VOL. 13 NO. 14
Tobacco Controls Are
Voted Down 1,646 to 388
The votes m the tobacco con-'
tjol leterendum conducted by
p ail by the Agricultural Stabili
zation and Conservation Service
vei e counted Wednesday and
controls were rejected by a 1,-
6-6 to 388 margin
For the first time, however,
two communities in Lancaster
Co voted in favor of quotas for
the next three crop years They
aie Manheim and East Hemp
field Townships and Martic and
Pi evidence Townships. They are
bound by the total vote, of
course.
The counties included in the
\oting are Lebanon, York, Dau
phin, Chester, Lehigh, Northum
berland, Snyder, Adams, Per
il, Berks, and Juniata in addi
tion to Lancaster
Miss Dorothy Y Neel, office
manager for the ASCS here, said
4 750 ballots were issued. Farm
ers voting totaled 1,844, or 39
percent of those who received
Chicago Exchange Representative
Presents Futures Information
In addition to locking m a
piofit, it gives you an idea if
\ou should be feeding at all ”
This statement was made by
Karl Heimke, vice president of
the Chicago Mercantile Ex
change, at the Futures meeting
held in the sale ring at the Lan
caster Union Stock Yards, Thurs
day night. Heimke opened his
piesentation with a movie en
titled “Trading In Tomorrows”
In answering the question of
how you can take advantage of
the cattle futures, the Exchange
expert recommended taking ac
count of how much it will cost
i ou to feed different weight cat-
Ve and the month they will be
4-H Entries Going
To Harrisburg Show
The Lancaster County 4-H
Dairy Club leaders met Wed
nesday night at the Farm &
Home- Center, They decided to
rake the Lancaster county en
'ries in the 4-H District Dairy
show, August 30, to Harris
burg along with the state
Black and White Show instead
going to Allentown.
Victor Plastow, associate
county agent, said each coun
ty is going to decide individu
ally which show they want to
attend.
Farm Calendar
Monday, March 4
T 30 p.m - Manheim Young
Farmers Soil Management
meeting, School Vo-Ag Dept.
T 30 p.m -Elm-Penryn Commun
ity 4-H Club meet, Penryn
Fire Hall.
Tuesday, March 5
{ 30 p.m.-Soil & Water District
Annual meeting. Quarryville
Methodist Church.
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ballots for the referendum con
ducted last week.
Twenty-one ballots in the fust
mail referendum eier held ar
rived late and were not counted,
and 93 tobacco growers failed to
sign the certification, which in
validated then ballots
Approval by two-thirds of the
voting tobacco growers would be
required to enact the federal
quotas Rejection means grow
ers are free to produce and mar
ket unlimited acreage of Type
41 cigar filler leaf tobacco
Miss Neel listed county results
as follows Lebanon - 9 yes, 91
no; York - 1 yes, 13 no; Dauphin
- 0 yes, .3 no, Chester - 1 yes,
21 no; Lehigh - 0 yes, 3 no; Sny
der - 0 yes, 2 no; Adams - 0
yes, 1 no, Perry - 0 yes, 2 no;
Berks - 2 yes, 41 no, and Lan
caster - 375 yes, 1 469 no
She also reported Maryland
as having 56 4 percent in favor
of the controls
ready to market and gauge this
against the futures quotation to
see if you can make a profit If
you can, then he recommended
buying' the cattle and at the
same time selling them through
futures trading.
“What are you insuring
against in the futures?" he
asked. “Against fluctuation 1 ”
A panel consisting of Levi H
Brubaker, steer feeder: Chuck
Golin, Lancaster Packing Co,
and James Dunlap of Walter M.
Dunlap & Sons Inc, along with
the large crowd in the sale ring
participated in the question-an
swer period following the formal
presentation
The meeting was sponsored by
the Conestoga Bank and the
Livestock Exchange
FEDERAL LAND BANK ASSOCIA
TION and PRODUCTION CREDIT ASSO
CIATION directors at their regional con
ference held Tuesday at the Host Farm,
Lincoln Highway East. They are (left to
right): Seated, John Long; Jacob Smith;
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 2,1968
Eby Hostetter
Hostetter Is
Elected County
DHIA President
Eby Hostetter Gap. was elect
ed president of the Lancaster
County Red Rose Dairy Herd
Improvement- Association Mon
day night at the board of direc
tors meeting held in the Farm
and Home Center
Elected vice president was
Richard Hess, Stiasburg Rl, and
Allen Risser was reelected sec
retary of the local milk testing
organization.
