From Local Ag Teachers:
The article this week was
prepared by Dick Thomas
teacher of agriculture at Latn
peter-Strasburg High School.
Reevaluate Our Priorities
To every coin there are two
sides, and to every issue there
are two contrasting positions.
While some praise others protest
the cuts that Mr. Nison is making
BUTLER
AGRI-PRODUCTS
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M. K. HOKE
ESTATFS
148 So. Main St.
Manheim, Pa.
665-2266
Thoughts
in Passing
in the budget. While some will
work to get agricultural land
taxed on its agricultural value
others will work to keep the tax
laws as they now exist. Many
agree that the Federal budget
must have a limit... but are the
cuts to be made in the large
military budget or in those of
education, social aid or
agriculture.
People in the agricultural
community are disturbed at the
cuts that have been made in the
agricultural budget especially
the popular conservation
programs. Many m government
positons do not understand the
importance of these rural
programs or understand the
burden of property tax on the
farmer With a loss of roots in the
soil comes a loss of respect for
natural resources and un
derstanding of persons working
the soil The result of the change
from rural to urban means that
the farmer has lost influence at
most levels of government
because those in government no
: \S«A
y
longer need his vote to get into
office nor do many of them have
roots in the soil as they did in the
past
This
is when you
get that
good feeling
This is pay day
This is when it all comes back
The fertilizer The seed. The interest The
machinery. The thinking. The work.
With a profit, if all the inputs did their
jobs.
The seed is a key. Some hybrids have a
superior capacity to produce. To give
you more corn, from the same soil and
season
Profit-minded corn growers have learned
Funk's G-Hybnds can be depended
upon to do just that. To produce top
yields. Year after year Dependably In
good seasons and —like many years
when conditions are tough'at critical
times. .
Year after year, corn growers with
Funk's-G at work in their fields have
that good feeling.
That good feeling you get when you
have dependable hybrids, from de
pendable people. Funk's G-Hybrids.
A. H. HOFFMAN SEEDS, INC.
Landisville, Pennsylvania 17538
(B
HVBRIP
SEEDSMEN TO THE W/OPLO
We Are Proud To Be A Part Of American Agriculture
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 10,1973 —
Ungreased wheels are ex
pected to squeek for themselves
and, the agricultural community
is expected to speak for itself.
Indeed it is essential that we tell
our story and make our views
known, for unless we are about
the task it will not be done. In the
F.F.A. the rising sun symbolizes
the new day that is dawning . . .
When all farmers will learn to
work together. We can no longer
afford to support our own ag
organization against another ag
organization when we all have in
common the goal of creating and
maintaining conditions that allow
the person in agriculture to
support his family, to become a
good citizen, and to have all of the
necessities that rightly belong to
all people
We must tell the story of a
modern productive agriculture
that provides 3 jobs out of every
ten in this country When issues
arise concerning the welfare of
agriculture we must together
develop and defend a logically
consistent position, and then see
that this position is known and
understood at all levels of
government To do this will in
sure the implementation of the
FFA creed of “Leadership from
ourselves and respect from
others ”
Funk s is a Brand Name
Numbers Identify Varieties
PUNK SEEDS
INTERNATIONAL, INC
International Headquarters
Bloomington Illinois 61701
The limitation of warranty
and remedy on th» tag
attached to each bag of Funks
Q Hybrid sold is a part of
the terms of sale thereof
State Farm
Price Index
Up 16 Points
The January 15 Index of Prices
Received by Pennsylvania
farmers advanced 16 points or 5
percent from a month ago, ac
cording to a report this week
from the Crop Reporting Service.
Since mid-December all farm
products were up except milk,
down 5 cents
The biggest increase was milk
cows at $540 per head, up $2O
from last month followed by
lambs at $3l 50 per cwt , up $3 80
from last month steers and
heifers at $37 80 per cwt, up
$2.30, alfalfa hay at $55 00 per
ton, up $2 00, hogs at $32 40 per
cwt. up $1 10, and other farm
products were up an average of
37 cents
Nationally, the Index of Prices
Received by Farmers also in
creased 5 percent Contributing
most to the increase of selected
commodities since mid-
December were cattle, eggs,
hogs, broilers. tomatoes,
potatoes and calves
Lower prices for cotton, dairy
products and corn were partially
offsetting The Index of Prices
Paid by Farmers was up 2 per
cent from a month ago and the
Parity Ratio at 80 is up 2 points
Fulton Grange
Plans Meeting
Fulton Grange 66 will hold their
regular meeting February 12, 8
pm at Oakryn The Lecturer,
Mrs J Stanley Stauffer Jr will
be in charge of the program It
will feature a slide presentation
of “Covered Bridges Of The East
Coast" by J Edwin Brown of
Nottingham Mr and Mrs Brown
have traveled from Maine to
Florida taking pictures of
covered bridges and present a
very interesting narration The
Galbreath sisters will provide
vocal selections Grange women
are to bring a dessert box to serve
two and they will be auctioned
off The Junior Grange will also
meet
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MADISON SILOS
Div Chromalloy American Corp
1070 Steinmetz Rd
Ephrata, Penna 17522
Ph. 733-1206
LOCAL DEALERS
Frank Snyder
Akron
Caleb Wenger
Quarryville
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Lancaster
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Lebanon
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Centerport, Pa
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