' :v '- ‘ Serving The Central and Southeastern Pennsylvania Areas V01.21N0.24 'Ladies and gentlemen - the President of the United States!’ Pre^ertV-Fort met with members of the of America, a professional Ford meets with farm editors By DIETER KJRIEG WASHINGTON, D.C. - Sitting in the loseVelt Room of the White House, farm editors from across the United ates awaited the ..arrival of the. esident. They were whispering tetly among 1 , themselves, vmg one ear tuned to White House >ff members and both eyes scanning s walls. The four large brown doors were of rticular interest, for the President >uld walk through one of them, uck by the beauty andsignificance of a room and its priceless furnishings, >oy members of the group, including rself. were still wondering if it wasn’t a dream But we knew better. It was real and wc would get to see the psident Nevertheless, it was kind hard to believe/ ( A White House staff member sually announced that the President >s still at a meeting and would be layed by a few minutes. "We’ll wait,” responded one of the is shy farm editors amidst a ripple of tickles. :yes continued to focus on the highly (■shed doors, the elaborate pain gs, wall decorations, and the im issive table which had a.mirror-iike ne to it. This was indeed a part of ! Executive Mansion known .all over ! world for it& beauty.- organization, last Tuesday. Among the group was - Lancaster Farming Editor, Dieter Krieg, right Cameras lay on laps and tables and beside chairs. Shutters were cocked. .Flash units were ready. Various amounts of adrenalin flowed through our veins. The whispering continued. No one wanted to make much of a sound, and everyone wanted to be alert to jump on his feet when the President arrived. Occasionally one of the doors in the room would open and someone would Ag outlook By MELISSA PIPER LANCASTER in the wake of an announcement this week that steel prices would be increasing once again, fanners will no doubt be looking toward another rise in farm machinery prices. But although such increases seem imminent, economists stQl feel that agricultural input costa will decrease or at least stabilize Farm Calendar 10 Editorial Comments 10 Classifieds 26 Country Corner 42 Homestead Notes 42 Home on the Range 44 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 1,1976 Photo courtesy of Jim Sumner walk through. The anticipation of this proud moment grew. Suddenly, without prior notice, the door to my right opened and a man proclaimed: “Ladies and gentlemen - the President of the United States!” The words had hardly left his mouth before we had all sprung to our feet and the President came within view. We were in the same room with is favorable during the bicentennial year. A recent outlook study from the USDA - Economic Research Service stated that during the first quarter of 1976, farm input costs were up six percent compared to 12 percent last year. Lower costs for feed and fertilizer accounted for much of the decrease. Without the harsh winter feared, natural gas for fertilizer production was In this issue Berks County Homemakers’ Day 52 Warwick FF A banquet . 62 Mini-vacation feature 64 FFA land judging 65 life on the farm ’ 71 Gerald Ford, President of the United States, told farm editors that farm exports would not be cur tailed during his administration. ample in supply allowing the average price to decrease by a' 25 percent. In some areas the price dipped 40 percent from die predicted high. Fuel , supplies also remained plentiful with prices one to two cents per gallon lower - once again due to the mild winter along the east coast. (Continued on Page 12] Chester DHIA 74 Economip outlook 79 Berks County Legislative banquet 82 Public Sales Register , 93 Sale Reports __ 96 Gerald R. Ford, President of the United States of America! He greeted us with his friendly, mild mannered style and'asked us to be seated. There was absolutely no superficiality about him and he was totally unpretentious. Although no reporter ever forgot where he was, and who the man at the head of the table was, the Presidents personality made us feel a little more at home. It was under these relatively relaxed and cordial conditions that the questioning began. A report on that follows. President Ford, when asked to assess the farm vote, conceded that it was “a very important one." He noted that he fared well in Midwestern primaries and considered his overall policies - both at home and abroad - to be working well. The President went on to say that he can take credit for a significant improvement in the situation (economy) during the 21 months that he has been in office. He also pointed out that he is the first President in 20 years to go into an ’ election in a time of peace. Asked about the future of Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz, Ford commended the Secretary for having done “a superb job in both the legislative and administrative sense. ICnni—ed m Pap 12] S3jOO Per Year Hubby Defer Kriee'
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