AGRICULTURAL AND
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES LIBRARY
VOL, 12 NO. 5
Poultry Federation Urges Prompt
Action On Freight Rate Reduction
“Pennsylvania’s poultrymen
have waited impatiently while
proposal after proposal for
lower freight rates on poultry
feed ingredients has been ad
vanced. amended, and then,
either not considered or
thrown out ” Pennsylvania
Poultry Federation president
William R. Myer will so testify
at a hearing before the Traf
fic Association of
Eastern Railroads to be held
in New York City on Janu
ary 22.
Miyer will be expressing the
opinion of the Federation’s
board ef directors who report
edly feel strongly that the
eastern rail carriers can re
duce the transportation costs
on feed ingredients brought
into this area, and thus help
the state’s poultry industry re
gain its former national prom
inence.- J
, , ‘Many; reasons could be-of-.
f ei^'^r'Penn^lvaj&’s-^drom,
to
these 'caii be summarized sini--
ply as “an unhealthy economic.,
climate.’
“Southern competitors who
are selling their product in
our traditional markets have
PSU Extension Specialists Will
Discuss ’67 Agricultural Outlook
Two agricultural economics
extension specialists from Penn
State University will be on
hand next Wednesday, Janu
ary 4, with illustrated talks on
what farmers can expect from
the agricultural economy in.
1967.
Speaking at the countywide
meeting, to be held at the
Farm- Credit Building, 411 W.
Roseville Road, Lancaster, at
7:30 pm., will be William
Johnstone and Charles Porter,
county agent M. M. Smith an
nounced this week.
“To do a good job of farm
and home planning,” Smith
said, “it is necessary to know
the conditions throughout the
country and to understand
Farm Calendar
January 4 7:30 p.m., Com
‘ munity Meeting at Lincoln
, Independent School, near
Martindale, “Farm Press
Responsibility”; speaker Nor
man Reber.
7:30 p.m.. Agricultural
Outlook meeting at Farm
Credit Bldg., Lancaster;
speakers, Penn State exten
sion specialists.
January 5 12:30 p.m.. Coun
ty Tobacco Show at Bayuk
Cigar Company, 850 N. Water
St, Lancaster.
4:30 p.m., Lancaster Coun
ty Vocational Teachers Assn.,
at Warwick H. S.
, V:3O pun., Ephrata Adult
Fanner Class, Farm Income
~-v Ta*-'course, at Ephrata H;
enjoyed lower feed costs
brought about by cheaper
transportation expense,” Myer
said. He added that this has
created an unhealthy climate
for expansion and moderniza
tion of Pennsylvania’s poultry
industry.
“If this climate could be
Improved, and the rail car
riers have it in their power
.to help, egg production
could increase substantial
ly,” the Federation presi
dent stated.
Commodity Futures
Trading Gains In '66
Futures trading in regulat- :
ed will reach a 1
record volume in the 1966
calendar year, the U. S. De- 1
parltment of Agriculture re- 1
ported, based on preliminary 1
data from the Commtadity Ex- *
change' Authority. ' * '•
Jvplume,.of futures-- 1
in' -air - com
mbdities exceeding ,!? million, J
-arid' valued -at $88.5 billion, 1
will be. 25 percent larger than j
last year. !
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what we face in the coming
year The agricultural picture
is changing very rapidly, and
we hope you will take ad
vantage of this opportunity to
learn more about these
changes”
The meeting will be open to
all interested persons, Smith
added
Scope Of Milk
Hearing To Be
Broadened
The U. S. Department of
Agriculture has expended the
scope of a scheduled January
16 hearing on proposals to
amend the New York-New Jer
sey Federal milk marketing
order. USDA said it will re
ceive evidence on the need to
take emergency action on tem
porary revision of Class I
(fluid) milk price formula in
the order to offset the cur
rent reduction of the price as
a direct result of standardiza
tion of milk by handlers, pend
ing the adoption of permanent
amendments with respect to
tee issues being considered at
tee hearing. The action was
requested by producer associa
tions in the order area. , v
USDA said the hearing was
originally requested by pro
ducer and handler interests to
consider proposals of the mar
keting order to accommodate
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 31, 1966
County Tobacco Show
Slated For January 5
Lancaster County’s annual
tobacco show will be held
Thursday afternoon, January
5, at the Bayuk Cigar Com
pany, 850 North Water Street,
Lancaster, it was announced
this week by the county agri
cultural extension office Start
ing time will be 12:30 p.m.
The classes to be offered
for this show will be the same
as for the State Farm Show,
and will include Wrapper B’s,
Filler B’s, and Binders, plus
FFA Wrapper and Filler
classes
A hand of tobacco shall con
sist of 15 leaves tied with an
other leaf Leaves should be
selected which are free from
insect, disease, or mechanical
damage.
