Pork funds okayed
DBS MOINES, lowa - Hie
National Pork Producers
Council’s board of directors
has approved 147,500 in
research funding for 17 pork
projects to be conducted at
Land Grant Universities
during 1976*77, according to
J. Marvin Gamer, NPPC
executive vice president.
The pork producer funding
beginning July 1, will initiate
and Join federal and state
funding. The USDA will
continue $420,000 funding per
year for the research
projects, an amount secured
through the efforts of NPPC
leaders in the early 1979’5.
Funding for 16 of the
projects was approved by
DRAFT HORSE
JL & mule
W* SALE
WED., FEB. 18, 1976
12:00 Noon
At Sales Stables along Route 340,2 miles East of
Intercourse, 4 miles South of New Holland,
Lancaster County, Pa.
One load of Mules and Draft Horses.
Saddlebred Horses from Kentucky.
One load of Draft Horses and Mules from Tennessee.
Two pair Sorrel Mules. One pair Gray Mules.
Loads of Top Horses, well broke.
Also Local Horses.
Mated Pairs and Single Horses.
Also Standardbred and Saddlebred Horses will be
hitched at 9:00 a.m.
Notice to Consignors: Call and check as oar room is
limited to stabling.
Tack sale at 12:00 Noon. Horses, 1:00 p.m.
PAUL L MARTIN
BLUE BALL. PENNA. 17506
Residence - 717-354-6671
Business - 717-768-8108
MARTIN AUCTIONEERS
Hay, Straw and Grain Sale
Every Wednesday, 12; 00 Noon.
the board following study
and recommendations to the
NPPC’s Production and
Research Coordination
Committee. The projects are
in part a continuation of
research initiated by the
NPPC as a result of the
annual NPPC Producer Poll
and evaluation of past
research projects.
One project presented to
the board and not the
committee was on “Nitrite
and the Future of Bacon” by
Robert G. Cassens,
University of Wisconsin. The
board approved funding for
the project noting the im
portance of the research to
the pork industry.
Grain
NEW YORK - Federal
supervisors will board more
ships unannounced and
sample grain both during
and after loading as part of
new efforts to reduce ap
parent continuing violations
of the U.S. Grain Standards
Act, Secretary of
Agriculture Earl L. Butz
announced.
Work schedules will be
Juggled to provide night and
weekend supervision, as well
as during the regular 40-hour
week. In addition, 210 new
employees will be hired to
enlarge the federal grain
supervision staff in the field,
the Secretary said.
Black & White
4-H Club meets
The Black & White 4-H
Club held its meeting
January 23, at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Mast,
Elverson.
Officers for 1976 were
elected: President Lane
Keen, Glenmoore; Vice-
President Sandy Evans,
Chester Springs; Treasurer
Linda Yoder, Elverson; and
Secretary Dale Keen,
Glenmoore. The offices of
News Reporter and song and
game leader will be on a
rotating basis.
Projects for the Spring
Fair at Eaton Mall and
Kimberton Fair were
discussed. Hie record books
for our projects were gone
over and explained if there
were any problems. The
meeting was then closed and
refreshments were served
by our host Mr. Lloyd Mast.
The next meeting will be
held on Friday, February 13,
PUBLIC SALE
FARMING IMPLEMENTS
SAT., FEB. 21,1976
located 3 miles South of Quarryville Route
222, take Blackburn Road first road left South of
Solanco High School to St. Catherine Drive, first
place on left, East Drumore Twp., Lane. Co., PA.
Farming implements consist of Massey Ferguson
175 diesel tractor fully equipped (500 hrs.), Allis
Chalmers 017 tractor, Massey Ferguson No. 50 gas
tractor, New Holland No. 479 Haybine (new). New
Holland No. 269 baler & thrower, N.H. bale wagon high
sides (new), 2 Grove Bale wagons, 16 ft. flat bed
wagon, 18 ft. flat bed wagon, M.F. 7 ft. mower 3 p.
hookup, M.F. 3 bottom 16 in. mounted plow, Oliver 2
bottom 16 in. plow 3 p. hookup, M.F. cultivator 3 p.
hookup, International 32 in. disc harrow, A.C. disc on
wheels, 10 ft. International spring harrow, 10 ft.
cultipacker, N.I. cut-ditioner, A.C. Forage wagon,
International No. 5 flail chopper, N.H. bin wagon,
Little Giant 32 Ft. elevator (new), Ford scraper blade 3
P. hookup, M.F. weeder 3 P. hookup, J.D. No. 246 corn
planter 3 P. hookup, Hawk 145 bu. manure spreader,
Sauders manure loader, N. 1.10 ft. fertilizer spreader,
N.I. rake 3 p. hookup, Ontario grain drill, N.I. hay
crimper, double tobacco ladders, Seed Easy electric
grass seeder, 2 wheel dump cart, Lancaster Level Flo
silage distributor, Lancaster Level Flo roof filler,
Gandy Applicator, 3 DeLaval milkers -1 extra pail, 1
stainless steel bucket, Sputnik milk porter & com
pressor, 3 Surge electric pulsators, Surge electric
timer, bucket rack, Winco alternator 25,000 watts on
cart, 2 Fry Bro. mineral feeders, 5 Fry Bro. elevated
calf stalls, Stewart electric cow clippers, 3 electric
fence chargers, chain hoist, 3500 tobacco lath, 2 Min
nich presses, baler twine and many other articles used
on a farm.
