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LOCAL VISITORS to the NEPPCO
show at Atlantic City, New Jersey, Wed
nesday are looking at the Massachusetts
Department of Agriculture Chick mcuba
toi The} are (left to right) Mrs Pauline
Miller, wife of Martin Miller who works for
Wolgemuth Bros , Inc , Mt. Joy, Mrs Het-
Cow Comfort Basic In
Barn System, Grout Says
‘Cow comfoit is the basic
thing we are aftei in a bain
system,” said Roger Giout, Penn
State Specialist Speaking to
area DHIA supeivisois and coun
t\ agents at the Southeast Pa
Conieience held Monday aftei
noon at the Willow Valley Res
tuuant, Giout added efficiency
in pioducmg milk as anothei
item needed “Muscle powei is
an expens.ve way to get w'ork
done ” he saffi
It we am thinking of a ‘milk
factoiy’. Lee stalls have a good
talking point But we don’t think
the fiee system is a good
place to show off cows foi the
bieeder of legisteied stock’
In comparing the fiee stall
aiid the stanchion bain Giout
said the modern stanchion barn
has 4V 2 x 6 01 larger stalls
Eceiy cow in the bam can lie
down and there is lots of 100 m
for the man to work
‘For all intents and pin poses
the cow is still a hay buinei so
you may want to consider ha\
s*oi age above yom bam,” he
slid
Mechanization is impoitant
Farm Calendar
Saturday Oct. 18 (today)
18 & 19—-Twelfth Annual Chi
ysairhsmum Show, Conesto
ga Bank, Manhenn Tvvp
Bum i Lititz Pike
Monda>, Oct. 20
Soutneast Disluct 4-H Show
Management Committee
meet, Exchange Room, Lan
caster Stockyaids
U uesday, Oct. 21
SOO a m Lancaster County
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tie Ginder, who works for I R Mussel
Farms, Mt Joy Rl, Homer Bicksler, Pa
Poultry Federation, and Jay Irwin, Asso
ciate County Agent. When asked how they
liked the show the ladies exclaimed. “Oh.
it is great very nice ’’ L F Photo
in the stanchion bain The barn
cleanei is a leal laboi savei
Some faimeis go to a giated
guttei and a liquid manuie sys
tern ”
“We aie a bit behind in mech
anical feed edits,” he said “But
I ve seen caits that can feed 30
cows per minute Some feed sys
terns put a guttei cleanei chain
m the mangel to move the high
tonage material to the cow ”
“Single stoiy bams are being
usedvvheie silage is the pumaiy
ingiediant in the feeding pio
g' am,” the specialist said
On the liee stall system Giout
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More Rigid Controls Forecast
For Poultry Industry In 70‘s
ATLANTIC CITY, N J
More ugid controls on the egg
industiy, a strong position on
piocessmg plant inspection, and
jm isdiction over poultiy by the
Packers and Stoekyaids Admin
istralion these were among
the piedictions of John Haims
editoi of the Kiplmgei Agricul
tural Lettei at the geneial ses
sion of the NEPPCO exposition
this week
Haims whose talks lequire
keeping a fingei on the pulse of
both agncultuie and got em
inent, touched on some of the
sensitive aieas foi the poultiy
mdustiy, then went on to make
some more palatable foiecasts
on consumption expectations
loi the 1970’s
Hams piedicted that Con
gress will eventually pass the
Pm cell bill oi something veiy
close to it This is the measure
that proposes mandatoiy con
tinuous inspection of the larger
Lancaster Farming. Saturday. October 18. 1969
Congressman To
Address Local
Farmer’s Assn.
The Lancastei County Farmeis
Association announced plans foi
then annual meeting and ban
quet this week James Mai tin
Secietaiy, said the meeting will
be held Tuesday, Octobei 21 at
Plain and Fancy Restauran*,
Bud in-Hand, with Congressman
Edwin Eshelman as the teatiued
speakex Stalling time is 7 p m
Directois will also be elected
and the County’s policies will be
accepted oi iejected to go to the
State Convention in Novembci
Martin said tickets can be seem
ed fiom any duectoi oi by call
mg the County office at 569-1755
table egg plants, plus pei iodic
spot checks on the small ones
He also forecast that poultiy
must eventually come undei the
jurisdiction of the Packers and
Stockyai ds Administration,
which might well inject new
factois into such things as inle
giatoi conti acts, payment tc
groweis and othei bi oiler busi
ness practices
In the aiea of poultiv inspec
tion in piocessing plants, Haims,
warned his hsteneis that the>
can expect the new' get-tough
policy to keep going He w'ent
on to suggest that the poultij
mdustiy be vigilant in seekmg
fa.i tieatment.
