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.