Food available. V. MERRIL CARTER
Kersey A. Bradley Auct.
Kirk & Eschbach Clerks
inspections strengthened
Secretary Butz said
particular attention will be
given to supervising the
inspection of grain being
loaded on board vessels for
shipment overseas.
Normally, in export cases,
grain samples are obtained
during loading through the
use of mechanical samplers
located in the export
elevators, according to of
ficials in the U.S. Depart
ment of Agriculture’s
Agricultural Marketing
Service (AMS).
Recently, USDA em
ployees were authorized to
at the home of Mr. end Mrs.
George Tkazuk, Elverson at
7:30 The Hoards Dairymen
cattle judging contest will be
judged at this time.
Everyone is most'welcome
at any meeting.
Dairy presence urged
HARRISBURG - Penn
sylvania Agriculture
Secretary Raymond J.
Kerstetter last week sent a
letter to President Ford
asking for representation by
the dairy industry on the
President’s newly formed
national agricultural ad
visory committee.
The committee is expected
to be influential at the GATT
negotiations taking place at
Geneva where decisions
affecting agricultural trade
between the United States
12 o’clock Noon
80 Ton Ear Corn
SALE BY
79
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Feb. 7, M>76^
board ships unannounced and training 210 new em
and sample grain both ployces to enlarge the grain
during and after loading, division field office staffs.
Use of this procedure li. The first group of trainees
being stepped up to protect are being dispatched to their
the integrity of the nation's new assignments this week,
grain inspection system, the Under the provisions of the
officials said. U.S. Grain Standards Act, all
Repeated instances of
misgradlng and short
weighing of export grain
have been uncovered in a
wide-ranging, 2-year-long
federal investigation into
corruption in the U.S. grain
trade.
Secretary Butz said the
increased supervision will be
carried out by employees of
the grain division of AMS,
the agency responsible for
administering the grain
inspection system
established under the U.S.
Grain Standards Act.
By adjusting individual
work schedules of the em
ployees assigned to the grain
division’s 32 field offices
across the country, federal
supervision may be provided
at night and on week-ends as
well as during the regular 40-
hour work week.
AMS officials are hiring
and the Common Market
countries will be made.
In his letter, Kerstetter
noted that in recent years
large imports of subsidized
dairy products from Europe
undermined dairy prices at
home, driving many dairy
fanners out of business.
Kerstetter noted that the
trend in recent trade
agreements seems to be one
of sacrificing the American
dairy industry for the sake of
our selling other com
modities overseas.
“Dairying is one of our
nation’s great agricultural
industries, doing an annual
business of $22 billion,”
Kerstetter wrote.
“Certainly,” he continued,
Wolgemuth, Rentzel, Anderson
Upperman, Martin Auctioneers
Harshman, Eberly, Gossert,
ull, Rentzel clerks
PUBLIC SALE
OF FARM EQUIPMENT
Located six miles south of Chambersburg, Pa.,
one mile East of Marion, just East of Marion Exit
off Rte. 81 along Rte. 914 on
THURSDAYrFE^
Saleat9:3oA.M.
60 TRACTORS - IND. EQUIPT. - TRUCKS
Tractors of all make and various model, John Deere
Int., Ford, Massey Ferguson, Oliver, A. C. and others!
some with loaders; crawlers, backhoes, several
trucks; lawn and garden tractors.
BALERS - HAYBINES - PICKERS - EQUIPT.
Balers and Haybines of all kinds, corn pickers
several combines expected, spreaders, loaders, forage
and rack wagons, mowers, rakes, conditioners, drills,
planters, plows, disc harrows, grinder mixers, gravity
boxes, rotary mowers, posts, hardware, dairy equipt.
and usual run of equipt., etc.
ATTENTION FARMERS & DEALERS Bring in
your equipment for,these sales. If you plan a sale this
Spnng contact me for rates and dates. Complete
management or auctioneer service.
Next Sale Thurs., March 11.
Terms: Cash; Lunch at Sales; Closed Sundays.
RALPH W. HORST
SALE MANAGER
Phone (717) 375-2824, Marion, Pa. 17235
U.S. grain sold by grade for
export must be officially
inspected before leaving the
country. Inspection of grain
destined for domestic
markets is available on a
voluntary basis.
Hie act does not provide
for original federal in
spection of grain. Original
inspection is performed by
USDA-licensed inspection
personnel who work for
private or state grain in
spection agencies designated
by USDA to inspect grain in
specific geographic areas.
USDA employees
supervise the inspection
activities of the licensed
samplers and inspectors and
perform appeal inspections
when requested to do so by
the buyer or seller of a lot
which has been inspected by
licensed inspection per
sonnel.
“this volume of business
demands a voice of its own in
any consulting body to trade
negotiations. Any adverse
negotiations to the dairy
industry would, by virtue of
its magnitude, affect the
general economic well being
of this nation. Pennsylvania,
a leading dairy state with an
annual dairy farm income of
ssoo*million, obviously is
affected by what goes on at
the trade negotiating table.
“Therefore, for the sake of
not only dairy farmers, but
for Pennsylvania and the
nation, I urge you to give the
dairy industry a voice on
your national agricultural
advisory committee.”
c.