Bioilei pi eduction guidelines,
jointly leached by mdustiy and
government, mav well be an m
dustry plus in the 1970’s com
mented Haims Egg pioduction
guidelines would tall into the
same category
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Local Egg Ranch Wins Best
Carton Award At NEPPCO
ATLANTIC CITY, N J
Plain and Fancy Egg Ram h
Inc, Eh/abethtown captiucd
the award foi the most attiac
live egg caiton in competition
at the exposition of the Noith
eastein Poultiy Piodueers Conn
cil (NEPPCO), heie Wednes
dav This mai ks the second
time Plain and Fancy has taken
the top award
The show previously held in
Harusbuig was moved to the
resoit city by the sea for the
fust time this yeai and a noti
cable ieduction in local vis.tois
was evident Wednesday though
a nice crow-d was on hand in the
Hadclon Hall Hotel Exhibition
100 m
In the “Best of Show Gold
Award” competition in what
was called the nation’s hugest
ASCS News
New Committeemen Take Office
Newly elected County and
Commuintv Committeemen took
office Octobei Ist
F led G Seldomndge was le
elected as Chau man of the Coun
ty Committee Vice Chan man is
Fiank W Aument and Regulai
Membei, John J Hen-
Alternate members of the
County Committee aie B Snave
ly Garber and Chailes A Resslei
Thiee regular and two altei
nate Community Committeemen ;
weie elected in each of the 16 ’
communities in the County
Agricultural Conservation
Program
To date, the 1970 Agucultuial
Conseivation Progiam has not
been leceived in the County
The piogram has been appioved
at the national
The national progiam places
stiongei emphasis on enduung
conseivation practices, includes
measuies fox abatement of watei
oi an pollution, and continue* -
encouiagemenl ioi low income
faimeis to do needed conseiv a
tion work
Cost share for lempoiaiv con
servation piactices has been le
duced from 50 to 30 peicent of
the cost
All funds available undo the
1969 ACP have been alloc Red,
and no additional requests c.m
be accepted until the 1970 alio
cation is xem ved
Cropland Adjustment Payments
Payments of $6470 13 weie
made to seven faimeis undei
the Ciopland Adjustment p.o
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Local Boys At Kansas City
Lovs are iepieseiri ri t
P? mu, ham a at the National
FF \ Convention in Kimrs Cuj
this week And tlnee Coa n tv \ a
Ag teacne' s a e as *_DaLh-
es°foi the teams
The boys on state trains aie
Livestock Judging. Ed Conougb
Manheim, Poultry. V,Tinier Graft'
S 2 00 Per Year
maiket egg show, Walteisdorff's
Poultry Farm at York was
named the winner Close to 100
entnes fiom seven states parti
cipated in the contest Locally,
blue nbbons vveie won by Plain
and Fancy, Dutchland Fai ms at
Rheems and Cloisteidale Farm,
Ephrata, all on Giade A Large
eggs
At a special meeting of repre
sentatives of the American
Poultiy and Hatchery Federa
tion, the Poultry Industry Maau
factuieis’ Council and NEPPCO
to exploie the possibility of
these thiee oiganizations to co
sponsoi one poultiy industry
exposition It was agieed to do
this in 1970 at Cincinnati Ohio,
Octobei 26 to 29 Representa
tives of APHF paiticipated, but
found it necessai y to defer final
action until then board of direc
tors meet
Officials of both NEPPCO
and PIMCO emphasized that
then coopeiative effort m joint
sponsoi ship of the Internation
al Poultry Industry Exposition
did not affect the individuality
of either of the two industry as
sociations Each will continue to
function as it had in the past,
developing its own piograms
and piojects to seive its mem
bers
The plan of co-sponsorship
was given official status with
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Strawbridge Has
Champion Carcass
Show Winner
The giand champion in the
Manheim Fair Carcass Show held
last week, was a Hampshiie mar
ket hog w eighing 200 pounds and
enteied by John Sti awbridge,
Stewaitstown The wmnei had a
ham lion peicent of 42 5
Reseive champion was also a
Hampshiie enteied by Masonic
Home Fai ms, Elizabethtown
This 199 pound hog diessed with
42 3 percent ham-loin
The thud place entiy was a
197 pound ciossfared shown by
Carl Harrison, Johnstown This
pig had 42 peicent ham-loin
Fouith was Dutch Valley Farms,
Manheim with a 40 6 percent
ham-loin on a ciossbied and Eu
gene Bollingei, Denvei had a
ciossbied in filth place that cut
out 39 3 peicent ham-loin
Evaluation Contest
In the Evaluation Contest,
John Henkel Stiasbiug was fiist,
Maik VestleiO'h second Robert
a ,rt.r Eis f Eul mud a>’d Mrs.
C’ ,'i H n m m G.atz, foiuch
Manha.m Dairy. Richaid Rohrer,
Penn Hanoi Daily Products,
Ptickv Piautz and Nelson Weaver
both Ephiata and Meats, Clark
St uidei an 1 Jav Znnmetman,
both Fphiata
The teachers set v mg as coach
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