An effort to move'.ood stamps whipping boy for the nation’s is finally going to be a major
out of the USDA is developing, failure to provide for hungry concern of the Congress, it
One thing seems sure, the Food and undernourished people should have been removed Wed-
Stamp Program —an idea 01- evades the central issue, which nesday when the US. Public
igiiiated by Farmeis Union is has been lack of money and lack Health Service presented its
going to be expanded and im- of legislative authority. But if shocking report on hunger and
proved. Making the USDA the anyone doubts that the problem malnutrition.
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ANNUAL
SOUTHEAS
DAIRY
CONFEREN
at the Guernsey Barn, Rente 30 East, Lancaster, Pa.
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4TH
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1969 9:30 o.m. - 3:30 p.m.
(Snow Dote February 19, 1969)
Theme: “Dairy Management”
This Dairy Conference is sponsored by
Allis - Chalmers
Milwaukee, Wis.
Cary, Illinois
John W. Eshelman & Sons
PENNSYLVANIA EGG
PRODUCTION UP B'o
FROM MONTH AGO
The Commonwealth's laymy
flock pioduced 278 million eggs
in December, an mciease of 8
percent from November and 2
pei cent from a year earlier.
Rate of lay is 6 peicent above
November, and at the same
level as a year ago.
The Commonwealth’s flock
size increased 2 peicent for De
cember, and is 2 percent laiger
than our flock a year ago. This
is the largest flock size estimat
ed for the Commonwealth since
January of 1967, and follows a
trend started in August of
larger flocks.
(TM)
Price received by farmers (an
average price) for eggs was up
again to the year’s high esti
mated for September 45
cents A good note for the year
to go out on.
The January-November cumu
lative egg-type hatch was 21,-
6“i5,000 birds, 3 peicent below
the 1967 comparable period.
Stocks of all eggs in cold
storage November 30, 1968,
were 2 2 million cases, 15 per
cent less than a year earlier.
Lancaster, Pa.
New Holland, Pa.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday. February 15.1969
• Farm Women
(Continued fiom Page 19)
The next meeting March 15
will be held at the home of Mrs.
Clarence Witmei, Conestoga R 2.
SOCIETY 25
Society of Faim Women 25
met last Satin day at the home of
Mis Melvin Gioff, Lancaster R 6.
Mis Glenn Nauman, piesident,
was in chaige Devotions weie
in chaige of Mis Albeit Giay
bill
The gift of the month was
won by Mis Richard Giegoiy.
Reports of the state convention
were given by Mrs Chester
Eshleman and Mis. John Hen
derson
The group will be entertain
ed on Maich 11 by Society 22
at the Covenant United Metho
dist Church, Lancaster.
A donation was voted to the
Cancel Society and $5O to Half
way House Each member
selected a secret friend fiom
Conestoga View. An exchange
student fiom Fiance, who is at
tending Penn Manor High
School, spoke on the customs
and ways of her country
Mrs. Hairy Scheid gave a
demonstration on weed craft.
Tne next meeting will be held
March 8 at the home of Mis.
Sterling Elmei, Lancaster R 6,
wdh Mrs Fiank Reapsome as
hostess.
SOCIETY 14
Faim Women Society -14
met at the home of Mrs Arthur
Gioff, 1254 Lime Valley Road,
on Wednesday, February 12
Devotions weie in charge of
Miss Maiy Mellmger The ladies
sewed 146 cancer pads Mrs Ira
Herr, Gap, was taken in as a
new member A donation of
S2O 00 was given to Chusts
Home, Paradise
' The piogram was the leading
of the local By-Laws, convention
icpoits and reading of the reso
lutions
The ne\t meeting will be held
Maich 12 at 130 pm at the
Hellenic Oithodox Chinch, Her
shey Avenue. Lancastei The
speaker will be the Rev Alex
ander Dei onus and his topic
will be ‘The Eastein Oithodox
Chinch” Theie will be a tour
of the chinch and each peison
is asked to donate $lOO for
coffee and Gieek pastiy which
will be seived by the women of
the chuich
Anothei example of a hazard
ous life is that of a long tailed
cat in a house full of locking
chairs
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