Top Stories Of 1986
FEBRUARY 22
Lindon Hepler won the PPG Pork All-American Award, and Lan
caster Farming won the American Dairy Association and Dairy
Council Inc. Award.
MARCH 1
Art Baxter was elected president of the Pennsylvania Holstein
Association at the annual meeting in Pittsburgh. Baxter is a
registered holstein breeder from Mercer county.
MARCHS
Federal funding for the Pennsylvania Extension Service has
already been cut. This has Extension personnel concerned that ser
vices may also need to be curtailed.
MARCH 15
Everyone watched as the herd buyout bids were opened and
assessed. Participation proved greater than expected.
MARCH 22
Lieutenant Governor William Scranton told the Future of
Agriculture Conference in Harrisburg that the best years for
agriculture are ahead. The conference brought together several
hundred state ag leaders to discuss the issues facing agriculture
today.
MARCH 29
James Kreider of East Drumore Township was named the Lan
caster county conservation district’s outstanding cooperator.
Christian Smucker, Caernarvon Township, and Martin Greenleaf, Jr.,
Colerain Township, were recognized for their no-till farming prac
tices.
APRILS
More than 1100 dairymen throughout the five-state Mid-Atlantic
region were reported among the 13,988 U.S. farmers participating in
the whole herd buyout program according to USDA. The Mid-Atlantic
Region’s participation was substantially lower than the national
average with Pennsylvania’s 2.75 percent rate falling below all other
major dairy states.
APRIL 12
A Lancaster county senior four-year-old registered holstein set
national milk records for both 305 and 365 day divisions milked two
times a day. Pack-Herd Jemini Brigade in the Fertrell herd at
Bainbridge produced 40,527 pounds of milk, 3.9 percent fat and 1,590
pounds of fat in 305 days and 46,900 pounds of milk, 3.9 percent fat and
1,846 pounds of fat in 365 days. The official DHIA records were con
firmed by the National Holstein Association in Brattleboro, Vermont.
APRIL 19
James Meyer, Latitz, shared his thoughts about participating in the
whole herd buyout program. Meyer said he was convinced there was a
national milk surplus but found the information available to make
bidding decisions very limited.
APRIL 25
Four hundred members of the Pennsylvania Farmers Association
visited the halls of the state legislature. State President Keith Eckel
said the group took the opportunity to express grass roots concerns
directly to the legislatures.
MAYS
Penn Mac Cooperative acquired the Shamokin Packing Company
according to Keith Eckel, president of PFA. The cooperative consists
of 64 central Pennsylvania hog and cattle producers who incorporated
to control the processing and marketing of their farm production.
MAY 10
The Chernobyl disaster pushed the Grain Futures upward. When the
nuclear disaster occurred at the Soviet power plant, the immediate
and the long-range effects on the world food supply were not known.
MAY 17
David Norman, Liberty, was elected president of the Pennsylvania
Jersey Cattle Club at the annual meeting in Meadville. Norman with
his family set high goals for their registered Jersey herd and he wants
to keep communications open within the state Jersey Club.
MAY 24
Dr. Kenneth Robinson, Cornell professor, spoke to the northeast ag
commumtors and told the farm writers that part-time farmers were
WARM UP WITH LOW PRICES AT MiHETa
HEAT LAMP
BULBS
125 W 250 W
Clear Clear
$1.29 $1.29
REEZE
ANTI-
o
QUAKER STATE
12 Pack
Yellow
Fleece
CHORE
GLOVES
$11.99
(Continued from Page Al)
REDDY HEATER®
High-Output Kerosene Heaters
5 Models To Choose From
35,000 BTU
$149
50,000 BTU
$179
70,000 BTU
$219
100,000 BTU
$2.99
Gal.
$279
150,000 BTU
$329
EARLY SEASON BUYS
Buy Before The New Year
BALING TWINE
|1 msint
PRODUCTS
9,000 Ft.
sociably acceptable. Response in Farm Forum in subsequent weeks
showed that not all Lancaster Farming readers agreed with the
professor.
MAY 31
Tobacco planting progressed nicely as Donald Rohrer and family
planted two acres on the day Lancaster Fanning editor caught up with
the operation. The Rohrers plan to be about half done by the end of the
week.
JUNE?
The Pennsylvania Power and Light Company announced plans to
place perpetual deed restrictions on 620 acres of company-owned farm
land along the Susquehanna River. Later in the year, the land was sold
back to farmers at public auction with the ag restrictions in place.
JUNE 14
Research on bovine somatotropin was reported proceeding into the
second lactation of the testing program by Dr. William Chalupa,
University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine. When the
new protein becomes available for on-farm use around 1989, the small
dairy farmer will benefit just as much as the owner of a large dairy
herd, according to the doctor.
JUNE 21
The Pennsylvania Holstein Association has become especially
strong in its reputation for export sales and its youth program. An
interview with Bill Nickle, executive secretary; Ken Ramey, director
of membership; and Jeff Harding, director or sales, showed the in
creasing roll of the state breed organization in the dairy industry.
