VOL. 13 NO. 22
Packers & Stockyards Act
Is Explained To Editors
The Packers and Stockyards
Act is a Federal law regulating
business practices Of those en
gaged in livestock and live poul
try marketing and meat and
poultry packing in interstate
and foreign commerce.
Donald A. Campbell, Adminis
trator, explained the program to
the Newspaper Farm Editors of
America this week, at their 'an
Newcomer Wins
Again In FFA
Public Speaking
A Penn Manor High School
Junior remained undefeated in
FFA Public Speaking competi
tion to date this year by winning
first place in the Region II Fu
ture Farmers of America Pub
lic Speaking Contest, held Thurs
day at Millersville State College
Nelson Newcomer, son of Mr
and'Mrs Earl Newcomer, Wash-
Nelson Newcomer
ington Boro, spoke on the sub
ject, “A World Divided”. He had
won the area contest just last
Thursday and topped the Coun
ty competition held March 26
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Farm Calendar
Monday, April 29
1 00 p m —lntermediate Cloth
ing Construction Workshop,
Farm & Home Center
Tuesday, April 30
9 30 pm—Advanced Tailoring,
Farm & Home Center
1 00 p m —Advanced Clothing
Construction, Farm & Home
Center
Wednesday, May 1
430 pm —Vo-Ag Teachers
Meeting, Ephrata High School
8 00 pm —Senior Extension
Meeting, Farm & Home Cen
ter.
Thursday, May E
12 00 noon —Southeast Area
Brown Swiss Meeting, Howard
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nual spring meeting held in
Washington.
“The primary purpose of the
Packers and Stockyards Act is
to help producers obtain fair
prices for their livestock and
poultry,” he said. “We go about
this by working to prevent un
fair, fraudulent, discriminatory,
or monopolistic practices with
in these industries
“Since 40 percent of farmers’
1966 income came from the sale
of meat animals alone, we are
seriously concerned with any
trade practices which affect this
significant part of the agricul
tural economy
“With our small staff, we
have jurisdiction over about 2,-
250 public stockyaids, 3,000 pri
vate livestock markets, 16,000
livestock commission men and
dealers, 3,200 meat packers, and
1,000 poultry processors or
handlers Fortunately, we can
rely on the basic integrity of
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Daylight Saving Time
It’s that time of year again
when Daylight Saving Time
starts another six month reign.
Sunday, April 28 at 2 a.m. is
the official time for the move
ahead, but most people take
care of the item Saturday night
before retiring.
The hour lost will be regain
ed, on Sunday, October 27.
Meetings Set
On ’69 National
Wheat Program
Informal hearings seeking
views on prospective wheat sup
plies production and needs as
basis for establishing 1969 na
tional wheat acreage allotment
will be conducted at 10 locations
May 1 through 3, 1968, Secretary
of Agriculture Orville L Free
man announced this week
Secretary Freeman said hear
ings continue policy of consult
ing with farmers and others on
vital program decisions Similar
informal hearings were held a
year ago Secretary Freeman in
dicated frank appraisal of farm
ers and others on needed pro
duction levels for 1969 and its ef
fect on farm prices will provide
important guidance in determin
ing 1969 wheat acreage allot
ment
State ASC Committees will be
in charge of meetings State
Committee Chairman and-Wheat
Program Specialist from Wash
ington will be present at each
session They will provide basic
information on current wheat
supplies and use
Representatives from general
farm organizations, wheat grow
er associations, wheat commis
sions, associations of elected
ASC committeemen, independent
and cooperative elevators, mill
ers, and grain trade, as well as
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Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, April 27,1968
John Henkel
John Henkel
Reelected To
Head Swinemen
John Henkel, Strasburg Rl,
was reelected president of the
Lancaster County Swine Produ
cers Association at a meeting on
Thursday night, in the Exchange
Room of the Lancaster Union
Stock Yards
Mark Nestleroth, Manheim R 3
was elected vice president and
James Horton, Elizabethtown,
was reelected secretary-treasur
er
Newly seated directors at the
meeting were Robert Armstrong,
Drumore Rl, Robert Martin,
East Earl Rl, and Melvin Hu
ber, Lititz Rl
THE TRI-COUNTY RELIEF SALE
held last Saturday at the Ralph Hertzler
farm near Morgantown attracted'an esti-
mated fifteen thousand people and the net
Freeman Says Farmers Are
Now More Respected And
Understood By Consumers
Holds Conference
With Farm Editors
WASHINGTON, DC. Sec
retary of Agriculture, Orville L
Freeman told farm newspaper
editors from across the nation
here this week, that the farmer
is much more respected and un
derstood than when he first took
office nearly eight years ago
“Consumers now realize more
about the difference between
farm prices and food costs,” he
said
Speaking in his office to a spe
cial conference of the Newspa
per Farm Editors of America in
town for their spring meeting,
Freeman expressed d'sappoint
ment that the administration
couldn’t have moved faster on
the farm measures it purposed
But he stated he thought we
have the answers to the farm
pioblems in terms of domestic
farm income as well as the an
swer to take care of our abun
dance “We have been effective
in getting rid of surplus,” the
secretary said
Freeman also said he felt more
optimistic on getting farm legis
lation passed, this year
Commenting on his recent trip
to the Far East on behalf of U S
farm exports Freeman said, “I
was very impressed by actual
proceeds are reported at $30,000.00. The
Mennonite Central Committee will use the
proceeds to distribute food to needy foreign
countries. See other L. F. Photo on Page 7.
$2 00 Per Year
and potential export markets. I
feel quite bullish about export
possibilities.”
The secretary tried to impress
other countries that w e are a re
liable source of agriculture sup
plies because we could supply
them with twice the exports they
are now buying if they wanted
them
Freeman listed both on-the
farm procedures and transporta
tion methods as needing im
provement to get exports to oth
er countries in good condition.
Supports Humphrey
The following da\ Freeman
held another open news confer
ence at the National Press Club
where he announced his support
of Vice President Hubeit Hum
phrey for president and his in
tentions to urge him to declare
his candidacy for the nomination.
“ —my choice for the nomina
tion has never lost sight of the
importance of the American
farmer,” Freeman said “He
knows that a strong agriculture
i- the crucial underpinning of a
healthy economy He knows that
many of the problems of the cit
ies aie the direct result of prob
lems in the country side He
knows that farmers need and de
serve parity of income and that
rural America needs and de
serves parity of services and op
portunity ”