All exhibits entered in the
county show will be taken to
the state show unless the ex
hibitor states otherwise. Grow
ers not entering the county
show, but desiring to exhibit
,at the -state show, may bring
.their .exhibits-
, Center; Dilleiwille-Road;'
Lancaster ,by - -Friday,: .January
6; the extension -agents will
see that these get to the Farm
Show Building in Harrisburg.
■During the' tobacco judging
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All Producers Co-Op
Officers Reelected
All officers of the Producers
Co-operative Exchange were
re-elected at a recent reorgam
zational meeting of the board
of directors.
The officers include Harry P
Metz of Belleville, president,
Mark S. Hess of Hershey, vice
president, H Raymond Stoner,
Lancaster, secretaiy, and Jay
R. Greider, Jr, Mount Joy Rl,
treasurer.
K. M. Souders of Coatesville
is general manager of the egg
marketing organization
Reports On Cortot
Meat Trade Now
Available From USDA
Reports on the carlot meat
trade in lowa and nearby areas
will be issued by U.S Depart
ment of Agriculture’s Federal-
State market news service be
ginning from Des Moines, lowa
Consumer and Marketing
Service officials said that this
daily report, which was es
tablished in co-operation with
the lowa Department of Agri
culture, will give information
on meat sales from 50 packing
houses in lowa and surround
ing areas These areas account
for almost one-third of the
pork and beef marketed in the
United States.
Reports will include daily
prices received by meat pack
ers for carcasses and cuts.
Prices on various weights and
grades of beef and pork, as
well as information, on price
trends and-supply and demand,
will also be included in the
reports. -
AmosFunkTo Be Honored
j WithMasterFarmerAward
r
When Amos H. Funk, Mill
ersville R 1 vegetable grower,
I receives his Master Farmer’s
. award during Farm Show
. Week, he will be the first Lan
caster Countian so honored in
I the past twelve years, accord
, ing to county agricultural
agent M. M Smith
’ Funk will be one of six Penn
; sylvanians recognized as 1966
[ Master Farmers. The awards
will be presented at a lunch
eon, January 10, at the Penn
• Harris Hotel, Harrisburg.
The Millersville area farmer
■ has long been known in the
i county and in the state for his
I efforts in behalf of agriculture,
and for his leadership. He has
i served as president of the
i Pennsylvania Vegetable Grow
ers Association, and as presi
. dent of the State Soil & Water
Conservation District board. In
1965, he was appointed to a
second term on the State Soil’
.. Conservation - Conti
r ,the ,-.Governor's
Committee' on Agriculture. ■'
At the local level. Funk has
long worked to keep Lancas
ter County the “Garden Spot
of America”. He is presently
Editor To Open 1967 Series Of
Local Farm Community Meetings
The third annual senes of
community meetings will be
gin next Wednesday, January
4, at 7:30 p.m., according to
an announcement this week
by Lincoln Independent School
program committee chairman
Edwin P Fox of Ephrata RS
Launching this year’s educa
tional program will be Nor
man Reber, editor of the Penn
sylvania Parmer Reber’s talk
will center on the theme of
“how the farm press can bet
ter serve farmers in the fast
approaching new agricultural
age
Reber will discuss the in
creasing importance and re
sponsibility of the farm press
State SWCD Fieldman
To Aid Youth Groups
HARRISBURG State Sec
retary of Agriculture Leland
H. Bull announced this week
the appointment of Richard D
VanNoy, Troy R 3, as field rep
resentative in the State Soil
and Water Conservation Com
mission
Charles F. Hess, commission
director, said VanNoy’s work
will include conservation pro
grams for youth organizations
—Boy Scouts, Future Farmers
of America and 4rH Clubs.
VariNby, one of the founders
and original directors of the
Bradford County district, in
stalled conservation practices
on the VanNoy homestead
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serving his 14th consecutive
term as chairman of the county
Soil & Water Conservation
District board.
Activities on the 240-acre
farm operated by the Funk
family will be described at the
awards luncheon in an Ulus*
u nntinued on Page 8)
Amos H. Funic
in helping farmers adapt to
this changing agricultural
economy in which traditional
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Pa. Farm Show
Banquet Planned
For Jan. 11th
The annual Farm Show Ban
quet, sponsored by member*
of the Pennsylvania Poultry
Federation and allied Indus*
try, will be held at 0.-9 O p.m..
January 11, at the Penn Har
ris Hotel, Harrisburg, banquet
committee chairman Hendrik
Wentik said this week.
The popular affair, which i»
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Temperatures for the next
five days will average within
the normal range of 39 to
24 degrees. The weatherman
looks for little day-to-day
change, but says colder tem
peratures can be expected
toward the end of the period.
Precipitation may total
more than %-inch, melted,
occurring as rain or snow
about Tuesday or Wednes
day. With the coldest part
of the period expected at
about the same time, snow
shovels will probably be more
in demand than raincoats, at
<! least jthat’s our guess.
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