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VOL. 16 NO. 34
Group leaders at the 11th Summer Youth
Institute of the Pennsylvania Association of
Farmer Cooperatives held July 11-15 at Ship
pensbur|iState discuss program de
. right, Penn State'
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chah’mamVFrom left are Nelson -Martin, -
East Earl RDI, youth council member ;T)on- _
aid Brenneman, Strasburg RDI, discussion
leader, and Landa Stoltzfus, Mt. Joy RDI, dis-
Farm Calendar
Sunday, July 18
Twin Valley FPA meeting,
swimming party, Kurtz’s
Fishing Lakes.
Monday, July 19
Final day to sign up for Farm
and Home
Slave Auction.
State Junior Grange Camp,
Camp Kanesatake, Spruce
Creek, Pa., July 19-23.
Tuesday July 20
Farm and Home Foundation
board. Farm and Home
Center.
Wednesday, July 21
8 p.m. Special Lancaster
County Poultry Association
meeting on poultry waste,
Farm and Home Center.
Thursday, July 22
12:30-3 p.m. Chester County
Extension Field Hay, Ar-
thur Hershey farm, near
CocbranviUe.
4 p.m. PP&L leader’s work
shop, Pine Grove.
Lancaster County Farmers As-
sociation to host Tennessee
farmers.
Lancaster County Swine Pro
ducers meeting.
Friday, July 23
7 p.m. Pennsylvania Angus
Association annual business
meeting, Willow Valley
Farms Restaurant, Willow
Street.
Reading Fair, July 23-Aug. 1.
Saturday, July 24
8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Rough and
Tumble Tractor pulling
contest
9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Pennsylvania
Angus Association Field
Day, Twin Oak Farms,
Quarryville.
National Farm Safety Week,
July 25-31.
Chester County Extension
Sets Field Day July 22
The Chester County Coopera
tive Extension Service has an
nounced a field day Thursday,
July 22, at the Arthur Hershey
farm about two miles south of
Cochranville.
The program begins at 12:30
p.m. with a dairy stable tour.
At 1 p.m., field tours and dis
plays will emphasize : no-till
corn comparisons; weed control
in corn and alfalfa, herbicide in
jury, insect control in corn and
alfalfa, and diseases of corn and
alfalfa.
Foundation
At 3 p.m., sprayer perform
ance will be checked.
In urging farmers to attend
the field day, Robert A. Powers
Jr, Chester County ag agent,
and Glenn A. Shirk, associate ag
agent, stated. “Mr. Hershey is
one of nine Extension demon
stration farmers in Chester
McHale Questions Dairy Growth
“Dairymen in general should
take another look at the-econ
omic wisdom of further produc
tion expansion in the dairy in
dustry at the present time,”
State Secretary of Agriculture
Jim McHale said Tuesday.
McHale was referring to the
declining per capita consumption
of milk that has seen class I milk
utilization dip to its lowest level
in years, cutting sharply into
the dairymen’s billfold.
McHale noted that class I milk
comprised 56 per cent of the
supply recently in the Pittsburgh
area, however, in some parts of
the state class I milk in recent
months has made up only 45 per
cent of the supply.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 17,1971
cussion leader.
The Institute delegates, sponsored by the
Lancaster Council of Farmer Cooperatives,
were chosen to participate in conference ac
tivities .on ;a_ cpmpetitive/basis. They are
' .among! 2po ydUng ’adults from 56 Com
; , monwealth countieSi and parts of-New York
"State and New Jersey attending the educa
tional convention.
County. The Field Day pro
vides the opportunity to ob
serve the results of manage
ment practices Mr. Hershey has
incorporated into his farming
operation.”
It was also noted that Penn
State Extension agronomy and
farm management specialists
will lead discussions.
The Pennsylvania Angus As
sociation will hold its field day
at Twin Oak Farms, south of
Quarryville, Saturday, July 24.
The program will feature
judging contests in the morning
and talks by outstanding live
stock men in the afternoon.
“When production exceeds de
mand,” the secretary said, “the
producer suffers and some me
thod of regulating milk produc
tion in line with demand is nec
essary if depressed blend prices
to the dairyman are to be avoid
ed.”
The more favorable prices and
profits to Pennsylvania dairymen
during the past couple of years,
McHale explained, are threaten
ed as the demand and supply sit
uation in the dairy industry gets
more and more out of balance.
McHale pledged his support
of the Farmers Union Milk
Producers Association in its ef
forts to get the Federal Milk
Marketing Order to regulate
production.
Pa. Angus Field Day at Frey
Holstein Breeders Field Day Slated
The Lancaster County Holstein
Breeders Association has an
nounced its annual field day for
Tuesday, August 3, on the farm
of C Richard Landis, Horseshoe
Road, Lancaster.
