Maryland Jerseyarid Delaware
VOL 23 No. 30
After weeks of unseasonably cool weather, farmers throughout southeastern
Pennsylvania are busy with their field work. Most of the corn in the area has
been planted, and now, with sunny skies and warm temperatures, hay and
Com up, hay looks good as conditions improve
By KENDACE BORRY
LTFITZ - “Things are
looking better every day,” is
the way one Lancaster
County farmer summed it up
and others across the
Lancaster Farming area
echoed his thoughts. The
steady rain that has fallen in
the last week or so and the
warm, bright weather that
has shone on the fields has
brightened the hopes of
fanners for a better season.
“I got my corn all in and
it’s up, about two to three
and a half inches,” the
farmer went on. “The rain
didn’t hurt my corn and now
I have pretty decent hay. I
hope to start cutting it next
week.”
Another Lancaster County
farmer estimated that about
Ben Morgan retires
UNIVERSITY PARK -
Ben Morgan, professor of
animal science Extension at
Penn State University, will
retire June 30 with almost 22
years of service to the
University.
Prior to his appointment to
the College of Agriculture
faculty, Morgan served 21
Ritchie heads Leb. Co. FFA unit
By JOANNE SPAHR
LEBANON - Heading the
coming year’s Lebanon
County Chapter of the
Future Farmers of America
wilt be 17-year-old Northern
Lebanon High School student
Scott Ritchie. Ritchie, and
eight other officers, make up
the Lebanon County FFA
unit.
% of all the com is planted
and about half of that is up,
the average, height being
around the three inch mark.
“Some of the early com
Feeder and slaughter cattle prices are still rising
By DIETER KRIEG
LANCASTER - Cattle
prices continue to escalate to
new heights with feeders and
slaughter cattle leading the
way. Whereas slaughter
cattle eclipsed the $6O per
hundredweight mark last
week for the first time in
nearly five years, prices at
Lancaster County auctions
and elsewhere are indicating
that $6O for high choice and
prime cattle is almost to be
expected. At Vintage on
years on the West Virginia
Cooperative Extension
Service staff as county
agricultural agent and
livestock specialist.
A native of Fairmont W
Va., he received an A.B.
degree from Fairmont State
College and bachelor of
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Serving as vice president
under Ritchie will be 16-
year-old Robert Kreider,
currently a sophomore at
Annville-Cleona High
School. Kreider will also be
the ’7B-79 president of the
Little Dutchman FFA
Chapter The son of Mr. and
Mrs. Ben Kreider, Annville
Rl, Kreider has previously
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 27,1978
planted may have rotted
some,” he commented. “But
that rain sure helped the
hay. It should start coming
off next week.”
Tuesday, for example, 70 per
cent of the slaughter cattle
„ offered went for us over $6O
per hundredweight. The
number of cattle offered was
down by nearly 300 com-
pared to a week earlier. The
Hay prices are mostly steady, but...
By KENDACE BORRY
NEW HOLLAND - An
unheard of thing happened
Monday at the New Holland
Sales Stables hay sale. A
small two-ton load of alfalfa
timothy hay was sold for the
price of $230 per ton.
According to the sales
stable, the hay was bought
by a race horse owner, Ron
Kohr, who is the owner of the
Lauxmont Farms,
Wrightsville. He reportedly
bought the hay for his race
horse Bedford Spirit, whose
held the office of chaplain in
his home chapter.
A second FFA member
from the Little Dutchman
Chapter is David
Bomgardner, who will
assume the duties of
assistant vice president of
the county chapter. The son
of Mr and Mrs. Harvey T.
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haylage is being made by many in the area. The above scene was photographed
near Bernville in Berks County.
“Growing, we’re still
about a week behind
schedule,” the farmer
continued. “Everything
looks better now than it did
top price was $64.10 - fully $4
higher than the trend-setting
price established at the
Lancaster Livestock Yards
on May 15.
Feeder cattle prices at
Vintage on May 19 went as
worth has been estimated at
$365,000.
Norman Kolb,
representing the New
Holland Sales, related that
this was the highest price he
had ever heard paid for hay,
Agriculture bill draws fire
WASHINGTON, D.C. The
Consumer and Agricultural
Protection Act now pending
before a Senate sub
committee would lead to a
government-managed agri
cultural system and add a
new layer of bureaucracy
within the U.S. Department
of Agriculture says the
American Farm Bureau
Federation.
The subcommittee, on.
Agricultural Production,
Marketing and Stabilization
of Prices of the Senate
Committee on Agriculture,
Nutrition, and Forestry
opened hearings on the
proposed law Monday, May
but we won’t be able to tell
what type of season it is for a
month or so yet. But good,
warm weather will sure
help.”
high as $7O per hun
dredweight for choice and
good Angus, Charolais and
Hereford cattle weighing 380
to 600 pounds. Some 700 to
900 pound animals were sold
for $63 to $67.50 perhun-
and that it in no way
represented the market.
“Hay prices are holding
just about steady,” he
stated. “Average alfalfa hay
is bringing about $125 to $l5O
per ton.”
22, anil completed 'them
Wednesday.
The biIHS. 2626) would set
up a powerful National
Board of Agricultural
Governors, with members
In this issue
Farm Calendar 10
Editorials 10
Medicein & Mgmt. 16
Homestead Notes 50
Joyce Bupp 52
Ida’s Notebook 52
Home on the Range 54
Jr. Cooking edition 56
Doris Thomas 60
Farm Women Calendar 61
Classifieds 67
Cumberland DEHA 98
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$6.00 Per Year
From Ephrata, a farmer
told that he will start his hay
cutting on Monday, weather
permitting. And he com-,
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dredweight. Two Charolais
cows with calves were
auctioned off for $7BO each
and described as “out
standing.”
In Lancaster on May 19,
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He went on to say that the
sales stables is getting less
loads of hay now than they
did in the midst of Winter.
“Dairy farmers are
starting to use pasture,” he
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appointed by President
Carter from agriculture,
consumer groups, organized
labor and business.
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Yesterday’s farming 100
Tillage and planting
changes 107
Top chicken cook 108
My Thoughts 112
First endurance ride 117
4-HExpo 100
Rodeo family 125
Ag Safety Council 126
4-H steers branded 129
Kendy’sKollumn 133
Berks County DHIA 137