received $305 million from the
sale of milk and cream.
“Today, as a direct result of
the higher price support and
Federal order actions, a farmer
milking 25 good cows gets $3,-
000 to $4,000 a year more for
his milk than he got three years
ago. And a large producer, milk
ing 50 or more cows, now gets
$O,OOO or more a year above what
he got three years ago, he said
The Secretary didn’t make it
clear in this example if he meant
gross or net farm income.
Freeman said the Federal pio
grams are designed to help farm
ers help themselves, in the total
national interest. “They were de
signed to help 3,000 farmers
work together, within a nation
al framework and national guide
lines, to balance production with
demand and maintain stable
Robert Wanner, Vo-Ag stu- farm piices - to hel P them con- \
dent at Peouea Valiev wish serve and im P rove natural re-
ILLi „ PeqU a * , Hlg * sources, to help them help them- rn
School, won a first place award selves to additional sources of
at the recent National FFA Con- income from their land,” he
vention held recently in Kansas " \
City, Missouri. Robert was pre- “Pennsylvania farmers are, a ■k’
sented a trophy last week by con servation - minded. In 1967, t
Kenneth F. Leister, Principal at aearly 17 ’ 000 of your farme rs < . J
Pequea Valley to °k P art in this valuable pro- ' m jM
The youth is the son of Mr. gr^ m ' They invested about ? 4 L rffc- W WOT
?on R 2 H^comnetTd a^ e the N Na r: Sep?bS SEAN MICHAEL LEFEVER and thou
m N 1)611661 and in turn received sands-of beautiful yellow, white, red,
ship contest along with studmS abours4 milllon in cost-sharing bronze and pink mums share the spotlight
from 25 states The local winner assistance - In this progiam, m this photograph. Sean is the two-year
showed ho<*s for five hours and Pennsylvania farm ers have built old son of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Lefever,
was judged" by hog breeders who enoagb storage-type dams and 2001 Jarvis Road. Seven hundred of these
were showing hogs at the Amer- f ds 1° create a la^ e ™ tb a wa ‘ mums were scheduled to be shipped by
iean Royal livestock Show A The
win was announced at the f th T waySound the world • Pa - Association State University, will be guests
awards Breakfast that Wanner “ "f y a ° u a m . e Wolid > tth , hano . lpf
enough sod waterways to create (Continued from Page 1) ™ n W et
a ribbon of green from here in . Clair J. Allshouse, Brookville
Reading to the other side of Co- Cotton Producers Association, r d 1 Secretary said delegates
lumbus, Ohio, and enongh acres fl H. W Enchhols, Westdeld, from ’ ™
cf strlpjropplngtocoveranthe XX” oi will elect hv” directors o The
cropland of jour neighbois in - 1 Grape Cooperative. Association’s Board. A commit
ew Jeisey. . Agriculture Secretary, tee headed by Edgar Schnure,
The Soil Conservation Service Leland H Bull, and Russell E. Lew isburg. Manager of Union
is helping 20 communities in Larson Dean of the College of Farm credit Cooperative, will
Pennsylvania install watershed Agriculture at The Pennsylvania i
pioject plans that will protect 1
their communities from costly Fieeman warned that the' 1
flood damages. Fifteen of the faim programs are in danger,
projects are multiple purpose, threatened as never before He
piovidmg recieahon and water pointed out that the faim mflu
supply in addition to flood con- ence in Congress is dwindling
trol. When completed the reser- by the year. “It will take city
\oirs will serve 100,000 people votes to save the stiengthen
in 12 communities. faim programs, my friend,” he
said “And the only way those
had won the National Gold Em- city votes can be won is by a
blem. Piesident who is a pi oven fnend
A Junior, Robert owns pure- of the fanner—a President who
hied registered Yorkshires for will not hesitate to use the force
his FFA project. Vo-Ag instruc- of his office and his personality
tor at Pequea Valley is Ralph to peisuade city Congressmen to
E Horchler. vote in youi interest ”
Robert Wanner
Wins National
Gold Emblem
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