Fluid milk supplies overflowing WASHINGTON, D.C. - With milk production continuing to increase steadily, and Class I utilization outlets not keeping pace, the U.S. dairy industry is facing the dilemma of what to do with surplus production. Two dairy cooperatives in the Federal Order 4 ■ Marketing Area have | therefore requested that < certain provisions of the ] Order be suspended for a period of four months. If 1 approved, the revision would , become effective for milk < production from May \ through August. A i spokesman at the ' Agricultural Marketing ; Service, here, told Lancaster < Faming - that . this ; emergency action route was < chosen rather than a hearing | because of the temporary | nature of the problem. <. 1 That emergency action, | which was initiated in i Washington on Tuesday, I gives dairymen and anyone ( else who cares to comment, | just a few days to respond. , [Continued on Page 36] AMA scores federal diet book LANCASTER, - The National Commission on Egg Nutrition (NCEN) learned this week that the American Medical Association had filed a position paper with the Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs "(McGovern Committee) holding the Committee’s Proposed National Dietary Goals as “inappropriate at this time,” and “possessing the “potential for harmful effects.” Hendrick Wentidk, NCEN chairman, released with permission, the text of the AMA paper along with the text of a letter from Dr. James H. Sammons, AMA executive vice president, addressed to Senator George McGovern (D.-S.Dak.). Dr. Sammons’ letter requested inclusion of the AMA comments into the Select Committee’s hearing record. “NCEN praises this temperate, well-reasoned, socially responsible viewpoint,” Wentink said, “as does the American Medical Association, NCEN also hopes that science will resolve these dietary (Confined on Pap 32J Serving TheCenfral and Southeastern Pennsylvania Areas - Also Maryland, New Jersey and Delaware VOL 22 No. 28 Amy Carter, the President’s daughter, beams happily,over the farm set given to her by EvamaelCrisfof York Cbutky.-ft tb Heratthe&hite House recently. Hand carved toy bam gift for Amy By JOYCE BUPP York Co. Reporter HALLAM, Pa. - “This is the White House calling.’’ Not many telephone answerers across the nation pick up the receiver to hear a ‘Golden egg 9 opportunity found By DIETER KRIEG LANCASTER - The layer business in the Pennsylvania- New Jersey-New York area has the-potential of making a dramatic comeback. What’s more, industry leaders, several of whom expressed considerable optimism here on Thursday, are studying all avenues to bring more egg production back to where the population centers are. Much'of the business had been lost to the South during the past 15 years or so. Ag weather reports progressing LANCASTER-Plans for bringing special agricultural weather forecasts to Lancaster County are still very much alive, according to Joseph Jacques at the Washington Science Center. Lancaster Fanning has learned that although the idea was thought to be new when it was first introduced to area residents last Fall, specific weather information for farmers is already being disseminated in other parts of Cattle growth stimulant works By DIETER KRIEG YORK -Spending less than a dollar and getting a return of more thanslo has become reality for hundreds of cattlemen across the country. In dozens of trials at various universities and other reputable organizations, a 36 milligram growth sttmulat has caused implanted meat animals to gain an additional 30 pounds more weight than animals of the same age group which were not treated. The dramatic gain is no secret A sizable majority of York County 4-H Beef Gub members used the method last Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 28,1977 message like that coming across the lines. But, that’s what happened to a rural York County woman recently. Evamae Crist, apd her husband Dale, who’s a partner in the Rutter Bros, dairy farm, live in a country home near Hallam. Early this Spring, they vacationed in Plains, Ga., visiting the peanut farming area of President Jimmy Carter. Lancaster Farming learned of the dramatic potential during a meeting here between New Jersey and Lancaster County agricultural leaders. The Garden Spot’s poultry industry Is regarded as one of the finest in the nation, Neighboring New Jersey, which is nicknamed the Garden State, had at one time been one of the great centers of egg production before egg production caught on big down South. Poultry specialists in the Garden State now believe (Continued on Page 35J the country. In West Virginia, for example, the University of West Virginia supplies weather information to farmers in the KearneysviDe area. Some other areas have similar programs, as will be noted in later parts of this article. In the Midwest Purdue University has initiated a project which feeds information from observers into computers in order to give farmers in that part of the (Continued on Page 17] year. All of their implanted steers came up winners. But lest anyone think was a bunch of dogs, T Ol1 * out qmddy that five of the sevenanimals which were not implanted went on to . .. , product . luch C l a '^ es K thc weightygate.at is f° r He has a tot of company. Livestock specialists m at least itinerates from Pennsylvania to California are convinced an (Continued on Paje 16| A second cousin of Evamae’s lives in Montezuma, Ga., about 25 miles from Carter peanut country. The Crists stopped to visit the Amish fanner, [Continued on Page 22] $4,00 Per Year In this issue Farm Calendar 10 Editorial Comments 10 Letters to the editor 10,24,25 Medicine &Mgmt. 17 Life on the farm 22 Custom Rates 20 New farm bill scored 26 Homestead Notes 42 Women’s Calendar 43 Ida’s Notebook 44 My Thoughts 46 Home on the Range 47 Plant lovers’ corner 48 Jr. Cooking Edition 49 Ladies Have You Heard 50 Joyce Bupp 51 Recipe Swap 52 News-Nutrition 54 FFA Princess hopes 56 Poultry features 59,96,106 Beef Taskforce 60 Classifieds 63 Berks DHIA 90 Wester water shortage 94 Animal agriculture 97 Hampshire field day 98 Chester DHIA 102 Federal dams 111 Sple Reports 113 Public Sales Register 114 Berries small sized but sweet By JOANNE SPAHR LANCASTER, Pa. - Pick your-own season for strawberries has begun. And, according to reports from growers in Lancaster Fanning’s coverage area, this year’s crop is exceptionally sweet and tasty. The berries are coming about 10 days early due to hot, humid weather, but the heat and lack of rain over the past few weeks has contributed to an excellent flavor. For the most part, the weather conditions have also led to smaller fruit, as well, although the quantity of berries produced should be comparable to other years. In the broad geographic range of Lancaster, Lebanon, York, Berks, and Chester Counties, the scope of prices on pick-your-own runs anywhere from 40 cents to 50 cents per pound, which is the equivilent of 50 to 65 cents per quart. I Several of the growers spoken to said their crop would peak somewhere in the early part of next week, for those industrious strawberry enthusiasts who want to harvest at the height of the crop. Individual reports from the various counties follow. Berks County Ontelaunee Orchards, Leesport, reported winterkill on their early strawberries but that their later crop, which should be ready in the |Continued on Pj*e 39|
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