VOL. 16 NO. 26 We Salute Dairying June 5 Dairying is approximately a $4O million a year business in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania’s most productive agricultural county. Dairying is also im portant in neighboring counties. Lancaster Farming will recognize the area’s dynamic dairy industry in its June 5 Special Dairy- Issue. Lancaster Farming extends a special invita tion to dairy groups and organizations, as well as in dividuals, to submit articles and news on dairying for the Dairy Issue. Advertisers are invited to make their own ap peal to a large segment of the Southeastern Pennsyl vania dairy market. To be sure to make the Dairy Issue, please submit all material by Wednesday, June 2. Call us at 394-3047 or 626-2191 (ask for Lan caster Farming). Or write to Lancaster Farming, P. O. Box 266, Lititz, Pa. 17543. Pa. Poultry Federation Annual Meeting Will Feature 'Economics and Ecology' “Economics and Ecology” is the. theme for the 1971 annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Poultry-Federation. The meeting’ willbq held at the Sheraton Har risburg Inn, a new motor inn lo cated-seven miles southwest of Harrisburg on Route 83. Dr. Jonathan Tobey, first vice president, Chase Manhattan Bank, New York City, will ad dress the opening session on Factors Affecting the Pennsylvania Poultry Industry ” Doctor Tobey is a graduate of the University of Rhode Island and received his doctorate from National Sheep Referendum Set A nationwide referendum will be held for sheep produceis to decide whether the sheep indus try should continue a promo tional program for its products The referendum, to be con ducted by mail ballot June 7 to 18, has been called by U S Agriculture Secretary Clifford Hardin. In similar referendums in 1955, 1959, 1962, and 1966, Sheepmen gave overwhelming approval of the promotion pro gram. All sheep producers and feeders are eligible to vote in the referendum if they own sheep or lambs which are six months of age or older for any one of at least 30 days since Jan uary 1, 1971. WMte sheep are not consider ed one cf the major farm pro ducts in Southeastern Pennsyl vania, many farmers keep some sheep and some farmers special ize in sheep production. Lan caster -County ranks third in the state in sheep production with nearly 5,600 sheep and Penn sylvania >s 25th among the states in sheep production. For approval, the promotional program for lamb and wool re quires a “yes” vote by more than ,two-tftirds of the individual pro ducers vetmg or producers own- j ing more than two-thirds of the the University of Cornell He had majored in marketing Pnor to joining Chase* '"Manhattan Bank, he spent several years with Quaker Oats Company as a poultry specialist. He also was a professor of Marketing at Cor nell with agricultural economic lesponsibilities in Extension teaching and research in poultry and livestock marketing The two late morning sessions will be on ‘ Past, Present, and Future on Egg Pricing” and “Poultiy Inspection, What It’s All About.” Mi Herbert Bechei man of Baltimore and Dr Fied sheep repiesented by those tot ing Sheepmen contribute to the cost of the piomotion thiough a deduction fiom then incen tive payment on wool During the 1970 market year, 75 Lancaster County faimers le ceived $9,521 in incentive pay ments for wool and unshorn lambs, the local Agncultuial Stabilization and Conseivation Service office has announced The amount deducted for the piomotion is 1.5 cents for each pound of shorn wool and 7 5 cents for each 100 pounds of unshorn lamb. This gives an equitable distribution of contri butions from all sheep pro ducers according to the size of their operation. The promotions for lamb and wool. are conducted in the major population areas of the nation," and include joint pro grams with food processors and wool manufacturers: a lamb and wool education piogram; a lamb and wool publicity program for newspapers, radio and television, the Miss Wool of America con test, and the “Make It Yourself With' Wool” contest for teenage home sewing buffs. The promotions are conducted ithrough the American Sheep Producers Council. Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 22,1971 Egg Shells to Be Panel Topic Egg shells and how to get quality egg shells will be the topic of an educational meeting n Lititz June 10 All intei ested poultrymen have been invited to attend the session, which will begin with an open house at R W Sander’s Egg Processing Plant one-half mile noith of Lititz on Route 501 from 6 to 730 pm At Saudei’s, produceis can observe the handling of eggs from the time the eggs entei the plant till they are packaged foi the consumei At Bpm three speakers will seive on a panel to discuss how to achieve egg shell quality and avoid breakage problems Panel- Fullerton of the USD A will han dle these topics The ecology session will start promptly after the luncheon hour, and the “keynoter” on the ecology session is Dr C L Hos ier, Dean of Earth and Mineial Sciences, Penn State University He will piesent a slide presenta tion on “Man’s Impact on His Environment ” Following Doctoi Hosier’s presentation, Dr Howard Zm dell, Poultry Science Depart ment, Michigan State, John Bergdoll, Anderson Box Com pany, and Richard Chumnej, as sistant to the New Jersey Secre tary, of Agnculture, will discuss various methods of soiling the poultiy waste pioblem The annual business session of the Federation will be a bnef meeting scheduled foi late after noon The business session will include the election of directors and reorganizations of the board of duectois President Fred Slezak will be presiding at these business sessions A banquet in the beautiful, new ballroom of the Sheraton will conclude the day's activities The toastmaster for the banquet will be the Berks County Agri cultural Agent, James F Halde man The Federation will honoi an outstanding Allied Industryman and an outstanding Poulrtyman with special citations. The Poul tiyman of the Year Award will be made by last year’s recipient, Charles Phillips, and the Allied Industryman of the Year Award ■will be preesnted by George L. Hauer Herb Jordan, Penn State Poul try Specialist, will present Youth Awards to the outstanding youth in both FFA and 4-H He will also present a “Good Egg Award” to an adult who has made very outstanding contribu tions for the poultry industry among Pennsylvama >outh Fol lowing the presentation of awards, an orchestra, the “Mello Maes,” will play for the dancing pleasure of those attending. ists will also answer questions The panelists and their topics aie Herb Jordan, Penn State John Weaver, son or Mr and Mrs. J. Paul Wea\er, Ephrata RDI, displays the trophy he won recently for winning the annual Lancas ter County FFA Quiz Contest at Solanco The Cloister FFA Chapter member beat out 17 other contestants from lane county schools. Sslanco FFA Wins Land Contest The Lancaster County FFA Land Use and Management con- test was held on the farm of Howard J Miller, Refton Thurs day afternoon The top team was Solanco FFA Chapter and the high scoi ing individual was Dave Aliment, also of Solanco There were six See Editorial Page Editor’s Note See editori als, Max Smith column and Rev. Lawrence W. Althouse column on Page 20. This page, which we call the editorial page, has been permanently moved to the fourth page of Section Two While it has a new location, the page itself is the same as before. It’s easy to find. It’s in the same location as before, ex cept it’s in Section Two in stead of Section One. The change also allows some of our markets, parti cularly the poultry markets, to be carried on page four. Markets now’ are on pages two, three and four. $2 00 Per Year poultry specialist, ‘“A Strong Bud A Strong Shell”, on man aging the flock for shell quality. Dr Dwight Schwartz, Penn Slate poultiy veterinarian, “A Weak Bird A Weak Shell”, the impact of disease on shell quality, and Keimit Birth, Pea* State poultiy marketing special ist, ‘ Bump, Bang and Crack'”, is the problem one of a weak shell or abuse’ Jay W Irwin, associate Lan caster County agricultural agent, noted that egg shell quality and damage plays an impoitant role in the producer’s final egg check. Irwin emphasized that many factors go into making good (Continued on Page 7) Farm Calendar Sunday, May 23 Bpm —Fulton Grange annual Go-to-Church night. Monday, May 24 Bpm DHIA quarterly direc tors meeting, Farm and Home Center 8 pm—Dairy Pnncess contest committee meeting. Farm and Home Center. Tuesday, May 2S Bpm —Lancaster County Agri cultuie and Home Economics Extension Association, Farm and Home Center. Fulton Grange Meeting Wednesday, May 26 6 30 pm Southeastern Penn s\ Ivama Feed Nutritionists meeting, Lancaster Stock Yaids Thursday, May 27 Lancaster County Swine Pro ducers meeting, Farm and Home Center. teams fiom Lancaster 'County' and one from Chestei County and 43 individual contestants. Other teams in the order of their placing weie Manheim Central, second, Cloister of Ephrata, third, Grassland of New Holland, fourth, Pequea Valley, fifth, and Penn Manor, sixth Oxfoid of Chester County also participated Others in the top 10 in indi vidual competition were: Wil liam Hershey, Solanco, second; Joe Lefevei, Manheim Central, third; William Krantz, Solanco, fourth; Dave Bitler, So lanco. fifth; Robert Fite, Solanco, sixth. Marlin Smoker, Cloister, seventh; Memn Groff, Manheim Central, eighth; Kenneth Click, Solanco, ninth, and Marlin Beck ei, Manheim Central, tenth. The Octorara Watershed Asso ciation presented the winning team, a rotating trophy. The So lanco team advisor was Bill Fredd, vo-ag teacher The Lancaster County Soil and Water Conservation District pre sented Aliment a plaque. Official contest judge was Oival Bass, district, conserve tionist
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