JUNE 28
Gerald Garber, Willow Street, won the national Tarbell Trophy from
the American Guernsey Cattle Club. The award came at the annual
meeting in Peoria, Illinois, for having the breed’s highest 305 day two
time mature equivalent butterfat record. Grassland Nev Julia
produced 22,107 pounds of milk and 1,264 pounds of butterfat at fives
years of age for the honor.
JULY 5
The first choice of males from a flush to Arlnda Rotate by Ron-De-
Ro Genie Wayne Spring brought the top price of $76,000 at the national
sale held in conjunction with the National Holstein Association’s an
nual meeting in Milwaukee. Second high price was $73,000 for Hilltop
Hanover B Damara ET with five pregnancy guarantees.
JULY 12
The new president of the American Farm Bureau, Dean Klechner,
told the local farm press that we will not likely see prices as high as in
the ’7os but farming will become profitable again. “I see this as the
most opportune time for young people to get into farming,” Klechner
said.
JULY 19
Vo-ag teachers were encouraged to tell high school counselors and
the community about the opportunities in the vo-ag program at their
convention in State College. Rosemary Kolde urged the instructors to
help dispell the belief that vo-ag programs prepare students only for
production agriculture.
JULY 26
Metcalfs Valiant Beauty ET had a big week for owner Thomas
McCauley. Beauty was named senior and grand champion of the
Lancaster County Holstein Open Show after standing reserve to a
stablemate at the 4-H Holstein Show a day earlier.
AUGUST 2
The 1986 Summer Drought Hay Fund was opened through the
Elizabethtown Brethren in Christ Church to receive funds to help
farmers in other areas to cope with the severe drought. A total of
$24,635.35 was sent in for administration by the Pennsylvania Farmers
Association. The benefits of the generosity are still being realized as
late as the last week in December when a shipment of hay from
Pennsylvania was planned for needy farmers in Maryland.
AUGUST 9
RCMA had a meeting in Williamsport to start again the effort to sign
independent milk producers into the over-order pricing coop. This
effort continued through the year with every major milk coop and
farm organization endorsing the program.
AUGUST 16
Although violent hail and thunderstorms worked havoc on many
(Turn to Page A3B)
BALER TWINE
10 or
More
$14.95e.
Your Headquarters For
Storage Tanks &
Accessories
Cal Sale
GaL Price
425 p/u $179
1050 $369
1250 $409
1550 ~|4i9
2200 $699
All Sizes
& Styles
Available
Save Up To Bfe*
30% IL,
On Tractor mti
Tire Chains
PRICES EFFECTIVE TIL JAN. 10th _____
Farm £ Homs
* d ' l viu
■I __P Wllli» Sin* Pi 17514
B 8~~88 p»> 717 3321 .r too 732 0053
|| iBBiVIm Toll Tim (Aril Co 3»
Our Prices Are Lower Than Theirs
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 3,1987-A27
Save Now On
Manure Spreader Webs
Engine Starting Fluid JCL
For fast cold weather starts in
65° F. below zero, for both diesel J
and gasoline engines. 11 oz. No. PfTTjfT
21032 or 15 oz. No. 21031 Bg-g
Choice 69' S
GATES
Hot Dip Galvanized
■V
Franklin County
Extension
Meeting Set
CHAMBERSBURG - The 69th
annual meeting of the Franklin
County Agricultural Extension
Association has been set for
Friday, Jan. 23, at Kauffman’s
Community Center, according to
Fred E. Rice, president of the
Association. A social hour, starting
at 6:15 p.m., will feature Franklin
County’s four Agricultural
Commodity Queens. Dinner will be
served at 7 p.m.
Directors to represent Quincy,
St. Thomas, Warren, Southampton
and Washington townships will be
elected by those present. The
annual report of the. Cooperative
Extension Service in Franklin
County will be distributed to those
in attendance. All Franklin County
residents are invited to attend. All
of legal age may participate in the
election.
Tickets must be purchased no
later than Jan. 16. They are
available at the Franklin County
Extension Service office, 191
Franklin Farms Lane, Cham
bersburg, and from the following
directors:
Chambersburg area - Betty
Mummert, Fred E. Rice, Clifford
Cayman, Marie Starr, Joan
Myers, Elizabeth Brown, Frances
Reichard and Helen Moe.
Greencastle area - Linda Golden,
Dwight M. Hawbaker and Wilma
Wenger.
Concord - Betty Gamble.
Pleasant Hall - Carl D. Wenger.
Orrstown - Isaac Horst.
Willow Hill - J. Wilmer Lehman.
Lemasters - M. Eugene
Hawbaker.
Waynesboro - Joseph S. Mid
dour, Michael A. John and Frank
S. Beckner.
St. Thomas - J. Robert Meyers
Jr.
Shippensburg - Walter Grove,
Kenneth E. Sand and Jack Diehl.
Mercersburg - Jeffrey Funk and
Joyce Stuff.
Rouzerville - Fannie Harbaugh.
Newburg - Wayne L. Beidel.
°°« ’
stow — —
Call Now To Place Your
CLASSIFIED AD
Ph 717 3*4 3047 or 717 424 1164
i
See Us For A Great Price
AIROSOL COMPANY, INC
•24.99
•27.99
,‘33.99
•37.99
•39.99
•47.99
•51.99
•59.99
Your Ont Stop
Honhuon -
Form Supply
Store