VOL 23 No. 21 Butz Masts ‘cheap food policy’ By DIETER KRIEG HERSHEY - Former United States Department of Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz played the role of comedian, philosopher, and government critic here Tuesday evening before a Market lamb numbers down for Easter trade By JOANNESPAHR ’ LANCASTER - About this time of year, every year, an abundance of lambs and goats are taken to market for the Easter trade. Pur chased to supply the Italian and Greek holidays, the Raising rabbits a success for Manheim FFA’er By KENDACE BORRY mastersonville - Babbits, rabbits, and more rabbits can be found hip bopping around Duane Mbrthi, Manheim R 4. The FFA member raises rabbits as a project in 5® cha Pter. keeping an of 90 of the white ~rfd, long eared animals - °n his parents’farm. r all started when his rahK ♦ brothers got some Retook them him’ • n a ne if>hbor got Dlm interested in the Serving fneCentral and Southeastern Pennsyfvania Areas - Also Maryland, New Jersey and Delaware gathering of more than 500 people from a five-state area. He was greeted with a standing ovation at the start and conclusion of his nearly one-hour long presentation. In predictable and ex pected fashion, the former average desired animal is a four to seven week old, 25 to 40 pound lamb or a milk-fed goat. Special Blaster sales have been going on around the Commonwealth for the past several weeks, and prices animals in a large sense, and he began to raise them in earnest, selling them to a market in Lebanon County. Every two weeks he takes Farm Calendar 10 Editorial 10 Medicine &Mgmt. 16 SolancoFFA 20 Blue Mtn. FFA 25 Cedar Crest FFA 42 Chair crafts 44 Eggshells 48,133 Quadruplet goats 49 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 25,1978 USDA chief hit hard at the United States’ cheap food policies. He stopped short however, of criticizing his successor at USDA, Robert Bergland, whom he describes as a fine and capable man. Butz places this year are higher than last year ranging from $1.15 to $1.60 per pound for choice Spring lambs and up to $45 for top quality kid goats. The factor behind the high prices is a smaller supply. According to growers, between 20 and 30 of his New Zealand whites to market. The rabbits are used for laboratory experiments, and the youth explained that he In this issue Classifieds 55 Homestead Notes 86 Home on the Range 90 Jr. Cooking Edition 93 Joyce Bupp 94 Doris Thomas 94 My Thoughts 95 Kendy’sKollumn 96 Ida’s Notebook 97 the blame for present bungling within USDA on the people Bergland has to work with. Butz claimed no secretary of agriculture could work with the staff Bergland was given through political appointments. Easier is early this year, which makes it harder to produce the desired size lambs for market Goats are also down, partially because shipments from the West were down this year. As a result, this week at has a year round established price guaranteed. He feeds the rabbits once a day, using a special small J bin that aloows the rabbits to Mastitis research 98 Lancaster DHIA 99 Facts for dairvmen 104 . MCMP convention 106,109,115 Life on the farm 111 Guernsey meeting 112 Top Holstein bulls 116 Farm Women Calendar 117 Lancaster Farming photo by Joanne Spahr The occasion of Butz’s appearance here in Chocolate Town, U.S.A. was the district convention of the Farm Credit Banks of Baltimore and its member associations. The event brought in agriculturalists sales, buyers battled over the choice animals, coming up with relatively high prices. In a few weeks, another market will be held for the Greek Easter which comes four weeks behind the Italian Easter on April 30. At eat as much as they want. He keeps a record of all the rabbits individually, with the information noted on the side of the feed bin. Vegetable gardening 123 Berks DHIA 126 Outstanding conservationist 130 Organic farm ' 134 Dauphin DHIA 135 Remembering... 136 Cumberland DHIA 145 s6.oo'Per Year from Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, and West Virginia and lasted for two days. Butz highlighted the dinner at the conclusion of the two-day meetings. (Turn to Page 31) that time buyers will be looking for heavier lambs because the Greeks prefer them a little fatter. The buyers will not be pur chasing goats for this par (Turn to Page 19) Automatic waterers are also used. They are hooked up to a hose and at the end the rabbit drinks from, are shaped like a nipple. The rabbit simply sucks on the miter whenever he wants to with no problems of water spillage. With this system there is no need for the constant filling of the water con tainers and the rabbits are kept clean. To be sent to his market. (Turn to Page 22)
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