HI "■ . — 1 Farm Calendar :; £k (Continued from Page A 10) NJ Agricultural Convention. Call 609-292-5648. Lancaster County Cattle Feeders Day, Lancaster Farm and Home Center, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Delaware Association of Con servation Districts Annual Meeting, Sheraton Inn, Dover, Del. Pa. Farm Builders Conference, Kittanning Township Fireball, Kittanning; continues through Jan. 28. Franklin County Com Clinic, Kauffman’s Community Center, 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. 15 TON CRANE 120’ Boom 20’ Bed Haul 7 Tons Radio Dispatched Wire Rope Slings Nylon Web Slings Block Forks Man Bucket 2 Hour Minimum LOUCKS GRAIN EQUIPMENT INC. FARMER BOY AG SWINE AND POULTRY EQUIPEMNT Complete Systems • SALES • SERVICE • INSTALLATION • POULTRY & HOG BUILDINGS • POULTRY & SWINE EQUIPMENT M " Ventilation - IS - M - Fencing , ■V j\ l -Manure \jT (i Systems See Next Week’s Ad For OPEN HOUSE. FEB. 3rd futon* The First Curtain-Sided, Energy Efficient Broiler House PARMER BOY AG. INC. 410 EAST LINCOLN AVE. MYERSTOWN, PA 17067 PH: 717-866-7565 BEST IN DESIGN, PRICE AND EXPERIENCE Wednesday, January 28 York County Com Clinic, 4-H Center, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Mid-Atlantic Soybean Association Annual Meeting, Sheraton Inn, Dover, Del., 2 to 7 p.m. 12 TON CRANE 94’ Boom 20’ Bed Haul 15 Tons Radio Dispatched Wire Rope Slings Nylon Web Slings Block Forks Man Bucket 2 Hour Minimum CALL US FOR FAST SERVICE R.D. #l2, York, PA 17406 717-755-2868 Thursday, January 29 Delaware Vegetable and Potato Growers Association meeting, Sheraton Inn, Dover, Del. Fourth Annual Cooperative Director’s School, Pa. Association of Farmer Cooperatives, Penn State University. Cumberland County Com Clinic, Penn Township Fireball, Huntsdale. In-Depth Nutrition Series, York 4- H Center. Small Fruit Growers Meeting, Hershey Convention Center. Com and Soybean yield checks, Kennard-Dale High School, 8 p.m. Friday, January 30 Pesticide Association of New 35 TON CRANE 160’ Boom Radio Dispatched Wire Rope Slings Nylon Web Slings Block Forks 4 Hour Minimum Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 24,1957-A3l Jersey annual meeting, Columbus Grange. Call Jerry Frecon, 609-381-1200. Saturday, January 31 York County 4-H Beef Banquet, Porter’s Fireball, 7 p.m. Cumberland County Holstein Breeders annual meeting, South Middleton Fireball, Boiling Springs. Witmer Fire Co. Turkey Supper, noon, Witmer. Garden State Dairy Goat Association Meeting, Polish- American Hall, Whitehouse Station. Call 201-996-6682. NJ Beekeepers Association, Trenton State College. Call Jack Matthenius, 609-984-2265. Monday, February 2 Pa. Nurserymen and Allied In dustries Conference, Penn State University, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Delmarva Dairy Meeting, Hartley Fireball, Hartley. Montgomery County Extension Annual Meeting, Montgomery 4-H Center, Creamery, 7 p.m. For tickets call the extension office at 215-489-4315. Tuesday, February 3 Swine Producers Meeting, Valley Bank, Shippensburg. Cumberland County Extension Annual Meeting, South Mid dleton Fireball, Boiling Springs. Dairy Day, Westminster, Md., 9 a.m. Ephrata Area Young Farmers officers and banquet committee meeting, Ephrata Jr. High School Conference Room, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, February 4 Delmarva Com and Soybean Technology Conference, Wicomico Youth and Civic Center, Salisbury, Md. Pa. Young Farmer Association Winter Conference, Gettysburg. Farm Financial Management (Making Smart Decisions Seminar), session 1, Franklin County 4-H Center, Cham bersburg, 12:30 p.m. to 3 p.m Schuylkill County Win er Vegetable Meeting, Dusselfmk Motor Inn, Pottsville, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, February 5 In-Depth Dairy Nutrition Senes, York County 4-H Center. Maryland Agricultural Dinner, Martin’s West, Baltimore. Friday, February 6 Lancaster County Pork Producer’s Banquet, Blue Ball Fireball, 6:30 p.m. FARM FORUM (Continued from Page A 10) method of production down to a horse and plough to make his small farm profitable; he can make a better living with a tractor-but a simple affordable tractor rather than several large high technology tractors. While Butz extols the virtues of large farms, it is important to realize that there are many ad vantages to encouraging small farms. Among the many ad vantages, the most important is probably the fact that it creates jobs-it promotes employment in an area of production in which it is actually preferable for many to be employed. Anyone who is pushed out of farming has a good chance of ending up in a much less desirable field, most likely working for someone else-no longer enjoymg the satisfaction of being self employed. Small farms better stimulate the local economy while often producing a more high quality product like locally grown vegetables. Small farms are also more able to practice en vironmentally sound farming practices which protect the community around them from various forms of chemical poisoning. If the research monies which are being invested in promoting large farms were directed toward investigating the most ideal techniques for small farmers, then small farmers could hone their operations into peak performance efficiency and there would be no reason for so many financial failures among small farmers The point is that the agricultural community must now ask itself, is this just a business, or is farming also a way of life 7 Is Butz correct when he puts down politicians for their “emotionalism” when they want to enact measures to “save the family farm” 7 Or should we reevaluate the direction in which the agricultural community should go 7 Sincerely, Jane T. Kellett Fairfield
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