VOL 12 NO. 21 Lanchester Pony Club Gets Ready For May 6th Show ©n Saturday, May 6 many Lancaster and Chester County youngsters with horses or po nies, will be heading for Quar ryville for the Junior Horse Show The show which will get under way at 9 am., is being sponsored by the 43-member Lanehester Pony Club of smilh env Lancaster and Chester counties, and will be held on the Quarryville Community ©rounds All junior horsemen. 18 years of age and under, aie eligible to compete in this open show, accoidmg to pony club district commissioner Mrs 6 W Hasslei 11, of Quany vrlle area. The club hopes that revenue earned through this show from entry fees and program advertising will help to fi nance a permanent cross-coun try course for training the Fight To Retain Handler Pool -fche Sght to retain a hand ler pool in the Delaware Val ley milk marketing area has been lost Dr Paul E Hand, Inter-State Milk Producers Co operative economist told some 200- area dairy farmers Thurs day night “We’re the last major hand ler pool in the country, and although it took them (federal government) a long time to Paul E. Hand Farm Calendar April 25 7'30 p.m., Food Club leaders meet at UGI building, Conestoga St, Lan caster April 27 9:30 a.m.. South east Pa. 4-H Leaders’ Forum at Reading Motor Inn, Read ing. 1:30 pm, Area FFA Trac tor Driving Contest at Garden Spot High School. 11 a.tn - 3 p.m., ABC Open House at Fair Hill Farm, Chestertown, Md childien and their mounts, she adds 22 CLASSES ‘'We have tried to provide classes for all levels of riders” Mrs Hassler notes Classes will include lead line, for children under six years of age, two, walk-trot classes for 10 yeais and under, and 11-14 years of age; two classes, maiden horse manship (those ndeis who have never won a blue ribbon) —under 14 years and 14-18, maiden horses, for horses nev er having won a blue ribbon maiden pomes and there will be five divisions offering cham pionships small pony, large pony, junior hunter, horseman ship 14 years and under, and horsemanship 14-18 years of age Mrs Hassler notes there will be two rings working at the same time to accommodate the (Continued on Page 8) get us, they finally cut us down. “The problem, now is to de termine what we can salvage out of this to make it one of the best paying market pools in the country.’’ Hand ex plained The meeting, held in the Guernsey Sale Pavilion was called to give farmers the de tails on the final decision of the U S Department of Ag riculture, changing the Dela ware Valley milk marketing area from a handler to a mar ketwide pool After leviewing this final decision, Hand discussed the advantages and disadvantages to Philadelphia shippers of a “yes” or “no” \ote in the ref erendum now being conducted The decision was issued Ap ril 7 v/ith a 30-day period pro vided for referendum TO BE SWALLOWED BY N.Y. “How long wall it be before the N Y order swallows us up’” one dairyman asked Hand “Weil, they’re trying right now ” the economist noted, “but they’ve got some prob (Continued on Page 5) Tobacco Tops Crop Insurance Coverage Crop-hail insurance protec tion has doubled over the past 15 years, keeping pace with increasing costs of production and values of harvests, accord ing to a report published by the U.S. Department of Agri culture. Of all major commodities, tobacco has the largest pro- portion of the crop insured against hail damage, about one-third. Some one-fourth of the wheat crop is insured (Continued on Page 6) Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 22,1967 UP AND OVER-goeis Pam Hassler, QuarryviUe R 2, and Ifer mount Lady Dee at the last Regional Pony Clu)b rally. Miss Hassler is a member of the “C” team of the Lanchester Pony Club. Rural Life Sunday Observation April 30 The fifth Sunday after Easter is often referred to as Rural Life Sunday or Rogation Sun day This is a day set apart for emphasizing the meaning of Christianity for rural life, notes associate agricultural agent Win Memam On April 30th at 7 00 p m . a Ruial Life Sunday Service will be held by the youth of Bethany United Church of Christ m Fphrata This will be held at Old Bethany which is located just off the Bethany Road lead ing from Route 222 in Akron towards Murrell Additional facts may be secured by con tacting Mrs. Paul S Schantz, R D 1, Ephrata A special service will be held on April 30th 7:30 p m at the Stevens Hill Church of the Bre thren The mam speaker for this event will be Norman Rebel editor of the Pennsyl vania Farmei magazine Everyone is invited to attend, especially young folks in 4-H and FFA activities These Ser vices are open to the public and all are welcome, Mernam said Grangers Oppose Constitutional Conv. At its spring meeting at the White Horse Fire Hall last Saturday, the Lancaster Coun- ty Pomona Grange #7l went on record opposing the pro posed constitutional conven tion question which wall ap pear on the ballot during the May 16 primary election, (Continued on Page 16} Agricultural Land In River Basin Must Be Preserved For Future Use HARRISBURG— River basin lation “in this country and studies being made in the elsewhere in the world.” state must include plans foi preservation of land “highly suited for agricultural use,” the Pennsylvania Association of Soil and Water Conserva- tion District Directois urged Wednesday “Pennsylvania land resourc es are not inexhaustible,” the organization pointed out in a senes of recommendations re lating to river basin studies “It is apparent that plans should be made to preserve our better agricultural land for future production. When ever practical, plans should call for recreational develop ments, industrial develop ment, and housing develop ments on land of relatively lon value for agriculture.” In presenting a committee report on the recommenda tions, Raymond D Shaffer, of Dalmatia, Noi thumberland County, pointed out that land will be vitally needed m the future to produce enough food for the rapidly growing popu- WeafAer Temperatures for the peri od Saturday through Wednes day are expected to average below the normal range of 66 to 44 degrees. Precipitation may total Vi ■ inch, occurring as showers Saturday and again about Tuesday. $2 Per Year The association’s executive council, m addition to calling for plans to preserve agricul tural lands recommended that river basin studies must con sider Present and future water (Continued on Page 13) Earl Hess Named FENB Chairman Earl L Hess, pres ident of Hess Bros. Farms, Inc., Ep h rata was u n a n imously n a med chair man of the Poultry and Egg National Board at the o r ganization’s a n n ual mem bership meet- Earl L. Hess mg held last week in Chicago. Hess, who had previously been PENB first vice president, succeeds Dr John Salsbury in the chairman’s post Also attending the annual session in Chicago was K. M. Souders, manager of Produc ers Cooperative Exchange, Coatesville He is a PENB state director, representing the Pennsylvania Poultry Associa tion, and served as a member of the nominating committee. It was also reported at the (Continued on Paige 4)
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