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Vol. 17 No. 6
Farm Calendar
Saturday,January I
Happy New Year 1
Monday, January 3
7pm Lancaster County
Farmers Association kick-off
dinner, Farm and Home
Center
Bpm Lancaster County
Poultry Association board of
directors, Farm and Home
Center
Tuesday, January 4
1 30 pm Lancaster County
Dairy Day committee
meeting, Farm and Home
Center
7-30 pm Ephrata Young
Farmers Corn Program
summary, vo-ag department,
Ephrata Area High School
7 30 p m Penn Manor Young
Farmers monthly meeting,
Ladies night, vo-ag room,
Penn Manor High School
Garden Spot Young Farmers
recreation night, Garden Spot
High School
Wednesday* January 5
4:30 p.m. Lancaster County
Vocational Agriculture
Teachers Association
meeting, New Holland.
7:30 p.m. Lancaster County
Soil and Water Conservation
District meeting, Farm and
Home Center.
Red Rose 4-H Baby Beef and
Lamb Club, Farm and Home
Center.
Thursday,January G
1:30 p.m. Lancaster County
FFA and Adult Tobacco Show
Farm and Home Center.
1:30 p.m. Southeastern Penn
sylvania Nursery meeting,
Holiday Inn, King of Prussia.
Saturday, January 8
8 p.m - Fulton Grange youth
bowling party, Garden Spot
Bowl.
Pa. Officials Concerned, Urge Indemnity Legislation
USDA Acts on Foreign Newcastle
The U.S. Department of
Agriculture recently moved to
cooperate with California, New
Mexico, Florida and Texas in
eradicating the deadly new strain
of Newcastle disease.
At the same time, the USDA
recommended that poultrymen
everywhere vaccinate their birds
now.
Federal officials also acted to
guard against reintroduction and
spread of the disease
The program involved in
demnities to pay owners of in
Farm Show Slated Jan. 10-14
(Our annual Farm Show Issue is next week.
Please get news items and-advertising to us
early.)
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Max Smith Reports:
Penn State Opposes Liquid Manure Systems
Penn State University
agricultural personnel are not
recommending that farmers
develop liquid manure systems,
reports Max Smith, Lancaster
County ag agent.
Smith made the comment last
week following a special En
vironmental Education Con
ference at the Penn State campus
recently
Recently, the Lancaster
County Agricultural
Stabalization and Conservation
Service announced it has funds
available to assist farmers in
construction of liquid manure
holding pits.
But Penn State poultry officials
during the past year or two have
been pioneers in developing a
new drying system. They in
creasingly maintain that drying
is the only way for the poultry
industry to go to solve all its
problems, including odor
Now, Smith reports, Penn State
dairy and livestock personnel
appear to be on the verge of
recommending against liquid
manure. If liquid manure
systems are used, Penn State is
recommending extreme care in
application.
One acceptable way to use
liquid manure could be the chisel
system, which allows the liquid
manure to be pumped directly
fected flocks for losses and a
complete disposal program that
includes burying all infected
birds, manure and litter, as well
as a complete disinfectant
program, followed by a 30-day
waiting period.
While no outbreaks have been
reported so far in Pennsylvania,
local and state officials remain
deeply concerned. Meetings have
been held at the state level
recently to plan courses of action
and advise farmers what to do,
both to prevent an outbreak and
to fight it if it occurs.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 1,1972
into the ground and covered,
rather than applied on top of the
ground, where there’s danger of
run-off
The feeling at Penn State,
Smith explained, is that any
system involving putting liquid
manure on top the ground does
not solve the odor problem And
it’s believed that the odor
problem, as well as the run-off
problem, must be solved in order
for a manure system to be suc
cessful over the next several
years
What is the solution for the
farmer?
Smith concedes it’s easier to
say what won’t work than it is to
say what will work.
In This Issue
Chester Co. IFYE Report 16
Classified Ads 22,23
Editorial Page 10
Market Reports 2,3,4
Sale Register - 19
Women’s News 14,15
Elsewhere, see article on
important new USDA regulation
requiring seven-day withholding
of DES from livestock feed before
marketing
Our page one article updates
our previous reports on the
loreign poultry Newcastle
disease
Latest reports indicate that
while the federal government
has approved an indemnity
program similar to that which is
well known to swine producers in
connection with hog cholera, no
such poultry indemnity program
is yet available in Pennsylvania.
