I II ml it 11 lit VOL. 33 No. 1 Hoover Named Farmers ’ President LANCASTER At the reorga nizational meeting Tuesday even ing, the directors of the Lancaster Farmer’s Association elected Gor don Hoover as president for the coming year. Hoover is a dairy far mer from Gap. James and Virginia Hess, Quar ryville, were elected vice president and secretary respectively. Esther Stoltzfus, Gap, continues as trea surer and Ruby Bollinger was named the chairman of the ladies’ committee. Other board members include: Jane Balmer, Isaac Geib, Donald Ranck, Marvin Winner, Walter Augsberger, Earl Newcomer, Paul Ham, Karl Herr, James Hostetler and Glenn Aument House Subcommittee Holds Hearing BY KARL BERGER Special Correspondent The whole herd buyout program may have been successful in tem porarily reducing surplus milk pro duction and government costs, but it has failed to invalidate the grim arithmetic that will push milk prices lower if government purch ases of surplus dairy stocks exceed 5 billion pounds next year. That was the underlying mes sage at a field hearing by the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy and Poultry held Nov. 2 in Westminster, Md. Berks Co. Farm-City Banquet Held BY ROBIN PHILLIPS Berks Co. Correspondent READING A record crowd of over 400 farm and city folk gathered on Monday evening this past week to celebrate the fourth anniversary of Berks County’s efforts to promote agriculture and also a mutual understanding of two very different lifestyles. The Fourth Annual Berks County Farm-City Banquet was held at the Dalton Paul, president of the State Farm-City Council, presents the state award to Stephen Burkholder, president Berks County Farm-City Council. - Senator Noah Wenger accepts Bull-by-the-Horns trophy from Allen Mussehnan. The hearing was intended to bea retrospective on the buyout prog ram, whose “active period” - the 18 months in which participants had to Slanghter or export all their dairy animals came to a close Aug. 31. But many of the 16 invited witnesses who testified coupled praise for the program with pleas that the government not resort to future price cuts as a means of holding down production. “We strongly believe that furth er reductions in the milk price sup port will cripple the dairy industry Sheraton Berkshire, Reading. Sponsored by the Berks County Chamber of Commerce Agri- Business Committee and the Berks County Farm-City Council, the event marks the opening of Farm- City Week in the county and fea tures an exchange of workdays between farmers and businessmen as well as several days of farm tours when county farmers open their doors to city neighbors. Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 7, 1987 on the East Coast,” said Alan Brauer, a Rocky Ridge, Tvld., dairy farmer who serves as master of the Maryland State Grange. Legislation in the 1985 farm bill that authorized the dairy termina tion program (its moniker in offi cial circles) also gave Secretary of Agriculture Richard Lyng the authority to reduce the support price 50cents Jan. 1 if U.S. Depart ment of Agriculture officials esti mate the government’s purchase <Jf surplus dairy products in 1988 will exceed 5 billion pounds on a milk equivalent basis. The Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture and Honorary Chair man of the 1987 Farm-City Week Observance, Boyd Wolff, Was on hand to open the program. “We all need each other,” he greeted the diverse crowd of city dignitaries and rural officials. “We suffer or profit together,” Wolff went on to say. His comments also included a reminder about the upcoming elec tion and the important issue of sav (Turn to Pag* Al 9) 32 Years Old This Week The first issue, of Lancaster Farming was published 32 years ago this week. Created to be devoted to the interests of the farmer, that first issue covered the farm news of Lancaster County. But over the years, the growth has been evident. Now with more than 150,000 readers in Pennsylvania, Mary land, New Jersey, New York, Delaware and surrounding states, Lancaster Farming has become the largest agricultural weekly in the east and has gained a national reputation for cover age of farm news and responsi ble advertising. And Lancaster Farming continues to grow. Enthusiasm High At Friends Banquet BY EVERETT NEWSWANGER Managing Editor LANCASTER Enthusiasm was high at the Friends of Agricul ture Land Preservation Banquet here Thursday evening right after the favorable yes vole on the ballot referendum. More than 1,000,000 Pennsylvanians (as Allen Mussel man, executive director, phrased it) confirmed the rightness of farm land preservation. And they did it according to Mussehnan with a significant public investment to protect the common wealth repre sented by our rich agricultural land Although many forecasters have said ongoing production and con sumption trends will make this < stimate a close call on one or the other side of the 5-billion-pound “trigger level,” upswings in milk* output since the end of the buyout appear to have swung the majority of predictions to the high side a development noted by Dr. Paul Hand, the general manager of Atlantic Dairy Cooperative, in his testimony. Accordingly, Hand asked the Receiving high production awards from the Lancaster County Holstein Club were: (from left) Rdbert H. Goche naur, John H. Howard and Landis Weaver. The Pennsyl vania Holstein Association will celebrate its 75th anniver sary In 1988. A Good Year For Lancaster Holstein Club BY PAT PURCELL LANCASTER Bill Nichol, Executive Secretary of the Pen nsylvania Holstein Association liked what he saw at the annual Lancaster County Holstein Club Banquet at the Willow Valley Conference Center Thursday night. What he saw was a lot of young faces, young members. ‘This is a young group and I think that’s great,” said Nichol to Four Sections resources. James Jolly, president of Friends, said that agriculture and ruralism has been largely responsi ble for Lancaster County’s attrac tiveness, uniqueness and solid character. Jolly called attention to the $7OO million farm industry and the $345 million tourist industry. “This is a pleasant place to live, and a special place to visit,” Jolly said. “Let Lancaster County be Lancaster County. We are at the place where the availability of water and sewer invites develop ment But the more development (Turn to Pag* A 27) subcommittee to support legisla tion that would “avoid or delay the implementation of the Jan. 1 50-cent per hundredweight cut in the dairy support pnce.” *#«*sfalter Martz, a Frederick, Md., dairy farmer representing the National Milk Producers Federa- major lobbyist for the dairy industry, also made an argument against further price cuts. “We do harbor a great deal of trepidation over the possibility of (Turn to Pag* A 27) the Lancaster County Holstein Club. Nichol complemented the Lancaster County club, which is the largest in the state, on its mem j bership and involvement in the statewide Holstein association. The Pennsylvania State Hols tein Association will be celebrat ing its 751 h anniversary in Febru ary of 1988. The celebration will be held at the Willow Valley Con (Turn to Pag* A2B) $8.50 Per Year
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