Warwick FFA Holds Banquet IKiid woik Ihe (IcMio lo c.iin a living .md detei imn*ilion It wo’k low.nd .1 goal .no .ill in gradients needed for success m ugi icultuie locl.iv, Tnnolliv Ruth, Pennsylvania FFA piesi dent, said Tuesday night Ruth was speakei at the Wai wick FFA Chapter's annual pai ent and son banquet at Bum neiville Fne Hall About 115 FFA members, parents and guests attended Awaids and ceitificates weie Dale Martin presented to outstanding FFA members and friends of the FFA. Ruth said the “idea of FFA projects is to show a profit” or help FFA members to learn how to “earn a living ” “FFA projects help us decide if this is how we want to make a living ” He continued, “Those who set goals can take advantage of op poitumty ” He described one FFA member, Oscar Manbeck, who set his goals eaily and be came an Amencan Farmer and Oklahoma Ups Pork Output Bread cast upon the economic waters of Oklahoma sometimes has a habit of taking years of returning to shore Take the case of swine production as an ex ample. When Heniy Bellmon was elected governor of Oklahoma he appointed nine Sooners to the Governor’s Council on Agu culture Development A letter irom this Council to Bellmon dated May 6, 1965 noted “Oklahoma is a deficit producing state in pork and considering that the states to the south and southeast are even moie deficit poik producing aieas, it is the Council’s feeling theie is a de finite need foi an all out selling job on swine production The Council suggests the Extension Seivice at Oklahoma State Uni veisily could be extremely use ful ” Dr John Goodwin agnculti.ial economist at OSU piepaied fig ines foi the Council explaining the potential foi swine piodtic tion, showing that 58 pei cent of the poik consumed in Oklahoma is impoited, and that the state could mciease pi eduction one million head a yeai just to sup ply the state’s needs With advent of watei transpoi- then Ameiican St.n F.iiiiim the highest FFA awaid at the national level Manbeck 1 told me that if vouie not willing to sit .voin goal and woik tow.ucl it von’M nevci make a success no matte how much education vou have He also quoted Heniy Foul Theie’s only one thing (hat makes piospeuty and that's haul woik But young people need en couiagement, he continued uigmg “Paients. teacheis, nevei fail to encourage that FFA member who's tiying to leach his goal” Speaking to paients and teachers at the ban quet, he said, it s people like vou who aie helping close the geneiation gap ” He concluded with Maik Twain's lemindei The woild owes you nothing, it ivas heie fust Paients of Semois honoied weie Mr and Mis Noiman Kenneth Grube tation on the Arkansas Rivei Waterway, the Tulsa Chamber of Commerce’s Agriculture Com mittee held a swine seminar in 1968, exploring the possibilities of swine production in eastern Oklahoma The final argument in favoi of profitable swine pioduction was contained in a detailed study by Dr Richaid Scheimeihoin, OSU economist entitled “The Aikan sas Ruei in Oklahoma Its Impact On Agncultuie” dated Maich, 1969 This economic study initiated by the Tulsa Faim Club confiimed earliei Council findings that the hog This aiticle hi Heib Kamci in a lecent edition ot the ‘ Oklahoma Ranch and Faim Woild’ is itwoduced m full to help explain why some local fanneis aie finding swine pio duction a good business Like Oklahoma, Pennsjhania is a deficit poik piodue tion aiea, local swine pioduceis lepoil As in Oklahoma, mteiest m poik piodue*ion in the Lan castei Countj aiea is on the upswing, it is icpoucd While Oklahoma poik pioducers as the aiticle points out, can look to neighbonng poik deficit aieas as foi maikets, southeastern Pennsylvania swine gioweis aie close to the metiopohtan centers of the East Among those attending the Warwick dent; Karen Bomberger, Warwick Chap- Chapter FFA banquet Tuesday night were, ter Sweetheart, and Kenneth Weaver, from left; Jim Kerr, chapter advisor, chapter president. Timothy Ruth, Pennsylvania FFA presi- Weaver and Mr and Mrs San- Gerald Martin, farm safety quet were school teachers and fold 801 l and public speaking school officials, including Dr. Foundation awaids for out Kenneth Weaver, pioduction Curvin Smith, district supenn standing woik in various phases agriculture tendent, Harold Swisher, War of agucultuie went to the fol- Grube also received the Star wick High School principal, and lowing students Red Rose Farmer Degree, the Carl B Kauffman, Junior High Kenneth Giube took three highest degiee at the county principal, four school board awards, conseivation of natuial level members. Robert E Gregory, resoiuces, agncultiual place Chapter Faimer Degrees Kenneth L Weaver, Raymond merit and dan \ weie presented to Robert Styer. Groff and Carl Reedy Dale Martin, soil and watei Dennis Styer. Allen Kline, Cal- Among teacheis attending conservation vin Haitman, Ken Weaver and and receiving certificates of ap- Calvm Haitman, home im- Dale Martin Martin was also preciation were Mis Martha piovement Star Chapter Faimer Herr, Mrs Sally Watkins and Allen Kline, ciop fanning Most of the guests at the ban Daniel Little business m Oklahoma could be pi ofitable Dr Schermerhom pointed out that not only did Oklahoma im port 167,000 live hogs in 1967, in addition to processed pork, Texas impioted 776,000, which is a potential pork, Texas import ed 776,000, which is a potential maiket for Oklahoma produced swine And although Oklahoma maiketed 552,000 hogs in 1967, this was less than half the state’s needs Di Scheimei hour's conclu sions aie that the watenvay navi gation offeis ceitam advantages and the potential exists in east ,'v.r** mq ern and central Oklahoma to in crease hog production at least 1 million head, which will create the need foi three or four mod ern hog abbattous At first Oklahoma farmer re action to the “pot of gold at the end of the rainbow” was nega tive for a couple of reasons Many farmers just didn’t like the hog business. Then, accoid mg to OSU studies, to make a reasonable return on laboi and investment would regime cash outlays ranging from $15,000 to $20,000 With the puce ot poik dming the mid-1960s theie weie few enthusastic about the pio pects But then something happened Po'k pi ices began a slow chinb Feed giain puces lemamed low oi diopped e\en lowei About a j-eai ago ciedit became tight in teiest intes went up As a lesult, aiound the fust of the >eai the coin hog latio was 23 1. highest in inemo'v ot man all past pe'toimarce hog pioducing slates such as lowa, Illinois and Indiana should Iv geanng foi mci eased swine pi eduction But this failed to happen be cause hog pioduceis in those Lancaster Farming. Saturday. April 11.1970—29 THIRD SECTION states with a comfoi table income fiom adequate sow beards, sim> ply did not want to take the risk of trying to borrow more money foi expansion or pay the high interest rates if the money was available. As a result, the Jan 1 hog count was six per cent below a year earhei, missing piedictione by as much as 10 per cent of what the hog count would be Here’s wheie foiesight and ad« vance planning for Oklahomas began paying off Convinced that efficient management is the key to piofitablo hog production, building conti actoi Bob Lmdsey at Beggs switched fiom building com entio lal housing to enuion. mental housing loi hogs W iien 1 went into this I had no idea ol what 1 was ge*ung into but it made sense to me," Lmclse\ sand a lesult today he has in pa>turn ship with sons Da\id 16 a Bee’s FFAei, and Dwane. 9. 55 gills which will soon tanow But moie impor tant foi Lmdse\ is the fact that duung the last teai he has con vinced a giowing numbei of Oklahoma hog pioducers to in vest more than 8500 000 in mod ern swine production facilities. (Continued on Page 32)
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