VOL. 16 NO. 15
Lancaster Co. Dairy Day Tuesday
The annual Lancaster County
Dairy Day will be held next
Tuesday (March 9) at the Farm
and Home Center
Under the direction of Donald
S Eby, president of the Red
Rose DHIA, the piogram will be
gin at 9.30 a m. and close at 3
p m.
The Atlantic Dairy association
will begin the program at 9:30
with a dauy promotion film.
William F. Johnstone, Penn State
agricultural economist, will fol
Sncw Changes
2 Meeting Dates
Due to inclement weather, an
FFA banquet and a farm man
agement- meeting originally
Thursday “of this
haw|lkeen -rescheduled, it
was to Lancaster
- ' '
_ Sblanco, FFA
Parent-Son Banquet has .been'
postpbnißdr^me :: week to, T p m?
"(Match.,;.! 1) at S>
lanco SemorrHigh ; School. - ~
- management meet
ing that’ was- scheduled for
March 4| atthe Farm and Home
Center has been rescheduled to
7:30 pjtm March 18 at' the Farm'
and Home Center.
The topic of the cancelled
management meeting dealt
with wills," estates and taxes
This topic-will be discussed at
the’March 18 meeting by Carl
HaJlgren, Lancaster attorney.
The farm management dis
cussion on farm transfer ar
rangements dealing with part
nerships, contracts, corpora
tions and installment sales will
continue as previously schedul
ed March 18 in a combined
meeting, announced Jay W. Ir
win, associate Lancaster Coun
ty agricultural agent.
Tobacco Quotas
Defeated Again
Lancaster County tobacco
growers •voted down a proposed
tlnee-year federal tobacco quota
system for the local crops and
the issue is dead to: another
three year s
Out of 1.288 farmers voting,
973 Voted against the quota sys
tem arid 29€ favoied it
Only ajmui 30 per cent of the
4,180 cligib'fe farnaers voted
At the last referendum m Feb
ruary 1868, 1 469 farmers voted
■ no and .375. ye * out of a total of
: 4 750 farmers eligible to vote
] Among other things, the fig
ures "show the number of farm
ers m Lancaster County growing
tobacco has dropped by about
’ 570 in the three year period
Meanwhile, Miss Dorothy Neel,
ASC executive,, director, said 54
farmers hav§: signed up so far
under the n£w wheat and feed
;■ grain program. Farmers can
sign..up •through April 9at the
,I'arm and Home, Center.
Periodicals Division
W 209 p a ttee LibrSy
? GBna» S’fca'te UniversiAec
l6B^2||
low at 10 a m with a report on
the “Dairy Outlook ”
At 10 30, Donald L Ace, Penn
State dairy Extension specialist,
will report on “Herd Manage
ment in the ’7o’s ”
Dr. Samuel B Guss, Penn State
Extension vetennanan, will
close out the morning program at
IITS a m with a talk on “Solu
tions to Abnormal Milk Prob
lems.”
Lunch will be available at 12
noon at a cost of $1 23 per per
son Milk, ice cream, and cheese
will be donated by the Milk Dis
tributors and Manufacturer’s of
Dairy Products
Elvm Hess Jr will lead a
dedication of the Plastow Me
monal Flagpole at 1 30 p.m The
flagpole, which has been install
ed lecently, is in memory of the
late Victor Plastow who was for
many years the local Extension
-person responsible for dairying.
_ AV_ 1:45 p m, Richard S
Adams, -Penh State dairy Exten
sion specialist,? will 'speak on
“Dairy 'Cattle .Feeding for -Ef
.ficient Production.” J “
- -A.-'-Roger- STbht.’ Penn "State
.Extension jagi.icult.ural engineer,
will; spegft ‘jOn 4 * Waste Disposal
and Pollution”’ at 2:80 p.m: Dis
cussion' and adjournment will
.follow Sf 3-’g;.hi'.'"'
A- number of dairy equipment
dealers ancf suppliers will have
exhibits and displays available'
Young Farmers Have Leadership Meet
A Region II Young Farmer
Leadership Training Confer
ence was held Monday at Eph
rata High School auditorium.
Henry Givler, area vocational
consultant, praised this first ef
fort at regional leadership
training by the Young Farmers
Dr. Glenn Z. Stevens, Penn
State Professor of"agricultural
education, emphasized the im
portance of continuing educa
tion Continuing use of the
local school system after gradu
ation can be highly beneficial,
he emphasized.
Other fields need ongoing
educational programs using re
source persons similai to vo-ag
and vo-tech, he stated
C Daniel Biemesderfer, Eph
rata School District superinten
dent, said the school district is
“veiy pleased with the type of
piograms the Young Farmeis
have been undertaking” in the
Ephrata District
An hour of the program was
given to effective letter writ
ing and effective and efficient
use of the telephone
Following' a icfreshment
bieak, there were individual
group discussions for the van
ous Young Farmer officers
Farm Calendar
Saturday, March 6
State Grange Regional Institute,
Duncannon
Monday, March 8
7:30 p.m. Manhexm Young
Farmers Recreation night,
(Continued on Page 10)
Lancaster Farming, Saturday. March 6, 1971
for inspection and study by local
farmers.
