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. ,
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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,
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$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
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