V OL. 13 NO. 12
THE ROBERT B. RISSER FAMILY
FARM, located just outside the boro of
iititz. Three Risser sons have been named
Risser Boys
Carve- Name In
Warwick Vo-Ag
The three sons of Mr and
l-lis Robert B Risser, Lititz Rl,
have carved a name for them
selves in the Vo-Ag history of
Warwick High School by each
becoming a Keystone Farmer
Eugene, a Degree winner in
?966, is 20 yeais-old and a senior
si The Pennsylvania State Uni
i majoring in Agri-Busi
ness management He was ac
tue in local, county and state
FFA activities having served
-»e local chapter two years as
3 reporter, and attended FFA
Week at Penn State as a dairy
jitdge on two occasions He al
-r was a member of the Nation
al Honor Society. His farming
program concentrated on Swine
feeding and tobacco projects
Nineteen-year-old, William, a
keystone Degree winner in
J 967, is a freshman at Hagers
town Junior College, Md., study
ing business teaching- At War
lock, he served as vice presi
ii-nt of his chapter three years
/uid was president his senior
j tar. He had swine, veal calves,
-v eet corn and tobacco projects
Thomas, a Keystone Farmer
J ’jis year, is 17-years-old and a
-t'mor a Warwick He is current
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Farm Calendar
hSonday, February 19
1 30 pm. Farm and Home
Foundation Board of Direc
tors meet, Farm and Home !
Center j
I‘aesday, February 20
&80 am Forage Workshop, j
Cocoa Inn, Hershey.
S3O am. Purina Pig Meet, ,
American Legion Hall, ,
Palmyra. j
C 45 p.m. Lancaster County j
Extension Association Meet- t
Ing, Plain and Fancy Farm, i
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Poultrymen Hear Specialists
On Egg Marketing Problems
A pair of Penn State Univer
sity Poultry specialists were
featured Tuesday night, at the
second in a senes of information
meetings for local poultrymen
held at the Lititz Recreation
Center
Larry Yeager spoke on the
subject, “Marketing Alterna
tives” and Kermit Birth had the
topic “Marketing Strategy”.
Yeager raised several ques
tions poultrymen should consid
er if they want to process and
market eggs retail He said lo-
Annual Meeting
Of Extension
Set Feb. 20
The Annual Meeting of the
Lancaster County Agricultural
and Home Economics Extension
Association is scheduled for
Tuesday evening, February 20,
at 6 - 45 pm., in the Plain and
Fancy Farm Restaurant near
Bird-in-Hand
This dinner meeting is open to
anyone in the county, but meal
reservations must be made by
this Friday, February 16 Tic
kets are available from any
present member of the Board of
Directors of the Association or
from our Extension Office.
Guest speaker will be Dr Mil
ford Heddleson. Agronomy Ex
tension Specialist from The
Pennsylvania State University,
who will give an illustrated pre
sentation titled, “For Land’s
Sake ” This color slide message
has been a very popular feature
at many meetings and banquets
throughout the state.
In addition to the above speak
er, there will be a brief busi
ness meeting of the Association,
including the election of five
members to the Board of Direc
tors for a three-year term. Brief
reports will be given by County
Extension Workers.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 17,1968
Keystone Farmers for their accomplish
ments at Warwick High School
cal producers have many op
portunities to sell eggs retail be
cause of the close urban popu
lation centers “But understand
ing costs is an important fac
tor,” he said
“You can sell labor by selling
services,” he said, but raised
the question, “Can I receive
more for my services if I re
tail?” He said you need to con
sider what percent of your out
put would be sold as cartoned
eggs, what part would be not
cartoned and what part would
be undergrades. “And how about
unpaid bills and level seasonal
production?” he asked
On delivery costs he asked,
“How far is your first stop and
how far is the distance between
your retail stops
Birth captured immediate at
tention by starting his talk with
the question “How many of you
have a marketing strategy’ Is
it holding you back or pushing
you ahead’”
The specialist said advertising
is not going to do the job alone.
He said it takes the right qual
ity at the right place at the
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Road Hunting To Be
Further Curbed Under
New Legislation
The growing practice of road
hunting will be further curbed
in Pennsylvania when Act No
335 becomes effective February
12, 1968.
