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VOL. 14 NO. 10
At New Holland
Suggestions & Recommendations
Of Local Farmers To Be Sought
Do you want your farm land
taxed for what it’s worth for
farming or what it’s worth to
sell it? This is a question facing
Lancaster County Farmers.
If you are taxed the way
many urban people think you
should be, you might expect to
pay $6OO per acre m taxes And
if you multiply that figure by
your number of acres you’ll see
you couldn’t afford to farm it at
that rate. You would have to
sell to pay the taxes
Of course, taxes aren’t the on
ly problem. The houses, indus_-
trial development, and high
way? eating into Lancaster Co ;
farm land is no secret and a
concern of all farmers. And 1
you’re not the only one worried
about the problems of keeping ]
the farmer in a position where
he can continue to farm if he :
wants to do so. At the request '
of the Lancaster County Soil
and Water Conservation Dis
trict, a group of people who
have direct access to
nor, will meet with farmers at
the New Holland Fire Hall on
Friday, February 21 at 1 p.m
Riots Keep Milkman From
Delivery Route, Gartley Says
“It’s hard to tell a man who
has just paid his grocery bill or
is over-weight that we need
more research on farm pro
ducts,” said Boyd Gartley, Pub
lic Relations for Inter-State
Milk Producers Speaking to
the 280 persons attending the
District No. 3 Locals’ Annual
Dinner Meeting, Thursday at
Quarryville, Gartley said, milk
producers must capture the
minds of people the way they
are captured when man sets
foot on the moon “We have to
become involved in producing
a better quart of milk so we can
promote it Most of you aren’t
concerned about imitation milk
but please be concerned,” he
said “We have a consumer’s
market This isn’t new but you
haven’t accepted it ”
Speaking about the report
that milk prices are going to in
crease, the public relations man
said, “I wouldn’t be surprised
Farm Calendar
Monday, February 3
1 30 p m —Lancaster County
Celery Meeting, Jay
Hodecker Celery Farm,
East Petersburg
7 30 p m.—Manheim Young
Farmer Meet, Vo-Ag
Room (corn production)
Tuesday, February 4
4 & s—Dany Herd Manage
ment Conference, Penn
State
4-30 p m —County Ag Teach
ers meet, Solanco
7 30 p m.—Ephrata Young
Farmers meet, Vo-Ag
Room (farm manage
ment).
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The purpose for this get-to
gether is to ask local farmers
including Amish and Mennomte
Farmers for suggestions and re
commendations on what would
be an acceptable way to cope
with the problems of diminish
ing farm land. Ten other meet
ings through-out the state of
Pennsylvania have been held,
but since Lancaster County is
the top Agricultural County, the
Governor’s Committee is com
ing to New Holland
Just over a year ago, Gover
nor Raymond P Shafer appoint
ed this group to study the prob
lem of land transition and re
commend action consistent with
the future needs of the Com
monwealth. One city planner
has indicated that by the year
2010, our nation’s population
coulld reach 400 million people,
requiring a duplication of all
facilities existing today Land
resources are now feeling the
pinch of competition from our
rapidly expanding population
through the need for new
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if we had a surplus next sum
mer The price in all probabili
ty will go down before it goes
up again,” he said
Commenting that farmers are
happy to be living in Lancaster
County Gartley said, they must
still be concerned about the
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THE SKATING WAS VERY GOOD,
which isn’t unusual for this time of the
year except when you do it on the Lan
caster County Tourist Bureau’s parking
lot As you recall the county was envelop
ed in a covering of ice Wednesday and
Mary Ann, Verna and Marlin Smucker
took the opportunity to try out their skates.
