VOL 22 No. 26
Milk jugger
faced with
federal suit
By DIETER KRIEG
QUARRYVILLE, Pa. -
Former Pennsylvania
Governor George Earle is.
credited as having said:
“There's more hell in a quart
of milk than in a fifth of
whiskey,” and as far as
some Pennsylvania milk
juggers are concerned, the
old politician was right.
Some of them claim to have
gone through “hell” in order
to keep their jugging
operations.'
Former Assistant
Secretary of Agriculture
Richard Feltner is quoted**:;
having stated: “K i w^,be f
long W
any iM«eting of
milk. Rea dying business.
That’s not a value judgment,
just the Some mQk'
juggers am-httetTpreting his
predictibn as a threat to their
existence as independent
him wrong.
With dost to $860,006-in
vested in- his- 3-year old
jugging operation, Aaron
Glide of southern Lancaster
County doesn't take kindly to
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Dietary book
out of print,
McGovern says
WASHINGTON, D.C. -
Senator George McGovern,
(Democrat from South
Dakota) has promised a
group of national cattlemen
that before future editions of
the controversial booklet
“Dietary Goals for the
United States” are issued,
the recommendations on
meat will be changed and
recommendations on
cholesterol will be further
investigated.
McGovern also said that
the booklet in question is now
out of print. It had been one
of the most widely
distributed government
publications that ever came
off the presses.
According to McGovern,
who beaded the Senate
Select Committee on
Nutrition and Human Needs,
the dietary publication will
not be reprinted until the
evidence is further
reviewed. If rewritten, the
South Dakota senator
promises to change the
recommendation that meat
consumption be decreased
a nd that references to
cholesterol and saturated fat
“will be reviewed.”
The action came about as
a result of intense lobbying
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Farm Calendar 10
Editorial comments 10
Medicine&Mgmt. 16
life on the farm 26
Homestead Notes 42
Ida’s Notebook 43
Jr. Cooking Edition 44
Home on the Range 47
News-Nutrition 48
Womens’ Calendar 48
Ladies have you heard 49
My Thoughts 50
Classifieds 52
Joyce Bupp 84
Recipe Swap 105
Sale Reports 124
Public Sales Register 126
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Land judges
rank 14th in
Okla. Contest
By JOANNESPAHR
QUARRYVILLE, Pa. -
They went to the in
ternational land judging
contest in Oklahoma City as
a' second team and came
home last Sunday placing
higher than any previous
Pennsylvania FFA team
ever has. “They” are Daniel
Hershberger, Quarryville
R 2, Les Hershey, Kirkwood
Rl, and Mike Milburn,
Peach Bottom Rl, all from
the Solanco chapter of the
Future Farmers of America.
The number one Penn
sylvania team was chosen
last June at Penn State
University during FFA week
and was comprised of the top
four land judges in the
Commonwealth. While
Hershberger, Hershey, and
" Milburn placed 6th, 9th, and
18tfa, respectively, in state
competition, which did not
qualify them for the Penn
sylvania team, they were
fortunate enough to have the
top land judge in the state
Richard Drumm, as a
£ jnamber .pf their diopter.
This meant that Dr. William
Fredd, Solanco FFA advisor,
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Witwer heads
Red Rose
FFA unit
By JOANNE SPAHR
LANCASTER, Pa. - Daniel
Witwer, East Earl R 2. farms
a neighbor’s 23 acre farm,
works at a farm market cn a
part time basis four days a
week, and goes to school. On
top of that, he was recently
elected president of the
Lancaster County Red Rose
FFA organization. While
that sounds like quite a bit to
tackle, Witwer manages to
do it successfully.
A junior at Garden Spot
High School, where he is
presently serving as
secretary of the Grassland
FFA chapter, Witwer has
been a member of the Future
Farmers of America for
three years. In that time he
has earned the Star
Greenband, Star Chapter
Farmer, and Grassland Star
Red Rose degrees - the top
three awards given out by
the high school chapter.
Prior to holding the office of
secretary this year, he was
also the vice president.
In his new role as leader of
the county organization,
Witwer has hopes of in
creasing the quality of social
activities among the group
so that all the chapters
become involved and get to
know one another.
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