9> -Lancaster Farmln I Pa. Young Fourteen Lancaster County Young Farmers and wives at tended the annual Pennsylvania Young Farmers Association Sum mer Meeting and Family Picnic held Friday and Saturday, July 19 and 20, at Martinsburg, Pa. Highlights of the business meeting was the announcement that the PYFA Foundation, In corporated has been established tc help agriculture businesses and industries to help provide more leadership training, funds, and support to the Pa. Young Farmers Association. Boyd Gart ley, President of the PYFA Foundation, addressed the group explaining the goals and pur poses of the Foundation. State wide and nation-wide agriculture related businesses and industries are now lending support to the PYFA. Interesting tours and demon strations were available for both the men and women attending the conference Among the plac es visited on the tours were the Mowry Holstein Farm at Roar ing Springs, Pa. where the group saw the breeds first cow to pro duce 40,000 lbs of milk and the No. 1 Pa. herd on the Holstein Honor List The group also tour ed the New Enterprise Pre stressed Concrete Plant, and the Cove Dehydrating plant. The ladies were treated to demonstrations on flower arrang- • Shafer Signed (Continued from Page 1) ture Leland H. Bull pointed out that “these programs can be es tablished only with the approval of a majority of affected pro ducers. This new law gives pro ducers only the legal machinery for seeking a marketing pro gram to promote their own pro ducts. “It also gives producers an important tool to help them es tablish more aggressive market ing programs for their pro ducts,” Under the law, a proposed marketing program for a speci fic agricultural product is sub mitted to affected producers in a referendum. Approval of the plan requires “not less than sixty-six and two thirds per cent by number and not less than fifty per cent by volume” of those voting. The Secretary stressed that producers now will be in posi tion if they approve propos als to join industry in com petitive promotion of their pro ducts The new law extends provi sions of the apple marketing program act of 1961 to cover other Pennsylvania agricultural commodities It also changes the woiding “marketing order” in the original apple act to “marketing program ” Apple growers last year ap proved an apple marketing pro gram in a leferendum and set up an assessment plan to fi nance apple promotion, adver- Saturday. July 27.1968 Farmers Summer Meet ing, cosmetics, beauty tips, and and Donald Robinson from the interior decorating. Garden Spot Chapter, New Hoi- 4 . , land; Mr. and Mrs. Henry Giv- Representmg Lancaster Coun- j Lancaster-York. Area Super ty Young Farmer Chapters were d Charles Ackley> Eph . Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kline, Mr. ’ . , , and Mrs. Jay Rohrer, Mr. and iata agriculture teacher. Mrs. Jesse Erway, and Forney The two day meeting ended Longenecker from the Manheim with a chicken barbeque and Chapter; Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Yost, recreation. CLEARANCE SALE! Allen H. Matz, Inc. NEW HOLLAND DENVER Ph. 354-2214 Ph. 267-6502 NEW FORD 250 HAY BALERS 5 1495“ Leading Conitynjoi; Thv United States was the world consumption during th world's largest consumer of nic- y car was Mtlmatad at 825 rail' kel in 1987. using an estimated Hon pounds. fed up with a plugged mower 7 here's reel non-stop mowing-conditioning Now you can make hay without getting off the tractor seat. With this new New Idea cut/dilioner which does the work of a mower and a hay conditioner, you get plug-free non-stop Operation in all kinds of hay. Ws great'in heavy, down and tangled hay which plugs sickle bar mowers. Where your mower won’t go, this machine will! Does speedy job of shredding stalks, cutting weeds, clipping pastures. Available in 7-ft and 6 ft. models. Windrow attach ment available. Chas. J. McQomsey - Longenecker & Sons Farm Supply Hickory Hill, Pa. Rheems Roy H. lnc. A. B. C. C^olf '*' Ephrata, R, TD, Z New Holland Allen H. Matz Wilbur H. Graybill T Deliver ’ Litits, R. 1). Z t t* 1 ~ ~ Landis Bros. A. L. Herr & Bro.' x Lancaster QuarryviUe Now you can, completely mechanize your manure handling operation. End daily hauling . . . store manure 30, 60, 90, 120 days. Spread when weather or field conditions are favorable. Save valuable nutrients, cut fertilizer bills... save time and labor. For full information see or write. Carl L. Shirk Grumelli Farm Service Colebrook Rd., Fontana Qoarryvi e R. M. Bruboker & Son Isaac W. Hurst Salunga Blue Ball ”362 million Total trf* it -> vr #
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