VOL. 12 NO. 37
THE “BIG-STUFF” STARTS TO
FALL. The giant tobacco crop was
started on it’s way to the shed this week
'as above normal rains rapidly matured
the late planted, crop into tali, heavy
and leafy'stalks. Here, Parke Meek, and
New Milk-O-Tester Program And
Central Lab. May Speed Testing
With Pennsylvania dairy
herd size expected to increase
from today’s 40-head to an av
erage of 90 cows by 1980, some
new methods of handling the
various milk testing programs
may be forthcoming.
Dairy Herd Improvement As
sociation fieldman Carl Hollin
ger, from Penn State Univer
sity reported to Red Rose DH
IA directors and supervisors at
a joint meeting Monday night
on the progress of the new
“Milk-o-Tester” program being
studied by PSU, and on the
central laboratory concept.
“So far,” Hollinger told the
group meeting at the Lancas
ter Farm Credit building, “the
mi'lfc-o-te(Sber compares very fa
vorably with results obtained
Bull Blasts Pa. Meat Law Critics;
Labels Statements ‘Misleading’
HARRISBURG Criticism
of meat inspection laws and ser
vices is ‘'misleading and unfair
to Pennsylvania,” State Agricul
ture Secretary Leland H. Bull
charged-this week.
The criticism stems from a
TJ.S. Agriculture Department re
port of what is termed an “in
spection of 25 (meat) plants in
Farm Calendar
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August 14-9 atm., County 4-H
Dress Review at Meadow
Hills Dining Hal’L
- 8 p.m, Lancaster County
SWCD directors meeting at
Court House.
August 15 - 10 a.m., High-
Moisture Corn Clinic at Lib-
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by the standard Babcock test ”
(The imlk-o-tester is a gadget
for testing milk without using
sulfuric acid, as the Babcock
test does )
In the long range planning,
it is anticipated that a central
laboratory, or laboratories, will
be projected statewide In con*
junction with the speedier test
ing method, the labs would
eliminate the need for DHIA
supervisors to do their own
testing work, thus freeing
them to handle more cows per
man than they can now All
their samples would be mailed
to the central lab.
When asked for a possible
time-table on this new ap
proach, Hollinger said it would
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central and northeast Pennsyl
vania.
“We know that meat inspec
tion laws, both federal and
state, need improving,” Bull
said, “and we have been work
ing for this since 1963. But this
latest criticism paints a grossly
unfair picture of the meat in
dustry in Pennsylvania.
“Somebody dusted off a
five-year-old report of condi
tions found in 25 plants. Ac
tually, there are approximate-
„f - _
ly 1,700 plants in Pennsyl
vania that slaughter livestock
or process meat. The 25 plants
mentioned in the report rep
resent less than 1.5 percent of
the total operating in the
state.
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 12,1967
Ms 15-year-old son Jim, and Gregory
Myers. 14-year-old neighbor boy, work
ait their 12 acres. Meek started cutting
on Wednesday on this Quarryville R 1
■farm, and said they will be able to keep
going. * ' L. F. Photo
July Prices To Pa.
Farmers Up 3 Percent
Prices received by Pennsyl
vania farmers in July rose
three percent over the previ
ous month Substantial increas
es in livestock products were
mainly responsible for the up
swing, according to the Penn
sylvania Crop Reporting Serv
ice.
Income for crops also show
ed a gain. Vegetable prices
more than offset the seasonal
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WINNERS AT GUERNSEY FIELD
DAY. (I to r) James Myers, 1150 Village
Road, Lancaster; Elam MUR, QUarry
vi'll'"' Rl, and. Mrs. J. Rtohrer Witmer,
RainsHamperHay&Wheat
Crops, Push T obacco, Com
After five summers o f
drought in Lancaster County
the rains seem to be making up
for lost time this year. Measure
ments of July rainfall ranged
up to seven inches, and so far
in August we’ve had more than
for the whole month last year.
The effects of all this mois
ture have benefited some crops,
hampered others. Tobacco, late
getting into the fields this year,
has made phenomenal growth
and some cutting started this
week; the corn crop promises to
be a real bin buster.
But small grain crops have
been plagued since mid July
with showers and poor ripening
and harvesting conditions The
barley crop finally reached the
stciage bins, after being artifi
cially dried, and the wheat har
vest in the county is currently
estimated at about 90 percent
completed.
Pastures in the area are in
good shape, except where soil
Guernsey Breeders At Field-Day
Urged To Manage Cows For Profit
by Everett Newswanger,
Staff Reporter
“There is a lot more bred
into our dairy cows than is
ever fed or managed out of
them, a feed specialmt told a
group of dairyman Thursday,
at the Lancaster County Guern-
So y Breeders Association an-
nual field day he ] d
Henry Breneman & SonsP ,
east of Hessdale.
Davrd J. Olig, McMiUen Feed
Milts Inc speaking to the 80
breeders, their famihes and
friends gathered on the Brene-
man lawn said, “Not every calf
Willow Street R 2. The field day was
held Thursday, 'at the C. Henry Brene
man & Sons Farm, Hess dale.
$2 Per Year
conditions are too wet to permit
grazing, but many hay crops
have spoiled in the fields.
It was reported late this week
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ASCS Farm Tour
Slated Aug. 29th
The Lancaster County office
of the Agricultural Stabilization
& Conservation Service has set
Tuesday, August 29th as the
date for its fourth annual farm
tour, according to Miss Dorothy
Neel, office manager.
The tour, held in cooperation
with other agricultural agencies,
will depart from the Lampeter-
Strasburg High School with
buses leaving at 9 a m. and re
turning to the high school by
3.30 p.m Bus fare will be $1 for
adults and 50 cents for children
under 12.
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is as good as the next. So let’s
not just be multipliers of cat
tle.”
Q 1 production,
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t look for when seleot
* from which to rai9e
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The spe aker stressed good
rm)rds mduding erop records
as a necessary tool in today’s
f arm practices “Because dad
an d granddad did it this way,
* said « Bu t urn
lgss k good rec ords you
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Wlll not know
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L. F. Photo