Greater Lamb Numbers
The American Sheep Produc
ers Council Board of Directors
met recently in Denver, Colo.,
and expressed a positive indus
try attitude directed at greater
sheep numbers in the United
States to ieverse a trend of the
past few years.
President Joe Burke of Cas
per, Wyoming, said the sheep
industry should do a complete
turn-around and encourage
greater iamb and wool produc
tion to meet expanding markets.
Burke said there was no doubt
that the domestic sheep indus
try could stand a substantial in
crease in production to meet in
creased demands for lamb and
wool.
More than 18,000,000 pounds
ol prefabricated lamb, Burke
said, could be used by the mili
tary. The military, through the
efforts of ASPC and the indus
try, has agreed to place lamb on
the menu 12 times a year. “We
will need a million more ewes
tQ fill this requirement,” Burke
said. “Every decline in produc
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greater imports of both lamb
and wool,”
Added emphasis on sheep pro
duction, plus better efforts in
communications were cited as
immediate needs of the sheep
industry. By being better in
formed, Burke said, we can all
help to improve the industry’s
marketing of lamb and wool,
and this would give better di
rection to promotion efforts.
Of major interest to the di
rectors is the progress of the
Sheep Industry Development
Program, which is heading into
the final stages of gathering re
search information for the
sheep industry. The six months,
starting January 1, will involve
the evaluation of the informa
tion followed by a program to
distribute this information to
producers. Burke said the Sheep
Industry Development Program
has exceeded expectations in
the scope and stature of the in
formation obtained. The next
major steps, he said, are pro
duction and marketing programs
for the producers. He praised
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Encouraged
the many university people who
have made such great contribu
tions to this sheep Industry ef
fort.
The board unanimously ap
proved the council’s part in the
program by approving $15,000
for a one-year extension of the
program as of July 1, 1969. The
council has made two pievious
commitments of $15,000 to as
sist the piogram during the first
two years ending next 'July 1.
There were 35 directors out of
40 present for the six workshop
sessions designed to acquaint
them completely with all the
various facets of the council’s
operations. The same type of
program will be presented at the
delegates meeting on March 12
and 13, 1969, in Denver.
In other action, the board ac
cepted a proposal made by
James Powell of Fort McKavett,
Texas, to establish a one-term
nominating committee composed
of five members from different
geographical areas of the Unit
ed States. This committee would
be appointed by the president
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after consultation with the ex
ecutive committee. The nomin
ees for new offices of the coun
cil would be presented to the
delegates at the annual meeting
and later voted upon by the di
lectors. The board defeated a
motion to allow the delegate
body to vote on officers since
this was not considered a func
tion of the delegate body, but
rathei of the Board of Directois
who represent the delegates in
this capacity.
Two resolutions will be pre
sented to the delegate body in
March. One would request that
the Southern States Sheep Coun
cil would be allowed a director
on a permanent basis and that
the by-laws be amended to ac
commodate this action. At pres
ent the board takes action each
year to allow one director for
the Southern States Sheep Coun
cil since they do not have suf
ficient contributions to the pro
motion fund to qualify for one
director. Another proposal for
the delegates will be a resolu
tion making the past presidents
of the council ex officio mem
bers of the board of directors.
They would be non-voting board
members. There are two past
presidents, William A McKer
row of Pewaukee, Wisconsin,
and Don Clyde of Heber City,
Utah.
The council’s budget was ten
tatively set at about $3,300,000
for the coming fiscal year be
ginning July 1, 1969, with 56 7
percent for lamb and 44 3 per
cent for wool. This budget des
ignation is given final approval
at the March meeting, but in the
meantime it gives the council
staft a budget figure within
which it can develop pi emotion
programs for the next fiscal
year.
The council’s executive com
mittee and wool committee will
meet in New York City on No
vember 13-14-15 The commit
tees will meet with the other
wool promotion organizations
during that time to plan and dis
cuss new wool programs.
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mortgages; or for pro rata por
tions of property taxes paid
Additional payments are au
thorized in the Act under speci
fied circumstances
These provisions of the 1968
Highway Act will probably be
superseded after the next Con
gress by more comprehensive
law applying to all federal or
federally assisted takings of
land Such legislation probably
will include not only uniform
relocation payments but also
uniform procedures and prac
tices relative to condemnation
policies and procedures
Generally applicable legisla
tion was approved by the Senate
in 1968, but was sidetracked in
the House in the closing weeks
of the Congress by a complica
tion relating to committee juris
diction. Early action in the next
Congress on this proposed legis
lation is piobable.
Lancaster Farming. Saturday, November 2.1968
Sudan Grass
During the past several days
wc have had a number of phone
calls regarding the use of suclan
grass or one of the sudan-soi
ghum hybrids that had some
frost two weeks ago. The tops
ol the old plants were fiosted
but not the entne plant Since
that time new giowlh or new
shoots have started to develop
I’d like to le-emphasize the dan
gei of permitting animals to eat
this new giowtlv, this may be
very high in piussic acid and
will poison livestock If any part
of the plant is to be used, it
should be the old part including
the tops that were frosted and
now dry. Do not allow animals
!o eat the new growth since the
frost.
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