JAMESWAY Power Choring Equipment Buy Now and Save! LANDIS BROS., INC 1305 Manheim Pike WHY DO MORE FARMERS BUY THESE SPREADERS THAN ANY OTHER MAKE? Because Avco New Idea spreaders are built to last longer and have higher value at trade-in time. Rugged structural steel hitch and enclosed drive mechanism let you spread load after trouble-free load. Extra strong conveyor assures non-stop operation. Choose from 9 PTO models up to 206 bushels big. Written full year warranty on each one. These are only a few of the reasons to buy Avco New Idea. Stop in and let us give you the whole story. thesignofa, QooddealeA, Longenecker Farm Supply Bheems Grajbill Machines, Inc. Lititz, R. D. 2 A. B. C. Groff, Inc. New Holland Eiazer Equip. Co. Kinzer Winter Season Discount New Jamesway Products Specials through February Free Planning Help Come in Today for Details. Lancaster, Pa. 17601 Phone 393-3906 i Little wonder Avco NEW j IDEA has been first in I* manure spreaders since 1899. Chas. J. McComsey & Sons Hickory Hill, Pa. A. L. Herr & Bro. Quarryville Roy H. Buch, Inc. Ephrata, R.D. #2 Landis Bros., Inc. Lancaster Retail Farm Markets To Be Certified A program has boon launched to certify Pennsylvania ict.ul farm markets which can meet certain requited standards, Stale Agriculture Sccielnry Lelar. 1 H Bull announced today The certification program, con ceivcd by the Slate Retail Farm Maiket Council, will be earned out by a newly-organized Penn sylvania Retail Fai m Market As sociation. “The purpose of the certifica tion program is to further strengthen the growing appeal to the consumer of retail farm markets owned and operated by agricultral producers,” Secretary Bull said A mail survey conducted by the Slate Retail Farm Market Council showed that a laige num ber of Pennsylvania farmers operating letail markets favor a certification progiam, according to Rudy Mohi, operator of Mohr’s Orchards, Fogelsville, and chan man of the Council Similar programs are operating in other states, he said “To be eligible foi ceitifica tion, markets will have to meet certain conditions in the man ner in which they opeiate,” Mohr said “There will be both rules of conduct and a code of ethics For instance, appioved markets will be required to truthfully list variety and grade of fresh produce They will train sales personnel to be conveisant with the types of produce offer ed and how the housewife can prepare and serve them ” Penna. Egg Marketing Assn. Officers Elected Officers for 1970 were elected at a recent meeting of the Penn sylvania Egg Marketing Associa tion. They are: President, Frank Troester, Doylestown; Vice-Pre sident, John Wenger, Rheems; Treasurer, R. W. Sauder, Lititz; Secretary, E. J. Lawless, Jr., Harrisburg; and the following Directors, Robert Shelly, Wor cester, and Ben Burkholder, New Holland. 1970 officers elected for the Pennsylvania Poultry Processors Association are: President, A. Eugene Bailey, Fredericksburg; -Vice-President, Paul Swope, Fre dericksburg; Treasurer, Qeorge 5? % > $ ft/ i. US ’ / r /A LEADERSHIP IN HIGH PRODUCING FORAGE CROPS Hoffman leadership in high yield forage crops was dramatically demonstrated with two new introductions in 1969 Promor Alfalfa and Funk’s 78F Sorghum- Sudangrass Hybrid. This year a new alfalfa-orchardgrass combination Top-Potential Formula and two new multi-variety blends . . . Formula 69 Brand Timothy and Formula 70 Brand Red Clover have been developed. CALL YOUR HOFFMAN SEED MAN A.H. HOFFMAN SEEDS, INC. Attitudes & Platitudes Jerry Marcus JjJ 'MS “rut t» wpi" “fill r»«pr^ >,^>NSVS>s 'W\ OstCi*4, -"• “fill it up!” The Travelers Safety Service Alcohol and gasoline never did, and never will, mix. Managerial Skill, Savvy Replace Farmer's Green Thumb Technique - 3& t Fifty years ago, a successful farmer’s most important attri bute was his green thumb But today it’s more apt to be his man agerial ingenuity—his savvy bal ancing the use of technical know how with the use of credit and other resources and services at his command. Like entrepreneurs in non farm businesses, the farmer re ceives components from many sources and puts them together in such a way that the products of his farm are as much a result of mass production techniques Hauer, also of Fredericksburg; and Secretary, E. J. Lawless, Jr, Harrisburg. gfoflnum Located in the Heart of Lancaster County LANOISVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA 17538 Lancaster Farming. .Saturday. January ?A. 1970 as is, say, the latest model car turned out in Detroit From the landownei, the faimer rents more land From various suppliers, he buys feed, seed, fertilizer, and pesticides. From the machinery dealer, he buys or leases equipment. And from the banker he bor rows the money he needs to operate As a result, more and more farm returns leave the farm in much the same way that a large proportion of the net returns of other industries flow to outside suppliers of goods and services. Specialization in the use of components supplied by others has also fostered a separation of farming operations into those es sentially land-based, such as crops, and those which are land intensive, such as livestock and livestock products. Except for range livestock and cow-calf operations, most live stock activities no longer need lots of land. More important to such enter prises as broiler and egg produc tion, beef feedlots, pig parlors, and specialized dairy operations are large amounts of capital and skilled management These operations, therefore, are losing their farming image and becoming less and less dis tinguishable from nonfarm acti vities Without the land con straint there will be greater po tential for firm growth. Thus, production of these commodities is most Ukelv to be concentrated in large-scale production umts. And the faimer of the future may well find that on the farm—■ as has already happened in in dustry organized intelligence and managerial ingenuity are re placing ownership as the prim© source of power • Farm Calendar <, Continued from Page 1) Day, Farm and Home Cen ter 8 00 pm —Estate Planning meeting, Farm and Home Center Thursday, Jan. 29 12 noon Mt Joy Farmeis’ Co operative Assn meets, Hostetters Banquet Hall. 11