Land Lease Should
Be Put in Writing
If you are icnting land to farm,
better make suie all the terms
of your lease are coveted in wilt
ing. recommends W T McAllis
ter, extension agricultural eco
nomist at the Umveisity of Del
aware.
Getting a lease down in writ
ing is good business because it
makes the landlord and tenant
examine the responsibilities of
each, party. An understanding
now befoie the crop is planted
can prevent a serious argument
or a substantial loss later, he ex
plains.
It is also a good idea to bring
lease agieements up to date, adds
McAllister Man> of the terms
used in shaie-tjpe leases aie out
of date toda>
In the past, a shaie lease may
have said the landloid would
receive one-quaiter, one-thnd oi
one-half of the crop as payment
This is no longer piactical,
points out McAlhstei
Today, it pajs to work out an
exact percentage foi the distribu
tion- of the crop Depending on
Eastern says: MILK
DOOR MSI
BE KEPT
OPEN!
The dairy farmer can afford to see milk-marketing doors close like he
can afford an extended plague of garget.
Back in the ‘Teens and Twenties, handlers closed their d®ors
deliberately, but with full intent of opening them again after farmers
had seen ‘the light of reason.’
Today, many of the dairy farmers’ market outlets are in danger of
being forced to close up—with very little hope of taking the lock off,
ever again. And when the number of handlers shrinks to a handful,
Monopoly moves in: Even the pretense of competition is dead.
Do you want this to happen by default? Or would you rather fight?
And don’t think it won’t take courage.
Now, more than ever, it takes cooperative courage —the do-some
thing-about-it kind made possible by interaction in a membership of
nearly 10,000 dairy farmers of Eastern Milk Producers.
In Eastern, ‘doing something about it’ means defending the
farmer’s market for milk. It means increasing his share in over-all
milk profits. It means active promotion of milk and milk products. It
means helping the farmer when he’s ‘locked in' by quarantine or bad
weather. And much more.
It’s the foundation foi cooperative cowage. To participate in East
ern’s fight to keep milk-marketing doors open—and in all other
benefits —call your local Eastern representative right now. Or write:
the crop, the landlord could re
ceive 29 or 41 pei cent, rather
than one-thud or one-half A
five pei cent difference on a 200-
acie corn or sojbean ciop could
be SlOO to $2OO in cash
Most farmeis and landloids
piefer leasing land for cash rent
rather than a percentage shaie
of the ciop, notes McAllistei In
this way the landlord knows
exactly what he will get and the
faimer knows what h.s land will
cost
iSSSI ” IVSBLK,. PRODUCERS
ASSOCIATION. INC.
Kinne New York* 13214
Ephrafa Young Formers
Grade Their Activities
There were 27 questionnaires
returned and included in tabu
lating the lesults to be used in
planning the 1970-71 adult faim
ei program and Ephrata Young
Faimers activities, repoits Chai
les Ackley. advisor
Seveial courses that lated high
were corn production, animal
nutrition, pesticides, foiage pro
duction. farm buildings, and ma
chine!} reconditioning Monthly
meeting topics that rated high
were Woodwaid Tractor slides,
tax management, tax develop
ments animal health, Vo Tech
School toui, liquid feitihzei,
nanovv coin lows insecticides,
faim insuiance. and wildlife Sc
outdoor iccieation
Summer tour places that rated
high weie Smithsonian Institute,
Penn State Univeisity, and an
automobile factoiy
The following is a buef sum
mai} of inteiests in the various
other activities Thirteen pei
sons said }es to take the tom to
Walker Goidan dairy farms and
and travel by charter bus
Twelve would like to go deep
sea fishing Twenty-one signed
up for the corn program, 7 for
hay, 3 for the plowing contest, 5
for the tractor contest, and 4 foi
Lancaster Farming. Saturday. May 23.1970—2
State Plowing Contest
Scheduled August 26
Milton Hershey Farms. Hei
shey, has been selected as the
site foi the 1970 State Plowing
Contest, according to Charles
Slaton, contest chan man
Slaton, a member of the U S
Soil Conservation Service staff,
Harrisburg, said, “Pennsylvania
plowmen will compete for state
honors on August 26 on Farm
6B of the Milton Heishey Farms
complex The matches will be
held as part of Pennsylvania
Dutch Days which inns Angus)
25 30 ”
Heishey was host for the 1968
State and National Plowing
Contests in which 62 plowmen
vyed foi awards
the PYFA summet picnic meet
ing
The following were accepted
by an overwhelming majoi it>
wives program, annual banquet,
bowling part}, meeting time 7 30
9 30pm dunng w intei, meet
ing time 8.00-10 00 p m during
the busy seasons
There was ver> little interest
in helping to conduct the EAY
FA activities, tiap shoot and
uual leadeiship training couise,
Ackley said
MONEY-MAKER
MANY WAYS
An All-around summer forage crop that can
make you money in many ways. Sudax Brand
hybrids can provide generous amounts of nutri
tious forage. In a cash crop rotation, it’s a great
cover and plow-down crop. You need DeKalb
Sudax Brand on your farm!
More quality grazing
can be yours when you
raise Sudax Brand
Hybrids.
Rapid growth by Sudax
Brand Hybrids shade
the ground quickly to
control weeds.
DEKALB
suwif
BRAND
The ORIGINAL Sorghum-Sudangrass Hybrid
"DEKALB” and "SUDAX” ar»
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Contest Director Bui ton S
Horne, Penn State Extension
agricultural engineer, pointed
out that plowmen will be eli
gible to entei in thiee divisiom
this ycai These are small plow
huge plow, and contour Con
testants must be declared win
ners of county
pnor to entei mg state competi
tion
“The contest will get undei
way at 10 a m on August 26.
Horne said "Registration and
practice plowing will be held on
August 25 and 26 Winners of
this yeai’s division will earn the
light to compete in the National
Plowing Contest to be held m
Ohio this September ”
Starting this year, contestant'
who win a state title will not be
eligible to cpmpete again in
that division but may compete
in the other two divisions, the
chairman emphasized This nil
mg is intended to enable con
testants to compete for a “tnpk
ciown ”
Plans are being developed tc
hold a statewide Conservation
Queen Contest with officia
ciowning scheduled at the plow
mg matches
Sudax Brand green
chop is superior for ton
nage, taste-appeal and
feed value.
Enrich your land with
Sudax Brand for plow
down. Large growth
plow down easily.
397-3539