The Daily Day is conducted
by the Lancastei County Agri
cultural Extens'on Seivice in
cooperation with the Milk Dis
tributors, Milk Marketing Co
operatives, and Dairy Breed
Associations in the aiea
Co. Home Economics
Group to Hold Meeting
“Consumer Education versus
Impulse Buying” will be the
topic at the meeting of the Lan
caster County Home Economics
Association in the UGI Audi
torium, Lancaster, beginning
with a hospitality hour at 7
p.m. Wednesday
Speaker will be Robert Lutz,
administrative officer. Bureau
of Consumer Protection, Harris
burg.
A graduate oi Dickinson Uni
versity and George Washington
University Law School, Lutz has
been with the Bureau of Con
sumer Protection since its in
’ ceptioh in March, ,1966. He is a
-veteran state employe with-15
years-service. -
.. Ah added feature will be a
Silent Auction, 'sponsored by
the ways and means committee
and executive board. Members
are asked to bring items for
sale including food, pastries,
crafts and handmade items
Among those participating in the Region II leadership
Training Conference at Ephrata High School Monday were:
front, left to right, Glenn Martin, public relations director
for the Ephrata Young Farmers, and W. Donald Grove, Air
ville RDI; back row. Jay Kopp, Region II State Young
Farmers vice president, and Charles Ackley, Ephrata
Young Farmers Advisor.
Importance of Marek’s
Vaccine To Be Reviewed
Money management ana tne
economic advantages of laismg
pullets locally will be the topics
at the third poultry education
meeting Thursday (Maich 11)
Beginning at 7-30 pm at
the Farm and Home Center,
Carl Blown, managei ot uie
Production Credit Association,
will speak on “Money Manage
ment ”
Dr Dwight Schwaitz, Penn
State extension poultiy veteim
arian. and Di Floyd Hicks,
Penn State poultry specialist,
will share the floor on the topic
“With Maiek’s Vaccination,
What Are the Economic Ad-
New Potato Law Signed
The U.S, Department of Agri
culture recently announced the
establishment of an administra
tive procedure to be followed ,in
-putting - into effect potato re
search and promotion legisla
tion signed into law Jan. 11.
USDA’s Consumer and Market
ing Service said the procedure
sets the ground rules for pro
posing research and promotion
plans and scheduling public
hearings on such proposals
$2.00 Per Year
vantages of Raising Pullets Lo
cally’”
Jay W Irwin, associate Lan
caster County agricultural agent,*
emphasized the importance of
the meeting to poultrymen. New
disease control methods will
have an impact on the use of
money, pullet rearing, and the
laying flock, Irwin emphasized.
“If Marek's disease can' be
controlled by vaccination, the
industry can be affected in many
ways We hope to review these
important issues at this meeting.
Please invite your friends to
come to this meeting with you,”
Irwin informed local poultry
men
C&MS explained that,the. new
law authorizes producer-finahc
ed research and promotion to
improve and expand marked for
potatoes The research ancTpro
motion activity would be finano
ed by assessing producers' hot
wore than one-cent per hundred
weight, with provisions for a re- -
fund to those producers' not
wishing to take part in the pro
gram. - - r
The law provides that" a' ran -
tionally coordinated research
and promotion plan may be pro- •
posed by either potato producers
or the Secretary of Agriculture,
with provisions for a public a
hearing at which all interests
could testify on the proposed -
plan
If sufficient evidence is de
veloped at the hearing to sup
port the plan or appropriate
revisions of it it would be
submitted to producers in a '
referendum All producers in
the 48 contiguous States who
produce five or more acres' of
potatoes would be eligible to
vote in the referendum.
If approved, the research and
promotion plan would be admin
istered by a National Potato Pro
motion Board,
The administi ative procedure
was scheduled for publication in
the Federal Register Feb. 19.
Copies ma) be obtained from the
Fruit and Vegetable Division
Consumer and Marketing Ser
vice, U S Depaitment of Agri
culture, Washington, D. C.
20250
Frank Campbell Injured
Fiancis X (Frank) Campbell,
Miller & Bushong sales and
service repiesentative for dairy
and livestock feed, was in “fair
condition” at Lancaster General
Hospital Fi ida> following an
auto accident during the snow
storm near Quanyville Thurs
day . .
Campbell, of Bill View Drive*
Lancaster, is in Room 252.
Campbell, well known to many
area faimers, had helped direct
Miller & Bushong’s annual
dairy awards banquet Wednes
day.