This is true, according to Jay W.
Irwin, Lancaster County
associate ag agent, because of
the need for enabling state
legislation
Irwin said information he has
received indicates the state
legislature would have to adopt
PennAg Industries Assn.
Is a New Year’s Baby
PennAg Industries Association
will come into being on New
Year’s Day, 1972
It’s not really a New Year’s
Baby, but more like a Father
Time who changed his name
PennAg Industries Association
is the new name for a 93 year-old
One problem is that neither
enough information nor the
proper type ol equipment are
available But know-how and
technology are quickly becoming
available
This means that the situation is
changing rapidly What appears
to be the best solution now may
be obsolete in a short time The
solutions for manure handling
will change drastically during the
next 10 years. Smith believes. ""
What should the farmer do"*
According to Smith, he should
remain very flexible and be sure
that he doesn’t spend a lot of
money now on a system which
will be found to be improper and
inadequate in a short time
He warns that farmers who
develop the wrong system can
spend many thousands of dollars
for something which may have to
be completely changed within the
next few years
The question for the farmer
who has problems now and who
feels he needs solutions now:
Which way to %o‘ >
There’s really no answer,
except try to solve all your
problems - odor problems, run-off
problems and allow for future
expansion.
Any solution which doesn’t
solve all the problems may turn
out to be no solution at all, ac
cording to Smith
legislation authorizing the in
demnity payments The in
demnity program involves both
state and federal funds, he said
While the new strain of
Newcastle has only recently
appeared in a few places in the
U.S., the disease has become well
established in many foreign
countries In a report last week
by Dr. E V. Jeszenka, director of
Annual Tobacco Show Is Slated
The annual Lancaster County
Tobacco Show will be held at 1:30
p m Thursday, June 6, at the
Farm and Home Center
Both the FFA and adult
competitions will be held at that
time. The 4-H contest was held
Thursday afternoon
Arnold G Lueck, associate
Lancaster County ag agent,
noted “All exhibits entered in the
County Show wilt he taken to the
$2.00 Per Year
organization known as the
Pennsylvania Millers and Feed
Dealers Association, the oldest
active trade association of feed
and flour mills in the United
States
John J Hess 11, Hess’ Mill,
Paradise, takes office on January
1, replacing John B Pntts,
Canonsburg Milling Co ,
Canonsburg, Pa
In commenting on the name
change, Hess said, “The name
‘PennAg Industries Association’
more aptly defines the broadened
scope ol both the activity and the
membership, which includes
hrms in the agribusiness com
munty Usually these businesses
sell to or buy from agricultural
producers, but in a larger sense
they also represent a total
systems approach to agriculture
and food production
“The change reflects the
decision by our Board of
Directors and membership to
look forward rather than back
ward, as rich as that heritage
may be,” Hess continued
The original charter dates back
to 1878 when the organization was
“The Pennsylvania Millers’ State
Association” reflecting the
existence of many flour mills
Numerous Pennsylvania cities
and streets still bear the name of
the mill located there
Even today Pennsylvania has
more flour mills than any other
state, but the rapid growth of the
infant feed industry m the late
1920’s and its incorporation into
the operation of many flour mills
occasioned the name change of
the organization to the “Penn
sylvania Millers & Feed Dealers
Association” in 1931
Headquarters for the PennAg
organization continues in,
Ephrata
the Pennsylvania Bureau of
Animal Industry, it was noted
that there have been 7,000 out
breaks in England since August,
1970, involving 43 million birds
and costing the poultry industry
in England some $4O million
In comparison, Lancaster
County alone has nearly half that
many birds, approximately 21
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State Farm Show unless the
exhibitor requests otherwise
Growers not able to bring their
tobacco to the County Show and
desiring to exhibit at the State
Farm Show, may bring their
exhibit to the Farm and Home
Center by Friday, January 7 and
our Extension Agents will see
that it gets to the Farm Show
Building. Be sure the tobacco is
well wrapped to prevent drying
out ” • ■ ••’