VOL 23 No. 15
Snow,winds
stall farm
deliveries
By KENDACE BORRY
LANCASTER - “Snow
and blow” is the way one
milk hauler summed up the
weather problem faced in
the Lancaster Farming area
this week. And his thoughts
were echoed by dairy far
mers, poultrymen, feed
company representatives,
and others as they, related'
the. problems faced by the
effects of Monday's storm.
The biggest concern of
dairy farmers this past week
was, of course, whether the
tank truck would get through
in time to save the milk. And
reports from all areas were
optimistic,- with milk
dumping incidents few and
scattered.
Robert Kreider, of Kreider
Bros., Quarryville JRI; said
that Monday and Tuesday
were the worst, as far as the
storm was concerned, but he
added that as of Thursday
night, they were still not
caught up in making their
milk pickups. A tank truck,
which was expected back
from Philadelphia on
Monday at 10 a.m., he ex
plained, managed to get
stuck in a drift until 11:30
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Straw price
continues
to soar
By JOANNE SPAHR
LmTZ - Those already
inflated straw prices just
keep going up with this
week’s market averaging
from $9B to $l2O per ton. This
is in comparison to an
average of $B5 to $ll5 per ton
two months ago and $65 to
$69 a year ago.
Blaming the shortage on
reduced acreage of small
grains due to high yielding
thin crops, as well as poor
growing conditions this year
and a strong demand for the
bedding fanners have been
faced with seeking alter
natives.
One fairly common sub
stitute has been wood
shavings. Several farmers
spoken to actually prefer
this type of bedding to straw,
saying that itcushions better
and is easier to clean. The
one drawback is that it
requires much more manual
labor to handle.
“I really do think shavings
are better than straw,” said
York County dairyman Paul
King, “it’s cheaper, but it
does take more work to put.
in the barn.”
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The entrance to Lititz Springs Park wore Winter*s majestic robes
on Thursday morning. The snow and ice caused problems for many
but somehow the wintry scenes can be exceptionally beautiful
Farm Calendar 10
Editorials 10
Worm farmer 19
Horse feature 25
Grainstocks 36
Labor bill 38
Farm Women Societies 43
Jr. Cooking Edition 44
Umcastor Farming, Saturday, February 11,1978
• In this issue ■
Ladies have you heard 45
Ida’s Notebook 46
Recipe Swap 47
Kendy’sKollumn 48
My Thoughts 50
Joyce Bupp 52
lifeonthefarm 54
Lancaster Farming photo by Dieter Krieg
Lehigh Co. 4-H’ers 56
Pa. Legislator 58
Home on the Range 59
Classifieds 62
Bloomsburg Art Show 9®
Soviet agriculture 96
YorkCo.4-H’ers 96
Dauphin Co. 4-H’ers 101
Tomato growers 103
Innovative farming 105
Lamb care 107
Hoober Open House 108
Ephrata Y.F. banquet 110
Weather pinches 116
Public Sales Register 123
$6.00 Per Year
Young
Farmers
meet
LANCASTER - Penn
sylvania Young Fanners
gathered here this week for
two days of educational
programs and recognition of
individual achievements.
Attended by more than 230
members from all over the
state despite bad weather
earlier in the week, the event
was described as a success
by organizers.
The Host Town Motel in
Lancaster was the scene of
the activities, which in
cluded tours, workshops,
business meetings, and
management discussions.
At a recognition banquet
on Thursday night, a number
of Pennsylvania Young
Farmers were singled out
for their achievements.
Lancaster County’s Tom
Zartman, Ephrata Rl,
finished in second place in
the state the race for Out
standing Young Farmer
under 30 years of age. The
top spot was won bjr Wayne
Hall of Shippensburg Rl.
Zartman was first for his
region.
Hershey Bare, a Lebanon
County dairy farmer
finished first in the state in
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Truckers
asking
for relief
By DIETER KRIEG
LANCASTER - Snow and
ice are just two of the
problems truckers face
during severe Winter
weather. According to in
terviews this week with area
milk haulers, other
problems exist. A few of
them are evident the year
around.
In some situations the
farmer can help
significantly, in others it’ll
take more than the producer
and warm weather to assure
hauling efficiency. ,
According to area milk
haulers, icy farm lanes rate
as one of their major
problems during the Winter.
They claim that if a farmer
has cinders or sand
available in a dry place, it’ll
save the haulers both time
and money. And it could
mean the difference between
a farmer getting his milk
picked up on time or having
to dump hundreds of gallons.
While cinders arid sand
won’t solve all the problems
truckers are incurring in
fierce Winter weather, they
insist it would save them
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