16—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 25. 1967 Larson Terms Research Vital To Solution Of World Hunger Problem Venn St.itc University's Dean of Agnculuiic declared recent 1\ that seciety is gearing up fc an ol 1 out battle against hunger—botn in this eountiy and aino. d Tlil- b ■; question is wheth ei 01 not we started in time to win the lace." said Dean Ri.shell E Lai son Speaking at Penn State's an nual Ln*i“ and Feitilizer Con fe'once L.ison said the Unit ed States needs to be doing now the lesearch that will en able Ine nation to maintain and me lease agucultuial pio duetion not only in the next 10 jeais but up to the jear 2000 He pointed out that much of the nation’s present ca pacitj to produce food de veloped through basic re search carried out 25 or more years ago. Research leading to production of hy brid corn, he claimed, was done before 1920 but nearly 30 years elapsed from dis- Moved To New Location FOR FAST ON-THE-FARM SERVICE SWEIGART FIRESTONE 329 West High St. Manheim, Pa. 665-2258 ***********¥*«***¥¥*¥* ********************** TOBACCO MUSLIN 2 & 3 yd. Widths Place Your Order NOW Tobacco Seed SNAROL for SNAILS Moth Balls SEED POTATOES Groff’s Hardware Hr******************** covery to widespread use of corn hybrids. Dean Larson observed that "the world food crisis is more complex than the project to place a man on the moon.” He listed three problems which he claimed must be solved before world food needs can be solved. (1) huge mass es of impoverished people must imp-ove farming meth ods and many must learn to read and write. (2) new agri cultural t°chnologies must be developed and used worldwide, and (3) all nations must de velop reliable political and We asked the David Brians: Is total electric as low-cost as Their answer: We paid just $24.29 a month last year for everything, including electric heating! Yes! This low cost also included electric water heating, cooking, laundering, lighting, and all their other electric services. That's why we say, to make a true comparison of the total costs of home heat and operating all your work-saving appliances, you must add together all costs. With lotal electric Ihing, for instance, there’s just one service, one bill and no expensive maintenance contracts. But to get the true cost of flame-type heat, you must add together the fuel bill, the elec- -- 1 * i 2 economic systems. Apm Hnluteill. He said the cost of basic re search Is ic turned many times flnU Me rial Sll*e over in profits to farmers and VWIU industries using farm prod- vista Qiande Haven Wallie nets. The return on research (EX)i owncd bv carl L. Mar investments on hybrid corn. tin E phrata, and Mpheus L. from 1923 to 1955 alone, was Ruth. Fleetwood, has been des almost 700 percent per year, he reported Northeastern Breeders Hold Annual Meeting The annual meeting of the Elected lo Ihree year terms Morgantown local unit of the on the Morgantown local ad- Northeastern Breeders Associa- visory boaid were: Earl Mar tion (NEBA) was held at the tin, Ephrata, and Allen Lee Blue Ball Fire Hall recently. Stoltzfus, Honey Brook. Reports were given by NEBA The following weie elected district manager Larry Swen- as area breed representatives: son and NEBA operations man- Holstein Eli Kauffman, El ager, William Schaefer. High- verson: Jersey—Simeon Stoltz light of the meeting was a fus, Leola; Ayrshire—Charles presentation by Penn State ex- Gabel, Eiverson. . ' • H ,'S’' >\ ,V. ~ ' y ,^-v. The total-electric home of Mr. and Mrs. David Brian, East Petersbur i *j is st * tension dairyman Harvey Sbaeffer, entitled "Knowing & Understanding Bull Proofs”. DIRECTORS NAMED living we promised? trie bill and the service contract. Put them all together and you’ll see why we say live the total electric way as the Biians do. IF /GU ARE BUILDING be sure to tell yenr builder you want to be modern, you v ant the best, you want electric heat. IF YOU ARE REMODELING-call a Rc:lcy kilowatt Recommended Electric Lome Uniting Dealer for an estimate. Fe is listed in the Yellow Pages under ‘■Re.itmg Contractors." ignated a Gold Medal Sir&~< the highest recognition a Hole stein herd bull can receive-* by the HolsteimFriesian Asso elation of America. Admittance to the super-se lect Gold Medal Sire Circle is limited to those Holstein bulls with daughters meeting ex ceptionally high standards of both milk production and body conformation. “Wallie” joined the Gold Medal ranks as a result of his recent designation as a Silver Medal Production Sire. 14 of his daughters have official rec ords averaging 15,106 lbs. of milk and 609 lbs. of butterfat. He gamed the paralleling Silver Medal Type award, based on the uniformly out standing conformation of his officially classified daughters in 1966 /'a fait* AN INVESTOR.OWNED EUCTRIC UTIUTV /j If* THE SERVICE JT , OF A? - -V 2. i ~ i « #-* s.
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