, State Sec
retary of Commerce, and Levi
Brubaker, secretary for the
Farm and Home Foundation
Mrs Aaron Denhngei, county
treasurer, presented a check
for $BO5 to Brubaker for the
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$2 Per Year
Queen, increased her kingdom
from one state to 14 with the
addition of her new title.
Miss Konhaus, 19-year-old
daughter of Mr and Mrs Paul
A Konhaus, was sponsored by
the D E Horn Company of
York She is now m her senior
year at Penn State Umversity.
When asked by “MC” Sheridan
whether she intended follow
ing in her fathei’s footsteps,
growing turkeys, the Princess
said she had “other plans”.
Miss Konhaus received a
$5OO US. Savings Bond for
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a job referral sea-vice and for
a complete survey of salary
and working conditions m the
14istaite area at the opening
of the annual NEPPCO Ex
position and convention in the
huge Farm Show Building.
Under the NEPPCO job re
ferral program, forms will he
distributed to prospective em
ployees to learn of their ex
perience and to prospective
employers for listing their re
quirements NEPPCO wdi co
ordinate the entire program.
All members of the NEPP
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Babcock Plans
New Hatchery In
Lititz Area
Babcock Hatchery, Inc., pres
ently m rented quarters at
Lititz R 3, began work Tues
day on a new, $lOO,OOO hatch
ery building in the Lititz R 2
area, mt was learned this week.
The planned facilities will
bouse office and hatchery, and
will increase 'the firm’s pres
ent saleable chick hatching
capacity of 42,500 per week
to 56,000, at was reported by
the company office.
Present plans call for the
firm to move into the new
plant about December 1, and
to begin hatching chicks there
about the first of January.
The local company, a branch
of Babcock, Inc of Ithaca,
NY, is managed by Russell
Mease.
Temperatures are expected
to average below the normal
range of 69 and 46 degrees
during the next five days. It
will be cooler in the first
part of the period, turning
milder about mid-week.
Precipitation may total 14-
inch, or less, in most sec
tions as rain Monday night
or Tuesday.