Jacob Houser, Lampeter, was
reappointed treasurer.
Donald Eby, Gordonville Rl,
was appointed to fill the unex
pired term of Melvin Groff, who
resigned due to selling his dairy
herd.
In other business, Robert
Hess, State Director, told the 22
men present that the problem
with milk-o-testers is getting the
milk to the machine “You can’t
get a proper test when the milk
is churned,” he said “This oc
curres when the milk samples
are mailed to the central labora-
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Poultry Debate Featured
At Educational Meeting
A cunent and much debated
subiect in the poultiy industry
was aired Tuesday night, at the
Farm & Home Centei when Sam
Berenson and Richaid Ammon
took opposing sides on the sub
ject of production controls The
meeting, attended ov 100 poul
trymen, was sponsored as the
third in a series of educational
meetings by the Lancaster Coun
ty Poultry Association
In opening the discussion. Ber
enson said, ‘The been in favor
of marketing controls for a long
time We haie experienced the
longest period of depression in
prices ever except during the
depiession period ” He gave the
reason foi the 12 month low
price period as supply exceed
ing demand
“I ha\e adiocated balanced
supply for >ears,” he continued
‘ If \ou kept production down
only one or two percent, it
would help you tremendously ”
Berenson ad\ ocated only sim
pie government control on pro
duction and “let the market
work on a supply and demand
basis ” He proposed a two per
cent cut-back on flocks of 5,000
4-H Baby Beef & Lamb
Club To Reorganize
The reorganization meeting of
the Red Rose 4-H Baby Beef &
Lamb Club will be held on Wed
nesday evening, March 6, at 8
p m in the Extension Training
Room at the Farm & Home Cen
ter
M M Smith, County Agent,
urges all members and parents
to be present Club officers will
be elected and club leaders ap
pointed
The educational program will
feature a panel discussion re
garding recommended baby beef
management and feeding prac
tices
John Gibble; Homer Graybill and Samuel
Williams. Standing, Carl Brown, Manager;
Allen Kreider; Elvln Hess, Jr.; Richard
Lefever; Robert Bucher, Assistant Man
ager; George Speece. L. F. Photo
$2.00 Per Year
to 50,000 birds, four percent Oil
50,000 to 75,000 bud flocks and
six percent on 75,000 to 100,000
bird flocks This graduated cut
back would be reasonable for
the under - poultry - populated
states and would put the over
producing states moie in order.
“Before legislation goes into
effect,” he said, “I would have
county agents check local situa
tions Once you have these pro
duction figures and production
controls you could master the
situation ”
Berenson w ants individual
farm quotas not to be allowed to
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Special Office Hours
To give all farmers oppor
tunity to enroll in the 1968
Wheat and Feed Grain Pro
grams, the Lancaster County
Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation Service office in
the Farm & Home Center, will
be open extra hours for those
who cannot come .to the office
during regular hours. These
extra hours are on Tuesday,
March sth from 6 p.m. to 9
p.m., and Saturday, March 9th
from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Interested farmers should
contact the office immediate
ly. Final date to enroll is
March 13th.
Soil And Water
Directors Plan
Annual Meeting
The board of directors of the
Lancaster County Soil and
Water Conservation District met
Monday night in the Farm and
Home Center and discussed
plans for their annual banquet
to be held March 5 at the
Quarryville Methodist Church
and heard information on pro
posed aerial tours to be conduct
ed the latter part of June
Afton V. Schadel, program
specialist from the State Soil
and Water Conservation Com
mission, told the group, “You’ll
see more conservation by air in
20 minutes than you will by bus
in a day and a half. A farmer
can see the balance of nature m
a way he never does ” He recom
mended Sunday as the best day
to conduct such a tour.
A new urban director was
present He is Kenneth DePoe,
Mount Joy Rl.
New cooperators approved by
the directors are Conestoga
Township; W. Paul MeredithJ
Willard Galbreath, A Nissely
Rohrer, Melvin G Rohrer; Luke
Good, Brecknock Twp , Harry
E Hershey, Richard H Hess;
Ester Wagner, Robert F Strick
land, Edwin S. Clendenin; Reid
E Wissler; Babcock Hatchery;
William G. Taylor and Larry A.
Schmuck
A district director’s workshop
was also announced for March
6,1968 to be held at CollegeviUe
Inn. Pottstown.