The Smucker children belong to Mr. and
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 1,1969
George Lewis, New Treasurer,
Farm and Home Foundation
Farm Foundation
Has Annual Meet;
Elects Directors
“Never have so many had it
so good and felt so badly about
it,” quoted Dr M E. John, pro
fessor of rural sociology at
Penn State University Dr. John
was the guest speaker at the
annual meeting of the Farm and
Home Foundation held Monday
evening at the Farm and Home
Center
Speaking on the subject “The
Rural-Urban Task”, the Profes
sor enumerated many changes
in the complex American So
cxety including science, space
travel, computeis and modern
conveniences “J3ut with all the
affluence people are not
happy,” he said “People once
knew each other m small com
munities and public opinion rul
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Feb. 12 Set
New York
Firm Offering Beet
Contracts Here
Two representatives, one of a major sugar processing com
pany and the other from the Pennsylvania Department of Agri
culture representing Leland Bull, State Ag Secretary, were
present Thursday evening at a special sugar beet growing infor
mation meeting held at the Farm and Home Center. Warren
Richards, Field Representative for the New York Sugar Indus
tries, Inc, Montezuma, New York, was present to explain the
growing of sugar beets and his company growers contract. John
B Anstine, Division ot Market Development, State Department
of Agriculture, was present to
see what reaction local farmers ,
might have to the proposals the
sugar beet company is making
The meeting was held for 50
contacted farmers who may be
interested in growing sugar
beets locally as a cash crop
In opening the meeting. Coun
ty Agent M M Smith showed a
series of slides giving in some
detail the practices used in
growing sugar beets He report
ed on the sugar beet raising
trials here 4 or 5 years ago at
the Landisville Research Farm
and on several individual faims
“At that time,” he said, “the
trials showed beets with desir
able quality can be grown in
Lane Co. soils ” The records
were icported to show produc
tion of 12 to 17 tons of beets '■
pei acie containing 16 to 17 per- f
cent sugar content in the trials
1
According to the slides, sugar ,
beets need a well limed soil \
with a ph of 6 5 to 7 A soil with }
few stones ana less than 8 per- '
Mrs Samuel Smucker, 1815 Hempstead
Road. The ice was quite a contrast to yes
terday’s beautiful sunshine and the weath
erman calls for above normal tempera
tures for the next five days. Oh, yes,
Reme, the dog, went for a ride too, but
frankly he appeared to feel better on all
four feet. L. F. Photo
Receiving Plant At Elizabethtown
cent slope is desirable this
mainly because of the harvest
ing equipment.
The seeds are planted in April
or as early as possible on a firm
seed bed at a depth of % to IV*
inches
Seeds are planted 2 to 3 inches
apart and then later after the
stand has been established the
beets are thinned to a proper {
inch spacing 'between plants.- „
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Celery Growers
Meeting Set For
Monday, Feb. 3
An afternoon meeting of
special interest to those who
grow celery is to be held on
Monday, February 3, 1969, at
the Jay Hodecker Celery Farm,
starting at 130 pm. The Ho
decker farm is located three
miles north of Lancaster and a
half mile south of East Peters
burg along Route 72 Watch for
his farm sign at the curve.
The meeting this year will
again bring you timely informa
tion on fertility recommenda
tions as based on the new soil
test results, evaluation of pres
ent varieties and the availability
of seed
The Penn State celery team
of Guy McKee, Ernie Bergman
and Jim Dutt will be present.
In addition, a representative of
the Seed Certification Service
of the Bureau of Plant Industiy
expects to attend
Pennmarva Federation
Elect President
Herbert W Wessel, Jr, vice
president of Maryland Coopera
t've Milk Producers, was elect
ed president of the Penmarva
Dairymen’s Cooperative Federa
tion, Inc
Other officers elected were:
Wilbui Seipt, vice president Dr.
Paul E Hand secietaiy, and
Boyd M Cook, treasurer
Edward C Norman, piesident
of Maryland and Virginia Milk
Producers’ Association, was
elected chan man of the Execu
tive Committee for the more
than 5,000 members of the Fed
eration.
Senator Charles McC Mathias,
Ji , of Mar. land was the featur
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$2.00 Per Year
Sugar