V01.21N0.29 )ptimism prevails on dairy farms iiffiTERKRIEG ( irm wife probably '■ «st this past week 1 s said she and her ] as well as an have.to be op i’anning in general g cows in particular tusiness; they have lot invested inlt and re to look on the side to keep things satisfied for the •t, most dairyihen. i or two grudges to rhen they’re asked inion of the overall > major complaints „c -are en 'throughout • fER : FARMING’S iverage area' con government in i and income in ,. lnte rtfilk , Producers. - c, qomd ljecpme irlrnekt year .Ilia s, in a nutshell, been real pleased this-yeir -.- liamp steers brine $ 45 By DIETER KRIEG , ANCASTEB—Neither of ■ two- top winners' In dnesday’s Fat SteerSbow the Lancaster Stock Yards 1 exhibited' cattle here* tore. Andthey hadn’t done ytlung special either. just entered with hopes getting a second or third ice and they wound up th grand champion and verve grand champion, ■taking .top honors in a ptest which saw 480 head l oeef cattle shown to judge Pit Marshall of Cross Pothers Packing Co., ■“ladelphia, was. 2&-yeir P Carl EshlemanMle’s a Panklin Codnty- beef - ■wiucer who feeds between V and 300 faeadper year. ■Reserve champion P®als were shownby Paul of Lititz R 2. like other. Vwitors, he bad brought in of fattened Judging was not on any one individual K®* l . but in lots of six. being June the B™ l for which 50-cent B { Prices paid for the ympion animals were ■lnferably off that target ■"“man and Good were B* ld $44.75 and $44.50, for their top ■‘Jroers. Both expressed ■faction with these ■ lces i since they were a ■ IConbnued on Pace 14] » V „ currently prices are running somewhat higher than Dr. Band (their economist) had predicted. He had thought „ Susie Trimble, four-year bid daughter of Paul and Charlotte Trimble, Peach Bottom R 2, isn't.sure ' whether or not she’s going to like that wet tongue that's going to come her way. She tells us that June Severe storm ravages crops By UUfeiG A severe storm battered portions of southeastern and sooth central Pennsylvania on,Tuesday night which left many farmers with drastically cot crop ex pectations. Tobacco, small grains - and vegetables reportedly suffered the worst from the onslaught of high winds, rain, bail, and floods. Com fields were also damaged, although most of those acres are expected to recover, Lancaster County Associate Extension Agent Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 5,1976 prices would be a dollar higher than those for 1975, but they’ve actually been $1.25 above 1975 prices. N. Alan Bair advises far mers to take a wait and-see attitude before they go out to replant com fields. Some, no In this issue Farm Calendar ✓ 10 Editorial Comments 10 Classifieds ' 24 Country Comer 42 Homestead Notes 42 Homeontbeßange 45 Drury features 49,92 Youth features 63,105 'life on fire Farm 70 “Presently we’re seeing a bit of a slowdown in sales consumer resistance which could affect is Dairy Month, but at her home that’s true every month of the year. The cow shown is a five-year old purebred Jersey with records exceeding 10,000 pounds of milk and 650 of fat doubt, will have to be replanted, but most are likely to come back. The storm (or storms, YorkDHLA 74 Lancaster DHIA 82 Dairy Princass ponderings 94 Calf hutches -102 Goat feature 108 Beef feature 109 Public Sale Register 114 Sale Reports 119 utilization. This coold have some impact on bind prices, but we foresee Class I and n prices as remaining fairly Lancaster Farming Photo by Dieter Kriet since apparently there were at least two) waa downright vicious, nils reporter was just sooth of Carlisle when signs of a terrific storm first appeared on the horizon to the north and west That was at about 6 pun. Only a few drops of rain foil at the time. Heading . east along ILS. Route 11 it became apparent that the storm had ap parently already passed through that area. Yet the sky to the east was clear, and [Continued on Page Ilf $3.00 Per Year strong for the rest of the year unless there arc marked increases -in consumer resistance and milk production. But that’s not foreseen.” Improved milk prices are likely this Fall, with |l2 milk possible for the beginning of the new year. One Cumberland County dairyman who has been in business on his own since 1949 said the price of milk as it stands is okay, but con sidering how his expenses and other peoples’ income have risen, be believes he’s lagging behind. Milk prices should be higher if they’re to stay in line with' other branches of the economy, be indicated. A number of dairymen agreed with that , viewpoint. Leroy.lhununa, Carlisle, - milks hBB5 cows twice a day with the help of his-19-year old aon.Aaked when his best year might have been dnring the past 2? years, he was partially stumped.. He claimed it was rodgh for him to' get darted; that things •> 2, f 1 Joanne Spahr joins staff Miss Joanne M. Spahr, lititz R 3, joins t£e editorial staff of the LANCASTER FARMING this week. Miss Spahr is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Robert Spahr. The family lives on a farm on Green Acre Road. Miss Spahr is a 1972 graduate of Manheim Central High School, and was graduated sununa cum laude from West Chester State College in December 1975 with a B.A. degree in English. She did further study at the University of Oregon, receiving highest honors in journalism and advertising. At Manheim Central, she was a member of the National Honor Society and recipient of the English Award. She was feature editor of the school ‘ newspaper in her senior year, captain of the band front, and active on the yearbook staff, chorus, and in school dramatic productions. At West Chester, she was a member of Alpha Lambda Delta National Women’s Honor Society. She was a reporter on.the college newspaper, a .news an nouncer for the college radio, station, a member of the Judicial Board, chairman of the National Student Ex {Continued on Pap IS]
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