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George Sheypuk stands behind “Dolly", a Shey-tand Farm home-bred
Elevation daughter. Brother Paul handles the excellent cow’s halter. She made
25,167 pounds of milk and 898 of fat as a three year old, and currently produces 1
over 115 pounds a day.
Shey-land Farm tops
state hutterfat list
SCRANTON - When you
link about Lackawanna
aunty and Northeastern
Hinsylvaraa, mos{ people
ink of coal and snow. But,
|re is something else
at’s black and white up in
at neck of the woods, and
at’s Shey-land Farm’s
I'd of registered Holstein
'lesians.
Sliey-land Farm, located
Farm Show deadline
around the corner
ItTZ The annual
ASTER FARMING
Stop Isaue will be
m toft o* January 5,
«fore the »») Show
editor* already are
ring, material to give
udert the largest, most
late, and most cam
i»ive coverage of the
Stow*
notice is to remind
rs aad advertiser*
to gather op material
test for sabotowiw.
PatmShowiiKiaevdU
north of Scranton, next to
1-81, is run by two brothers,
George and Paul Sheypuk.
This year their herd had the
highest average butterfat
production ever recorded
among Pennsylvania DHIA
members with herds of over
60 cows.
The Sheypuk’s herd of
sixty-five Holsteins averag
ed 21,605 pounds of milk and
have advance publicity on
all of the action at the Show,
biographies on the Future
Farmers of America**
Keystone degree winners,*
ItetofFarmShoweahlbitorß,
new product releases, and
much more.
Date* far thlsyear’sFarm
Show areJanHary6teli,at
the Farm Show Complex In
Harrisburg.
Fleas* contact LAN
CASTER FARMING, Sox
3#6, litlte, PAI7«S,
2UX, il you have soinethtog
to contribute.
■t
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Docambar 1,1979
gave 836 pounds of fat to cap
ture the top honors in the
State.
This is not the first time
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Hear about saving farmland
at Thursday evening meeting
LANCASTER - Far
mland Preservation in
Lancaster County for the
1980 s will be the topic of an
educational meeting
scheduled for Thursday
evening.
Roy A. Brubaker, Lititz,
said the meeting will be held
December 6 at 7:30 p.m. in
the Auditorium of the Farm
and Home Center in Lan
caster.
Brubaker, chairman of the
Farm and Home Foun
dation’s educational com
mittee, said the meeting will
feature a panel discussion on
the proposals presently
being considered by county
farmers.
Two local men testify
at ag structure hearings
BY CURT HAULER
MT. JOY A Mount Joy
farmer and a representative
of Pennsylvania Farmers
Union testified Tuesday
before the U.S. Department
of Agriculture's Structure of
Agriculture hearings.
Gerald N. Erb, R 3 Mount
Joy, and Leonard Zemaitis,
administrative director of
the Pennsylvania Farmers
Union, both agreed in
seperate statements that
farmers need fair prices for
their products and that the
family farm is of prime
importance to American
agriculture.
The hearing, held in
Montpelier, Vermont, was
one of 10 such seminars to be -
held before year’s end
around the nation.
Secretary of
Agriculture Bob Bergland
said the purpose of the
hearings was to obtain
suggestions and comments
from farmers on the
economic and social issues
affecting the structure of
American agriculture and
rural life.
Erb, a dairy fanner,
travelled to the hearings at
his own expense.
He told the panel,
“Agriculture is being un
dermined by inflation which
is government-contrived
through cheap money and
social services.
“Land prices are being
artificial!}' stabilized to put
value behind our dollar,” he
continued.
If land prices keep in
flating with at the 16 percent
First speaker on the panel
will be John R. Ahlfeld, of
the County Planning
Commission. He will talk,
about coordination of land
preservation efforts. '
Amos H. Funk, R 1
Millersville, will outline the
deed restriction approach to
saving farm land.
This is the method by
which farmers would insert
a clause in their deed
guaranteeing its use jn
agriculture for all time.
If a prune piece of far
mland were to be sold for
non-agnculutral use, the -
county would be allowed to
purchase the property for $1
more than bid price, insert a
CM for better farm prices
rate forecast for 1880, the
only one who will be able to
afford land is government,
he said.
Erb said less government
is better government. He
said the government's policy
of cheap food and its ability
to tolerate people who will
not work for their daily
bread is “a damnation upon
all Americans.”
He said,“The American
dream is still there and
Local market strong
despite Cross closing
LANCASTER - Livestock
buyers expressed optimism
Thursday that local markets
would remain strong despite
the loss of a major cattle
buyer.
Those markets trended
steady to higher at week’s
end despite the closing of
Cross Bros. Meat Packers,
Inc.
Observers had several
theories to offer on why
Cross Bros, closed.
Bernard Cross, president
of Cross Bros., Inc., an
nounced late Friday af
ternoon, November 16, that
the company was ceasing
slaughter operations.
Citing the increasing costs
and limited supply of
livestock available. Cross
Bros, of Philadelphia closed
their doors.
Operating sine? 1920,
Cross Bros, was the last beef
packer in Philadelphia.
restriction, and resell the
land to the highest bidder.
Next panel member will be
H.H. “Billy” Haverstick,
Jr., Lancaster. He will
In this issue
Editorials 10
Legislative roundup 22
Lancaster County DHIA 37
Top grasslanders cited 38
AAM to organize 62
Wheat decorations 98
Home on the range 104
Joyce Bupp’s column 114
Berks County DHIA 116
Farm talk ' 122
$7.00 Per Year
always will be as long as
there is a free America...the
freedom of choice that my
forefathers had callous
hands, stooped shoulders,
and died to preserve.”
Erb pointed out that Unde
Sam has over three dozen
financial programs
available for farmers. He
pointed to the number of
social services in our
sodety.
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In his November 16 press
release, Mr. Cross noted in
recent years all the beef
packers located on the East
Coast, with the exception of
a few small companies, have
dosed due to inherent
economics disadvantages of
such operations in com
peting -with the large
slaughterhouses located in
the midwest close to the
source of supply.
Despite the dosing of
Cross Bros., a major Lan
caster cattle buyer, the local
market trended steady to
higher the past two weeks.
Commenting on the affects
of the Cross closing, John
Stoudt of the Johnson Cattle
Company noted that receipts
are always light during this
time of year.
“It will be four to five
months before the actual
affects will be known. By
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outline bis proposal for
elimination of inheritance
and capital gains taxes.
By eliminating the tax
burden facing a family
farmer there would be
continued incentive for a
farmer to remain in business
rather than to sell out.
The inheritance tax often
forces a fanner’s heirs to
sell land they would rather
keep and farm. By
eliminating the tax bite
which forces the farm out of
agriculture, this program
would seek to keep farm land
in agriculture without any
legal ties.
David Landis, Warwick
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