VOL. 26 N». 35 Meet Lancaster County’s new dairy prirfoess, 17-year-old Deb' Greider. Deb was crowned during ceremonies held at the Landis Valley Resort Inn, Saturday. See story on A 22. Big piggies go to market BY DICK ANGLESTEIN LANCASTER —How does the popular nursery rhyme go? “This little piggy went to market'. - “This little piggy stayed at home.” Well, A tfais rhythmic choice learned as a child might be applied to those thousands of big piggies that go to market weekly in Lancaster County as hogs to end up as hams, bacon, npik chops or whatever'ui the supermarket. , Also, this choice and the route that hogs travel between county farms,and the supermarket shelf is causing several npples of concern an<kcontroversy presently in the local swine industry. Several questions being raised due to these ripples include: -What long-range impact will be felt if last week’s “indefinite” closing by Penn Packing Co., of Philadelphia, develops into a definite cessation of operations? -Are prices reported from some local auctions ever inflated, with lower figures being dropped from the ranges that are quoted? -Do some buyers pull too many of the marketing strings, even to< the point where they can get auctions to back down on requiring prompt daily cash payments for the hogs purchased? Among these questions, the Number One topic of conversation in recent days centered on last week’s Penn Packing closing. On the average, approximately 2,000 head of hogs had been moving weekly through Penn Packing’s receiving station at Ephrata’s Green Dragon Market And across But how and when? the state, the Philadelphia packers generally bought some 4,000 to 5,000 bead, including'those out of markets in the western part of the state, some directly off farms and those contracted through feed mills. Although Penn Packing closed its doors on Thursday, June 18, the Ephrata receiving station remained open this week with the hogs going to A & £ Packing in Allentown. The station will continue to receive hogs neirt week for slaughter at A & B, according to Inside This Week’s... The most recent Dekalb swine crossing farm built has been constructed in Lancaster County...A2o. What? An automatic milling system? There is now one irf Lancaster County on a 70,000-bird operation owned by John Woglemuth...A26. Let’s all be judges! That was the consensus of ov§r 150 adults and youth who gathered for the Southeast Judging Contest last week...C22. Humans battle animals, or is it the other way around? Firtd out on page...C3o. Lancaster Famine, Saturday, June 27,19tl Ag heads consider PRY program BY SHEILA MILLER HARRISBURG Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture Penrose HalloweU met with U.S. Secretary of Agriculture John Block in Washington D.C. on Wednesday to discuss the current pseudorabies outbreak in the state’s southeast corner and a possible USDA funded pilot project for eradication. According to HalloweU, Secretary Block said he un derstands the problems facing Pennsylvania hog producers because be, himself,- is a hog farmer from Illinois where pseudorabies also is a problem. Kallowell reported PDA will be applying for a grant of less than $lOO,OOO for the pilot project to eradicate pseudorabies in the concentrated Lancaster County area. He expressed optimism conceriiimg the application and stated Pennsylvania “stands a chance wevdll use the funds in a limited, small-size area where the problem is severe.” He added Pennsylvania and North Carolina are the most logical states for the pilot projects and are m the upper 34 of the states that have applied. In addition to soliciting aid from Henry Gruber, of the Allentown packing firm. “It mil take a few weeks until the situation shakes down,” Gruber said. “Someone will kill the hogs and they will find channels to go through. We’ve seen it before with Consolidated and others.” Lawrence Lipoff, of Penn Packing, said the closing was due to economic conditions in the ’in dustry. He described Penn Packing losses recently as “staggering.” (Turn to Page A 34) USDA through Animal Plant Health Inspection Service, Block suggested: enforcing the present federal interstate regulations controlling movement of hogs; promoting -proposals for new state regulations, including in trastate movement of both breeding and feeder swine; exploring and promoting the eradication of the disease ih known herds; maintaining quarantines until herds are depopulated or tested pseudorabies free; eartagging all feeder pigs sold at auction; enforcing dealer market laws so that no slaughter hogs can be sold asbreedmg stock; and Bob Livingston'of Dover, York, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Livingston receives his first place judging contest award from State 4-H Leader, Carroll Howes, at Penn State’s Junior Livestock Field Day on Saturday. See story on A2B. FEC denies dairy Co-op’s request BY DONNA TOMMELLEO WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Federal Election Commission, last REGULAR COLUMNS Editorials, A 6; Now is the time, A 10; That’s a good question, B 4; Ida’s Notebook, C 5; Joyce Bupp’s column, Cll. DAIRY Holstein Convention coming, A 18; Blue Mountain dairy goat show, Al 9; Northampton, Lehigh Dairy Princess, B 4; York Dairy Princess, B 6; Lebanon Dairy Princess, B 6; Dairy Pipeline, C 29; Schuylkill Dairy Princess, Cl 2; Lancaster DHIA, C 24; Holstein Assn, names junior winners, C 33. HOME AND YOUTH Homestead Notes, C 2; Home on the Range, C 6; Farm Women Society News, C 9; FWS calendar, CIO; Kid’s Komer, Cl 4; 4-H news, Cl 7; FFA news, C 36; Livestock Judging Clinic, C 22; Puppies in Mountville, C 37; Holstein Assn, names Jr. members. C 33; Getting started in farming, C 32 $7.50 Per Year advising swine producers to buy only swine that are certified pseudorabies free. (Turn to Page A 34) NOTICE Due to the July 4th holiday next Saturday Farming will be going to press one day early. Subsrcibers will receive their newspapers on Friday, July 3. Deadlines for Mail Box Markets will be Monday, June 29 at 5 p.m. Classified ads must be submitted by Wednesday, July 1 at 9 a.m. Deadline for news and markets is Thursday, July 2,9 a.m. Thursday, voted 4-2-against Land ‘0 T .akps Cooperative’s advisory request to solicit indirect members for political contributions. However, a spokesman for the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives said Thursday, a change in the federal regulation governing member solicitation is being considered. “There was an indication that some commissioners felt there was justification for a change in the regulations that would permit Land ‘0 Lakes to solicit,” said Associate General Counsel Jim Krzymmski. Under current federal regulations, Land ‘0 Lakes, a highly diversified cooperative, can solicit individual, direct members, but cannot draw contributions from incorporated membership in the form of local co-ops. Kr zymmski explained the co-op is also prohibited from soliciting from individuals within the locals. > In a similar action last year, the , Commission ruled against an advisory request from Midstate, a (Turn to Page A 34)
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