—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 14, 1967 •'
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From Where We Stand,..
1967 Farm Show Big Success
By the time you read this, the 1967
Pennsylvania Farm Show truly an
agricultural spectacular will have
passed into the record books. And we
do mean RECORD books.
During the first three days of the
show, attendance was estimated at
540,000; this was just 160,000 short of
last year’s record total show attendance,
Monday through Friday, of 700,000. It
virtually assures a new attendance
record will be set this year.
What accounts for this steadily in
creasing interest in the Farm Show? We
don’t know for certain, but we’d like to
think it indicates a growing awareness
on the part of the general public of the
importance of agriculture in their daily
lives. An awareness, and at the same
time a nostalgic appreciation of the
wonders wrought by our shrinking
farm population.
And the weather has there ever
been such a week of Farm Show
weather? Temperatures were a little on
the chilly side, but it is January, you
know. The big factor favoring atten
dance \yas undoubtedly the clear skies
and dry snowless ground. It sure
took the worry out of traveling, and en
couraged folks to come from greater
distances than might otherwise have
been the case.
Wednesday’s crowd, estimated at
200,000, was a first for Farm Show
attendance. Many traffic authorities
thought the figure was actually esti
mated too low Deputy agriculture sec
retary Jack R Grey, after touring the
building and parking areas remarked,
“It was almost beyond , description;
everywhere we looked there were cars
and buses ’’ Reportedly, every inch of
parking space for a mile or more around
the huge Farm Show complex was
jammed
,So, certainly the weather and the
attraction of agriculture for the general
public were factors in setting the new
record But let’s also give credit to the
folks who did the work The State De
partment of Agriculture, the Farm
Show Commission and personnel, the
State University people, the youngsters
and adults who competed and every-
• Pla stow Honored
fContinued irom u age 1)
is given each yeai to a mem
ber of the Cooperative Exten
sion Seivice staff of The Penn
sylvania State Umveisity for
aid to the Commonwealth s
laigest agucultuial mdustij
A native of East Mauch
Chunk, Caibon county, Plas
tow giaduated horn Benton
High School in 1938 For the
next seven years, he was em
ployed as a Dany Heid Im
piovement Association supei
visoi in Caibon and Lehigh
counties In July 1946 he ac
cepted a position at the Nor
ristown State Hospital Faim
wheie he was herdsman until
1950 In 1950, he em oiled at
Penn State and earned a
bachelor of science degree in
Temperatures during the
next five days are expected
to average above the normal
range of 39 to 24 degrees.
Not much day-to-day change
is expected, but temperatures
will tend to get colder to
ward midweek.
Precipitation may total
more than Vi-inch, melted,
occurring as a mixture of
snow and rain over the high
er elevations, and probably
as rain for Lancaster aiea.
The wet spots are looked for
by Sunday, and again about
Tuesday.
one concerned. Making, and keeping,
the Pennsylvania Farm Show a unique
event is a team effort. Few states can
its equal. We say, “Thanks, team;
you did a great job!”
YOUR Poultry Association
Is On The More
We call your attention to a news
story on page 1 of this issue of your
larm paper concerning the upcoming
poultry association informational meet
ings.
More than 700 Lancaster County
farmers derived at least 50 percent of
their incomes from poultry production,
according to the latest agricultural
census. In the state as a whole, the sale
of poultry products totaled $l5O million
last year. The largest single share of
that amount was produced in Lancaster
County.
What does this have to do with
you? Probably nothing unless you’re
a poultryman. If you are, we urge you
to get out to these meetings. We were
fortunate to have sat in on the plann
ing that went into this program, and
we tell you true don’t miss ’em.
Something we don’t have to tell
you the poultry business is changing
fast. Your county poultry association
is aware of these changes, and is
changing with them. The association is
on the move. In spite of a decreasing
number of independent poultrymen in
the county, membership is growing
rapidly. If you’re not now a member,
you should be. A currently popular ad
vertisement says You gotta go where
the action is. And the action is where
your poultry association is, man!
Poultry man, that is.
