VOL. 14 NO. 6
Freeman Announces 1969
Voluntary Grain Program
A voluntary 1969 feed grain
program virtually identical to
that foi 1968 was announced to
day by Secretary of Agriculture
Orville L Freeman
Signup will be conducted si
multaneously for feed grains,
cotton, and wheat from Feb 3
through March 21
Target for acreage diversion
in 1969 is 37 million acres of
corn, gram sorghum and barley.
This compares to the 1968 di
version of 32 4 million acres
when barley was not included in
the program The 37-million
acre diversion target for next
year is designed to produce a
1969 crop about 3 to 5 million
tons below estimated require
ments Utilization is increasing
because of greater domestic live
stock production, and corn ex
ports are expected to show mod
est gains
Price-support loan and pay
ment levels for corn and sor
ghum will be the same as in
1968.
.Producers may participate"in
the 1969 feed grain program by
reducing their total base acre
age by at least 20 percent. Ad
ditional acreage reduction is be
ing encouraged by acreage di
version payments based on 45
percent of the total county pnce-
Chairmen Continue To Be
Named To F & H Fund Drive
Directors of the Farm and
Home Foundation Completion
Fund Campaign continue to add
personnel to head the drive that
is to commence later this month
and be completed by February
15
Dr H K Gerlach superin
tendent of Lancaster County
Schools, and Dr. E. I. Robert
son, director of nutrition for
John W. Eshelman Sons, Inc,
were named co-chairmen of the
special gifts division last week.
Announcement of their selec
tion for key leadership posts in
the $150,000 appeal was made
Coming Next- Week
The special Lancaster Farm
ing Annual Farm Show Issue
will be coming your way next
week. It will have story pre
views of the 53rd Annual
Pennsylvania State Farm
Show; a complete schedule of
events; short resumes of the
25 Lancaster County Keystone
Farmers plus regular features
and local news happenings.
Watch for it.
Farm Calendar
Tuesday, January 7
9 30 a m —Farm Income Tax
meeting, Chalet Restaurant,
Dillsburg.
7.30 p m —Manheim Young
Farmer meet, (Corn Produc
tion) School Ag Room.
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support loan and payment (U S
average of $135 for corn), times
the farm’s projected yield
“Exceptionally good crop
weather and improved cropping
practices at home and abroad
during the last two years has led
to world-wide increases in grain
production,” the Secretary ex
plained “The 1968 feed grain
program put a strong brake on
soaring domestic production.
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Form Tax Meetings
The Regional Farm Tax meet
ings will be held again this year
according to Jay Irwin, Associ
ate County Agent The first one
for local farmers and interested
persons will be held Tuesday,
January 7 at the Charlet Res
taurant, Dillsburg in York Coun
ty. The second meeting is on
Wednesday, January 8, at the
Plymouth Meeting Mall, one
half mile North on Route 422,
of the Norristown Interchange
of the turnpike.'Meeting time is
9 am to 3:30 pm
Irwin said if anyone needs
more information or is interest
ed in going, they should contact
him Monday at the County
Agent’s Office in the Farm and
Home Building, Phone 394-6851
by L H Skromme and John H
Herr, co-chairmen of the drive
This division, one of three
major units of volunteers that
will be organized to conduct the
campaign, will assume responsi
bility for soliciting support of
mercantile establishments,
smaller industries, and individu
als associated with various pro
fessional fields.
Aiding the division co-chair
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 4,1969
Pickles As Possible
Cosh Crop To Be
Discussed Jonuory 10
Interested farmers are invited
to attend a meeting to learn
about growing pickles as a cash
crop A meeting to give informa
tion on this crop will be held at
the Intercourse Fire Hall at In
tercourse on Friday, January 10,
starting at 1 30 p m
A Massachusetts Company
which processes pickling cucum
bers has contacted the Lancas
ter Extension Office concerning
the possibility of Lancaster
farmers growing this cash crop
Arnold G Lueck, Associate
Agent, said, “We feel our farm
ers could grow the crop to ad
vantage We are therefore re
questing that farmers attend the
meeting to get further details
“This is an opportunity for
you to consider a possible new
source of cash income for your
family-operated farm,” Lueck
said
Apple Contest
Winner Named
Amos Funk, operator of Amos
Farm* Market, .JMillers-
Ville, Pawas an award winner
in an apple promotion contest
sponsored by the Pennsylvania
Apple Marketing Board during
National Apple Week
Mr Funk also received a
framed citation for display in
his market
The contest was staged in co
operation with the Pennsylvania
Retail Farm Market Advisory
Council and was confined to
roadside market operators A to
tal of $l,OOO in prizes was award
ed.
First prize winner of a color
television set was Earl W Stnte,
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Please Note
If you arc not receiving
your copy of Lancaster Farm
ing on Saturday, the date of
issue, please give us a call or
drop us a card. Thanks!
Poultrymen
For New Diagnostic Lab.
A pair of choice building sites
were offered to the state Thurs
day night for consideration as
possible locations for the pro
posed poultry diagnostic labora
tory being sponsored by the Lan
caster County Poultry Assn
They are, an acre plot located
along Route 501 across from the
Lancaster Airport owned by ,
Lancaster Co.
Tobacco Show
Set January 9
The Lancaster County Tobac
co Show will be held on Thurs
day afternoon, January 9th, at
the Farm and Home Center in
the Extension basement meet
ing rooms. To get to the Farm
and Home Center, enter Service
Road from the Manheim Pike
(Route #72) just south of
where the Pike goes under the
Route #3O bypass.
The Show will be conducted
according to the following sched
ule. 10:00-11 00 a m—F.F A en
tries due; 12 30-1 30 p.m —Adult
entries due; 1-30 pm—Judging
begins, 200 pm —Meeting of i
the Tobacco Growers Associa- ]
tion, Conference Room i
The classes that are being of- i
fered for this Show will be the ;
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Mystery Farm Contest
The final Mystery Farm in the senes of eight County farm
photographs is published this week You still have until Friday,
January 10 to enter the contest. The paid subscriber who wins
first prize will receive a personal check for $lOO and second and
third place winners will be awarded $5O and $25 checks, respec
tively
Next week, as usual we will identify this Mystery Farm, and
then while most everyone is at the Farm Show in Harrisburg, the
week of January 13, the winners will be selected. This work is
scheduled to be done by Ralph E Stine & Co., Certified Public
Accountants, Lancaster.
Then the big announcement comes in the Saturday, Janu
ary 25 issue. (Note: due to the Farm Show results to be pub-
Offer
John Hubei and a lot near the
New Holland Boro line owned
by Victor F Weaver Inc The
Poultry Association directors
picked these places from sever
al other possibilities at their
regular business meeting held
at the Farm and Home Center.
The local poultrymen have re
ceived support for their efforts
fiom surrounding county organ
izations Letters of support were
read from the Berks County
Poultry Association and the
Southeastern Pa Poultry Asso
ciation which includes Chester,
Montgomery, Bucks, Berks, Le
high and Northampton Counties.
Homer Bicksler, Pa Poultry
Federation, attending the meet
ing, said he felt both sites were
excellent and would fill the
needs for a location In com
menting on the state’s proposal
to staff and equip the new lab
Bicksler said, “I see nothing
wrong with using tax money to
support a lab. The poultry in
j dustry supplies a good food sup
ply which is'important to 1 every
one.”
In other business, Jay Irwin,
Associate County Agent, report
ed on the survey taken at the
recent association annual meet
ing of number of birds repre
sented He said that 21 individu
al producers attending had 725,-
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