VOL 23 No. 6 Soybeans still waiting on weather I By REND ACE BORRY ■urnz - The weather ■mtiniws to be a headache Kr soybean farmers as they By to harvest their crop Between the rain, cold, and Buddy conditions that fcqin» their fields. And Kile yesterday’s dry Bowfall did little to damage Be crop itses it did have the feed of again slowing down Bine harvesting operations. |ln Northainpton County, loybean farmer David, Paul, lathß2, has about IS to 20 Kcres of soybeans harvested ■his 38 planted. Of the crop feat is still in the field, he Stated that the crop is frozen, nth a quarter inch of ice jovering .his plants, the result of an ice storm. And k isn’t too hopeful about the putlopk..... ,„ - k l [ “Some 'peqjali? "up 'here laven’t harvested a bea# [et,” Panl ‘Tve Seard of some who have 300 icres yet to harvest, but it just can’t be done right now. |f the weather would warm ip and the fields 'dry out, hen maybe buflf we have a pad snow and it stays cold, 1 (Continued on Pafe*39) IWentink calls ■for unity in ■arm rebuttle COLUMBIA, Mo. - The harnnan of the National Commission on Egg Nutrition (NCEN) has called or the producers of eggs, neat, poultry and dairy •roducts to respond in a >nited effort to increasing dtacks on the nutritional fnlue of their products, lendrik Wentink, speaking 0 Missouri agricultural eaders at that state’s annual ’ovemor’s Conference on Agriculture, November 21, Irew heavily upon the ex fcnence of egg producers ittempting to “cope with the *rrific amount of misin ormation which was being circulated by both medical commercial interests >bout the supposed dangers M egg consumption.” He went on to say that these unproven, un substantiated promises of cures and prevention have unfairly persuaded our eilow Americans to avoid or -uxninate foods considered ® *ugh in cholesterol and r'Urated fet, and are also S® of a proliferation M fad diets.” jpontinutdon Page 39) Serving^^^§htr^ and Southeastern PennsylvaniaAreoZ - Also Maryland, New Jersey and Delaware 121 Lancaster herds tap 600 pounds SMOKETOWN - Leola dairyman Jonas Z. Nolt milked his way to the top of the Lancaster County DHIA list for the second time in three years, it was announced Tuesday afternoon at a recognition banquet for the association’s 438 member dairy farmers. Nolt’s herd of 33 Holsteins averaged 19,349 pounds of milk and 724 pounds of butterfat, well ahead of runner-up - R. Edwin Harnish of Christiana, whose 40 Holsteins pumped out an average of 17,250 pounds of milk and 716 of butterfat. A third herd to break the prestigious 700 pounds of butterfat mark was that of Rufus G. Martin, Rat year’s champion in the Red Rose DHIA. His herd of 26 Holsteins cam* out with 18,410 pounds of milk and 708 of butterfat. A year ago the Ephrata area dairyman topped the list with <,19,248 pounds of milk and 713 pounds of butterfat This Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 10,1977 : > In this issue u» Christmas crafts 58,62,61 Farm calendar 10 Lane. 4-H horse club 60 Editorials 10 Classifieds 64 Letters 10 Poultry outlook 90 Life on the Farm 20>21 Dairy feature 95 Homestead Notes 42 Tractor pulls 100 Farm Women Calendar 43 : Fanner sounds off 102 Junior Cooking Edition 44 1 Longwood’s - Ida’s notebook 46 .Christmas garden < loa Homeon the Range 49 Berks DHIA 106 Jovcbßudd 52 Del. 4-H features 108,114 " oyce f u P p ® JenyWebb 112,124.98 Kendy’sKollumn 54 Beef cattle mgmt. 123 My Thoughts 56 York 4-H 128 Plant Lovers Comer 57 The sky fiver an eastern Lancaster County farm gives wamingthat Winter is coming - r ‘ >» _J t By DIETER KRIEG year’s winner, Nolt, bested his 1975 win by 133 pounds of milk and 16 of fat. The above mentioned dairymen, while representing the cream of the crop among Lancaster County’s dairymen, were only a few of the several dozen to be recognized before the luncheon crowd of an estimated 600 people. The program, which lasted nearly four hours, was held at the Good ’N Plenty Restaurant, here. Others to win top recognition were owners of high herds for individual breeds. Nolt tods the crown for the Holstein division. For Guernseys, K.D. and Else Linde of Union topped the list for the second year in a row. His herd of 48 produced 14,204 pounds of mitt and 663 of butterfat. That average also stands as the highest in the state, according to unofficial previews, and honor which the “Lindenhof” herd had last year. (Continued on Page 24) $6.00 Per Year 450 acres of tobacco sold in Lane. Co. By JOANNE SPAHR LITITZ - Four hundred and 50 acres of prime tobacco was purchased in Lancaster County this week at a price of 60 cents for pull off and 70 cents for unsized wrappers tied in hands. The companies who bought the'tobacco were John Berger & Son, Co., Landisville, and House of Windsor, Yoe. Doing the buying for them was Don Lefeyer, Manheim Rl. Lefever is known for picking out top quality tobacco early in the season arid finishing before other companies are completed. This year Lefever bought his whole crop in one week, writing up contracts for as much as 300 acres on Wednesday, alone. ‘Tm finished,” he told Lancaster. Farming in a telephone interview, on Thursday evening.“Andjas far as I know, no other major companies are out in the field, yet.” At his 60/70 cent level, Lefever’s price was higher than that which the other companies wanted to pay. When asked to quote the (Continued on Page 32) Assessment has fanners appalled By DIETER KRIEG HUNTINGDON - A reassessment of real estate in Huntingdon County for tax purposes has many of that area’s farmers upset enough to want to go to court with a class action suit, and they’ll be doing just that in the near future. In fact, they’ll be go ing to court several times. The issue at stake, according to some observers, may have repercussions in every Pennsylvania county when reassessments are con sidered. The heart of the dispute is that fanners feel they’ll be paying more than their fair share of taxes, while non farmers have their tax burdens eased. According to the county commissioners, the feeling is unfounded, but days in court are forthcom ing nonetheless. Similar court actions are proceeding in Dauphin and Potter Counties. The controversy has become bitter with tones of anger being evident on both sides. The county commis sioners charge that they’ve been bodily threatened on numerous occasions. One of (Continued on Page 38)
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