Farmers Home Leans Up in 70 The Fanners Home Adminis tration in 1970 has more than doubled previous records for channeling private funds to pur poses of, rural development through the sale of promisory notes to investors. . Administrator James V. Smith reported recently that the agen cy, closed 1970 with insured ' note sales totaling $2 265, billion. In no' previous year have sales reached $1 billion The notes represent loans made by the Farmers Home Ad ministration. a U S. Department of Agriculture credit service in rural areas, for housing, for community facilities such’ as wafer and sewer systems, and for family farm ownership. After loans are advanced by the agency ■ from revolving funds, promisory notes repre-' senting the loans are sold to private investois. Funds de rived from these sales replenish the loan revolving funds, thus lessening the impact of the rural loan program on the federal used Aatrex budget. The payment of pnn- One of the only five diy land cipal and interest to the inves- yields in the country which top tor is backed by the full faith ped- 200 bushel was 'registered and credit of the U. S. Govern- by Gerald Shoop of Milton, Pa, ment. who had an official yield of Smith said'the agency’s record 200 53. Of the other four en placement of notes this year re- tries which went over 200, one , fleets the result of new and im- was from Maryland and three proved marketing methods from Minnesota which were developed to assure The Shoop entiy was plant- Farmers Home of funds for in- ed on May 2 in 39 inch rows at .creased loan programs for rural a rate -of 22,400 Weeds were families add communities. controlled with 2-4D_ and the Farm Reports Get ’67 Base v' 5, Effective. "-January 29, the a directive by the Office of Man sumihary-table of the Indexes Of agement and Budget, which re- Prices Received and'- of Prices quires ,MI Federal- Government Faid by Farmers, will be shown, general-purpose index numbers oh ~a 19£k7 base rather than a. to use the .year 1967 as the base 1910-14 base, Dr. Don Paarl- period. berg, Director of Agricultural Economics; USDA, announced The Indexes of Prices Re recently. ceived by Farmers and Prices This change is effective with Paid by Farmers are by law pre the issue of Agricultural Prices pared on the 1910-14 base and for January 1971. The 1967 they will continue to be pubhsh base is used in accordance with ed as in the past. Receiving awards for top corn pro- right, Melvin Nolt, third; Aaron Stauffer, duction during 1970 at the Ephrata Area second, and Earl G. Martin, first. Young Farmers banquet were; left to Ephrata Area Young Farmers Hold Second Annual Banquet The Ephrata Area Young category, first place went to total digestible nutrients (TDN) tons per acre Tom Zartman Eberly Eberly served as btiv Farmers Association held its Earl Martin with an average of per acre. Nelson Martin was was third with 5 29. quet toastmaster second annual banquet at the 168 6 bushels per acre Aaron second with 12,460 TDN and John R Zartman presented Other new officers are: Irvin Mt. Airy Fire Hall last Friday. Stauffer was second with 167 1 Wilbur Kreider with 12,210 the corn and hay awards Graybill, vice president; Clyde Highlight of the meeting was and Melvin Nolt was third with TDN. Henry Givler, area FFA ad- Eby, secretary; Earl Martin, presentation of awards to out- 3 Jesse G. Balmer was first in visor, installed the new officers treasurer, and Glenn Martin, standing corn, corn silage and ' baled hay production with 667 for 1971. public relations hay producers. The top corn silage producer tons per acre and Luke Zim- Jesse G. Balmer was named In the corn grain production was Cliff Bollinger with 13,253 merman was second with 6.23 president to succeed Mahlon SECOND SECTION Firm Cites Cochranville Farmers Two Cochranville farmers ’Were among those honored by DeKalb Ag Research Inc, at a meeting in Annapolis, Maiyland recently. They are William Engle, Vho had a 167 07 bushel per acie yield, and Melvin tapp, who had a-156 90 bushel per acre yield Engle planted his corn on May 12 at a rate of 24,000 plants per acre in row widths of 31.5 inch es. He used Atrazine and Lasso to contiol weeds Harvesting date was October 19 Lapp planted 22,400 plants per acre on May 5 in 37 inch lows and harvested October 13. He crop was harvested September 26 There was no cultivation. There were 45 irrigated yields in excess of 200, including 29 from California. 13 from Colo rado, two from Texas, and one in Idaho Don Armstrong of Rio Vista, Calif., posted the highest individual yield at 228.73 Other Pennsylvania yields mentioned were Mary E Rice and Son, Dale Furry, Altoona, 18711, John Behrer, Spruce Creek, 16013, Justus Moyer, Perkasie, 147 99 Celery Growers Meeting Slated An afternoon meeting of special interest to celery grow ers will be held at 1 30 pm Tuesday, February 16, at the Jay Hodecker Celery Farm, ac cording to Arnold G Lueck, as sociate Lancaster County agri cultural agent. The Hodecker farm is located a half mile south of East Peters burg along Route 72. Look for his farm sign, Leuck instructed. The meeting will feature time -Jy information on the specialty crop, problems relating to grow ing conditions, pest control, and seed supplies of Penncrisp for 1971 planting “We are informed there is an adequate seed supply available for this year,” Lueck said. Several men from Penn State will present information on celery growing. They are; Ernie Bergman, horticulture nutri tion; Pete Ferretti, vegetable specialist, and Richard Ostrow ski, plant disease specialist Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 13,1971 —IT Chester Co. Extension Sets Several Meetings The Chester County Extension The Chester County Coopera* Service has announced several tive Extension Service has also meetings for farmers scheduled four meetings to help An ah day "Dairy Day” is ac Q uain l farmers and persons scheduled for Thursday, Febr- f,lir ?g farm tax returns with the uary 18, at the Sadsburyville basics of filing farm tax returns. Fire Hall, Sadsburjville Rogei The meetings will emphasize: Grout, Penn State agncultural “Changes in the Tax Law and engineer, will speak on “Housing Their Affect on Farmers”. “How and Handling Young Stock” at tc * Make Tax Filing Easier and 10 am, followed by John Bay- More Accurate” and "Farm lor, Penn State agionomy spec- Records and Tax Filing”. lahst, speaking on ‘-Forage Pro- The meetings are scheduled as duction and Mangement ’ follows. Tuesday. February 16— Following lunch, which will io am. to 3pm at Howery’s cost, $1 00, a panel of local dairy- Restaurant, Rt 1 south of Ox men representing small and large ford, and 7:30 p m at the Owea Wlll a( *dress the question, j Roberts High School Voca ls Dairy Farming Profitable 9 ” tional Agricultural Room; Wed -3t * , Members of the panel nesday, February 17—10 a.m. to a * e ® r ° wn ’ Arthur Her- 3 p m the Fooderhimet Res* shey, William Moore, and Allen taurant in Honey Brook and 7:30 Lee Stoluzfus Then Larry pm at the Qctorara High School Specht, Penn State dairy spec- vocational Agricultural Room, lahst, will speak on “Bettei Breeding for Pennsylvania 0n Friday, February 26. ABO Herd ” Day will be held at Sadsburyvillo Also on Februaiy 18, the Fire Hall, Sadsburyville, at 10 Chester County Cooperative Ex- a m a movie will be shown on tension Service has announced “Modem Milking Methods” and that Livestock Day will feature Donald Ace, Penn State dairy a swine program during the day, specialist, will speak on “Making and a beef program plus a 4-H Feeding Programs Work ” The swine program in the evening lunch and afternoon program Penn State Extension Specialists WJ II be provided by ABC will speak at all of the pro- a series of dairy nutrition and grams feeding meetings began this The swine program will be week at Owen J Roberts High held 10 a m to 3 pm. in the School vocational agriculture basement of Zmn’s Diner, Route room Other meetings, which 30, Thorndale The morning begin at 7:45 pm , are slated for program will be of particular in- the same location on February terest to the pig breeder, where- 22. March 1 and March 15 The as the afternoon session will programs are being presented by emphasize market outlook and Neal Burtner, Owen J. Roberts pig feeding and management. agriculture teacher, and Glenn The beef program will be held a. Shirk, associate Chester 7 30 pm. -at -the Central~Chester County agricultural agent. County Vocational Technical School, located -near the Rt 30 Guernsey Produces ' ' entrance to the Coatesville Vet- erans Hospital. Topics to be Lebanon Valley I Milanna, a discussed are “Feeder Cattle senior three year old Register* Disease Prevention”, “Beef ed Guernsey cow owned by Ja- Cattle Feeding and Housing” cob N. Smith & Son, Palmyra, and “Beef Market Outlook ” has completed an official DHIR Anyone interested in the 4- actual production record of 15,- H pig project is invited to attend 110 pounds of milk and 680 the 4-H swine meeting which pounds of butterfat in 305 daya also will be held at 730 pm two times a day milking, ne at the Cential Chester County cording to The American Vocational Technical School Guernsey Cattle Club. or* speaks at the organization’s banquet last' Friday. He re-i ceived a special award ot appreciation from the organiza tion. Charles E. Ackley, association (Continued on Page 19)
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