B—Lancaster Farming. Saturday, December 30,1967
10 —Lancaster Farming, Saturday. December 30,1967
Flower Grower
Survey Scheduled
For Early January
Harrisburg Commercial
flower growers in Pennsylvania
will participate in a 23 j state
annual survey of the industry
in early January.
The State Crop Reporting
Service says .growers wall be
asked for 1967 figures on pro
duction and sales volume of car
nations, roses, chrysanthemums,
gladioli and foliage plants, and
their intentions for 1968 pro
duction of these crops.
The questionnaire will be sent
to commercial growers who
grow and sell $2,000 worth or
more of cut flowers and nursery
products in a year Results will
be published an mid-April by
the U S Department of Agri
culture’s Statistical Reporting
Service.
The annual -survey began in
1964 with 11 states and was nir
creased to 23 states 'in 196,6
Pennsylvania has continuously
been the most important cut northeast In 1966 the crop had
flower producing state in the' a wholesale value of $11,802,000.
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• Have You Heard
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don’t always have to prepare it
the same way '
For variety in preparing a pot
roast, use liquids other than
water 'tomato juice is a good
choice. After you’ve browned
the meat in a little hot fat, add
tomato juice or tomato sauce
diluted with water. For extra
flavor, add soy sauce, Worches
tershire sauce, or chopped on
ions to the liquid.
Cover the pan with a tight
fitting lid and simmer until
meat is done
Long, slow cooking is essen
tial for a tasty pot roast that
will please your family’
Ice Cream And More
Ice Cream
The average American eats
twenty-three quarts of ice cream
each year. He eats it in cones,
sodas, sundaes, and banana
splits To keep the record, you
would need to eat a pint of ice
cream each week.
Saute mushrooms onion ami
After-Tax Incomes Of
Persons On Forms Will
Not Likely Improve
Prospects for 1968 net farm
income in the United States to
total about the same as 1967
were detailed in a speech de
livered recently by chairman
Rex F. Daly of the U.S. Dept,
of Agriculture’s Outlook and
Situation Board.
Speaking at the opening ses
sion of the Department’s an
nual national Agricultural Out
look Conference in Washing
ton, D.'C., Mr. Daly noted that
record output and declining
prices this year and a continu
ed rise in costs have combined
to reduce 1967 net income
albout 10 percent from the pre
vious year’s high average.
‘‘Looking to next year, sup
plies of farm products 'Will
continue large, but prices re
ceived in general are expected
to strengthen from reduced lev
els this fall,” he said. He add
ed that some increase in gov
ernment payments to farmers
is also anticipated.
Accordingly, he forecast a
gain in gross farm income for
1968, “perhaps by around a
billion dollars.”
“But production expenses
will continue to increase and
may largely offset the gain,”
he added.
Thus farmers’ income will
not keep pace with expected
gains in the rest of the econ
omy. 'Net income per farm,
however, is expected to in
crease in 1968, compared with
a small decline this year. Mr.
Daly also said that after-tax in
comes of persons on farms will
likely improve next year.
This year’s realized net farm
income is expected to total
$14% billion, down from $16.4
billion in 1966. “Despite ex
panding demand, supply in
creases in 1967 were large
enough to reduce prices re
ceived by farmers in January
, September by 5 percent from
year-earlier levels,” Mr. Daly
said.
He imported that, with com
modity program changes, plant
ed acreage for 1968 wheat and
feed grain crops may be about
10 percent smaller than this
year. However, he said there
is little basis for expecting
overall crop output next year
to Change much in total.
“Large feed supplies and
prospective feed-price relation
ships point to the possibility
of larger supplies of slaughter
hogs later in 1968, increased
output of broilers, and gener
ally heavier feeding of all
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species, beef and charges will continue lo in
dairy cattle,” he laid.: "Thus, crease and-farm prices of foods
he predicted! that output _of are < expected" to rise modestly,
.livestock products next year He put the rise in retail food
will at least equal the record prices at », perhaps 2 to 3 per
production of 1967 > Lt.” A 1 percent increase has
(Mir. Daly said a rise in retail been estimated for this year,
food prices is likely next year, due to an increase in prices of
Marketing and processing food eaten away from home.
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2425 New Holland Pike Lane., Pa.
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FRIDAY, JAN. 5, 1968
Sale of Farm Equipment, Tractors,
Tools and Machinery
Located in Lincoln, Pa., Rt. 322
one mile North of Ephrata at the
Garden Spot Equipment Auction, Inc.
For Information Call the following numbers
Area 717 733-7917 665-4806
Area 717 626-5244 354-5099
FEEDER
PIG SALE
Saturday, January 6, 1968 ;
2y 2 miles South of Bethel from US 22 and 6 miles
North of Myerstown, Pa., along US 501.
300 to 350 40 to 60 lb. Choice Feeder Pigs
Hampshire and Yorkshire Cross
All pigs are vaccinated for Cholera dnd Erysipelas,
Castrated young. Wormed, Sprayed for Mange and Lice.
All pigs were raised on this farm. No outside pigs
will sell on this sale. These are all White Pigs. Also pigs
will not have to be moved the day of Sale.
These are some of the finer quality feeder pigs in
the East.
Sale at 1:30 P.M.
NORMAN M. MARTIN
RD 1, Myerstown, Pa.