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VOL. 12 NO. 14
SPEAKERS AT TUESDAY NIGHT’S POULTRY ASSOCIATION MEETING
were, from left, Elwood C. Williard, Spread Eagle Farms, Inc , Carl Brown, Lan
caster Farm Credit Assn ; J Harold Esbenshade, master of ceremonies; George
Lewtis, Conestoga National Bank; and Floyd Hicks, PSU extension poultryman.
" ’ 1 e "" % J ? .
A Commodity, Poultry Group Told
Spiehtoing to more than 100
aiiiE 1 a poultoyman Tuesdaymight,
one of Pe.Tn'Byllvairus’s langecit
egg producing mm keltimg op
eiJattoirs, advised thli'nfloiwg of
'Sty * fC ° d ’ n ' ot a ' S a C, ° m '
ElWoo'd C WU’terd, pieei-
damn of Spre'ad Eagto Ftoms,
line, Kldrogeastoiwn, warned of
a wobM food crisis to toe neat
10 to 15 ye'ats When i)t oe
cuus, he said, PtninßyivanUa'
.pmiJltiryroen wdl be un a- police
pc l ' l tetan' to itailce full advantage
of nt. Net oißi.y are eggs and
pQu’ltuy the one aind two best
cOTUvtetteds of caieaf gnfeints to
f» A I ■
farm vdlOnuni
Mairch 6—7.30 pm, Lamcaßteir
-Gwinty Soil & WaUctr Con
setpvattioiu Distort ditos'ctoas
nuaettog ait county count
bouse
-—7:30 ,p m, Extension. Seiiv
ice Estate PlainmJng Clinic a't
-lo Jim Neff School
Mei’dh 7—9 um to 3 pm, Lam
caliOei.' County Dailry Day, at
Guernsey Salle Pavilion
—7 30 pm , Eph.du Fan m
Eieirtii'dty Class, “Eletshucial
WiAimg SkiJls tor Fianim Use ’,
a Epfcote H g* SdwA
YPA meeWng ait GSH.S;
s P? » 0.40 1 A s sos
MfctoChib, r » doom.
S '°?nn o nJn 3h SSiiflr and
EahSin cLity 4
H Hoi'"'e Chib at Mto-iiw
biiiolok Stables, 2517 New Hoi-
ItrdcL
—7 45 pm., Cento! 4-H
Tractor Club tot LJmdis B, os.
Fiat m Ma'chdimaiy COl, M«n
heiirn' Pike, Lawoalsteir
Maiuch B—lo am to 9 pm,
Wednesday --an d Thursday,-
(MSwelr Form Fair, "alt’ Faim
.(Continued on. Page 4)
Soil and Water Con fkstrict Report Issue
arima'l piotein, but Pernsyl
wh’U< pcn'toymen s*< »a siv ng
cm top of the gp'cdtost amid
meet atTUn-ht mairkdt ausu in
toe comfi y,~ WJ'b'nd £w‘d
EGG PRODUCTS
WrVj.d, fi.m cww 16
*' and to have 250 -
? 00 c ' al S' 2 by ’.he end of
>' a, \ ?i ' so opetidtes one of
* he ™ od ' £ ' ,n
'Pdni,» to toe eaut.
He predicted that once
poultryinen started market
jng eggs as a food, by gct
ting rid of the shells, there
yvere at least 200 products
they could sell.
“Main should be ingenuous
'eirjomgh. to produce a heltlter
package' toa'n 1 toe hew The mat
u(r!£n paijjoagg is too SdagilLe, it’s
| d and it’s -too
me i; S y f, or the modern house
w.(fa;’ Wiilidrd saCtd
“aiUi fkefting eggs to toe.ir laU
tdif'.ioitoa'l foim ha's hunt toie egg
iadua'iry It’s just mW a h-ndy
food,” he added
xiie' pirodU'Cigr commented rm
itthioss who would .promote eggs
by tnying to ire-estchL bh the
(Continued on Page 5)
FHA Reports On
[ ApHviHp;
Loan Activities
For Conservation
“The Farmers Home Admin-
Ostein is pleased to repout
on ogress and accomplish
me'ats during 1966, and to com
pliknent the Lancaster County
Soil and Water Conservaiion
District on its accomplishments
anid comtributioins to agneui
tore in toe county,” sadd Rich
aid W Hoover, EHA county
siupeimsor
During 1906 toe Pairm-eaß
.(Continued on Page 12)
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 4, 1967
Garden Spot 1 YFA Pldns
Special Meeting Mar. 7 s
The Garden Spot Young
Palmers Association will hold
a ope'cisl msetung on Tuesday,
■Mki ch 7, at 730 pm, accoid-
I'ng to an a'anoumcemsint this
wci:ik by instructor Robert
Etoeir
The progialm which will he
held, iln the agriculture moan dt
the Garden Spot Huyh School,
will feature Orvall A Bass,
work unit coneervatilomst wJth
the U S Soil ComserviaiLicm
Service Bass will dilscuss such
top Jes as giowtog continuous
(Continued on Page 9)
1966 Soil & Water Conservation
District Directors Report
Directors of the Lancaster
County Soil & Water Conser
nation District during 1966
weie Amos H. Funk, chair
man, Henry H Hackman, vice
chairman, Aaron Z. Stauffer;
J Everett Kieider, and Arthur
E Campbell Jr, county com
missioner According to secre
tary - treasure: Garland E
Gmgench, the Distinct report
ed the following activities for
iggg
1 so new cooperators apply
,n - P ractlces on 8793 acres
245 aM^nded^^a^Blur^Baii
nw sos a. d
3 Lester Weaver named out-
standing cooperator
4 Recognized Soil Steward
ship week with TV and radio,
and newspaper progiams. Also
cooperated with several
churches by providing various
matenais
5 Director Amos Funk serv
ed as a member of the State
Soil and Water Conservation'
Commission.
