Farm Income
Expected To
Hold Steady
Farmers’ take home pay, not
counting government help, will
probably drop about three per
cent this year. This prediction
was made by the DuPont Com
pany’s top economist at the Uni
versity of Delaware’s annual
Farm and Home Week.
Speaking to a group of dairy
farmers, Ira T. Ellis said this
decline reflects the pressures of
larger supplies and a weaker de
mand for farm goods. But with
the number of farms continuing
to decrease, net income per
farm should be close to the 1968
level.
Reviewing the total business
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outlook, Ellis said production is somewhat the rise in fedenl
at an all time high and continu- spending.
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to the nthlr Sbl! ™ P ercent last ?««>*• : " 1(1 that con
ten year* average d sumors w,n most of lhis
° ' increase seven pci cent.
While it is true that not in
come per farm is rising, he said
this is due to the rapidly declin
ing number of faim operators
Also, government payments
have increased from about one
billion dollars in 1958 to three
billion dollars in 1968.
Ellis predicted that President
Richard Nixon will follow more
conservative economic policies
that did President Johnson. But
since the Republicans did not
gain control of Congress, the
best Nixon can do is to restrain
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The prices fat mors pay foi
the things they need will also go
up. According to Ellis, many
cost increases have already been
built into the economic system
“We must restrain this rising
cost by increasing output per
worker. It won’t be easy but
this is the best way to do it.”
Putting it in popular terms
Ellis said ’69 will be a year of
inflation. Which by his defini
tion means distorted business
decisions, increases in the cost
of production, construction and
transportation, and interference
with foreign trade and the bal
ance of international payments
He pointed out that inflation
gives a false sense of prosperity,
benefiting debtors at the ex
pense of creditors and hurting
those on fixed incomes.
With regard to the long term
economic outlook, Ellis said
that if we can restrain the
growth in defense spending in
the years ahead and shift this
effort to the production of
things consumers want, we can
have growth in the decade
ahead and shift this effort to
the production of things con
sumers want, we can have grow
th in the decade ahead with
x’elatively little inflation. But
he said the future is not assured
and we must first get business
costs under control. In the long
run, we should aim for the
economy to simmer most of the
time, not to cool or boil.
Cave' Men and Swiss Lake
Dwellers, 5,000 years ago, ate
peas, and remains of peas have
been found in the ruins of an
cient Troy.
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protect ears from being enter
ed by evil spirits.
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Lancaster Farming. Saturday. February 22.1969—13
PUBLIC SALE REGISTER
SAT FEB. 22—11 00 A.M. Pub
lic Auction of 14 open Hoi.
Ilcifeis and Farm Machineiy,
Terms by J. Walbert Willis,
owner. (Chesterville) Kennedy
ulle, Md.
SAT. FEB. 22 10.30 AM.
Gockley’s Faun Equipment Auc
tion at Reinholds, Lancaster
County, Pa.. Vz mi. S. of Rt. 897.
Terms by Jacob H. Gockley.
SAT. FEB. 22—10 A.M. Public
Sale of complete dispersal of
Farm Machinery, Dairy and
Household Goods located 4 mi.
from Elizabethtown. Terms by
Lloyd L. Keener.
SVT. FEB. 22—11-00 AM. Clean
Sweep Public Sale of Farm
Machinery, Yorkshire, Landrace
Cross Brood Sows, Shoats, Suck
ing Pigs, Household Goods and
Antiques Terms by George W
Jackson & Son, located 1 mi. E.
of Nine Points, 3 Mi. SW of
Christiana along the Noble Rd.,
Lane Co, Pa.
SAT. FEB. 22 9 AM at
Osceola, Tigoa Co. Pa at the
Ohn Farm, 155 Holstems and
Equipment.
WED. FEB 26 9 A M., Mar
tin’s Sale Barn, Blue Ball, Pa.
Farm Equipment. We sell on
commission. Paul Z. Martin.
THURS. FEB. 27—12 30 Noon
Purebred Guernsey Sale at the
Ass'n Sales Pavilion, 6 mi. E.
of Lancaster. Pa. 45 Top Guern
seys Sale Managed by Penna.
Guernsey Breeders’ Ass’n.
THURS. FEB. 27—Noon The
Spring Festival and 285th Gar
den Spot Sale held on the J. M.
Brubaker Farm just off Rt. 72
and 222 about a mile S. of Wil
low Street Village, 4 mi. S. of
Lancaster.
FRI. FEB. 28—11:00 A.M. Pub
lic Sale of Farm Equipment
along Rt. 222, first farm N. or
the Pa.-Md. State Line, Lancas-
I ter Co., Pa. Terms by Ralph L.
and Gwenyth L. Cramer.
SAT. MAR. 1 12.00 Noon
Public Sale of Real Estate and
Personal Property located 3 mi.
NW of Manheim along Cole
brook Rd, between East Fair
view Church and Old Line
Store, Rapho Twp., Lancaster
Co , Pa Terms by Bertha Shelly.
SAT. MAR. I—lo 00 A M Pub
he Auction at the faim located
on Aldino Road (RT. 156) 2W
mi E of Chuichville, 1 mi SW
of Le\cl, directly opposite Aldi
no Anpoit in Haiford Co. Md.
Terms by John W. Bailey, Aber
deen, Maryland.
SAT MAR. 1, 1 P.M. sharp
Public Sale of Valuable Real Es
tate, Farm Machinery, Personal
Property at RD. #l, Brogue
ville, Pa. in Chanceford Twp,
Sale by Harold J. Walker, Ex
ecutor of the David H. Walker
SAT. MAR. I—Penna. Landrace
Swine Breeders Association
Show and Sale, Pa. Farm Show
Building, Small Arena, Harris
burg, Pa. Show 10 A.M. Sale
1 P.M.
SAT MAR. I—lo 00 A.M. Farm
Machinery Sale (5 Farms Sold).
Teims by Sherlock D. Hackley
of Long Point Farm, Oxford.
Md. Sale location: at Cook’s
Hope Farm, Easton, Md.
SAT MAR. 1 10 AM At
Enyedy Faim at Big Flats, 4,500
laying hens and poultry equip
ment, farm machinery, house
hold goods.
SAT MAR 1 11 00 AM.
Public Sale of Personal Proper
ty and Farm Machinery at 1961
Landis Valley Road near Eden
Paper Mill, Lancaster County,
Pa. Terms by Mrs M. L Betz
SAT. MAR. I—Another All Day
Community - Farm Sale at
Georgetown on Rt. 896, 6 mi. SE
of Strasburg. Sponsored by Bart
Twp. Fire Co. (Watch for large
ad.)
TUES. MAR. 4 11:00 A.M.
Public Sale of Farm Equipment
along Rt. 222, between Lancas
ter and Ephrata, Pa. at Sandy
Beach. Sale by Isaac F. Wenger,
Leola R#l, Pa.
TUES. MARCH 4 12 P.M.
Public Sale of Farm Equipment
located 2 mi. East of Mt. Joy
along Newcomer Road. Sale by
Paul S. Miller.
WED. MAR. 5—12:00 Noon Pub
lic Sale of Farm Machinery and
Heifers located along Rt. 896 be
tween Russellville and Home
ville, Chester Co., Pa. Terms
by Beulah Hershey for Clifford
E Hershey Estate.