Vol 21 No 46
P. Robert Wenger, Quarryville, gets
ready to close up a silo after filling it
last week.
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Lancaster Farming. Saturday. October 2.1976
Lower milk prices predicted
By DIETER KRIEG
BLUE BALL - The prices
farmers receive for milk arc
expected to remain “fairly
good," but a drop of 60 cents
per hundredweight is being
predicted for Class 1 milk
Dr. James Honan, general
manager of Inter-State Milk
Producers Cooperative,
made that announcement
here on Tuesday during the
annual meeting of District 6
of IMPCO.
This is likely to take place
Farmers pleased with crops
By DIETER KRIEG
The crop situation
throughout southeastern
Pennsylvania continues to
look very good, causing most
farmers to express pleasure
m what they’ve been har
vesting so far this season.
Reports also indicate that
soybeans are coming along
wcH-and good yields should
be forthcoming in a
few weeks.
A few fanners in Lan
caster, Berks, and York
counties have begun to
4-H benefited Kevin Rohrer
By JOANNE SPAHR
MANHEIM, Pa. - After 10
fulfilling years in 4-H, Kevin
Rohrer’s career is coming to
an end. The son of Mr. and
Mrs. Jay H. Rohrer,
Manheim R 7, Kevin is 19
years old now, and it is time
for him to step aside and
make room for younger
members to expand and
grow. But, when he leaves
the organization, Kevin will
take much more with him
than he leaves behind.
“4-H has benefited me in
many ways,” the articulate
Jeff Martin shows top steer
By SALLY BAIR
NEW HOLLAND - Jeff
Martin, New Holland R 3,
showed his Angus-Charolais
crossbred steer to the grand
championship at the New
Holland Community Fair on
Thursday.
A steady rain forced the 4-
H show indoors at the New
Holland Sales Stables, but
spirits were high as judging
continued on schedule.
Reserve championship
went to a Hereford shown by
Dale L. Hershey, Ronks Rl.
According to Judge Tony
Dobrosky, York County
agricultural extension agent,
he chose the Martin beef for
the top spot because it was
“long and uniform, and I
liked the covering. It seems
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in spile of the fact that the
support price for milk was
raised by the government
recently, effective October 1
The support price Is now
$8 26 per hundredweight,
compared to 18.13
previously.
Honan noted that the price
of milk has been “pretty
good” during the past year,
and that costs weren’t “quite
so high.” Next year costs
may be up a little and prices
not quite so good," he con
harvest their com for grain
and all indications are that a
better than average crop if
forthcoming. In Lancastei
County, Director of Ex
tension Services, Max Smith
predicts that some in
dividuals will meet and ever
surpass the 200 bushels pei
acre mark.
The only weak spot in the
crop outlook as of this date is
that some of the later
planted com and soybeans
were slowed down a little due
to the lack of rain several
and serious young adult
pointed out, “it helped me
with my farming, but it has
also helped me with my
public speaking skills.”
As president of the Red
Rose Beef and Sheep Club, of
which he has been a member
since he was nine years old,
and treasurer of the Lan
caster County 4-H Council,
Kevin has many op
portunities to work on
parliamentary procedure
and eloqution skills. While
County Council treasurer is a
relatively high position in the
to be uniform overall.” He
chose the Hereford for
reserve honors because it
“more nearly follows the
type of the champion.” He
said he liked the length of
rump and called both top
animals outstanding.
Showing a champion was
not new for Jeff. He’s been in
the New Holland Community
4-H club for seven years and
when he was 12 he showed
the grand champion at the
Fair. Three years ago he
showed the reserve cham
pion. Furthermore, last
week he showed the
champion mediumweight
steer at the Ephrata Fair. He
said he had had high hopes
for a Simmental-Angus cross
he showed at Solanco two
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tlnucd He also pointed out
that the prices of cheese and
butter live fallen recently
and that a peak for Class 1
milk sales has been reached.
Nevertheless, he is op
timistic about the kind of
prices that will be paid
during the next six to 12
months and he is confident
that the blend price will
remain above $lO per hun
dredweight
Turning his attention to the
need for promotion and
weeks ago. But even these
fields look good, nonetheless.
With mostly plesant
weather conditions
throughout the month of
September, many farmers
have their silos filled.
Nobody has been heard to
complain about the kind of
crop they had. The ears as
well as the stalk are
generally big, producing, on
the whole, more tonnage per
acre than what has been seen
for the last several years.
The hay situation has also
organization, being
president of his club has
seemed to require more
oratory skills on his part.
Compared to a small club
where getting and keeping
the members’ attention is
not too difficult, Kevin’s club
is made up of 117 members
this year. So, the need for a
commanding speaker is
obvious.
Probably the biggest help
in developing these skills for
Kevin was livestock judging.
This is the fourth year, now,
that he has been chosen to
weeks ago, cross he showed
at Solanco two weeks ago,
and he was first in his class
but not champion. So this
time he didn’t have such high
hopes.
Martin, the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert E. Martin, said
he felt “pretty good,” but
Farm Calendar 10
Letter to the editor 10
Life on the farm 10
Classifieds 26
Homestead Notes 50
Junior Cooking Edition 53
Home on the Range 54
Ida’s Notebook 56
Craft Feature 58
Goat Feature 62
advertising, the cooperative
leader said that Class 1 sales
could be Improved New,
revised, deductions from
members' milk checks for
the purpose of advertising
have been proposed but were
defeated on an unofficial
ballot Honan is hopeful that
enough support will have
been drummed up when the
measure comes up for an
official referendum later
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improved in spite of frequent
rains throughout most of the
growing season. But it’s the
rain which made the good
harvest possible in the first
place, and although plenty of
hay must have gotten wet,
everyone contacted by
LANCASTER FARMING
notes that he was able to get
most of his crop in dry-
Nevertheless, prices remain
relatively high in spite of the
apparently abundant crop.
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the judging team, and this
year, he was a part of the
winning team at Penn State.
“Judging gives you the
expertise of choosing the
right terms, saying your
reasons smoothly, and
handling yourself with
poise,” he explained.
As for other benefits,
Kevin feels that judging will
be a definite asset in his
farming career for the
selection of replacements in
his breeding stock.
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added, “It is a surprise. I
worked hard. Sometimes I
had to stay home on
weekends to work on my
animal.”
Champion showman for
the event was 15-year-old
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In this issue
4-H Feature 68
EphrataFair 73
Youth Feature 76
My Thoughts 79
E-Town Fair 80
Lancaster DHIA 86
Facts for Dairymen 88
Weather Report 94
Public Sales Register 95
Sale Reports 111
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