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Vol, 19 No. 4
I FARM TRENDS F
A summary of market
and commodity news
for the past week
The American Egg Board is trying to raise $1 million to
launch an advertising program that “will put the egg back in
the American diet”, according to a notice from the Penn
sylvania Poultry Federation. So, they’ve scheduled a million
dollar banquet for January 28 in Atlanta, Georgia. Tickets
will cost $5OOO, but they’re good for two people. The
Federation is asking for contributions to help pay for a ticket
which, if $5OOO or more is raised, will be given to the lucky
contributor whose name is picked from a hat. If the con
tributions don't total $5OOO, there’ll be no ticket, but the
money will be going to a worthwhile cause. More details from
Pennsylvania Poultry Federation, 3807 Paxton St.,
Harrisburg, Pa. 17111.
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation officials have
said they won’t be giving priority to “secondary" - i.e. rural -
roads in the event of heavy snows. That means a possible
four or five day wait with milk in the bulk tank, eggs in the
laying house, market-ready cattle in the feedlot and empty
feedbins. Penn DOT says it’s going to use half its $56 million
plowing budget to fix potholes in the spring. Could be bad
news for farmers if we get heavy snows this winter. You can
make your fellings felt by writing^to Pehn DOt secretary
Jacob G. Kassab, 1200 Transportation & Safety Building,
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Long Term Outlook
Good Beefmen Told
“I am bullish on the long-term
beef outlook, but we’re going to
have some periods of rocky
going,” Bill McCoy told a group
of about 125 cattlemen on Wed
In This Issue
Markets 2-4
Sale Register 33
Farmers Almanac 6
Classified Ads 36
Editorials 10
Homestead Notes 22
Home on the Range 26
ASCS to Elect 16
Ginder Wins
Pa. FFA Prize 15
Yield Grading 7
Wine Conference 9
Tax Helps 30
If Your Copy Of
Lancaster Farming
Doesn’t Get to You
Saturday, Tell Us
Your copy of LAN
CASTER FARMING
should be in your mail box
on Saturday, unless you
live more than 150 miles
from Lancaster, Pa. The
U.S.* Post Office lells us
that newspapers mailed
Friday (as is the case with
this newspaper) should be
delivered overnight within
a radius of 150 miles.
If your paper doesn’t get
to you on Saturdays, let us
know.
by Dick Wanner
Dinner Special - $5OOO
Waiting for the Snow Plow
nesday evening at the Hinkletown
Elementary School. “Right now,
there are too many fat cattle
sitting in feedlots, and we’ve got
to get rid of them before prices
will imporve much. I don’t see a
50-cent cattle market in
February. I do think the year’s
high will come in the months
from April to June.”
Beef producers came from all
over Lancaster County to attend
the adult farmer program
meeting which had been set up by
Dr. Robert Herr, head of Garden
Spot High School’s vo-?g
department McCoy is president
of Lancaster Stock Yards. With
hii» on tfye program were Abe
Diffenbach, president of New
Holland Sales Stables, and
Kenneth Hershey, manager of
Vintage Sales Stables. Moderator
for the evening’s program was
Dr. Bill Williams, an agricultural
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Quarryville Jaycees Pick
Don Trimble for Award
Don Trimble believes that the
best way to live is to be a farmer,
and the best place to be a farmer
is in Lancaster County. Trimble’s
positive outlook and his farming
skill were two of the important
reasons he was named this year’s
Outstanding Young Farmer by
the Quarryville Jaycees. The 31-
year-old Trimble was honored
■Lancaster Farming, Saturday December 15, 1973
Frankrillippo's smiling because he bought
Rachael Holloway's champion Angus steer.
Champion 4-H Steer
Sells For $ 3.16-lb.
A very solemn Rachel
Holloway paraded her champion
1040-pound Angus steer around
the Lancaster Livestock Auction
sale ring Wednesday, after
winning top honors in the
Southeast District 4-H Baby Beef
Competition. Rachael main
tained a stoic countenance as
spirited bidding moved the price
of her steer up and up.