6. Seventh annual plowing
Tax Break May Speed Conservation
Goals, District Chairman States
Farmers who apply sound
conservation ’practices on their
land save the taxpayers a sub
stantial amount of money, and
should warrant some kind of
tax break, a leading conserva
t’onist maintains
Speaking to a farm com
munity group at the Lincoln
Independent School Wednesday
night, Lancaster County Soil
«S- Water Conservation District
chairman Amos H Funk said
he would offer such a proposal
to agriculture secretary Leland
Bull in April
“When the State Soil &
Water Conservation Commis
sion meets in April, I intend
to piopose that the secretary
of agriculture authouze a
feasibility study of this ques
tion,” Funk reported
He gave several sets of sta
- topics illustrating the possible
savings to the public, from in
creased’ conservcitionjefforts by
L. F. Photo'
Local Panel WiU Be Feature Of
County Dairy Day Program Mar. 7
One of the highlights of the
Lancaster County Extension
Service Dairy Day program to
be held at the Guernsey Sale
Pavilion on March 7 will be a
panel of local dairymen. The
group will discuss some of the
current problems in the daily
industry with emphasis on lo
cal effects The panel discus
sion will be moderated by
dairy extension specialist Joe
Taylor; panelists will be Wil
contest was held at the Isaac
Geib farm Marvin Zimmerman
vas the winner.
7 Seventh annual field day
(Continued on Page 9)
SCS Reports 592
Farms Serviced
The Soil Conservation. Ser
vice (SCS), the U S Depart
ment of Agriculture’s technical
arm of action for soil and wat
er conseivation, reported to
the District that it serviced 592
Lancaster County farms in
1966
The lollowmg accomplishments
weie reported by SCS.
District cooperatois, 80 co
oipc'i’ai f D’ s wfllh 8793 a cues, ba’;-
ic conservaljcn plans 84 with
7936 acaes bcoilc oonselrvJLiioia
plains levised, 50 wiith 7546
doi.ea, resource plains, 2 wi'Uh
617,920 acies, farms serviced,
592, co-oppivitois ■applymsg con
aenvatoo n pnatatilees. 223; coin
s'uilitfve services, 39, ACP ne
feiriaills, 125.
(Continued on Page 4)
$2 Per Year
landowners. Quoting Dr. Rus
sell Larson dean of the College
of Agricultuie at Penn State,
Funk said that “40 percent of
the total highway maintenance
cost in Pennsylvania is due to
soil erosion «nd resulting sedi
mentation ”
Funk went on to point out
tnat only 12 percent oi all the
potential land in the state is
signed up under the conserva
tion program
“Of those that are signed
up,” he said, “only about one
third are actually applying the
practices they should. That’s a
pretty poor showing ”
Taking a look at population
figures, present and projected,
the conversationist noted that
the present population in this
country is expected to increase
at the rate of about 3000 a
day, reaching 340 million by
the year 2000. . - ,
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ham Arrowsnuth, J Mowery
Frey, Jr, Mrs Herbert Royer,
and Rohrer Witmer
Harry Mamma, president of
the Lancaster County Guernsey
Breeders Association, will ser
ve as master of ceremonies for
the dairy program which will
rim Irom 9am to 3 in the
afternoon.
Speakers for the day will he
Penn State University specia
lists, including Joe McCurdy,
agricultural engineer; Joe Tay
lor, Dr C William Pierce, agri
cultural economist; and Dr.
Samuel Guss, extension veter
inarian
(Continued from Page 6)
Reorganizotion Time
For Local 4-H Clubs
Mai.’ch is TOOirgami'zaitioin 'tame
foir mainy local! 4-H oomnumiiity
clubs, efesocialte county algemlt
Victor Plascow saci thals week
as hie noted meeting t dimes fair
Dlri'&e county clubs
Match 7, the Southern HoiL
stiefn Daiii'y Club will meet fn
■the Solata'co Hugh School aigri!-
culture loom, Matr-ch 8, ffliie
Gueiifflsey Daly Club will meelt
alt the home of Rat\mould Wit
mer, Wiffiow SV'aeit Rl, Mlaircih
9, 'the Lititz-Mciniheim Cluib
will meeic an 'the Joto Neift
School, NeffsvffiOe All the
meeihings will beg in alt 730
pm. Plxtow‘noted
At the mlt ul meeitog of
ithiese clubs, officers will, 'be
elected and projects selected
far the ycen, Plalstow added.
“Anvcme cam be a 4*H dluib
member J' he tin ns ten yeialns
of aige wil'hJm the cuiireinlt yeiair
and hds not pti'sise'd hd!s 19tih
hit (May before Jatoalry 1,
1967,” Plastow sitialteid.