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feature-a cartoon
‘‘Rural Route,” is
hy free-lance artist
Armstrong o£ Seller
ffho is a 1955 graduate
m state with a degree
mal science.
ff as a member of the
uck judging team and
lt one time been herd
for one of the largest
red Angus herds in the
Then eight years in
ultural business with a
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whits
paint
job
farm machinery dealer
brought him in direct contact
with the farmer.
Armstrong describes
“Rural Route” as a cartoon
which will feature a farm
family, with the fanner as
the main character. The
fanner is an honest, hard
working man with perhaps
an above average dislike for
bureaucracy, red tape, and
the interference by others in
his chosen profession.
HOG CHOLERA HITS-
The swine industry was
jarred in early March when
hog cholera, a highly in-
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fectious viral disease at
fecting that particular
livestock species only, was
confirmed in several herds
along the eastern seaboard.
New Jersey and
Massachusetts received the
brunt of the attack, and
alerts and embargoes were
issued immediately to keep
the disease from spreading.
For the next several months,
hog cholera continued to
make the news.
John Weaver, a member of
the Garden Spot Young
Fanners Association, was
chosen that organization’s
outstanding member at a
meeting held at the Blue Bail
Fire Hall.
The fertilizer situation for
1976 was described as one
which would be adequate, in
contrast to noticeable
shortages in previous years.
Distribution was cited as
being a problem, however.
Due to the adequate
supplies, fertilizer prices
came down as much as 50
per cent from 1975.
FARMERS RESIST
In spite of lower fertilizer
costs, however, it was noted
that farmers were not
leaping into the cabs of their
trucks in order to haul in the
stuff at “bargain prices.”
The word was that farmers
believed the previously
much higher prices to be
contrived, and since they
had to improvise the two or
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three years before, they
could manage that way
again in 1976.
Meanwhile, fertilizer
production plants were
sprouting up all over th'e
world in order to help fill the
food and fibre demands of a
constantly growing
population.
Another big shortage
which made the news during
1974 and 1975, was getting
attention in 1976. As with the
fertilizer situation, canning
lids were to be more abun
dant. Major manufacturing
companies reported that
they had their factories
humming at top capacity in
order to meet the demands.
There was no consumer
resistance here, but neither
was there an overabundance
of canning supplies as an
estimated 35 million gardens
were involved. Production of
lids was reported to be twice
of that of 1975.
On another angle, in
volving fertilizer, Dow
Chemical Corporation un
veiled a new product called
“N-Serve,” which was said
to have the potential to open
“a whole new ball game in
agriculture.” The product
was reported to boost yields
while lowering the needs of
actual N applied.
Agriculture was becoming
increasingly more im
portant, both at home and
abroad. “There’s a new
awareness of agriculture
sweeping across the country,
I am extremely optimistic
about the future . of
agriculture,” said James
ITON CAPAC/TY
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Jan. 1,1977
Beattie, bean of' Pehn
State’s College of
’ Agriculture in a speech
delivered at the annual
meeting of the Lebanon
County Extension Service.
VINTAGE STABLES SOLD
Controlling interest in the
Vintage Sales Stables,
Vintage, changed hands in
early March when Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Frame of
Uwchland, Chester County,
purchased shares formerly
belonging to Harold Hess
and John Huber.
The Berks-Lehigh County
Pork Producers held their
annual banquet in March
and chose Joan Dietrich as
their queen.
Broiler production, which
had never really been weak,
forged ahead with a strong
trend which held true for the
rest of the year.
Claude Hetherington of
Zion Grove, who produced
785 tons of tomatoes on 30
acres, was named the state
champion tomato grower for
1975 in the hand harvest 25 to
50 acre class.
OUTSTANDING
CONSERVATIONIST
On March 15, the Lan
caster County Conservation
District named K.D. Linde of
Oxford R 1 the “Outstanding
Conservation Cooperator
for 1976. Later in the year,
Linds again made the news
by having the highest
producing Guernsey herd in
the state.
Johnsongrass was
beginning to become more of
a problem in the mid-
Atlantic states. The state of
Maryland therefore beefed
up its control program which
has its roots in a 1969
legislative act. An estimated
66,000 acres were infected
with Johnsongrass in
Maryland in 1975.
Otto and Herbert Schick of
Kutztown won grand and
reserve grand champion
honors, respectively, at a
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swine carcass show for
Lehigh, and Berks counties.
Lancaster County swine
producers held their carcass
show that same week and
saw Dale Nolt of Manheim
walk away with grand
champion honors.
At a meeting of Eastern
Milk Producers Cooperative
in late March, Public
Relations Director Lisle
Dutton warned area
producers that “homeless
milk” could become a
condition to be reckoned with
later in the year. He made
the comment in reference to
production gains. Milk
production, in fact, could set
an all time high for 1976 if
USDA calculations are
correct.
In a related matter, it was
announced that the Sealtest
plant would close in
Philadelphia, thereby
leaving one less outlet for the
dairy farmer’s milk. Other
bottling plants and dairy
cooperatives were repor
tedly in a position to cushion
any in effect.
BERKSCOUNTY
CORRESPONDENT HIRED
It was during March of last
year that Judy Mitchell, j
Berks County correspon
dent, was introduced to
Lancaster Fanning readers.
She has been covering that
portion of tbs paper’s cir
culation area ever since.
High winds swept through
parts of Lancaster County
and surrounding areas in
late March, destroying
several barns and some
contents.
The plan to dismantle state
hospital farms came under
fire during the Spring of 1976
and before it was all over,
some heated debates and
arguments had been heard.
The state farms were
threatened with extinction
due to skyrocketing costs -
particularly labor expenses.
Employees at the in
stitutions are paid according
to union negotiations.
Mrs. Kenneth Stoner of
Elm received national
recognition last year, ac
cording to a story printed in
the April 3 issue of Lancaster
Farming. Her ac
complishment was having a
recipe for corn fritters
published for national
distribution.
Dale and Norman
Rothermel were cited -in-
March of 1976 for having the
highest producing herd on
DHIA in Schuylkill County.
Pennfield Feeds
recognized 34 Pennsylvania
dairymen in late March for
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