VOL 25 No.*'//
Keystone Pork Congress: a ‘pig’ success
BY SHEILA MILLER
LANCASTER - Nearly
600 hog producers turned out
for the second Keystone
Pork Congress, held at the
Host Farm near Lancaster.
For two days, Wednesday
and Thursday, these far
mers ate and talked pork,
learning about new
management practices and
hearing sales pitches from
commercial exhibitors.
At then: annual meeting,
the Pennsylvania Pork
Council also elected new
officers.
Abe Fisher, Kmzer, will be
taking over the presidency
from .Clyde Strock. And,
In this issue
SECTION A: Editorials, 10; Letters to editor, 15; Hog
price outlook, 16; Cloister FFA, 17; Lancaster bull
wins Dixie National, 29; Ask the VMD, 34.
SECTION B: Looking back on FFA, 2; Regional Star
Farmer, 5; Warwick FFA, 8. ,
SECTION C: Fastnacht for Lent, 2; Joyce Bupp,
Home on the Range,_6; Outerwear fabrics, 14; New
slant on milking, 26; Soybean price-pressure, 34.
SECTION D; New loop in mastitis protection, 4; Farm
talk, 6; The Milk Check, 10; Huntingdon DHIA, 17;
Farm census, 20.
LANCASTER Penn
sylvania Secretary of
Agriculture Penrose
Hallowell Tuesday evening
said fanners mil see milk
security fund legislation in
the state senate by the end of
February.
He predicted passage of a
fund by June—the
traditional dairy month.
Hallowell also said he
expected agriculture to be
the number one industry in
Pennsylvania by 1981.
Friends and neighbors were out early Wednesday morning to help clean up the
aftermath of the fire that destroyd the Richard Baylis barn. See related story on
page A-23.
serving as Fisher’s vice
president will be Elwood
Houser, Lebanon.
The council voted to op
pose the proposed three
tenths of one percent check
off at the national level.
They said they would rather
see an increase in the ten
cent check off presently in'
effect.
Reasons for the opposition
were:
losing track of the
number of hogs;
not being able to
propose a new budget
because of not knowing what
funds would beavailable;
not having enough funds
At Lancaster extension dinner
Hallowell sets timetable
for milk fund, ag growth
His remarks came in an
address to the annual
meeting of the Agricultural
and Home Economics Ex
tension-Association at the
Fanaand Home Center.
At the meeting three new
directors were elected and
two were chosen to serve a
second term.
Reelected were James M.
Eshelman, R 2 Mt Joy; and
Mrs. Arlene Eshelman, R 1
Willow Street.
New to the board are Allen
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 16,1980
when the price of hogs is
low; -
adding a bookkeeping
chore to the markets;
and having too much
money to spend often leads
to unwise spending, they
said.
The council went on to
oppose the use of check off
funds for the national
political action committee.
In addition to their
business meeting, the PPP
members were given a
commercial show that
rivaled the Farm Show on a
smaller scale.
Over 65 exhibitors
displayed their wares,
taking up two large rooms in
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National FFA Week is February 16-23
UTITZ Members of the
Lancaster County Bed Rose
Future Farmers of America,
1100 strong, join the nearly
495,000 other FFA members
in the United States in
celebrating National FFA
Week which starts February
K. Risser, Leola; Mrs.
Thelma Hess, R 1 Strasburg;
and Kenneth M. Rutt,
Quarryville.
In other extension
business,' the Extension
Association’s budget was
reviewed. A balance of
$12,415 last year was
suplemented by a $78,000
appropriation from the
county commissioners.
Expenses during the past
year were $80,460 leaving an
ending balance of $10,349.
Newly elected officers for the Pennsylvania Pork Producers Council are Abe
Fisher, right, of Kinzer, Lancaster County, who will serve as president; and
Elwood Houser, Lebanon, the new vice-president.
16 and concludes February
25.
Throughout the week the. ~
county’s 12 chapters- are
planning Various activities
including television shows,
news releases, radio
broadcast, window displays
Marion R. Deppen, Capital
Region Extension Ad
ministrator, said be often
had to complain about lack
of funds.
“This year you see a smile
on my face,” Deppen said.
The state appropriated an
extra one million dollars to
restore collapsed positions.
Included are Nancy
Meyers’ 4-H and Susan
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Charges illegal tolling agreement
LeHi takes on Dairylea
in storm over A&P
BY CURT HARDER
ALLENTOWN Dairy co
ops and the state’s milk
marketing system were
rocked earlier this week by a
flurry of charges and
counter-charges concerning
illegal tolling of milk.
Dairy circles are spinning
from charges made by
Robert P. Barry, President
of Lehigh Valley Farms.
He asked the Penn
sylvania Milk Marketing
Board to investigate an
arrangement by A&P to
and many other activities to
support the theme: “FFA -
-'Preparing For PrpftMuillkfr
The traditions of FFA
have held strong' and
produced a mighty work
force for food and fiber to
meet the needs of our nation
and the world. Successful
agricultural leaders of today
are the testimony.
Vocational agricultural
education is an American
success story of learning by
doing.
National FFA Week
always holds George
Washington’s birthday in
observance of his leadership
in promoting scientific
farming practices.
purchase the processing and
packaging of milk from
Dairylea Milk Producers
Cooperative at Dairylea’s
Scranton plant at a price
believed to be below cost.
Barry also asked the
revocation of A&P’s and
Dairylea’s Pennsylvania
marketing licenses for
knowingly and intentionally
violating PMMB laws.
The contract for the 20
A&P stores previously was
serviced by Lehigh Valley at
$7.00 Per Yeat
Washington is considered
the patron saint of the FFA
and has come to symbolize
the FFA Treasurer.
Organized in 1928, the FFA
promotes leadership,
cooperation and citizenship
among high school
vocational agriculture
students. Vocational
agriculture education in high
school prepares students for
careers in agricultural
production, marketing,
processing and service.
FFA members emerge
prepared. While the Future
Fanners of America is noted
for its over 50 years of
progress in agricultural
leadership, it is in the
“preparing” that members
gain.
FFA members are
prepared to face the future,
to lead America’s
agricultural industry and
are prepared to be
somebody..
Feature'stories on local
FFA activities can be found
in Section B and throughout
the issue.
a price of $1.56 per gallon for
whole milk.
Lehigh said the Dairylea -
A&P agreement was
executed even though the
state had determined milk
was being sold below
Dairylea’s cost for fluid
milk.
Barry said Lehigh
believed Dairylea was
selling milk to some stores at
$1.42 for the same package
Lehigh had offered.
Dairylea called the
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