VOL. 33 No. 11 Friends List New Officers LANCASTER The Friends of Farmland Preservation announced the election of several new officers. Daniel Herr, a lawyer from Strasburg, was elected presi dent. Retiring president, James Jolly of Millersville, will remain on the board of directors. Eric Probst, who lives on a Pequea Township farm and is an auctioneer, was elected vice president Barbara Skelly, a teacher in the Lampeter Strasburg school dis trict was elected secretary. And Stuart Herr was elected finance chairman. Heir lives on a Lancaster Township farm and is vice president for Scrta Mattress Co., Lancaster. Friends is a non-profit organiza tion that supports farmland preser vation in Lancaster County. Ag Industry Complex Proposed By Fulton County Farmer BY EVERETT NEWSWANGER Managing Editor CAMP HILL A Fulton County farmer with a master’s degree in physics wants to build a 200- to 500-acre agricultural industry complex that eats up Joshua Cowell (at halter) sold his champion steer to Dan ny George (right) for a record $13.50 per pound. Boyd Wolff, state agriculture secretary is center. « A record lamb price of $75 per pound was paid by Foxes Market to Scott Kuzemchak. The Fox family (left to right) are: Leremy, Brian, Bill and Leroy. Henry Givler receives Blue and Gold Award from Presi dent Melissa Spayd. FFA Bestows Awards BY EVERETT NEWSWANGER Managing Editor HARRISBURG With the blare of the Star Spangled Banner echo ing through the circular hall of the forum, the FFA Band opened the burnable waste from the city and surrounding no waste of its He looks at garage as a renew able resource that can be used to create steam for heat or generate electric power. This energy can Mark Hull sold his champion to Hatfield Quality Meats for $lB per pound. With Hull are Boyd Wolff, state ag secretary and Jerry Clemens from Hatfield. Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 23, 1988 59th Convention of the Pennsyl vania Future Farmers of America Association. Under the banner, “Today’s Dreams-Tomorrow’s Reality,” President Melissa Spayd called the meeting to order and (Turn to Pogo A2l) then be used to, among other things, raise vegetables or cut flowers, manufacture cheese, can pet food, dry lumber for furniture or pellet manure to send back to suburbia as a lawn and garden supply. And this teacher turn farmer and Junior Livestock Prices Shatter Records BY EVERETT NEWSWANGER Managing Editor HARRISBURG The Annual Junior Livestock Sale on Friday morning usually provides the cli max of a week of farming activities at the Farm Show here. And this year was no exception. The first champion in the ring was Scott • Kuzemchak’s champion lamb. And as Abe Diffenbach’s auction eer’s song filled the small arena, the price went higher and higher until Foxes Market of Elizabeth town, Hershey, Harrisburg and Camp Hill had paid a record Five Sections DHIA Records Expose Loss Income From Mastitis BY PAT PURCELL LANCASTER —Are farmers afraid to find out how much money mastitis is costing them? During a training session on using DHIA records conducted by Glenn Shirk, Lancaster County Dairy Extension Agent, farmers learned to use DHIA reports to determine loss of income from mastitis problems. Future training sessions are scheduled for Thurs day, Jan. 28 in the Mt. Joy area and Friday, Jan. 29, in the Quarryville area. Farmers will be shown how DHIA records can help them make many management decisions. Value of Somatic Cell Counting The most costly disease in dairy cattle is mastitis and the most accu rate measure of udder health that appears on the DHIA records is the engineering consultant, Mathem Mellott, of Harrisonville has tin technical experience and personal research data to capture the atten tion of academic, government and environmental persons. His pre sentation at the marketing confer ence at the Pennsylvania Farmers* $9,675. That’s $75 per pound. The Fox family has been a long-time supporter of the youth sale by buy ing champions and other animals to insure good prices for these projects. The reserve champion shown by Scott’s brother Joe was bought by another annual suppor ter of the market livestock sale. Willie The Butcher of Lancaster County paid $lO per pound for a total of $1,220. In the steer sale, the small boy "with a big smile now has a bigger bank account. With the record bid of $13.50 per pound for his grand champion steer, 10-year-old Joshua Cowell, Greene County, sold out to Danny George of George’s Foodliner in Bethleham. Farm Preservation Act Reviewed At Chester Young Farmers Meet BY MARJORIE KEEN Chester Co. Correspondent ATGLEN Look at the Farm Preservation Act carefully, Pen nsylvania Senator Noah Wenger, Ephrata (R-36), told the Octorara Young Farmers Association Mon day night. Decide from a business, not an emotional, standpoint whether or not to sell development rights to your farm, Wenger advised. Wenger and Representative Arthur Hershcy, Cochranvillc (R-13), explained how $lOO mil lion is to be distributed to Pennsyl- $8.50 Per Year linear score of somatic cells. The cows with the lowest SCC are usu ally the highest producers and return the greatest profits as shown by the following tables. An analysis of DHIA records indicate that the single most important factor accounting for milk production variation amoung herds was the somatic cell count. Cows with the lowest SCC in early lactation are less likely to experience increased SCC later as compared to cows with cell counts greater than 100,000. The evi dence suggests that SCC linear scores of 0-1 are the best and herd averges of 3 and below are ideal for maximum milk and maximum profit. (Turn to Pago A2B) Association’s annual meeting in November has started the quest for a steering committee to seek fund ing for a feasibility study on an agricultural synergism that would benefit all the people of Pennsylvania. (Turn to Pag* A3O) The 1280-pound champion named “Coal” put a record $17,280 into Joshua’s pocket. The previous record for the grand champion steer was $l2 per pound or a total of $15,060 bid by the Arthur J. Glatfelter Agency of York in 1983. This year’s reserve champion, Mike Messick of Middletown, Dauphin County, earned more with the number two title than he earned last year when he had the grand champion. Mike’s reserve champ brought $8.50 per pound for a total of $10,625 on a bid by -Foxes Markets. At last year’s show, Mike’s grand champion brought $7.75 per pound for a total of $9,881. (Turn to Pago A 36) vania fanners as a result of the referendum that passed by a 2-1 margin statewide in November. When the State Legislature reconvenes this week it will write the enabling legislation to put the bond issue money where farmland is in greatest jeopardy, according to Wenger. “Until that legislation is passed we are not going to have all the details that you may be interested in. However,” the sena tor said, “there’s a general basic agreement about what concepts will be used.” (Turn to Pago A2S)
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