Serving and Southeastern Pennsylvania Areas'- Also Maryland, New Jersey and Delaware
VOL. 24 No.o Of
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 30,1978
11978 was a good year
By DIETER KRIEG
LITITZ The year that’s
ending was a good one, jay
most farmers in eastern
Pennsylvania, and they’re
!loo)dng for about the same
ikihd of situation in 1979.
■That’s the consensus of
Global egg. situation viewed
f By KENDACEBORRY ,
I LANCASTER - The
egg situation has
jits effects on egg producers
jin Lancaster County, bven
[though their eggsare seldom
[exported^- according to
Wentink, assistant
| Tobacco being purchased
| By DIETER KRIEG
I LANCASTER Tobacco
fbuyers are visiting farmers
? again now, offering between
60 and 70 cents per pound for
a crop which is generally
being described as good to
very good.
vV
Bomgardner sweeps 4-H round-up
I By JOAN LIES AU
I LEBANON - Jay
ißomgardner, 19, captured
Both grand championship
titles with his market hog
end steer projects at the
-Lebanon County 4-H baby
sbeef and market swine
iFarm Calendar 10
■Editorial 10
sjShapp vetoes ag bill 20
SHomestead Notes 42
Ur. Cooking Edition 43
lEannWomen Calendar 44
opinions shared by a number
of Lancaster Farming's
readers this week. Their
only complaint is that costs -
especially for machinery
and parts - are too high.
Robert Rohrer of
Strasburg proclaimed 1978
to the president of PennfielcT
Corporation, Lancaster; and
~ chairman of the National
Commission on Egg
Nutrition, Arlington, Va.
Around the world, there is
a “great controversy”, he
According to one grower
buyer, about a tenth of
Lancaster County’s crop has
been bought, as buyers were
just getting started this week
to inspect the local crop. The
Maryland type tobacco,
however, was purchased in
round-up held December 27
at the Lebanon County
Fairgrounds.
Jay, the son of Victor and
Anna Bomgardner, Annville
R 3, showed a 1265 pound
Angus-Simmental-Hereford
cross steer which was later
- In this issue
Kendy’sKollumn 45
Home on the Range 46
Ida’s Notebook 46
Joyce Bupp 48
Pond restoration 50
Classifieds 53
was a very good year for the
American farmer, and while
he’s optimistic about the
future, he admits that the
overall state of the economy
could lead to some hardi
times. He doesn’t believe:
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said, dealing with the diet
heart cholesterol issue.-
Ten to 15 years ago, he
explained, it was almost a
foregone conclusion that too
much cholesterol would
increase the chances of
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early November. Prices for
those varieties’ reportedly
ranged from 35 to 85 cents
per pound, depending on
quality and grading.
While some companies
expect the farmer to sort his
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sold to the Lebanon Valley
National Bank. The steer
sold for $1.06 per pound for a
total of $1340.90.'
His buddy steer, a 1050
pound Hereford-Simmental
cross, placed second in its
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ijancasibi uiila 82
Cumberland DHIA 88
Beef cattle feature 92
Dairy feature , 96
Wood burner tips 111
Life on the farm 112
| 1.45, average 1.30.
$6.00 Per Year