V 01.22 No.^C^ 7
‘Shift into high gear and stay there 9 and that’s not enough 9
American ag future is bullish
EDITOR’S NOTE; The following are
Exerpts from a speech given recently by
Richard L. Feltner, assistant secretary for
Marketing and Consumer Services, USDA,
before the American Society of Farm
Managers and Rural Appraisers, Inc.
i ST. LOUIS, Mo. - A few weeks ago, a 143-
tare farm in north central Illinois sold for
13,925 an acre. It was a record for the area -
tad one of the highest prices ever paid for
[arm land in the Midwest.
The price tag tells more than thousands of
words and pictures about American
I Hay
I seeds
I scarce
Pr By DIETER KRIEGf
H HINKLETOWN, Pa. -
■‘Certified seed Swill be short
Hn supply and juices up,”
Venn StateagronOHust 353m'
Baylor told a group of far-
Hiers here on 'Wednesday
Bight. He noted that 1976 was -
Hfe disastrous year Tor seed
production for just about all
Borage crops; that there is a'
Bieavy demand for U.S. seed?
Hue to the European drought,
Hnd that the U. S. crop whs
Bhort due to drought in the
Bar West, where most of the
Bountry’s seed crops are
Brown.
■ Baylor, who specializes in
Borage crops at Penn State,
mas in Lancaster County to
Bddress a group of men at
Rbe Hinkletown Alternative
■pool, here. Although the
BSeeting was attended by
B>nly 13 farmers, the
mudience was hungry for
Bnowledge. Baylor was kept
Busy for more than an hour
Bnswering questions per-
Bainmg to forage crop
B r0 duct i o n and
Bnanagement. His main topic
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D* - - John Baylor
agriculture in the last quarter of the 20th
Century. It is evidence of the successes of
the past and of the immense potenital
ahead. Most important, farm land selling at
that price - a figure which corresponds to the '
“Agriculture will he page 1 news for a long time to come.”
national average net farm operator income
a decade ago - indicates:
For American apiculture, the future is
bullish.
In a world of uncertainty, that means a
Lancaster County’s top dairymen for colored
* breeds, according to DHIA production figures, are,
left to right, George Hough, Jerseys; Harold Shelly,
71 dairymen top 600 lbs. fat
By SALLY BAIR
Feature Writer
SMOKETOWN, Pa. - A
record 71 Lancaster County
dairymen were honored for
First hatch of sorted tobacco bought
LANCASTER, Pa. -
Tobacco buyers are out on
the farms now, trying to
locate top quality sorted
crops for packing at the
warehouse. And, according
to farmers in the area, some
buyers have been out for as
long as three weeks and are
offering up to 70 cents per
pound, sorted and tied on the
farm. That’s anywhere from
two to five cents higher than
last year and at least a
month ahead of schedule.
Local buyers report,
however, that the buying
season hasn’t really begun
yet, and that most of the big
companies aren’t out.
Those that are have found
the buying to be somewhat
Servina The Centro/ and Southeastern Pennsylvania Areas
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 11,1976
having attained records of
over 600 pounds of fat at the
annual meeting of the Red
Rose Dairy Herd Im
provement Association held
slow with a high amount of
resistance from the fanners
since the majority aren’t
receptive to- the idea of
sorting their crop, and for
the most part are holding out
for 65 cents per pound for
pull off.
In this issue
Farm Calendar 10
Editorial comments 10
Rural Route 12
Weather Report 20
Berks DHIA 21
Classifieds 27
Homestead Notes 50
Ida’s Notebook 52
Home on the Range 54
Jr. Cooking Edition 55
Craft features 56,60
lot. We can face the future with faith
because of our achievements. All of us know
how the American farmer has harnessed
science and technology to make better use of
' his resources. We have seen the record
harvests; the new confidence and freedom
in agriculture brought about by market
oriented farm policies.
American agriculture has what it takes to
provide a bountiful supply of food to the 216
Ayrshires; K.D. Linde, Guernseys; and Donald
Trimble, Brown Swiss.
Tuesday at Good and Plenty
Restaurant. Two men were
recognized for having herds
which topped the 700 pound
mark.
The reasoning behind the
higher price is that cost of
production is up, and also,
drought in other parts of the
country may cause a higher
demand, therefore calling
for a higher price.
As a result of the present
My Thoughts 58
Bicentennial farm 63
Young farmer feature 65
Berks Holstein meeting 68
Life on the farm 73
4-H horse club banquet 75
Lancaster DHIA 79
Facts for dairymen 80
Manure management 87
Public Sales Register 89
Sale Reports 94
million people of our land, and millions
more people abroad - today and tomorrow.
Rising consumer incomes in this world of
4 billion persons - headed for 2 to 3 billion
more by the year 2000 - inevitably will boost
the demand by leaps and bounds for more
and better quality food.
This phenomenon, often known as the race
between the plow and the stork, will have a
profound effect on American agriculture in
the years ahead. We’ve seen only the
beginning. For a measure of significance,
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Rufus G. Martin, Bphrata
Rl, had the highest herd for
fat and milk production in
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conditions, buyers estimate
that less than 100 acres have
actually been sold in Lan
caster County. It is also
predicted that what will be
sold in the future will mostly
be pull off rather than sorted
and tied.
This year’s crop is of
excellent quality in some
parts of the growing region,
while in others it is hail cut
and stunted from too much
rain.
Weather for curing was
also excellent this year with
clear, breezy days which
resulted in stretchy,
chestnut-colored tobacco.
Heavy crops are repor
tedly yielding as much as
1,800 to 2000 pounds per acre.
$4.00 Per Year
Feeding
patterns
changed
By DIETER KRIEG
LEINBACHS, Pa. - The
economics of dairy farming
have changed drastically
enough in recent years to
create new feeding patterns,
nutrient balances and
production levels. “We must
take time to examine the
situation,” urges Penn State
dairy specialist Don Ace.
The Extension dairyman
was in southeastern Penn
sylvania this week to offer
his remarks at four Dairy
Day programs, one of which
was scheduled here at the
Berks County Agricultural
Center. Others on the
program with Ace were
Penn State Extension
Veterinarian Lawrence
Hutchinson and Extension
Agricultural Engineer
Gerald Bodman. Please see
articles on their presen
tations on pages 24 and 87,
respectively.
' According to Ace, one of
the primary problems he’s
encountering in dairy herds
is that not enough forages, or
at least high-quality forages
are being fed. “You can’t
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Don Ace