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
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