Speaker Sees Good Future for Farming and Family Farm
John Burton, a marketing de- building a stronger team of 4 5 million acres of cropland, lion fanners can produce more emphasis on ecology in the
velopment manager for Ortho grower and local dealer and sup- down 20 pei cent from 1950 when than 203 million persons can 1970’s °
Division of Chevron Chemical plier organization. the state had 5 6 million acres eat. - „
C0.,-was speaker at the P. L. The economic and technical This means that one out of every , tor ine rarmer, this trend wm
Roftrer and Bro banquet this support of dollars Will become five acres was taken out of pro- 1S as allowed the Ameri- m ® an keeping the soil covered
■week- at Meadow Hills Dining a stronger supplier responsi- duction in less than 20 years can con f un l e ‘' to , s £ end only 17 with crops or other cover dur*
Halt- " bihty. As agriculture becomes “But at the same time” Bur- i Ce ?c hLS doUar [ or , fc s? d ’ in S the greater part of the year.
Speaking on the outlook for more complicated, the farmer ton said “fertilizer tonnage went 46 percent of the dollar He also sees a trend toward
agriculture in the 1970’5, Bur-' will depend more and more for up s t x per cen t plant nutrients must g 0 or ood in R USSia ’ multiple cropping, which wiU
ton said he is optomistic about advice and information from his m those tons went up 68 per Burton said his firm believes “f an , m ,° re ~? p f cla lzed
agricultural prosperity in the local dealer and the farmer will cen t Cost went up only three thl s trend toward greater use of f age ’ Dut Wlli mcrease Prwuc
years ahead. expect his dealer to be better percent fertilizer and mci easing ef- acre,
i Se f .f greater tre " d informed according to Burton .. This t of efilciency has al- * lcienc y of the fal ' raer wlll con- ™ ™
toward family farming. He It will be the responsibihty of tinue ; W 1“ P UL “ greater
thinks this trend bolstered by the supplier such as Ortho, to I ‘ ? ■ ~ . , . strain °n Pi a nt nutrients such as
trends in agricultural supply coordinate basic research and J y - so sees increasing lime and fertilizer
His own firm has worked with basic product information and to
the concept of marketing agri- piovide this to the local deal
cultural supplies through local- er and farmer as the supplier’s
ly owned and operated outlets share of the team i esponsibility,
such as the Rohrer firm This Burton said,
contrasts with some major com- Burton noted that in the 1968-
pany owned and operated out- 69 growing season, Pennsylvania
lets. farmers used 630,857 tons of
“The success of people like commercial fertilizer Of thn
Rohrer and others in their amount, Lancaster County farm
marketing area show this con- ers used 71,615 tons, making the
cept of the locally owned and county an extremely important
operated outlets to be more re- user of fertilizer
sponiKve to local needs and This trend is fertilizer is oc
henee more profitable, “Burton curnng at the same time as the
said. trends toward fewer acres of
Barton also sees the dimin- cropland
isMug" number of farm units In 1969, New York State had
Favorite Recipes,
-- A Family Feature
r -"!Do you have any prize family recipes which other
’homemakers might enjoy?
; -Why, not share them with our readers?
'Because we know that many women take great pride in'
and value good reapes, Lancaster Farming is Willis Rohrer, center, of P. L. Rohrer vice in the areas of operations, customer,
to send recipes to us for publ* ' and Bro., Ihc"-Smoketown, is shown re- service, sales, community leadership-am|
- - , , r -, - , ~ ' ceiving a special recognition as an “Ortho finance,
wf hope to get and publish the best recipes available of Golden Dealer” this week at the annual Presenting the award is Robert
the,,Mes : of tood§ that appeal to homemakers most. P . L. Rohrer banquet.' Strawn, right, district representative:
- n V ai ” recipes, snack recipes, dessert re- Rohrer received the award from the Ortho Division of Chevron Chemical Co.,
We „want short and long recipes. We want recipes Ortho division of Chevron Chemical Co. as Douglasville Pa
thatfheyoungest school girl can handle and we want recipes the outstanding dealer in the Northeastern Looking on is John Burton, manager,
to challenge'the most experienced farm cook. ’ U. S. district. This district includes 18 marketing development, Fort Madison
< ■?^f 0r - t \ W 6 yOUr favonte recipe ’ no matter what states east of the Mississippi-River. marketing region, Ortho Division of Chev
the mod might be. - Rohrer received the award for making ron Chemical Co., who was banquet speak
. course, we can t publish everyone s recipe at once. ma j or contributions in total business serer.
But we’ll publish as many as possible and we’ll do it as soon .
