County FFA Red Rose Chapter Holds 3rd Meet by Robert Wanner, County FFA Reporter The Red Rose Chapter held the 3rd FFA meeting of the year on May 27, 1968 at the Garden Spot High School. The following chapters were represented at the meeting: Eli zabethtown, Ephrata, Lampeter- Strasburg, Manheim Central, New Holland, Penn Manor, Pe quea Valley, and Warwick. Committee reports were giv en by Lampeter-Strasburg on the County Parliamentary Pro cedure and Public Speaking Contest; Ephrata on the Area Parliamentary Procedure and Public Speaking Contest; Penn Manor on the Area Meats Judg ing Contest; New Holland on the Area Tractor Driving Con test; Ephrata on the Area Dairy Product Contest; Penn Manor on the Area Land Judging Con test; Elizabethtown on the Area Interview and Salesmanship Contest; Warwick on the Coun ty FFA Swine Show and Sale. Under old business the sum mer sports schedule and the County Star Farmer Committee selection was discussed. New business included the County FFA Picnic The next meeting will be held at Eliza bethtown High School on July 22nd at 8 00 p m. The 1967 cotton crop was esti mated at a little over 7 6 mil lion bales. Available At Your Local Feed & Grain Supply Dealer MW HOLLAND SUPPLY COMPANY, INC. Mike Smucker Smucker Wins Kunzler Award Mike Smucker, Ephrata R 2, son of Mr and Mrs. Edward Smucker, Monday was awarded the $5OO Kunzler Scholarship at an Awards Assembly at the Garden Spot High School in New Holland. The scholarship was presented by Chris C. Kunzlei Jr, of Kunzler & Co. Inc. Smucker, graduating this year, has won three other scholar ships toward studies in agncul tural engineering at Penn State starting this fall They are - $3OO scholarships from the Lancas ter County Farm & Home Foun dation, and the New Holland Di vision of Sperry Rand, and one FREE Sterile Cleansing Pads Included FOR THE TOUGHEST MASTITIS PROBLEMS! Distributed By Producers Base Programs (Continued from Last Week) Forfeiture Provision As an example, who under stands the forfeiture or surren der of base’s provision in the plan? Ans.; Any producer who delivers less than his base for two consecutive months (except those who qualify as hardship cases) will forfeit that portion of his base representing the differ ence between his actual monthly deliveries and his monthly base for that period. Order 4 Base Plan One of the goals of dairymen is to achieve level income throughout, the year. Many pro ducers want the opportunity to get as even a monthly income as possible The Philadelphia mar ket used to vary the Class I price by quarters of the year to tend to achieve this result There have been growing sub stantial reasons for eliminating Class I price changes on a sea sonal basis One such reason is the fact that such seasonal changes in producer Class I prices resulted in changes in consumer prices and have been confusing to consumers Another reason is that we have removed for $5O from the Lancaster Bankers Assn Phillip Ogline, the Vo-Ag teacher at Garden Spot, said the award was based on Leadership Scholarship and Farming Pro gram through the last three years Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 8,1968-41 SECOND SECTION Class I seasonal price changes, effective May 1,1967. in the Fed eral Order 4 market. Therefore, with the elimination of Class 1 seasonal price changes, it has become necessary to substitute another seasonal incentive plan, the base plan, to maintain an in centive for farmers to maintain level production throughout the year. A base plan has the advantage of encouraging production dur ing the basemaking months and also allowing the producer to plan his production during other months to correspond to his base volume Usually the base price is equal to, or greater than, ihe blend price in other months of the year; and by keeping pro f , l : ! j duction Within his base, a pro ducer can equalize his monthly income and also not be penal ized during the base-paying months by the lower utilization resulting from surplus or over base production of other produc ers. A summary of the Base Plan in operation in Order 4 is, as follows 1. Each producer makes a base, which will be the total of his production during a July through December period. Hus production is divided by the number of days of production, but in no event less than 154 days This provides for a 30-day period for new producers to (Continued on Page 20)
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