VOL. 14 NO. 11
' A. SPECIAL CELERY GROWERS
MEETING was held Monday afternoon at
the Jay Hodecker Celery Farrn, /East
Petersburg. Forty persons attended. In the
Lancaster Farming Photo are: (left to
right), Chester Ellenberger, Ag Agronomy
Seven Million
Nickels Go For
Profit Program
Over seven million market
hogs took part in the Nickels
For Profit program of the Na
tional Pork Producers Council
during 1968 according to Mark
-F. Nestleroth, Publicity Chair
man, Pa. Pork Producers Coun
cil. Figures from the certified
accounting .firm working the
Pork, Council account show that
7,316,817 market hogs from 26,-
500 producers contributed $314,-
053.89 during the first year of
'the nationwide voluntary .pro
gram.
•' Through a memorandum of
agreement, the National Live
stock and Meat Board received
one cent of each nickel contri
buted.
$107,996 have been returned
to membership states to assist
in state programs and mem
bership growth.
$184,657, retained by the Na
tnonal Pork Producers Council,
have either been used or are
earmarked for programs of
market promotion and develop
ment, compiling production re
search and recommendations
for producers, and trichinosis
study.
The entire program of the
National Pork Producers Coun
cil has been formulated by the
pork producers through ' polls
taken the past three years.
During the month of Decem
ber 4261 market hogs were
checked off in Pennsylvania,
giving a total of 54,980 hogs
deducted for the first year, in
the Nickels For Profit program.
Department, Penn State, Ernie Bergman,
Associate Professor of Plant Nutrition,
Penn State, William Dean, Strasburg Rl,
Hodecker, D. J. Steslow, Pa. Department
of Agriculture and Roy Eisenberger, Stras
burg Rl.
Extension Annual
Meeting Set For
Tuesday, Feb. 11
The annual meeting of the
Lancaster Co Agricultural and
Home Economics Extension As
sociation has been set for Tues
day evening, February 11, at
6:30 p.m, in the auditorium of
the Farm and Home Center,
1383 Arcadia Road, Lancaster,
Pa.
Advance reservations are
needed for the dinner by Mon
day, Feb. 10, and tickets may
be obtained from any member
of the Extension Board of
Directors, or from the Exten-'
sion Office in the Farm and
Home Center.
The guest speaker for this
meeting will be State Represen
tative, Marvin' E. Miller, who
will discuss “Views on Today’s
Changing Society”. The report
from the Extension staff will be
given in a condensed form by
two of the County Extension
workers.
The officers of the Extension
Association will conduct a brief
business meeting, including the
election of five directors for a
three-year term
Farm Calendar
Monday, Feb. 10
ICI-12 Vegetable Conference,
Penn State.
10-12 State Horticulture Assn.
Fruit Meetings, Hotal York
towne, York.
7:30 pm Manheim Young
Farmer meet, (corn produc
tion), Vo-Ag Room.
Tuesday, Feb, 11
6-30 p m —Lancaster County
Extension Assn. Annual Ban
quet and Meeting, Farm and
Some Center.
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 8, 1969
County FFA
Record Book
Entries Scored
The record books of all Lan
caster County FFA Students
were evaluated by the local Ag
riculture teachers - Tuesday
night, with the top winners re
ceiving gold, silver and bronze
awards. County winners are eli
gible for state competition. The
winners and their schools and
placings are as follows:
2 Enterprise, Gary Neff, Penn
Manor, Gold; Lowell Sensenig,
Ephrata, David Brandt, Man
heim, Paul Clark, Pequea Val
ley, Burnel Buchen, Manheim,
Dale Nolt, Manheim, and Vern
on Yost, Pequea Valley, all
Silver; Nelson Wenger, Man
heim, Daniel Brandt, Manheim,
Lester Bowman, New Holland,
and Larry Horst, New Holland,
all Bronze.
3 Enterprise, Clair Esben
shade, Lamp.-Stras, Gold, Mar
lin Glids, Solanco, Nelson Weav
er, New Holland, and Clair
Overholtzer, E-Town, all Silver;
Merlin Snader, New Holland,
and Jeffrey Pfautz, Ephrata,
both Bronze.
4 Enterprise, Scott Kreider,
Tom Aaron, and Dave Groff, all
from Solanco, Silver; and Dan
Ressler, Penn Manor, Bronze
5 Enterprise, Charles Smith,
Solanco, Gold; Dale Bollinger,
and Lloyd Welk, Solanco, both
Silver; Leßoy Welk, Solanco,
Wilmer Groff, Manheim, and
Charles Hess, Penn Manor,
Bronze.
