22—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 2. 1968 Farm Program “A Failure” Says Congressman Washington bureaucrats are' thinking of adapting the “spy-in the-sky" space satellite to en force their rules on American farmeis According to Rep Paul Findley, this is but one more step in a series of acts by the U S Department of Agi iculture (USDA) to enforce “a mass of i ules and regulations that fill a 12-foot shelf ” Writing in the March Read er’s Digest, the Illinois Republi can contends that there has nev er been a better time for govern ment to scrap the Depiession born subsidy-and-control pro gram, which has cost $5l billion He has introduced legislation to ward that goal, claiming that burgeoning technology means an ever-lessening need for farm labor, and that crop surpluses are down to record lows in some eases Yet, he says, USDA bureau crats are pushing- to expand the program and tighten the screws on farmers who come under its rules “In a typical Illinois county,” he writes, “patrols of a dozen or more tramp the fields with ‘measuring worm’ chains every summer, surveying to be sure that farmeis are not overplant ing their allotted acreage In ad dition airplanes fly over farms from coast to coast to see that government rules are obeyed. In fiscal 1966 alone, aerial photo graphs weie snapped of 251,535 square miles of faimland at a cost (to the taxpayers) of $560,- 951 28 ” Despite the battle to bolster the sagging program, it has “manifestly failed when tested against its advertised objec tives,” says Rep Findley “Since 1950 the farm population has been cut in half, and faim units aie disappearing at a rate of 100,000 a year,” he writes “Reliable estimates indicate that today's farm population of 11 million will decline again by almost half in the next 12 yeais ” While failing the small farm er, the subsidy piogram has helped make otheis nch, Find ley charges In Lake County, 111, retired executive Dennis Gent converted his Midlane Faim in to a countiy club “Neveithe less,” wntes Findley, “because he agreed not to grow corn for ten yeais on his allotted 307 acres, Washington paid Gent §7O 177 ” “In 1966 alone, 5149 farmers and corporations got more than $25,000 each from USD A. Among these farmers, the Ha waiian Commercial and Sugar Co of Honolulu got $1,236,355, and a Corcoran, Calif corpora tion collected nearly $3 million' Five large farm operators made a total haul of more than $8 million in subsidy checks'” Technological advances have made inevitable further cuts in farm labor needs “no matter how much money we throw away on our Depression-born maze of controls and subsidies,” writes Findley “The day is com ing,” he predicts, “when the Kansas and Nebraska plains will be dotted with television towers monitoring computer-controlled tractois that are planting, ferti lizing, weeding and hai vesting without a human being in sight ” Many experts take the view of Harvard economist Dr Henduk & Houthakkei “Fai m policy should not aim at reviving the past but at facilitating adjust ments to the future ” Perhaps Congress will have Public Sale 60 Registered HOLSTEINS 60 Bang’s Certified and T.B. Accredited Saturday, March 16,1968 HOG SALE 12:00 NOON COW SALE 1:00 P.M. LOCATION In Lebanon County, 4 miles northwest of Leb anon, 1 mile north of Cleona. 35 FALL COWS, 25 FRESH OR CLOSE SPRINGERS WEANED HEIFER CALVES FROM ABOVE COWS Cows are bred by Curtiss Breeding Service and our herd sire, a son of Whirlhill Kingpin-Dam Ivanhoe record 15843 M, 791 F. Selling following daughters of Hamilton Units, Ontario, Canada: Edgeware R. A. Master Penn State Pathfinder Ivanhoe Forest Lee Rocket Centurion Glenvue Radar —Glenafton Royal Hamilton Rosafe Per fect Rosafe Centurian. 1967 DHIA Record: 37 cows 15699 M, 578 F, 3.7% Cows milking up to 90 lbs., 3,4, 5 year olds. Several good Holstein men quoted, “This will be one of the best uddered herds to be sold this spring.” 125 Yorkshire hogs; 30 Bred Gilts; 3 service age boars, balance 40 100 lbs. shoats. Write owners for sale folder: RUSSELL HEILMAN & SON Route 4, Lebanon, Pa. 17042, Ph. 717/867-1625 Pedigrees? FRED NAUGLE Public Sale OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATE, DAIRY CATTLE, FARM MACHINERY TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 1968 At R. D. #l, Felton, Pa. between Red Lion and Feton ap proximately % mile West off Red Lion-Felton road in Windsor Twp. Follow sale arrows. The undersigned will offer at public sale the following. Dairy farm consisting of approx. 105 acres of which there are approx. 