—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 30,1971
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Report Shows Hog
Numbers Down
Hogs and pigs on farms Sep
tember 1, 1971 in the 10 Corn Belt
States are estimated at 46 9
million head, eight per cent below
a year earlier, according to the
USDA Crop Reporting Board
Breeding hogs totaled 6 3 million
head, 12 per cent less than a year
earlier, while market hogs at 40 5
million head were down seven
per cent
The 10 slates included in this
report are Ohm, Indiana, Illinois,
Wisconsin, Minnesota, lowa,
Missouri, South Dakota,
Nebraska, and Kansas
Hog producers m the 10 slates
intend to farrow 11 per cent fewer
sows during both the September-
Novcmbcr 1971 and December
1971-Fcbruary 1972 quarters than
m the same periods a year
earlier
The inventory estimate of all
hogs and pigs at 46,869,000 head
was eight per cent below a year
ago, but live per cent above the
September l, 1969 total
All 10 slates had smaller in-
PFA Wives to Be Active
Lt. Governor Ernest P. Kline
will be one of the featured
speakers at the 21st annual
meeting of the Pennsylvania
Farmers’ Association (PFA)
scheduled for Sunday, November
7, to Wednesday, November 10, at
the Penn Harris Motor Inn, Camp
Hill
Purpose of the convention is
election of officers and adoption
of policies for 1972
The Pennsylvania Farmers’
Association is a general farm
organization with more than
14,000 family members and 47
county units It is also affiliated
with the American Farm Bureau
Federation
ventories than a year earlier with
declines ranging from a 15 per
cent drop in Wisconsin to a three
per cent decline in Indiana,
Minnesota, and Kansas lowa hog
producers had nine per cent
(ewer hogs on hand than a year
earlier
Both breeding and market hogs
were lower than the previous
year in each of the 10 states.
Sunday, November 7, the Rev.
Peter H. Kuebler, associate
pastor, Trinity Evangelical
Lutheran Church, Camp Hill, will
deliver a sermon at the
traditional vespers service,
sponsored by the PFA women's
committee.
Lt. Governor Kline will address
the official voting delegate body
and the other persons attending
its annual business meeting at
2:30 p.m Monday, and later at a 6
p.m. dinner, a talent contest will
be held to climax PFA’s state
contest. The five contestants who
will be competing are; Donald
Reinecker, Adams County; Miss
Kathy King, Bedford County;
The Milkmaid Trio, Lancaster
County; Miss Becky Wiggins,
Indiana County, and Miss Windy
Green, Bradford County
U.S Representative Gus
Yatron, (Pa -D), will speak at a
615 pm. Tuesday awards
banquet which will be the scene
for the distribution of more than
50 program awards to county
units. Also, the organization will
present its distinguished service
award to a person for outstanding
service to agriculture. The
Harrisburg Postal Chorus will
the convention at the opening
luncheon at 12 noon Monday,
November 8. Following this
session, the 125-member voting
delegate body will commence its
first hearing and presentation of
policy suggestions.
The voting delegates will be
working Monday and Tuesday
whipping the policy into final
shape with adoption taking place
Wednesday, November 10, at the
organization’s annual business
meeting. Policy suggestions
dealing with local dairy problems
to international trade
agreements will confront the
voting delegates, who represent
the local 47 units.
John R Pitzer of Aspers and
PFA president, will make his
annual report to the delegates at
a 4:30 p.m. session Monday,
November 8, while Morris Allton,
vice president, public affairs,
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation,
will address a conference on
advisory councils at 2 p.m.
The PFA Supply Company, a
PFA business affiliate, will hold
provide entertainment for the
group.
Earlier Tuesday, Arthur West,
president of the New Jersey
Farm Bureau Federation and a
member of the American Farm
Bureau Board of Directors, will
speak to the voting delegates at a
breakfast session. District
caucuses will be held for the
purpose of nominating nine PFA
board members and nine
members of the PFA women’s
committee.
Other highlights for Tuesday
include an annual report by
Charles R. Ord, PFA ad
ministrative secretary, an
organization conference, a Farm
Management and Business
Analysis Service and insurance
conference, and the annual
meeting of the Pennsylvania
Agricultural Cooperative
Marketing Association (PAC
MA), a PFA marketing affiliate.
A 1 Keating, manager, Livestock
Division, American Agricultural
Marketing Association, will
speak at the PACMA annual
meeting.
The election of officers and
adoption of 1972 policies on
Wednesday, November 10, will
bring the convention to a close.
Two officers, the first and second
vice presidents, will be elected by
the voting delegates. Warren
Lamm, Sinking Springs, and
Eugene Thompson, Marion
Center, will be seeking re
election as first and second vice
presidents.
Other board members seeking
re-election are: Everett Green,
Warren Center; William Moore,
Myerstown, Harold Welliver,
Bloomsburg, Ed Kosa, Ulysses;
L C. Wambaugh, Delta;
Wilfred Brumbaugh, Mar
tinsburg, Donald Unangst,
Greenville; and Leslie Dodd,
Corry. Also, nine women will be
nominated and oppointed to the
PFA Women’s Committee.
Final adoption of PFA policies
will conclude the business session
and the convention.
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