Bl4—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 15,1983
FARM SHOW - State com
growers who produced the highest
yields in the machine and hand
harvest divisions of the 1982
Pennsylvania 5-Acre Com Club
were honored at the 67th Farm
Show.
Winners were announced by
Joseph McGahen, Penn State
Extension Agronomist. The
program is sponsored by the
Cooperative Extension Service and
Pennsylvania Master Corn
Growers Association with support
from the hybrid com seed in
dustry.
Champion in the shelled grain
harvested class was Paul
Lawrence, New Castle, with a
yield of 224.4 bushels per acre. The
variety was Pioneer Brand 3747
with a plant population of 26,449
per acre.
In the ear corn harvested class,
Wilmer and Mark Kraybill, R 3,
Elverson, were named champions
with a yield of 228.7 bushels per
Bruce Bivens
BY JANE BRESEE
Staff Correspondent
ULSTER - Keith Eckel,
president of the Pennsylvania
Farmers Association was the
featured speaker at the Bradford-
Sullivan County Membership Kick
off meeting held last Monday, at
the Ulster Presbyterian Church.
Eckel reviewed the economic
conditions, pointing out that the
dairy farmer is not seeing much
more difficult times than a few
years ago, citing the low grain
prices and stable milk price
(without the 50 cent assessment)
as examples.
“Problems for farmers are not
limited to state and national line
international conditions affect us,
too,’’ said Eckel. Although some
dairy farmers tend to blame the
dairy imports for the surplus milk
situation, all dairy imports into the
United States total only 2 percent
of our national milk production. It
will take the influence of all local,
county, and state people with their
organizations to help chance this
problem and larger international
problems, such as fair trade with
Japan.”
Informal discussion with Eckel
following his speech turned to the
milk surplus. “Not a lot of milk in
the Northeast is being sold to the
Commodity Credit Corporation,”
Eckel stated, “because of the large
investment of proprietary owners
and cooperatives in owning their
own plants. The problem is that
producers in the Midwest and
California are selling directly to
the CCC,”
Those states could be penalized,
Eckel continued, but emphasized
that the surplus is a national not
regional problem. “We have to
promote free trade among states.
When the federal government
stops buying that product (from
the Midwest and California) there
is ho way in the world we can stop
them from sending it East to dump
acre. They grew the Pioneer Brand
3184 variety with a plant
population 0f29,796 per acre.
Richard and David Martin of Rl,
Volant, were declared champions
in the shelled grain harvested class
over a three-year period. The
average yield the three years was
176.6 bushels per acre. The Martins
used the Pioneer Brand 3747
variety.
Winner in the ear com harvested
class over a three-year period was
Bruce Bivens, of Star Route 1, Big
Cove Tannery, with a three-year
average yield of 191.5 bushels per
acre. He used the Southern States
727, Pioneer Brand 3184, and Mlgro
HPB7 varieties.
Second place winner in the 1962
shelled grain harvested class was
Milton Hershey School Farms with
a yield of 210.9 bushels per acre.
Third place in the 1962 shelled
grain harvested class went to Tom
Kmecik of Bast Springfield, Erie
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in our markets. And then it
becomes a national problem,’’said
Eckel. “Therefore, I don’t believe
we can look at a regional solution.”
Asked about the feasibility of
producing the new ultra-high
temperature milk, Eckel said
dairy producers must look to new
milk products, but UHT milk may
make midwestem milk more
accessible to the East Coast,
another reason to act nationally.
Referring to the standing that
PFA took in the spring to promote
the passage of the milk referen
dum, Eckel defended it saying
emphatically that there must be a
strong program to promote and
expand markets as well as to cut
production.
"If we state flatly that we are
opposed to something without
offering any solutions, we may lose
our Federal Order and pricing
system altogether. We have to
emphasize that in 1938, when the
Federal Order system was started,
the purpose was to produce an
adequate supply of milk for the
consumer. This system worked
LANCASTER Housing - a
question that concerns everyone. A
series of seminars coordinated by
Michelle Rodgers, Extension home
economist and Richard Fox,
community development agent, is
being offered through the Penn
State Extension Service.
