Vol. 22 No. 10 1977 was just a few hours away when this picture was taken east of Union in southern Lancaster County. It was cold then and has stayed that way ever since. Winter has had an arctic grip on the area for the entire year Farm Bureau tackles bureaucracy I HONOLULU, Hawaii - The potion's largest general lum organization, under a ■convention theme of [“Keeping America Free In [Century 3,” last week punched a determined fcsault on the growing power P government regulatory Igencies, restraints on pecess and development of |»orld markets, interference wth a market-oriented economy and the failure of government leaders to produce a comprehensive national energy policy. Voting delegates attending In this issue farm Calendar 10 We on the farm 10 farm Show wrap-up 20,21 Homestead Notes 42 Home on the Range 45 ,r - Cooking Edition 46 Ha’s Notebook 47 Hupp’s column 49 Classifieds 53 Sale Reports 82 fork DHIA 82 Ho-tillnews 84,86 Com & soybean clinic 89 Public Sales Register 99 Serving The Central and Southeastern Pennsylvania Areas - Also Maryland, New Jersey and Delaware the 58th annual meeting of the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) and representing the Farmers faced with arctic problems By DIETER KRIEG LANCASTER - “Last Tuesday our high for the day was zero, and the low was minus 12,” commented Dale Bresler in a telephone conversation this week. Most anyone east of the Rockies and north of Washington D.C. could have made a similar comment. The year 1977 so far has been one of thawing out water bowls, fixing broken water pipes, and in some cases having to do without the necessary conveniences of a home. The arctic weather has been making front-page headlines for weeks and it has seldom failed to make the evening news on television. Bresler, who farms in Centre County, was one of Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 22,1977 organization’s 2,676,253 member-families, declared that government regulatory control has had the effect of several fanners interviewed tunately, had encountered by thiw writer on Thursday, any really serious problems. While all reported being Temperatures in the inconvenienced by the cold Camargo area of southern wave assault, none, for- Lancaster County were Yoder repeats as Chester DHIA champ GUTHRIESVILLE, P*. - Chester County dairymen met here at the East Brandywine Fire Hall a week ago for their annual DHIA meeting and awards banquet with more than 200 persons in attendance. Special recognition was given this year to four herds, all of which surpassed the 700 pound mark in butterfat production. Those herds belonged toMeSerson Yoder, Elveraon; Jacob Stoltzfus, Oxford; Robert Pepple, so far. The way these mules coped with the icy winds is to simply turn their backs towards it. x “enacting more laws than the legislative branch.” They asserted “it is time to bring these (regulatory) Oxford; and John Stoltzfus, Atglen. Also given special recognition were 17 other herds - all of which eclipsed New Holland has corn champions By JOANNE SPAHR NEW HOLLAND, Pa. - Two area Future Farmers of America had their corn growing abilities lauded on January 12 when they received gold plaques from agencies under better control” and to do this Congress should “show greater restraint in passing reported to be as low as 18 degrees below zero on Tuesday morning. A report coming out of Somerset County in the western part of the 600 pounds of butterfat hurdle. They were, in order, Ardrossan Farms, Villanova; David Weaver, Glen Moore; Paul King, the Pennsylvania Crop Improvement Association for being maturity group champions in the “One Acre Com Contest" sponsored by that group. This state-wide contest is conducted by the $4.00 Per Year Lancaster Farminc photo by Dieter (tries laws of broad implication and authority, which leave (Continued on Pace 32] the state says it was 65 degrees bdow when the wind chill factor was taken into consideration. I Continued on Paje IS] Cochranville; Earl Weir, Cochranville; Donald Hostetter, Jr., Parkesburg; | Continued on Page 36] P.C.I.A. as a service to agricultural education and rural life and is intended primarily for students enrolled in vocational I Continued on Page 26)
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