Library Seed cr" Agriculture
Vol. 18 No. 47
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I FARM TRENDS I
A summary of market
and commodity news
for the past week
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Concern for Fertilizer
Biggest farm concern right now here and across the
country seems to be the availability of fertilizer. With many
local dealers on allocation, farmers here are already ex
periencing some difficulty in getting adequate supplies.
James Eakin, a Penn State extension agronomist, advised a
group of Lebanon County farmers this week to buy all their
fertilizer needs for next year as soon as they can. After
January 1, he pointed out, the price ceiling will be lifted.
Supplies might ease up somewhat then, but the price will
soar.
Dairy Farmers Getting Out
USDA’s latest Dairy Situation Report shows many dairy
farmers are giving up. Milk prices across the country were up
15 percent in August, but production costs were up 19
percent and milk production was down 3.8 percent. The
average production for the year is expected to be down
about 3 percent. Pennsylvania’s Deputy Secretary of
Agriculture, Jane Alexander, told a Lancaster County farm
group Thursday night that she’d just signed an order ap
proving the use of foreign dried milk powder in ice cream
produced within the state. “This increases our inspection
problems,” she said, “because we’re never quite sure of the
quality we'll be getting when we import powder from a
foreign country, like Canada. We had to take this step,
though, to maintain Pennsylvania’s status as a leading
producer of ice cream. Our dairy farmers simply aren’t
producing enough milk.”
Poultry, Egg Prices Continuing Strong
Broiler and turkey meat output will increase relative to a
year earlier and may exceed those levels late in 1973, ac
cording to USDA’s latest situation report. Egg output is
expected to gam, too, but likely won’t catch up to year-earlier
Clean Streams Law
Meetings Scheduled
Meetings to examine the far
mer’s role in the Pennsylvania
Clean Streams Law have been
scheduled for various times and
places throughout Lancaster
County. County extension agent
Max Smith said he’s urging
farmers to attend one of the
meetings. Smith pointed out that
under the present law, farmers,
are required to have an erosion
and sedimentation control plan
by July 1, 1977.
A film, “Mud”, will be shown at
each meeting to explain the value
both soil and water.
Henry Hackman, of the Lan
caster County Conservation
District, and Orval Bass of the
Soil Conservation Service, will be
at each meeting to help explain
the need for the Clean Streams
Law and to tell how it may be
implemented within the county.
These educational meetings
have been planned and will be
conducted in cooperation with the
Pennsylvania Department of
Enviromental Resources, Soil
Conservation Service, Lancaster
County Conservation District,
and with the Penn State Ex
tension Service.
All meetings, except the one on
February 27, will begin at 8:00
by Dick Wanner
p.m. The dates, places and
speakers are listed below.
October 15 Farm and
Home Center, 1383 Arcadia Road,
Lancaster. Guest Speaker: Mr.
Afton Schadel, Pennsylvania
Department of Environmental
Resourses.
October 16 Mount Joy
Vo. Tech. School at Mount Joy.
Guest Speaker: Mr. George
Parks, PA Dept, of Env. Res.
October 18 .... Garden Spot
Sr. High School (Vo. Agr. Dept.)
New Holland, Guest Speaker: A.
Joseph DeFebbo, PA Dept, of
Env. Res.
October 23 ... . Solanco High
School (Vo. Agr. Dept.)
Quarryville. Guest Speaker:
Peter E. Bronner, PA Dept, of
Env. Res.
October 24 ... . Warwick High
School (Vo. Agr. Dept.) Lititz.
Guest Speaker; Afton Schadel,
PA Dept, of Env. Res.
October 30 .... Pequea Valley
High School (Vo. Agr. Dept.)
Kinzers Guest Speaker: James
Brandi, PA Dept, of Env. Res.
February 27 .... Note Time:
7:30 p.m. - Hinkletown
Elementary School. Guest
Speaker: Afton Schadel, PA
Dept, of Env. Res.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 13, 1973
Longenecker Gets 40-Year Pin
Leaders Honored
For 4-H Service
Victor Longenecker bounded to
the speaker’s podium Thursday
night to accept the accolades of
county agent Max Smith during
the annual 4-H leaders’ banquet
at the Farm and Home Center.
Smith had just called the retired
Elizabethtown dairy farmer “the
granddaddy of all 4-H leaders”.
He presented the spry 73-year-old
with a gold, diamond studded pin
in recognition of his 40 years of
service to two generations of 4-
H’ers.
In accepting the award,
Longenecker said kids had kept
him young. “Don’t ever send me
to an old folks home,” he said,
“but I wouldn’t mind going to a
children’s home.”
Also honored for her many
years of service as a 4-H leader
was Mrs. Dorothy Fry, Stevens
RDI. Mrs. Fry was recognized
for her 31 years of leadership.
Those honored at Thursday
night’s banquet for 20 years of 4-
H leadership were: Mrs. Lewis
Bixler, Marietta RDI; Milton
Brubaker, Lititz RDI; Mrs. Roy
W. Martin, New Holland; Mrs.
In This Issue
Markets 2-4
Sale Register 40
Farmers Almanac 6
Classified Ads 44
Editorials 10
Homestead Notes 26
Thoughts in Passing 21
Pa. Pork Cookout 19
Lebanon Co. Sorghum Tour 34
Fulton Grange Officers 38
State Grange Meeting 6
Victor Longenecker, left, beamed Thursday
night as Max Smith presented him with an
award for 40 years of service as a 4-H
Hoxie Thomas, Manheim; and
Lester Weaver, New Holland
RDI.
Honored for 15 years service
were: Elvin Hess Jr., Strasburg
RDI; Mrs. Charles B. Hoober,
Ronks RDI; Mrs. J. Lester
Stauffer, Manheim; and John
Zimmerman, Reinholds RDI.
Presented awards for 10 years
of leadership service were: Mrs.
Donald Hastings; Mrs. Edmund
Hunsicker; Mrs. Warren
Leatherman; Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Risser and Roher Wit
mer.
Those receiving leader service
awards for five years of working
Jane Alexander, Deputy
Pa. Secretary of Agriculture
leader. The presentation took place during
the annual 4-H leaders banquet at the
Farm and Home Center.
$2.00 Per Year
with the youth were Mrs. Richard
Buckwalter, Mrs. Barbara
Denlinger, Miss Peggy Easton,
Mrs. Miriam Farlow, Mrs.
Gerald Frost, John Click, Mrs.
Ethel Goretzke, John R. Groff, J.
Harold Gruber, Mrs. Clair
Bollinger, Mrs. Luke Horst, Mrs.
Arthur Hostetter, Mrs. Earl
Huber.
Mrs. Martha Leser, James
Martin, Mrs. Mary Martin, Mrs.
Ruth Mentzer, Mrs. Donald
Myer, Mrs. Gerald Myer, Mrs.
Richard Rehm, Kenneth Rutt,
Mrs. Richard Schwartz, Willard
Shope, Mrs. Robert Spangler,
and Dr. Earl Weber.
Two somewhat younger 4-H
leaders were also honored at the
banquet as the club leaders of the
Elizabethtown Area Pig and
Rabbit Clubs were presented
plaques.
Barbara Myer, 17, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Sameul Myer,
Elizabethtown RD3, was honored
as a teen leader.
Barbara, who is in her fourth
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Farm Calendar
Tuesday, October 16
7:30 p.m. - Lancaster County
Beekeepers meeting and 4-H
Beekeepers Roundup, Farm
and Home Center.
8 p.m. - Fulton Grange Officers
and Committee meetings,
home of Master Charles
McSparran.
Bp.m. - Ephrata Young Farmers
meeting, “Cocalico Water
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