Pa. Farmers Will Plant Less
Tobacco & Potatoes; More Corn
HARKISUURG Planting beans has increased sharply as
intentions of Keystone State sudan-sorghum hybrids replac
farmers for 1967 indicate in- cd soybeans as an emergency
creased acreages for corn, bar- forage crop,
ley and soybeans, and reduc- The long steady decline in
lions in oats, potatoes, tobacco acreage planted to oats is re
and hay. A survey by the Penn- fleeted in the 4 percent Penn
sylvania Crop Reporting Ser- ed decrease from 1966 to 530,000
vice points up that acreages ac- acres. Last year’s yield of only
tiially planted could vary from 34 bushels an acre was the low
present intentions because of est since 1932
weather conditions, price Although a one percent drop
changes and other factors. in hay acreage is indicated, the
Bar-ley planted last fall, and 2,052,000 acres intended for har
the small amount to be spring vest should be adequate for cur
planted, is set at 170,000 acres, rent needs and, depending on
an increase of 6 percent from favorable growing conditions,
last year. This crop follows the allow some buildup of reserves,
pattern set by wheat and rye „ . „ .
which showed increases of 20 Potato plan a three
and 24 percent respectively in P ei ' cent
late fall surveys. Winter grains nations at 38,000 acres, 1,000 less
have yielded well throughout * ast e , ar and
the drought years record lows of
Corn acreage is forecast at 1963 and ]965
1,237,000 acres, a one percent
Increase over 1966 and, if rea
lized, the highest since 1956.
The trend m recent years to
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• ■ Doifymen Reject
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current milk dumping which Commission chairman J. Lin
he described as “criminal” Huber told reporters following
he will be far less cordial to the meeting that he had not
any NFO representatives who been “officially” advised that
may call on him in the future, any milk was being withheld.
Several others talked to were But, he added, if it is, any
active members of the Penn- farmer withholding it may be
sylvania Farmers Association in violation of state law.
or the National Farmers Un- Huber referred to a state
ion, and felt they were not men t released by the Commis
good prospects for NFO or- s j on w hich noted that any dair
ganizers. yman withholding milk in vio-
None indicated they would lation of a contract with a pro
be receptive to any sugges- cesso r or cooperative is in di
tion by NFO organizers that rec t violation of Sections 210
they join up. Reactions to and 2 u 0 f the Milk Control
that question ranged from
“I don’t approve of their ac
tions and wouldn’t be inter
ested in joining,” to “I’d
fight ’em because I don’t go
along with their ideas”.
If reactions of these dairy
men are typical of what NFO
representatives will encounter . _
when they try to organize Lan- At the annual meeting, sev
caster County, we don’t envy era i board members were hon
thera then jobs. ored for f heir long service to
On the other hand, we ad- the cooperative Mark Wxtmer,
mittedly talked only with a president emeritus, recognized
few dairymen, and these were Abner Risser of Bambndge
highly successful ones. What who recently retired from the
reaction NFO might find among ABC board Also honored were -
Lancaster County’s less success- Donald Lehman, Carlisle; Sam
ful dairymen we don’t pretend ue t B- Williams, Jr, Middle
to know town; W Levis Phipps, Wil-
We guarantee one thing mmgton, Dela; and J Lew
it’ll be interesting' is Williams, Uiuontown, who
also served as toastmaster for
the affair.
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demand,” Secretary Bull cau- • Holstein Assn,
tinned.
In looking ahead, he noted (Continued from Page 1)
the dairy industry would have Zimmerman—by March 28th so
to step up its new product re- that reservations for food and
search if it is to compete in transportation can be made.
the marketplace with substi-
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 25,1967 —9
“A dealer who had not
been notified 21 days in ad
vance of such withholding
could, without any further
notice, lay the producer off
permanently,” Huber said.
ABC MEN HONORED
Form Women No. 15
Plon New York Trip
Members of the Society of
Farm Women Group No. 15
will take a trip to New York
City Apiil 11 According to
trip committee chairman Mrs.
Kathryn Wagner, the bus will
leave Kirkwood at 6 a.m. She
also announced that a lunch
eon meeting will be held on
May 18 at Hearthside Restau
rant. This will be followed by
a tour of Penn Dairies.
In other committee reports
presented at Thursday’s meet
ing, Mrs. Jessie Trimble report
ed she and her committee have
selected names for the roads
in Colerain Twp, and have sub
mitted them to the supervisors
and planning commission for
approval.
Invitations weie received
from Society 20 to be their
guests on April 6th at the lOOF
Hall, Kirkv'ood, and from So
ciety 5 to iom them on April
29 at the home of Mrs Ray
mond Hess, neai Landisville.
In other business, treasurer
Mrs Ruth Crawford reported
donations of $5 each to the
Cancer Society, Crippled Chil
dren’s Society, Heart Haven
and Hemoohilia Foundation
Reporting foi the ways and
means committee, Mrs. Sadie
Greenleaf said $206 85 was
cleared at f he food table at the
farm sale at Hines’ on March.
11 She also served as auction
eer at the vhite elephant mys
tery gift sale which followed
the meeting; $3O 35 was rea
lized.
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