65 acres of good rich farming land and the balance in pas ture and woodland, small stream of water goes over part of farm, good water supply. Improvements consist of a large stone & as phalt shingle house with 8 bedrooms also 2 living and two dining rooms, 2 full baths on first floor, 2 electric hot water heaters, also a large dairy barn for approx. 60 head with a block milking par lor for 4 head and milk house complete with Mojonnier 425 gal. milk tank, electronic eye washer, and pipeline milkers, these units go with real estate. Also block garage & chicken house, corn barn & wagon shed, 2 silos. Anyone on the market for a good dairy farm, be sure and see this one. For inspection phone 246-5392 or call auctioneer. Real estate will be offered at 1 p.m. on day of sale. Terms; down, balance in 30 days. Other details on day of sale. DAIRY CATTLE 28 Holstein Dairy Cows 2 Ayrshire Dairy Cows 1 Guernsey Dairy Cow 14 Holstein Heifers 2 Ayrshire Heifers These dairy cows are grade cattle, all but 1 are from artificial breeding and all are bred artifically. They come in at various dates. One half of heifers are bred others are open. This herd will be TB and Bangs tested within 30 days of sale. Don’t miss this sale if you need good dairy cows. FARM MACHINERY John Deere No. 40 crawler tractor, Allis Chalmers WD trac tor with cultivators and two bottom plow, cultivators for DC Case tractor, manure loader, MC flail chopper, manure spreader, grain drill, cultipacker, weeder, Papec hammermill, side dresser for Case tractor, John Deere wire tie baler, McDeering lime spread er, Sears corn sheller, McDeering ensilage filler, two wheel trail er, two bottom plow, 3 tons of 3-10-10-10 fertilizer, 1 ton of 0-20-20 fertilizer, extension ladder, belt, dinner bell and other articles too numerous to mention. Farm machinery will be sold first. Not responsible for accidents on day of sale. Refreshments Available Jacob A. Gilbert, Auctioneer Phone Red Lion 246-5036 Gilbert & Frey, Clerks At 12 Noon Sharp REAL ESTATE H. R. STITLEY Terms: Cash HORSE SALE Wed., Morch 6, 1968 at 12:00 Noon Martin's Sale Stables Blue Ball, Pa., Lancaster County Standard-Bred horses from Ohio, Kentucky and New York states. Ponies, consigned horses and tack. Horses hitched at 9:00 A.IVI. PAUL Z. MARTIN Phone (717) 354-6671 BUCK VALLEY DISPERSAL 12 mile'south of Lancaster along Route 272 at 'The Buck", Lancaster County, Pa. Wednesday, March 6,1968 10:00 A.M. 47 HEAD OF REGISTERED HOLSTEIN DAIRY CATTLE 35 milk cows, 3 heifers due sale time, 2 bred heifers, 7 from 6 mo. to yr. Pabst Sir Fobes Regal daughter 8 yrs. 339 da., 21,942 m., 753 f.; 9 yrs. 357 da., 25,977 m., 899 t. Selling Triune Achilles daughter selling 345 da., 14,084 m., 639 f.; 368 da., 17,321 m., 762 f, Her two daus. selling Sequoia Ideal Jo due sale time. Year old Milk and Honey Ivanhoe. Ivanhoe daughter selling: Susie Colontha Ivanhoe (milking 85 lbs. per day) 3 yrs. 307 da., 13,933 m., 510 f.; 4 yrs. 320 da., 15,886 m., 627 f. Her two daughters selling, Penn State Lucifer J. Ti Vic due sale time. Year old Hector daughter. This herd on test only two years 1966 and 1967 with 0. S. average of 14,205 m., 543 f. for 2 years. These animals selling; 3 Ivanhoe, 3 Achilles, 3 Deans, 3 Sequoias, 4 Misty Vales whose daughter was grand cham pion at 1968 Farm Show. 5 fresh Jan., 2 Feb., 4 March, 4 Apr., others throughout year. T.B. and Bangs Acc., Vac. Sale held under cover. For catalogs write: J. Everett Kreider, Quarryville R. D. 1, Pa. 17566. JOHN DEERE 2510 125 HRS. J.D. #5 mower 7 ft., J.D. fluffer, J.D. rake 4 bar (1 yr.), J.D. 14T baler, bale elevator, J.D. 3 bottom 16 in. trip (6 mo.), J.D. 28 K.B.A. disc (2 yrs.), Brillion cult. (2 yrs.), J.D. 3 sec. spring' harrow, J.D. crimper, CA - AC tractor with cults., loader and new snow plow, J.D. model N manure spreader, J.D. 1064 wagon & bed, AC combine, IHC cornplanter, IHC hoe grain drill, weeder, New Idea tobacco planter with fert., 2 sets single ladders, 4150 lath, Minnich tobacco press, walking plow, 1,000 lb. scales, room heater stove, hoers for Farmall A. 30 Ton Hay, 30 Ton Corn, 5 Ton Straw 10x50 Silo full of corn silage Elec, cornsheller, 2 milk coolers (9 and 2), 2 • SO lb. Delayal milker units, water heater, S. S. double tubs, carrying pails, strainer, 40 milk cans, log chains, 2 feed carts (1 rubber), wheel barrow, forks, shovels, brooms and other articles not mentioned. Kreider and Diller, Terms by, PARK MOORE LUNCH AVAILABLE , Aucts.
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