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VOL. 16 NO. 51
Farm Calendar
Saturday, November 13
Eastern National Livestock
Show, Timonium, Md.
Monday, November 15
7:30 p.m. Twin Valley Young
Farmers meeting, ' vo-ag
classrooom. Twin Valley High
School.
7:30 p.m. Lancaster County
Holstein Breeders Association
barn meeting, John C. Metzler
farm, Noble Road, Christiana.
7:30 p.m. Agway Garden Spot
Unit annual meeting, Farm
and Home Center.
8 p.m. Solanco Dairy Club, vo
ag classroom, Solanco High
School
Bpm Dairy management
educational meeting, Farm
Credit Association, Lancaster
Tuesday, November 16
10 a m. - 4 p.m. —1971 Agronomy
Dealer Workshop, Fleetwood
Grange, Berks County.
7 30 p m Lancaster County
Holstein Breeders Association
barn meeting, John E. Kreider
farm, Willow Road, Lan
caster.
7:30 pm Manor Young
Farmers animal nutrition
course, vo-ag classroom Penn
Manor High School.
7:30 p.m. Garden Spot Young
Farmers small grains course,
vo-ag department, Penn
Manor High School.
7:30 p.m Ephrata Young
Farmers monthly meeting, vo
ag department, Ephrata Area
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Wednesday,' November 17 ,
9 a.m. - 4 p.m, Southern
Pennsylvania fall educational-;
fruit meeting, - Friendship
Hook and Ladder- Company
and William Keim orchard,
Boyertown, Berks County.'
Noon Lancaster Rotary- Club
farmers meeting, Farm and
Home Center. - *
Thursday. November 18
7:30 pm. Manor-Young
Farmer animal nutrition
course, vo-ag room, Penn
Manor High School.'
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Kreider Is Reelected to Head
Lancaster Co. Farmers Assn.
James G. Kreider, Quarryville
RDI, was reelected president of
the Lancaster County Farmers
Association at a recent meeting
of the board of directors.
Also reelected were: William
Guhl, Oxford, and James L.
Martin, secretary-treasurer,
Strasburg RDI.
To relieve Martin of some of his
duties, a new position -of mem
bership secretary was created
and the post was accepted by
Nathan Stoltzfus, Gap RDI.
James Shertzer was previously
announced as membership
chairman. Membership so far
this year is 495. Last year the
organization passed the 1,000
mark.
Warning Issued on Possible Ruin of the Garden Spot,
Dr. Goddard Explains His Position on Ecology Issue
A warning that too much in
dustry and urbanization can ruin
the Garden Spot and a speech by
the dynamic Dr. Maurice K.
Goddard, newly appointed
secretary of the Pennsylvania
Department of Environmental
Resources, were highlights of the
11th annual Agriculture-Industry
Banquet.
The banquet Thursday night at
the Farm and Home Center was
sponsored by the agriculture
committee of the Lancaster
Chamber of Commerce.
In his welcome from the
agriculture community, J. Wade
Groff, president of the Lancaster
County Extension Association
board of directors, cited statistics
to show that Lancaster County is
the first county m the state in
production of many of the most
important farm products. But he
also noted a recent report that the
county lost 173 farms last year
and projections that if this
continues tne county eventually
may not be a farm county. “Is
this what we want?”
Groff continued, “We want the
quaintness, the beauty .of an
agricultural setting, I’m sure we
all want it to remain.”
Williqm W. Pedrick, senior
vice president and general
manager of the packaging
products division of Kerr Class
Corp. and president of the
Lancaster Chamber of Com
merce, stated that Lancaster
County is “fortunate” to have a
balance-of agriculture and in
dustry.
, Noting he spent his first 24
years on the farm, Pedrick said
he knows of the problems which
occur when agriculture and in
dustry get out of balance. He said
this imbalance occurred in recent
years in his home county in New
Jersey and he’s “no longer
proud” to say he’s from that
county.
James G. Kreider
Lancaster Farmers Head
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 13,1971
Dr. Maurice K. Goddard, center, new
secretary of the Pennsylvania Department
of Environmental Resources, makes a point
during informal discussion Thursday night
following the annual banquet of the
agriculture committee of the Lancaster
Max Smith, Lancaster County
ag agent, warned that what
Pedrick saw in New Jersey is ha
ppening in Lancaster County.
Smith said:
“The handwriting seems to be
on the wa11... that unless some of
this urbanization is stopped we
will not be the Garden Spot of the
World.”
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In This Issue
It was a very busy farm week
See these and other reports:
Ag-Industry Banquet l
Classified Ads 33,34,35
Farm Women Convention 22
4-H Dairy Banquet 18
4-H News " 8,26
Holstein Banquet 8
Ida’s Notebook 23
IFYE Report 13
Keystone Exposition 16
Legislators Speak 17
Market Reports 2,3,4
PFA Convention 9,21,25
Pa. Grange Convention 23
Sale Register , 31
Women’s News 24,27
DHIA Meeting Set
The Lancaster County DHIA
board of directors will hold its
quarterly meeting at the Farm
and Home Center at 8 p.m.
Monday, November 22.
Dairy
A dairy management meeting
on how to do a better job in the
care and housing of dairy heifers
will be held at the Farm Credit
Association, 411 W. Roseville
Road, Lancaster, at 8 p.m
Monday, November 15.
Stephen B. Spencer, Penn State
University dairy Extension
specialist, will speak on “Rations
and Management of the Dairy
Heifer.”
Gerald Bowdman, Penn State
University ag Extension
engineer, will discuss “Housing
and Equipment for Dairy
Heifers ”
Leininger Is Reelected President
Of Lancaster Co. Poultry Assn.
Vernon Leininger, Denver
RD2, was reelected president of
the Lancaster County Poultry
Association board of directors at
a reorganization meeting
Monday at the Farm and Home
Center.
The only new officer elected
was Irvin R Musser, Mount Joy
RDI, who succeeds John Jacob
Oberholtzer, Leola
Also reelected were; John R
Huber Jr, Lititz RD3, vice
president, and Melvin Gehman,
611 Roseville Road, Lancaster,
treasurer.
Chamber of Commerce. Looking on are
agriculture committee members Amos
Funk, left, a Lancaster County farmer and
conservationist, and Max Smith, Lancaster
County ag agent.
Heifer
Meeting Set
In urging dairymen to attend
the meeting, Max Smith, Lan
caster County ag agent, and N.
Alan Bair, assistant Lancaster
County ag agent, noted
“ The practice of raising dairy
heifers for herd replacements, or
for sale, is very important; it is a
good method of building a better
herd and increasing your income
from the herd. Good heifers are
in strong demand at profitable
prices.”
In addition, dairymen were
reminded to mark their calen
dars for the dairy heifer housing
tour on Tuesday, March 21.
Committee assignments were
also made, including: mem
bership, Aaron Click, chairman;
promotional, John Jacob
Oberholtzer, chairman, John
Huber, Paul Kline, and Irvin
Musser; publicity, Zane Wilson,
chairman; tour, Kenneth Roth,
chairman, and Harold
Musselman
Educational, Stanley
Musselman, chairman, and
Melvin Gehman, queen, John
Melhorn, chairman, and banquet,
Harold Esbenshade, chairman.
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