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FARM TRENDS
A summary of market
by Dick Wanner |
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Fertilizer A Status Report
“The fertilizer situation in Lancaster County looks bleak
for at least a year,” we were told Friday morning by John
Hoffman of Lancaster Bone Fertilizer. “My suppliers
have cut back 40 percent on the amount of phosphate I can
buy. It looks like I’m going to have to ration fertilizer sales to
my customers.”
Urbanites and metropolitan newspapers may soon be
discussing the price of fertilizer as vigorously as they were
once discussing the price of beef A consumer boycott of lawn
fertilizers would probably be welcomed by farmers, however.
Shortages of fuel, raw materials, electricity and tran
sportation are all working to compound the aggravation felt
by the industry from Phase 4 price controls Hoffman said
Phase 4 is hurting U.S. farmers by keeping the domestic
price of fertilizer pegged at a level far below the world
market.
“Our selling price for super phosphate here in the U.S. is
limited to $6O a ton,” Hoffman said. “Foreign buyers are
willing to pay $B5. Naturally the big companies are going to
sell as much as they can on the export market.”
One solution to the price problem would seem to be
eliminating exports, but Washington is very reluctant to do
that. This country’s reputation as a reliable trading partner
was considerably tarnished this year when soybean exports
were cut off. The administration doesn’t want U.S. goods to
lose any more of their lustre on world markets.
Lifting price controls to free movement on domestic
markets seems the more likely course of action. U.S
Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz has told the Cost of Living
Council that he wants price controls on fertilizer lifted
promptly. “Otherwise,” he warned, “1 fear the crop yields
and production will be reduced in 1974 relative to that which
is'needed.”
A fertilizer shortage would increase domestic food costs
again, and probably result in curtailed food exports. One of
the keystones in the administration’s foreign policy is to
lower our balance of payments deficit with food sales abroad
Russell Kline, Reinholds, captured top
honors in Holstein competition on Monday
during the Pennsylvania Junior Dairy
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 29, 1973
Ephrata, Lampeter-Strasburg . . .
Clear skies and warm tem
peratures helped draw crowds of
spectators to both Lancaster
County fairs which opened this
week, Ephrata and Lampeter-
Strasburg. The crowd of 75,000
who gathered Wednesday night to
watch the parade in Ephrata was
said to be the biggest in the 55-
year history of that event.
Lampeter-Strasburg Results
The first winner in the Lam
peter fair was 10-year-old Tim
Hess, Lancaster RD2, who took
grand champion honors in the
Baby Beef Show on Wednesday.
Tim’s steer was a three-way
Angus - Charolais - Shorthorn
cross. Tim is the son of Mr. and
Mrs: Gerald Hess.
The reserve champion steer
was shown by Joanne Shank 12-
year-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. J. David Shank.
Joanne was also named senior
showman for the event, receiving
an additional trophy.
Joanne’s sister, Cindy Shank,
captured the junior showmanship
trophy
Winners in the various 4-H
and FFA steer events are listed
as follows by breed.
In This Issue
Markets 2-4
Sale Register 39
Farmers Almanac 6
Classified Ads 44
Editorials 10
Homestead Notes 26
Manheim Fair Schedule 6
New Holland Fair Schedule 11
Show. The 18-year-old Ephrata High School
graduate also took reserve honors in
showman-fitter competition.
Competition Keen
At 2 Local Fairs
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Ralen Harbold accepted congratulations and prizes from
Harry T. Kauffman Wednesday night during the Penn
sylvania Dairy Princess Pageant. Raiene received a pewter
pitcher for being named Miss Congeniality by here 32 fellow
contestants, and a check for $lOO for placing second runner
up in the contest.
Ralene is Miss Congeniality
Lancaster County’s own dairy
princess, Ralene Harbold, was
named Miss Congeniality
Wednesday night at the Penn
sylvania Dairy Princess Pageant
held during the Pennsylvania All
American Dairy Show in
Harrisburg.
Wearing a red gown and
flashing Pennsylvania’s
cheeriest smile and biggest
dimples, the 19-year-old daughter
of Mr and Mrs. Ray Harbold,
Winners Named at
Pa, All American
Russell Kline spent a lot of time
this past week in the winner’s
circle, and he was still going
strong as this issue of Lancaster
Farming was going to press
On Monday in Harrisburg, the
18-year-old Reinholds youth did a
lot to preserve Lancaster
County’s reputation for out
standing dairy cows by capturing
the grand champion ribbon for
Holsteins in the Pennsylvania
Junior Dairy Show He followed
that feat with a reserve champion
showmanship ribbon.
On' Thursday night,, Kline
picked up another first place
ribbon when he won grand
champion honors at the Ephrata
Fair Hog Show. And he had yet to
compete in the dairy show
Chester County was the big
winner at the Junior Dairy Show,
with two of the seven grand
champion ribbons going there.
Kennard Henley, 111, just four
years older than his eight-year
old cow, “Ardrossan G L R
Minerva,” took top honors in the
$2.00 Per Year
Elizabethtown RD3, also came
home with the trophy for second
runner-up in the contest.
Marcia Gnagey, a senior at
Somerset County’s Salisbury Elk
Lick High School was crowned
the state’s new Dairy Princess
She is the daughter of Mr and
Mrs. Norman H. Gnagey. First
runner-up was Ellen Mae Her
shberger, 18, RDI, Martinsburg,
Bedford County, daughter of Mr
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Ayrshire classes It was the third
straight year that Kennard and
“Minerva” were the top winning
combination in their breed. His
older sister, Sharon, 15, showed
the junior champion, “Tower
view Kelly’s Beth,” a junior
yearling. Sharon was also
reserve grand champion fitter
showman. The Henleys live at
RDI, Cochranville.
The other Chester County
winner was Catherine Wollaston,
16, Toughkenamon, grand
champion with a four-year-old
Jersey, “Liberator Maple Lawn
Cindy.”
The biggest winner on a family
basis were three children of Mr
and Mrs Samuel Yoder,
Shoemakersville Of the six titles
available in the Milking Shor
thorn classes, the Berks County
youngsters won four. Fifteen
year-old Samuel, Jr , won both
the grand and reserve grand
championships Respectively,
they were “Pinesedge K Rose W
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