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Among Garden Spot Young Farmers
officers for 1970 are; from left, Monroe
Good, treasurer; John J. Landis, public
relations director; William Fisher, secre
tary; Clyde Martin, member-at-large;
Farm Calendar
Monday, March 2
6.30 p m.—P. L Rohiei and Bro.
Inc and Chevion Chemical
Co, annual fertilizer ban
quet, Meadow Hills Dining
Chib.
7'30 p m —Lancaster County 4-H
Soil and Water Conserva
tion Club, home of Tim
Breneisen, Conestoga RDI
730 p m —Elm-Pem y n Commu
nity 4-H Club leoiganization
Penryn Fire Hall
Tuesday, March 3
4:30 p m —County Vo-Ag Lam
petei Strasburg High School
7.30 pm—Ephrata Young Far
mers, dairy held manage
ment course, vo-ag i oom
730 pm—Garden Spot Young
Farmers Assn , daay bieed
(Conunued on Page 7)
What’s New?
Lancaster Farming this week introduces a new feature, “What’s
New,” to present in capsule form some of the many innovations
constantly coming on the market to make fai mmg more efficient
The feature is designed to give Lancastei County farmers some
insight into some specific changes underway in farm equipment
and practices.
Because of space and time limitations, the items presented in
this column can generally present only a fraction of the informa
tion available on a particulai item We suggest the individual com
panies or their lepiesentatives be contacted if further infoimation
is desned
New Holland
New Holland Machine Co
has announced two new piiman
less mowers, the three-point
hookup Model 451 and the trail
ing type Model 456
On both the duve head has
been le-engmeeied with taper
ed anti-friction bearings for a
substantial increase in service
free use life. Stronger frames
and a beefed up cutterbar at
tachment greatly improve the
Mervin Hoober, member-at-large, and
John Campbell, president. In addition
Loren Zimmerman, was elected vice presi
dent.
Young Farmers Elect 1970
Officers For Garden Spot
John C Campbell has been
elected president of the Garden
Spot Young Farmers for 1970
The ballot election was held
at the organization's annual ban
quet last week and announced
early this week
Loren Zinimeiman was chosen
vice piesident
William Fishei will be secie
taiy, Moruoe Good. Ueasuiei,
and John Landis, public lelations
duectoi
Meivur Hoobei and Clyde Mai
tm weie voted membeis-at-large
The new offlceis were selected
by vote from a larger list of can
didates presented by the nomina
ting committee
Officers m 1969 weie Lauy
mowei’s ability to withstand
the seveie load m today’s
heavily fertilized, higher yield
mg hay ciops.
Leveling Tool
DnALL Driers, Inc, Attica,
Ind , has intioduced the LevLer,
a patented low-cost leveling tool
that eliminates ridges and de
pressions, giving a smooth seed
bed
(Continued on Page 19)
Lancaster Farming, Saturday. February 28.1970
Weaver, piesident, Loren Zim
merman, vice piesident John
Yost, secretary Dale Hen treas
mei, John C Campbell, publi
city chauman, Kenneth Martin.
Men in Weilei and Monioe
Good, membeis-at-latge
Hybrid Corn For
Southeastern Pa.
Hybrid field coin specially de
veloped foi southeastern Penn
sylvania is now available in lim
ited amounts fiom commercial
seed gioweis, according to Dr
Guy W McKee, secretary ot the
Agricultural Experiment Station
at Pennsylvania State University
The corn geared for use in
southeaster Pennsylvania is
among several newer varieties of
hybrid field corn developed and
released by the Agricultural Ex
periment Station
A small amount of seed is
available this season for Pa 848
hybrid corn adapted to south
eastern Pennsylvania Pa 848 is
outstanding in yield, standability,
and resistance to smut and blight
It was developed by Di Melvin
W Johnson and Dr. Walter I
Thomas
Limited seen supplies are now
available foi two other field coin
hybrids adapted to southeastern
Pennsylvania, Pa 855 and Pa
8703 Pa 855 is superior in stalk
strength to Pa 820, an older hy
brid, and has good resistance to
leaf blight, smut, and aphids Pa
855 was developed by Dr Waltei
I. Thomas and Dr George W
Gorshne Di Melvin W Johnson
developed Pa 8703
Available in good supply this
season will be Pa 450 hybud
corn, an impioved hybrid for
medium length growing seasons
(Continued on Page 61
Economist Projects
Fair Year For Beef
Puces are up, so beef cattle
produceis should make money
in 1970. but not as much as in
1969, according to H Louis
Moore. Penn State agucultuial
economist
Mooie said beef profits will be
paiticularly haid hit this year
by the cost of feeder calves
He said feeder cahes in the 500
to 700 pound range have been
running at $35 a hundred weight,
compared to the $3O to $3l the
producer can get for the finished
1 100 to 1,300 pound animal
The pioducer has to be awfully
efficient to pay $35 for the small
er animal and make money by
selling him back at $3O, Moore
said
Moore predicted the feeder
calf will remain high, because
of the relative shortage of supply
Weather Forecast
Weather for southeastern
Pennsylvania is projected to
stay cold Saturday through
Tuesday, with possibility of
ram or snow Monday night
or Tuesday.
Saturday will be partly
cloudy, breezy and cold with
temperatures ranging be
tween 35 and 40 degrees No
precipitation is expected, ac
cording to the Philadelphia
Weather Bureau
It will be cold Sunday and
Monday 7 Monday will be fair
with a chance of rain or snow
Monday night 01 Tuesday
Tuesday will be not so
cold Sunday through Tues
day will have daytime high’s
near the 40’s with overnight
lows in the mid-20’s
Poultry Cancer Scare
Called 'Unfortunate'
The lecent poultry cancel scare
is “the most unfortunate thing
that evei hit." a Pennsylvania
Depaitment of Agncultuie offi
cial said in Lancastei Thuisday
night
Speaking on ‘A Review ot the
Poultry Inspection Law at the
poultry senes at the Faim and
Home Centei, Di Fied Heiung
said poultiy inspection standaida
“have not changed ”
“Any bird” with canccious tis
sue is condemned, he said, but
added that the late of condemn
ation necessaiy by mspectois “is
not high ”
In a movie on piogiess in the
U S poultiy mdustiy, including
inspection standards, it was le
poited that since the 1930’s poul-
$2.00 Per Year
for them in relation to cattlemen
demand
Mooie also foiesaw possibility
ks that cattlemen will be caught
this yeai between the foices of
inflation and recession.
Continued fedei al efforts to
slow inflation could lead to high
er unemployment, which could
begin to detiact from beef sales.
An increase in beef production
in the range of two to four per
cent is expected in 1970 com
pared to only one per cent.
Despite a 10 pei cent import
on meat cuts, some countries
began shipping in substantial
amounts of meat in 1969. Moore
told about 70 county cattle feed
ers.
He laughed at his beef indus
try foiecast a year ago and con
ceded that if the assumptions on
which a forecast are based turn
out to be wrong, then the fore
cast will be wiong
He had projected a poor year
(Continued on Page 61
H. Louis Moore
tiy puces have declined sharply,
but poultiy consumption has in
ci eased lapidij
Amei leans now consume 25
pounds ot c'/cken pel person
each jeai duck geese and other
poultiy bung the total to 38
pounds. O! a total of about 6.5
billion pounds of poultiy a year.
In a panel discussion on “What
Consumers Want Fiom an Egg,”
it was lepoited housewives and
othei consuinei s still want the
fiesh egg. and not canned ver
sions of it now on the maiket.
Mis Dons Thomas, extension
home economist, led the panel.
With hei weie Mis Elizabeth
Geigei, supeivisoi of the school
food lunch program for Lan
(Continued on Page 9)