But this is more than an appeal to
support your county poultry associa
tion; rt’s an invitation to information
that could be vitally important to your
future in the poultry industry.
Opportunity is knocking. All you
have to do is open the door and let it
in January 24; February 7 and 28.
That’s when. The Lititz Community
Center. That’s where 7-45 p.m. That’s
the time We repeat if you miss ’em,
you’ll hate yourself.
dauy husbandry in 1953.
Following giaduation fiom
college, Plastow joined the Ex
tension Seivice staff as assis
tant Lancaster County agent
He was promoted to associate
county agent in 1962
Dining his 13 yeais as a
county agent, he has devoted
much of his time toward the
advancement of the dany in
dustiy in Lancaster County
There aie cunently foui 4-H
Dany Clubs in the county with
180 membeis em oiled Many
ol the membeis Plastow tiam
ed have been outstanding pai
ticipants in county, state, and
national events
Pnmai ily due to his efforts,
Lancastei County 4 H dairy
judging teams have won state
championships four yeais and
placed second another year
One 4 H boy was a membei
of the Pennsylvania 4-H dany
judging team at the Chicago
Dany Exposition, and anothei
membei, Donald Tumble, was
named National Holstein Boy
When Plastow began his
duties in Lancastei County,
there were 5,419 cows in
DHIA. Currently there are
16,500 cows on DHIA and
4,448 cows on the Owner
Sampler testing program.
Average production per cow
on DHIA has risen from 363
pounds of butterfat in 1953
to 486 pounds in 1965. Lan
caster County holds the na
tional record for having the
highest number of herds
producing over 500 and 600
pounds of butterfat on DHIA.
The county also enjoys the
highest Holstein Association
membership of any county
in the nation.
Plastow is a member of the
Pennsylvania and National As
sociations of County Agricul
tural Agents, Epsilon Sigma
Phi, national extension honor
ary fraternity, and the Har
mony Giange in Noithampton
county
He is married to the former
Emma Shoemaker of Walnut
poit Their daughter, Nancy
Ann, leceived her bachelor of
arts degiee in education fiom
Penn State last month
Holstein Assn<
Adds Two More
Classifiers
Holstem-Fnesian Association
of Ameuca management has
announced full time classifier
appointments for Peter G
Blodgett of Philadelphia and
Roy L Simpson, Mansfield,
Pennsylvania Both men will
be employed to assist in the
breed oiganization’s fastest
growing herd improvement pro
gram, type classification.
Blodgett, a dairy husbandly
graduate of Delaware Valley
College, has lifelong expenence
with registered Holstein cat
tle He acquired practical farm
and dairy herdsman expeiience
at well-known bleeding esta
blishments ih the east. For the
past three years he was em
ployed by Wirthmore Feeds,
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Don It Show?
J Upside-Down People
The distinctive marks of the
Christian were to be, not so much
■«> M 2 « « of P er ™ nal a Pl>e™ce
0.v.i..n.m..j.n, (.'ml and showy public conduct, but
~ , , „ . , _ p r"—. of values: what they held to be
l°^V 11 ' 8 ’ P a ? °p.°,! rs important and desirable. Al-
Mcthodist (. hurch in (icanan- t j, ou gh these values were not in
town, la., tells of a woman who {enc j ec j tQ d raw attention to them
commented to her day se j ves> they could not help but
on il. P a . r ! lcu f ar ls f, ue V ?.?, U seem revolutionary. They seemed
get that idea from the funnv little t ° be rec tly contrary to the
church you go to. Caught by thinkmgof the majority. N’owon
surpnse, l *?®der they said Jesus and his fol
secrctary said j turning everything
nothing .and dwlown!
