A2o—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 5,1981
STATE COLLEGE - The sheep
business has become a cottage
industry in many respects. “Many
people love the business and for
those with marketing savvy there
is a future,” says H. Louis Moore,
Lamb producers’ futures depend on packers
Penn State Extension agricultural
economist.
“Those producers located near a
packer interested in lamb are
lucky. Others will have to think in
terms of direct marketing to
consumers. The future certainly
depends on how the industry tools
up to meet the problems of
change,” Moore adds.
The sheep industry developed
when the United States has large
You start with DEKALB XL-55a because you know it puts
more corn in your bins... more cash in your pocket.
XL-55a performs consistently, year after year, no matter
what type of conditions come your way during the growing
season. Whether it’s too hot and dry or too cold and wet,
XL-55a gives you the kind of consistent yields you can take to
the bank. *
With XL-55a you get a corn that hangs on to its ears and
gives you more harvestable yields, season after season,
than hybrids of similar maturity.
Name
Eugene Moser
Mel & Clair Lapp '
Tom Williams
Norwood Wilson
Brookfawn Farm
Frey Brothers
Vernon E Balmer
Marvin R. Kaylor
Irwin Seidel
Charlie Hess
When corn is the main way you pay your bills, It makes
sense to make XL-55a your main corn. It’s more important
now than ever before to make the right hybrid choice for your
farm. See your DEKALB dealer today and order more
XL-55a.
areas of cheap land, cheap grass
and cheap labor. 'Hie lamb
slaughter industry developed as
production grew. Beginning m the
1960 s cheap land, grass and labor
began to disappear. During the
Town
Oley
Cochranville
Oxford
Oxford
Lancaster
Marietta
Myerstown
Annvilie
Bremigsville
Dallastown
County
Berks
Chester
Chester
Chester
Lancaster
Lancaster
Lebanon
Lebanon
Lehigh
York
past 15 to 20 years inflation
risen to levels making cheap it
labor, and capital a thing of
past.
During the past 20 years,
<TurntoPageA2l)
Bu./A.
132.1
172.2
171.44
171.44
126.7
137.38
140.0
147.8
135.8
131.9