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Fertilizer
Hess Tells
"Fertilizer and herbicide
supplies will be short, and
prices vill be higher,” Mark
Hess told a capacity crowd in
the I Lancaster Farm and
Home Center on Monday
night at the annual meeting
of Agway’s Garden Spot unit.
Hess is general manager of
the giapt cooperative’s
Lancaster office.
“By the time the 1974 crop
was planted, the supply
pipeline for fertilizers was
depleted,” Hess pointed out.
"And the supply situation is
not going to be any better for
the 1975 crop year. Some of
you may want to apply some
fertilizer this fall or winter.
We feel that nitrogen can be
spread on sod fields in the
fall, and that the loss dif
ferences between spring
spreading and fall spreading
are very small.”
Hess also pointed out that
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Agway was one of the very
few companies that did not
sell fertilizer abroad last
year when government
action held domestic prices
way below the world market.
The world food situation
will concern American
farmers, Hess said, as it
comes into focus more
critically than ever before.
“Our country has been very
generous in supplying the
food needs of other nations,”
he said, “but economic
factors will keep us from
supplying free food to
everyone. Farmers must be
paid a fair price for their
products.”
Other Agway officials to
address the meetmg were
Harris Bezner, supply center
manager, Elwin Peet,
petroleum operations
manager, and R. Arthur
Cochran, regional manager.
Tina Thomas, Miss Penn
sylvania 1973, presented
some of her gospel music
selections.
Lancaster County
Agricultural Agent Max
Smith also addressed the
group, telling them that
farmers face a greater
challenge every year.
“Inflation drives everything
up except the farmer’s
prices,” Smith said. “To be a
successful farmer today
you’ve got to be a good
businessman. You’ve got to
be keen, sharp, shrewd,
scotch and conservative or
you’re just not going to make
it.”
Smith urged the dairy
farmers in the audience to
get more of their feed
nutrients from forages and
less from grain and
soybeans. “Maybe you won’t
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fellow who buys a lot of
grain, but you’ll have more
money in your pocket at the
end of the year," he said.
To find out what kind of
feed value their forages
have, Smith recommended
that they get their forage
tested and ask for feeding
recommendations along with
Livestock Judging
Team Places Third
The livestock judging
teamfromThe Pennsylvania
State University won third
place recently in the Eastern
National Livestock Judging
Contest held at Timonium,
Md. The team ranked first in
judging beef, third in judging
sheep, fifth in swine, and
second in oral reasons.
Cheri Slater of 4620 Bowes
Ave., West Mifflin, was third
highest individual in all
judging-placing first in
sheep and second in oral
reasons.
Paul Burgess of 1718 N.
Atherton St., State College,
was ninth highest individual
overall and placed second in
judgmg cattle.
Richard Beck of RD2,
Seven Valley, won fourth
place m judging beef cattle.
At the Keystone In
ternational Livestock Ex
position, Harrisburg, Beck
was second highest in
dividual overall and placed
sixth in judging beef cattle.
Tom McCreevy of 141
Scarbor Drive, York, placed
fifth in sheep. Tom Mitchell
of RDI, Millerstown, was
sixth highest in total judi-
the test results.
Smith also voiced concern
about the disappearance of
county farmland, and urged
the audience to become more
involved with their local
planning commissions and
zoning boards.
During the meeting four
new committeemen were
elected to serve on the local
Agway committee for the
coming year. Those elected
were: James G. Kreider,
Quarryville RDI; John H.
Nisslcy, Mount Joy RDI;
Melvin G. Rohrer, Lltitz
RD3; Henry G. Shenk,
Manheim RD2.
ging placing eighth in sheep
and tenth in beef cattle.
Team coach is Dr. Erskine
H. Cash of the department of
animal science. The team
included Nancy Houston of
RD4, Danville; Ann Swinker
of 1013 Lewis Street,
Brownsville; Donna Smith of
Port Matilda; Randy Goff of
2040 E. College Ave., State
College; and Terry Stock
dale of RDI, Dayton.
York 4-H
Activities
Monday, Nov. 25
York County 4-H Capon
Roundup, 7:30 p.m., 4-H
Center, Bair
York County 4-H Reporter, 7
p.m., 4-H Office, Court
House York Black Rock
4-H Club
Tuesday, Nov. 26
Stoverstown 4-H Club, 7
p.m., 4-H Center, Bair
Thomasville 4-H Club 7:30
p.m., 4-H Center, Bair
Saturday, Nov. 30
Thomasville 4-H Club, 7
p.m., 4-H Center, Bair
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