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Highest selling calf at the Berks Dairy Caif Sale went for $2325. It was
donated by Linden-Loch Holsteins, Oley, and sold to Kevin Hertzog, Oley. With
the calf are back left, Ernest Miller, chairman calf sale; Doty Remsburg and
Denny Remsburg, auctioneers; front, Kevin Hertzog, Jim Shaw, and Wendy
Shaw, who donated the animal. (See story page A4O)
Six local men to serve
on taskforce
WASHINGTON, D.C. -
Congressman Bob Walker
announced Wednesday that
six agricultural leaders from
Pennsylvania’s 16th
Congressional District will
serve on a National Task
Force on Farm Export
Expansion coordinated by
"the Agriculture Council of
America.
Those agreeing to assist in
this project -include three
farmers; James Hess, Rl,
Quarryville; Leroy Zim
merman, Rl, East Earl; and
Mack A. Reece, Rl, Not
tingham; as well as three
representatives from
agribusiness industries;
Joseph Brown, Vice
President and General
Counsel to Sperry New
Holland; Dale M. Weaver,
Vice President of Victor F.
Weaver, Inc., New Holland;
and Tncia Breckenndge,
Communications Specialist
at Pennfield Feeds, Inc.,
Lancaster.
Congressman Walker said
these leaders have been
selected to participate in the
nationwide U.S Farm
|E\port Education Project.
Its purpose is to develop
a unified national plan to
ouild a stronger U.S.
economy through increased
farm exports in the 1980’5,”
Walker explained.
Between now and the end
of the year, the members of
Hartle named Grasslander of Decade
HERSHEV - Centre
County dairyman Joseph
Hartle, Jr. has been selected
as the Grasslander of the
Decade He received his
award during cermomes at
the 20th Anniversary Forage
Conference, held here on
Monday and Tuesday.
Recognizing forage far
mers who are doing an
outstanding job has become
a tradition for the Penn
sylvania Forage and
Grassland Council. During
the 1970’5, thirty farmers
were named Outstanding
Grassland Farmers in the
annual Forage and
Grassland Awards
Program. From these in
dividual producers, the
selection of Grasslander of
the Decade was made
Hartle, who was selected
as a winner in 1975, has
farmed side-by-side with his
wife, Gladys, since the late
1950’s They were assisted in
later years by their four
daughters and son, working
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 29,1980
the National Task Force will
review “A Blueprint for U.S.
Farm Export Expansion”
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as a family to make their
farm a success.
Joseph Hartle, Jr., left, of R 4 Bellefonte, Centre
County, accepts his trophy for Grasslander of the
Decade from John Baylor, Penn State Extension
Agronomist.
PFA delegates pass
dairy , tax measures
BY CURT HAULER
HERSHEY - Penn-
sylvania Farmers'
Association concluded its
30th annual meeting here
Wednesday after voting in
favor of a state dairy
promotion package with
provisions roughly the same
as those now being con
sidered by a 20-member
board and establishing a
school tax policy.
Delegates also voted to
assess themselves an ad
ditional $lO per year in dues,
bringing the yearly fee to
$5O.
Exact wording of those
and other resolutions follows
below.
PFA President Eugene
Thompson set the tone of the
meeting in his address to
members Monday morning
when he said, “It’s decision
time” on tax policy.
Noting the mood of the
nation to cut government
spending, he advised fellow
farmers to look at
agriculture’s own business.
“Some areas of
agriculture depend on
government money for them
existence,” Thompson said.
“We used democracy to get
us into this fix we can use
it to get us out.”
Thompson called on the
delegates to “develop a fair
tax policy.”
He also said it was up to
PF A to come to grips with ag
land preservation.
“We will say how land will
After the purchase of their
115-acre farm in 1957, the
be preserved when the
legislature decides when to
do it,” he said.
Later the delegates heard
Pennsylvania Secretary of
Agriculture Penrose
Hallowell recount the suc
cesses of the most recent
legislative session.
Hallowell told PFA
delegates their organization
had been instrumental in
having many of the
measures enacted.
4-H’ers pack bags
for Nat’l Congress
BY DEBBIE KOONTZ
.LANCASTER - This
weekend 42 Pennsylvania 4-
H members will arrive in
Chicago for one of the most
important events on die 4-H
calendar - the National
Congress at the Conrad
Hilton, November 30 to
December 4.
These members along with
nearly 1800 other 4-H youth
across the nation will
represent over 5.2 million
youth in 4-H and related
programs in the 50 states.
District of Columbia and
Puerto Rico.
The Congress, now in its
59th year, annually
recognizes the ac
complishments of 4-H
members and continues to
Hartles went to work with a
herd of 12 milk cows, “about
all the land would support”
according to Joe. In 1969, an
adjacent farm of 130 acres
was purchased, bringing the
total farmland to 245 acres.
Of this acreage, 210 acres
are cropland, 4 acres are
permanent hayland, 18 acres
are permanent pasture, with
the remainder included in
the farmstead and various
other uses. The Hartles rent
an additional 90 acres of
cropland.
- In this Issue
SECTION A: Editorials, 10; Berks Grange, 16; Ask
VMD, 18; 1980 alfalfa champ, 20; Frey Angus takes
reserve grand, 21, Guernsey tops DHIA, 22; Sludge for
farms, 23; Pregnant herringbone parlor, 42.
SECTION B: Hay marketing, 2; Alfalfa production
challenges, 4; Silage additives, 5; Berks Farm-City
tour, 9; Berks 4-H beef, 11; Buck season to open, 12;
Farming’s no easy game, 14.
SECTION C: Homestead notes, 2; Home on the
range, 6,1981 outlook, 19; Lancaster DHIA, 21; Adams
DHIA, 27, Dauphin DHIA, 29; 4-H congress to open, 30;
Dairy pipeline, 34; Milk Check, 38; Joyce Bupp, 39.
$7.50 Per Year
Among successes cited
was a revision of co-op laws
which allows cooperatives to
forgo annual audits by a
certified public accountant,
formation of a land con
demnation board, a measure
saying farmers do not have
to fence cattle out of
streams, and the milk
security law.
Hallowed spoke of the
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motivate members to
achieve high standards of
excellence, or, to expand
their horizons.
Only 4-H members who
have been named 1980 state
winners in 4-H projects and
activities may attend. Of
those attending, 1,250
members will receive trips
to Congress from national
donors and about 450 will be
receiving trips through state
donors.
Among the 42 attending
from Pennsylvania is
Lucinda Risser, Lancaster
County’s state winner.
Lucinda will take part in the
gardening program and will
vie for a national title.
But before national win
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The Hartle’s farm land
consists mostly of Class I
and n soils, and the soil type
is a limestone soil called
Hagerstown silt loam. To
help control erosion on this
valuable cropland, the
Hartles farm on the contour
with cross-slope strips and
grass waterways.
About 110 acres of the
cropland are m alfalfa and
alfalfa-grass mixtures
Twenty acres of hayland are
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