At $1.50 a pound,, there was a
lull in the action. Any beefman in
the country would have fainted
dead away in a joyful delenum it
he’d been offered $l5O for his
animals. “They paid $2 in 1945,”
somebody shouted from the
stands. Then the bidding started
again. Applause broke out when
the price broke through the $2
barrier As it edged upward,
everyone kepbwaiting for the top
Would it be $2.10 ? $2 25’ Even
$2 50 ? It couldn’t happen, but
soon everyone believed that little
Rachael, all of ten years old, was
going to get $3 a pound for that
steer.
And she did - $3.16, in fact. The
highest price ever paid for a
Southeast District champion.
Friday night during a banquet at
Historic Strasburg, He will go on
to compete in the state contest,
and if he wins there, in national
competition. Last year’s winner,
Robert Kauffman, won the state
title.
Sitting in the cheery kitchen of
his spacious 1814 farm house,
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Last year’s top animal went for
81-cents a pound. In 1971, the
figure was 97-cents, in 1970 $1 and
in 1969, $1.30
But even when the auctioneer’s
gavel nailed down that $3.16, a
. pound - even then Rachael didn’t
smile. Winning bidder Frank
Filhppo, a Norristown livestock
buyer who was miracously able
to stand after buying a $3.16
steer, jumped into the ring,
picked Rachael up and gave her a
great big hug. Finally, she smiled
her $3,286.40 smile. It was an
auspicious start to, Rachael’s 4-H
career, and to the sale which saw
75 steers sold at an average of 55-
cents per pound
The sale capped two days of 4-H
Baby Beef activity at the
Stockyards The previous day,
the Lancaster County 4-H Baby
Beef Roundup saw 35 local steers
picked for showing at the Penn
sylvania Farm Show next month
None of these animals competed
in Wednesday’s District show.
Every year at the Roundup, a
prize is awarded to the top
showman, who also receives a
steer from the Lancaster In
telligencer Journal. This year,
Intell editor Charles Schultz
presented a 600-poune cross
breed to Joe Lefever, Manheim
RD4.
Steers selected Tuesday for the
Farm Show were:
Angus
Ron Zimmerman, Ephrata
RDI; Ron Martin, Narvon RDI;
Anne Martin, NarvonßDl; Terry
Frey, Marietta RDI; Ken
Brubaker, Harrisburg Pike; Tim
Donough, Manheim RD4; Dan
Baum, Elizabethtown RD3.
Hereford
Joanne Shank, Conestoga RDI;
Rachael's smiling because he paid $3.16 a
pound for it.
Gary Forry, Horseshoe Road;
Cynthia'Shank, Conestoga RDI;
Randy Lapp, Millport Road;
Judy Zimmerman, Ephrata
RDI; Marcie Shank, Conestoga
RDI; Linda Martin, Narvon
RDI; Sam Long, Christiana RDI;
Debbie Kreider, Manheun RD3;
Randy Hess, Strasburg RDI,
Wayne Huyard, Newport Road,
Leola; Marty Burkins, Holtwood
RDI, Sandra Kreider, Manheun
RD3; Ken Longenecker, Lititz
RD2
Kerry Boyd, Ephrata RDI,
Tim Good, Lititz RD2, Tom
Good, Lititz RD2, Linda Good,
Lititz RD2, Tim Hess, Lancaster
RD2, Robert Hess, Lancaster
RD2, Sharon Wissler, Ephrata
RD2, Linda High, Creek Hill
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Farm Calendar
9:00 a.m - National Agricultural
Outlook Conference at the
USDA Jefferson Auditorium
in Washington, D.C.
Secretary of Agriculture Earl L.
Butz to speak. December 17-
19.
8:00 p m. - Board of Directors,
Lancaster County Poultry
Association monthly meeting,
Farm and Home Center.
Tuesday, December 18
7:30 p.m. - Ephrata Adult Far
mer family Christmas party,
Ephrata Junior High School.
7:45 p.m. - Young Farmer Busi
ness meeting and Christmas
party, Garden Spot High
School.
Wednesday, December 19
Red Rose 4-H Beef and Lamb
Club Christmas meeting,
Farm and Home Center.
$2.00 Per Year
Crossbreeds