22 —Lancaster Farming. Saturday, Am Era of government control predicted by Steiger president at Hoober h w The Steiger tractor people gather wi Hoober personnel to discuss the day’s events From left to right are; Bob Neva, Steiger regional sales manager: Don Owens, Steiger manager of sales: Charlie Hoober Jr, Hoober Equipment Jack Johnson, resident of Steiger ractor Inc., warns the ;50 farmers who at ended Hoober Equip nent Inc.’s Open House hat the U.S. government vants a controlled narket system of farm tricing. Cool days favored work HARRISBURG - The oolest week in a month r eated farmers in the 'ommonwealth to a good ime for outside activities, 71th just over five days rated uitable for fieldwork, ac ording to the Pennsylvania 'rop Reporting Service. Temperatures for the 'eek of July 26 to August 1 veraged four to eight egrees below normal for us time of the year, and hewers provided moisture ver the weekend. Soil loisture is now rated dequate by 90 per cent of le respondents. Virtually all reporters say le crop looks very good .atewide, with height rated : 70 inches, slightly taller mn at this time last year, he crop is averaging almost i inches in the north, 73 ist 13. 1977 INTERCOURSE - Hoober Equipment Inc. officially opened its new building at an open house and field day on August 2. Three hundred fifty farmers gathered at the Sudlersville, Maryland store to see 10 new Steiger tractors hitched to 10 heavy-duty tillage tools and to hear Steiger President, Jack Johnson commend Charles Hoober Jr. for doing an outstanding job of representing the big 4-wheel drive tractors in the East. Johnson told his fanner audience that he had spent the previous day in Washington, D.C. where he and representatives of 30 other farm equipment manufacturers had met with the assistant secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture to discuss government farm policy. “We are entering an era of government control,” Johnson warned, “that will end the free enterprise system as it relates to farm inches in the central coun ties, and 77 inches in the south, with tasselling reported in most areas. Potatoes are reported in good condition and early varieties are being har vested in all parts of the state. Good yields are being reported in all areas Soybeans are in fanly good shape. This month’s rains have caused hay and pasture lands across the state to continue recovery from the dry Spring. This is reflected in the fact that almost 60 per cent of the respondents rated the quality of hay made last week as good, with most of the rest rating it as fair. Second cutting of alfalfa remained at just over 70 per cent harvested, still ahead of last year’s rate. Many respondents are com- •<■*<»! m *«* . \ president; Darryl Peiffer, Hoober Equipment general manager; C.B. Hoober, Jack Johnson, Steiger Company president: Wally McNamee, Steiger district manager; and Jim Proctor, Hoober Equipment salesman. f" - commodity prices.” Secretary of Agriculture Bergland is not to blame for the shift in farm policy, but is only a victim of cir cumstances. Johnson asked the farmers in the audience to write their congressional representatives and express their concern for the demise of the free market system. This treat, he felt, should not be ignored. Following Johnson on the open house program, Charlie Hoober introduced Don Owens, national sales manager of Steiger Tractor; Earl Christianson, Steiger dealer since 1961 in the Red River Valley of North Dakota; Bob Ralph, Eastern sales manager of Krause Plow Co.; Gerald Meier, general manager of Sun flower Manufacturing Co.; and Erling Falk of Wil-Rich Manufacturing. In the afternoon the far mers followed the parade of Steiger tractors and im plements to the field. meriting that later cuttings are yielding much more than the first cut, but there are still reports of activity by the alfalfa leafhopper. Pastures are in good growth at this time, with 71 per cent of the operators reporting average amounts of feed being ob tained from them. Apples are reportedly sizing well with some early varieties being sold. Some early peaches are being harvested in southern areas of the state with color and sizing reported as fair. All vegetables are reported to be doing well. 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