Vol. 21 No. 4fit-uA • 1 • USDA praised and criticized By DIETER KRIEG LITITZ, Pa. - USDA policies were praised and scorned last week when this writer asked a number of farmers how they felt about U.S. agricultural policies at home and abroad. ■. A sizable segment'<jf the farm population gave USDA Policy debate highlights annual banquet By JOYCE BUPP York County Reporter, DOVER, Pa. - Spirited policy debate and voting were highlights of the recent annual banquet held by the York County Farmers Association. .Dover Fire Dali hoatecl the ; meeting, Attended ’by 175 6f the .Association’s , farm Young Farmers discuss ag outlook By SALLY BAIR NEW HOLLAND, Pa. - Dairymen can look forward to another year of Class I prices ‘ averaging over $11; the worst is over as far as livestock prices are con cerned; and there will be no upward trend in the hog market for several months. Edwin D. Eshleman honored at banquet By JOANNE SPAHR INTERCOURSE, Pa. - “You’re a lobby group, but lobbying is not a dirty word,” Congressman Edwin D. Eshleman told a group of Lancaster County Farmers’ Association members at YORK, Pa. - Joyce Bupp, Seven Valleys R 2, has joined the staff of Lancaster Farming as the York County news correspondent. Mrs. Bupp and her husband, Leroy, own and operate Bupplynn Farms, a 400 acre farming operation com prised of com, hay, grain, and 120 milking cows in two herds. The Bupps also have a total of 300 head of livestock including a custom slaughtered beef feedlot. • Joyce Bupp joins newspaper staff Serving The Central and Southeastern Pennsylvania Areas Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 16,1976 favorable marks, others gave it a mere passing grade, while a few said they hope to see significant changes soon. W, Max Bossert of Beech Creek R 1 in Clinton County is of the opinion that USDA policies for the past several years have been favorable family members, on October 7. The policy session, chaired by Association Vice- President Roger Perry, determined issues which the county board will recom mend to the Pennsylvania .Farmers;? Association ~ at v its upcoming state-wide annual The picture for grains is still fuzzy, but with the harvest drawing to a close there is evidence that higher com prices than previously expected will prevail. These were a few of the predictions put before members of the Garden Spot Young Farmers Association their annual banquet, here, last week. Eshleman, who is retiring from office after 22 years of serving the public, also made it clear to those present that their political tactics are exemplary of good pressure group tactics. Mrs. Bupp is a 1963 graduate of Dallastown Area High School and has training as a secretary-bookkeeper. Her farm-related activities include being a member of the women’s committee, York County Farmers Association; treasurer, York County Dairy Princess committee; national public relations committee, American Agri-Women; secretary of the 1976 Penn sylvania People to People for farmers-large or small. A former state legislator, Bossert farms 200 acres and keeps 40 head of beef cattle. He commented that the Ford Administration has done a “terrific job in every department, especially agriculture.” His main reason is free enterprise. meeting in Gettysburg, November 9-11. Overwhelmingly adopted was the recommendation that public utilities be for bidden to bill retroactively. Another' widely supported directive was that Congress review on a bi-annual basis regulatory agencies, suchas ■ OSHA and DER, to deter at their agricultural outlook meeting this week. Firm predictions were hard to come by, but panelists representing dairy, livestock, grains and a local brokerage firm all tried to give accurate assessments of the factors affecting their spheres of interest. “If the public would sit in on our meetings, they would find out what lobbying really is,’he emphasized. This brief speech came after the Association presented him with a wall Delegation; reporter and advertising coordinator, York County Holstein Association; and member of Farm Calendar 10 Life on the farm 10 Homestead Notes 50 Home on the Range 52 Ida’s Notebook 53 Junior Cooking Edition 54 Ifye Newsletter 55 Ladies Have You Heard? 56 Craft Feature 58 Women’s Calendar 60 AMat. Kenneth MUmmert, Chambersburg R 2, owns 125 acres in Franklin County and rents an additional 425. “I don’t think agriculture has been in as good a position before as it has in the last eight years in relation to the ' (Continued on Page 15] mine their usefulness and responsiveness. Import laws came under fire with the membership voting that “free ports,” a loop-hole through which.* Australian beef is entering this country without duty, be eliminated. Dairy farm [Continued onPage 13] The brightest story came from Jim Sumner, representing Inter-State Milk Producers Cooperative. Calling 1976 one of the “more successful years in the dairy industry,” he predicted that 1977 will be just as good. [Continued on Page 20] clock for his many years of service. Helen Wivell, state women’s committee, later recognized Mrs. Eshleman’s efforts through the years [Continued on Page 18) State Holstein promotion committee. Mrs. Bupp also serves as {Continued on Page 16] In this issue Lancaster Co. PFA promotion 63 York Co. Achievement Day 64 Farm Women Feature 69 Unionville Fair Feature 72 Dairying in Germany - Feature - • 89 . Public Sale Register 99 * $4OO Per Year
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers