VOL. 24 Ho.# Jf~ Farmers warned of future economic problems By JOYCE BUPP Staff Correspondent RED LION - “We have a [ovemment trying to spend ts way out of the inflation problem,” warns Lou Moore, agricultural economist from Penn State University. “It hits us ah Pa. Farm Show gets a face-lift, new schedules By JOAN LEESAU HARRISBURG - The Farm Show Building Complex has had a face lift and a few of the schedules In this issue Farm Calendar 10 Editorial Comments 10 Cumberland Co. roundup 34 Guernsey banquet 35 Homestead Notes 42 Jr Cooking Edition 44 Kendy’s Kollumn 46 Joyce Bupp 47 Home on the Range 48 Eggs 52 Ida’s Notebook 56 Farm Women Calendar 57 Ladies have you heard 57 I Classifieds 60 ! Lebanon DHIA 9® Dauphin DMA 95 JforkDHIA 97 Lancaster DHIA 104 Fundraising 105 Sales Register 134 Serving The Central and Southeastern Pennsylvania Areas - Also Maryland, New Jersey and Delaware and there’s very little any one of us as individuals can do about it.” Moore pronounced that verdict and issued a -few warnings and recom mendations to the farming community when he spoke to the York County Farmers’ have been changed for the 1979 Farm Show, January 8 through the 12. In file dairy division the numbers an individual or herd unit can show has been reduced from ten animals in the colored breeds and/or eight eight Holsteins to eight Pa/s certified farm markets growing in numbers By KENDACE BORRY “Producer marketers have a unique opportunity today,” Eugene McDowell, director of product ser Lebanon Co, farmer wins state alfalfa contest UNIVERSITY PARK - Six Pennsylvania grassland farmers received 1978 State Alfalfa Growers Awards at the recent Forage and Seed Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 25,197$ Forum last Friday at Rut ter’s Restaurant. “In five years, it may not mean much to' be a millionaire,” the economist predicted, “because the government keeps printing too much “funny money.” Terming inflation the in the colored breeds and six Holsteins. The previous group classes have been combined into one class called the exhibitors herd with four animals. The premiums have been in creased accordingly for this class. vices,for PACMA’s con sumer product division, the Pennsylvania Farmer’s Association’s marketing affiliate, stated. “They have Conference held at Penn State main campus. Dr. John E. Baylor, Penn State Extension agronomist and contest coordinator, country’s most pressing problem, Moore indicated he believes that neither voluntary nor mandatory economic controls will be successful. He regards in flation as a final link in a chain of government inac tions, and calls it “a long The' sheep and swine classes remain the same except for one change in the market lambs. Junior market lambs will be shown by weight classification rather than by breeds. Grade mares will not be a separate class anymore. an outlet for their sales, with no middleman in between them.” He was speaking of the Certified Farm Market points out that the winners were selected on the basis of points received for hay equivalent yield per acre, pounds of protein, and total term problem being at tacked with short run solutions in hopes that it win somehow go away.” “Depression and recession” are terms being heard frequently in .what Moore accused as “scare tactics.” Moore said that They will have their own. class in' their respective breeds. A pony pulling division has been added this year. Thursday night will be the run off for the State Pony Pulling Championship. Hus will be the Keystone Pony Pullers Association sane program, which is another name for the Retail Farm Market Division of the Pennsylvania Farmers’ Association, Camp Hill.. The digestible nutrients during the entire growing season. Champion alfalfa grower was I. Hershey Bare, Lebanon R 2. He produced $6.00 Per Year histopr of the present money worries trace bade to the Johnson administration’s handling of the costlier-than admitted Vietnam war and the beginning of social welfare programs. (Turn to Page 29) tioned state championship contest. The pony pulling contest replaces the “Parade of Blue Ribbon Stock” which was traditionally held on Thursday evening. Ac (TurntoPage2o) program, which was originally set up under the Pa. Department of Agriculture, has -for two (Turn to Page 22) 8.71 tons of hay equivalent: 3,268 pounds of protein, and 9,730 pounds of total digestiblenutrients per acre, (Turn to Page 19)
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