16—Luncwtf Farming. Saturday, January 11.19*
Pictured above are the new officers of
the Lancaster County Ag teachers.
They are, left to right, front, Janies
Kerr, vice president, Brownstown;
August Birchler, president Penn
Agri-Newsreel to be Port
of Open House Programs
New Holland farm
equipment dealers who
participate in “Open House”
programs during the winter
months will have a new
Sperry New Holland “Agri-
Newsreel” featured as part
of the program.
The 25-minute color film
covers a variety of
agricultural subjects in the
ILS. and Canada. The stories
were filmed during the past
year by Sperry New Holland
Motion picture crews.
Included are stories on
new alfalfa research at the
USDA research center at
Beltsville, Md.; some
unusual aspects of Florida
sustain top
production
with the
BABCOCK
B-300
Keeping production up...c0«1«
down . Is the profit key In poultry
operations And more end more
records on commercial flocks of
Babcock B-300's...“The Busi
nessman’s Bird”.. show sus
tained production of top quality
eggs...often with an additional
20 to 30 eggs per bird housed
over other stral/is Come In ..
look at the records and the B-300
...‘The Businessman's Bird".
BABCOCK
FARMS, INC.
Telephone (717)626-8257
Telephone (717) 626-5561
Manor; Robert Woods, secretary,
New Holland. Standing. Jerry Phillips,
County FFA advisor, Pequea Valley
and Charles Ackley, treasurer,
Ephrata.
agriculture; California
dairies that have made
changes because of ur
banization; straw being
tumedihto building material
at Innisfail, Alberta; old
engines being auctioned and
displayed at Kinzers, Pa.; a
modern hay feeding system
at Yuma, Arizona and how
the live birth of calves
helped bridge the farm-city
gap during the Canadian
National Exposition in
Toronto.
The Agri-Newsreel is used
exclusively for open house
programs at dealerships
until May and then Is made
available to file public. In
formation on the film’s
availability can be obtained
from Sperry New Holland
Public Relations Dept., New
Holland, Pa., 17557.
Farm Income Tax
Meeting Jan. 16
Farmers and tax prac
titioners who wish to learn
more about income tax
reporting and management
are invited to take part in a
Regional Farm Income Tax
Meeting to be held January
16, 1974 at the Farm and
Home Center in Lancaster.
The meeting will start at 9:30
a.m. and end at 3:30 p.m.
Sponsored by The Penn
sylvania State University
Cooperative Extension
Service, the meeting is
designed to assist those who
prepare their own tax
returns or assist others.
Sessions will be conducted
by B. Wayne Kelly and Jesse
6. Cooper, Extension farm
management specialists.
Topics to be discussed
include changes in tax laws;
reporting taxable income;
Baby Beef
Chib Meets
The first meeting of the
New Holland 4-H Baby Beef
Club was held at the borne of
Donna and Gerald Eberiy on
the 28tb of December.
Members received their'
record books from the past
year.
The following officers
were elected: Gordon
Hoover, president; Jeff
Martin, vice-president; Joey
Weaver, secretary; Richard
Groff, treasurer; Donald and
Daryl Bowman, game
leaders; Tony Weaver, song
leader and Gerald Eberiy,
news reporter.
Club „ leaders are Mark
Yoder, Harvey High, John
Groff, Robert Martin, Lester
Weaver and county agent
Max Smith.
Following the meeting,
hostess Arlene Eberly
served refreshments.
reporting the sale of land,
cattle and machinery; in
voluntary sales; investment
credit; changes in Social
Security; and reporting state
taxes.
Following the meeting
there will be ample time for
questions.
A registration fee will be
charged. Those attending
will receive master tax
guides and fanner’s tax
guides.
Garden Spot
Young Farmers
To Meet
The Garden Spot Young*
Adult Farmers will be
conducting a Milking
Technique Seminar on
Tuesday, Jan. Is, with guest
speaker, Herman Stebbins,
manager of Sinking Springs
Farm, York, leading the
discussion. Herd average
this year at Sinking Springs
Farm for 63 lactations was
21,250 pounds of milk and 812
pounds of fat
Hie meeting will be held in
the agriculture classroom of
the Garden Spot High School
at 7:45 pan. Purpose of the
meeting is to increase the
dairyman's knowledge of
how to harvest all the milk
produced by the cow. This
will include an un*
derstanding of factors ef
fecting milk let-down,
proper stimulation, timing,
proper use of machines,
stripping, mastitis
prevention, and many other
items.
An outstanding film, "The
Science of Profitable
Dairying”, will be shown at
the beginning of the meeting.
Each person on the farm who
does any milking can benefit
from this meeting and are
invited. All dairymen in the
area are invited. Refresh
ments will be served.
Goodwill Elects
1974 Officers
At its December meeting,
the Board of Directors of
Goodwill Industries of
Lancaster County elected
new officers for the 1974
term. New officers are John
Thomas, Sr., chairman;
Walter Maurer, vice
chairman; Thomas Kile,
treasurer; and Walter
Legenstein, secretary.
Thomas, who resides at
Hans Herr Drive in Willow
Street, is owner of Willow
Valley Farms in Willow
Street.
Maurer lives at 1701
Lincoln Highway East in
Lancaster and is currently a
management consultant for
Marcoin Business Con
sultants, 1027 Dillerville
Road in Lancaster.
Kile lives at 255 Hawthorne
Drive in Lancaster and is
employed as controller for
High Steel Structures, 1911
Old Philadelphia Pike.
Legenstein resides at 816
Wabank Road, and serves as
vice-president of operations
for Certified Carpet Service,
1855 Columbia Avenue.
Strasburg Bank to
Seek Stock Split
The First National B«k of than $30.50 per share.
Strasburg has asked its The annual meeting will be
shareholders to approve a preceded by a shareholder
stock split and an increase of luncheon at Historic
capital at the annual Strasburg’s Washington
meeting to be held on House. The luncheon begins
January 22, 1974 at Historic a t 12:15 p.m. and the
Strasburg, Inc. 'meeting at 2:00 p.m.
The proposed stock split
would increase the present
50,000 shares of capital stock
to 200.000 shares and change
the present par value of
$lO.OO per share to $2.50 per
share.
The proposed Increase of
capital provides for the sale
of 50.000 shares of .Common
Stock of $2.50 par value each,
at a sate price of not less
Protect House Plants
Keep' boose plants away
from radiators, bat guard
against freezing on cold
nights especially where
these plants are close to
windows, remind Extension
horticulturists at The
Pennsylvania State
University,