Farming .Baturday;-Jant-l, 1977
One last look at
By DIETER KRIEG
The year just ended was a
good one by almost any
standard. Prices of most
farm products were good to
strong, and in spite of rising
costs, farmers found
themselves to be in a rather
favorable position. Lan
caster County farmers who
participated in the 60th
annual Farm Show took a
greater share of top honors
than ever before. The
Bicentennial came, and area
farmers who had farms in
the family for 100 or more
years were recognized in a
series of articles dubbed
“ Bicentennial Farm
Features.” In November,
Farmers Home Administration
alters income requirements
LANCASTER - The
Lancaster office of the
Farmers Home Ad
ministration advises that the
income limits have been
increased from $12,900 ad
justed gross income to
$15,600 adjusted gross - in
come. This means that more
families or individuals who
cannot qualify for con
ventional credit may be able
to~ qualify for FmHA
financing on homes. Ad
justed gross income is
determined by deducting 5
per cent of gross income and
$3OO for each child under the
age of eighteen. As an
example, a family or an
individual, with two
children, earning $17,000
would have an adjusted
income of $15,550 and would
be eligible from the income
standpoint.
TRY A
CLASSIFIED
those farmers who classified
themselves as Democrats,
cheered the idea of having a
farmer back in the White
House.
A quick review of the year
follows:
PERFECT EGGS
Never in the 59-year
history of the Pennsylvania
State Farm Show have eggs
ever received a perfect score
of 100 points. At the 60th
Farm Show, in 1976,
however, it happened twice.
Dutcbland Farms and the R.
W.,Sauder egg firm, .both of
Lancaster County, captured
the unusual and most
For further information,
contact: Farmers Home
Administration, 1383 Ar
cadia Road, Lancaster, Pa.
17601.
Management eyed
WEST CHESTER, Pa. -
Fred Hughes, Penn State
farm management
specialist, will discuss: farm
partnerships and cor
porations, farm transfers,
and the buying and selling of
farms, with special em
phasis on how the new tax
laws may affect future
planning.
Farmers and their wives
and people interested in
farm estate planning are
invited to attend. There will
be ample opportunity for
questions. The meeting,
conducted by the Chester
County Extension Service,
will be held 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, January 18 at the
Russellville Grange Hall,
near the junction of Routes
896 and 10.
prestigious honor. It was the
“crown” to a performance
on the part of Lancaster
County poultrymen who
sweiit all events in egg
competition. All the best
eggs in the state came from
the Garden Spot.
Eggs weren’t all Lan
caster County exhibitors
excelled in. Just ask beef
exhibitors. Nineteen-year
old James Gr eider of
Columbia showed the grand
champion - an Angus-
Chianina cross - thereby
bringing that honor back to
Lancaster County for the
first time since 1972. Later
he sold his champ for $8,256.
An 11-year old girl from
Refton, whose steer wasn’t
much appreciated in her
neighborhood, had the
reserve champion. She was
Bonnie Sue Frey, a first-year
4-H’er, who came close to
winning not only the grand
championship but also a
court decision in regards to
raising a steer within a small
village.
The grand champion
market hog also came from
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