Lancaster farming. (Lancaster, Pa., etc.) 1955-current, March 28, 1970, Image 8
I—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. March 28.1970 15% of County Farmers Cut Acreage Diversion Participation of Lancaslei Co m 1969. the minimum decision farmers in the 1970 wheat and was 30 pu cent this year feed gram division piomam is Mam faimeis icvieucd the down about 15 pei cent from divetsion pioitiam but decided I®®®- tlie> couldn't afToid to set aside A total of 853 fauns emolled that much land, she said this year befo.e the Match 20 Some 742 farms wcie emolled deadline, down fiom the 1,002 in the wheat giain piogram this enrollment last \eai >eai, compaied with 894 last Miss Dorothy N'ecl. executive •' eal ‘ director of the Lancaster County The feed giain pai Ucipation ic- Agricultural Stabilization and mained fairly stable with 336 Conservation Seivice. said the faims this year and 361 in 1969 primary reason foi the drop ap- Some faims participate in both peared to be the higher wheat the wheat and feed giain pio acreage diveision lequiremcnt giams this year While the wheat fa mei m 1969 was required to keep onlv 15 pei cent of his land out of p’ eduction Farm Accident Claims 4-Year-Old Leola Boy A four-yeai-old Leola RDI boy became the sixth peison to die in a farm iclated accident in Lancaster County and the im mediate vicinity this year The child, Wilmer Stoltzfoos Ji , was killed mstantlv when he was crushed undei the wheel of a manure spieadei on his father’s farm about 1 50 p m Wednesday He was the son of Wilmer and Lydia Fishei Stoltzfoos The child was buned Thuisday in Myers Cemeteiv Of the six faim accidents in less than thiee months tins veai five have involved a ti actor 01 tractor-pulled implement The sixth “was a 15yeai-old youth who died when he became caught in the augei mechanism of a feeding device Two of those killed this yeai have been small children, one a teenagei and three adult men Four persons died m accidents on the farm dunng 1969 The first one last yeai did not occur until April 24 The Stoltzfoos child’s father was reportedly dnving the h ac tor to which the manuie spiead er was attached He was appar ently pulling away fiom the bain when the child tell beneath the wheel Dr H S Stauffei, deputy coroner fiom Baieville, declaied the child dead at the scene The boy was bom in Lancastei and attended Mehtia Fellowship Church He is suivived by his paients, thiee biotheis and sisteis all at home, Hanna, Sai ah Esthe, Ma hlon, Elam and \den his patei «al grandpai ents Elam B end Annie Stoltzfoos Leola RDI and his maternal "larw-'p n ed’, E 1 nn and Saiah Fi-hu Go don\ille HDI Nutrition S-des Appeal Urged for U.S. Public Dr Jean Vne cpeual medi cal comullaru to P'es dent Nixon told a gioup of food md'kele’s and advei tiding executives le cently that an all out effoit on the part of food makeis and ic tailers to bung nutiition befoie the American public is mo-ally mandatory and would be inex pensive to achieve that all medical advances in the United States in the past 25 years have been wiped out bv the decline in nutrition in the Ameucan diet ” He said that adve tiseis should concentrate moi e on nutrition and less on shape taste and de Sign on the package The Amen can public is icady to accept a nutrition appioach, accoid- On an acieage basis, 4 485 county acres are involved in the feed giam piogram, which in eludes coin, soi ghum and bai ley. and 6,795 acies aie in wheat Benefits weie increased slight ly in the wheat piogram this year Certificate payments will be based on 48 per cent of the allot ment. compared to 45 per cent in 1969 BEEF FEEDING PROGRAM Write for free booklet "Beacon Tend-R-Leen Beef Feeding Pro gram," also for special feeding program for beef Beacon now offers a feeding program for dairy steers that lakes the roughage out of feeding. It Is a research proven program that has been fed successfully in commercial feedlots in the Midwest for over six years. Get fast, low cost gains without roughage: Birth to market in less than a year. Daily gains (birth to butcher) of 2.8 lbs. Dressing percentage up to 62%. Feed conversion approximately 5 lbs. of feed per pound of gain, also from birth to butcher. No hay, no grass, no silage. Low investment, low labor. High grade carcasses; young, tender meat. Food Stomp Program Reported Growing Foit linpir'.tixc ii.iins In pmlicip.t (•on .irul lifinliu ,m i<polled in .1 e.is th.it innugiu.itid Knud Sump I’iogi.im <h, in .),in Uiity and Febni.nv, VmM.iii: Sccict.ny of \giiciillu e Hich.nd L I.y ng h.ii >innonm ed P.u tieip.mt> in these .ne.is .lie p.ivniK less and gilting moie gelling enough moie Fedeial food stamps foi then money to enable eveiy f.nn.ly to bin a moie ncailv adcqu.ilc diet Soon, participants in all the food stamp aicas in the Nation will be en joying these gi ea.lv inci eased benefits In a sampling of 48 aieas whole the modified plan went into operation in Fobmaiy, pai ticipation increased moie than 27 percent fiom Januaiy “These Ft biliary i exults con fnm the carlv results noted in January In fact, the \aluc of bonus coupons issued in Febiu aiy may leach S5O million, which i 3 about twice the value of bon us coupons issued in Januaiy," the Assistant Secretaiy said. Try A Classified Ad Money Grows on Holsteins with the Beacon TEND-IMEEhT steers. For full details call your nearest Beacon dealer or Beacon Advisor It Pa For Dairy Steers PLANT DOEBLERS' 85X and PA 8703 • RESISTANT TO YELLOW LEAF BLIGHT!! • FULL SEASON COHN HYBRIDS!! • EXCELLENT STANDEES and TOP YI ELDERS!! In the ’69 Lancaster Co. Extension Corn Testa of 41 Hybrids. 85X yielded 167 bn. dry shelled corn per acre; PA 8703 yielded 178 bu. dry shelled corn per acre. WHAT HYBRID TOPPED THE TEST?? DOEBLER’S 82X at 185 bu. Plant DOEBLER’S The corns bred in Pcnna. where they arc Farmer planted. CONGRA TULA TIONS to Larry Wcater, New Holland, on winning the 1969 Garden Spot Young Farmers Corn Growing Con test. Mr. Wcater had an official first place yield of 221.8 bu. dry shelled corn per acre. His outstand ing yield was made with DOEBLERS’ 85X SINGLE CROSS. He planted May 12 in 30” rows. Harvest population on Oct. 20 was 24,500 plants. Moisture was 22.3% and ear weight .64 lb. The calculated cost of production per bu. was 26c. T. A. DOEBLER & SON R. D. #1 JERSEY SHORE, PA. Tend-R-Leen is a registered trade* mark of Doughboy Industries, Inc., New Richmond, Wisconsin. ■'■* BEACON FEEDS _ mm The Beacon Milling Company, Inc. Headquarters: Cayuga, N. Y.