Tobacco buyers fought for this year’s crop (Continued from Page 1) offering a record 75 cents a pound. House of Windsor buyers also needed tobacco to meet their quota, so they overbid the 75 cent price, offering 75% to 76 cents for select crops. Trail dispute (Continued from Page 17) by the Department of In terior. Commissioner Myers pointed out the area is unique in the amount of development as opposed to other sections of the East Coast the trail passes through. Much of the trail passes parks like Shenanhoah, the Great Smokies, or the White Mountains of New Hamp shire. “Residents distrust the purpose of the National Park Service. They fear the Park Service will tie up many more .acres of private properly,” he said. Both sides have softened their original positions. The advisory commission which chairs is comprised of 13 members. Three are CANT members. Others on the Commission include State Senator John D. Hopper, Camp Hill; a representative of the Penn sylvania Department of Environmental Resources, a hiker, several concerned citizens, a representative of the National Park Service and a member of the Tri- County Planning Com mission which serves the area. The proposal to relocate the trail off to the side of the Last Friday and Saturday, buying was extremely active as most of the county’s growers sold. ' A spokesman' at Bloch Brothers, Lancaster, said the buyers filled their quotas last Saturday. They no roads was shot down 4 to 7, with the three CANT members and their attorney providing the four ‘yes’ votes. “We are not taking this lying down,” Brymesser said. “The townships spent a lot of time puting the proposal togehter.” Since that December 4 meeting, the township supervisors planned to go to Washington, D.C. to talk to the higher-ups about the trail. Although the initial field scouting was done by the Appalachian Trail Club of Maryland, the Department of Interior has the final say in where and how the trail will be relocated. The Interior Department has $9O million to spend to assure the trail runs in areas which will, presumably forever, be in an outdoorsy setting. So far, the reception from landowners has been frosty. A meeting Thursday, January 3, will attempt to reach further understanding and compromise between farmers and the trail sup porters. The meeting is to be held on the second floor of the' Carlisle Courthouse at 7 p.m. -CH longer have buyers on the market. As of Thursday afternoon, the Lorillard Corporation still had buyers on the market. However, there were few crops left to be purchased. At press time, Lancaster Fanning could not obtain this year’s average selling price. Comments from tobacco buyers indicate that this year’s average price was close to 72 cents. Witmer Rohrer, a Lorillard buyer, noted that he purchased more crops on Friday and Saturday at 75 cents than he had at the 70 cent price. “Once the ice was broken, it only took three or four days for the crop to be bought,” he commented. Donald Rohrer, a House of Windsor buyer, bought the majority of his tobacco at 76 cents. Rohrer said he was interested in only the finest quality, carefully stripped, tobacco for his company. The majority of House of Windsor tobacco is processed for chewing. Arnold Lueck of the Lancaster Extension Office explained that more of this area’s crop is being sold for chewing, rather than the traditional cigar filler. Lueck said he was suprised to hear of the 70 cent and higher prices. “I knew the growers were determined to hang in there this year. They need more money for the crop since costs are going up,” he commented. Tobacco likes warm and dry growing conditions. This Mid-Atlantic no-till meeting scheduled for January 3 COCKEYSVILLE, Md. - First-hand farmer reports on home-grown fuel production, planter modification and manure fertility will feature the afternoon session at next week’s six-state Mid- Atlantic No-Till Conference at Marriott’s Hunt Valley Inn north of Baltimore. The sixth annual farmer education meeting will get underway Thursday mor ning, January 3. Registration will begin at 8 year the opposite conditions, cool and wet, were prominent. As a result, the leaves are not as thick or fully bodied, explained Lueck. It is doubtful whether this year’s crop will average 1500 pounds per acre. A good crop should average closer to 2000 pounds per acre. Years ago, it was unlikely for any producer to sell for a nickel less than other producers. It was more normal for the selling range to differ by a cent or two. Although the nickel dif ference doesn’t seem fair, one farmer noted, “a nickel isn’t any more today than a cent was twenty years ago.” Since the crop was light in weight, it is obvious that this year’s tobacco buyers were willing to fight, via larger price increases, to get the crop they so desparetely needed. Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 29,1979 o’clock and the program is scheduled to begin promptly at 9:30. It will run until 3:30 p.m. Sponsoring organizations include the Extension Service at land-grant universities in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia. Co sponsorship and financial support are again being provided by related agribusiness firms serving the six-state area. Tickets for the noon lun cheon may still be purchased from most county Extension offices in the participating states. Because of space limitations at the conference site, advance purchase of luncheon tickets is essential, notes W. Jackson Corbett, THINK AHEAD... Read Futures Markets on Page 3. general conference chair man. Corbett is a Howard County extension agricultural agent at Columbia, Md. To find the meeting site, go five miles north of the Baltimore Beltway (1-695) on U.S. highway 1-83. Turn off at Exit 20A toward the Hunt Valley Inn. Educational and com mercial exhibits concerning no-tillage crop production will be on view upstairs in Maryland Rooms 1, 2 and 3 during the following hours: 8:15 to 10 a.m., 11:30 to noon, 1 to 1:30 p.m., and 3:30 to 5 p.m. Thursday’s no-till program sessions and the noon lunch will be held downstairs in the Hunt Valley Ballroom. 19
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