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VOL. 12 NO. 13
Meat Evaluation Center
Now In Business At PSU
A new Meal Animal Evalua
tion Center, termed “the only
one of its kind in the United
States,” is now under opera
tion on grounds of The Penn
sylvania State University
The Center, which runs con
ti oiled feeding and manage
ment tests on the three major
species of meat animals
heef, sheep, and swine un
der one roof, will prove valu
able 10 both the consumer and
livestock industry, according to
S(ate Secretary of Agriculture
Leland H. Bull.
Data received from tests and
studies at the new facility will
Inter-State
District 7
Has Elections
. 'Af;-vtihe annual; meeting of
.Injgts&fete 'Milk' producers Co-
op*m#vffiJiistEiot..Tp, J^elcUWed-
niembers heard: '"remarks' on
tlie. state of the farm situation
and on the critical world food
shortage. Speakers were Dr
James E. Honan, general man-
ager for Inter-State, and re-
nowned agi icultuml photogra-
r, T
phei Giant Heilman of Lititz
aiea
* Garber, Willow
Stieet it 2, was recognized for
his 10 years service as district
director. He was presented
wrth a desk pen set by J
Mowery Frey, Jr, Lancaster,
In other business, members
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Subject Of Financing Will Spark
County Poultry Assn. Meeting Tues.
“Financing Who Has lit
And How Do You Get It?” will
be the subject of the third in
formational meeting sponsored
by the Lancaster County Poul
try Association in its current
senes, according to J Harold
Esibenshiade, educational com
mittee chanman
The mesday night meet
ing will be held at the Lititz
Farm Calendar
February 27—7.30 pm, Estate
Planning Clime at John Neff
School, Neffsville
—a pm., Red Rose DHIA
directors at Lancaster F'aim
Credit Bldg.
—® pm iManheim YFA, at
Mianheim High School; “Liq
uid and Dry Fertilizers”.
February 2S—?.Bth and Mar
Ist., 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. both
days, Nursery Business Man
agement Clinic at Bom &
Hardiart Restaurant, Rt. 202,
(Continued. orvFage IOJ
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 25, 1967
determine which bulls, boars,
and rams in the Commonweal
th are best suited for produc
ing offspring that will con
vert feed to high quality meat
more efficiently, the Secretary
reported
In explaining the program
which began operations Janu
ary 1, Bull said pens of ani
mals, each from the same sire,
are being raised under specific
feeding and management sys
tems until they reach market
weight They then will be
slaughtered at the Penn State
Meat Laboratory where specia
lists will conduct studies to
deteriqine the animals’ ability
to convert feed to meat, daily
rate of gam, and carcass quali
ty.
This gives the - livestock
breeder a method to evaluate
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' The meed"to convert submar-
Sinai , forests to shorter-lived
and more rapidly growing trees
va^ue to the forest products
industries was expressed recent
ly by . a p ®nn State University
* he me c et "
tag of the Weed Science So
cjety of Amenca in Washing
ton D C
Robert D ghipman, as-
SO ciate professor of silvicul
ture, declared “a basic objec
tive in providing our expand
ing population with renewable
wood products, wildlife, and
recreational resources is the
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Community Center, Esben
shade said, and will include
the added attraction of a
talk on the future of the
poultry business by a suc
cessful, though controversial,
poultryman Elwood Wil
lard of Spread Eagle Farm,
Klingerstown.
George Lewis, agricultural
representative for the Cones
toga National Bank, and Carl
Brown, manager of the Lancas
ter Farm Credit Office, will
discuss viewpoints of their re
spective lending agencies on
Poultry Financing
The importance of record
keeping as related to financing
will be discussed by Dr Floyd
Hicks, Penn State University
extension poultry specialist,
Elsbenshade said
The meeting, which will be
kicked off at 7:45 pm. by Wil-
llaM, is open to all interested
poultrymen. Bsbenshade noted,
adding that door prizes will
be presented and light re-
freshmemts will be served fol-
lowing' ther meeting; ~ ;
Two buildings in. the foreground comprise the new Meat Animal Evaluation
Center which began operations. January 1. This is the only facility in the United
States where progeny tests on beef, sheep, and swine are conducted at a centralized
location.
Acreoge Measurement
Service Offered
Farmers may request mea
surement service to determine
the exact amount of acreage to
be planted to wheat or feed
grains or to be divered under
the Feed Grain Program, ac
cording to the county ASCS
office
Measuring guarantees a
farmer will not lose use of
land by diverting excess acre
age, and enables him to plant
the full permitted acreage, but
not overplant.
Rales for measurement ser
vice are
Acres Cost
0 1 to 11 9 $ 8.00
12 0 to 24 9 12.50
25.0 to 499 17.50
50.0 to 100 25.00
over 100 acres 2500 for
first 100 acres, plus $15.00
for each additional mul
tiple of 100 acres or frac
tion thereof
New 4-H Horse Club To
Be Formed In Northeast
A new horse club for 4-H’ers
between the ages of 9 and 19
will be formed in the Eliza
bethtown aiea next week, ac
centing to associate county
agent Win Mernam
The fiis' meeting will be
held on Tuesday evening, Feb-
ruaxy 28, at the home of MTel
vm Kessler, Elizabethtown Rl.
Mernam said
“The purpose of this group
is to promote knowledge and
information on the pi oper care
and management of pleasure
hoises, and to provide a basic
understanding of the correct
elements of riding,” Merriam
stated.
Leaders for the new group
are Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Ress
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Benefits Of Conservation Ori The
Farm Will Be Discussed March Ist
The benefits of conservation
on the farm from a production
point of view, and from a busi
ness consideration will be exa
mined next Wednesday mght
when two Lancaster countians,
each an expert in his field,
Amos H. Funk
Weaffier
Temperatures for the next
five days are expected to
average below the normal 44
to 35 degree range. It will
continue very cold through
out the period with fair skies
over the weekend giving way
to stormy conditions early in
the week.
Precipitation occurring as
snow will come from two
possible storms, one on Mon
day night or Tuesday, and a
heavier coastal type about
- Wednesday.
$2 Per Year
will explain what sound con
servation practices can do for
the land and for the farm or
ganization.
In the meeting to be held at
the Lincoln Independent
School, near Martindale, Lan
caster County Soil and Water
Conservation District chairman
Amos H. Funk, Millersville Rl,
will tell area farmers about
some of the basic conservation
practices available to them,
and how the district can help
them establish the practices
best suited to their individual
needs He will be assisted by
district director Aaron Z. Stauf
fer, Ephrata Rl, and by SCS
county conservationist Orval
A Bass.
Looking at the effects of
conservation from a total farm
organizational angle will be
agricultural banking specialist
Stanley Musselman of the Lan-
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Stanley Mtuselman