burned in si- Happiness, most people
lence for a full thought, consisted in prosperity,
fifteen minutes p U |ji lC favor, and freedom from
then, h j VI J adversity. \ot so, said .Jesus, for
regained b er h a ppy (blessed) are those who
composure, she ara ‘ poort that hunger, that
said. I m sorrow, aid are in w'ant. His
„ ini. le message was a special reassur-
Rey.Althouse church shows. ’ * h pe £ ple tha t they
Does your church-funny or heM a spccl J p / dCe God’s
some"
Ch„ s ,V I. .here an,*,,* d.sl,™-*“
tue about your way of life tha Furt h e rmore. he proclaimed
p B ‘ ' against adversity. If anything, it
They Never Suspect IS „ more likel y *° be a guarantee
Perhaps some of us are like of some bard f lp ’ for whenever
the voung man who went off to s ° m . e ° ne t , tnes !° sincerely follow
a logging camp one summer to hrist ’ be^ e 18 bound to be,
earn money for college. Some of soon( T later - a crucifixion of
the people of his church w’ere con- sor P: kn , , r
cerned that the bov might be Ihe values of Jesus are no less
' picked on” because his Christian revolutionary today than they
principles would clash with the'y are ln * be brs *- cen tury A. D.
profane atmosphere of the camp. Whenever a person seeks to follow
"How did it go?” they asked bI P. . aad lve by this
eagerly when he returned at sum- upside-down
mer’s end. "Oh fine,” replied the wa y, °[ hfe ’ he cannot help but be
boy reassuringly, "they never as different disfurb
suspected a thing.” mgly wonderfully different.
It is true that Christians do not _ be * s •!?* bon est: does your
wear distinctive uniforms’er Christianity show,
clothing. They flash no badges, |i«ml •n •uHirus c«pynghtt4 by lh* Division
memorize no secret passwords, °* chns»«Ba Education. N«ti«n«i council *f
nor do they greet each other with 1 “ K M " ,,d *
special handclasps or signs. Few
cany Bibles with them or pray
Lesson For January 35,1967
conspicuously' in public. Is there ATTEND THE CHURCH
to be nothing that sets the Chris
tian apart from others? OF YOUR CHOICE
Jesus, however, did not believe
that mere externals and appear- SUNDAY
ances made his followers really
different. Tire Pharisees made
See Our Want Ads For Bargains
Now Is The Time . ..
By Max Smith, Lancaster County Agent
To Control Livestock Parasites
Even at the State Faun Show, we ob
serve animals that are infested with body lice
It these show animals, that are being given
special attention, are canymg lice, then we
tear that many non-show animals will also
have lice Conti ol parasites at all times for
best peifoimance
To Provide Minerals
The need foi free-choice minerals does
not seem to be recognized by many live
stock and dairy pioduceis Granting that all
commeicial protein supplements do contain
minerals, we’d like to point out that these
amounts may not be sufficient for many
animals Adequate salt and minerals are SMITH
essential for maximum pioduc- one building must be impor
tion of meat 01 milk Tiace tant Farmers should recognize
mineialized salt, di-calcium this importance and realize
phosphate, steamed bonemeal, their big contribution to this
and giound limestone are ma- improving Agricultural image
tenals that may be used
To Be Proud of Agriculture
Ac T nm'fn.™ Lancaiter County’* Own Eai'-tt
as i pei form the various weekly
functions of a member of the po Box 2gg - Lititz, pa. 17549
livestock committee heie at Office 22 b Mam st.
State Faim Show, I’m amazed Phone or
by the drawing power of this Lititz 626-2191
great agricultural event Ait R 0? Tl, " mo ' ,h ' Editor
4.1, „ . T , , Robert G Campbell, Advertising
this moment I m not aware of Du ector
any Other activity that attracts Subscription ‘price: 92 per year in
• Lancaster County, $3 elsewhere
moie people.' Any display that Established , f November 4, 1955.
~ , , Published every Saturday by
Will draw over one hundred Lancaster 'Farming, .Lititz, Pa.
thousand people per day into P * ld ?
every effort to appear "different,"
but he regarded thcae effort* a*
so much play-acting (hypocrisy).
They wore distinctive fringes on
their robes, stood and prayed
conspicuously in the inarket
squares and other public places,
sat in the chief scats at public
feasts, and went about with soiled
faces to show everyone that they
were in the midst of a period of
fasting. Yet, despite all of this
easy identification, they were
phonies.
LANCASTER FARMING