Vol. 17 No. 10
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| Notice to Hog Growers |
In a continuing effort to improve our market section,
Lancaster Farming this week introduces a separate
Hog Prices report.
This new market section does not include any new
information not previously available to our readers —if
they hunted throughout our three-page market section
for it.
Previously, each of our individual markets and
auctions have included a section on hog prices.
Our new Hog Prices feature takes the hog prices
from each of these markets and puts them all together
under one heading—for easy review for a complete
picture of hog prices available from the markets we
carry.
It’s just a matter of making a good thing a little
better.
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Lancaster Farming this week begins regular publication of
a new feature written by various agriculture teachers
throughout our service area. Get better acquainted with our
ag teachers. Don’t miss this educational feature for all farm
persons. See the first article by Jesse Erway of Manheim
Central High School on page 17.
Chester Co. Farmers Assn.
Holds Membership Meeting
Arthur D. Hershey,
Cochranville RDI, president of
the Chester County Farmers’
Association, appointed county
committee chairmen at an an
nual membership kickoff
meeting at Ingleside Restaurant,
Coatesville.
Named were; Dwight Rath,
national legislative committee
chairman; Charles Gable, state
legislative; Leo* Brown,
Safemark; Richard Breckbill,
advisory council; Paul Sands,
local affairs; Nathan King,
membership; Ronald F. Elliott,
dairy action; Mrs. Elliott, county
information director; Mrs. Joyce
Hershey, women’s chairman;
Richard Barnard, apple
marketing, and Robert Yeatman,
insurance.
In an annual report Hershey
noted highlights of the year for
the Penneylvania Farmers’
Association, including Policy
Development meetings in
ABC Plans 3 Meetings
Atlantic Breeders Cooperative,
Lancaster, has scheduled three
annual membership meetings in
Lancaster and Chester Counties
in February.
ABC technicians are selling
meal tickets for all three
meetings.
The Chester County District
Two meeting is scheduled in
conjunction with the Chester
County Extension Dairy Day
program at Sadsburyville Fire
Hall. The dairy program begins
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Carlisle and the state convention
at Camp Hill.
Hershey urged the farmer
members to “get more involved
in different groups and in local
and county politics, and then we
can more fully appreciate the
time and thought and discussion
that goes into forming policy'and
the making of laws.” He stated
that “too many times when
decisions are made at the county
and state level, we form an
opinion only as to how the
decision affects us.”
Guest speaker was Gerald
Stephens, Elizabethtown,
assistant manager of the PFA
Supply Company. Other guests
introduced were William Moore,
Berks County, state board
member, and Eugene McDowell,
New London, organizational
director for PFA.
The Chester County Farmers’
Association in 1971 had a
membership of 722 farm families.
at 10 a.m. and the ABC meeting
at 12 noon. ABC members are
being encouraged to attend the
dairy program, according to
Roger B Gundlach of ABC.
The District Five meeting for
Southern Lancaster County will
be held at 7 p.m. February 18 at
the United Methodist Church of
Quarryville.
The District 4 meeting for
Northern Lancaster County will
be held at 7 p.m. February 24 at
Blue Ball Fire Hall.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 29,1972
In This Issue
Ag Teacher Report 17
Agway Dairy Day 24
Chester Co. IFYE 20
Classified Ads 26,27
Editorial Page 10
Market Section 2,3,4
PFA Report 11
Sale Register 22,23
Women’s News 18,19
Also, see story on the new 1972
wheat and feed grain programs
on page 7 and the program of the
Pennsylvania Vegetable Con
ference on page 6.
The Farm and Home Foun
dation banquet story is on page
15, the Inter-State Milk
Producers banquet on page 14,
and the Mount Joy Cooperative
banquet on page 15.
To Stop Foreign Newcastle:
USDA Asks 30-Day Quarantine on Pet Birds
The U.S. Department of
Agriculture proposed recently to
double the import quarantine
period pn,. parrots, mynahs and
other pet birds to guard against
further introduction into this
country of an extremely virulent
form of Newcastle disease.
The new regulations would
extend the quarantine period
from 15 to 30 days for all im
ported poultry, including parrots,
mynahs, parakeets, cockatoos
and macaws. The quarantine
would also apply to all birds
shipped with the regulated
species.
Officials of USDA’s Animal and
Plant Health Service (APHS)
said the extended quarantine
period would insure that if exotic
Newcastle disease is present in
any lot of imported birds it will
make its appearance before any
of the birds are released.
Birds brought into the U.S.
from any country, including
Canada and Mexico, would have
to be quarantined in USDA
approved facilities at one of the
following ports' of entry: Miami,
New Orleans,' Los Angeles,
Seattle or New York.
