lit— Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 11,1978 Legislation to help Holstein WASHINGTON, D.C. - Legislative activity by the 95th Congress before its adjournment sent the Agricultural Export Trade Expansion Act of 1978 to President Carter’s desk for signature. In terms of the general agricultural welfare and its potential to the nation’s balance of payments, the Pa. farm survey to be done HARRISBURG - A na tional agricultural survey will kick off in late November and early December to determine how many acres farmers planted to winter wheat and what the latest facts are on livestock and poultry numbers. Pennsylvania producers will be asked to cooperate in this undertaking. Participa tion is voluntary but very essential to reliable final estimates, according to Wal ly Evans, Statistician-in- Charge of the Pennsylvania Crop and Livestock Repor ting Service. He noted that all information provided by Dinner meeting set FLEMINGTON, N. J. - Col. Clinton Pagano, superin tendent of the New Jersey State Police, will be the featured speaker at the annual dinner meeting of the Hunterdon County Board of Agriculture, scheduled for November 18, at Quaker town Firehouse, reports Charles F. Runge, Everitt stown, Chairman for the affair. A reception penod will precede the roast beef THRIFSu@E Economical Steel Buildings for Rural And Urban Use AU-1 No matter what your agricultural or storage needs, there’s a Thnf-stor building that's right for your needs Equipment storage Livestock building Gram storage Workshop or Garage Thnf-stor’s strong steel construction is available in four basic building types, in widths ranging from 20-60 feet and heights from 8-16 feet Choose from galvanized or nine beautiful color finishes too Manufactured by Mesco, one of the nation’s leading producers of pre-engmeered steel buil'ding systems, Thnf-stor buildings are professionally designed to provide solid strength at maximum savings —. 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Estimates of winter wheat acreages, along with a pro duction forecast, will be published on December 21 by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture as the first indication of how pro ducers in Pennsylvania and the nation have responded to the farm program involving acreage set-aside provi sions. Estimates of hog numbers and the early 1979 pig crop also will be publish ed on December 21, and the dinner which has been scheduled for 7 p.m. The meeting is open to the public. Tickets for the annual dinner meeting are available in the Hunterdon County Extension Service Office, Route 31, north of Flenungton, N.J. Cost is $6.50 each. Check, made payable to the Hunterdon County Board of Agriculture, may be mailed to Charles F. Runge, c/o Extension Service, RD6 Box 48, Flenungton, N.J. 08822. extended by the Export- Import Bank in 1974, but failed under the Commodity Credit Corporation program operated by the XJ.S. Department of Agriculture. The block for extension of CCC credit came from Marine interests in con nection with cargo preference legislation. These interests continued to present uncertainties until count of chickens and cattle will be ready to go in late January 1979. The estimates will provide producers and others in agriculture with the necessary background in formation to make decisions affecting production and marketing operations. Copies of the reports will be available from the Penn sylvania Crop and livestock Reporting Office at 2301 North Cameron Street, Har risburg, Pa. 17120, after 4 p.m. EST on the day of release. National reports will be available on a toll free telephone line by calling 800424-7964. O tS?. Bodies Precision engineered roll formed 52" high steel sides provide greater capacity at less cost. 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Earlier this year efforts were put forth by HFA to incorporate “cost and freight” for breeding livestock and ten-year credit terms for breeding livestock into the legislation. In connection with those provisions of the new Act which specifically assist in the establishment of an international competitive position for the sale and export of breeding livestock, Rumler gives full credit to the cooperation shown between the USDA, the members of HFA “Group Two-Fifty,” and Export Coordinators who help, justify the value of the new provisions. There are other provisions in the Act which are con sidered significant: 1) establishment of some 25 Agricultural Trade Offices located throughout the world to supplement the activities of the Agricultural Attaches; 2) upgrading a number of Agricultural Attaches to the title of Agricultural Coun selor to balance their counterparts from other nations; and 3) upgrading of Bigger Than Ever, Better Than Ever STORE HOURS; MON., TUES., WED., FRI. 7:30 - 5:30 THURSDAY 7:30 TILL 9 P.M.; SATURDAY 7:30 - 3:00 an Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for International Affairs to emphasize the importance of agricultural exports and enhance his stature in the field of in ' temational agriculture. 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