Vd. 21 No. 47 In this issue Farm Calendar 10 Barney Nunutz 10 Letter to the editor 10 York DMA 13 Manheim Fair 14 Weather Report 18 Life on the farm 20 Classifieds 24 Dairying in Germany 25 Classifieds 27 Homestead Notes 50 J unior Cooking Edition 53 WomeiCs Calendar 54 Ida’s Notebook 55 Home On The Range 57 My Thoughts 58 Berks County DHIA 60 Farm equipment outlook 61 Farm women convention 66 Potato grower 67 4-H features 69,73 Chester Co. sheep show 70 Manheim beef show 75 Chester DHIA 82 Dairy show features 85,94 ACA Farm Line 86 Bicentennial farm 88 World Premiere Sale 98 Manheim hog show 101 Public Sales Register 103 Sale Reports 111 Earl Butz resigns, John Knebel takes over By DIETER KRIEG CAMP HILL, Pa. - John Knebel, making his first appearance as Acting Secretary of Agriculture, made a fa arable im pression on £ roup of 400 farmers who we» > . athered here at the Penn Har>- : " Motor Inn on Monua: evening. He had become the new head of USDA just hours before when former USDA Secretary Earl Butz resigned. Welcomed by a standing ovation from a partisan crowd, the new chief an nounced that the policies of his predecessor would not be interrupted. With national TV and radio on hand, he talked about the farm programs of the last few years and compared how farmers stand today as opposed to several years ago. “The American farmer today is better off and freer than at any other time in this century,” the new Secretary began confidently. “In the thirties a farmer was in violation of the law if he dared to plant 15 acres of grain. Under this ad ministration you can plant what you .want to,” he ex claimed. “We’ve been criticized by some for not having a ‘food policy’ - they couldn’t be farther from the truth,” Knebel continued. Our food 'policy can be summed up in one word - ‘plenty.’ ” Praising American agriculture and the American farmer, Knebel pointed out that net farm income during the past year was $25 billion - a figure which is more than twice of what it was during the last year of the previous Democratic administration. “And that income didn’t come from government payments, it came from the market place,” Knebel announced vigorously before a crowd which was ap plauding at lust about every sentence. According to who has a reputation for knowing figures, $l5O million were paid last year to peanut growers as subsidies. Quick to avoid taking any ‘credit’ for this USDA expense item, Knebel pointed out that the subsidy dates back to a program introduced by the Franklin Roosevelt Adiministration. He also claimed that Butz and others have tried to rid the Department of the program but have met with too much opposition to date to push it through. Returning to the positive side of the ledger, Knebel compared farm exports of this year to those of 1968 - the most recent of past - Democratic presidential years. “The last Democratic year, $6.4 billion worth of agricultural goods were exported,” the new chief remarked, “this year it’s 22 billion.” Criticizing the policies which allowed for surplus grain reserves which were used to depress prices, Kxebel assured his listeners that USDA’s aim would be to “continue free market” 1 Continued on Pate 20) Serving The Central and Southeastern Pennsylvania Areas Lancaster Farvnim. Saturday. Octobar 9.1976 Radiation ‘blown up’ SOUTHAMPTON, Pa. - Radioactive fallout was in the news this past week and concern continues to be heard about possible contamination of pasture grasses and milk. As of this date there is no need to be concerned. Should this change, dairymen will be officially advised to remove their dairy cows from pastures. The radioactivity was caused by an atomic bomb set off by the Red Chinese. Some members of the news media have triggered reports which are “blown out of proportion” ac cording to dairy industry spokesmen here and in Harrisburg. Attention is generally focused on milk whenever radioactivity levels rise because it has been a “handy” method for measuring fallout. The highest measurements taken so far indicate a level of 413 pica-curies in milk. A measure of 10,000 pica-curies is considered to be dangerous. In some areas radiation has increased 20-fold, but even at that rate it is only one per cent of what is termed dangerous. John Knebei Kauffman family wins Manheim Holstein show MANHEIM - The Robert Kauffman family of Elizabethtown cleaned up in Holstein competition, winning all the champion banners in the show which was believed to be the largest ever held here. Winning grand champion honors was Linda Kauffman with “Sunappe Astronaut Ruth,” a 3-year old daughter of “Paclamar Astronaut.” Reserve distinctions went to her father, Robert, who was in the ring with “Hermandale Elaine,” an 8-year old daughter of “Agro Acres Marquis Ned.” The Kauffmans’ junior champion was “Penn Springs Black Joe Katy,” an intermediate calf sired by an Astronaut son. In the 4-H and FFA division, it was Paul Horning of Stevens Rl, who took the top titles - both grand and reserve grand. Junior showmanship and fitting honors went to Jean Hinder. The senior division categories were won by Paul Homing and Neal Crouse, respectively. Following are more detailed results, by classes: Bull Calves 1. Robert Young, 2. Steve Hershey 1. Neal Crouse, 2. Linda Kauffman, 3. Russel Kline, 4. Steven Kauffman, 5. Patti Hershey, 6. Clair Hoover. 1. Robert Kauffman, 2. Kevin Smoker, 3. Arlen Keener, 4. Lowell Brubaker, 5. Robert Young. 1. Joe Wivell, 2. Russel Kline, 3. Robert Kauffman, 4. Sheryl Bollinger, 5. John Zimmerman. Junior Yearling 1. Arlen Keener, 2. Mary Seward, 3. Lowell Brubaker, 4. Ruby Ginder, 5. Gail Ginder. Senior Yearling 1. Paul Horning, 2. Richard Bollinger, 3. Steven Kauffman, 4. Ruby Ginder, 5. Manheim FFA Chapter. Two Year Olds 1. Robert Kauffman, 2. Steven Kauffman, 3. Paul Homing, 4. Steve Hershey, 5. Steve Hershey. Three Year Olds 1. Linda Kauffman, 2. Paul Horning, 3. Russel Kline, 4. Darryl Bollinger, 5. Russel Kline. Four Year Olds 1. Robert Kauffman, 2. Paul Homing 1. Robert Kauffman, 2. Steve Kauffman, 3. Russel Kline, 4. Linda Kauffman, 5. Russel Kline. $4 00 Per Year Here's a happy crowd, i even if it's raining. Uncaster Farm by Dieter Kneg Junior Call Intermediate Calf Senior Call Aged Cows inf photo
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