Chafer Rules Under Study
The U.S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA) will hold a
public hearing on a proposal to
either terminate the Federal
quarantine on European chafer
in Massachusetts, Connecticut,
New York and Pennsylvania or
extend it to three new States—
Ohio, Rode Island and New
Jersey.
The hearing will be convened
by USDA’s Animal and Plant
i Health Service (APHS) at 10 a.m.
February 7 in Room 171, Ad
ministration Building, Social
Security Headquarters, 604
Security Blvd, Baltimore, Md.
The chafer is related to the
May beetle and was probably
brought into this country in the
1920’5. Mature insects do very
Milk Marketing To Be
At Chester County
The Chester County
Cooperative Extension Service
and the Octorara Young Farmers
will sponsor a meeting on milk
marketing and related issues
from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Wed
nesday, February 9 at Sad
sburyville Fire Hall, Sad
sburyville.
Issues to be considered will
include: the Pennsylvania Milk
Marketing Board; Milk
Referendum - state and federal
alternatives; Milk pricing how
and by whom?; Market struc
ture; The future and you.
Speakers for the issues will
include; William F. Johnstone,
Milk Marketing Specialist from
In recent months there have
been a number of outbreaks of
exotic Newcastle disesase strain
in U.S. domestic and imported
fowl, and the Department has
quarantined limited areas in
California, Texas, New Mexico,
and Puerto Rico.
There are USDA-licensed
vaccines to protect U.S. poultry
against a strain of Newcastle
disease common among domestic
flocks. These vaccines are also
somewhat effective against the
exotic strain. What concerns
APHS officials is that the exotic
strain may become established in
the United States unless vigorous
action is taken to eradicate the
current outbreaks and prevent
reintroduction from abroad.
Exotic Newcastle disease is not
transmittable to persons eating
poultry or poultry products.
However, persons working on
poultry farms, in poultry
dressing plants, or around im
ported pet or ornamental birds,
may contract a mild eye infection
that should be treated by a
physician.
The proposal was scheduled for
publication in the Federal
little damage, but the larvae feed
on the roots of plants, causing
unsightly barren spots in lawns
and pastures.
Federal European chafer
quarantines are designed to
inhibit the spread of this
destructive plant pest by
restricting the movement of
goods that may be infested.
Soil, plants with roots, grass
sod, plant crowns, true bulbs,
corms, rhizomes, tubers and used
mechanized soil-moving
equipment are regulated articles
under the chafer quarantine. To
move from an infested to an
uninfested area, these articles
must be inspected, treated if
necessary and certified free of
insects.
$2.00 Per Year
Topic
Meeting
Penn State University, Maurice
Martin, secretary of the Penn
sylvania Milk Marketing Board,
W.W. Moffett, director of Dairy
Industries, New Jersey Depart
ment of Agriculture; James E.
Honan, general manager of Inter-
State Milk Producers’
Cooperative, and a panel of local
dairymen.
Lunch and refreshments will be
available at a cost of $1.75 if
prepaid by February 1.
Registrations must be made by
February 1 be contacting the
Chester County Extension Ser
vice, 402 North Wing, Courthouse,
West Chester, Pa. 19380.
Telephone 606-3500.
Register January 21. APRS of
ficials will accept comments on
the proposed changes for 15 days
following publication. All com
ments should be directed to the
Deputy Administrator,
Veterinary Services, APHS,
Hyattsville, Md. 20782.
Farm Calendar
Saturday, January 29
7:30 p.m. Farm and Home
family night program, Farm
and Home Center.
Tuesday, February 1
7:30 p.m. Penn Manor Young
Farmer officers meeting, vo
ag department, Penn Manor
High School.
7:30 pm Ephrata Young
Farmer officers meeting, vo
ag department, Ephrata Area
High school
Garden Spot Young Farmers
Dairy Management course,
vo-ag department, Garden
Spot High School.
Lancaster County Farmers
Association board meeting,
Farm and Home Center.
Wednesday, February 2
4:30 p.m. Lancaster County
Vocational Agriculture
Teachers Association
meeting, FFA Project Book
Contest, Lampeter-Strasburg
High School.
7 p.m. Lancaster County
Coordinating Council, Penn
sylvania State Education
Association, General Sutter
Inn, Lititz.
7:30 p.m. Lancaster County
Soil and Water-Conservation
District meeting, Farm and
Home Center.
Thursday, February 3
9:30 a.m. Chester County
Extension Clothing Con
struction course, Paoli
Methodist Church.
6:30 p.m. Lancaster County 4-
H Baby Beef and Lamb Club
banquet, Farm and Home
Center.
Saturday, February 5
6:45 p.m. Ephrata Young
Farmers annual banquet, Mt.
Airy Fire Hall.