6 Enterprise, Gerald Wolfe,
Manheim, and Earl Stauffer,
Ephrata, both Gold, and Eugene
Bollinger, Ephrata, Silver
7 Enterprise, Edward Don
ough, Manheim, Silver.
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Discussion Of Diagnostic
Poultry Lab To Be Held
With State Ag Secretary
Homer Bicksler, Pa Poultry
Federation, told a group of local
Poultrymen and Industry lead
ers, Wednesday night, that a
meeting of those responsible
and Leland Bull, Pa Agricultur
al Secretary, is set for Feb 13
concerning the Poultry Diagnos
tic Laboratory sought for Lan
caster County.
“What results will come from
this meeting is anyone’s guess,”
Bicksler said “It will depend
on the Secretary And it will
Larry Herr Has
A Perfect Beef
4-H Record Book
The Lancaster County Bed
Rose 4-H Baby Beef and Lamb
Club was scheduled to hold its
annual meeting and banquet
last night at the Farm and
Home Center.
Larry Herr, son of Mr and
Mrs Carl Herr, 840 Penn Grant
Road was named the top winn
er in his steer project recoid
book work. Herr had a perfect
score of 100 points and was pre
sented a trophy from Eby’s Mill,
Lititz.
Larry Herr
Second place winner in beef
club record book work went to
Michael Longenecker, Lititz R 2
with a score of 99 points. Mich
ael also received a trophy from
Eby’s Mill.
In the Lamb Club, Linda
Ober, daughter of Mr and Mrs
Ray Ober, 532 Petersburg Road,
Lancaster was first in record
book work with 98 points, and
Ted Bushong was second with
96.6 points Both winners re
ceived trophies from Miller and
Bushong, Rohrerstown
Other winners announced are:
BEEF CLUB, County Champion
at the Farm Show, Marlin Boll
inger, trophy by J. C Snavely,
Landisville, and a gold watch
fiom New Holland Division of
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$2.00 Per Year
likely depend on whether or
not he can get the money.”
The announcement came as a
featured part of the first m a
senes of Three Poultry Educa
tional meetings held in the
Farm and Home Center.
Bicksler spoke on behalf of
the Project saying he personally
didn’t think Poultrymen should
feel bad to ask for the money to
establish the Laboratory, “A
lot of other money is spent
where the consumers don’t
benefit as much,” he said.
There was some disagreeing
opinion, however Dr. Wilson
Miller, Rohrerstown poultry
veterinarian, listed figures on
the blackboard showing appro
ximate costs to staff a labora
tory $14,000, veterinarian; $4,-
000, secretary; $6,000 techni
cian; and $3,000 part-time jani
tor, making a total of $27,000.
“This amount would j'ust keep
the place going,” he said. “What
I’m saying is that I don’t want
socialized medicine I just want
to see free enterprise around
here.”
Other questions raised from
the group included: “Why if
the number of cases serviced by
the existing Labs have decreas
ed are we seeking a new lab,”
and “Why when we don’t want
more taxes are we adding to
them?”
Following the meeting, in
dividuals were discussing the
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Cattle Feeder
Meetings Set
A series of three meetings for
cattle feeders in this area were
announced this week by M. M.
Smith, Lancaster County Agent.
Each meeting will start at 7:30
pm. and will be held in the
Extension Meeting Boom in
the basement of the Farm and
Home Center. The dates, speak
ers and topics are as follows:
Friday, Feb. 14 “Cattle
and Grain Outlook”, Louis
Moore, Extension Economist;
“Results of Cattle Feeding Re
search”, Lester Burdette, Live
stock Specialist.
Friday, Feb. 21 “Labor-
Saving Systems”, Lester Bur
dette, Livestock Specialist: “Re
ducing Cattle Infections”, Dr.
Samuel Guss, Extension Veter
inarian.
Friday, Feb. 28 “Corn Sil
age and Hi-Moisture Corn”,
John Bayior, Agronomy Exten
sion Specialist; “Making and
Handling Hi-Moisture Corn”,
Roger Grout, Extension Engi
neer.
“Changes are taking place in
the livestock industry,” Smith
said, “and we hope that you will
be able to attend all of these
meetings to get useful informa
tion.” A discussion pedod will
follow each presentatf a.