Servin&rfieSenfral and Southeastern VOL 23 No. 20 Congress has idle acreage program fiONGTON, D.C. - p. Senate is speeding |h procedures to offer po economically fesed farmers. The bill moved ahead on,the Mamed outstanding cooperator was Don Trimble, Peach Bottom R 2, seen ■ted with his wife, Carol, son Scott, and daughter, Cindy. Presenting the Bard was J. Everett Kreider, Lancaster Co, Conservation District Director. Lancaster County Conservation District honors farmer fey KENDACE BORRY Lancaster ~ Don imble and his family were pored as the outstanding Operator at the Lancaster >unty Conservation strict Cooperators 28th inual meeting and nquet. The' Peach Bottom 1 farmer won the award for ( achievements in con- Dairy cooperatives scramble for equity By DIETER KRIEG LANCASTER - Pressured >y lending institutions, and ealizmg that dead equity unding is causing financial nstabihty, several dairy •ooperatives in the Nor heast are now actively 'ngaged in building capital unds. Compounding the iituation is a continued in crease in milk production, vhich has burdened many narketing outlets for the •astyear. The scramble to build agenda on Monday, March 13. Final action op tiie bill, however; willmot '.jJie until after a vote has been reached on the Panama Canal Treaty. servation practices on his dairy operation. For a more complete glimpse of the Don Trimbles, see the article included next week in the Lancaster Farming. Another award given by the district was for out standing service. Given to Arthur Brown, Nottingham equity comes in several forms. At Dairylea, for example, members are being requested to contribute financial clout in the amount of $1.20 per hundredweight for all the milk they shipped during 1977. Creditors are looking for permanent membership equity - ownership in the cooperative. Eastern Milk Producers is assessing its members five (TurntoPage 19) Pennsylvania Areas - Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 10,1970 - The bill, known as 5.2690, was introduced into Congress 10 days ago by Senators Herman Taltpadge of Georgia and Robert Dole of Kansas. It’s aid* is to Rl, he was honored for serving as the first chairman of the Lancaster County Soil Conservation District when it was formed in 1950. In volved with conservation practices on his farm for the past 40 years, he and his wife were awarded with an aerial photograph of his farm. Winners at the plowing contests held as part of the Lancaster County Soil Conservation Day last Summer were given trophies for their achievements. Frank Burkhart, Lancaster, and Richard Binkley, (Turn to Page 38) In this issue Farm Calendar 10 Editorial io Ephrata FFA 20 Manheim FFA 47- Penn Manor FFA 49 Classifieds 51 Homestead Notes 82 Kendy’s Kollumn 83 Farm Women Calendar 84 Home on the Range 86 Doris Thomas 87 Joyce Bupp 91 boost farm income by paying fanners to keep portions of their land idle. “Fanners are caught up in a savage squeeze between falling prices, rising Vet school in trouble By JOANNE SPAHR PHILDELPHIA - The School *of Veterinary Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania, like many other state-aided, state- > related, and state-owned colleges and universities, Is in serious trouble. And, trouble within that school can spell hardship for the farmer as well as all animal owners, in general. Due to a budget reduction from the state of $1.2 million late last year (from a proposed $3.8 million to $2.6 million), the state-aided veterinary scjiool- was plunged ' into a ; the majbr problem at that point was the, timing - the cuts came ' halfway through" the fiscal ; year when the school had already made its financial commitments. The critical source 'of concern at the present time stems from Governor Shapp’s budget recom mendation for 1978-1979 which proposes no increase in appropriations for next year. In other words, the veterinary school will be forced to operate for another year under its present already-too-low level. “We won’t be able- to survive,’.’ says a -concerned Dr. Robert Marshak, dean of • the School of Veterinary Medicine. “We’re already on an austere budget, and with this cut, we’re going to be in serious trouble.”' According to Marshak, if a more reasonable ap propriation is not made to the college, one of two things will happen either the quality of the school will go down or it will go out of existence entirely. There is very little op position to Marshak’s claims. The University of Pennsylvania is recognized as having one of the top three vet schools in the nation along with Cornell in New Jr. Cooking Edition &. Ida’s Notebook , 93 Chinese cooking 95 Pennfield dairy awards 101 American Pork Congress 102 Grassland FF A 106 MyThoughts ill Dairy sire data 122 Lebanon PHI A l? 3 York4-H\Vod: 129 V o;kOnturv» .[-ms vx Sale Reports i?n Also Maryland, New Jersey and Delaware production costs and huge over-hanging surpluses,” the Georgia senator said at a recent news conference when be introduced the bill. The Talmadge-Dole bill Or, Robert Marshak York and California University, Davis. Penn turns out about 100 graduates a year and has educated about 70 per cent of Hog industry faces tuberculosis incidents By DIETER KRIEG LANCASTER - Swine tuberculosis which on national average is found in about .05 per cent of slaughtered hogs, is oc curring at 10 times that rate in some Pennsylvania packing houses. Some of the hog buyers are dunking about pulling away from Pennsylvania markets for that reason, and at least one packer has already limited buying in Lancaster County. - At stake is the continued boom in Lancaster County’s and surrounding areas’ hog production. Poultry disease hits 100,000 more chickens LANCASTER Laryngotracheitis continues to spread in Lancaster County and has reached what is now termed “almost epidemic levels.” Just within the .past week, two more large poultry flocks contracted the disease, •bringing the total number of infected chickens to over half a million. Poultry' specialists are expressing deep concern for recent developments. This news story - the fourth such story since November, and the second in thrge weeks - reflects'- the/poultry in dustry’s concern. $6.00 Per Year would require the Secretary .of Agriculture to implement immediately a land retirement program under which farmers will be paid to (Turn to Page 28) the veterinarians practicing in the Commonwealth, today. Along with its reputation for excellence, the veterinary school is also recognized as having the lowest amount of state support of the top three institutions. With its current allotted budget' of - $2.6 million, it falls-far behind California University, Davis, which receives $9 .million annually. Davis, which has approximately 366 students, also has a student body that is smaller than Penn’s 420 students. Cornell, which is one-third smaller in student body, is supported' with $7 to $8 million annually. “So, you see, we’re (Turn to Page 27) Hog producers in the state, and southeastern Pennsylvania are becoming increasingly concerned and are stepping up efforts to bring the situation,under control. But it won’t be easy and it’ll take plenty of cooperation on the part of producers, livestock markets, packers, and the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture. Spearheading the drive -against the tuberculosis incidents, are local pork producers and some of the area’s packers. Livestock (Turn to Page 24) Although some of the larger flocks in Lancaster County are involved in the outbreaks, poultry officials are stressing precautionary measures to “backyard” flocks as well. They urge each owner of “backyard” flocks to be on the lookout for the disease and encourage vaccination programs. The two most recent outbreaks occurred in large poultry houses in the Manheim-Mount Joy area. In atleast one of those cases, it’s strongly suspected that the disease was introduced because of carelessness on (Turn to Page 37)
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