In. an effort to limit the number of recipes we get at any p| 1 T Q ctpi* pp A KaI*C
one time and to keep recipes coming over a long period of ■*“ J. J. 9
time, we will ask for recipes by categories, such as pies or _
cakes. Watch the column and wait for the category that in- Wi. J. i TB A _ _ J
eludes your favorite recipe. U6t OUitC DOOK AWafUS
As a token of our appreciation, we are sending special *
pot holders marked by a small reproduction of the Lancas- Lancaster Countv FFA mem
ter farming masthead, which appears each week at the bers received 51 medals in the
top ofc page 1 of Lancaster Farming. state project book evaluation
While each homemaker can send as many recipes as she contest m Penn State last week
desires, emphasis of the new feature will be on presenting Lancaster County had 75 of
a wide selection of recipes from many persons. At least about 1,130 books entered m the
initially, until everyone has had an opportunity to receive a contest from all over Pennsyl
pot holder, there will be a limit of one pot holder to each vama
homemaker. , Of the 51 local medals, 18 were
_To get the new column off to a good start, we hope you S°’ d as follows
wil£ send your favorite recipe early to us at: Lancaster _ r ? ailJ ' Heifer Russell Khne,
Farming, Recipes P. O. Box 266, Lititz, Pa. 17543. Hlg J? Sch ° ol ’ , „
Gter first category will he pies Send your Norite pie en sTauffei- Garden
recipe to us early next week for publication m our March 13 s pot Hlgh school.
issue. - - Strawberries Clyde Dearolf,
. , To allow us plenty of time to process the recipes for Solanco High School
publication, there will- be at least two weeks between the On-Farm Occupational Expen
tiroe we request a; particular recipe and its publication. The ence—Alvin Schlouch and Ger-
the particular category in which you are interest- aid Weaver, Garden Spot, Gary
,ed should be in our 1 office within one week after we request de j gh ’ Elizabethtown High
the recipes. ’ Sc *° ol ’ « „ „
lb addition to recipes we welcome and encourage com- H.gfschobl'
mertSs and suggestions about the recipes we publish. Per- , Swjne Fattening James
haps you will wish to comment on the success you had with.,weaver, Ephrata. ° i
some of the recipes, or perhaps you will want to suggest ‘ Veal Calves—Michael Bolling
altemaiive ways for making particular recipes. I .er, Ephrata.
i The idea is to make the new recipe column an enjoyable Three Enterprises Clyde
famiky'feature. When we say family, we mean just that'. Deai-olf, Solanco. ;
Bedatise we expect dad and the children, both boys aiid Foar Enterprises Carl D
giiis,-wid want to let their favorite homemaker know, their Kreider and Larry Myers, Solan
nninkms? ahnnt thp hpst rpcinps - - c 0; LlGyd ? elset - E P hrata - ‘
opines about the best rec pes. Five Enterprises'— Jay Zim-
Tne success of this type of feature depends entirely on me rman and Clark Staufter
our /readers' ”t : ’ Ephrata; Dale Nolt and, Amos
Send your favorite pie recipe npw and watch for it in Sauder, Manheim Central High
purMarch 13 issue! ’ ’ School.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 27,1971
Seven Enterprises
Kreider, Solanco
Other winners receiving silver, Bollinger, bronze, Ephrata.
bronze and honorable mention Veal Calves—Richard Bolling
awards were- ei, silver, Ephrata; Marlin
Dairy Heifers—Marlin Smok- Smoker, bronze, Ephrata.
er, silver, Ephrata Three Enterpuses Donald
Junior Projects—N. N. Zim- Wenger, bronze, Manheim Cea•
merman, silver. Garden Spot; tral; Delmar Weaver, honorabte
Don Weaver, bronze, Garden mention, Garden Spot; Richard
Spot. Kauffman, honorable mention
Off-Farm Occupational Ex- Manheim Central
penence—Chailes E Crowe, Four Enterprises—Jay Hast*
silver, Elizabethtown mgs, silver, Solanco; Gary I*
Laying Hens—Ken Groff, sil- Buchen, silver, Manheim Cea
ver, Garden Spot. tral; Mervm C. Groff, silver.
Scrapbook Grassland Chap- Manheim Central; Joseph Lo
ter, silver, Garden Spot High fever, silver, Manheim Central;
School J. iMarlin Becker, silver, Man-
On-Farm Occupational Experi- heim Central; Alvin Redcay,
ence—Adolf Bensmger, silver, honorable mention. Garden
Solanco: Mailin Fahnestock, Spot; Ricky Pfautz, honorable
bronze, Manheim Central. mention, Ephiata, Nelson Weav-
Swine Fattening—Daniel Hart- (Continued on Page 24)
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SECOND SECTION
Scott ing, silver, Ephrata; Russell
Kline, silver, Ephiata; Richard
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