—lancastcr Farming, Saturday, April 28,1979 24 CaCendaii Today, April 28 Mother and Daughter Berks Co. Society 3 farm banquet at Hershey Farm sal® Restaurant. Lancaster Co. Society 4 Lancaster Co. Society 20 entertains Society 25 and luncheon, 1 p.m. tour of County officers, 12:30 Winterthur, Wilmington, p.m. at Ironville United j^l Methodist Church. Saturday, May 5 Lancaster Co. Society 25 Lancaster Co, Society 7 entertained by Society 4. meeting at Miriam Monday, April 5 Keneagy, Paradise. Berks Co. Society 5 tour Lancaster Co. Society 10 Richmaid Kitchens. meeting, 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 1 hostess, Mary Habecker. Berks Co. Society 4 meeting Lancaster Co. Society 27 at Jean Waldo’s, entertained by Society 6, Boyertownß4. York Co. Societies scholarship application deadline. Wednesday, May 2 York Co. Society 1 meeting at Evelyn Dallmeyer’s. Thursday, May 3 Lancaster Co. Society 17 Pa. acreage intentions are up HARRISBURG - Com monwealth farmers intend to devote more acreage to com, tobacco, soybeans and hay than last year, ac cording to the Pennsylvania Crop Reporting Service. Based on April 1 in tentions, acreage and per centage changes from 1978 are: com planted, 1,630,000 acres, up one percent; tobacco for harvest, 13,500 acres, up four percent; soybeans planted, 85,000 acres, up 31 percent; hay for harvest, 1,945,000 acres, up one percent; barley planted, 125.000 acres, down seven percent; and oats planted, 360.000 acres, unchanged. Estimated for the first year is sorghum planted at 18,000 acres. United States com plan tings are expected to total 79.2 million acres, one percent below the 1978 acreage. Feed grain acreage (com, sorghum, oats and barley) is expected to total 119 million acres, down three percent. Food grain acreage (wheat, rice and rye) is expected to increase six percent from last year’s 72.2 million acres to 76.7 million acres in 1979. Travel program slated PARADISE - The last program this Spring in the Travel and Adventures Series sponsored by the Rotary Club of Paradise will be held Saturday, May 5 at 7:30 p.m. at the Conestoga Valley High School. The photographer-narra tor will be Ed Jillson who with Mrs. Jillson (Kathy) has produced “Colorful Canyonlands”. This film shows the scenic splendor found in Utah and Arizona. Tickets for the program will be available at the door at Conestoga Valley High School. Proceeds will sup port the community projects of the Paradise Rotary Club. All-inclusive support wanted for milk security fund HARRISBURG - Penrose Hallowell, Pennsylvania's secretary of agriculture, believes all members of the dairy industry should con tribute to a milk security fund. Hallowell made this statement at a legislative Drink )&L Milk W' for ENERGY to BURN! meeting in Harrisburg on constructing a new center Friday being held by the slowly over the next several Pennsylvania State Grange, years. The Secretary emphasized The new facility would be that" this belief “was not constructed on a different down on paper yet. ” -location than the Farm Show Before committing Building himself to this action, he wished to consult with other parties within the dairy industry. Also present at the Grange’s legislative meeting were two representatives of the dairy co-ops, Arden Tewksbury, from Eastern Milk Producers and Lbster Jones from Interstate Milk Cooperative. Another issue mentioned by the Secretary, included the construction of a new Keystone Exposition Center. In contrast to many past ideas, Hallowell advocated Pa. milk production up HARRISBURG - Milk pounds in March, up three production in Pennsylvania percent from a year ago. during March 1979 totaled 681 million pounds, up two United States milk percent from a year earlier production during March according to the Penn- 1979 totaled 10.6 billion sylvania Crop Reporting pounds, slightly above Service. The number of milk March 1978. Production per cows in the commonwealth cow averaged 979 pounds, 12 during March was 695,000 pounds above a year earlier, head, down 8,000 head from a Total milk cows averaged year earlier. Milk produc- 10.8 million head, oft one tion per cow averaged 980 percent from last year. Other issues discussed at the legislative meeting in* eluded the Motor Vehicle Code and a presentation on Workmen’s Compensation the Chamber of Com merce.
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