The intent of the Act is to cur
tail the practice of hunters
sighting a bird or animal from
a slowly moving vehicle, stop
ping, jumping out of the vehicle
and shooting The law applies to
all wildlife, including deer,
grouse, pheasants, woodchucks,
rabbits, predators, etc.
The Act provides that it shall
be unlawful for any person, af
ter alighting fronr a motor ve
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Milk Commission Accepts
Testimony At Hearing
Mumma is President-
Of Guernsey Breeders
Harry Mumma, Landisville,
was reelected president of the
Lancaster County Guernsey
Breeders Association Tuesday
night, at the board of direc
tors meeting held at the
Mamma Farm. It is bis thiid
term as the association head.
Arthur Breneman, Willow
Street,. HI, was elected vice
president and Elmer Lapp,
Kinzers Rl, was renamed
Secretary-Treasurer.
Committee selections were:
Field Day, K. D. Linde, Kirk
wood, Chairman; Arthur
Breneman and Robert Wag
ner, Quarryville.
Banquet, Andrew Burkin,
Chairman; Earl Linton and
Richard Mull, all of Quarry
ville.
L. F. Photo
Cattle Feeder
Meeting Draws
100 Farmers
More than 100 farmers weie
present at the first in a series
of Cattle Feeder meetings held
in the Farm and Home Center
Thursday night Speakers were
Louis Moore, Penn State Ag.
Economist and Lester Burdette,
Penn State Livestock Specialist.
Moore, speaking on the sub
ject, “Livestock and Feed Out
look”, said the fed cattle market
looks optimistic and listed five
reasons for his thinking- 1, Cat
tle numbers on feed are up only
two percent, 2, Weights on cat
tle marketed are down, 3, more
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Elizabethtown
FFA Boys Report
Activities
by Melvin Zimmerman, reporter
The Elizabethtown FFA is
celebrating National FFA this
year by having sold 1000 place
mats for restaurants, sponsoring
two outdoor billboards, placing
a display of ducks in the school
lobby
We are also planning our an
nual down-town store window
display. This year we are plac
ing a sow and her family of baby
pigs in a vacant store close to
the square This creates a lot
of interest among the children
of all ages especially when the
mother serves lunch.
Articles follow written by
various boys telling about vari
ous FFA activities.
Calf Chain
by Mike Baum
Several years ago our Chapter
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$2.00 Per Year
The testimony of an Ephrata
area farmer was accepted into
the record over the objections
of the milk
dealers legal
r e p r e s enta
-11 ve, Harold
Swope, at the
P e n n s y Iva
ma Milk Con
t r o I Commis
sion Hearing
for Area 14,
held Wednes
day, at the
L ancaster
Court House
Stauffer
Claience Staffer, represent
ing the Lancastei County Farm
ers Association, was interrupted
by Swope after his opening state
ment listed 1, Container differ
entials; 2, Platform pricing for
consumers, 3, Quantity discounts
at retail, and 4, Producer pric
es, as items to be covered by his
prepared statement However,
J Lin Huber, Commission
Chairman, ruled the Stauffer
testimony would be accepted in
to the record “for what it was
worth" Huber told reporters af
ter the hearing ended that the
meaning of this acceptance was
that the Commission would de
cide on the merits of the state
ment
Stauffer’s statement read in
pait as follows
“Conditions influencing the
production of milk continue to
change. If dairymen are going
to produce the required milk
supply, they are going to have
to be paid enough to realize a
reasonable return on their in
vestment and a decent profit
margin It is with these princi
ples in mind that we are present
ing testimony on Class I produc
er prices.
“Milk production in Pennsyl
vania has decreased by 45 mil
lion pounds in one month In De
cember, 1966, milk production
totaled 562 million pounds In De
cember. 1967, this figure was
down to 517 million pounds As
sociated with this reduced milk
production was a decline in cow
numbers The December 1961-65
yearly averages for the number
of milk cows on Pennsylvania
farms was 844,000. In December
1966, they numbered 755,000 and
for December 1967, the number
of 728,000 which is a reduction
of 27,000 cows in the past year.
“In the past, any milk produc
tion that was lost through the de
cline in cow numbers was more
than offset by the increase in
milk production per cow This
substitution offset is no longer
able to maintain an increase in
milk production. Milk production
per cow per day was 24.03
pounds for December, 1966 and
down to 22 90 pounds for Decem
ber, 1967.
“Likewise, production efficien
cy can no longer absorb the in
creased costs that are today as
sociated with producing quality
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