The judging contest will begin
at 10:30 a.m. with Jack Fair
child serving as official judge.
At noon there will be a pork
barbecue for $l5O with milk
and ice cream furnished.
In the afternoon program, be-
4-H Calendar
Monday, July 19
9 a.m. Mount Joy Busy Bak
ers, St. Mark’s United
Methodist Church.
7:30 p.m. 4-H Horse Club
leaders meeting, Lancaster
County Riding Club, Lan
caster.
Tuesday, July 20
1:30 p.m. 4-H Garden Spot
Community Club' tour;
meet at Ephrata Cloister’s
parking lot.
7 p.m. Lancaster County
Guernsey 4-H Club, Mar
~ garet Shope farm, Lam
peter-
-8 p.m. Lincoln Community
Club, Mt. Airy Fire Hall.
Elizabethtown - Donegal 4-H
Club meets.
Wednesday, July 21
11 a.m. Penn Manor Koolde
Kooks Penn Manor Middle
School home ec room.
1 p.m. Elm-Penryn 4-H Sew
ing Club, swimming at
Spring Lake; meet at Pen
ryn Fire Hall.
Thursday, July 22
7 p.m. Lancaster County 4-H
Holstein Club, John Neff
School, Neffsville.
Saturday, July 24
Horse and Pony Round-up, Lan
caster Riding Club.
Registration will be from 9
to 10 a.m., followed by the judg
ing competition from 10 to 11
a.m. The judging will be held in
three classifications: adult, 4-H
and FFA, and juniors.
The top junior individual will
receive a purebred heifer. Fred
Frey, Twin Oaks owner, said the
animal is a quality purebred
Angus three to four months old.
In addition, trophies will be
given to high individuals, pla
ques to teams and gift certifi
cates to adults.
A parade of show cattle and
herd walk will be held from 11
to 11:30 a.m., followed by free
lunch from 12 to 1 p.m.
The afternoon program in
cludes; 1 p.m., Richard Whaley,
Queenstown, Md.. speaking on
“The Brood Cow”; 1:30 p.m.,
Dr. Robert Long, Colorado,
speaking on “Herd Sire Selec
tion”; 2 p.m., Dr. Gary Minish,
UPI of Virginia, “The Prog
eny”; 2:30 p.m., Lester Bur
dette, Penn State University
livestock specialist, “Herd Man
agement”
The field day will adjourn at
3 p.m., with a tour of the farm
and Prey Brothers Manufactur
$2.00 Per Year
ginning at 1:30 p m. prizes will
"be awarded to the winners of the
judging contest and Fairchild,
well known Holstein breeder,
will speak.
July 27 is the deadline for
mailing reservations for the bar
becue to James G Kreider,
Quarryville RDI
The Landis faim is located
three miles east of Lancaster,
just north of Witmer on Horse
shoe Road
Besides Kreider, the Holstein
field day committee includes
Donald S Eby and Galen W.
Crouse
County Poultry Board
Calls Meeting on Waste
The Lancaster County Poultry
Association Boaid of Directors
has called a special meeting at
Bpm Wednesday, July 21, ‘‘to
review the increasing problem
of the total waste disposal pro
gram in our poultry industry ”
Dr Floyd Hicks, Penn State
University Poultry specialist,
will review how the local poultry
men can assist in compiling cost
figures, production records and
guidance in a systematic ap
proach to solving the problem.
Reports on progress in the
tour and queen events will be
heard.
Farmers Assn.
Picnic Slated
Lancaster County Farmers As
sociation annual summer picnic
will be held a 7 p m. Saturday,
July 31, at the Lampeter Fair
Grounds.
Tickets are available for $1
through Mrs. Robert Groff,
Quarryville, by calling 786-3918
by July 23.
The picnic will feature a
chicken barbecue, games and
door prizes.
Farm My 24
ing Plant available for inter
ested persons.
While the event is specifically
geared to Angus producers,
Frey said it will be of interest
and open to all beef producers.
Twin Oak Farms is located
just off Route 222 five miles
south of Quarryville. Going
south on 222, it’s the second
farm on the left on Cedar Hill
Road.
At 7 p.m. Friday, July 23, the
Pennsylvania Angus Associa
tion will hold its annual busi
ness meeting at the Willow Val
ley Farm Motor Inn and Family
Restaurant, Willow Street, on
U.S. 222 four miles south of
Lancaster.
In This Issue
Classified 22, 23
Editorial Page 10
4-H News 14, 15
Market Reports 2,3, 4
McSparran Column 16
Women’s News ' 17, 18
See many other reports on
activities of local farmers and
groups, including special poul
try and dairy reports and how
to manage the farm pond.