The series addresses a diversity
of subjects from financing a home,
to earth-sheltered home, solar
designing or reconstructing, low
cost energy conservation and
making a small home seem bigger.
All meetings will be held at the
Farm and Home Center from 7-
9:30 p.m. Jan. 27, Feb. 3,17 and 24.
„ Seminar dates and topics are:
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Coumy, wnn a yield ot 210.1
bushels per acre.
David Schantz, Rl, Alburtis,
placed second in the 1982 ear com
harvested class with a yield of
206.4 bushels per acre. Third place
in the 1962 ear com harvested class
was awarded to James Trotter ot
Enon Valley, Lawrence County,
with a yield of 202.5 bushels per
acre.
McGahen said that 332 com
monwealth corn growers com
peted in the 1962 Com Club. Yields
for all contestants averaged 143.1
bushels per acre.
Champion in the 1962 Penn
sylvania Youth Com Club, a one
acre project, was Edwin Miller of
El, Lewisburg, a 4-H member. The
award was based on a yield
comparison using 170 pounds of
nitrogen at planting time plus 50
pounds of nitrogen added as a
sidedressing. The Miller yield was
153.1 and 160.2 bushels per acre,
respectively.
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David Schahtz
very well for 45 years,” he ex
plained.
It is a unique time now with
continuing over-production while,
at the same time, we are holding
the price the same. It is an in
convenience for the tax payer, but
we must make the consumer un
derstand that the program was
first instigated more in his interest
than in ours,” Eckel continued.
PFA has developed policy to
reward the milk producers who
produce less and penalize the ones
who overproduce, Eckel said,
adding there must be a strong
program to promote and expand
markets as well as to cut
production.
Milford Kinsman, membership
chairman of the Bradford-Sullivan
group, announced that present
membership is 783 farm family
members, and that 232 are needed
to make goal by Feb. 3 in time for
the state membership rally to be
held at the Sheraton Inn at State
College.
Others present were: Carl Gore,
designing and reconstructing;
Mike Verway, solar project
director; An overview of energy,
investment priorities, basic solar
principles and solar sight analysis.
Also includes popular solar
retrofits and design strategies.
—February 3, Inside your home;
Frank Mayberry, supervisor
residential consultant, P.P. & L.
and Joseph L. Wysocki, family
housing specialist, P.S.U.; In
formation on low cost/no cost
conservation tips. Also ideas to
make a small home seem larger.
—February 17, Going under
earth sheltered homes; Joseph L.
W housing,
specialist, P.S.U. and Jonas
Agi Jltui .'enrose Hallowed, left,
congratulates Paul Lawrence, of New Castle, the Shelled
Corn Champ for 1982 with a yield of 224.4 bushels per acre.
David Martin
Keith Eckel, president of the Pennsylvania Farmers
Association; was guest speaker at the Bradford-Suilivan
County Farmer's Assn, kick-off meeting. Milford Kinsman,
right, membership chairman, congratulates him for his recent
appointment as a Master Farmer.
president; Fred Tiffany, state chairman; Jeanne Kingston,
director for Region 6; Mrs. Henry Regional Organization director;
Abma, local Women’s Committee and several local directors.
Sauder, builder/owner of fully
earth sheltered home; A history of
earth sheltered homes, their ad
vantages and various designs.
Jonas Sauder will discuss the
house he has built and lived in for
the past four years.
—February 24, Alternative ways
of financing a home; A panel
discussion and opportunities for
questioning finance resources.
Participants may register for
one session, $3, two sessions $6,
three sessions $B, or four sessions
|lO. To register or receive more
information, contact: Michelle S.
Rodgers, Penn State Extension
Service, 1383 Arcadia Road, Room
1, Lancaster, PA 17601. Phone 394-
6851.
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